FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED 24,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement
Exhibit 1.1
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
24,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
March 29, 2011
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated, 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 24,000,000 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 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
(the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares, if and to the extent such
option is exercised, are referred to herein 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 shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155316), including a prospectus relating to the
Shares (the “Base Prospectus”). Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became
effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rules 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.” As used herein, the term
“Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the Base Prospectus that omits Rule 430 Information, and
the term “Prospectus” means the final prospectus supplement containing Rule 430 Information,
together with the Base Prospectus, each in the form first furnished or made available to the
Underwriters by the Company to confirm the sale 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. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
The “Pricing Disclosure Package” shall mean, collectively: (i) the Preliminary Prospectus,
dated Xxxxx 00, 0000, (xx) the pricing information set forth on Annex B-1, which may be
conveyed orally by the Underwriters to purchasers of the Shares at the Applicable Time and (iii)
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time
that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide
electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by it being specified on Annex
B-2 hereto.
“Applicable Time” means 8:30 am, New York City time, on March 29, 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 $5.76.
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 their 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 be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing
Date (as hereinafter defined) 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 with respect to the exercise of the option to purchase the Option Shares after the
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Closing Date shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery
specified therein.
(b) The Representatives hereby advise the Company and 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 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx llp, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
at 9:30 am New York City time, on April 1, 2011, or at such other time or place on the same or such
other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the
Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of 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 Options 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 in definitive form
registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in writing
not later than two full business days prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as
the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly
paid by the Company. The Company, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”),
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Underwriters the Shares on the Closing Date,
against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of
the Purchase Price, unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. The certificates for the
Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representatives at the office of
DTC or its designated custodian not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day
prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(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
(irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are currently advising the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary (as defined below) on other matters).
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
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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. The Company agrees that it
will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature
or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction
or the process leading thereto.
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 order to make the statements therein, in 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 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)
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of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed
on Annex B-2 hereto, 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 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. Further, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus does not conflict
with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is a shelf
registration statement that has been declared effective by the Commission. No notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by
the Company. 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 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. 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 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.
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(e) Use of Shelf Registration. As of the applicable effective date of the Registration
Statement and the most recent post-effective amendment thereto, the Company meets the
applicable requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and
will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”). As of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing
Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus complies in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act. The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined
in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant
to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act.
(f) 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 not misleading.
(g) 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 (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered
thereby, except to the extent disclosed in the notes thereto, 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 books and records of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly the information shown thereby.
(h) No Material Adverse Change or Effect. 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, (i) there has not been any
change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise
of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant or vesting of
options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, or the surrender of
Shares of Common Stock to pay withholding taxes as described in, the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), short-term
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debt or long-term debt of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, 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, any material adverse change or any change that can
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business,
properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its Significant 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 Significant Subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Significant
Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to
the Company and its Significant 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.
(i) Organization and Good Standing. The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Maryland
with all requisite corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. The Company has been duly qualified or
registered to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each other
jurisdiction in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the nature or conduct of
its business as described in the Prospectus requires such qualification, except where the
failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or
otherwise, business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, FelCor
Lodging Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”)
and the Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Company of
its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). Except for (i) the
entities listed on Schedule 2A hereto, which represent all of the Significant
Subsidiaries of the Company, as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act
and (ii) the entities listed on Schedule 2B (collectively, the “Significant
Subsidiaries”), and except as otherwise disclosed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration
Statement, the Company does not own, control, or have an equity interest in, directly or
indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity. The Company, the Operating
Partnership or a Significant Subsidiary, as applicable, owns the percentage equity interests
of each of the Significant Subsidiaries as reflected on Schedules 2A and 2B.
All of such equity interests have been duly and validly authorized and issued and, except
for general partnership interests, are fully paid and non-assessable and, are so owned free
and clear of any pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, security interests, preemptive right or
other claims, except as set forth in such entity’s governing documents or otherwise
reflected on Schedules 2A and 2B hereto.
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The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the
“Delaware Act”) with all requisite partnership power and authority to own and lease its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. Each Significant
Subsidiary (other than the Operating Partnership) has been duly formed and is validly
existing as a corporation, business trust, limited partnership, limited liability company or
unlimited liability company in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction
of formation, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
The Operating Partnership and each Significant Subsidiary has been duly qualified or
registered to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership,
business trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each other jurisdiction
in which the ownership or leasing of its properties or the nature or conduct of its business
as now conducted requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to do
so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is and, at the Closing Date will
be, the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, and at the Closing Date will own,
directly or indirectly, at least a 99% interest in the Operating Partnership.
(j) Capitalization. The Company had, as of the date indicated, 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 and validly authorized and 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 Significant
Subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any
kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such Significant
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 Significant Subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have
been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (and except
as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus,) 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, other than as set forth in the organizational documents of such
Significant Subsidiary or as set forth on Schedules 2A and 2B attached
hereto.
(k) 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
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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 (the “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 Significant Subsidiaries or their results
of operations or prospects.
(l) 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 have been duly
and validly taken.
(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(n) Partnership Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended or supplemented (the “Partnership
Agreement”), has been duly and validly executed by the Company on behalf of itself and all
of the other partners in the Operating Partnership. The Significant Subsidiaries that are
parties to management agreements for the operation and management of the Company’s hotels by
third parties (the “Management Agreements”) have the requisite power and authority to enter
into the Management Agreements and to perform their obligations thereunder. Each such
agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Significant Subsidiaries, as applicable.
(o) 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 duly
and 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. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
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(p) No Violation or Default. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
Significant Subsidiary is in violation of its respective charter, articles or certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement,
certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, as the case may be; no
default exists, and no event has occurred that, with notice or the passage of time or both,
would constitute a default in the due performance and observance of any obligation,
agreement, term, covenant, consideration or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any
such entity is a party or to which any such entity or any of its properties is subject,
except such as individually or in the aggregate do not now and will not in the future have a
Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in violation
of, or in default with respect to, any statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree,
except as may be properly described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or such as individually or in the aggregate do not now have and
will not in the future have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Conflicts. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares by the Company
and the other documents to be entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby by the Company, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus will (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and
provisions of, or (with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both)
constitute a default under (x) any of the Management Agreements, the charter, articles or
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership or partnership
agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or certificate of
unlimited liability company agreement, as the case may be, of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary; (y) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or to which they, any of
them, any of their respective properties or other assets, including any Hotel (as defined
below), is subject; except such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not
have a Material Adverse Effect; or (z) any applicable statute, judgment, decree, order, rule
or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body applicable to any of the foregoing
or any of their respective properties, except such breaches or violations that would not
have a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge, claim or encumbrance upon any property or asset of any of the foregoing, except such
liens, charges, claims or encumbrances that individually or in the aggregate would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) 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 (i) for the registration of the
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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”), the listing of the Shares with the Exchange and under applicable
state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters and (ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations,
orders and regulations or qualifications would not materially and adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(s) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there is not pending or, to the knowledge of
either the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary, threatened, any
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation against either the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary or any of their respective officers and directors
or to which the properties, assets or rights of any such entity are subject, before or
brought by any court or governmental agency or body or board of arbitrators, which could
result in any Material Adverse Effect or which could materially and adversely affect the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the 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.
(t) Independent Accountants. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has examined and is
reporting upon the audited financial statements and schedules relating to the Company and
the Operating Partnership included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are and were, during the
periods covered by their report included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.
(u) No Material Events. Since December 31, 2010, neither the Company nor the Operating
Partnership has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or arbitrators’ or court or governmental action, order
or decree; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except as
otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there has not been (i) any material change in the capital stock or partnership
interests, as applicable, long-term debt, obligations under capital leases or short-term
borrowings of either the Company or the Operating Partnership, (ii) any material adverse
change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition
financial or otherwise, or in the business, net worth or results of operations of
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either the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective Significant
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iii) any liability or obligation, direct or
contingent, incurred or undertaken by either the Company or the Operating Partnership which
is material to the business or condition (financial or other) of such entity, except for
liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iv) any declaration
or payment of any dividend or distribution of any kind on or with respect to the capital
stock or partnership interests, as applicable, of either the Company or the Operating
Partnership, or (v) any transaction that is material to either the Company or the Operating
Partnership, except transactions in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(v) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Operating Partnership and its
subsidiaries have (a) good and indefeasible title in fee simple to those certain hotels
identified in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and in the
Prospectus as fee-owned properties and the improvements thereon and all material personal
property therein or related thereto (collectively, referred to herein as the “Hotels”), and
(b) valid subsisting and enforceable leasehold interests in those Hotels (including, without
limitation, those certain Hotels that are leased from third parties and identified in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as ground leased
properties and the improvements thereon and all material personal property therein or
related thereto, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security
interests, restrictions and defects except such as do not materially and adversely affect
the value of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and
do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the
Operating Partnership or such subsidiary, where such interference would materially and
adversely affect the Operating Partnership and the subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (“Permitted Liens”). Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company, the Operating
Partnership and its subsidiaries do not own or lease (as lessee) any real property, other
than the Hotels, which ownership or leasehold interests, individually or in the aggregate,
are material to the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company
and the Operating Partnership. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no person other than the Operating
Partnership and its subsidiaries has an option or right of first refusal to purchase all or
part of any Hotel or any interest therein other than (x) Marriott International, Inc.
pursuant to its various Management Agreements, (y) as set forth in partnership or similar
agreements to which the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries are parties, or (z) and
adjacent landowner with respect to the Hotel located in Burlington, Vermont. Each of the
Hotels complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including, without
limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to
the Hotels), and the Operating Partnership or its subsidiaries has or has caused to be
obtained all material certifications, permits, licenses and approvals, including, without
limitation, certificates
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of completion and occupancy permits required for the legal use, occupancy, and
operation of each Hotel as a hotel for its current uses and amenities, including all liquor
licenses, and hotel and common victualler’s licenses, except for such failures to comply or
have that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, the Operating
Partnership nor any Significant Subsidiary has knowledge of any pending or threatened
condemnation proceedings, zoning change, or other proceeding or action that will in any
manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on or access to the Hotels,
except such proceedings or actions that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Title to Intellectual Property. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and
the Significant Subsidiaries owns, possesses or has the right to use (and will obtain the
right to use) adequate licenses or other rights to use all patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, software and design licenses, trade secrets, manufacturing
processes, other intangible property rights and know-how (collectively, “Intangibles”)
necessary to entitle the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Significant Subsidiaries
to conduct their respective businesses as presently conducted, except where failure to own,
possess or acquire would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries has received notice of
infringement or of conflict with (and knows of no such infringement of or conflict with)
asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between
or among the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the
directors, officers, stockholders, or other Affiliates of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, 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.
(y) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any
Significant Subsidiary is, will become as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby,
or will conduct its respective business in a manner in which any such entity would become,
an “investment company,” or 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”).
(z) Taxes. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership (to the extent not
consolidated with the Company) and each Significant Subsidiary (to the extent not
consolidated with the Company or the Operating Partnership) has filed on a timely basis all
federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof
(including in its capacity as a withholding agent) and each such tax return is true and
correct, except for failures to file or inaccuracies, as applicable, by such companies as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each such
entity has timely paid all taxes due and payable through the date hereof, whether or not
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shown on a tax return; and no tax deficiency has been asserted against any such entity,
nor does any such entity know of any tax deficiency which is likely to be asserted against
any such entity except for tax deficiencies of such entities as would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. All tax liabilities are adequately
provided for (in accordance with GAAP) on the respective books of such entities.
(aa) Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Significant Subsidiaries owns, possesses, has caused to be obtained or has taken all
necessary action to obtain or cause to be obtained (and will obtain or will cause to be
obtained) all material permits, licenses, franchises, certificates, consents, orders,
approvals and other authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities or other
entities as are necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to permit the applicable
management companies to operate, its respective properties and to carry on its business,
except where the failure to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to revocation or modification of any such licenses, permits,
franchises, certificates, consents, orders, approvals or authorizations, except such notice
with respect to licenses, permits, franchises, certificates, consents, orders, approvals or
authorizations the revocation or modification of which would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(bb) No Labor Disputes. To the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or
any Significant Subsidiary, no general labor problem exists or is imminent with the
employees of the Company that would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. Neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership, nor any Significant Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary, any management company or any
entity from whom the Operating Partnership or applicable Significant Subsidiary acquired the
Hotels has authorized or conducted or has knowledge of the generation, transportation,
storage, presence, use, treatment, or other handling of any substances, waste, material,
chemicals, constituent, pollutant, contaminant, asbestos, radon, mold, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum product or waste (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), natural
gas, liquefied gas, synthetic gas or other material defined, regulated, controlled, or which
can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)
in violation of Environmental Law, nor has there been any Release of any Hazardous Materials
by any of them on, in, under, from or affecting any real property or facilities currently
leased or owned (or proposed to be leased or owned) or by any means controlled by either the
Company or the Operating Partnership, including the Hotels (collectively, the “Property”),
except as would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company,
the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary, the Property and the Company’s, the
Operating Partnership’s and the Significant Subsidiaries’ operations with respect to the
Property are in compliance with all Environmental Laws, and the Company and the Operating
Partnership have complied with, and are in compliance with, all licenses, permits,
registrations, and government authorizations necessary to operate under all applicable
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Environmental Laws, except where such noncompliance does not now have and would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership, any Significant Subsidiary nor, to the Company’s, the Operating
Partnership’s or any Significant Subsidiary’s knowledge, any management company, has
received any written or oral notice from any governmental entity or any other person, and
there is no pending (to the knowledge of the Company) or threatened claim, litigation, or
any administrative agency proceeding that (i) alleges a violation of any Environmental Laws
by either the Company or the Operating Partnership; (ii) alleges that either the Company or
the Operating Partnership is a liable party or a potentially responsible party under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section
9601, et seq., or any similar state law; (iii) has resulted in or could result in the
attachment of a lien under any Environmental Law on any of the Property; or (iv) alleges
that either the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any Significant Subsidiary is subject
to any liability under any Environmental Law that would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary is conducting
or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, response or other corrective action
pursuant to any Environmental Law at any site or facility, nor is any of them subject or a
party to any order, judgment, decree, contract or agreement which imposes any obligation or
liability under any Environmental Law except as would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air,
surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural
resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna. “Environmental Laws” means the common law and
all federal, state, local and foreign laws or regulations, ordinances, codes, orders,
decrees, judgments and injunctions issued, promulgated or entered thereunder, relating to
pollution or protection of the Environment or human health, including without limitation,
those relating to (i) the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials; and (ii) the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, transport,
handling or recycling of Hazardous Materials. “Release” means any release, spill, emission,
discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or
leaching into the Environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.
(dd) Appraisals and Environmental Reports. No real estate appraisal firm which
prepared appraisals of the Hotels, or any environmental engineering firm which prepared
Phase I environmental assessment reports with respect to the Hotels, if any, was employed
for such purpose on a contingent basis or has any substantial interest in either the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary.
(ee) REIT Status. The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for
qualification as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Company’s current and proposed method of operation
enables it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate
investment trust under the Code. The Company has qualified and continues to qualify and has
taken all necessary action to be treated, effective beginning with the year ended December
31, 1994, as a REIT under the Code, and the
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Company’s organization and current and proposed method of operation will enable it to
continue to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2011, and in the
future. The Operating Partnership and all other subsidiary partnerships, joint ventures and
limited liability companies (excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries) have been since their
respective formations, and continue to be, treated as partnerships or disregarded entities
for federal income tax purposes and not as corporations or associations taxable as
corporations or publicly traded partnerships.
(ff) 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 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 Significant
Subsidiaries; (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 reasonably be
expected to result in a material liability to the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries;
(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 Significant Subsidiaries;
(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 Significant Subsidiaries.
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 Significant Subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company and its
Significant Subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company
and its Significant Subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material
increase in the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement
benefit
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obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106)
compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries’
most recently completed fiscal year.
(gg) Disclosure Controls. The Company for itself and in its capacity as general
partner for the Operating Partnership has established and maintains and evaluates
“disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15
under the Exchange Act) and “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is
defined in Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and
procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and the
Operating Partnership, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer (or his equivalent) and its Principal Financial Officer by
others within the Company, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to
perform the functions for which they were established; the Company’s and the Operating
Partnership’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company for
itself and in its capacity as general partner for the Operating Partnership have been
advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s ability
to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s or
the Operating Partnership’s internal controls. Any material weaknesses in internal controls
have been identified for the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s auditors. Since the
date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have
been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could
significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the Chief Executive Officer (or his
equivalent) and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, for themselves in their
capacities as officers of the Company and the Company in its capacity as the general partner
of the Operating Partnership, have made all certifications required by the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by
the Commission, and the statements contained in any such certification were complete and
correct as of the date thereof and nothing has come to the attention of the Chief Executive
Officer (or his equivalent) and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, for themselves
in their capacities as officers of the Company and the Company in its capacity as the
general partner of the Operating Partnership, that would lead them to believe that the
certificates were false at the time they were made. The Company, the Operating Partnership
and the Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable effective provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission and the Exchange promulgated thereunder.
(hh) Accounting Controls. The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of the
Significant Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls, taken as a
whole, sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
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generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets,
(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 existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(ii) Insurance. The Company, the Operating Partnership, and the Significant
Subsidiaries each maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance (issued by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility) of the types and in the amounts generally deemed
adequate for their respective businesses and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary consistent with insurance coverage maintained by
similar companies in similar businesses, including, but not limited to, insurance covering
real and personal property owned or leased by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Significant Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism, and all
other risks customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
(jj) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of
its Significant Subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, the Operating
Partnership and each of the Significant Subsidiaries, any director, officer, agent, employee
or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their Significant 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, kick-back or other unlawful payment.
(kk) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, the
Operating Partnership and the Significant 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 Significant Subsidiaries with respect to the
Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(ll) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its Significant Subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of
the Company or any of its Significant 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
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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.
(mm) No Restrictions on Significant Subsidiaries. Other than customary restrictions
contained in cash management and subordination of intercompany debt provision of various
secured loan documents, 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.
(nn) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant 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
Significant Subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like
payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.
(oo) No Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of
its Significant 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.
(pp) No Stabilization. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership, and their
officers, directors or affiliates has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in or
constitute the stabilization or manipulation of any security of the Company or the Operating
Partnership.
(qq) 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.
(rr) 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.
(ss) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company
that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included
in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not
based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
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(tt) 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. The Company
has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the
Securities Act or will pay such fee within the time period required by such rule (without
giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
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; 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. The
Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by
Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and
in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the
Representatives, 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
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such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement
to which the Representatives reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives
promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become
effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed; (iv) 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; (v) 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; (vi) 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 (vii) 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, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best
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 use reasonable best efforts to 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 as soon as possible 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
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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 as soon as
possible 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.
(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 45 days after the date of the Prospectus, the
Company will not (i) offer, pledge, 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
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 and any shares of Stock of the
Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under existing Company Stock Plans.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 45-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 45-day restricted period, the
Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning
on the last day of the 45 day period, then the restrictions
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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) (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 Exchange.
(l) Reports. So long as the Shares are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the
Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other
communications (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.
(n) Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required
by Rule 463 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 listed on
Annex B-2 or 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
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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 Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of
Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided, further
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 or
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.
(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 Significant 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
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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(h) 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 the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the
request of the Company, their written opinion 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-1 hereto.
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(h) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company. Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Maryland
counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the
Company, their 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 A-2 hereto.
(i) REIT Opinion of REIT Counsel for the Company. Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP,
REIT counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of
the Company, their written REIT opinion, containing customary exceptions, limitations and
qualifications, 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-3 hereto. In rendering the
foregoing opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem
proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Operating
Partnership, and certificates or other written statements of officers or departments of
various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the existence or good standing
of the Company and the Operating Partnership, provided, in each case, that copies of
all such opinions, statements or certificates shall be delivered to counsel for the
Underwriters.
(j) General Counsel Opinion. Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, General Counsel for the Company and
the Operating Partnership, shall have furnished to the Representatives a 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 A-4 hereto.
(k) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement 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 10b-5 statement of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx 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.
(l) 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.
(m) 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 its Significant Subsidiaries in their respective
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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.
(n) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional
Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange,
subject to official notice of issuance.
(o) 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 the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.
(p) 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, legal fees and other expenses reasonably 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 (including any amendment thereto and any
information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rules 430A, 430B or 430C, as applicable, under
the Securities Act) 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 Rules 430B or 433(d), as applicable,
under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure
Package that has subsequently been amended), 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
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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 directors and its officers 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 fourth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in
the seventh and eighth paragraphs relating to Underwriter’s stabilization activities 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 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 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
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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 the Representatives 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, 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 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
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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
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the Chicago Board Options Exchange,
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade; (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; (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; or
(v) there shall have occurred any material disruption in settlement or clearance services. Any
termination pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the
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part of (a) the Company to the Underwriters, except that the Company shall be obligated to
reimburse the expenses of the Underwriters to the extent provided in Section 11 herein, (b)
the Underwriters to the Company, or (c) of any party hereto to any other party except that the
provisions of Sections 7 and 11 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall
survive such termination.
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.
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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; (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 reasonable 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, the Company agrees to
reimburse the Underwriters for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the 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
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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 and (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.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) 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 Representatives at: Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Syndicate Department (with copy to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx llp, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000). Notices to the Company shall be
given to it at 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (fax no. (000)
000-0000), Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx (with copy to Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 75201).
(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or
related to 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.
(c) Exclusive Jurisdiction. The Company agrees that any suit of proceeding arising in respect
of this agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any
state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the
jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
(d) Wavier of Jury Trial. The Company and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives,
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Patriot Act Notice. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III
of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company,
which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other
information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
(f) 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.
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(g) 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.
(h) 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, FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President General Counsel and Secretary |
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Accepted: March 29, 2011
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
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.
By: XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
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Schedule 1
Underwriter | Number of Shares | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
6,000,000 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
6,000,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
2,400,000 | |||
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
2,400,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. |
2,400,000 | |||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
2,400,000 | |||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
2,400,000 | |||
Total |
24,000,000 | |||
Schedule 2A
Significant Subsidiaries
State and Form of | ||||
Subsidiary | Organization | Ownership | ||
FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
Delaware — Limited Partnership | 96.5390% Limited Partner
interests by FelCor
Holdings
Trust1 0.3701% Limited Partner interests by other limited partners 3.0909% General Partner interests by FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated2 |
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FelCor /JPM Hotels, L.L.C.
|
Delaware — Limited Liability Company | 100% by FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
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FelCor Hotel Asset Company,
L.L.C
|
Delaware- Limited Liability Company |
100% by FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
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FelCor/MM S-7 Holdings, L.P.
|
Delaware Limited Partnership | 1% General Partner
interest by FelCor/MM
S-7 Hotels, L.L.C.
99% Limited Partner interest by FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
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FelCor S-4 Hotels (SPE),
L.L.C.
|
Delaware Limited Liability Company |
100% FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
1 | These Limited Partner interests have been pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement dated as of October 13, 2009 in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as collateral agent. | |
2 | These General Partner interests are subject to a negative pledge and an agreement to transfer such interests for $1.00 upon the occurrence of certain events, pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 1, 2009, as amended and supplemented, with U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. |
Schedule 2B
Significant Subsidiaries
State and Form of | ||||
Subsidiary | Organization | Ownership | ||
FelCor TRS Holdings, L.L.C.
|
Delaware — Limited Liability Company | 100% by FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership |
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BHR Operations, L.L.C.
|
Delaware — Limited Liability Company | 100% by FelCor TRS Holdings, L.L.C. |
Annex A-1
[Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company]
(a) The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act as of the date
and time specified in such opinion; each of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus was filed
with the Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act specified
in such opinion on the date specified therein; and no order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such
registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the
Securities Act has been received by the Company and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to
Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or in connection with the offering is pending
or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the Commission.
(b) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (other than the 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 Securities Act.
(c) The Company is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under Maryland law with
all requisite corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(d) The Operating Partnership is validly existing under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (the “Delaware Act”) with all requisite partnership power and authority to
own and lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Each Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02(w)(1) or (2) of Regulation S-X under
the Act) and each Significant Subsidiary is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership
or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of
formation. Each such Significant Subsidiary and each Significant Subsidiary has all requisite
corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own and lease its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(f) 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 and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable; 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, except as set forth in the Agreement and subject to Section 18-807
of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and similar Texas statutes all the outstanding shares
of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable.
(g) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Underwriting Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper
authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby or by the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus has been duly and validly taken.
(h) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(i) The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized, and
when delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of the Shares is not subject
to any preemptive or similar rights.
(j) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, the
compliance by the Company with the terms thereof, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement will not violate any of
the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the Management Agreements or the
charter, articles or certificates of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership,
partnership agreement, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or
certificate of unlimited liability company agreement, as the case may be, of the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary; or, to the knowledge of such counsel, under
any agreement set forth on Schedule I to such counsel’s opinion (such agreements, the “Reviewed
Agreements”), except for violations or defaults under such agreements or instruments which have
since been terminated, cured or otherwise satisfied or such violations or defaults under any
Reviewed Agreements as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or, to the knowledge of such
counsel, violate any Included Law. For purposes of this opinion, the term “Included Laws” means
the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the laws
of the State of Texas that are, in our experience, normally applicable to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. The term “Included Laws” specifically excludes laws,
statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, and the rules and regulations (a) of any counties,
cities, towns, municipalities and special political subdivisions and any agencies thereof, and (b)
relating to securities issues, environmental issues, land use issues, taxes, intellectual property
rights, and the construction, occupancy or use of any real property (including, without limitation,
zoning laws, building codes and environmental laws and regulations).
(k) Each consent, approval, authorization, order, license, certificate, permit, registration,
designation or filing by or with any governmental agency or body necessary for the valid
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Final Memorandum, including the issuance and sale of the Shares being delivered on the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, has been made or obtained and is in full
force and effect, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and
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foreign
securities laws, such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications
as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(l) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus of statutes, legal, governmental and regulatory proceedings and contracts and other
documents are accurate in all material respects; the statements in the Preliminary Prospectus and
Prospectus under the headings “Description of common stock”, “Description of preferred stock” and
“Underwriting”, and in the Registration Statement in items 14 and 15, to the extent that they
constitute summaries of the terms of stock, matters of law or regulation or legal conclusions,
fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects; and, to the knowledge of
such counsel, there are no statutes, regulations or contracts and other documents that are required
under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and that have not been so filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(m) After giving effect to the application of the proceeds received by the Company from the
offering and sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an
entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(n) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Closing
Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel do not express any view), when they were filed
with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (except that such counsel
express no view as to the antifraud provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules
and regulations promulgated under such provisions).
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives
of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel at which
conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and,
although such counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto (except as expressly provided above), nothing has come to the attention of such
counsel to cause such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time of its
effective date, contained any 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, that
the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time (which such counsel may assume to be the
date of the Underwriting Agreement) 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 or that the Prospectus or any
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amendment or supplement
thereto as of its date and the Closing Date contains any 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 (other than the
financial statements and other financial and accounting data included or incorporated by reference
therein as to which such counsel do not express any view).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials that are furnished to the Underwriters.
The opinion of Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx LLP described above shall be rendered to the
Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
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Xxxxx X-0
[Form of Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company]
We express no opinion as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than, and our opinions
expressed herein are limited to, the laws of the State of Maryland. Based on and subject to the
foregoing and the other limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. | The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as such properties and business are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. | |
2. | The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby or by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been duly and validly taken. | |
3. | The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. | |
4. | The execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not (a) violate any of the terms and provisions of the Governing Documents or (b) result in a violation of any Maryland law applicable to the Company. | |
5. | No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any governmental body of the State of Maryland that has not been obtained or made is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby. | |
6. | The Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. |
Annex A-3
[Form of Opinion of REIT Counsel for the Company]
(i) The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real
estate investment trust (“REIT”), pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Company’s current and proposed method of operation
enables it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code.
(ii) The Company has qualified and continues to qualify and has taken all necessary action to
be treated, effective beginning with the year ended December 31, 1994, as a REIT pursuant to
Section 856 through 860 of the Code, and the Company’s organization and current and proposed method
of operation will enable it to continue to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December
31, 2011 and in the future.
(iii) The Operating Partnership has been since its formation in 1994, and continues to be,
treated for federal income tax purposes as a partnership and not as a corporation or an association
taxable as a corporation or as a publicly traded partnership.
(iv) Each subsidiary partnership, joint venture and limited liability company (each a
“Subsidiary Partnership”) (which term does not include any TRS) has been since its
formation, and continues to be, treated for federal income tax purpose either as a partnership or
as a disregarded entity and not as a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation or as a
publicly traded partnership.
(iv) The statements in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as
such statements constitute a summary of U.S. federal tax matters, accurately and fairly summarize
such matters in all material respects.
Annex A-4
[Form of Opinion of General Counsel to the Company and the Operating Partnership]
To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, 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 to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, 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 to the knowledge of such counsel, no such investigations, actions,
suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or
threatened by others.
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Annex B-1
Pricing Information
FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated (FCH / NYSE) (the “Company”)
Underwritten Shares: 24,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
Option Shares: At the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 3,600,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company
Offer Price: $6.00
Annex B-2
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
None
Exhibit A
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
March __, 2011
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED — Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as Representative of the several Underwriters, propose
to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with FelCor Lodging Trust
Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the
“Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriters”), of Common Stock, of the Company (the “Securities”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in
the Underwriting Agreement.
In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of
the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the
Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending
60 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1)
offer, pledge, 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, any shares of Common Stock, $0.01 per share par value, of the
Company (the “Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be
deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock
option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or
disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of
the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any
such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock
or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right
with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case other than (A) transfers of shares of
Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts or by will or intestacy, (B) transfers
to a member or members of the undersigned’s immediate family or to a trust, the
beneficiaries of which are the undersigned and/or a member or members of the undersigned’s
immediate family and (C) distributions of shares of Common Stock to members or stockholders of the
undersigned; provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause
(A), (B) or (C), each donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a
lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided, further, that in the
case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B) or (C), no filing by any party
(donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such
transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 60-day
period referred to above). For purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean
any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 60-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 60-day restricted period, the Company announces that
it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 60-day
period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter 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.
In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the
registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to
make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this
Letter Agreement.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and
authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be
conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns,
heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.
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The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective, or
if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall
terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold
thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from, all obligations under this Letter Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and
proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.
This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this
Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
[Signature on following page]
Very truly yours, |
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