COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.
$150,000,000
6.15% Notes due 0000
XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
November 14, 2005
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As the Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
As the Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell to the several Underwriters (the “Underwriters”) named in Schedule I hereto for
whom you are acting as Representatives (the “Representatives”) an aggregate principal amount of
$150,000,000 6.15% Notes due 2015 (the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture (as the same
has been and may be amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”) dated as of March 25, 1998, as
amended and supplemented by a Sixth Supplemental Indenture (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”)
dated as of November 17, 2005, between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
successor trustee (the “Trustee”). The respective amounts of the Securities to be so purchased by
the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto.
As the Representatives, you have advised the Company (a) that you are authorized to enter into
this underwriting agreement (the “Agreement”) on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b) that
the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the principal
amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I.
The Company wishes to confirm as follows its agreement with you in connection with the
purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters.
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (file number 333-105635) under the
Act (“Registration Statement 333-105635”) and a post-effective amendment number 1 to Registration
Statement Number 333-53796 (“Registration Statement 333-53796,”
and together with Registration Statement 333-105635, the “Registration Statement”), which
Registration Statement included a combined prospectus dated June 5, 2003 relating to an aggregate
of $600,000,000 of the Company’s securities (as described therein, including the Company’s
unsecured debt securities), and has filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly
hereafter file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a supplement to the prospectus
included in such Registration Statement (the “Prospectus Supplement”) specifically relating to the
Securities and the plan of distribution thereof pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act. The
Registration Statement was declared effective on June 5, 2003. As of the date hereof an aggregate
of $340,832,500 securities have been sold under the Registration Statement. The term “Registration
Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement (including all financial
schedules and exhibits), as amended to the date of this Agreement. If it is contemplated, at the
time this Agreement is executed, that a post-effective amendment to the registration statement will
be filed and must be declared effective before the offering of the Securities may commence, the
term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement as amended
by said post-effective amendment. The term “Basic Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means the
prospectus in the form included in the Registration Statement. The term “Prospectus” means the
Basic Prospectus, as amended or supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement. If applicable, the term
“Preliminary Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means a prospectus supplement, subject to
completion, that specifically relates to the Securities and which has heretofore been or will be
filed with the Commission, together with the Basic Prospectus. If the Company has filed an
abbreviated registration statement to register Securities pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act
(including the exhibits thereto, the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), then any reference
herein to the Registration Statement shall also be deemed to include such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the registration statement, the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12
of Form S-3 under the Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the registration
statement, the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, or
the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed by the Company with the
Commission after the date of the Basic Prospectus under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”) which, upon filing, are incorporated by reference therein, as required
by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of Form S-3. As used herein, the term “Incorporated Documents” means
the documents which are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto.
2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees, subject to all the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters and, upon the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all
the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of 6.15% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest, if any, from November 17, 2005, to the Closing Date (as defined in herein), the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule I to
this Agreement.
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3. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Securities for sale to the public as soon after this Agreement has become effective as
in their judgment is advisable and initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in
the Prospectus.
4. Delivery of the Securities and Payment Therefor. Delivery of and payment for the
Securities shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on November 17, 2005, or at such time on
such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Underwriters
shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by mutual written agreement of the
Underwriters and the Company or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery
and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities
shall be made against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price thereof, to or upon the
order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the
Company. The Company shall deliver the Securities to the Representatives for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”). The Securities shall be global notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for
DTC. The interests of beneficial owners of the Notes will be represented by book entries on the
records of DTC and participating members thereof. The number and denominations of definitive notes
so delivered shall be as specified by DTC. The definitive notes for the Notes will be made
available for inspection by the Representatives at the offices of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx,
LLP, New York, New York, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York time on the Business Day before the
Closing Date, or such other date and time as the Representatives and the Seller may agree
5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be declared effective before the offering
of the Securities may commence, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such post-effective
amendment to become effective as soon as possible and will advise the Representatives promptly and,
if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, immediately after such
post-effective amendment has become effective.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered
under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
Company promptly will: (1) notify the Representatives of such event; (2) prepare, and file with
the Commission, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect
such compliance; and (3) supply any supplemented Prospectus to the Underwriters in such quantities
as they reasonably request.
(c) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the
Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of any review, issuance of
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comments, or request by the Commission or its staff on or for an amendment of or a supplement
to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional
information regarding the Company, its affiliates or its filings with the Commission, whether or
not such filings are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; and (iii) within the period of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection (f)
below, of any change in the Company’s condition (financial or other), business, prospects,
properties, net worth or results of operations, or of the happening of any event, which results in
any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented) being untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in order to state
a material fact required by the Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as
then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any time the
Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the
earliest possible time.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel to the Representatives,
without charge: (i) ten signed copies of the registration statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and all exhibits to the registration statement and Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement; (ii) such number of conformed copies of the registration statement as
originally filed and of each amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as the Underwriters may
request; (iii) such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without exhibits, as the
Representatives may request; and (iv) ten copies of the exhibits to the Incorporated Documents.
The Company will pay all of the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating
to the offering.
(e) The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any
filing under Rule 462(b)) or make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or, prior to the
end of the period of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection (f) below, file any
document which upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, of which the Representatives shall not
previously have been advised or to which, after the Representatives shall have received a copy of
the document proposed to be filed, the Representatives shall reasonably object; and no such further
document, when it is filed, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading.
(f) As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as possible and thereafter from
time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriters or any dealer, the
Company will expeditiously deliver to the Underwriters and each dealer, without charge, as many
copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) as the Representatives may
request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any
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amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the
securities or blue sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Securities are offered by the several
Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Securities may be sold, both in connection with the
offering and sale of the Securities and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is
required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriters or dealers. If
during such period of time: (i) any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the
Company, or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; or (ii)
if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any
document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) in order to comply with the Act or
any other law, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and forthwith
prepare and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e) above, file with the Commission an
appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such document), and will expeditiously furnish
to the Underwriters and dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof. In the event that the
Company and the Representatives agree that the Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the
Company, if requested by the Representatives, will promptly issue a press release announcing or
disclosing the matters to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement.
(g) The Company will: (i) cooperate with the Underwriters and with counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offering
and sale by the Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate; (ii) maintain such qualifications in effect so
long as required for the distribution of the Securities; (iii) pay any fee of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its review of the offering; and (iv)
file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or appropriate in order to
effect such registration or qualification; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated
to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the
offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the
Representatives a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited, covering a 12-month
period commencing after the effective date of this Agreement and ending not later than 15 months
thereafter, as soon as practicable after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
(i) During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date occurring three
years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives: (i) as soon as available, if
requested, a copy of each report of the Company mailed to stockholders or filed with the
Commission; and (ii) from time to time such other information concerning the Company as the
Representatives may reasonably request.
(j) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after execution pursuant to any
provisions hereof, or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters
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because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the
terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse the
Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters) incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.
(k) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities substantially in
accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus.
(l) If Rule 430A of the Act is employed, the Company will timely file the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act and will advise the Underwriters of the time and manner of such
filing.
(m) The Company has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Securities.
(n) The Company will comply and will use its best efforts to cause its tenants to comply in
all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined).
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to qualify as a real estate investment
trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and to continue
to have each of its corporate subsidiaries (other than its taxable REIT subsidiaries) comply with
all applicable laws and regulations necessary to maintain a status as a “qualified REIT subsidiary”
under the Code.
(p) The Company will use all reasonable best efforts to do or perform all things required to
be done or performed by the Company prior to the Closing Date to satisfy all conditions precedent
to the delivery of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(q) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer,
sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is
designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual
disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company
or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the
Company, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a
registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company (other than the
Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Closing
Date.
(r) The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules
and regulations, including, without limitation, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act”), and to use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors and officers, in their
capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation,
the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
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6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and
warrants to each of the Underwriters:
(a) The Basic Prospectus and each Preliminary Prospectus, if any, included as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, or
filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the
provisions of the Act.
(b) The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet all of the
requirements for using Form S-3 under the Act. The Registration Statement has become effective for
the registration under the Act of the Securities. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement is in effect, and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Registration
Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act and complies in all
other material respects with such Rule. The Registration Statement, in the form in which it became
effective, and also in such form as it may be when any post-effective amendment thereto shall
become effective, and the Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto, each when filed with
the Commission under Rule 424(b) under the Act, complied or will comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Trust Indenture Act”) and did not and
will not at any such times contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein not
misleading. On the date that the registration statement, any post-effective amendment or
amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration became or become effective, the Indenture did
or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act
and the rules thereunder. The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. The
representation and warranty contained in this Section 6(b) does not apply to (i) that part of the
registration statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form
T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) statements in or omissions from the
registration statement or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the
Underwriters expressly for use therein.
(c) The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when they were filed (or, if any amendment
with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was filed), conformed in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. No such document when it was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any
such document was filed, when such amendment was filed), contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(d) Upon the delivery of the Securities pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, the
Securities will be validly issued pursuant to the Indenture, will be valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, and will conform in all material respects to the description of the
Securities contained in the Prospectus.
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(e) Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or trust, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of its formation, as set forth on Schedule II hereto, with full
corporate, partnership or trust power, as applicable, and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and each is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business, and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its
business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or
qualify does not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), earnings,
business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (“Material
Adverse Effect”).
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries does any business in Cuba.
(g) The Company has no subsidiary or subsidiaries other than as set forth on Schedule
II hereto, and does not control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association or other business association. The issued shares of capital stock of each of
the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned legally and beneficially by the Company free and clear of any security
interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(h) There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or to which
the Company or any properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, that (A) are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus but are not described as
required; (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of
this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby; or (C) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). There are no statutes, regulations, capital
expenditures, off-balance sheet transactions, contingencies or agreements, contracts, indentures,
leases or other instruments or documents of a character that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are not described, filed or
incorporated as required by the Act or the Exchange Act. The statements in the Prospectus under
the heading “Federal Income Tax Considerations” and in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading
“Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations” fairly summarize the matters therein described.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is: (A) in violation of (i) its
respective articles of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) any law, ordinance, administrative or
governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries, which violation
would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) any decree of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries; or (B) in default in any material
respect in the performance of any obligation, agreement, condition or covenant (financial or
otherwise) contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in
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any material agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties may be bound, and no such default is foreseeable.
(j) (A) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company owns either directly or through
investment interests, 347 properties (“Properties”). To the best of the Company’s knowledge,
neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any municipal, state or federal
law, rule or regulation concerning any of their Properties, which violation would have a Material
Adverse Effect; (B) to the best of the Company’s knowledge, each of the Properties complies with
all applicable zoning laws, ordinances and regulations in all material respects and, if and to the
extent there is a failure to comply, such failure does not materially impair the value of any of
such Properties and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion of title thereof; (C) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received from any governmental authority any written notice
of any condemnation of, or zoning change affecting any of, the Properties, and the Company does not
know of any such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and which if consummated would
have a material adverse effect on the Company or any of such Properties; (D) the leases under which
the Company leases the Properties as lessor (the “Leases”) are in full force and effect and have
been entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company; (E) the Company and each of
its subsidiaries has complied with its respective obligations under the Leases in all material
respects and the Company does not know of any default by any other party to the Leases which, alone
or together with other such defaults, would have a Material Adverse Effect or material adverse
effect on any of the properties subject to a Lease; and (F) all liens, charges, encumbrances,
claims or restrictions on or affecting the Properties and assets (including the Properties) of the
Company and its subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus are disclosed
therein.
(k) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby (including the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities), nor the
fulfillment of the terms hereof or of the Indenture: (A) requires any consent, approval,
authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except such as may be
required for the registration of the Securities under the Act and compliance with the securities or
blue sky laws of various jurisdictions), or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, the articles of incorporation or by-laws
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or
will constitute a breach of, or a default under, any agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may be bound, or violates or will violate
any statute, law, regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or
will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries may be bound, or to which any property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is subject.
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(l) To the Company’s knowledge, KPMG LLP, who have certified or shall certify the financial
statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), is an independent registered public
accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the Exchange Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.
(m) The financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement thereto), present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries on the basis
stated in the Registration Statement and the Incorporated Documents at the respective dates or for
the respective periods to which they apply. Such statements and related schedules and notes have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied
throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein. The other financial and statistical
information and data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) are accurately presented and prepared on a
basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company and its
subsidiaries. The pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information
included, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus include
assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly
attributable to the transactions and events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments
give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper
application of those adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma
financial statements included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma
financial statements included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act
and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
compilation of those statements.
(n) The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
under, this Agreement and the Indenture (including the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto) have
been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and this Agreement and the Indenture (including
the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
constitute the valid and legally binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity and to the extent that rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by
federal or state securities laws.
(o) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is given in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation (financial or other),
direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction (including any off-balance sheet activities
or transactions), not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, and there has not been any change in the capital
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stock, or material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt (including any
off-balance sheet activities or transactions), of either the Company or its subsidiaries, or any
material adverse change, or any development involving or which may reasonably be expected to
involve, a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, net worth or results of operations of either the Company or its subsidiaries.
(p) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all property
(real and personal) described in the Prospectus as being owned by each of them (including the
Properties), free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances that
would materially and adversely affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made
or presently contemplated to be made thereof by them as described in the Prospectus, except such as
are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or in any document filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement, and each property described in the Prospectus as being held
under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is held by it under a valid, subsisting and
enforceable lease.
(q) The “significant subsidiaries” of the Company as defined in Section 1-02(w) of Regulation
S-X are set forth in Schedule II hereto.
(r) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (x) the Closing Date
and (y) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute, any offering
material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted
by the Act. The Company has not, directly or indirectly: (i) taken any action designed to cause
or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities; or (ii) since the filing of the Registration Statement (A) sold, bid for,
purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Securities or (B) paid
or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company.
(s) The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all certificates, permits, licenses,
franchises and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“permits”) as are
necessary to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses in the
manner described in the Prospectus, where such failure to possess could have a Material Adverse
Effect, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Prospectus. The Company and each
of its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of their respective material obligations with
respect to such permits, and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time
would allow, revocation or termination thereof or which would result in any other material
impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit, subject in each case to such
qualification as may be set forth in the Prospectus. Except as described in the Prospectus,
exclusive of any supplement thereto, neither the revocation or modification of any permit singly or
in the aggregate, nor the announcement of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding with respect
to any permit, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have established and maintain disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
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that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the
reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated
and communicated to the Company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief
financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure; and the Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a
system of internal control over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and which includes
policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and
each of its subsidiaries, (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and each of its
subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with the authorization of management, and (iii)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisitions,
use or dispositions of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. The
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of
the period covered by the Company’s most recently filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q which
precedes the date of the Prospectus and were effective in all material respects to perform the
functions for which they were established. Based on the most recent evaluation of its internal
control over financial reporting, the Company was not aware of (i) any material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. There has been no change
in the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting that has occurred during its most
recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(u) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including
Section 402 related to loans to insiders and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(v) To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company and its subsidiaries nor any employee or
agent of the Company and its subsidiaries has made any payment of funds of the Company or its
subsidiaries or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which
payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus.
(w) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company and/or any of its
subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, exists, is threatened or imminent that could result in a Material Adverse Effect. To
the Company’s knowledge, no labor problem or dispute with the Company’s or its
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subsidiaries’ tenants exists, is threatened or imminent that could result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(x) The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required
to be filed, which returns are complete and correct, or has requested extensions thereof (except in
any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set
forth in the Prospectus) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment,
fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable,
except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or
as would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise) prospects, earnings, business or properties
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(y) No holder of any security of the Company has any right to require registration of the
Securities or any other security of the Company because of the filing of the registration statement
or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which right has not been waived
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(z) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess all patents, trademarks, trademark
registrations, service marks, service xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses,
inventions, trade secrets and rights described in the Prospectus as being owned by them or
necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses. The Company is not aware of any claim to
the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its subsidiaries
with respect to the foregoing.
(aa) The Company is not now, and after sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company
hereunder and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Prospectus
under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(bb)
(i) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the Company, its subsidiaries, the Properties
and the operations conducted thereon comply and heretofore have complied with all applicable
Environmental Laws, and no expenditures are required or advisable to maintain or achieve such
compliance and except as is disclosed in the Environmental Reports (defined below) and except for
non-compliance and expenditures that have not and will not likely to have a material adverse effect
on the relevant Property.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has at any time and, to the
best of the Company’s knowledge, no other party has at any time, handled, buried,
stored, retained, refined, transported, processed, manufactured, generated,
produced, spilled, allowed to seep, leak, escape or xxxxx, or be pumped, poured,
emitted, emptied, discharged, injected, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of
or dealt with, Hazardous Materials (as defined below) on, to, under or from the
Properties, except as disclosed in environmental site assessment reports obtained by
the Company on or before the date hereof in connection with the purchase of any of
the Properties and provided to the Underwriters or their counsel
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(collectively, the “Environmental Reports”) and except for those circumstances that
have not had and will not have a material adverse effect on the relevant Property.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries intends to use the Properties or any
subsequently acquired properties for the purpose of handling, burying, storing,
retaining, refining, transporting, processing, manufacturing, generating, producing,
spilling, seeping, leaking, escaping, leaching, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or
dealing with Hazardous Materials.
(iii) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no seepage, leak, escape, xxxxx,
discharge, injection, release, emission, spill, pumping, pouring, emptying or
dumping of Hazardous Materials into any surface water, groundwater, soil, air or
other media on or adjacent to the Properties has occurred, is occurring or is
reasonably expected to occur, except as is disclosed in the Environmental Reports
and except for those circumstances not likely to have a material adverse effect on
the relevant Property.
(iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any
Governmental Authority or other person of, or has knowledge of, any occurrence or
circumstance which, with notice, passage of time, or failure to act, would give rise
to any claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law or under common law
pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from the existing Properties or
any act or omission of any party with respect to the existing Properties, except as
disclosed in the Environmental Reports.
(v) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, none of the Properties is included or
proposed for inclusion on any federal, state, or local lists of sites which require
or might require environmental cleanup, including, but not limited to, the National
Priorities List or CERCLIS List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency or any analogous state list.
As used herein, “Hazardous Material” shall include, without limitation, any flammable
explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic
substances, or related materials, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), petroleum products
and by-products and substances defined or listed as “hazardous substances,” “toxic substances,”
“hazardous waste,” or “hazardous materials” in any Federal, state or local Environmental Law.
As used herein, “Environmental Law” shall mean all laws, common law duties, regulations or
ordinances (including any orders or agreements) of any Federal, state or local governmental
authority having or claiming jurisdiction over any of the Properties (a “Governmental Authority”)
that are designed or intended to protect the public health and the environment or to regulate the
handling of Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.)
(“CERCLA”), the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.),
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
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as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq.), and the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401
et seq.), and any and all analogous future federal or present or future state or local laws.
(cc) The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real
estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and the rules and regulations
thereunder. As of the close of every taxable year during the Company’s existence, the Company has
had no earnings and profits accumulated in a non-REIT year within the meaning of Section
857(a)(3)(B) of the Code. The Company’s past and proposed method of operation have enabled it, and
will enable it, to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code.
(dd) The Company has only five “taxable REIT subsidiaries” within the meaning of Section
856(l) of the Code and the election under Section 856(l)(1) of the Code has been timely made and
not revoked or taxable REIT subsidiary status was imposed under the provisions of Section 856(l)(2)
of the Code. Each of the Company’s corporate subsidiaries, except for its taxable REIT
subsidiaries, is in compliance with all requirements applicable to a “qualified REIT subsidiary”
within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and
the Company is not aware of any fact that would negatively impact such qualifications.
(ee) The Company and each of its subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in
the businesses in which they are engaged and the value of their properties. All policies of
insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their
respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect. The
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in
all material respects and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any
such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under
a reservation of rights clause. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been refused
any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company does not have any reason to believe
that the Company and each of its subsidiaries will not be able to renew its respective existing
insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective businesses at a cost that would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) The Company and its subsidiaries have title insurance on each of the Properties in an
amount at least equal to the greater of: (a) cost of acquisition of such property; or (b) the
replacement cost of the improvements located on such property.
(gg) No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, 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 and of such subsidiary’s assets or property to the Company or any other
subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Prospectus.
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(hh) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the
laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of
the Securities.
(ii) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the
minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to
each “plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and such regulations and published
interpretations) in which employees of the Company and its subsidiaries are eligible to
participate. Each such plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently
applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations. Neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such
plan under Title IV of ERISA.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls the Underwriters,
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the
Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities as originally
filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, if any,
or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto; or (ii) arise out of or are
based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii) arise out of or are
based upon a breach of the representations and warranties in this Agreement. The Company agrees to
reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case
arising in connection with this Section 7 to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion
therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability, which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each
person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the
same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriters, but only with
reference to written information relating to each Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Representatives in writing specifically for
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inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability, which the Underwriters may otherwise have. The Company
acknowledges that the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for
inclusion in the Prospectus is the (i) fourth full paragraph, (ii) the last two sentences of the
sixth paragraph, (iii) the seventh and eighth paragraphs, and (iv) the ninth paragraph under the
heading “Underwriting.”
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing
of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party: (i) will not
relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party
of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party
from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in
paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the
indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party
in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the
indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall
be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to
appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall
bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if: (i) the use of counsel
chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with
a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action
include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified
parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii)
the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such
action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise, or consent to the entry of
any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect
of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified
parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is
unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party for any reason, the Company
and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities
(including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and the Underwriters may be subject in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
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received by the Company, on the one hand, and by the Underwriters, on the other, from the
offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall the Underwriters (except as
may be provided in any agreement among the Underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities)
be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to
the Securities purchased by the Underwriters hereunder. If the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters
shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other,
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to
the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits
received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall
be determined by reference to, among other things: (i) whether any untrue or any alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information provided by the Company, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other; (ii)
the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge; (iii) access to information; and (iv) the
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro
rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter
shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person who controls the
Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who
shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions
of this paragraph (d).
8. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Securities hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(a) (i) If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be declared effective before the offering
of the Securities may commence, such post-effective amendment shall have become effective not later
than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the date hereof, or at such later date and time as shall be
consented to in writing by the Representatives; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the registration statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, threatened by the
Commission; and (iii) any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the
satisfaction of the Underwriters.
(b) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, or, if earlier, the dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment
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thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment thereof), there shall not have
occurred: (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, net worth, or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), the effect of which, in the sole
judgment of the Representatives is so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendments thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto); or (ii) any event or development relating to or involving the Company and its
subsidiaries or any officer or director of the Company and its subsidiaries which makes any
statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the Company and their counsel
or the Representatives and their counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the
Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other law to be stated
therein, or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, if amending or
supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development would, in the opinion of the
Representatives, adversely affect the market for the Securities.
(c) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion of Pillsbury
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries set forth on Schedule
III hereto (the “Material Subsidiaries”): (x) is a corporation, limited
liability company, partnership or trust duly incorporated and validly
existing in good standing under the laws of its state of formation, with
full corporate, partnership or trust power, as applicable, and authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto); and, (y) based solely on certificates of
public officials and officers of the Company and each of its subsidiaries,
are duly registered and qualified to conduct their business; and (z) are in
good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or
qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify does not
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries;
(ii) To the knowledge of such counsel, the Company has no subsidiary or
subsidiaries other than as set forth on Schedule II hereto, and does
not control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association or other business association (other than the
general partner interest of Net Lease Realty III, Inc. in Net
Lease Institutional Funding, L.P.). To the knowledge of
such counsel, the subsidiaries that meet the definition of “Significant
Subsidiary,” as such term is defined in Section 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X
are set forth on Schedule II hereto. The issued shares of capital
stock of each of the Company’s subsidiaries have been duly authorized and
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned legally and
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beneficially by the Company and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due
inquiry, free and clear of any security interests, liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims;
(iii) The authorized capital stock and debt securities of the Company
conforms in all material respects as to legal matters to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt
Securities,” “Description of Preferred Stock,” “Description of Depositary
Shares,” “Description of Common Stock” and “Description of Common Stock
Warrants” in the Base Prospectus and under the caption “Description of
Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement; and, except as set forth in the
Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or
other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or
exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership
interests in the Company are outstanding;
(iv) All the shares of capital stock of the Company outstanding prior to the
issuance of the Securities have been duly authorized and validly issued, and
are fully paid and nonassessable;
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, the Indenture (including the
Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms
(subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of
equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(vi) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement,
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture;
(vii) Upon the delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture, the Securities will conform in all material
respects to the description of the Securities contained in the Indenture;
(viii) To the knowledge of such counsel, no holder of securities of the
Company is entitled to have such securities registered under the
Registration Statement which right has not been waived in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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(ix) The form of certificates for the Securities conform to the requirements
of the Indenture and Maryland General Corporation Law, if any;
(x) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; any
required filing of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been
made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); to
the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued, no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or threatened and the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and the notes thereto and
the schedules and other financial information contained therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and
the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; and such
counsel has no reason to believe: (A) that on the effective date of the
registration statement, or as of the date hereof, the Registration Statement
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; or (B) that the Prospectus as of its date
and on the Closing Date included or includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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 (in each case, other than the financial statements
and the notes thereto and the schedules and other financial information
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion);
(xi) The Company has the corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement, and the Indenture and to issue, sell and deliver the Securities
to the Underwriters as provided herein. This Agreement and the Indenture
(including the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto) have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The Indenture (including
the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto) is a valid, legal and binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement of rights to indemnity and contribution
hereunder may be limited by Federal or state securities laws or principles
of public policy and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of
the Company’s obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy,
fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other
laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general
equitable principles when applied by a court of law or equity;
(xii) To the knowledge of such counsel, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is: (A) in violation of its respective articles of
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incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents; or (B) in default
in the performance of any material obligation, agreement or condition
contained in any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness set
forth on Schedule A attached to such opinion, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus;
(xiii) Neither the issue, offer, sale or delivery of the Securities, the
execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the
Indenture (including the Sixth Supplemental Indenture thereto), compliance
by the Company with the provisions hereof or thereof nor consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the
application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities): (A) conflicts
or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute or result in a
breach of, or a default under, (1) the articles of incorporation, by-laws or
other organizational documents of the Company or any of the Material
Subsidiaries or (2) any material agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company or any properties of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound (other than any financial covenants contained therein,
as to which such counsel needs express no opinion) (x) that is set forth on
Schedule IV hereto (the “Material Agreements”) or (y) which is
otherwise known to such counsel; or (B) results or will result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property
or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries, pursuant to any of the
Material Agreements; or (C) violates or will violate any statute, law, rule
or regulation of the United States of America or the State of Maryland, or
judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties;
(xiv) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration
or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other
governmental body, agency, or official is required on the part of the
Company (except as have been obtained under the Act or such as may be
required under state securities or blue sky laws governing the purchase and
distribution of the Securities) for the valid issuance and sale of the
Securities to the Underwriters as contemplated by this Agreement;
(xv) (A) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any supplements
or amendments thereto (except for the financial statements and the notes
thereto and the schedules and other financial and statistical data included
therein, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion), comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act; and (B)
each of the Incorporated Documents (except for the financial statements and
the notes thereto and the schedules and other
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financial and statistical data included therein, as to which counsel need
not express any opinion) complies as to form in all material respects with
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(xvi) To the knowledge of such counsel, there is no action, suit or
proceeding pending or threatened by or before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of its or their property of a character required to
be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures,
leases or other instruments or documents that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or to be filed or incorporated by reference as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are
not described, filed or incorporated as required, as the case may be;
(xvii) Such counsel is not aware of any certificates, authorizations,
licenses or permits required by any federal regulatory authority which are
necessary for the Company and/or its subsidiaries to conduct their
respective businesses other than any such certificates, authorizations,
licenses or permits which have been obtained or where such failure to
possess such certificates, authorizations, licenses or permits could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge
of such counsel, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any certificate, authorization, license or permit issued by
any federal, state, municipal or foreign regulatory authority which, singly
or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(xviii) The Company is not subject to registration as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including the application of the proceeds
from the sale of the Securities), will not cause the Company to become an
investment company subject to registration under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended;
(xix) The Company was a “real estate investment trust” as defined by Section
856(a) of the Code for its taxable years ended December 31, 1984 through
December 31, 2004, and its current and proposed method of operation and
ownership will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and
taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31,
2005 and for all future taxable years; and the statements in the Prospectus
set forth under the caption “Federal Income Tax Considerations” and in the
Prospectus Supplement under the caption
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“Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to
describe or summarize certain provisions of the agreements, statutes or
regulations referred to therein, are accurate descriptions or summaries in
all material respects, and the discussion thereunder expresses the opinion
of Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP insofar as it relates to matters of
United States federal income tax law and legal conclusions with regard to
those matters;
(xx) The statements in the Prospectus, insofar as they are descriptions of
contracts or agreements or constitute statements of law or legal
conclusions, are accurate and present fairly the information required to be
shown in all material respects; and
(xxi) Although counsel has not undertaken, except as otherwise indicated in
its opinion, to determine independently, and does not assume any
responsibility for, the accuracy or completeness of the statements in the
Registration Statement, such counsel has participated in the preparation of
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including review and
discussion of the contents thereof (including review and discussion of the
contents of all Incorporated Documents), and nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel that has caused it to believe that the
Registration Statement (including the Incorporated Documents), at the time
the Registration Statement became effective, or the Prospectus, as of its
date and as of the Closing Date contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, as of its respective date, and as
of the Closing Date contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion
with respect to the financial statements and the notes thereto and the
schedules and other financial data included in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or any Incorporated Document).
(d) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Hunton &
Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the
Representatives with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may request.
(e) The Representatives shall have received a letter addressed to the Underwriters and dated
as of the date hereof and the Closing Date from KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm, substantially in the form heretofore approved by the Underwriters.
(f) (A) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the
Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission at or prior to the
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Closing Date; (B) there shall not have been any change in the capital stock of the Company nor
any material increase in the short-term or long-term debt (including any off-balance sheet
activities or transactions) of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than in the ordinary course
of business) from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto); (C) there shall not have been, since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), except as may otherwise be stated in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any material adverse change in the condition
(financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
Company or its subsidiaries; (D) the Company and its subsidiaries shall not have any liabilities or
obligations (financial or other), direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business), that are material to the Company or its subsidiaries, other than those reflected in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and (E) all the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing
Date, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed
by either the chief executive officer or chief operating officer and the chief financial officer of
the Company (or such other officers as are acceptable to the Representatives), to the effect set
forth in this Section 8(f) and in Section 8(g) hereof.
(g) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or
complied with any of its agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with
by it hereunder or under the Indenture, at or prior to the Closing Date.
(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives such
further certificates and documents as the Representatives shall have requested.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and
their counsel.
Any certificate or document signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the
Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters, shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company to the Underwriters as to the statements made therein.
(i) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease
in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of
any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating
that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled in all
material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
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Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled
by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation
shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 8 shall be delivered at the offices of
Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., counsel for the Underwriters, at 000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 on the Closing Date.
9. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay the following costs and expenses and all other
costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder: (i)
the preparation, printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the registration
statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, if
any, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and
packaging) of such copies of the registration statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may be
reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii) the
preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities,
including any stamp or other taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the
Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and
supplemental blue sky memoranda and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and
delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the registration or qualification
of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states as
provided in Section 5(g) hereof (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or reproduction, and delivery of
the preliminary and supplemental blue sky memoranda and such registration and qualification); (vi)
the filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with any
filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; (vii) the
transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection
with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; and (viii) the fees and expenses of
the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special
counsel) for the Company.
10. Effective Date of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective: (i) upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto; or (ii) if, at the time this Agreement is
executed and delivered, it is necessary for a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement to be declared effective before the offering of the Securities may commence, when
notification of the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment has been released by the
Commission. Until such time as this Agreement shall have become effective, it may be terminated by
the Company, by notifying the Representatives, or by the Representatives, by notifying the Company.
Any notice under this Section 10 may be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
11. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives, without liability on the part of the Underwriters to
the
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Company, by notice to the Company, if, prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall have
occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, net worth, or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), the effect of which, in the sole
judgment of the Representatives, is so material and adverse as to make it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendments thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto); (ii) there shall have occurred any downgrading in the rating of any debt
securities or preferred stock of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating
organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement
that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities or
preferred stock of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market shall have been suspended or materially limited; (iv) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York, North Carolina or Florida shall have been declared by
either federal or state authorities; (v) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained a substantial loss by fire, flood, accident or other calamity which renders it
impracticable, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, to consummate the sale of the
Securities and the delivery of the Securities by the Underwriters at the initial public offering
price; or (vi) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or economic
conditions, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make
it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to commence or
continue the offering of the as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendments thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Notice of such
termination may be given to the Company by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter
12. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The statements in the (i) fourth full
paragraph, (ii) the last two sentences of the sixth paragraph, (iii) the seventh and eighth
paragraphs, and (iv) the ninth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” in any Preliminary
Prospectus and in the Prospectus Supplement, constitute the only information furnished by or on
behalf of the Underwriters as such information is referred to in Sections 6(b)(ii) and 7(b) hereof.
13. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of
the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or
any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 7
hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7
and 9 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
14. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 (fax no.: 000-000-0000),
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Attention: Debt Syndicate Desk and Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, Eleven Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000 (fax no.: 000-000-0000), Attention:
Transaction Advisory Group; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to
the office of the Company at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, (fax no.:
000-000-0000), Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
15. Successors. This Agreement has been made solely for the benefit of the
Underwriters, the Company, its directors and officers, and the other controlling persons referred
to in Section 7 hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided herein.
This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section
7 hereof, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.
Neither the term “successor” nor the term “successors and assigns” as used in this Agreement shall
include a purchaser from the Underwriters of any of the Securities in his status as such purchaser.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
18. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
19. Definition. The term which follows, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meaning indicated.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day
on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New
York City.
[Signature page follows.]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||||
COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date on the
first page hereof.
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
For themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I. |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY, INC.
Principal Amount of | ||||||||
Underwriters | Securities to be Purchased | Purchase Price | ||||||
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC |
$ | 56,250,000 | $ | 55,738,125 | ||||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC |
56,250,000 | 55,738,125 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
11,625,000 | 11,519,213 | ||||||
Banc of America Securities LLC |
4,875,000 | 4,830,638 | ||||||
Suntrust Capital Markets, Inc. |
4,875,000 | 4,830,638 | ||||||
Xxxxx Fargo
Securities LLC |
4,875,000 | 4,830,638 | ||||||
BB&T Capital Markets,
a division of Xxxxx &
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Inc. |
3,750,000 | 3,715,875 | ||||||
Comerica Securities, Inc. |
3,750,000 | 3,715,875 | ||||||
PNC Capital Markets, Inc. |
3,750,000 | 3,715,875 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 150,000,000 | $ | 148,635,000 | ||||
SCHEDULE II
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
Name of Subsidiary | Name of Subsidiary | |
Net Lease Realty I, Inc.
|
CNLRS Equity Ventures, Inc. | |
Net Lease Realty III, Inc.
|
CNLRS Equity Ventures II, Inc. | |
Net Lease Realty IV, Inc.
|
Net Lease Realty VI, LLC | |
CNLR Ster Florida, LLC
|
WG Grand Prairie TX, LLC | |
CNLR Ster Texas LP
|
CNLR BJ’s Orlando FL, LLC | |
Net Lease Funding, Inc.
|
CNLR DC Acquisitions I, LLCCNLR RAD | |
Commercial Net Lease Realty Trust
|
Monticello NY, LLC | |
Commercial Net Lease Realty, LP
|
CNLRS Acquisitions, Inc. | |
CNLR GP Corp.
|
RAD Poughkeepsie NY, LLC | |
CNLR LP Corp.
|
CNLRS Bismark ND, LLC | |
CNLR Texas GP Corp.
|
CNLRS WG Long Beach MS, LLC | |
RE-Stores, Inc.
|
CNLRS Arcadian Commons, LLC | |
CNLRS Exchange I, Inc.
|
CNLRS RGI Bloomingdale Exchange LLC | |
NNN Acquisitions, Inc.
|
CNLRS WG Dallas TX, LLC | |
CNLRS Development, Inc.NorthStar
|
CNLRS WG Ennis TX, LLC | |
Brokerage Services, Inc.
|
CNLRS Yosemite Park CO, LLC | |
Gator Xxxxxxx, LLC | ||
Orange Avenue Mortgage Investments, Inc.
|
KK-Seminole FL, LLC | |
CNL SBA License, Inc.
|
MAC Boise ID, LLC | |
CNL Commercial Mortgage Funding, Inc.
|
Net Lease Institutional Realty, LP | |
NAPE Acquisition, Inc. |
||
Significant Subsidiaries |
||
Commercial Net Lease Realty, LP |
||
CNLR DC Acquisitions I, LLC |
SCHEDULE III
LIST OF MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
Name of Subsidiary | Name of Subsidiary | |
Commercial Net Lease Realty, LP
|
CNLRS Equity Ventures, Inc. | |
CNLR DC Acquisitions I, LLC |
||
Commercial Net Lease Realty Trust
|
||
NAPE Acquisitions, Inc.
|
||
CNLRS Exchange I, Inc.
|
||
Orange
Avenue Mortgage Investments, Inc. |
SCHEDULE IV
MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
Indenture by and between the Company and First Union National Bank (now known as Wachovia
Bank, National Association), as trustee, dated as of March 25, 1998.
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 by and between the Company and First Union National Bank (now
known as Wachovia Bank, National Association), as trustee, dated as of March 25, 1998.
Supplemental Indenture No. 2 by and between the Company and First Union National Bank (now
known as Wachovia Bank, National Association), as trustee, dated as of June 21, 1999.
Supplemental Indenture No. 3 by and between the Company and First Union National Bank (now
known as Wachovia Bank, National Association), as trustee, dated as of September 20, 2000.
Supplemental Indenture No. 4 by and between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as trustee, dated as of May 30, 2002.
Supplemental Indenture No. 5 by and between the Company and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as trustee, dated as of June 18, 2004.
Seventh Amended and Restated Line of Credit and Security Agreement, dated May 9, 2003, by and
among the Company, certain lenders and First Union National Bank (now known as Wachovia Bank,
National Association), as the Agent, relating to a $225,000,000 loan.
U.S. Government Lease for Real Property, dated December 17, 2002, by and between MCI Worldcom
Network Services, Inc., as the original landlord and as a predecessor-in-interest of CNLR DC
Acquisitions I, LLC, the current landlord, and the United States of America, as tenant (the
“Tenant”), as amended.
Term Loan Agreement, dated June 14, 2005, by and among the Company and Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, relating to a $20,800,000 loan.
Trust Indenture between CNL Commercial Finance, Inc., as Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, dated as of November 25, 2002.
Trust Indenture between CNL Commercial Finance, Inc., as Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, dated as of May 8, 2003.