EXHIBIT 1.1
6,000,000 Shares
TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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February 24, 1997
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
As representatives of the
several underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the
Company, par value $.01 per share (the "Firm Shares"), to the several
underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters"). The Company also
proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than 900,000
additional shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Additional
Shares"), if requested by the Underwriters as provided in Section 2 hereof. The
Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are herein collectively called the
"Shares." The shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company
to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are
hereinafter referred to as the "Common Stock".
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and
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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 called the
"Act"), a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-19137) including a preliminary prospectus relating to the registration of
the Shares and such other securities which may be offered from time to time by
the Company in accordance with Rule 415 under the Act. Such registration
statement (as amended, if applicable), has been declared effective by the
Commission on January 9, 1997. Such registration statement (as amended, if
applicable), on the one hand, and the prospectus constituting a part thereof and
the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Shares provided to the
Underwriters by the Company for use (whether or not such prospectus supplement
is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Act)
(the "Prospectus Supplement"), on the other hand, including all documents
incorporated therein by reference, as from time to time amended or supplemented
pursuant to the Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively called the
"Exchange Act") are referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the
"Prospectus," respectively; provided, however, that a Prospectus Supplement
shall be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus only with respect to the
offering of the Shares to which it relates. Any registration statement
(including any amendment or supplement thereto or information which is deemed
part thereof) filed by the Company under Rule 462(b) of the Act (a "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement") shall be deemed to be part of the "Registration
Statement" as defined herein and any prospectus or any term sheet as
contemplated by Rule 434 of the Act (a "Term Sheet") (including any amendment or
supplement thereto or information which is deemed part thereof) included in such
registration statement shall be deemed to be part of the "Prospectus," as
defined herein. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and
schedules and other information which is "contained," "included," "described" or
"stated" in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as
the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
mean and include, without limitation, even though not specifically stated, any
document filed under the Exchange Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may
be. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given to those terms in the Prospectus.
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2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations
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and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and
conditions, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at a
price per share of $31.865 (the "Purchase Price"), the number of Firm Shares set
forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to issue
and sell the Additional Shares, and the Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase, severally and not jointly, the Additional Shares from the Company at
the Purchase Price. Additional Shares may be purchased solely for the purpose of
covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm
Shares. The Underwriters may exercise their right to purchase Additional Shares
in whole or in part from time to time by giving written notice thereof to the
Company within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, provided that if such
thirtieth day is not a New York Stock Exchange trading day, the thirtieth day
will be the next succeeding New York Stock Exchange trading day. Such notice
shall specify the aggregate number of Additional Shares to be purchased pursuant
to such exercise and the date for payment and delivery thereof. The date
specified in any such notice shall be a business day (i) no earlier than the
Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), (ii) no later than seven business days
after such notice has been given and (iii) no earlier than two business days
after such notice has been given; unless otherwise agreed upon by the
Underwriters and the Company. If any Additional Shares are to be purchased, each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the
number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional
shares as you may determine) which bears the same proportion to the total number
of Additional Shares to be purchased from the Company as the number of Firm
Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I bears to
the total number of Firm Shares.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you that the
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Underwriters propose (i) to make a public offering (the "Offering") of their
respective portions of the Shares as soon after the execution and delivery
hereof as in your judgment is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Shares
upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
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4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery to the Underwriters of certificates
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for, and payment of the Purchase Price for the Firm Shares shall be made,
subject to Section 9, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth business
day (or the third business day if required under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange
Act) following the date hereof, or such other time not later than ten business
days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Company
(such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing
Date") at such place as you shall designate. The Closing Date and the location
of, delivery of and the form of payment for the Firm Shares may be varied by
agreement between you and the Company.
Delivery to the Underwriters of certificates for, and payment of the
Purchase Price for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters
shall be made at such place as you shall designate, at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on the date specified in the applicable exercise notice given by you
pursuant to Section 2 (an "Option Closing Date"). Any such Option Closing Date
and the location of, delivery of and the form of payment for such Additional
Shares may be varied by agreement between you and the Company.
Certificates for the Shares shall be registered in such names and issued
in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than two full
business days prior to the Closing Date or an applicable Option Closing Date, as
the case may be. Such certificates shall be made available to you for inspection
not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next preceding
the Closing Date or an applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
Certificates in definitive form evidencing the Shares shall be delivered to you
on the Closing Date or an applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the Purchase Price
therefor by intra-bank transfer or wire transfer of same day funds to such
account as may be designated by the Company at least two business days prior to
the Closing Date. Any Underwriter may (but shall not be obligated to) make
payment of the Purchase Price for the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, if
any, to be purchased by any other Underwriter whose payment has not been
received by the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case
may be, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its
obligations hereunder.
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5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with you as follows:
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(a) In respect of the offering of Shares, the Company will prepare a
Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Shares covered thereby and
their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus pursuant to which the
Shares are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the
offering and the number of Shares which each severally has agreed to
purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection
with the offering, the price at which the Shares are to be purchased by the
Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, the
selling concession and reallowance, if any, and such other information as
the Underwriters and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the
offering of the Shares. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters named
in the Prospectus and to such dealers as you shall specify as many copies of
the Prospectus as the Underwriters shall reasonably request for the purposes
contemplated by the Act or the Exchange Act.
(b) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under
the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, the Company
will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, confirm such advice in
writing, of (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration
Statement (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any
Prospectus or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus to be filed
pursuant to the Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission
relating to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the
Prospectus or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iv)
any request by the Commission for post-effective amendments to the
Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for
additional information, (v) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the
suspension of qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purposes, and
(vi) the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered
to a purchaser, not misleading. The Company will make every
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reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and 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 or lifting of such order at the earliest possible
time.
(c) The Company will furnish to you without charge, one signed copy of
the Registration Statement as first filed with the Commission and of each
amendment to it, including all exhibits, and furnish to you such number of
conformed copies of the Registration Statement as so filed and of each
amendment to it as you may reasonably request.
(d) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under
the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, not to file
any amendment to the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement or to make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any
Term Sheet, if applicable, of which you shall not previously have been
advised or to which you or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably
object; and to prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your
reasonable request, any amendment to the Registration Statement, Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, Term Sheet, or amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, may be
necessary in connection with the distribution of the Shares by you, and to
use its best efforts to cause the same to become promptly effective.
(e) If, at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of Shares, any
event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or
if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any
law, the Company will forthwith prepare and file with the Commission an
appropriate amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters) so that the
statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary
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in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing when it is so delivered, not misleading, or so that the Prospectus
will comply with any law, and to furnish to each Underwriter and to such
dealers as you shall specify, such number of copies thereof as such
Underwriter or dealers may reasonably request.
(f) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the
Underwriters, to qualify or register the Shares for offer and sale by the
several Underwriters under the applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws
and real estate syndication laws of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably
request; provided, however, the Company will not be required to qualify as a
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foreign corporation, file a general consent to service of process in any
such jurisdiction, subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business
in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject, or provide any
undertaking or make any change in its charter or by-laws that the Board of
Directors of the Company reasonably determines to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders. In each jurisdiction in which
the Shares have been so qualified or registered, the Company will use all
reasonable efforts to file such statements and reports as may be required by
the laws of such jurisdiction, to continue such qualification or
registration in effect for so long a period as the Underwriters may
reasonably request for the distribution of the Shares and to file such
consents to service of process or other documents as may be necessary in
order to effect such qualification or registration; provided, however, the
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Company will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, file a
general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, subject
itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which
it is not otherwise so subject, or provide any undertaking or make any
change in its charter or by-laws that the Board of Directors of the Company
reasonably determines to be contrary to the best interests of the Company
and its stockholders.
(g) To make generally available to the Company's stockholders as soon
as reasonably practicable but not later than sixty (60) days after the close
of the period covered thereby (ninety (90) days in the event the close of
such period is the close of the Company's fiscal year), an earnings
statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the Act)
covering a period of at least twelve months after the effective date of the
Registration Statement
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(but in no event commencing later than ninety (90) days after such date)
which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act, and, if
required by Rule 158 of the Act, to file such statement as an exhibit to the
next periodic report required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange
Act covering the period when such earnings statement is released.
(h) During the period of five years after the date of this Agreement,
the Company will furnish to you as soon as available a copy of each regular
and periodic report or other publicly available information of the Company
and any of its subsidiaries mailed to the holders of the Shares or filed
with the Commission or any securities exchange.
(i) During the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the Act or the Exchange Act in connection with sales of the Shares, to
file all documents required to be filed by it with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required
by the Exchange Act.
(j) The Company will pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident
to (i) the preparation, printing, filing and distribution under the Act of
the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (including financial
statements and exhibits), each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and
all amendments and supplements to any of them prior to or during the period
specified in paragraph (b), (ii) the printing and delivery of this Agreement
and the Blue Sky Memorandum (including the reasonable disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters relating to the printing and delivery of the
Blue Sky Memorandum), (iii) the fee of and the filings and clearance, if
any, with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
in connection with the Offering, (iv) the fee of and the listing of the
Shares on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"), (v) furnishing such
copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements thereto as may be requested for use in connection with the
offering or sale of the Shares by the Underwriters or by dealers to whom
Shares may be sold, (vi) the preparation, issuance and delivery of
certificates for the Shares to the Underwriters, (vii) the costs and charges
of any transfer agent or registrar, (viii) any transfer taxes imposed on the
sale by the Company of the Shares to the Underwriters and (ix) the fees and
disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants.
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(k) The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of
the Shares on the NYSE for a period of three years after the Closing Date
and thereafter unless the Company's Board of Directors determines that it is
no longer in the best interests of the Company for the Shares to continue to
be so listed.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things
required to be done and performed under this Agreement by the Company prior
to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and to
satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(m) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale
of the Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus Supplement under
"Use of Proceeds.
(n) The Company will prepare and file or transmit for filing with the
Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Act copies of the
Prospectus.
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to qualify as a
"real estate investment trust" ("REIT") under Sections 856 through 860 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), for a period of
two years after the date of this Agreement unless the Company's Board of
Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the
Company to be so qualified.
(p) The Company hereby agrees not to, directly or indirectly, register
the sale of, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of any Shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company ("Common Shares") or any securities convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for such Common Shares or in any other
manner transfer all or a portion of the economic consequences associated
with the ownership of any such Common Shares, except to the Underwriters
pursuant to this Agreement, for a period of 90 days after the date of the
Prospectus Supplement without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during
such period the Company may (i) grant shares of common stock and stock
options pursuant to any employee benefit or
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incentive plan or management or director stock purchase plan of the Company
and (ii) issue Common Shares upon the exercise of such options.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
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represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and the
Closing Date that:
(a) The Registration Statement became effective on January 9, 1997. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission
or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction. No order
preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened by the Commission or by the state securities authority
of any jurisdiction.
(b) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the
financial statements, schedules and related notes included in the Prospectus
and, if applicable, any Term Sheet to the Prospectus, as of the date hereof
and at the time the Registration Statement became effective, and when any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to
the Prospectus is filed with the Commission, did or will comply in all
material respects with all applicable provisions of the Act and will contain
all statements required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act. The
Prospectus, including the financial statements, schedules and related notes
included in the Prospectus, and if applicable, any Term Sheet to the
Prospectus, as of the date hereof and at the time the Registration Statement
became effective, and at the Closing Date, and when any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
is filed with the Commission, did or will comply in all material respects
with all applicable provisions of the Act and will contain all statements
required to be stated therein in accordance with the Act. On the date the
Registration Statement was declared effective, on the date hereof, on the
date of filing of any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and on the Closing
Date no part of the Registration Statement or any amendment did or
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will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading. On the date the Registration
Statement was declared effective, on the date hereof, as of its date, on the
date of filing of any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and at the Closing
Date, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement did not or will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. If a Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement is filed in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares,
the Company will have complied or will comply with the requirements of Rule
111 under the Act relating to the payment of filing fees therefor. The
foregoing representations and warranties in this Section 6(b) do not apply
to any statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company
by the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Company has not
distributed any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of
the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
(as hereinafter defined), the Prospectus or any other materials, if any,
permitted by the Act.
(c) The preliminary prospectus supplement, dated February 5, 1997,
filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act (the "Preliminary Prospectus") and
each 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, complied or will comply when so
filed in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Act;
and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(d) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act,
at the time they were, or hereafter are, filed with the Commission, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, and, when read together with other information in and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration
Statement became effective, and as of
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the Closing Date, or during the period specified in Section 5(b) did not and
will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing
representations and warranties in this Section 6(d) do not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company
by the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement
or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(e) The historical financial statements and the related notes thereto,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in
their cash flows for the periods specified; the financial statements with
respect to the Properties (as defined in the Prospectus) acquired by the
Company, together with related notes, incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, present fairly a summary of gross
income and direct operating expenses or a summary of gross income, as the
case may be, of such Properties for the indicated periods; the foregoing
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, and the
supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated
therein; the pro forma financial information, and the related notes thereto,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable; the assumptions used in
preparing such pro forma information are reasonable and the adjustments used
therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions referred to
therein; and the other financial and statistical information and data set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are accurately
presented in all material respects and prepared on a basis consistent with
the books and records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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(f) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and (ii) except as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not
in the ordinary course of business) material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Maryland, with
corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under
the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties,
or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not (1) have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below), taken as a whole, (2)
adversely affect the issuance or validity of the Shares or (3) adversely
affect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (each of (1), (2) and (3) above, a "Material Adverse Effect")
(which jurisdictions of foreign qualification are identified in Schedule II
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hereto); except for investments in the Subsidiaries, in short-term
investment securities and in other securities as described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, the Company has no direct or indirect
equity or other interest in any corporation, partnership, trust or other
entity; each of the Company's subsidiaries (within the meaning of Regulation
S-X under the Act) is identified on Schedule III hereto (the "Subsidiaries")
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and has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, trust
or limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of organization with corporate, trust or partnership
power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and
conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the
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Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation, foreign
trust or foreign limited partnership, as the case may be, for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any
business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure
to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect (which jurisdictions of organization and foreign qualification are
identified in Schedule III hereto); all the outstanding shares of capital
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stock or beneficial interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized
and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable; except as disclosed
in Schedule III hereto, all the outstanding shares of capital stock, all
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beneficial interests and all partnership interests of each Subsidiary are
owned by the Company, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, security interests and claims.
(h) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
(i) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered
to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms
hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Application
has been made to list the Shares on the NYSE. The form of certificate for
the Shares will comply with all applicable legal and NYSE requirements. The
holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not
entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Shares. The
capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(j) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in violation of or in
default under (1) its Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of
Incorporation, partnership agreement or agreement of trust, as the case may
be (in each case as amended to the date of this Agreement), (2) its By-laws
(as amended to the date of this Agreement) or (3) any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership agreement or other agreement or
instrument or obligation to which the Company or such Subsidiary is a party
or by which it or any of its properties is bound, except, with respect to
clauses (2) and (3), for violations and
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defaults which individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; the issue and sale of the Shares and the performance by the
Company of all of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in
a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, partnership
agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound
or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary
is subject, except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or violations
which individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, nor will any such action result in any violation of the provisions
of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or any
applicable law or statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its properties, except for such violations which individually or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale
of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except such consents, approvals,
authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications (x) as have been
obtained under the Act and the Exchange Act, (y) as may be required under
state securities or Blue Sky laws or Sections 2710 and 2720 of the Conduct
Rules of the NASD in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Shares by the Underwriters or (z) the failure to obtain which would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, there
are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is or
may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; there are no contracts or other documents of
a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
or required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
which are not filed or described as required; and the descriptions of the
terms
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of all such contracts and documents contained or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement or Prospectus are complete and correct in all
material respects.
(l) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 40 million
shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, 25 million shares of
excess stock, $.01 par value per share, and 10 million shares of preferred
stock, $.01 par value per share. The Company's issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock are as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the
Prospectus, except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend
reinvestment plans, employee benefits plans and employee and director stock
option and incentive plans. All of the issued shares of capital stock of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable.
(m) The Company or a Subsidiary has good and marketable title to each
Property, in each case free of any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind except those (i) described in the Prospectus or (ii)
which do not materially affect or detract from the value of such Property or
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such Property by the
Company and the Subsidiaries and which individually and in the aggregate are
in an amount which is not material to the Company.
(n) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, each entity identified in
the Prospectus as a tenant of any Property, or a subtenant thereof, has
entered into a lease or a sublease, if applicable, for the possession of
such Property; except as disclosed in the Prospectus, each such lease is in
full force and effect and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries
has notice of any defense to the obligations of the tenant thereunder or any
claim asserted or threatened by any person or entity, which claim, if
sustained, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in
the Prospectus, the lessor under each lease has complied with its
obligations under such lease in all material respects and neither the
Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has notice of any default by the tenant
under such lease which, individually or in the aggregate with other such
defaults, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties are not
(i) cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) cross-collateralized to any
property not owned by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(p) The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in
such amounts as are customary in the business in which they are engaged and
such insurance is adequate for the value of their properties; all policies
of insurance insuring the Company or the Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers, trustees and directors, as the case
may be, are in full force and effect; the Company and the Subsidiaries are
in compliance with the terms of such policies in all material respects and
there are no claims by the Company or by the Subsidiaries under any such
policy as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending
under a reservation of rights clause, other than claims which individually
or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) The Company has filed all federal, state and foreign income tax
returns which have been required to be filed and has paid all taxes
indicated by said returns and all assessments received by it to the extent
that such taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith.
(r) The Company and each Subsidiary own, possess and have obtained all
material licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and
other authorizations from, and have made all material declarations and
filings with, all federal, state, local and other governmental authorities,
all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals
necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate their
properties and to carry on their business as conducted as of the date
hereof, except in each case where the failure to obtain licenses, permits,
certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations, or to
make all declarations and filings, would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
and none of the Company or any Subsidiary has received any notice of any
proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such license,
permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorization, except
as described in the Prospectus and except, in each case, where such
revocation or modification would not have a Material
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Adverse Effect; and the Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance with
all laws, rules and regulations relating to the conduct of their respective
businesses as conducted as of the date hereof, except where noncompliance
with such laws, rules or regulations would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(s) To the Company's knowledge, Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P., who have
certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as
part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act.
(t) To the Company's knowledge, no relationship, direct or indirect,
exists between or among the Company or the Subsidiaries on the one hand, and
the directors, trustees, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of
the Company or the Subsidiaries on the other hand, which is required by the
Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which
is not so described.
(u) The Company has never been, is not now, and immediately after
giving effect to the sale of the Shares under this Agreement will not be, an
"investment company" or entity "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act").
(v) With respect to all tax periods regarding which the Internal
Revenue Service is or will be entitled to assert any claim against the
Company, the Company has met the requirements for qualification as a REIT
under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, and the Company's present and
contemplated operations, assets and income continue to meet such
requirements.
(w) The conditions for the use by the Company of a registration
statement on Form S-3 set forth in the General Instructions on Form S-3 have
been satisfied and the Company is entitled to use such form for the
transactions contemplated herein.
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(x) Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company has no
knowledge of (a) the unlawful presence of any hazardous substances,
hazardous materials, toxic substances or waste materials (collectively,
"Hazardous Materials") on any of the Properties or (b) any unlawful spills,
releases, discharges or disposals of Hazardous Materials that have occurred
or are presently occurring from the Properties as a result of any
construction on or operation and use of the Properties, which presence or
occurrence would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(y) Other than as disclosed in the Prospectus, the Company and the
Subsidiaries (i) to the Company's knowledge, are in compliance with any and
all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ("Environmental Laws"),
(ii) to the Company's knowledge, have received all permits, licenses or
other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where
such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required
permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and
conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not individually or
in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(z) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company engages
environmental consultants and other experts to conduct reviews of the effect
of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, in the course of which the Company identifies
and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such reviews and
other than as described in the Prospectus, the Company has reasonably
concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Prospectus, (i) the Company has
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not purchased any of its outstanding shares of capital stock, or declared,
paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its
shares of capital stock other than regular periodic dividends on such
shares; and (ii) there has not been any material change in the shares of
capital stock of the Company or any material change in the short-term debt
or long-term debt of the Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus. Other than
as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus (including the
Incorporated Documents), there are no outstanding warrants or options to
purchase or rights to acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company and
there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of, or the declaration
or payment of any dividend or distribution on, any shares of capital stock
of the Company pursuant to the Company's Articles of Incorporation or By-
laws, any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or
by which the Company is bound, or any order, law, rule, regulation or
determination of any court, governmental agency or body (including, without
limitation, any banking or insurance regulatory agency or body), or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company. No holders of securities of
the Company or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for securities
of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities of the
Company under the Registration Statement.
(bb) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to,
cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares,
and the Company has not distributed and has agreed not to distribute any
prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Shares other than the Prospectus or other material permitted by
the Act.
(cc) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets
is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable
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intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(dd) To the Company's knowledge, the Company does no business with any
person or affiliate located in Cuba within the meaning of Florida Rule 3E-
900.001.
(ee) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint
pending against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor
Relations Board or any state or local labor relations board, and no
significant grievance or more significant arbitration proceeding arising out
of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against any of them, and (ii) no significant strike, labor
dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against it or
any of the Subsidiaries except for such actions specified in clause (i) or
(ii) above which singly or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by the
Company in this Agreement or made in any certificate or document required by
this Agreement to be delivered to the Underwriters is, or will be, when
made, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect in any material respect; it being
understood that no representation is made under this Section 6(ff) with
respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are the
subject of representations contained in other paragraphs in this Section 6.
(gg) Any certificate or other document signed by any officer or
authorized representative of the Company or any Subsidiary, and delivered to
the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
sale of the Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such
entity or person, as the case may be, to each Underwriter as to the matters
covered thereby.
7. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
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harmless each Underwriter and each person, if
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any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, expenses, liabilities and judgments caused by any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
expenses, liabilities or judgments are caused by any such untrue statement or
omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon and in conformity
with information relating to any Underwriters furnished in writing to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein
provided, that this indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary
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prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the
person asserting any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
purchased Shares, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if a copy of the
prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished
any such amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on
behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if such is required by law, at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Shares to such person and
if the Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have corrected the
defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense.
(b) In case any action shall be brought against any Underwriter or any
person controlling such Underwriter, based upon any preliminary prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
and with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company, such
Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company may, at
its election, assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment of all fees and
expenses. Any Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense
thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall, if the Company has
assumed the defense as indicated above, be at the expense of such Underwriter or
such controlling person unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have
been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (ii) the Company shall
have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or (iii) the named parties
to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such
Underwriter or such controlling person and the
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Company and such Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised
by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it
which are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in
which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such
action on behalf of such Underwriter or such controlling person, it being
understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in
addition to any local counsel) for all such Underwriters and controlling
persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin &
Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred). The Company shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent but if
settled with the written consent of the Company, the Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless any Underwriter and any such controlling person from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement to the extent
required by this Section 7. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence,
if in any case where the fees and expenses of counsel are at the expense of the
indemnifying party and an indemnified party shall have requested the
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for such fees and expenses
of counsel as incurred, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable
for any settlement of any action effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than forty business days after the receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying
party shall have failed to reimburse the indemnified party in accordance with
such request for reimbursement prior to the date of such settlement; provided,
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however, that if it is determined by a final non appealable order of a court of
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competent jurisdiction that the Company has no indemnification obligation under
this Section 7, all fees and expenses paid by the Company pursuant to this
sentence shall be returned to the Company upon its demand. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company and the
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Company's officers and directors who sign the Registration Statement and any
person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Company to each Underwriter but only with reference to and in
conformity with information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by
or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus. In case any action
shall be brought against the Company, any of its officers, directors, or any
person controlling the Company, based on the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus and in respect of which indemnity may
be sought against any Underwriter, the Underwriter shall have the rights and
duties given to the Company (except that if the Company shall have assumed the
defense thereof, such Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but may employ
separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be at the
expense of such Underwriter), and the Company, its officers, directors, and any
person controlling the Company shall have the rights and duties given to the
Underwriter, by Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is
unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages,
expenses, liabilities or judgments referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages, expenses, liabilities and judgments (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by
applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or judgments, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the Offering
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting
discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, bear to the total price
to the public of the Shares, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of
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the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or judgments referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7(d) are several in proportion to the respective number
of Shares purchased by each of the Underwriters hereunder and not joint.
8. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations of
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the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, as the
case may be, under this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction of each of the
following conditions:
(a) All the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct, in all material respects, on the
Closing Date and any Option Closing Date, with the same force and effect as
if
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made on and as of the Closing Date and such Option Closing Date.
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall
have been commenced or shall be pending before or threatened by the
Commission to the knowledge, after due inquiry, of the Company. No stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been commenced or
shall be pending before or threatened by the state securities authority of
any jurisdiction, to the knowledge of the Company.
(c) (i) Since the date of the latest balance sheet incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not
have been any Material Adverse Effect, (ii) other than as set forth in the
Prospectus, no proceedings shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, after due inquiry, threatened against the Company or any Property
before or by any federal, state or other commission, board or administrative
agency, where an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and on the Closing Date and
any Option Closing Date, as the case may be, you shall have received a
certificate dated the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the case
may be, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, in their capacities as the Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company,
confirming the matters set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section 8.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date and, if later, on the
Option Closing Date opinions, dated the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, of Xxxxxxx, Procter & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the
Company, in the forms attached hereto as Annex A and Annex B.
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(e) You shall have received on the Closing Date and the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, an opinion, dated the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for
the Underwriters, to the effect that:
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(i) the Shares have been duly authorized, and when issued and
delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefor as provided by
this Agreement, will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and
non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares is not subject to any
preemptive or similar rights;
(ii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending its
effectiveness has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose are
pending before or threatened by the Commission;
(iii) this Agreement was duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery by any other party thereto, is valid, legally binding and
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
(iv) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective,
and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement (in each
case, other than documents incorporated therein by reference and the
financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial and
statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to
which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act.
In addition, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx shall state that they have
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the
Company and representatives of the independent public accountants for the
Company and representatives of the Underwriters at which the contents of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed
and, although they are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility
for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the documents
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incorporated therein by reference, on the basis of the foregoing (relying as
to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions of officers and other
representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such
counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement,
including the documents incorporated therein by reference, at the time the
Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31,
1995 or at the date of the Underwriting Agreement, 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 the Prospectus, including the documents incorporated therein by
reference, at the time the Prospectus was first provided to the Underwriters
for use in connection with the offering of the Shares or at the date hereof,
contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits 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 schedules and other financial
or statistical data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or the documents incorporated therein by reference).
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx need express no opinion (i) as to the
enforceability of forum selection clauses in the federal courts or (ii) with
respect to the requirements of, or compliance with, any state securities or
"Blue Sky" or real estate syndication laws. In addition, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx may rely as to all matters governed by the laws of the State of
Maryland upon the opinion of Xxxxxxx, Procter & Xxxx LLP.
(f) On the date hereof, Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. shall have furnished
to the Underwriters a letter, dated the date of its delivery, addressed to
the Underwriters and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters
(and to its counsel), confirming that they are independent public
accountants with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries as required by
the Act and with respect to the financial and other statistical and
numerical information contained in the Registration Statement. At the
Closing Date and, as to the Additional Shares, at any Option Closing Date,
Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P. shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter,
dated the date of its delivery, which shall confirm, on the basis of a
review in accordance with the procedures
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set forth in the letter from it, that nothing has come to its attention
during the period from the date of the letter referred to in the prior
sentence to a date (specified in the letter) not more than five days prior
to the Closing Date and the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, which would require any change in its letter dated the date hereof if it
were required to be dated and delivered at the Closing Date and the
applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be.
(g) At the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been approved for
listing on the NYSE upon official notice of issuance.
(h) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not have failed at or prior
to the Closing Date and any applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, to perform or comply with any of the agreements pursuant to Section 5
herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by the
Company at or prior to the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be.
(i) At the Closing Date and, if later, at any applicable Option Closing
Date, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such
documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares, as herein
contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy
of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of
the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company
in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein
contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters.
(j) At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a letter
agreement from certain of the directors and executive officers of the
Company, as listed on Schedule IV hereto, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex C.
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9. Effective Date of Agreement; Termination; Default by One or More
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Underwriters. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of this
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Agreement.
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This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date
by you by written notice to the Company if any of the following has occurred:
(i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has been a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity or crisis or change in economic conditions or in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and would, in your judgment, make it impracticable to
market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus,
(iii) the suspension or material limitation of trading in securities on the NYSE
or the American Stock Exchange or material limitation on prices for securities
on either of such exchanges, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other
promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule or order of any
court or other governmental authority which in your opinion would result in a
Material Adverse Effect, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by either
federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of any action by any
federal, state or local government or agency in respect of its monetary or
fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the
financial markets in the United States.
If on the Closing Date or on an applicable Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which it or
they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of
Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to
purchase is not more than one-tenth of the total number of Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased on such date by all
Underwriters, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated severally, in
the proportion which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in
Schedule I bears to the total number of Firm Shares which all the non-defaulting
Underwriters, have agreed to purchase, or in such other proportion as you may
specify, to purchase the Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be,
which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, as the case may be, agreed
but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall
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the number of Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, which any
Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof be increased
pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of
Firm Shares or Additional Shares, as the case may be, without the written
consent of such Underwriter. If on the
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Closing Date or on an applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any
Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares, or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, and the aggregate number of Firm Shares
or Additional Shares, as the case may be, with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares or
Additional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased on such date by all
Underwriters and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for purchase
of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement
will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter
and the Company. In any such case which does not result in termination of this
Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the
Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, but in
no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any,
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not
relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
any such Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. Miscellaneous. Notices given pursuant to any provision of this
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Agreement shall be addressed as follows: (a) if to the Company, to TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 and (b) if to you, c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention:
Syndicate Department, or in any case to such other address as the person to be
notified may have requested in writing.
The provisions of Sections 5, 6 and 7 shall remain operative and in full
force and effect, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares,
regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, the
officers or directors of the Company or any controlling person of the Company
and (ii) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder.
In the event of termination of this Agreement, the provisions of
Sections 5(k) and 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect.
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If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any
failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to
fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse
the several Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and
documented disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them.
Except as otherwise provided, this Agreement has been and is made solely
for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company and the Underwriters,
any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and
assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other
person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The
term "successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares
from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.
This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement
among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
By: XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
SCHEDULE I
Number of
Firm
Shares to Be
Underwriters Purchased
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Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation .................... 1,000,000
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. ........................ 1,000,000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated .................... 1,000,000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. ................. 1,000,000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. ........................... 1,000,000
Xxxxxxxxx & Company, Inc. ................... 200,000
Xxxxxxxxxx Securities ....................... 200,000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Company LLC ........... 200,000
UBS Securities LLC .......................... 200,000
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corporation ..... 100,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Securities, Inc. .............. 100,000
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Total ............. 6,000,000
SCHEDULE II
STATES OF
FOREIGN QUALIFICATION OF
TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
SCHEDULE III
Jurisdiction Percentage of
Name of of States of Foreign Equity Interest Title
Subsidiary Organization Qualification Owned by Company Exceptions
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TriNet Essential Facilities I, Inc. Maryland Pennsylvania 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities II, Inc. Maryland Michigan 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities III, Inc. Maryland Alabama, Florida, 100% None
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Mississippi, New
York, Ohio,
Tennessee, West
Virginia
TriNet Essential Facilities IV, Inc. Maryland Illinois 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities V, Inc. Maryland California 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VI, Inc. Maryland Illinois 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VII, Inc. Maryland Arizona 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VIIIR, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Florida,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
Washington
TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Colorado,
Florida, Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Louisiana,
Missouri, New
York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Texas, Utah
TriNet Essential Facilities XI, Inc. Maryland Ohio, Kansas 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XII, Inc. Maryland California, 100% (1)
Florida,
Illinois,
Louisiana,
Minnesota, New
York, Ohio,
Tennessee, Texas
TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. Maryland New Jersey 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet XVII Realty Trust Massachusetts None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc. Maryland Texas 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Corporate Partners I, L.P. Delaware Louisiana 100%(2) None
TriNet Corporate Partners II, L.P. Delaware Texas, Tennessee 100%(3) None
TriNet Sunnyvale Partners, L.P. Delaware California 44.7%(4) None
TriNet Essential Facilities XX, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Wisconsin
TriNet Essential Facilities XXI, Inc. Maryland South Carolina 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXII, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Colorado
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIII, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIV, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
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(1) Common stock pledged in connection with the 1994 Mortgage Loan (as
defined in the Prospectus).
(2) Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc., as general partner,
and 99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc., as limited partner.
(3) Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc., as general partner,
and 99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc., as limited partner.
(4) Owned 44.7% by TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., as general partner.
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. does not own any of the limited
partnership interests in this partnership.
SCHEDULE IV
LIST OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS SUBJECT TO LOCKUP PROVISIONS
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Xx Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Equities, L.P.
The Summer Xxxxxxx Irrevocable Trust
Quantum Group, L.P.
Annex A
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Re: TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), of a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (File No. 333-19137), as amended, relating to the possible offering
from time to time of up to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Company's Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock (as such terms are
defined in the Registration Statement) and the offering of 6,000,000 shares of
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), pursuant to a Prospectus
Supplement dated February , 1997, which supplements the prospectus included in
such Registration Statement (the "Prospectus Supplement"). Such Registration
Statement, as amended when it became effective, is herein called the
"Registration Statement," and the prospectus dated January 9, 1997, included in
the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement and
filed (with the Prospectus Supplement) with the Commission on February , 1997
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, is herein called the "Prospectus."
This opinion is furnished to you pursuant to Section 8(d) of the
Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), dated February 24, 1997,
by and among the Company and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation, Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
Inc. and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. (the "Underwriters"). Capitalized terms used herein
shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meanings set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement.
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined and relied
upon the following documents:
(a) The Articles of Incorporation, each as amended to date, of (i) the
Company and (ii) the Company's twenty-one corporate subsidiaries: TriNet
Essential Facilities I, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities II, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities III, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities IV, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities V, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities VI, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities VII, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities VIIIR, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities X, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XI, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities XII, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities XV, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities XX, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XXI, Inc., TriNet
Essential Facilities XXII, Inc., TriNet Essential Facilities XXIII, Inc. and
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIV, Inc. (such subsidiaries each being referred to
herein, individually, as a "Corporate Subsidiary" and, collectively, as the
"Corporate Subsidiaries");
(b) The Bylaws of the Company and the Corporate Subsidiaries, each as
amended to date;
(c) The Declaration of Trust of TriNet XVII Realty Trust (the "Trust
Subsidiary");
(d) The Limited Partnership Agreements of TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P., TriNet Corporate Partners II, L.P. and TriNet Sunnyvale Partners, L.P.
(the "Limited Partnership Subsidiaries" and together with the Corporate
Subsidiaries and the Trust Subsidiary, the "Subsidiaries");
(e) Such records of corporate proceedings as we deemed material,
including, but not limited to, (i) a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Company dated December 11, 1996 and (ii) a copy of the
unanimous written consent of the Stock Pricing Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company dated February 24, 1997;
(f) Good Standing Certificates dated variously between February and, 1997,
with respect to the Company and the Corporate Subsidiaries issued by the
Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, with respect to the Trust
Subsidiary issued by the Massachusetts Secretary of State and with respect to
the Limited Partnership Subsidiaries issued by the Delaware Secretary of State,
and a letter of CT Corporation System ("CT") dated as of February , 1997,
which has been provided to your counsel;
(g) Certificates of foreign qualification with respect to the Company, the
Corporate Subsidiaries and the Limited Partnership Subsidiaries in various
states, and a letter of CT dated as of February , 1997, which has been provided
to your counsel;
(h) An executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;
(i) Certificates as to certain facts and to the representations and
warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement from the officers of the
Company and the Corporate Subsidiaries, from the general and limited partners of
the Limited Partnership Subsidiaries and from the trustees of the Trust
Subsidiary;
(j) The Registration Statement;
(k) The Prospectus, including the documents incorporated therein by
reference; and
(l) Such other contracts, documents, certificates and records as we deemed
necessary for the purpose of this opinion, including those delivered at the
closing of the sale of the Shares.
In addition, we have examined and relied on the originals or copies,
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of all such corporate
records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and such other instruments and
certificates of public officials, officers and representatives of the Company
and the Subsidiaries and other persons, and we have made such investigations of
law as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed and have not verified
the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, the authenticity of the
originals of such latter documents and the legal capacity of each individual
executing any document.
Insofar as any opinion in paragraphs (1) through (22) relates to, or
depends upon, any matter of fact, we have relied upon the representations of the
Company as set forth in Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement and certain
certificates of the Company's officers delivered in connection with this
opinion. Although we have performed the examination referred to above, for
purposes of our opinions in paragraphs (1) through (22), we have made no
independent inquiry as to any facts relating to the transactions contemplated by
the Underwriting Agreement.
Whenever our opinion is indicated to be "to our knowledge" or "to the best
of our knowledge," it should be understood that during the course of our
representation of the Company we have not undertaken any independent
investigation to determine the existence or absence of facts. The words "to our
knowledge" and similar language used in certain of the opinions expressed below
are limited to the knowledge of the lawyers within our firm who have had primary
responsibility for our work on the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement. We express no opinion as to legal conclusions set forth in any
agreement or instrument referred to in numbered paragraph (12) that are not
expressly addressed by our opinions set forth in numbered paragraphs (1) through
(11) and (13) through (22).
The opinions expressed below are qualified to the extent that (i) the
validity or enforceability of any provision of any instrument or document or any
rights granted thereunder may be subject to or affected by any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or similar law
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, (ii) the remedy of
specific performance or any other equitable remedy may be unavailable in any
jurisdiction or may be withheld as a matter of judicial discretion, (iii)
equitable principles may be applied in construing or enforcing the provisions of
any instrument or document (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and (iv) applicable federal and state securities
laws and public policy may limit the application of provisions relating to
indemnification and contribution with respect to securities laws matters.
You have not asked us to pass in this opinion letter upon the power and
authority of the Underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement or to
effect the transactions contemplated thereby or as to the disclosure in the
Prospectus or Registration Statement of information relating to the
Underwriters. Accordingly, for the purposes of this opinion letter, we have
assumed that the Underwriters have all requisite power and authority and have
taken all necessary corporate and other action to enter into the Underwriting
Agreement and to effect such transactions, and we do not express any opinion
herein as to the disclosure or non-disclosure in the Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or any other document of any information relating to the
Underwriters.
In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph (1) below as to valid
existence and good standing of the Company, we have relied solely upon the
certificate of state officials and the letter from CT referred to in paragraph
(f) above.
In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph (3) below as to valid
existence and good standing of the Subsidiaries, we have
relied solely upon the certificates of state officials and the letter from CT
referred to in paragraph (f) above.
In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraphs (2) and (4) below as to
the good standing and qualification of the Company and the Subsidiaries to
transact business in states other than Maryland, Massachusetts and Delaware, we
have relied solely upon the certificates of state officials referred to in
paragraph (g) above.
Our opinion expressed in the first sentence of paragraph (15) below is
based on a copy of the written order of the Commission declaring the
Registration Statement effective as of January 9, 1997. Our opinion expressed in
the second sentence of paragraph (15) below is based on an XXXXX filing notice
of the Commission confirming that the Prospectus Supplement was filed with the
Commission on February , 1997 at .
Our opinion expressed in the second sentence of paragraph (8) below is
based on a copy of the Subsequent Listing Application of the Company to the New
York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), as executed by the Company and the NYSE. For
purposes of rendering our opinion in the third sentence of paragraph (8), we
have assumed that all NYSE requirements relating to the form of certificate used
to evidence the Shares are contained in the rules, policies and procedures
published by the NYSE.
In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph (12) below as to the lack
of conflict with, or default under, the documents identified in Appendix B
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hereto, we have relied upon the certification by certain officers of the Company
that the financial covenants contained in Section 5.8 of document number 67 in
Appendix B have not been violated and we do not opine as to any conflict or
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violation that may arise under any financial covenants set forth in Section 5.8
of document number 67 in Appendix B as a result of the execution of the
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Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of any transaction
contemplated thereby.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we express no opinion as to the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Delaware Revised Limited Partnership Act and
the General Corporation Law of Maryland. To the extent that any other laws
govern any of the matters as to which we express an opinion herein, we have
assumed, without independent investigation, that the laws of such jurisdiction
are identical to those of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and we express no
opinion as to whether such assumption is reasonable or correct.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland,
with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus.
2. The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
identified in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement, which has
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been attached as Appendix A hereto.
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3. Each Corporate Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation, in good standing under the laws of the
State of Maryland. The Trust Subsidiary has been duly formed and is
validly existing as a Massachusetts business trust under the laws of
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Limited Partnership
Subsidiaries have been duly formed and are validly existing as limited
partnerships in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Each of the Subsidiaries has the corporate, trust or partnership, as
the case may be, power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus.
4. Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation, business trust or limited partnership, as the case may
be, for the transaction of business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction identified in Schedule III of the Underwriting Agreement,
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which has been attached as Appendix A hereto.
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5. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Corporate
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully
paid and non-assessable, and all of such shares of capital stock are
owned of record by the Company, free and clear of any perfected
security interests or, to our knowledge, any other liens,
encumbrances, security interests and claims, except for the security
interest in the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
TriNet Essential Facilities XII, Inc. listed in Schedule III to the
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Underwriting Agreement; and based solely on our review of the
Declaration of Trust of the Trust Subsidiary, all of the shares of
beneficial interest of such Trust Subsidiary are duly authorized,
validly issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and are owned of record by the Company,
free and clear of any perfected security interests or, to our
knowledge, any other liens, encumbrances, security interests and
claims; and based solely on our review of the limited partnership
agreements of each Limited Partnership Subsidiary, except as set forth
in Appendix A hereto all of the partnership interests of such Limited
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Partnership Subsidiaries are owned by the Company directly, or
indirectly through Corporate Subsidiaries, as set forth in Appendix A
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hereto, free and clear of any perfected security interests or, to our
knowledge, any other liens, encumbrances, security interests and
claims.
6. Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, to our
knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings in which
service or notice of process has been received by an officer or other
representative of the Company or any Subsidiary, or threatened to
which the Company or the Subsidiaries are or may be a party or to
which any property of the Company or the Subsidiaries is or may be the
subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or the
Subsidiaries, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; we do not know of any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or
described as required.
7. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
8. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The Shares have been duly authorized for listing,
subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE. The form of
certificate used to evidence the Shares is in due and proper form and
complies with all applicable statutory and NYSE requirements.
9. The issuance of the Shares is not subject to preemptive or other
similar rights arising by operation of law, the charter or Bylaws of
the Company or, to the best of our knowledge, otherwise.
10. The Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the
captions "Description of Common Stock" and "Restrictions on Transfers
of Capital Stock."
11. The issue and sale of the Shares and the performance by the Company of
its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions therein contemplated will not (a) conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under any of the documents identified in Appendix B hereto
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except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults which individually or
in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) result
in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or
the By-Laws of the Company, or (c) result in any violation of any
applicable law or statute or any order known to us, or any rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Properties.
12. To the best of our knowledge, no default exists, and no event has
occurred which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute
a default, in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant
or condition by the Company or any Subsidiary of any agreement or
instrument identified in Appendix B to which the Company or any
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Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective properties or assets is bound or affected, where the
consequences of such default would have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided, that we express no opinion with respect to any default in
the due performance or observance of any financial term, covenant or
condition to the extent that the determination of whether a default
exists, or event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute a default, does not involve the making of a
legal conclusion.
13. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 40 million
shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, 25 million shares of
excess stock, $.01 par value per share, and 10 million shares of
preferred stock, $.01 par value per share. The Company's issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock is as set forth under the caption
"Capitalization" in the Prospectus, except for subsequent issuances,
if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment plans, employee benefits
plans and employee and director stock option and incentive
plans. The capital stock of the Company conforms to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus; and all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
14. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of Shares or the consummation of the
other transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except
such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications as have been obtained under the 1933 Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws or Sections
2710 and 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
15. The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the
1933 Act. The Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424 within the applicable time period prescribed by Rule 424. To
our knowledge (based solely on oral representations of a member of the
staff of the Commission and a certificate of the Company), no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose is pending or
threatened by the Commission.
16. At the time the Registration Statement became effective and at the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement as
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement (other than (A) the
documents incorporated by reference therein and (B) the financial
statements and schedules and other financial or statistical data
included therein, as to which no opinion is given) complied as to form
in all material respects with the requirements for registration
statements on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, it being understood that in
passing upon compliance as to the form of the Registration Statement,
we assume that the statements made or incorporated therein are correct
and complete.
17. The Company is not, and will not become as a result of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, an
"investment company" or entity
"controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
18. To our knowledge, no holders of securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration
Statement or otherwise under the 1933 Act.
19. Except as described in the Prospectus, to our knowledge, since the
date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Company has not granted any
options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, and has
made no commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of
capital stock of the Company or any security convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company other
than shares of capital stock or stock options issued or granted
pursuant to or in connection with employee benefit or incentive plans
or management or director stock purchase plans of the Company.
20. The Company satisfies all conditions and requirements for filing
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act.
21. Each document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the Exchange Act on or before the date hereof (other than the
financial statements and supporting schedules included therein, as to
which no opinion is given) and incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied when so filed as
to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act, it being
understood that in passing upon compliance as to the form of such
documents, we assume that the statements made therein are correct and
complete.
22. The Statements in the Prospectus under the first paragraph of the
caption "Restrictions on Transfers of Capital Stock" (except for the
last sentence thereof), to the extent such information constitutes
statements of law, descriptions of statutes, rules or regulations,
summaries of documents or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us
and are accurate in all material respects and present fairly the
information required to be disclosed therein.
The limitations inherent in the independent verification of factual matters and
the character of determinations involved in the registration process are such
that we are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or the documents incorporated therein by reference and we make no
representation that we have independently verified the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of such, except as expressly set forth in (a) paragraphs (10) and (22)
hereof and (b) the second numbered paragraph of the opinion of this firm to you
relating to certain tax matters of even date herewith. Without limiting the
foregoing, we assume no responsibility for, and have not independently verified,
the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements or notes
thereto, financial schedules and other financial and statistical data included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and we have not examined the
accounting, financial or statistical records from which such statements and
notes, schedules and data are derived. However, in the course of our acting as
counsel to the Company and the Subsidiaries in connection with the preparation
of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the public offering of the
Shares we participated in conferences and telephone conversations with
representatives of the Company, representatives of Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.,
accountants for the Company, your representatives and representatives of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, your counsel, during which conferences and conversations the
contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters
were discussed. In addition, we reviewed certain documents made available to us
by the Company or otherwise in our possession.
Based on our participation in the above-mentioned conferences and
conversations, our review of the documents described above, our understanding of
applicable law and the experience we have gained in our practice thereunder, we
advise you that:
(a) No facts have come to our attention which cause us to believe that
the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated therein by
reference, but excluding the financial statements or notes thereto,
financial schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
therein, as to which we express no opinion), at the time it became
effective or at the time the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 was filed with the Commission
(whichever is later), or on the date of the Underwriting Agreement,
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.
(b) No facts have come to our attention which cause us to believe
that the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated therein by
reference, but excluding the financial statements or notes thereto,
financial schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
therein, as to which we express no opinion), as of its date or the date
hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted or omits 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.
This opinion is based upon currently existing statutes, rules and
regulations and judicial decisions and is rendered as of the date hereof, and we
disclaim any obligation to advise you of any change in any of the foregoing
sources of law or subsequent developments in law or changes in facts or
circumstances which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
The opinions set forth herein are rendered solely for your use and may not
be relied upon by you for any other purposes, or furnished to, quoted to, or
relied upon by, in whole or in part, any other person, firm or corporation for
any purpose, without our prior written consent, except that your counsel, Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, may rely upon the opinions relating to the Maryland General
Corporation Law in connection with their opinion to be delivered pursuant to
Section 8(e) of the Underwriting Agreement.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX, PROCTER & XXXX LLP
APPENDIX A
STATES OF
FOREIGN QUALIFICATION OF
TRINET CORPORATE REALTY TRUST, INC.
California
Florida
Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction Percentage of
Name of of States of Foreign Equity Interest Title
Subsidiary Organization Qualification Owned by Company Exceptions
---------- ------------ ------------- ---------------- ----------
TriNet Essential Facilities I, Inc. Maryland Pennsylvania 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities II, Inc. Maryland Michigan 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities III, Inc. Maryland Alabama, Florida, 100% None
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Mississippi, New
York, Ohio,
Tennessee, West
Virginia
TriNet Essential Facilities IV, Inc. Maryland Illinois 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities V, Inc. Maryland California 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VI, Inc. Maryland Illinois 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VII, Inc. Maryland Arizona 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities VIIIR,
Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Florida,
Minnesota,
Nevada,
Washington
TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Colorado,
Florida, Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Louisiana,
Missouri, New
York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Texas, Utah
TriNet Essential Facilities XI, Inc. Maryland Ohio, Kansas 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XII, Inc. Maryland California, 100% (1)
Florida,
Illinois,
Louisiana,
Minnesota, New
York, Ohio,
Tennessee, Texas
TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. Maryland New Jersey 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet XVII Realty Trust Massachusetts None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII,
Inc. Maryland Texas 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Corporate Partners I, L.P. Delaware Louisiana 100%(2) None
TriNet Corporate Partners II, L.P. Delaware Texas, Tennessee 100%(3) None
TriNet Sunnyvale Partners, L.P. Delaware California 44.7%(4) None
TriNet Essential Facilities XX, Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Wisconsin
TriNet Essential Facilities XXI, Inc. Maryland South Carolina 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXII,
Inc. Maryland California, 100% None
Colorado
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIII,
Inc. Maryland None 100% None
TriNet Essential Facilities XXIV,
Inc. Maryland None 100% None
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(1) Common stock pledged in connection with the 1994 Mortgage Loan (as defined
in the Prospectus).
(2) Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVI, Inc., as general partner, and
99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XV, Inc., as limited partner.
(3) Owned 1% by TriNet Essential Facilities XVIII, Inc., as general
partner, and 99% by TriNet Essential Facilities XIX, Inc., as limited
partner.
(4) Owned 44.7% by TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., as general
partner. TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. does not own any of the
limited partnership interests in this partnership.
APPENDIX B
1. Formation Agreement by and among the Company, its subsidiaries, the
Predecessor Partnerships and certain other parties, dated May 21, 1993.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
74284.)
2. Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1(i) to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
3. Amended and Restated Bylaws. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1(ii) to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
4. Amended and Restated Lease of certain real property located in East
Whiteland and Tredyffrin Townships, Xxxxxxx County, Pennsylvania, between
Malvern Valley Investment Company, L.P., as landlord, and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, as tenant, dated as of January 17, 1991. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
5. Lease of certain real property known as Terrace Point in Muskegon,
Michigan, between Xxxxxxx/West Finance Partners II (Limited Partnership),
as landlord, and SPX Corporation, as tenant, dated November 15, 1989.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
59836.)
6. Lease of certain real property known as Terrace Plaza in Muskegon,
Michigan, between Xxxxxxx/West Finance Partners II (Limited
Partnership), as landlord, and SPX Corporation, as tenant, dated November
15, 1989. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust Inc., Registration
No. 33-59836.)
7.[Intentionally Omitted]
8.[Intentionally Omitted]
9. Lease of real property located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, between Metro Chicago Investment Company, as landlord,
and Uarco, Inc., as tenant, dated August 5, 1991, as amended November 25,
1991 and November 27, 1991. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
10. Support Agreement dated as of August 5, 1991, between Settsu Corporation
and Uarco Incorporated. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
11. Lease of certain real property in Los Angeles, California, between
Xxxxxxx/West Finance Partners IV Limited Partnership, as landlord,
and Alpha Beta Company (formerly The Boys Markets, Inc.), as tenant, dated
August 10, 1990. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-59836.)
12. Guaranty of Lease dated as of August 10, 1990, by Food 4 Less
Supermarkets, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-59836.)
13. Lease of certain real property located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, between Westside Industrial Investments Limited Partnership, as
landlord, and Art Line, Inc., as tenant, dated September 30, 1988, as
amended November 16, 1988, August 28, 1989, November 12, 1991 and July 28,
1992. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration
No. 33-59836.)
14. Lease of certain real property located at 3025-3121 Xxxx Xxxxxx and 0000
Xxxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Arizona, among Hawaii Real Estate Services
Corporation and Xxxxxx Avenue Investment Company, as landlord, and Lincoln
Technical
Institute of Arizona, Inc. d/b/a/ Universal Technical Institute,
as tenant, dated February 16, 1989. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
15. Lease Guaranty of Xxxxxx X. Sweet, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, X.X. Xxxxxxx and
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx dated February 16, 1989. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.12 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
16. Purchase and Sale Agreement between Caterair International Corporation and
Xxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Corporate Capital, Inc., dated as of November 30, 1992,
including Form of Lease Agreement between Xxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Corporate Capital,
Inc. and Caterair International Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
17. Purchase Agreement dated December 22, 1992, between Rosewood Construction,
Inc. and Xxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Corporate Capital, Inc., as amended March 17, 1993.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
59836.)
18. Industrial Building Lease dated July 1, 1990, between Rosewood
Construction, Inc., and Terminal Freight Handling Company, d/b/a
Sears Logistics Services, as amended July 28, 1991, January 21, 1993 and
March 15, 1993. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-59836.)
19. Purchase Agreement dated February 25, 1993, between ITEL Distribution
Systems, Inc. and Xxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Corporate Capital, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
20. Agreement to Issue Guaranty dated June 30, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Corporation. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.17 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-59836.)
21. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at Steelway Boulevard North (A-F), Clay, New York. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
22. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (X), Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
23. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at Steelway Boulevard North (H), Clay, New York. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
24. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
25. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at Xxxx Road and Xxxxxxxx Road, Lyons, New York. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
26. Lease Agreement dated as of June 3, 1991, by and between ITEL
Distribution Systems, Inc. and GATX Logistics, Inc. regarding property
situated at Radisson Industrial Park, Lysander, New York. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
27. Lease Agreement dated as of September 25, 1993, between TriNet Essential
Facilities X, Inc. and West Coast Liquidators, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K, dated September 24, 1993, of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Commission File No. 1-11918.)
28. Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of July 15, 1993, between West Coast
Liquidators, Inc. and TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., as amended.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K, dated September 24,
1993, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Commission File No. 1-11918.)
29. Guaranty of Lease dated as of September 25, 1993, by MacFrugal's
Bargains . Close-Outs, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
Form 8-K, dated September 24, 1993, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Commission File No. 1-11918.)
30. Lease Agreement dated August 1, 1988, between West Coast Liquidators, Inc.,
as tenant, and the Industrial Development Board of the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, Inc., as landlord. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27
to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
31. TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. Amended and Restated 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
32. Interest Rate Protection Agreement dated May 21, 1993, between certain of
the Company's subsidiaries and UBS Securities (Swaps), Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11,
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
33. Purchase/Sale Agreement dated November 30, 1993, by and between BD Two,
Inc. and the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
34. Lease Agreement dated October 22, 1991, between the Xxxxxxxx/Xxxxxx
Investment Group, as landlord, and PNC Mortgage Corporation of America,
Inc. (formerly Sears Mortgage Corporation), as tenant. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
35. Purchase Agreement dated October 21, 1993, between CPBP No. 2 Limited
Partnership, as tenant, and the Company, as landlord. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11,
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
36. Corporate Office Lease dated October 13, 0000, xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Limited Partnership, as Landlord, and Northern States
Power Company, as tenant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.36 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
37. Purchase Agreement dated December 15, 1993, between Volkswagen of America,
Inc., as tenant, and the Company, as landlord. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.37 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
38. Lease dated December 29, 1993, between TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc.,
as landlord, and Volkswagen of America, Inc., as tenant (City of Industry).
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
74284.)
39. Lease dated December 29, 1993, between TriNet Essential Facilities X,
Inc., as landlord, and Volkswagen of America, Inc., as tenant
(Lincolnshire). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.39 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
40. Lease dated December 29, 1993, between TriNet Essential Facilities X,
Inc., as landlord, and Volkswagen of America, Inc., as tenant
(Jacksonville). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-11,
of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
41. Reorganization Agreement dated as of May 21, 1993, between the Company
and Xxxxxx/Xxxxxxx Corporate Capital, Inc. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
42. Form of Noncompetition Agreement dated as of June 2, 1993, between the
Company and certain of its executive officers. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-59836.)
43. Form of Option Agreement between the Company and its executive officers.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
59836.)
44. Indemnification Agreement dated as of June 3, 1993, among the Company,
certain of its subsidiaries, Xxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Xx. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-74284.)
45. Indemnification Agreements between the Company and the Independent
Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10 to Form 10-Q of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated August 12, 1993, Commission File
No. 1-11918.)
46. TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. 1993 - 1994 Performance Based
Management Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.49 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
47. Description of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. Savings and Retirement
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.50 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.,
Registration No. 33-74284.)
48. TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8, of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-
02222.)
49. Management Agreement dated as of June 3, 1993, by and among the Company
and certain of its subsidiaries. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.51 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11, of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., Registration No. 33-74284.)
50. Purchase Agreement dated October 21, 1993, between CPBP No. 2 Limited
Partnership, as tenant, and TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc., as
landlord. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report
on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1994 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
51. Lease Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities X, Inc., as landlord,
and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, as tenant. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1994 of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
52. Lease Agreement between Chem Network Processing Services and AT&T
Resource Management Corporation, dated April 20, 1990, as assigned to
TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. on April 18, 1995. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2,
1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
53. Purchase Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV, Inc. and P.G.
Associates Limited Partnership, dated March 13, 1995. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2,
1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
54. First Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities
XIV, Inc. and P.G. Associates Limited Partnership, dated April 18, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form
8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
55. Management Incentive Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV,
Inc. and P.G. Associates Limited Partnership,
dated April 18, 1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty
Trust, Inc.)
56. Management Agreement between TriNet Essential Facilities XIV,
Inc. and P.G. Associates Limited Partnership, dated April 18, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form
8-K dated May 2, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
57. Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I, L.P. and National
Tea Corporation, dated November 1, 1994. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 1995 of
TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
58. First Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated November 1, 1994. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23,
1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
59. Second Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners
I, L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated February 1, 1995. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June
23, 1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
60. Third Amendment to Purchase Agreement between TriNet Corporate Partners I,
L.P. and National Tea Corporation, dated May 1, 1995. (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23,
1995 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
61. Loan Agreement dated as of December 6, 1994 by and among Nomura Asset
Capital Corporation, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company and
TriNet Essential Facilities XII, Inc.
62. Indenture dated May 22, 1996 between the Company and Xxxxxx Trust and
Savings Bank. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 1996 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust,
Inc.)
63. Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated May 22, 1996 between the Company and
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 14, 1996 of TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc.)
64. Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences
of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock relating to the Series A
Cumulative Preferred Stock, as filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation on June 17, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A/A of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated June
26, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28,
1996.)
65. Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership between TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., and the X'Xxxxxxx Revocable Trust, the
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Revocable Trust and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, dated June 26, 1996.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K dated July 3, 1996 of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc.)
66. Definitive Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and
Preferences of a Series of Shares of Preferred Stock (Series B Preferred
Stock). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A/A of TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated August 9, 1996, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 1996.)
67. Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among TriNet Corporate
Realty Trust, Inc., as borrower, Xxxxxx Guaranty Trust Company of
New York, as lead agent, and First National Bank of Boston, as managing co-
agent, dated October 9, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
Form 10-Q of TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc., dated November 12, 1996,
Commission File No. 1-11918).
Annex B
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is delivered to you in our capacity as counsel to TriNet
Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") in connection with the offering by
the Company of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock, $.01 par value per share in
an underwritten public offering, pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 (File No. 333-19137), as
amended, relating to the possible offering from time to time of up to
$400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's Debt Securities,
Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and a Prospectus Supplement dated February ,
1997, which supplements the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement.
This opinion relates to the Company's qualification for federal income tax
purposes as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
In rendering the following opinion, we have reviewed and relied upon a copy
of the Company's federal income tax return on Form 1120 - REIT, for each of its
taxable years ended December 1993, December 1994 and December 1995. We assume
that each of the foregoing returns were timely filed following timely filing of
application for automatic extension of time to file such returns. We have
examined the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as
amended, and such other records, certificates and documents as we have deemed
necessary or appropriate for purposes of rendering the opinions set forth
herein.
We have reviewed and relied upon the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement
and the descriptions set forth therein, or incorporated by reference, of the
Company and its investments and activities. We have relied upon the
representations of an officer
of the Company dated February , 1997 (the "Certificate"), regarding the manner
in which the Company has been and will continue to be owned and operated. We
have not made an independent investigation of any of the facts set forth in any
of the above-referenced documents including the Certificate. Except as regards
the federal income tax requirements relating to the taxation of the Company as a
REIT, which is the subject of this opinion and with regard to which officers of
the Company have certified to the factual matters relating to the Company's
compliance, we assume that the Company has been and will be operated in
accordance with applicable laws and the terms and conditions of applicable
documents, and that the descriptions of the Company and its investments, and the
proposed investments, activities, operations and governance of the Company set
forth in the Registration Statement are true.
In rendering the opinions set forth herein, we have assumed (i) the
genuineness of all signatures on documents we have examined, (ii) the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iii) the conformity
to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, (iv) the
conformity of final documents to all documents submitted to us as drafts, (v)
the authority and capacity of the individual or individuals who executed any
such documents on behalf of any person, (vi) the accuracy and completeness of
all records made available to us, and (vii) the factual accuracy of all
representations, warranties and other statements made by all parties. We have
also assumed, without investigation, that all documents, certificates,
warranties and covenants on which we have relied in rendering the opinion set
forth below including the representations contained in the Certificate, but
excluding representations made to us in prior certificates which may no longer
accurately reflect the Company's assets or operations solely on account of the
Company's having subsequently (i) acquired properties not referred to therein or
(ii) disposed of properties specifically referred to therein, as the case may
be, and that were given or dated earlier than the date of this letter continue
to remain accurate, insofar as relevant to the opinion set forth herein, from
such earlier date through and including the date of this letter.
The conclusions set forth below are based upon the Code, the Income Tax
Regulations and Procedure and Administration Regulations promulgated thereunder
and existing administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all of which
are subject to change. No assurance can therefore be given that the federal
income tax consequences described below will not be altered in the future.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that
1. Commencing with the Company's taxable year ended December 31, 1993, the
Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for
qualification as a "real estate investment trust", and its method of
operation, as described in the Registration Statement and set forth in
the Certificate, has enabled the Company to meet and, provided that the
Company continues to meet the applicable asset composition, source of
income, shareholder diversification, distribution, recordkeeping and
other requirements of the Code necessary for a corporation to qualify as
a REIT, will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a "real estate investment trust" under the
Code.
2. The Statements in the Prospectus set forth under the caption "Federal
Income Tax Considerations" to the extent such information constitutes
matters of law, summaries of legal matters, or legal conclusions, have
been reviewed by us and are accurate in all material respects.
We express no opinion with respect to the transactions described in the
Registration Statement other than those expressly set forth herein. Moreover, as
indicated above, the Company's qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon
the Company's ability to meet, through actual annual operating results,
distribution levels, diversity of stock ownership and the various qualification
tests imposed under the Code, the results of which will not be reviewed by us.
Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company's
operations for any one taxable year will satisfy such requirements. You should
recognize that our opinion is not binding on the IRS and that the IRS may
disagree with the opinion contained herein. Although we believe that our opinion
will be sustained if challenged, there can be no assurance that this will be the
case. Except as specifically discussed above, the opinion expressed herein is
based upon the law as it currently exists. Consequently, future changes in the
law may cause the federal income tax treatment of the transactions described
herein to be materially and adversely different from that described above.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXX, PROCTER & XXXX LLP
Annex C
XXXXXXXXX, LUFKIN & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
XXXXXXX XXXXX & CO.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
c/x Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement dated February 24, 1997 (the
"Underwriting Agreement") among TriNet Corporate Realty Trust, Inc. (the
"Company") and Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation, Xxxxxxx,
Sachs & Co., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Inc. (the "Underwriters"), relating to the public offering of 6,000,000 shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company. This letter is
delivered by the undersigned to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8(j) of the
Underwriting Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise
defined herein, have the meaning set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.
The undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned shall not, without the
prior written consent of Xxxxxxxxx, Lufkin & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation
("DLJ"), directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, grant any
option to purchase or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock
(including, without limitation, shares of Common Stock which may be deemed to be
beneficially owned in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and shares of Common Stock which may be received upon
exercise of stock options or warrants) or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or in any other manner transfer
all or a portion of the economic consequences associated with the ownership of
Common Stock (each of the foregoing actions, a "Transfer"), prior to the
expiration of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such consent shall be required in
connection with (i) the delivery to the Company, in connection with the exercise
of options or the grant of Common
Stock under the Company's stock incentive plan, of shares of Common Stock in
satisfaction of the exercise price of such options or applicable withholding
requirements, (ii) grants of a bona fide security interest in, or a bona fide
pledge of, shares of Common Stock to a recognized financial institution and
transactions contemplated by such grants or pledges whether made before or after
the date of the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) any Transfer to entities
controlled by the undersigned and (iv) any Transfer to members of the immediate
family of the undersigned (or to an entity for their benefit); provided that, in
the case of a Transfer of the type described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv),
prior to making any such Transfer, the undersigned shall have delivered a
written instrument to DLJ in which the transferee agrees to be bound by the
restrictions contained in this agreement with respect to the subject of such
Transfer.
The obligation of the undersigned shall survive the death or incapacity of
the undersigned and shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Very truly yours,
Name:
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Date: Address:
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Agreed:
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXX & XXXXXXXX
SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
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Authorized Signature
