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Exhibit 1.1
2,500,000 Shares
LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES, INC.
(a Maryland corporation)
Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
November 12, 1997
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
XxXxxxxx & Company Securities, Inc.
as Representatives of the
several Underwriters
c/o Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Maryland (the "Company"), Lepercq Corporate Income
Fund L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("LCIF"), Lepercq Corporate Income
Fund II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("LCIF II"), LXP I, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership ("LXP I"), and LXP II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership ("LXP II")( LCIF, LCIF II, LXP I and LXP II hereinafter are
collectively referred to as the "Property Partnerships"), each confirms its
agreement with Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. ("Bear Xxxxxxx") and XxXxxxxx & Company
Securities, Inc. ("McDonald") and each of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters," which term shall also
include any underwriter substituted as provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom
Bear Xxxxxxx and McDonald are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the
"Representatives"), with respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by
the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of 2,500,000 shares of
common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company,
as set forth in Schedule I hereto (except as may be provided otherwise in the
Pricing Agreement, as hereinafter defined), and with respect to the grant by the
Company to the Underwriters of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to
purchase all or any part of an additional 375,000 shares of Common Stock to
cover over-allotments. The aforesaid 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the
"Initial Shares"), together with all or any part of the 375,000 shares of Common
Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the "Option
Shares"), are collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Shares." Unless the
context otherwise requires, as used herein, "you" and "your" shall mean Bear
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Xxxxxxx and McDonald each of the other Underwriters for whom Bear Xxxxxxx and
McDonald are acting as Representatives.
Prior to the purchase and public offering of the Shares by the several
Underwriters, the Company and the Representatives, acting on behalf of the
several Underwriters, shall enter into an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (the "Pricing Agreement"). The Pricing Agreement may take the
form of an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication between
the Company and the Representatives and shall specify such applicable
information as is indicated in Exhibit A hereto. The offering of the Shares will
be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the Pricing Agreement. From
and after the date of the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement, this
Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate the Pricing Agreement.
The term "Subsidiary" as used herein means a corporation or a
partnership a majority of the outstanding equity interests of which is owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or the Property Partnerships,
as the case may be, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or the
Property Partnerships.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the
Property Partnerships.
(a) The Company and each of the Property Partnerships, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to you, as of the date hereof, and to you and
each other Underwriter named in the Pricing Agreement, as of the date thereof,
as of the Closing Time (as defined below) and, if applicable, as of each Date of
Delivery (as defined below) (in each case, a "Representation Date"), as follows:
(1) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-3688) for the registration of the Securities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the offering thereof from
time to time in accordance with Rule 430A or Rule 415 of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act
Regulations"), and the Company has filed such amendments thereto as may
have been required prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement.
Such registration statement (as amended) has been declared effective by
the Commission. Such registration statement and the prospectus
constituting a part thereof (including in each case the information, if
any, deemed to be part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations, and each prospectus supplement relating to the offering of
the Shares pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 415 of the 1933 Act
Regulations (the "Prospectus Supplement")), including all documents
incorporated therein by reference, as from
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time to time amended or supplemented pursuant to the 1933 Act, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") or
otherwise, are collectively referred to herein as the "Registration
Statement" and the "Prospectus," respectively; provided, that if any
revised Prospectus shall be provided to you by the Company for use in
connection with the offering of Shares which differs from the
Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration
Statement became effective (whether or not such revised prospectus is
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933
Act Regulations), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to each such
revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to you
for such use; provided, further, that a Prospectus Supplement shall be
deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus only with respect to the
offering of Shares to which it relates. Any registration statement
(including any supplement thereto or information which is deemed part
thereof) filed by the Company under Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement") shall be deemed to
be part of the Registration Statement. Any prospectus (including any
amendment or supplement thereto or information which is deemed part
thereof) included in any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any
term sheet as contemplated by Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations (a
"Term Sheet") shall be deemed to be part of the Prospectus. All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and
other information which is "contained," "included" 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 the
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 the filing of any
document under the 1934 Act which is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case
may be. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, preliminary
prospectus supplement, Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement or any Term
Sheet or any amendment or supplement to the foregoing shall be deemed
to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("XXXXX").
(2) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under
the 1933 Act. Each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has become effective under the
1933 Act and no stop order suspending the
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effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has
been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceeding for that purpose has
been instituted or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is
contemplated or threatened by the Commission or by the state securities
authority of any jurisdiction, and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information has been complied with. 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.
(3) The Registration Statement, at the time it became effective,
complied, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus at each
Representation Date will comply in all material respects with the
provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The
Registration Statement, at the time the Registration Statement became
effective, did not, and as of each Representation Date, will 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 not misleading. At the date of the Prospectus, at
the Closing Time and at each Representation Date, the Prospectus and
any amendments and supplements thereto (unless the term "Prospectus"
refers to a prospectus which has been provided to you by the Company
for use in connection with an offering of Shares which differs from the
Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration
Statement became effective, in which case at the time it is first
provided to you for such use) did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company elects to
rely upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will comply
with the requirements of Rule 434. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through you
expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. If a
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is required in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares, the Company has complied or will
comply with the requirements of Rule 111 of the 1933 Act Regulations
relating to the payment of filing fees therefor.
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(4) Each preliminary prospectus, preliminary prospectus supplement
and Prospectus Supplement filed as part of the Registration Statement
as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied, when so filed, in
all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable,
each preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement and
the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement delivered to the Underwriters
for use in connection with the offering of Shares will, at the time of
such delivery, be identical to the electronically transmitted copies
thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the
extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(5) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, 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 1934 Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations")
and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus,
at the time the Registration Statement became effective and as of each
Representation Date or during the period specified in Section 3(f), did
not and will 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 light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
(6) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, the public accountants who have
certified the financial statements and supporting schedules and whose
reports are included in, or incorporated by reference into, the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent public
accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations
and were independent accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations during the periods covered by the financial
statements on which they reported; and there have been no disagreements
with any accountants or "reportable events" (as defined in Item 304 of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission) in either case as
required to be disclosed in the Prospectus or elsewhere pursuant to
such Item 304.
(7) The consolidated financial statements of the Company
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, as well as
those financial statements, schedules and notes of any other entity
included therein, present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of the Company or such other entities, as the case
may be, at the respective dates indicated and the statement of
operations,
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stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company or such other
entities, as the case may be, for the periods specified. Such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods involved, except as may otherwise be described therein. The
supporting schedules, if any, included in, or incorporated by reference
into, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly, in
all material respects the information required to be stated therein.
The selected financial data and the summary financial information
included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Prospectus present
fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and
have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included in, or incorporated by reference into,
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company's ratio of
earnings to fixed charges (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in
the Prospectus under the caption "Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges"
or other similar caption and in Exhibit 12.1 to the Registration
Statement have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of
Regulation S-K of the Commission. In addition, any pro forma financial
statements included in, or incorporated by reference into, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation
S-X of the Commission, and the assumptions used in the preparation
thereof are, in the opinion of the Company, reasonable, and the
adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the
transactions and circumstances referred to therein and have been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements. Other than the historical financial statements (and
schedules) included therein, no other historical or pro forma financial
statements (or schedules) are required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act
Regulations to be included, or incorporated by reference into, in the
Registration Statement.
(8) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise
described, or incorporated by reference, therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) or in
the earnings, assets, business affairs or business prospects of the
Company, the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries, considered
as one enterprise (a "Material Adverse Effect"), whether or not arising
in the ordinary course of business; (B) no casualty loss or
condemnation or other adverse event with respect to any of the
interests held directly or indirectly in any of the real properties
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, the Property
Partnerships or their Subsidiaries (the "Properties") has occurred that
is material to
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the Company, the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise; (C) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company, the Property Partnerships or any
Subsidiary, other than those arising in the ordinary course of
business, which are material with respect to the Company, the Property
Partnerships and their Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise or
that would result, upon consummation, in any material inaccuracy in the
representations contained in Section 1(a)(7) above; (D) neither the
Company, the Property Partnerships nor any Subsidiary has incurred any
material obligation or liability, direct, contingent or otherwise
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with
GAAP or otherwise required to be disclosed under the 1933 Act, the 1933
Act Regulations or the 1934 Act, or 1934 Act Regulations; and (E) there
has been no material change in the short-term debt or long-term debt of
the Company or the Property Partnerships.
(9) All statements contained in or incorporated by reference into
the Registration Statement which are in the nature of "forward-looking"
statements, and the assumptions upon which such statements are based,
are in the good faith opinion of the Company, reasonable in light of
the circumstances under which they are, or were, made.
(10) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties, to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement and the other agreements to which it is a party.
The Company is duly qualified or registered as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification or registration is required, whether by reason of
the ownership, leasing or management of property or the conduct of its
business, except where the failure to be so qualified would not be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(11) The Property Partnerships have been duly formed and are
validly existing as limited partnerships in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware with partnership power and authority to
own, lease and operate their properties, to conduct the business in
which they are engaged and to enter into and perform their obligations
under this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the other agreements
to which they are a party. The Property Partnerships are duly qualified
or registered as foreign partnerships and are in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification or registration
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is required, whether by reason of the ownership, leasing or management
of property or the conduct of their respective businesses, except where
the failure to be so qualified would not be reasonably likely to result
in a Material Adverse Affect.
(12) Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly formed and is validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization with partnership or corporate power and authority to
conduct the business in which it is engaged and to own, lease and
operate its properties as described in the Prospectus. Each of the
Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign partnership, corporation or
other organization to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required whether by reason
of the ownership or leasing of property, the management of properties
by others or the conduct of its business, except where the failure to
be so qualified would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Affect.
(13) The capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the
Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any,
contemplated under this Agreement, pursuant to employee benefit plans
referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of
convertible securities, limited partnership interests in the Property
Partnerships or any Subsidiaries ("Units") or options referred to in
the Prospectus). Such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized
and validly issued by the Company and are fully paid and
non-assessable, and none of such shares of capital stock were issued in
violation of preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of
law, under the charter and by-laws of the Company or under any
agreement to which the Company, the Property Partnerships or any of
their Subsidiaries is a party, or otherwise.
(14) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock and
partnership interests, as the case may be, of each of the Property
Partnerships and each Subsidiary have been validly issued and fully
paid and except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement are owned by the Company, the Property
Partnerships, another Subsidiary, and/or certain affiliated entities as
described in the Registration Statement, in each case free and clear of
any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity. The Property Partnerships own no direct or indirect equity
interest in any entity other than their Subsidiaries.
(15) Except for transactions disclosed or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus and Prospectus
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Supplement and transactions in connection with stock options, dividend
reinvestment plans and exchanges of Units, there are no outstanding
rights, warrants or options to acquire or subscribe for, or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for or agreements or understandings
with respect to the sale or issuance of, any capital stock, Units or
other securities of the Company, the Property Partnerships or any of
their Subsidiaries.
(16) Each of the Company and the Property Partnerships has full
corporate or partnership power and authority, as the case may be, to
enter into and perform their obligations under this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement and this Agreement has been, and as of each
Representation Date, the Pricing Agreement will have been, duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the
Property Partnerships and, assuming due authorization and delivery by
the other parties thereto, each is a valid and binding agreement of the
Company and the Property Partnerships enforceable against the Company
and the Property Partnerships in accordance with its terms, except as
(A) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally, (B) the availability of equitable remedies
may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability, and
(C) rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by
state or federal securities laws or the public policy underlying such
laws.
(17) The Shares have been, or as of the date of the Pricing
Agreement will have been, duly authorized for issuance and sale to the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered
as provided herein and in the Pricing Agreement, the Shares will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the
Shares is not subject to preemptive or similar rights.
(18) The Shares being sold pursuant to the Pricing Agreement will
conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto
contained in the Prospectus and will be certificated in substantially
the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(19) None of the Company, the Property Partnerships or any of
their Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter, by-laws, certificate
of limited partnership, certification of formation, partnership
agreement or LLC agreement, as the case may be, or in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust,
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loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it or any of them is a party or by which any of them may be
bound, or to which any of their property or assets is subject, except
for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
Pricing Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein or therein
including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares and the use of
the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Prospectus
Supplement under the caption "Use of Proceeds," and compliance by each
of the Company and the Property Partnerships with its obligations
hereunder and thereunder do not and will not (A) whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with
or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the
Company, the Property Partnerships or any of their Subsidiaries
pursuant to, any material contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company, the Property Partnerships or any of
their Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be
bound, or to which any of their properties or assets is subject, nor
(B) result in any violation of the provisions of the (i) charter,
bylaws, LLC agreement or partnership agreement of the Company, the
Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii)
any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, government agency or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Property
Partnerships or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or
operations. As used herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or
condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf)
the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or
a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Property
Partnerships or any Subsidiary.
(20) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company, the
Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of
the Company and the Property Partnerships, is imminent, which may
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(21) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or to
the knowledge of the Company or the Property Partnerships threatened,
against or affecting the Company, the Property Partnerships, any
Subsidiary thereof, any property or any
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officer or director of the foregoing, which is required to be disclosed
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than as stated
or incorporated by reference therein), or which might result in a
Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect
the consummation of this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement or the
transactions contemplated herein or therein.
(22) There are no contracts or documents of the Company or the
Property Partnerships which are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by
reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not
been so described and/or filed as required.
(23) No authorization, approval or consent of any court or
governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the
performance by the Company and the Property Partnerships of their
obligations under this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement, or in
connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or
such Pricing Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as
may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or state
securities or real estate syndication laws.
(24) The Company, the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries
own or possess trademarks, service marks, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company,
the Property Partnerships nor any of their Subsidiaries has received
any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict
with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual
Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of
the Company, the Property Partnerships or any of their Subsidiaries
therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy,
singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(25) Each of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries has all permits, licenses, approvals, consents,
certificates and other authorizations of and from (collectively,
"Governmental Licenses") and has made all declarations and filings
with, all appropriate federal, state, local, foreign and other
governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all
courts and other tribunals required for it to own, lease, license and
use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in the manner
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, other than
such
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Governmental Licenses the absence of which, singly or in the aggregate,
would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Company, the Property Partnerships nor any of their
Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would be reasonably likely to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(26) The Company, the Property Partnerships and each of their
Subsidiaries have or will have at the Closing Time and at each
Representation Date good and marketable title in fee simple to all real
property and good title to all personal property owned by or as
contemplated in the Prospectus to be owned by them at the Closing Time
and at each Representation Date, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are disclosed in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus or any documents incorporated by
reference therein or such as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property by the Company, the Property Partnerships
and their Subsidiaries; and all real property and buildings held under
lease by the Company, the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries
as contemplated in the Prospectus to be held under lease by them at the
Closing Time and at each Representation Date are held by them under
valid, subsisting and enforceable leases in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the
Prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference therein or such
as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries.
(27) None of the Company or the Property Partnerships is, and upon
the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will be, an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
(28) Except as disclosed in, or incorporated by reference into,
the Registration Statement and Prospectus or as disclosed in any
environmental reports delivered to the Representatives or their
counsel, (A) each Property, including, without limitation, the
Environment (as defined below) at each Property, is free of any
Hazardous Substance (as defined below) in violation of any
Environmental Law (as defined below) applicable to the Properties
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except for any Hazardous Substance that would not have any Material
Adverse Effect; (B) none of the Company, the Property Partnerships or
any Subsidiary has caused or suffered to occur any Release (as defined
below) of any Hazardous Substance into the Environment on, in, under or
from any Property in violation of any Environmental Law applicable to
such Property, and no condition exists on, in or under any Property or,
to the knowledge of the Company or the Property Partnerships, any other
property that could result in the occurrence of material liabilities
under, or any material violations of, any Environmental Law applicable
to such Property, or give rise to the imposition of any Lien (as
defined below) under any Environmental Law; (C) none of the Company,
the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary is engaged in or intends to
engage in, and no current or future tenant of any Property engages in
or will engage in, operations at any Property that involve the use,
handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any
Hazardous Substances, except to the extent that such operations are
conducted in accordance with Environmental Laws; (D) none of the
Company, the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary has received any
notice of a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law pertaining
to a Property or pertaining to other property at which Hazardous
Substances generated or otherwise managed at any Property have come to
be located, or to which such Hazardous Substances have been transported
for treatment or disposal, other than any claim which may have been
fully remediated or finally and completely resolved by the Company, the
Property Partnerships and/or the lessee of the Property; (E) none of
the Company, the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary has received
any notice from any Governmental Authority (as defined below) or any
other person claiming any violation of any Environmental Law that is
not fully cured as of the date hereof; and (F) no Property (1) is
included or to the knowledge of the Company, the Property Partnerships
or any Subsidiary, proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities
List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") or on the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System
database maintained by the EPA as a potential CERCLA removal, remedial
or response site or (2) is included or to the knowledge of the Company,
the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary, proposed for inclusion on,
any similar list of potentially contaminated sites pursuant to any
other applicable Environmental Law nor has the Company, the Property
Partnerships, or any Subsidiary received any written notice from the
EPA or any other Governmental Authority proposing the inclusion of any
Property on such list.
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As used herein, "Hazardous Substance" shall include, without
limitation, any hazardous substance, hazardous waste, toxic or
dangerous substance, pollutant, solid waste or similarly designated
materials, including, without limitation, oil, petroleum, or any
petroleum-derived substance or waste, friable asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, pesticides, explosives,
radioactive materials, dioxins, urea formaldehyde insulation or any
constituent of any such substance, pollutant or waste, including any
such substance, pollutant or waste identified, listed or regulated
under any Environmental Law (including, without limitation, materials
listed in the United States Department of Transportation Optional
Hazardous Material Table, 49 C.F.R. Section 172.101, as the same may
now or hereafter be amended, or in the EPA's List of Hazardous
Substances and Reportable Quantities, 40 C.F.R. Part 302, as the same
may now or hereafter be amended); "Environment" shall mean any surface
water, drinking water, ground water, land surface, subsurface strata,
river sediment, buildings, structures, and ambient, workplace and
indoor air; "Environmental Law" shall mean, without limitation, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act,
as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.) ("CERCLA"), the Resource
Conservation Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et
seq.), the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq.),
the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251, et seq.), the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C.
Section 2601, et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended
(29 U.S.C. Section 651, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.),
together with all rules, regulations and orders promulgated thereunder
and all other federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations and orders and common law relating to the protection of the
environment or of human health from environmental effects;
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any federal, state or local
governmental office, agency or authority having the duty or authority
to promulgate, implement or enforce any Environmental Law; "Lien" shall
mean, with respect to any Property, any material mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, security interest, lien, encumbrance, penalty, fine,
charge, assessment, judgment or other liability in, on or affecting
such Property; and "Release" shall mean any spilling, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping,
leaching, dumping, emanating or disposing of any Hazardous Substance
into the Environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or
discard of barrels, containers, tanks (including, without limitation,
underground storage tanks) or other receptacles containing or
previously containing any Hazardous Substance or any release, emission,
discharge or similar
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term, as those terms are defined or used in any Environmental Law.
(29) Each of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial
responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are
prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged.
(30) Each of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries has obtained title insurance on all of the properties
owned by each of them covering risks and in amounts that are
commercially reasonable for the assets owned by them and that are
consistent with the types and amounts of insurance typically maintained
by current owners of similar properties, and in each case such title
insurance is in full force and effect.
(31) The assets of the Company and the Property Partnerships do
not constitute "plan assets" under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(32) The Company was organized and has operated in conformity with
the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for its
taxable years ending December 31, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996, and its
current organization and method of operation should enable it to
continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a
REIT.
(33) The Property Partnerships are properly classified as
partnerships, and not as corporations or as associations taxable as
corporations, for Federal income tax purposes through the date hereof,
or, in the case of any Subsidiary Partnerships that have terminated,
through the date of termination of such Subsidiary Partnerships.
(34) Each of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries has filed all federal, state, local and foreign income tax
returns which have been required to be filed (except where the failure
to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all
taxes required to be paid and any other assessment, fine or penalty
levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except in all cases for any such tax, assessment, fine or
penalty that is being contested in good faith.
(35) The partnership agreements of the Property Partnerships (the
"Operating Partnership Agreements") have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto and constitute the valid agreement
thereof, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
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as (A) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (B) the availability of equitable
remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability; and the execution, delivery and performance of the
Operating Partnership Agreements did not, at the time of execution and
delivery, and do not constitute a breach of, or default under any
material contract, lease or other instrument to which the Property
Partnerships are a party or by which their properties may be bound or
any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree.
(36) The Shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange on
the applicable Representation Date and at the applicable Closing Time,
subject to official notice of issuance.
(37) The Company and the Property Partnerships have not taken and
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action prohibited by
Regulation M under the 0000 Xxx.
(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company, the Property
Partnerships or any Subsidiary and delivered to you or to counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Company and the Property Partnerships to each
Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate
and, unless subsequently amended or supplemented, at each Representation Date
subsequent thereto.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) The several commitments of the Underwriters to purchase the Shares
pursuant to the Pricing Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis
of the representations and warranties herein contained and shall be subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein or in the Pricing Agreement.
(b) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company does hereby grant an option to the Underwriters named in the Pricing
Agreement, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to 420,000 Option Shares at
a price per Option Share equal to the price per Initial Share, less an amount
equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company or the Property
Partnerships and paid or payable on the Initial Shares but not payable on the
Option Shares. Such option will expire 30 days after the Representation Date
relating to the Initial Shares, and may be exercised in whole or in part from
time to time only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made
in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Shares upon
notice by
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you to the Company setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the
several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time, date and place
of payment and delivery for such Option Shares. Any such time and date of
payment and delivery (each, a "Date of Delivery") shall be determined by you,
but shall not be later than eight full business days and not be earlier than two
full business days after the exercise of said option, unless otherwise agreed
upon by you and the Company or postponed in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Shares, each
of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that
proportion of the total number of Option Shares then being purchased which the
number of Initial Shares each such Underwriter has severally agreed to purchase
as set forth in the Pricing Agreement bears to the total number of Initial
Shares, subject to such adjustments as you in your discretion shall make to
eliminate any sales or purchases of a fractional number of Option Shares.
(c) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Initial
Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Bear,
Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other
place as shall be agreed upon by you and the Company, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern
time) on the third business day (or the fourth business day if the pricing
occurs after 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any given business day, or unless
postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10) following the date of
the Pricing Agreement, or such other time as shall be agreed upon by you and the
Company (each such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called a
"Closing Time"). In addition, in the event that the Underwriters have exercised
their option to purchase any or all of the Option Shares, payment of the
purchase price for, and delivery of such Option Shares, shall be made at the
above-mentioned offices of Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co., Inc., or at such other place as
shall be agreed upon by you and the Company, on the relevant Date of Delivery as
specified in the notice from you to the Company.
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds payable to the order of the Company against delivery to you for
the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased by
them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized you, for its
account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase
price, for the Shares which it has severally agreed to purchase. You,
individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not
be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Shares to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose check has not been received by the Closing
Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment
shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(d) The Shares shall be in such authorized denominations and registered
in such names as you may request in writing at least two full business
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days prior to the applicable Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as
the case may be. The Shares will be made available for examination and packaging
by you on or before the first business day prior to the Closing Time or the
relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Property Partnerships. Each
of the Company and the Property Partnerships covenants with you and with each
Underwriter participating in the offering of Shares, as follows:
(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, if any, the selling
concession and reallowance, if any, and such other information as you
and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the
Shares; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus
Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations within the time period required by such Rule and
will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the
Prospectus and such Prospectus Supplement as you shall reasonably
request. If, at the time that the Registration Statement became
effective, any information shall have been omitted therefrom in
reliance upon Rule 430A of the 1933 Act Regulations, then immediately
following execution of the Pricing Agreement, the Company will prepare,
and file or transmit for filing with the Commission in accordance with
such Rule 430A and Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, copies of
an amended Prospectus or, if required by such Rule 430A, a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement (including an
amended Prospectus), including all information so omitted.
(b) The Company will notify you immediately, and confirm such
notice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the
Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for
filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to
the Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act,
(iii) the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iv) any request
by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or
any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional
information, and (v) the issuance by the
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Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares or offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or
of any proceedings for any of such purposes; and the Company will make
every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order
and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the
earliest possible moment.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the
Shares, the Company will give you notice of its intention to file or
prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any
filing under Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations), any Term Sheet
or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus
included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective
or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, and will furnish you with copies of any such documents a
reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the
case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which you or
counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) The Company has furnished or will deliver to you and counsel
for the Underwriters, without charge, as many signed copies of the
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein) and copies of all consents and
certificates of experts, and will also deliver to you without charge,
as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) as you may
reasonably request. The copies of the Registration Statement and each
amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to
the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) The Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge,
as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter may
reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such
copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish
to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may
reasonably request. If
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applicable, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX,
except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(f) The Company will comply with the 1933 Act Regulations and the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of
the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. If, at any time when the Prospectus is required by the 1933
Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the
Shares, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of
which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters or for the Company, to amend or supplement the Prospectus
in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it shall
be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of either of such counsel, at
any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission such amendment or supplement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters,
whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or
otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or
to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such
requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without
charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the
Underwriters may reasonably request.
(g) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Shares for offering
and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate
syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or
foreign) as you may designate and to maintain such qualifications in
effect for such period of time as may be necessary to effect a
distribution of such Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or
to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is
not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect to doing
business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
In each jurisdiction in which the Shares have been so qualified, the
Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the
laws of
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such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long
as may be required for the distribution of the Shares.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the
close of the period covered thereby, an earning statement (in form
complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations)
covering a 12-month period beginning not later than the first day of
the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as
defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) 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."
(j) The Company will file with the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
all documents and notices required by and has complied in all material
respects and will comply with all rules and regulations of the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. of companies that have securities listed on such
exchange and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to
maintain the listing of its Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc.
(k) The Company and the Property Partnerships will not, between
the date of the Pricing Agreement and the termination of any trading
restrictions or the applicable Closing Time, whichever is later, with
respect to the Shares covered thereby, without your prior written
consent, offer or sell, grant any option for the sale of, or enter into
any agreement to sell, any securities of the same class or series or
ranking on a parity with such Shares (other than the Shares which are
to be sold pursuant to such Pricing Agreement) or any security
convertible into Common Stock (except for Common Stock issued pursuant
to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans, dividend
reinvestment plans, or employee and trustee share options plans),
except as may otherwise be provided in the Pricing Agreement.
(l) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required
to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(m) The Company will continue to elect to qualify as a "real
estate investment trust" under the Code, and will use its best efforts
to meet the requirements to continue to qualify as a "real estate
investment trust" under the Code.
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(n) Except as contemplated by the next sentence, during the period
of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
not, without your prior written consent, issue, sell, offer or agree to
sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly, any Common Stock (or any securities convertible
into, exercisable for or exchangeable for Common Stock), and the
Company will obtain the undertaking of each of its executive officers
and directors and such of its shareholders as have been heretofore
designated by you and listed on Schedule II attached hereto not to
engage in any of the aforementioned transactions on their own behalf,
other than (i) the Company's sale of Shares hereunder, (ii) the
Company's issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of presently
outstanding stock options or upon the exchange of Units or the grant by
the Company of options or restricted stock to employees under any
employee benefit or similar plans and the issuance of Common Stock
under the Company's dividend reinvestment plan, (iii) the issuance of
Units in connection with the acquisition of property so long as such
Units do not represent, in the aggregate, in excess of 10% of the
outstanding equity of the Company and the Property Partnerships and
their Subsidiaries, and (iv) the Company's issuance of Preferred Stock
(or underlying Common Stock) as contemplated by the Investment
Agreement between the Company and Five Arrows Realty Securities L.L.C.
dated as of December 31, 1996. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may issue shares of Common Stock in connection with its merger
with Corporate Realty Income Trust I.
(o) Except for the authorization of actions permitted to be taken
by the Underwriters as contemplated herein or in the Prospectus or for
the transactions contemplated by paragraph (n) above, the Company will
not (i) take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or
to result in, or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, (ii) sell, bid
for or purchase the Shares or pay any person any compensation for
soliciting purchases of the Shares or (iii) pay or agree to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other
securities of the Company.
(p) From the date hereof until three years after the Closing Time,
the Company shall furnish to you, promptly upon their becoming publicly
available, copies of any document filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act or any national securities
exchange.
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated,
the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement,
including (i) the preparation, printing, duplicating, distributing and filing of
the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as
originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the printing, duplicating,
and distributing to the Underwriters of this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement,
any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares to the
Underwriters, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Shares, and
any certificates for the Shares, to the Underwriters, including capital duties,
stamp duties, and stock transfer taxes, if any, (iv) the fees and disbursements
of the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors or agents (including
transfer agents and registrars), (v) the qualification of the Shares under state
securities laws and real estate syndication laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in
connection with the preparation and delivery of the preliminary and final "Blue
Sky Survey" and any amendment thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheet, and the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the fees and
expenses incurred with respect to the listing of the Shares on any national
securities exchange, and (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the
review, if any, by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the
"NASD") of the terms of the sale of the Shares.
If the Pricing Agreement is terminated by you in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse
the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares pursuant to
the Pricing Agreement are subject to the accuracy as of the date hereof and of
Closing Time of the representations and warranties of the Company and the
Property Partnerships contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of
officers of the Company, the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary made in any
certificate delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by
the Company and the Property Partnerships of all of their covenants and other
obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) (i) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, shall have become effective under the 1933 Act
and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement
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shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or
threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for
additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters; (ii) a prospectus containing
information relating to the description of the Shares, the specific method of
distribution and similar matters shall have been filed within the prescribed
time period, and prior to the applicable Closing Time with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) (or any required post-effective amendment providing
such information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 430A), or, if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, a Term Sheet including the Rule 434 information
shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b)(7); and
(iii) there shall not have come to your attention any facts that would cause you
to believe that the Prospectus, together with the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, at the time it was required to be delivered to purchasers of the
Shares, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances existing at such time, not misleading.
(b) At Closing Time, you shall have received the opinion, dated
as of the Closing Time, of Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each
of the other Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is a corporation validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland. The Company has
the corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties and
to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, and
is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction set
forth in a certificate of an officer of the Company attached as an
exhibit to the opinion (which certificate shall set forth, to the best
of such officer's knowledge, all jurisdictions in which the Company
owns or leases properties or conducts business), except for those
failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the
aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Each of the Property Partnerships is validly existing
and in good standing as a limited partnership under the laws of the
State of Delaware. Each of the Property Partnerships has partnership
power and authority to own and lease its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement and is duly
qualified as a foreign partnership in each jurisdiction set forth in a
certificate of an officer of the general partner of each of the
Property
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Partnerships attached as an exhibit to the opinion (which certificate
shall set forth, to the best of such officer's knowledge, all
jurisdictions in which each Property Partnership owns or leases
properties or conducts business), except for those failures to be so
qualified or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) The authorized shares of capital of the Company is as
set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus
Supplement.
(iv) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and when issued in accordance with this
Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the Pricing
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The
terms of the Common Stock being sold pursuant to the Pricing Agreement
conform in all material respects to all statements and description
related thereto contained in the Prospectus or Prospectus Supplement.
The issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive rights or,
to counsel's knowledge, any contractual rights to subscribe for more
shares. The form of certificate used to evidence the Shares complies
with all applicable statutory requirements.
(v) Each of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement has
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and the Property Partnerships, and each of the Company and the Property
Partnerships has the corporate or partnership power and authority, as
the case may be, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(vi) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement by each of the Company and the Property Partnerships,
and the performance by each of the Company and the Property
Partnerships of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder,
do not conflict with or constitute a breach or violation of, or default
(or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute a default) under or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the
Company, the Property Partnerships or their Subsidiaries pursuant to
the terms of: (1) any material contract, indenture, mortgage, loan or
credit agreement, note, lease, joint venture or partnership agreement
or other material instrument or agreement to which the Company or
Property Partnerships is a party or by which it
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or any of its respective properties or other assets or any Property may
be bound or subject in each case which the Company has specifically
identified as material as set forth in a schedule to the opinion of
counsel for the Company; (2) the certificates of limited partnership or
partnership agreements of the Property Partnerships; (3) any statute of
the State of New York, the State of Maryland or the United States of
America or the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of
Delaware; or (4) any applicable law, rule, order, administrative
regulation or administrative or court decree which, in each case, is
applicable to the Company, the Property Partnerships or their
Subsidiaries or any of their properties and of which such counsel has
knowledge, except that no opinion need be expressed under clauses (3)
and (4) above as to this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement with
respect to federal, state or foreign securities laws or real estate
syndicate laws.
(vii) The Registration Statement is effective under the 1933
Act and, to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or
proceedings for that purpose initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any
court or any public, governmental or regulatory body or agency and no
consent, approval, or authorization of any person other than the
Company and the Property Partnerships is legally required for the
execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and the
Property Partnerships of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Pricing Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act,
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, and the securities,
Blue Sky or real estate syndication laws of various states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Shares with no opinion being
expressed as to Blue Sky, real estate syndication laws or NASD
regulations.
(ix) To such counsel's knowledge, there is no action, suit
or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body,
domestic or foreign, now pending or threatened against or affecting the
Company, the Property Partnerships, any Subsidiary or any material
property of the Company that is required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement (other than as disclosed therein) or that, if
determined adversely to the Company, the Property Partnerships, any
Subsidiary or any property could reasonably be expected to materially
and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
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contemplated by this Agreement. To such counsel's knowledge, there are
no contracts or documents of the Company, the Property Partnerships or
any Subsidiary which are required by the 1933 Act, or by the 1933 Act
Regulations, the 1934 Act, or the 1934 Act Regulations to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the documents
incorporated by reference which have not been so filed as exhibits or
incorporated by reference as required.
(x) None of the Company, the Property Partnerships or any
Subsidiary is an "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an
"investment company" as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act.
(xi) The information (A) in the Prospectus under the
heading "Description of Common Stock," and (B) the discussion in the
Prospectus under the heading "Federal Income Tax Considerations" and
"Restrictions on Transfers of Capital Stock and Anti-takeover
Provisions" to the extent that it constitutes matters of law or legal
conclusions, has been reviewed by such counsel and constitutes a fair
summary of the information disclosed therein.
(xii) At the time the Registration Statement became
effective and at each Representation Date, (A) the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (except for financial statements and
schedules, pro forma financial information and other financial and
statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need not
express any opinion), excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and (B) the
Prospectus and the Pricing Agreement, if any, complied with Rule
434(c)(2).
(xiii) Each document heretofore filed pursuant to the 1934
Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus (except for financial statements and schedules, pro forma
financial information and other financial and statistical information
included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel
need not express any opinion) complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the applicable 1934
Act Regulations in effect at the date of their respective filings.
(xiv) The Company was organized and has operated in
conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a
REIT for its taxable years ending December 31, 1993, 1994, 1995 and
1996, and its current organization and method of operation should
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enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification as a
REIT.
(xv) The Property Partnerships and each of the Subsidiary
Partnerships are properly classified as partnerships, and not as
corporations or as associations taxable as corporations, for Federal
income tax purposes through the date hereof, or, in the case of any
Subsidiary Partnership that has terminated, through the date of
termination of such Subsidiary Partnership.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in or incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement, to such counsel's knowledge, there are
no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments
convertible into or exchangeable for, or agreements or understandings
with respect to the sale or issuance of any shares of Common Stock or
capital stock of or other equity or partnership interest in the
Company, the Property Partnerships or any Subsidiary of the Company, as
the case may be.
(c) At Closing Time, you shall have received the favorable
opinion, dated as of the applicable Closing Time, of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.,
counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to the matters set forth in (v),
(viii), (xii) (solely with respect to the statements in clause (A) of such
paragraph (xii)) and (xiii) of Section 5(b) above.
(d) In rendering their opinions required by Sections 5(b) and (c),
respectively, Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP and Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P.
shall each additionally state (which shall not constitute an opinion) that such
counsel has participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the
Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company
and the Underwriters at which the contents of the Prospectus and related matters
were discussed, and no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which
would lead such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto (except for financial statements and supporting schedules and
other financial, pro forma, statistical and accounting information and data
included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need not express
any view), as of the time it became effective under the 1933 Act (or as of the
time of filing of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, if filed subsequent
to the time of effectiveness) or at the date of the Pricing 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 or any amendment or supplement thereto
(except as aforesaid) as of the date of the Pricing Agreement or at the Closing
Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
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material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no belief or
opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other
financial, pro forma, statistical and accounting data included or incorporated
by reference therein).
In giving their opinions required by Sections 5(b) and 5(c), such
counsel (A) may rely as to all matters of fact, upon certificates and written
statements of officers and employees of and accountants for the Company; (B) may
rely as to the qualification and good standing of each of the Company, the
Property Partnerships or any of the Subsidiaries to do business in any state or
jurisdiction, upon certificates of appropriate government officials or opinions
of counsel in such jurisdictions, which opinions shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters; and (C) as to matters
involving the application of laws other than the laws of the United States and
jurisdictions in which they are admitted, to the extent such counsel deems
proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion
or opinions (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to counsel for the
Underwriters, familiar with the applicable laws. In giving their belief required
in this Section 5(d), such counsel may state that their belief is based upon
their participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and review and discussion
of the contents thereof.
(e) At Closing Time, you shall have received a certificate of the
President or a Vice President of the Company and the chief financial officer or
chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the
effect that (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 5 has
been satisfied, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 are true
and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of
the Closing Time, (iii) the Company and the Property Partnerships have complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed
or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their
respective businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or any legal or governmental proceeding, and there has not been any material
adverse change, or any development involving a material adverse change, in the
business prospects, properties, operations, condition (financial or otherwise),
or results of operations of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries
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taken as a whole, except in each case as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus.
(f) At the time of the execution of the Pricing Agreement, you
shall have received from the accountants who have certified the financial
statements and supporting schedules and whose reports are included in, or
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus a
letter dated such date addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for
each of the other Underwriters, to the effect that: (i) they are independent
certified public accountants with respect to the Company, the Property
Partnerships and their Subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations; (ii) it is their opinion that the consolidated financial
statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and covered by their reports thereon
comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the
1934 Act Regulations; (iii) based upon limited procedures set forth in detail in
such letter (which shall include, without limitation, the procedures specified
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
interim financial information as described in SAS No. 71, Interim Financial
Information, with respect to the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Company and the Property Partnerships included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement), nothing has come to their attention which causes
them to believe that (A) any material modifications should be made to the
unaudited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement for them to be in conformity with GAAP
or (B) the unaudited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1934 Act as
it applies to Form 10-Q and the related published rules and regulations or (C)
at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the Pricing
Agreement, there has been any change in the Common Stock of the Company or
partnership interests in the Property Partnerships or in the consolidated long
term debt of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries or
any decrease in the net assets of the Company, as compared with the amounts
shown in the most recent consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or, during the period
from the date of the most recent consolidated statement of operations included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to
a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the Pricing
Agreement, there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period
in the preceding year, in consolidated revenues of the Company and the Property
Partnerships, as
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applicable, except in all instances for changes, increases or decreases which
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have occurred or may
occur; and (iv) in addition to the audit referred to in their opinions and the
limited procedures referred to in clause (iii) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures with respect to certain amounts, percentages and
financial and statistical information which are included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and which are specified by you, and have found such
amounts, percentages and financial and statistical information to be in
agreement with relevant accounting, financial and other records of the Company
and the Property Partnerships and their Subsidiaries identified in such letter.
(g) At Closing Time, you shall have received from the accountants
who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules and whose
reports are included in, or incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the
effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant
to subsection (f) of this Section 5 (and, with respect to the procedures
performed pursuant to clause (iii) of subsection (f) of this Section 5, such
letter shall include any documents included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement following the execution of the Pricing Agreement up to
and including the Closing Time), except that the specified date referred to
shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time and
if the Company has elected to rely on Rule 430A of the 1933 Act Regulations, to
the further effect that they have carried out the procedures specified in clause
(iv) of subsection (f) of this section with respect to certain amounts,
percentages and financial and statistical information specified by you and
deemed to be part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b) and
have found such amounts, percentages and financial and statistical information
to be in agreement with the records specified in such clause (iv).
(h) At Closing Time, the Shares shall have been approved for
listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance.
(i) If the Registration Statement or an offering of Shares has
been filed with the NASD for review, the NASD shall not have raised any
objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting
terms and arrangements.
(j) On the date of the Pricing Agreement, you shall have received,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, each lock-up agreement
required to be delivered by the persons listed in an exhibit to the Pricing
Agreement.
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(k) In the event that the Underwriters exercise their
over-allotment option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Shares, the
representations and warranties of the Company and the Property Partnerships
contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company
or the Property Partnerships hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date
of Delivery, and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, you shall have received:
(1) A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the
President or a Vice President of the Company and the chief financial
officer or chief accounting officer of the Company, confirming that the
certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d)
hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
(2) The favorable opinion of Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of
Delivery relating to the Option Shares and otherwise to the same effect
as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof (including the statement
of belief required by Section 5(d) hereof).
(3) The favorable opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx L.L.P., counsel
for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the
Option Shares and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required
by Section 5(c) hereof (including the statement of belief required by
Section 5(d) hereof).
(4) A letter from the accountants who have certified the
financial statements and supporting schedules and whose reports are
included in, or incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in
the same form and substance as the letter furnished to you pursuant to
Section 5(f) hereof, except that the "specified date" on the letter
furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than
three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.
(l) At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, 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, 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 or the Property Partnerships in connection with the
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issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriters.
(m) If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, or if any of the certificates,
opinions, written statements or letters furnished to you or to counsel for the
Underwriters pursuant to this Section 5 shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and to counsel for the
Underwriters, the Pricing Agreement (or, with respect to the Underwriters'
exercise of its over-allotment option for the purchase of Option Shares on a
Date of Delivery after the Closing Time, the obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase the Option Shares on such Date of Delivery) may be terminated by you by
notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (or such Date
of Delivery, as applicable), and such termination shall be without liability of
any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that
Sections 1, 6 and 7 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force
and effect. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing, or by telephone, telex or telegraph, confirmed in writing.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against any and all
losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred
(including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees and any and all
reasonable expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and
all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or
amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that
the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the
extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or
is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any
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Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; and provided, further, that
this indemnity agreement with respect to any 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, but excluding documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein) 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, but excluding documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) would have corrected the
defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, it being
understood that this proviso shall have no application if such defect shall have
been corrected in a document which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have including under this
Agreement.
(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors and officers of the Company
who shall have signed the Registration Statement, and each other person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages
and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys'
fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or
defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or
litigation), jointly or several, to which they or any of them may become subject
under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Shares, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; provided,
however, that in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any
amount in excess of the
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underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any
Underwriter may otherwise have including under this Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the outside
front cover page and in the first three paragraphs under the caption
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information
furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter expressly for use in the
registration statement relating to the Shares as originally filed or in any
amendment thereof, any related preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus or in
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the case may be.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)
or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is
to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to
notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it
may have under this Section 6 unless it shall be materially prejudiced thereby).
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it may elect by
written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its
or their own counsel in any such case, but the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless
(i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one
of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii)
the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably
concluded, upon written advice of counsel, that there may be defenses available
to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one
or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall
not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the
indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable fees and
expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties The indemnifying party or
parties under subsection (a) or (b) above, shall only be liable for the legal
expenses of one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all indemnified
parties in each jurisdiction in which any claim or action arising out of the
same general allegations or circumstances is brought which firm shall be
designated by Bear Xxxxxxx with respect to any claim
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brought against the Underwriters if, as the indemnified parties, the
Underwriters are entitled to employ their own counsel in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this subsection; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the indemnifying party shall be liable for separate counsel for
any indemnified party in a jurisdiction, if counsel to the indemnified
party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
defenses available to such indemnified party that are different from or
additional to those available to one or more of the other indemnified
parties and that separate counsel for such indemnified party is prudent
under the circumstances. Anything in this subsection to the contrary
notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent;
provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 7. Contribution. In order to provide for contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is
for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is
insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and
the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification
provision (including any investigation, legal and other reasonable expenses
incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action,
suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any
contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters,
who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the
1934 Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and
directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more of
the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Property
Partnerships and the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares or, if such
allocation is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not
available as a result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as
provided in Section 6 hereof, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of
the Company and the Property Partnerships and the Underwriters in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company and the Property Partnerships and
the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total
proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but
before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Property Partnerships
and (y) the underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
respectively, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the
Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and the Property Partnerships and
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of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company, the Property Partnerships 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 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, (i) in no case shall any
Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter
hereunder, and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7 and the preceding sentence, 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 that
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. For purposes of this
Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act shall have the
same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section
20(a) of the 1934 Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 7. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another
party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve
the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it
or they may have under this Section 8 or otherwise. No party shall be liable for
contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its consent;
provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or the Pricing Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company
or the Property Partnerships submitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this
Agreement or the Pricing Agreement or investigation made by or on behalf of any
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Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company and the
Property Partnerships, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) You may terminate this Agreement or the applicable Pricing
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the applicable
Closing Time or any relevant Date of Delivery, if (i) there has been, since the
time of execution of such Pricing Agreement or since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise) or in the earnings, business affairs, assets
or business prospects of the Company, the Property Partnerships and their
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) there has occurred any material adverse
change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak of
hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or
development involving a prospective change in national or international
political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is
such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market the
Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Shares, or (iii) trading in
any securities of the Company has been suspended or limited by the Commission or
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or if trading generally on the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. or the American Stock Exchange, Inc. has been suspended or
limited, or, minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices have been required, by either of said exchanges or order of
the Commission or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a banking moratorium
has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities. As used in this
Section 9(a), the term "Prospectus" means the Prospectus in the form first used
to confirm sales of the Shares.
(b) If this Agreement or the applicable Pricing Agreement is terminated
pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any
party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided
further that Sections 1, 6 and 7 shall survive such termination and remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more
of the Underwriters shall fail at the applicable Closing Time or the relevant
Date of Delivery, as the case may be, to purchase the Shares which it or they
are obligated to purchase under the Pricing Agreement (the "Defaulted
Securities"), then you shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make
arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other
underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted
Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set
forth; if, however, you shall not have completed such arrangements within such
24-hour period, then:
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(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of
the number of Shares to be purchased on such date pursuant to such
Pricing Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated,
severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the
proportions that their respective underwriting obligations under such
Terms bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting
Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the
number of Shares to be purchased on such date pursuant to such Pricing
Agreement, such Pricing Agreement (or, with respect to the
Underwriters' exercise of any applicable over-allotment option for the
purchase of Option Shares on a Date of Delivery after the Closing Time,
the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to
sell, such Option Shares on such Date of Delivery) shall terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in (i) a
termination of Pricing Agreement or (ii) in the case of a Date of Delivery after
the Closing Time, a termination of the obligations of the Underwriters and the
Company with respect to the Option Shares, as the case may be, either you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the applicable Closing Time or the
relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding five
business days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus which, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, may thereby be made necessary or advisable.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to such Underwriters c/o Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co.
Inc., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx; and
notices to the Company and the Property Partnerships shall be directed to it at
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: X. Xxxxxx Eglin,
President.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit
of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters and the Company and the
controlling persons, directors, officers, employees and agents referred to in
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Sections 6 and 7, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other
person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision
herein contained. The term "successors and assigns" shall not include a
purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from any of the Underwriters.
SECTION 13. Governing Law. This Agreement and the applicable Pricing
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
SECTION 14. Counterparts. This Agreement and the applicable Pricing
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and if executed in more
than one counterpart the executed counterparts shall constitute a single
instrument.
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SECTION 15. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this Agreement, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between you and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES,
INC.
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX EGLIN
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Eglin
Title: President
LEPERCQ CORPORATE INCOME FUND
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LEX GP 1, Inc.,
which is is sole general partner of
Lepercq Corporate Income Fund L.P.
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX EGLIN
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Eglin
Title: President
LEPERCQ CORPORATE INCOME FUND
II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LEX GP 1, Inc.,
which is is sole general partner of
Lepercq Corporate Income Fund I L.P.
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX EGLIN
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Eglin
Title: President
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LXP I, L.P.
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LXP I, Inc., which
is is sole general partner of LXP I, L.P.
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX EGLIN
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Eglin
Title: President
LXP II,L.P.
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LXP II, Inc.,
which is is sole general partner of
LXP II, L.P.
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LEX GP 1, Inc.,
which is is sole general partner of
Lepercq Corporate Income Fund L.P.
By: /s/ X. XXXXXX EGLIN
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Name: X. Xxxxxx Eglin
Title: President
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED
as of the date first above written:
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
By: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Acting on behalf of themselves and the other
named Underwriters
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Exhibit A
LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES, INC.
a Maryland corporation
2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
PRICING AGREEMENT
To: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell 2,500,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"). Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, we the
underwriters named below (the "Underwriters") offer to purchase, severally and
not jointly, the number of Shares opposite our respective names set forth below
at the purchase price set forth below, and a proportionate share of Option
Shares set forth below, to the extent any are purchased.
Number of
Underwriter Initial Shares
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Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
XxXxxxxx & Company Securities, Inc.
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The Shares shall have the following terms:
Title:
Number of shares:
Number of Option Shares:
Initial public offering price per share: $
Purchase price per share: $
Listing requirements:
Approved for listing upon NYSE:
Lock-up provisions:
Closing date and location:
All of the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex I
entitled "LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES, INC. Common Stock Purchase Agreement"
are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be
deemed to be a part of this Pricing Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document
are used herein as therein defined.
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Please accept this offer no later than ____ o'clock (New York City
time) on November __, 97 by signing a copy of this Pricing Agreement in the
space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours,
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Acting on behalf of themselves and the
other named Underwriters.
Accepted:
LEXINGTON CORPORATE PROPERTIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
LEPERCQ CORPORATE INCOME FUND
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.
the sole shareholder of LEX GP 1, Inc.,
which is sole general partner of
Lepercq Corporate Income Fund L.P.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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LEPERCQ CORPORATE INCOME FUND
II L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.
the sole shareholder of LEX GP 1, Inc.,
which is sole general partner of
Lepercq Corporate Income Fund II L.P.
By:
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Name:
Title:
LXP I, L.P.
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LXP I, Inc.,
which is the sole general partner of
LXP I, L.P.
By:
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Name:
Title:
LXP II, L.P.
By: Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.,
the sole shareholder of LXP II, Inc.,
which is the sole general partner of
LXP II, L.P.
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
List of Underwriters
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
XxXxxxxx & Company Securities, Inc.
BancAmerica Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
XXXXXX Securities, Inc.
Xxxxxxxx & Co., Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Incorporated
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, Inc.
Principal Financial Securities, Inc.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Incorporated
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SCHEDULE II
List of Executive Officers and Directors
Subject to Lock-up Provisions
E. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxx XxXxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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