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Exhibit 1
First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments
5,500,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest 1
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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May 28, 1997
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
ALEX. XXXXX & SONS INCORPORATED
SUTRO & CO. INCORPORATED
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Prudential Securities Incorporated
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments, a business
trust organized in Ohio (the "Company"), hereby confirms its agreement with the
several underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom
you have been duly authorized to act as representatives (in such capacities, the
"Representatives"), as set forth below. If you are the only Underwriters, all
references herein to the Representatives shall be deemed to be to the
Underwriters.
1. SECURITIES. Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained,
the Company proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate
of 5,500,000 shares (the "Firm Securities") of the Company's Shares of
Beneficial Interest, par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock"). The Company
also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than
825,000 additional shares of Common Stock if requested by the Representatives as
provided in Section 3 of this Agreement. Any and all shares of Common Stock to
be purchased by the Underwriters pursuant to such option are referred to herein
as the "Option Securities", and the Firm Securities and any Option Securities
are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities".
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the several Underwriters
that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). A registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-00953) with respect to the Securities, including a basic
prospectus, has been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Act, and one or more
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1 Plus an option to purchase from First Union Real Estate Equity and
Mortgage Investments up to 825,000 additional shares to cover
over-allotments.
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amendments to such registration statement may have been so filed. At the time of
the filing of such registration statement, the Company met the eligibility
requirements for use of Form S-3 pursuant to the standards for such form in
existence prior to October 21, 1992. Such registration statement, as so amended,
has been declared by the Commission to be effective under the Act. Such
registration statement, as amended as of the date of this Agreement, meets the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act and complies in all
other material respects with said Rule. The Company will next file with the
Commission either (A) if the Company relies on Rule 434 under the Act, a Term
Sheet (as hereinafter defined) relating to the Securities, that shall identify
the Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) that it supplements and, if
required to be filed pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b), an Integrated
Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), in either case, containing such information
as is required or permitted by Rules 434, 430A and 424(b) under the Act or (B)
if the Company does not rely on Rule 434 under the Act, pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act, a final prospectus supplement to the basic prospectus included in
such registration statement, as so amended, describing the Securities and the
offering thereof, in such form as has been provided to, or discussed with, and
reasonably approved by the Representatives as provided in section 5(a) of this
Agreement. The Company may also file a related registration statement with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act for the purpose of registering
certain additional Securities, which registration shall be effective upon filing
with the Commission. As used in this Agreement, the term "Registration
Statement" means the registration statement initially filed relating to the
Securities, as amended at the time when it was declared effective, including (i)
all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) all documents incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, and (iii) any
information omitted therefrom pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and included
in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) or, if required to be filed pursuant
to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b) under the Act, in the Integrated Prospectus, and
includes any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement (as hereinafter defined); the
term "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" means any registration statement filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (including the
Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus incorporated
therein at the time such Registration Statement becomes effective); the term
"Basic Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement;
the term "Preliminary Prospectus" means any preliminary form of the Prospectus
(as herein after defined) specifically relating to the Securities, in the form
first filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule
424 under the Act; the term "Prospectus Supplement" means any prospectus
supplement specifically relating to the Securities, in the form first filed
with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Act; the term "Prospectus" means (A) if the Company relies on Rule 434 under
the Act, the Term Sheet relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Act, together with the Preliminary Prospectus
identified therein that such Term Sheet supplements; (B) if the Company does not
rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Preliminary Prospectus; or (C) if the
Company does not rely on Rule 434 under the Act and if no Preliminary Prospectus
is required to be filed, the Basic Prospectus, including, in each case, the
Prospectus Supplements; "Basic Prospectus," "Prospectus," "Preliminary
Prospectus" and "Prospectus Supplement" shall include in each case the
documents, if any, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated by reference therein; the term "Integrated Prospectus" means a
prospectus first filed with the Commission pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and
424(b) under the Act; and the term "Term Sheet" means any abbreviated term sheet
that satisfies the requirements of Rule 434 under the Act. Any reference in this
Agreement to an "amendment" or "supplement" to any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, or any Integrated Prospectus or an "amendment" to any registration
statement (including the Registration Statement) shall be deemed to include any
document incorporated by reference therein that is filed with the Commission
under the Exchange Act after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus,
Prospectus, Integrated Prospectus or registration
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statement, as the case may be. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any
reference of the "effective date" of an amendment to a registration statement
shall, if such amendment is effected by means of the filing with the Commission
under the Exchange Act of a document incorporated by reference in such
registration statement, be deemed to refer to the date on which such document
was so filed with the Commission; any reference herein to the "date" of a
Prospectus that includes a Term Sheet shall mean the date of such Term Sheet.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending
use of any Preliminary Prospectus. When any Preliminary Prospectus was filed
with the Commission it (i) contained all statements required to be stated
therein in accordance with, and complied in all material respects with the
requirements of, the Act, the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and (ii) did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. When the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto was declared effective, it (i) contained all statements
required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied in all material
respects with the requirements of, the Act, the Exchange Act and the respective
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading. When the Prospectus or any Term
Sheet that is a part thereof or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) (or, if the Prospectus or part thereof or such amendment or supplement is
not required to be so filed, when the Registration Statement or the amendment
thereto containing such amendment or supplement to the Prospectus was or is
declared effective), on the date when the Prospectus is otherwise amended or
supplemented and on the Firm Closing Date and any Option Closing Date (both as
hereinafter defined), each of the Prospectus, and, if required to be filed
pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b) under the Act, the Integrated Prospectus,
as amended or supplemented at any such time, (i) contained or will contain all
statements required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied or
will comply in all material respects with the requirements of, the Act, the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and (ii) did not or will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph (b) do not
apply to statements or omissions made in any Preliminary Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto, the Prospectus or, if required to be filed pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2)
and 424(b) under the Act, the Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein.
(c) If the Company has elected to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act and
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has not been declared effective (i) the
Company has filed a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in compliance with and
that is effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) and has received
confirmation of its receipt and (ii) the Company has given irrevocable
instructions for transmission of the applicable filing fee in connection with
the filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, in compliance with Rule
111 promulgated under the Act or the Commission has received payment of such
filing fee.
(d) The Company is a duly organized and validly existing business trust
in good standing under the laws of Ohio and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing
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under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or
disability to the Company, its affiliated management company, First Union
Management, Inc. (the "Management Company"), and their respective subsidiaries
listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the "Subsidiaries"), taken as a whole.
(e) Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a general or limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions of its
organization, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing
under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or
disability to the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole. The Management Company is a duly organized and validly existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of all
other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or disability to the
Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The
issued shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary that is a corporation are duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, all of the partnership
interests in each Subsidiary that is a partnership are validly issued and fully
paid, and all of the limited liability company interests in each Subsidiary that
is a limited liability company are validly issued and fully paid. Except as
described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus
and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus), all of such shares and interests in the Subsidiaries
owned by the Company are owned beneficially by the Company or another Subsidiary
of the Company free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, pledges,
grants, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims or other defects (collectively,
"Liens"), and all of such shares and interests in the Subsidiaries owned by the
Management Company are owned beneficially by the Management Company or another
Subsidiary of the Management Company free and clear of any Liens, other than
shares of Subsidiaries of the Management Company pledged as collateral pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 17, 1997,
between Imperial Parking Limited, 504463 N.B. Inc., various financial
institutions and BT Bank of Canada, as Agent (the "Credit Agreement"). All
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Management Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are free and
clear of any Liens. The shares of the Management Company are held in trust for
the benefit of the holders of shares of beneficial interest, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Company.
(f) Except as described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in
existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), there are no outstanding (i)
securities or obligations of the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the
Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) warrants,
rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company, the Management
Company or any of the Subsidiaries any such capital stock or any such
convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (iii) obligations of
the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries to issue any
shares of capital stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or
obligations, or any such warrants, rights or options.
(g) The Company, the Management Company and each of the Subsidiaries
have full
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power (corporate and/or other) to own or lease their respective properties and
conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any
required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus); and the Company has full power (corporate and other) to enter into
this Agreement and to carry out all the terms and provisions hereof to be
carried out by it.
(h) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or,
if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence,
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus). All of the issued shares of capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable. The Firm Securities and the Option Securities have been
duly authorized and at the Firm Closing Date or the related Option Closing Date
(as the case may be), after payment therefor in accordance herewith, will be
validly issued, fully paid and, except as set forth under the caption
"Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest--Shareholder Liability" in the
Prospectus, nonassessable. No holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company are entitled as such to any preemptive or other rights to subscribe
for any of the Securities, and no holder of securities of the Company has any
right which has not been fully exercised or waived to require the Company to
register the offer or sale of any securities owned by such holder under the Act
in the public offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(i) The capital stock of the Company conforms to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(j) The combined financial statements and the related notes and
schedules thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus
and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus), fairly present the combined financial position, results
of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and the
Management Company as of the dates and for the periods therein specified. Such
financial statements and the related notes and schedules thereto have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted
therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption "Selected
Financial Data" in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus are
not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus) fairly present, on the
basis stated in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or such Preliminary Prospectus), the information included
therein.
(k) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, which has certified certain combined financial
statements of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries and
delivered their report with respect to the audited combined financial statements
and schedules included in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus
and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), are
independent public accountants as required by the Act, the Exchange Act and the
respective rules and regulations thereunder.
(l) The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been duly
authorized by the
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Company and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company,
and is the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to the effect of
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and the application of
equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity and except
as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or
state securities laws or principles of public policy.
(m) No legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the
Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective trustees, directors or officers in their capacity as such, is a party
or to which the property of the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus
and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus) and are not described therein, and no such proceedings
have been threatened against the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or with respect to any of their respective properties.
(n) The issuance, offering and sale of the Securities to the
Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the compliance by the
Company with the other provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the
other transactions herein contemplated do not (i) require the consent, approval,
authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental
authority, except such as have been obtained, such as may be required under
state securities or blue sky laws and such as may be required (and shall be
obtained as provided in this Agreement) under the Act, or (ii) conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Management Company or
any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Management
Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are
bound, or the charter documents or by-laws of the Company, the Management
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any statute or any judgment, decree,
order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator applicable to the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties.
(o) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), neither the Company, the
Management Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has 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 prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), management,
properties, assets, business prospects, net worth, or results of the operations
of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except in each case as described in or contemplated by the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus
and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus).
(p) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action
designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the
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stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or (ii) since the filing of the
Registration Statement (A) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any
compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Securities or (B) paid or agreed
to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any
other securities of the Company, except for the offering of shares of beneficial
interest pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement dated January 22, 1997, and the
offering of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of
Beneficial Interest pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement dated October 24,
1996.
(q) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later of (i) the
Firm Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the Securities,
will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or other materials, if any, permitted by
the Act.
(r) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and each of the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), (i) the Company, the
Management Company and the Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability
or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction
not in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has not purchased any
of its outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any
dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock; and (iii) there has
not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term
debt of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, except in each
case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(s) The Company, the Management Company and each of the Subsidiaries
have good and marketable title in fee simple to all items of real property and
marketable title to all personal property owned by each of them, in each case
free and clear of any Liens, except (i) such Liens as do not materially and
adversely affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use
made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company, the Management
Company or such Subsidiary, (ii) liens for taxes not yet due and payable as to
which appropriate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles have been established and reflected in the financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus), and (iii) Liens on personal property of certain Subsidiaries of the
Management Company granted pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of April 17, 1997, between Imperial Parking Limited (as
successor by amalgamation to 3357342 Canada Inc., and 3006302 Nova Scotia
Company) and the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 17, 1997, between
504463 N.B. Inc. and 3006302 Nova Scotia Company (collectively, the "Note
Purchase Agreements"); and any real property and buildings held under lease by
the Company, the Management Company or any such Subsidiary are held under valid,
subsisting and enforceable leases, and neither the Company, the Management
Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in default in respect of any the material
terms or provisions of any such material leases, or (ii) has notice of any claim
which has been asserted by anyone adverse to such party's rights as lessee under
a material lease, or affecting or questioning such party's right to continued
possession of the leased premises under any such
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material lease, with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made or proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company, the Management Company or such Subsidiary, in each case except as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in
existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(t) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company, the Management
Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent that
could result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), management, properties, assets, business prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus).
(u) The Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries own or
possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent
applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, licenses, copyrights and
proprietary or other confidential information currently employed by them in
connection with their respective businesses, and neither the Company, the
Management Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of any third party with respect
to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a material adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise), management, properties,
assets, business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company,
the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in
existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(v) The Company, the Management Company and each of the Subsidiaries
are 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; neither the Company, the Management
Company nor any such Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought
or applied for; and neither the Company, the Management Company nor any such
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its
existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain
similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), management, properties, assets, business
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(w) No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from
paying any dividends to the Company or the Management Company, as the case may
be, or from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary's capital stock or
other equity interest, as the case may be, except as provided in the Credit
Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreements. Neither the Management Company nor
any Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from repaying to
the Company any loans or advances to the Management Company or such Subsidiary
from the Company or the Management Company, as the case may be, or from
transferring any of the Management Company's or such Subsidiary's property or
assets to the
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Company or any other Subsidiary, except (i) as described in or contemplated by
the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any
required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus) and (ii) as provided in the Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase
Agreements.
(x) The Company, the Management Company and each of the Subsidiaries
have complied in all material respects with all laws, regulations and orders
applicable to it or its respective business and properties except where the
failure to so comply would not result in a material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), management, properties, assets, business
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and
permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the
Company, the Management Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any notice
of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), management,
properties, assets, business prospects, net worth or results of operations of
the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(y) The Company is not subject to registration as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the Company to become an
investment company subject to registration under such Act.
(z) Each of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries
has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to
be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the
failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), management, properties, assets, business prospects,
net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Management Company and
the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and has paid all taxes required to be paid
by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent
that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment,
fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as described
in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(aa) Neither the Company, the Management Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal or state law or regulation relating
to occupational safety and health or to the storage, handling or transportation
of hazardous or toxic materials, and the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable federal and state occupational safety and health and
environmental laws and regulations to conduct their respective businesses, and
the Company, the Management Company and each such Subsidiary is in compliance
with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except
any such violation of law or regulation, failure to receive required permits,
licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions
of such permits, licenses or approvals which would not, singly or in the
aggregate,
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result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
management, properties, assets, business prospects, net worth or results of
operations of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(ab) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the
matters covered thereby.
(ac) The Company has been and is qualified as a real estate investment
trust (a "REIT") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and will be so qualified immediately after consummation of the
transactions contemplated this Agreement.
(ad) The Company, the Management Company and each of the Subsidiaries
maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general
or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.
(ae) Neither the Company, the Management Company nor any or the
Subsidiaries is in violation of any term or provision of its articles of
incorporation, by-laws, partnership agreements or other organizational
documents, as the case may be; no default exists, and no event has occurred
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default in the
due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective properties is bound or may be affected except such as
would not result in a material adverse effect in the condition (financial or
otherwise), management, properties, assets, business prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(af) The Securities have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject
to official notice of issuance.
(ag) To the extent subject thereto, the Company, the Management Company
and each Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in ERISA) has occurred
with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company,
the Management Company or any Subsidiary would have any liability; the Company
has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of
ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or
(ii) Sections 4971 of the Code; and each "pension plan" in which employees or
former employees of the Company, the Management Company or any Subsidiary
participate that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is
so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether through
any action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
qualification.
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(ah) All executed agreements or copies of executed agreements filed or
incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement to which the
Company, the Management Company or any Subsidiary may be bound, including
without limitation, agreements in connection with the acquisition by the
Management Company of a controlling interest in Imperial Parking Limited and its
related operating company, or to which any of their respective assets,
properties or businesses are or may be subject have been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Management Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and constitute the legal valid and binding
agreements of the Company, the Management Company or such Subsidiary, as the
case may be, enforceable against each in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally and the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether
at law or in equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder
may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public
policy. The descriptions in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any
required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus), or incorporated by reference, of contracts and other documents,
including without limitation, contracts and documents in connection with the
acquisition by the Management Company of a controlling interest in Imperial
Parking Limited and its related operating company, are accurate and fairly
present the information required to be shown with respect thereto by the Act,
the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and there
are no contracts or other documents which are required by the Act, the Exchange
Act or the applicable rules and regulations thereunder to be described in or
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus) which are not described or filed as required or incorporated therein
by reference, and the exhibits which have been filed are complete and correct
copies of the documents of which they purport to be copies.
3. PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE SECURITIES. (a) On the basis of
the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters,
severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase
price of $12.50 per share, the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto. One or more certificates in
definitive form for the Firm Securities that the several Underwriters have
agreed to purchase hereunder, and in such denomination or denominations and
registered in such name or names as the Representatives request upon notice to
the Company at least 48 hours prior to the Firm Closing Date, shall be delivered
by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the respective
accounts of the Underwriters, against payment by or on behalf of the
Underwriters of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer in same-day funds
(the "Wired Funds") to the account of the Company. Such delivery of and payment
for the Firm Securities shall be made at the offices of the Company, 00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx, at 9:30 A.M., New York time, on June 3, 1997, or at
such other place, time or date as the Representatives and the Company may agree
upon or as the Representatives may determine pursuant to Section 9 hereof, such
time and date of delivery against payment being herein referred to as the "Firm
Closing Date"; provided, however, that the participation of the Company and the
Representatives and their respective counsel at such closing may be by telephone
or facsimile as reasonably necessary to consummate the transaction contemplated
hereunder. The Company will make such certificate or certificates for the Firm
Securities available for checking and packaging by the Representatives at the
offices in New York, New York of the
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Company's transfer agent or registrar or of Prudential Securities Incorporated
at least 24 hours prior to the Firm Closing Date.
(b) For the purpose of covering any over-allotments in connection with
the distribution and sale of the Firm Securities as contemplated by the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, the Company hereby grants to the
several Underwriters an option to purchase, severally and not jointly, the
Option Securities. The purchase price to be paid for any Option Securities shall
be the same price per share as the price per share for the Firm Securities set
forth above in paragraph (a) of this Section 3, plus if the purchase and sale of
any Option Securities takes place after the Firm Closing Date and after the Firm
Securities are trading "ex-dividend", an amount equal to the dividends payable
on such Option Securities. The option granted hereby may be exercised as to all
or any part of the Option Securities from time to time within 30 (thirty) days
after the date of the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if such 30th
day shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a holiday, on the next business day
thereafter when the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading). The
Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to purchase any of the Option
Securities prior to the exercise of such option. The Representatives may from
time to time exercise the option granted hereby by giving notice in writing or
by telephone (confirmed in writing) to the Company setting forth the aggregate
number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then
exercising the option and the date and time for delivery of and payment for such
Option Securities. Any such date of delivery shall be determined by the
Representatives but shall not be earlier than two business days or later than
five business days after such exercise of the option and, in any event, shall
not be earlier than the Firm Closing Date. The time and date set forth in such
notice, or such other time on such other date as the Representatives and Company
may agree upon or as the Representatives may determine pursuant to Section 9
hereof, is herein called the "Option Closing Date" with respect to such Option
Securities. Upon exercise of the option as provided herein, the Company shall
become obligated to sell to each of the several Underwriters, and, subject to
the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Underwriters (severally
and not jointly) shall become obligated to purchase from the Company, the same
percentage of the total number of the Option Securities as to which the several
Underwriters are then exercising the option as such Underwriter is obligated to
purchase of the aggregate number of Firm Securities, as adjusted by the
Representatives in such manner as they deem advisable to avoid fractional
shares. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option
Securities, one or more certificates in definitive form for such Option
Securities, and payment therefor, shall be delivered on the related Option
Closing Date in the manner, and upon the terms and conditions, set forth in
paragraph (a) of this Section 3, except that reference therein to the Firm
Securities and the Firm Closing Date shall be deemed, for purposes of this
paragraph (b), to refer to such Option Securities and Option Closing Date,
respectively.
(c) The Company hereby acknowledges that the wire transfer by or on
behalf of the Underwriters of the purchase price for any Securities does not
constitute closing of a purchase and sale of the Securities. Only execution and
delivery of a receipt for the Securities by the Underwriters indicates
completion of the closing of a purchase of the Securities from the Company.
Furthermore, in the event that the Underwriters wire funds to the Company prior
to the completion of the closing of a purchase of the Securities, the Company
hereby acknowledges that until the Underwriters execute and deliver a receipt
for the Securities, by facsimile or otherwise, the Company will not be entitled
to the wired funds and shall return the wired funds to the Underwriters as soon
as practicable (by wire transfer of same-day funds) upon demand. In the event
that the closing of a purchase of Securities is not completed and the wire funds
are not returned by the Company to the Underwriters on the same day the wired
funds were received by the Company, the Company agrees to pay to the
Underwriters in respect of each day the wire funds are not returned
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by it, in same-day funds, interest on the amount of such wire funds in an amount
representing the Underwriters' cost of financing as reasonably determined by
Prudential Securities Incorporated.
(d) It is understood that any of you, individually and not as one of
the Representatives, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment on behalf
of any Underwriter or Underwriters for any of the Securities to be purchased by
such Underwriter or Underwriters. No such payment shall relieve such Underwriter
or Underwriters from any of its or their obligations hereunder.
4. OFFERING BY THE UNDERWRITERS. Upon your authorization of the release
of the Firm Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm
Securities for sale to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus.
5. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants and agrees with each
of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will file the Prospectus or any Term Sheet that
constitutes a part thereof, any Integrated Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement, as the case may be, and any amendment or supplement thereto with the
Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rules 434 and
424(b) under the Act. During any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, the Company (i) will
comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Act and the Exchange Act and
the respective rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder to the extent
necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities in
accordance with the provisions hereof and of the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, and (ii) will not file with the
Commission the Prospectus, Term Sheet, any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto or any amendment to the Registration Statement
of which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised and
furnished with a copy for a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed
filing and as to which filing the Representatives shall not have given their
reasonable consent. The Company will prepare and file with the Commission, in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission, promptly upon
request by the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters, any amendments
to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus that may be necessary or advisable in connection with
the distribution of the Securities by the several Underwriters, and will use its
best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the Commission as promptly as possible. The Company will
advise the Representatives, promptly after receiving notice thereof, of the time
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or declared
effective or the Prospectus, any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto has been filed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the
Representatives of each such filing or effectiveness.
(b) The Company will advise the Representatives, promptly after
receiving notice or obtaining knowledge thereof, of (i) the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order directed at any
document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, (iii) the institution, threatening or contemplation of any
proceeding for any such purpose or (iv) any request made by the Commission for
amending the Registration Statement, for amending or supplementing any
Preliminary Prospectus, the
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Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or for additional information. The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order
and, if any such stop order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof as
promptly as possible.
(c) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities
for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will continue such
qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Securities, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in connection therewith
the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(d) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which
the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for any
other reason it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus
or any Integrated Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the
respective rules or regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company will
promptly notify the Representatives thereof and, subject to Section 5(a) hereof,
will prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company's expense, an
amendment to the Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus that corrects such statement or
omission or effects such compliance.
(e) The Company will, without charge, provide (i) to the
Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters a conformed copy of the
registration statement originally filed with respect to the Securities and each
amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits thereto), (ii) to each other
Underwriter, a conformed copy of such registration statement and each amendment
thereto relating to the Securities (in each case without exhibits thereto) and
(iii) so long as a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be
delivered under the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
as the Representatives may reasonably request; without limiting the application
of clause (iii) of this sentence, the Company, not later than (A) 6:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if
such determination occurred at or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
such date or (B) 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day following
the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination
occurred after 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, will deliver to the
Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may
reasonably request for purposes of confirming orders that are expected to settle
on the Firm Closing Date.
(f) The Company, as soon as practicable, will make generally available
to its securityholders and to the Representatives a combined earnings statement
of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries that satisfies the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(g) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus.
(h) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of Prudential Securities Incorporated, on behalf of the
Underwriters, offer, sell, offer to sell, contract to
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sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise sell or dispose (or
announce any offer, sale, offer of sale, contract of sale, pledge, grant of any
option to purchase or other sale or disposition) of any shares of Common Stock
or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares
of Common Stock for a period of 90 days after the date hereof, except pursuant
to this Agreement and except for issuances of stock options pursuant to the
Company's existing stock option plans or issuances of Common Stock pursuant to
the exercise of employee stock options outstanding on the date hereof, pursuant
to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan or pursuant to the terms of
convertible securities of the Company outstanding on the date hereof; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company may issue shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock
without the prior written consent of Prudential Securities Incorporated in
connection with any business combination or acquisition by the Company occuring
more than 30 days after the date hereof.
(i) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action
designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities or (ii) (A) sell, bid for, purchase, or pay anyone any compensation
for soliciting purchases of, the Securities or (B) pay or agree to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities
of the Company.
(j) The Company will obtain the agreements described in Section 7(f)
hereof prior to the Firm Closing Date.
(k) The Company will cause the Securities to be duly authorized for
listing by the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").
6. EXPENSES. The Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions contemplated herein are consummated or this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 11 hereof, including all costs and expenses incident to (i)
the printing or other production of documents with respect to the transactions,
including any costs of printing the registration statement originally filed with
respect to the Securities and any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, this Agreement and any blue sky memoranda, (ii) all arrangements
relating to the delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the foregoing
documents, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, the accountants and
any other experts or advisors retained by the Company, (iv) preparation,
issuance and delivery to the Underwriters of any certificates evidencing the
Securities, including transfer agent's and registrar's fees, (v) the
qualification of the Securities under state securities and blue sky laws,
including filing fees and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
relating thereto, (vi) the filing fees of the Commission and the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to the Securities, (vii) the
listing of the Securities on the NYSE, and (viii) any meetings with prospective
investors in the Securities (other than as shall have been specifically approved
by the Representatives to be paid for by the Underwriters) and (ix) advertising
relating to the offering of the Securities (other than as shall have been
specifically approved by the Representatives to be paid for by the
Underwriters). If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not
consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set
forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Sections 11(a)(i) or 11(a)(ii) hereof or because of any failure,
refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform all obligations and
satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder other
than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will
reimburse the Underwriters severally upon
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demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements)
that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase
and sale of the Securities. The Company shall not in any event be liable to any
of the Underwriters for the loss of anticipated profits from the transactions
covered by this Agreement.
7. CONDITIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of the
several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities shall be
subject, in the Representatives' sole discretion, to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein as of the date
hereof and as of the Firm Closing Date, as if made on and as of the Firm Closing
Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made pursuant
to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and
agreements hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus, any Term Sheet that constitutes a part thereof, any
Integrated Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and any
amendment or supplement thereto shall have been filed with the Commission in the
manner and within the time period required by Rules 434 and 424(b) under the
Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto and no order directed at any document
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall have been
issued, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be
contemplated by the Commission; and the Company shall have complied with any
request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or
otherwise).
(b) (i) The Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the
Firm Closing Date, of Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President-General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company, to the effect that:
(A) The Company is a duly organized and validly existing
business trust in good standing under the laws of Ohio and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws
of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a
material liability or disability to the Company, the Management Company
and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Each of the Subsidiaries has
been duly organized and is validly existing as a general or limited
partnership, limited liability company or corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdictions of its organization, and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws
of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a
material liability or disability to the Company, the Management Company
and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Management Company is a
duly organized and validly existing corporation in good standing under
the laws of the state of Delaware and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing under the laws of all other
jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or
disability to the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
(B) The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been
duly authorized by
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all necessary corporate action of the Company and this Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and is the valid and
binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with the terms hereof, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and
similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and the
application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law
or in equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution
hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
principles of public policy.
(C) The issuance, offering and sale of the Securities to the
Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the compliance
by the Company with the other provisions of this Agreement and the
consummation of the other transactions herein contemplated do not (i)
require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or
qualification of or with any governmental authority, except such as
have been obtained and such as may be required under state securities
or blue sky laws, or (ii) conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other
agreement or instrument listed on a schedule attached to such opinion,
to which the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries
is a party or by which the Company, the Management Company or any of
the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties are bound, or
the organizational documents or by-laws of the Company, the Management
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any statute or any judgment,
decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental
authority or any arbitrator known to such counsel and applicable to the
Company, the Management Company or the Subsidiaries.
(D) The issued shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary that
is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, all of the partnership interests in each Subsidiary that
is a partnership are validly issued and fully paid, and all of the
limited liability company interests in each Subsidiary that is a
limited liability company are validly issued and fully paid. Except as
described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence,
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), all of such shares and
interests in the Subsidiaries owned by the Company are owned
beneficially by the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company free
and clear of any Liens. All outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Management Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are
fully paid and nonassessable and are free and clear of any Liens, and
all of such shares and interests in the Subsidiaries owned by the
Management Company are owned beneficially by the Management Company or
another Subsidiary of the Management Company free and clear of any
Liens, other than shares of Subsidiaries of the Management Company
pledged as collateral pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The shares of
the Management Company are held in trust for the benefit of the holders
of shares of beneficial interest, $1.00 par value per share, of the
Company.
(E) The Company, the Management Company and each of the
Subsidiaries have full power (corporate and/or other) to own or lease
their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus); and the Company has full power (corporate and other) to
enter into this Agreement and to carry out all the terms and provisions
hereof to be carried out by it.
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(F) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus). All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and have been issued in compliance with all applicable
federal and state securities laws and were not issued in violation of
or subject to any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities. The Securities have been duly authorized and, when
issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to
this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and, except as set
forth under the caption "Description of Shares of Beneficial
Interest--Shareholder Liability" in the Prospectus, nonassessable. The
Securities have been duly authorized for listing, subject to official
notice of issuance on the NYSE. No holders of outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are entitled as such to any preemptive or
other rights to subscribe for any of the Securities, and no holder of
securities of the Company are entitled to have such securities
registered under the Registration Statement.
(G) No legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which
the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any
of their respective trustees, directors or officers in their capacity
as such, is a party or to which the property of the Company, the
Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any Integrated Prospectus and are not described therein, and, to the
best knowledge of such counsel, no such proceedings have been
threatened against the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or with respect to any of their respective properties.
(H) The Registration Statement originally filed with respect
to the Securities and each amendment thereto, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (in each case, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein but not including the financial
statements and other financial and statistical data contained therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and
the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder. The descriptions contained and summarized in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus of
contracts and other documents, including without limitation, contracts
and documents in connection with the acquisition by the Management
Company of a controlling interest in Imperial Parking Limited and its
related operating company, are accurate and fairly represent in all
material respects the information required to be shown by the Act, the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder. To
the best knowledge of such counsel, no contract or other document is
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any Integrated Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement that is not described therein or filed as
required.
(ii) The Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the
Firm Closing Date, of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the Company, to the
effect that:
(A) The Company is in good standing under the laws of Ohio and
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing under
the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of
its properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not
amount to a material
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liability or disability to the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Management Company is in good
standing under the laws of the state of Delaware and is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of all
other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or
the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where
the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability
or disability to the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(B) The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and
this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and
is the valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to the effect
of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally
and the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether
at law or in equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution
hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or
principles of public policy.
(C) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued
and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and, except as set forth
under the caption "Description of Shares of Beneficial
Interest--Shareholder Liability" in the Prospectus, nonassessable. The
Securities have been duly authorized for listing, subject to official
notice of issuance on the NYSE. No holders of outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company are entitled as such to any preemptive or
other rights to subscribe for any of the Securities. The issuance,
offering and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters by the Company
pursuant to this Agreement, the compliance by the Company with the
other provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the other
transactions herein contemplated do not (i) require the consent,
approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any
governmental authority, except such as have been obtained and such as
may be required under state securities or blue sky laws, or (ii)
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument listed
on a schedule attached to such opinion, to which the Company, the
Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company, the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any
of their respective properties are bound, or the organizational
documents or by-laws of the Company or the Management Company or any
statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court
or other governmental authority or any arbitrator known to such counsel
and applicable to the Company, the Management Company or the
Subsidiaries.
(D) The statements set forth under the heading "Description of
Shares of Beneficial Interest" and "Description of Preferred Shares of
Beneficial Interest" in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements
purport to summarize certain provisions of the authorized capital stock
of the Company, provide a fair summary of such provisions; the
statements set forth under the heading "Recent Developments --
Financing" in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to
summarize certain provisions of the Company's Series A Cumulative
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest,
provide a fair summary of such provisions; and the statements set
forth under the headings "Federal Income Tax Considerations" and
"Certain United States Income Tax Considerations for Non-U.S.
Shareholders" in the Prospectus, and "Certain Federal Income Tax
Considerations" in the Prospectus Supplement, insofar as such
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statements constitute matters of law or legal conclusions, have been
reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material respects.
(E) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act; the
Prospectus or any Term Sheet that constitutes a part thereof and any
Integrated Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be,
has been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time
period required by Rules 434 and 424(b); and, to the best knowledge of
such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto and no
order directed at any document incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Integrated Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued, and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or threatened or are contemplated
by the Commission.
(F) The Registration Statement originally filed with respect
to the Securities and each amendment thereto, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (in each case, excluding the documents
incorporated by reference therein and the financial statements and
other financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange
Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder. The descriptions contained and summarized in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (in
each case, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein)
of contracts and other documents, including without limitation,
contracts and documents in connection with the acquisition by the
Management Company of a controlling interest in Imperial Parking
Limited and its related operating company, are accurate and fairly
represent in all material respects the information required to be shown
by the Act, the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations
thereunder.
(G) The Company's existing legal organization and its method
of operation, as described in the Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement and as represented by the Company and the Management
Company, will enable the Company to satisfy the requirements for
qualification as a REIT under the Code.
(iii) Each such counsel shall also state that they have no reason to
believe that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as of its date
and the date of such opinion, included or includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
In rendering any such opinion, the opinion may be based upon
assumptions relating to the organization and operation of the Management Company
and of any partnerships in which the Company will hold an interest, and upon
such other assumptions and qualifications as deemed necessary by such counsel
but which must be reasonably acceptable to the Representatives and their
counsel, and such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact, to the extent such
counsel deems proper, on certificates and representations of (i) responsible
officers of the Company and the Management Company relating to the Company's and
the Management Company's organization and manner of operation, and (ii) public
officials. Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx may rely, as to matters involving the
application of laws of the State of Ohio and certain other matters, to the
extent
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reasonably satisfactory in form and scope to counsel for the Underwriters, upon
the opinion of Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President-General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company, and as to matters involving the applicable laws of
Canada, the opinion of Fasken Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx. In rendering any such opinion,
Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx may assume that for all taxable years (or portions thereof)
prior to the date of the Prospectus Supplement, the Company satisfied all
requirements necessary for qualification as a REIT under the Code and that all
organizational documents for the Company and the Management Company are complied
with. In addition, Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx may rely in making the statements set
forth in the immediately preceding paragraph, but only with respect to documents
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, upon the statements
of Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Senior Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company; provided that the statements of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx shall also state
that the Underwriters are justified in relying upon the statements of Xxxx X.
Xxxxx in this manner. Copies of all such opinions shall be delivered to the
Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
References to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall include any amendment or
supplement thereto at the date of such opinion.
(c) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Firm
Closing Date, of Pryor, Cashman, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters,
with respect to the issuance and sale of the Firm Securities, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, and any Integrated Prospectus and such other related
matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall
have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for
the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP a
letter or letters dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Firm Closing
Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect
that:
(i) they are independent accountants with respect to the
Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning
of the Act, the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations
thereunder;
(ii) in their opinion, the audited combined financial
statements and schedules examined by them and incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus comply in form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the related
published rules and regulations thereunder;
(iii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available
interim unaudited combined financial statements of the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries, a reading of the minute books of the shareholders,
the board of trustees and any committees thereof of the Company, the board of
directors and any committees thereof of the Management Company and each of the
Subsidiaries, and inquiries of certain officials of the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe
that:
(A) the unaudited combined financial statements of
the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries included in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus do not comply in form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the
related
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published rules and regulations thereunder or are not in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited combined financial
statements included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus; and
(B) at a specific date not more than five business
days prior to the date of such letter, there were any changes in the
capital stock or long-term debt of the Company, the Management Company
and the Subsidiaries or any decreases in net current assets or
stockholders' equity of the Company, the Management Company and the
Subsidiaries, in each case compared with amounts shown on the March 31,
1997 unaudited combined balance sheet included in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, or for the
period from April 1, 1997 to such specified date there were any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding
year, in sales, net revenues, net income before income taxes or total
or per share amounts of net income of the Company, the Management
Company and the Subsidiaries, except in all instances for changes,
decreases or increases set forth in such letter; and
(iv) they have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an audit, with respect to certain amounts, percentages and
financial information that are derived from the general accounting records of
the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries and are included in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus and in
Exhibit 12 to the Registration Statement, including the information included or
incorporated in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under the
captions "Business" (Item 1), "Selected Financial Data" (Item 6) and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" (Item 7) and the information included or incorporated in the
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the caption "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations", and
have compared such amounts, percentages and financial information with such
records of the Company, the Management Company and the Subsidiaries and with
information derived from such records and have found them to be in agreement,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
In the event that the letters referred to above set forth any such
changes, decreases or increases, it shall be a further condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters that (A) such letters shall be accompanied by a
written explanation of the Company as to the significance thereof, unless the
Representatives deem such explanation unnecessary, and (B) such changes,
decreases or increases do not, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, make
it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the purchase and delivery of the
Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement, as amended as of the
date hereof.
References to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus in this paragraph (d) with respect to either letter
referred to above shall include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date
of such letter.
(e) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the
Firm Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company to the effect that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct as if made on and as of the Firm Closing
Date; the Registration Statement, as amended as of the Firm Closing
Date, does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
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misleading, and the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as amended
or supplemented as of the Firm Closing Date, does not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the
Company has performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or
prior to the Firm Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto and no
order directed at any document incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued, and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or threatened or, to the best of
the Company's knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission; and
(iii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus, neither the Company, the Management Company
nor any of the Subsidiaries has 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 prospective material adverse change, in the
condition (financial or otherwise), management, properties, assets,
business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company,
the Management Company or any of the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except in each case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus
or any Integrated Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement
thereto), other than the Prospectus Supplement dated May 28, 1997.
(f) The Representatives shall have received from each person who is a
trustee or executive officer of the Company or who is a director or executive
officer of the Management Company an agreement to the effect that such person
will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of
Prudential Securities Incorporated, on behalf of the Underwriters, offer, sell,
offer to sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase or
otherwise sell or dispose (or announce any offer, sale, offer of sale, contract
of sale, pledge, grant of an option to purchase or other sale or disposition) of
any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable
or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock for a period of 90 days after the
date of this Agreement.
(g) On or before the Firm Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel
for the Underwriters shall have received such further certificates, documents or
other information as they may have reasonably requested from the Company.
(h) On or before the Firm Closing Date, the Securities shall have been
approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
All opinions, certificates, letters and documents delivered pursuant to
this Agreement will comply with the provisions hereof only if they are
reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters. The Company shall furnish to the Representatives
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents in
such quantities as the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall
reasonably request.
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The respective obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and
pay for any Option Securities shall be subject, in their discretion, to each of
the foregoing conditions to purchase the Firm Securities, except that all
references to the Firm Securities and the Firm Closing Date shall be deemed to
refer to such Option Securities and the related Option Closing Date,
respectively.
8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (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 Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become
subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or
are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement made by
the Company in Section 2 of this Agreement,
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) any
application or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by
or on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to
qualify the Securities under the securities or blue sky laws thereof or
filed with the Commission or any securities association or securities
exchange (each an "Application"),
(iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Application a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or
(iv) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any audio or visual materials used in
connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without
limitation, slides, videos, films and tape recordings, but only to the
extent that such statement was prepared or provided by the Company to
the Underwriters,
and will reimburse, as incurred, each Underwriter and each such controlling
person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending against
or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement or
any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Application
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the
Company may otherwise have. The Company will not, without the prior written
consent of the Underwriter or Underwriters purchasing, in the aggregate, more
than fifty percent (50%) of the Securities, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not any such Underwriter or any person who
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controls any such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act is a party to such claim, action, suit or
proceeding), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an
unconditional release of all of the Underwriters and such controlling persons
from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who
signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject
under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any Application or (ii) the omission or the
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any Application or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein: and,
subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will
reimburse, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or any action
in respect thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 8, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the
omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and
it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal defenses available
to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have
the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such
indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying
party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any
legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation,
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel
in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being
understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party
shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in
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addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially
similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, designated by the Representatives in the case of
paragraph (a) of this Section 8, representing the indemnified parties under such
paragraph (a) who are parties to such action or actions) or (ii) the
indemnifying party does not promptly retain counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment
of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party.
After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the
indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any
settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the consent
of the indemnifying party.
(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in
the preceding paragraphs of this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient, for
any reason, to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each
indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution,
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative
benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if
the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by
applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of
the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements
or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by
the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters. The relative fault of the parties 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 or the Underwriters, the parties'
relative intents, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations
appropriate in the circumstances. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro
rata or per capita allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take
into account the equitable considerations referred to above in this paragraph
(d). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph (d), no Underwriter
shall be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed
the total public offering price of the Securities purchased by such Underwriter
under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay in respect of the same or any
substantially similar claim, and no person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section II (f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute hereunder are
several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not
joint, and contributions among Underwriters shall be governed by the provisions
of the Prudential Securities Incorporated Master Agreement Among Underwriters.
For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
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9. DEFAULT OF UNDERWRITERS. If one or more Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Firm Securities or Option Securities hereunder and
the aggregate number of such Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase is ten percent or less of the
aggregate number of Firm Securities or Option Securities to be purchased by all
of the Underwriters at such time hereunder, the other Underwriters may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives for the purchase of such
Securities by other persons (who may include one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, including the Representatives), but if no such arrangements are
made by the Firm Closing Date or the related Option Closing Date, as the case
may be, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in proportion to
their respective commitments hereunder to purchase the Firm Securities or Option
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase. If one or more Underwriters so default with respect to an aggregate
number of Securities that is more than ten percent of the aggregate number of
Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be, to be purchased by all
of the Underwriters at such time hereunder, and if arrangements satisfactory to
the Representatives are not made within 36 hours after such default for the
purchase by other persons (who may include one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, including the Representatives) of the Securities with respect to
which such default occurs, this Agreement will terminate without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company other than as provided
in Section 10 hereof. In the event of any default by one or more Underwriters as
described in this Section 9, the Representatives shall have the right to
postpone the Firm Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
established as provided in Section 3 hereof for not more than seven business
days in order that any necessary changes may be made in the arrangements or
documents for the purchase and delivery of the Firm Securities or Option
Securities, as the case may be. As used in this Agreement, the term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section 9. Nothing herein shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
10. SURVIVAL. The respective representations, warranties, agreements,
covenants, indemnities and other statements of the Company, its officers and the
several Underwriters set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of
them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company,
any of its officers or directors, any Underwriter or any controlling person
referred to in Section 8 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Securities. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other
statements set forth in Sections 6 and 8 hereof shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11. TERMINATION. (a) This Agreement may be terminated with respect to
the Firm Securities or any Option Securities in the sole discretion of the
Representatives by notice to the Company given prior to the Firm Closing Date or
the related Option Closing Date, respectively, in the event that the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform all obligations and satisfy
all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior
thereto or, if at or prior to the Firm Closing Date or such Option Closing Date,
respectively,
(i) the Company, the Management Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have, in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, 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 or there
shall have been any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change (including without
limitation a change in management or control of the Company), in the
condition
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(financial or otherwise), management, properties, assets, business
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the
Management Company and the Subsidiaries, except in each case as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), other
than the Prospectus Supplement dated May 28, 1997;
(ii) trading in the Common Stock shall have been suspended by
the Commission or the NYSE;
(iii) trading in securities generally on the NYSE shall have
been suspended or minimum or maximum prices shall have been established
on any such exchange;
(iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by New York
or United States authorities; or
(v) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation of
hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, (B) an
outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed conflict
involving the United States or (C) any other calamity or crisis or
material adverse change in general economic, political or financial
conditions having an effect on the U.S. financial markets that, in the
sole judgment of the Representatives, makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement, as amended as
of the date hereof.
(b) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11 shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section
10 hereof.
12. INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY UNDERWRITERS. The statements set forth in
the last paragraph on the front cover page, the last paragraph on the inside
front cover page and under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus
Supplement (to the extent such statements relate to the Underwriters) constitute
the only information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives to
the Company for the purposes of Sections 2(b) and 8 hereof. The Underwriters
confirm that such statements (to such extent) are correct.
13. NOTICES. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if
sent to any of the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to Prudential Securities
Incorporated, Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Equity
Transactions Group; and if sent to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to the Company at
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxx X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
14. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall
be binding upon the several Underwriters, the Company and their respective
successors and legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or
any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and
provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive
benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person except that (i)
the indemnities of the Company contained in Section 8 of this Agreement shall
also be for the benefit of any person or persons who control any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and (ii) the indemnities of the Underwriters contained in Section 8 of this
Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the
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trustees of the Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the
Registration Statement and any person or persons who control the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No
purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor because
of such purchase.
15. APPLICABLE LAW. The validity and interpretation of this Agreement,
and the terms and conditions set forth herein, shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any provisions relating to conflicts of laws.
16. LIABILITY OF BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, this Agreement is made and executed on behalf
of First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments ("First Union"), a
business trust organized under the laws of the state of Ohio, by its officer(s)
on behalf of the trustees thereof, and none of the trustees or any additional or
successor trustee hereafter appointed, or any beneficiary, officer, employee or
agent of First Union shall have any liability in his personal or individual
capacity, but instead, all parties shall look solely to the property and assets
of First Union for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising under or in
connection with this Agreement.
17. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please
indicate your acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute an agreement binding the Company and each
of the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
FIRST UNION REAL ESTATE EQUITY
AND MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Chairman
President and Chief Executive Officer
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
ALEX. XXXXX & SONS INCORPORATED
SUTRO & CO. INCORPORATED
By PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED
By /s/ Xxxx-Xxxxxx Canfin
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Xxxx-Xxxxxx Canfin
Managing Director
For itself and on behalf of the Representatives.
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SCHEDULE 1
UNDERWRITERS
Number of Firm
Securities to
Underwriter be Purchased
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Prudential Securities Incorporated...................................1,411,668
Alex. Xxxxx & Sons Incorporated......................................1,411,666
Sutro & Co. Incorporated.............................................1,411,666
Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc................................................110,000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation....................110,000
X.X. Xxxxxxx & Sons, Inc...............................................110,000
Everen Securities, Inc.................................................110,000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co....................................................110,000
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc...................................................110,000
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated.....................110,000
PaineWebber Incorporated...............................................110,000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.......................................................110,000
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Incorporated....................................55,000
XxXxxxxx & Company Securities, Inc......................................55,000
The Ohio Company........................................................55,000
Principal Financial Securities, Inc.....................................55,000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Incorporated.............................................55,000
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Total 5,500,000
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SCHEDULE 2
SUBSIDIARIES
Name Jurisdiction Of Incorporation
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[See Attached List of Subsidiaries]
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