ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund Auction Preferred Shares Liquidation Preference $25,000 Per Share FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(1)
Auction Preferred Shares
600 Shares, Series M
Liquidation Preference $25,000 Per Share
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, ING Clarion Real Estate Income Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”)
and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, L.P., a limited partnership (the “Adviser”), and ING
Clarion Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Subadviser”) address you as
underwriters and as the representatives (the “Representatives”) of each of the several underwriters
named on Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”). The Fund proposes to sell to the Underwriters 600
shares of Auction Preferred Shares, Series M (the “Preferred Shares”), par value $.001 per share,
with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share (the shares of Preferred Shares to be sold
hereby are referred to herein as the “Securities”). The Securities will be authorized by, and
subject to the terms and conditions of, the Statement of Preferences of Auction Preferred Shares
(the “Statement”) in substantially the form filed as an exhibit or otherwise included in the
Registration Statement referred to in Section 1 of this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”).
Unless otherwise stated, the term “you” as used herein means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
individually on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Representatives. Certain terms used
herein are defined in Section 18 hereof.
The Fund, the Adviser and the Subadviser wish to confirm as follows their agreements with you
and the other several Underwriters on whose behalf you are acting in connection with the several
purchases of the Securities by the Underwriters.
The Fund has entered into an Investment Management Agreement with the Adviser dated as of
September 30, 2003, an Administration Agreement with The Bank of New
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York dated as of September 26,
2003, a Custodian Agreement with The Bank of New York dated as of September 26, 2003, and a Transfer Agency Services Agreement with The Bank of New York
dated as of September 26, 2003, an Auction Agency Agreement with The Bank of New York dated as of
November 24, 2003 and a Letter Agreement with the Depositary Trust Company dated as of November 21,
2003 and such agreements are herein referred to as the “Management Agreement,” the “Administration
Agreement,” the “Custodian Agreement,” the “Transfer Agency Agreement,” the “Auction Agency
Agreement,” and the “DTC Agreement,” respectively. Collectively, the Management Agreement, the
Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the Transfer Agency Agreement, the Auction
Agency Agreement and the DTC Agreement are herein referred to as the “Fund Agreements.” The
Adviser has entered into an investment sub-advisory agreement with the Subadviser dated September
30, 2003 (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”).
1. Representations and Warranties of the Fund and the Advisers. The Fund and the
Advisers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, each Underwriter as set
forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Fund has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement
(file numbers 333-138671 and 811-21465) on Form N-2, including a related preliminary
prospectus (including the statement of additional information incorporated by reference
therein), for registration under the Act and the 1940 Act of the offering and sale of
the Securities. The Fund may have filed one or more amendments thereto, including a
related preliminary prospectus (including the statement of additional information
incorporated by reference therein), each of which has previously been furnished to you.
The Fund will next file with the Commission one of the following: either (1) prior to
the Effective Date of such registration statement, a further amendment to such
registration statement (including the form of final prospectus (including the statement
of additional information incorporated by reference therein)) or (2) after the
Effective Date of such registration statement, a final prospectus (including the
statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein) in accordance
with Rules 430A and 497. In the case of clause (2), the Fund has included in such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other than
Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the 1940 Act and the Rules and
Regulations to be included in such registration statement and the Prospectus. As
filed, such amendment and form of final prospectus (including the statement of
additional information incorporated by reference therein), or such final prospectus
(including the statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein),
shall contain all Rule 430A Information, together with all other such required
information, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior
to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall
contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Fund has advised you, prior to
the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
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(b) Each Preliminary Prospectus complied when filed with the Commission in all
material respects with the provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules
and Regulations and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Rule 430A Information, when
taken together as a whole, as of the Execution Time, do not include any untrue
statements 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; provided, however, that the Fund makes no
representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the
Preliminary Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Fund by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described in
Section 9(b) hereof.
(c) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and when the
Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with Rule 497 and on the Closing
Date (as defined herein), the Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will, and the
1940 Act Notification when originally filed with the Commission and any amendment or
supplement thereto when filed with the Commission did or will, comply in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and
Regulations and the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and, on
the Effective Date, the Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 497, will not, and on
the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 497 and on the Closing Date and any settlement
date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not, 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; provided, however, that the Fund makes no
representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement, or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon
and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Fund by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof. The Commission
has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus.
(d) The Fund has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a
statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement to any of them), and is duly registered and qualified to do
business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires
such qualification. The Fund has no subsidiaries.
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(e) All the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Fund, (the “Common
Shares”) have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
nonassessable (except as set forth in Section 3.8 of the Declaration of Trust) and
are free of any preemptive or similar rights; the Securities have been duly and validly
authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment thereof
in accordance with the terms hereof, will be validly issued, and fully paid and
nonassessable free of any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any
person to acquire any Securities upon issuance thereof by the Fund, and will conform in
all material respects to the description thereof in the Registration Statement, the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement to either of
them); and the Common Shares conform to the description thereof in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
supplement to either of them).
(f) The Fund’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; the capital
stock of the Fund conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
the certificates for the Securities are in valid and sufficient form; and, except as
set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or
other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to
convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of
or ownership interests in the Fund are outstanding.
(g) The Fund’s registration statement on Form 8-A under the Exchange Act has
become effective.
(h) The Fund, subject to the Registration Statement having been declared
effective and the filing of the Prospectus under Rule 497, has taken all required
action under the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations to make the public
offering and consummate the sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement.
(i) There are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which are not
described or filed as required by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations;
and the statements in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus under the headings “Federal Income Tax Matters,” “Description of Preferred
Shares,” “Description of Common Shares” and “Certain Provisions in the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust” fairly summarize the matters therein described.
(j) The execution and delivery of and the performance by the Fund of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly and validly
authorized by the Fund and this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly
executed and delivered by the Fund and constitute the valid and legally
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binding agreements of the Fund, enforceable against the Fund in accordance with their terms,
except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited
by federal or state securities laws and subject to the qualification that the
enforceability of the Fund’s obligations hereunder and thereunder may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles (whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or law).
(k) The Fund is duly registered under the 1940 Act as a closed-end,
non-diversified management investment company and the 1940 Act Notification has been
duly filed with the Commission. The Fund has not received any notice from the
Commission pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act with respect to the 1940 Act
Notification or the Registration Statement.
(l) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein or in the Fund Agreements, except such as have been made or
obtained under the Act, the 1940 Act and such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(m) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any of the Fund Agreements by the Fund, nor the
consummation by the Fund of the transactions herein or therein contemplated (i)
conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of the
declaration of trust (the “Declaration of Trust”) or by-laws of the Fund (the
“By-Laws”), (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a
breach of or a default under, any material agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which the Fund is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound or (iii) violates or will violate any material statute, law, rule, regulation,
judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Fund or any of its properties
or (iv) will result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Fund pursuant to the terms of any
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to which
any of the property or assets of the Fund is subject.
(n) No holders of securities of the Fund have rights to the registration of such
securities under the Registration Statement.
(o) The financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Fund as of the dates and for the periods
indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
the 1940 Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
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involved (except as
otherwise noted therein); and the other financial and statistical
information and data included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus are fairly presented.
(p) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Fund or its property is pending or,
to the best knowledge of the Fund, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation
of any of the transactions herein contemplated or (ii) could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions
in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(q) The Fund is not (i) in violation of its Declaration of Trust or By-Laws,
(ii) in breach or default in the performance of the terms of any indenture, contract,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to
which its property is subject or (iii) in violation of any law, ordinance,
administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Fund or of any
decree of the Commission, the NASD, any state securities commission, any national
securities exchange, any arbitrator, any court or any other governmental, regulatory,
self-regulatory or administrative agency or any official having jurisdiction over the
Fund except where such breach, default or violation does not have a material adverse
effect on the conditions (financial or otherwise), assets or results of operations of
the Fund.
(r) Since the date as of which information is given in the Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been no material,
adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net assets
or results of operations of the Fund (other than as a result of a change in the
financial markets generally) of the Fund, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
of business, (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Fund which are
material to the Fund other than those in the ordinary course of its business as
described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, (iii) the Fund has not
incurred any material liability or material obligation, direct or contingent, or
entered into any transaction, not in the ordinary course of business, that is material
to the Fund, and (iv) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
paid or made by the Fund on any class of its Common Shares.
(s) Xxxxx & Young LLP, who have audited the financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Fund within the
meaning of the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations.
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(t) The Fund has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the
Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not
distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or other materials permitted by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and
Regulations.
(u) There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal
law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the
Fund or sale by the Fund of the Securities.
(v) The Fund 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), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Fund,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as
set forth in or contemplated the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive
of any supplement thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any
other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the
foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is
currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the
Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto); and the Fund has been and is currently in
compliance with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the “Code”) to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code.
(w) All advertising, sales literature or other promotional material (including
“prospectus wrappers,” “broker kits,” “road show slides” and “road show scripts”),
whether in printed or electronic form, authorized in writing by or prepared by the Fund
or the Adviser for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities
(collectively, “sales material”) complied and comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Rules and Regulations and the
rules and interpretations of the NASD and if required to be filed with the NASD under
the NASD’s conduct rules were provided to Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for
the Underwriters, for filing. No sales material contained or contains an untrue
statement of 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.
(x) The Fund’s trustees and officers/errors and omissions insurance policy and
its fidelity bond required by Rule 17g-1 of the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations are in
full force and effect; the Fund is in compliance with the terms of such policy and
fidelity bond in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Fund under
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any such policy or fidelity bond as to which any insurance company is denying liability or
defending under a reservation of rights clause; the Fund has not been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Fund has no 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), earnings, business or properties of
the Fund, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business,
except as set forth in or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(y) The Fund has such licenses, permits, and authorizations of governmental or
regulatory authorities (“permits”) as are necessary to own its property and to conduct
its business in the manner described in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus; the
Fund has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to such
permits and no event has occurred which allows or, after notice or lapse of time, would
allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of
the rights of the Fund under any such permit, subject in each case to such
qualification as may be set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus; and,
except as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus, none of such permits
contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Fund.
(z) The Fund maintains and will maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and with the investment
objectives, policies and restrictions of the Fund and the applicable requirements of
the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations and Code; (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles, to calculate net asset value, to maintain
accountability for assets and to maintain material compliance with the books and
records requirements under the 1940 Act and the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations; (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences. The Fund is not aware of any material weakness in its internal control
over financial reporting.
(aa) The Fund has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under
the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities, and the Fund
is not aware of any such action taken or to be taken by any affiliates of the Fund.
(bb) This Agreement and each of the Fund Agreements comply in all material
respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Rules and
Regulations, the Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations.
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(cc) Except as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no
trustee of the Fund is an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund
or an “affiliated person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of any Underwriter listed in
Schedule I hereto.
(dd) The Fund intends to direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of
the Securities in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of
the Code.
(ee) The conduct by the Fund of its business (as described in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus) does not require it to be the owner, possessor or
licensee of any patents, patent licenses, trademarks, service marks or trade names
which it does not own, possess or license.
(ff) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Fund (i) does not have any material lending or other
relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings
Inc. and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of Citigroup
Global Markets Holdings Inc.
(gg) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Fund or any of the
Fund’s trustees or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision
of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in
connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Sections 302 and 906 related
to certifications, except where such breach or violations does not have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), assets or results of
operations of the Fund.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Fund and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Fund, as to matters covered therein, to each Underwriter.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Advisers. Each of the Adviser and the
Subadviser, severally as to itself only and not jointly or as to any other party represents and
warrants to each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Such Adviser has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with full power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in
the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign limited partnership and is in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
(b) Such Adviser is duly registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers
Act and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers
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Act Rules and Regulations or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations from acting for
the Fund under the Management Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement as contemplated
by the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(c) Such Adviser has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the
Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, and the execution and delivery of,
and the performance by such Adviser of its obligations under, this Agreement, the
Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement have been duly and validly
authorized by such Adviser; and this Agreement, the Management Agreement and the
Sub-Advisory Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by such Adviser and
constitute the valid and legally binding agreements of such Adviser, enforceable
against such Adviser in accordance with their terms, except as rights to indemnity and
contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws and subject
to the qualification that the enforceability of such Adviser’s obligations hereunder
and thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles.
(d) Such Adviser has the financial resources available to it necessary for the
performance of its services and obligations as contemplated in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and under this Agreement, the Management Agreement and
the Sub-Advisory Agreement.
(e) The description of such Adviser and its business, and the statements
attributable to such Adviser, in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus complied and comply in all material respects with the provisions of
the Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act
Rules and Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(f) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving such Adviser or its property is pending
or, to the best knowledge of such Adviser, threatened that (i) is required to be
described in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus that is not so described as
required, (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
ability of such Adviser to fulfill its obligations hereunder or under the Management
Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, or (iii) could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business
or properties of such Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Preliminary
Prospectus and Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); and there are no
agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments relating to such Adviser
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
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Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required by the Act, the
1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations.
(g) Such Adviser has such licenses, permits and authorizations of governmental or
regulatory authorities (“permits”) as are necessary to own its property and to conduct
its business in the manner described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
such Adviser has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to
such permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time
would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material
impairment of the rights of such Adviser under any such permit.
(h) This Agreement, the Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement
comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the
1940 Act Rules and Regulations, the Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and
Regulations.
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein or in the Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement,
except such as have been made or obtained under the Act, the 1940 Act and such as may
be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(j) Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the
Management Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement, nor the consummation by the Fund
or such Adviser of the transactions herein or therein contemplated (i) conflicts or
will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of the organizational
documents of such Adviser, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach of or a default under, any agreement, indenture, lease or other
instrument to which such Adviser is a party or by which it or any of its properties may
be bound or (iii) violates or will violate any statute, law, regulation or filing or
judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to such Adviser or any of its
properties or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Adviser pursuant to the terms of any
agreement or instrument to which such Adviser is a party or by which such Adviser may
be bound or to which any of the property or assets of such Adviser is subject.
(k) In the event that the Fund or such Adviser makes available any promotional
materials intended for use only by qualified broker-dealers and registered
representatives thereof by means of an Internet web site or similar electronic means,
such Adviser will install and maintain pre-qualification and password-protection or
similar procedures which are reasonably designed to
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effectively prohibit access to such promotional materials by persons other than
qualified broker-dealers and registered representatives thereof.
Any certificate signed by any officer of such Adviser and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by such Adviser, as to matters covered therein, to each Underwriter.
3. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Fund agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Fund, at a purchase price
of $[ ] per share, the amount of the Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto.
4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at
10:00 AM, New York City time, on January [ ], 2007 or at such time on such later date not more
than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which
date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Fund or as provided
in Section 10 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein
called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters
through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Fund by wire
transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Fund. Delivery of the Securities
shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives
shall otherwise instruct.
5. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose
to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
6. Agreements of the Fund and the Advisers. The Fund and, where named below, the
Advisers, agree with the several Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Fund will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment thereof, to become
effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Fund will
not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Fund
has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. Subject to the
foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective
pursuant to Rule 430A, or filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule
497, the Fund will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto
to be filed, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 497 within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to
the Representatives of such timely filing. The Fund will promptly advise the
Representatives (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution
Time, shall have become effective, (ii) when the
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Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
shall have been filed with the Commission, (iii) when, prior to termination of the
offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been
filed or become effective, (iv) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any
amendment of the Registration Statement, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or
for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (v) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that
purpose and (vi) of the receipt by the Fund of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Fund will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any
such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to
be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which, in the judgment of
the Fund or in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Prospectus
as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to
amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act,
the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, the Fund promptly will (i) notify the
Representatives of any such event; (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject
to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 6, an amendment or supplement
which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and (iii)
supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably
request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Fund will make generally available to its
security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the
Fund which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under
the Act.
(d) The Fund will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters
signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each
other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and,
so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the
Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any
supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(e) The Fund will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and
will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of
the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Fund be obligated to qualify to
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do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising
out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now
so subject.
(f) The Fund will not, without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, (or enter
into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result
in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due
to cash settlement or otherwise)) by the Fund or any affiliate of the Fund or any
person in privity with the Fund, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or
participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect
of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call
equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, any other
Preferred Shares or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable
for, Preferred Shares; or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction
for a period of 180 days following the Execution Time.
(g) The Fund will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities
and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act, and will use its best efforts to cause the Fund’s trustees and
officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations
in all material respects, including, without limitation, the provisions of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(h) Except as stated in the Registration Statement, the Fund and the Advisers
will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute
or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Fund to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(i) The Fund agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following
matters: (1) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission
of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto),
each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and the 1940 Act Notification and each
amendment or supplement to any of them; (2) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery
(including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such
copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any
sales material and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case,
be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities; (3) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of
certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection
with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (4) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum, dealer
agreements and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered
in connection with the offering of the Securities; (5) the registration of the
Securities under the Exchange Act, if applicable; (6) any registration or qualification
of the Securities for offer and sale
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under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees
and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such
registration and qualification); (7) any filings required to be made with the NASD
(including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters relating to such filings); (8) the transportation and other expenses
incurred by or on behalf of the representatives of the Fund, the Adviser and the
Adviser’s affiliates in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the
Securities; (9) the fees and expenses of the Fund’s accountants and the fees and
expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Fund; (10) any
expenses and fees for the cost of rating agencies; and (11) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance by the Fund of its obligations hereunder.
(j) The Fund will direct the investment of the net proceeds of the offering of
the Securities in such a manner as to comply with the investment objectives, policies
and restrictions of the Fund as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus.
(k) The Fund will comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Code to
qualify as a regulated investment company under the Code.
(l) The Fund and the Advisers will use their reasonable best efforts to perform
all of the agreements required of them by this Agreement and discharge all conditions
of theirs to closing as set forth in this Agreement.
(m) The Adviser hereby agrees and covenants to waive receipt of a portion of its
fees or other payments from the Fund to which it is entitled in the amounts and for the
time periods set forth in the Prospectus.
(n) The Fund will cause the Securities, prior to the Closing Date, to be assigned
a rating of Aaa from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and AAA by Fitch
Ratings (“Fitch”).
(o) The Fund will furnish (i) a report showing compliance with the asset coverage
requirements of the 1940 Act as of the Closing Date and (ii) a Shares Basic Maintenance
Certificate (as defined in the Statement) as of a date within seven business days after
the Closing Date, each in form and substance satisfactory to you. Each such report
shall assume the receipt of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities.
7. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Fund and the Advisers contained herein as of the Execution Time, the
Closing Date and any settlement date pursuant to Section 4 hereof, to the accuracy of the
statements of the Fund and the Advisers made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof,
to the performance by the Fund or the Advisers of their obligations hereunder and to the following
additional conditions:
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(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Execution
Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a later time, the Registration
Statement will become effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the
date of determination of the total public offering price, if such determination
occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the
Business Day following the day on which the total public offering price was determined,
if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing
of the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 497, the
Prospectus, and any such supplement, will be filed in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 497; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or order pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act shall have
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or
threatened, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be
included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been
complied with in all material respects.
(b) The Fund shall have requested and caused Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel
for the Fund, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing
Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Fund has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as
a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which
requires such qualification except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified
would not have a material adverse effect on the Fund; and the Fund has no
subsidiaries;
(ii) The Fund’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Fund conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; all outstanding Common
Shares have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable (except as set forth in Section 3.8 of the Declaration of Trust); the
Securities have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and
nonassessable (except as set forth in Section 3.8 of the Declaration of Trust); the
certificates for the Securities are in valid and sufficient form; the holders of the
outstanding Common Shares are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to
subscribe for the Securities under any of the Fund Agreements, the Declaration of
Trust, the By-Laws or the Delaware Statutory Trust Act; and except as set forth in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights
to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or rights to convert any
obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or
ownership interests in the Fund are outstanding and no holder
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of securities of the Fund has rights to the registration of such securities
under the Registration Statement;
(iii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or threatened
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Fund or its property of a character required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and there are no agreements,
contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are required to be described
in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, which is not described or
filed as required by the Act, the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations;
(iv) The statements included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
under the headings “Federal Income Tax Matters,” “Description of Preferred Shares,”
“Description of Common Shares” and “Certain Provisions in the Agreement and
Declaration of Trust” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters,
agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair
summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings;
(v) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; any
required filing of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and any
supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 497 have been made in the manner and within
the time period required by Rule 497; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission;
(vi) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
(other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the 1940
Act and the Rules and Regulations; and, such counsel has no reason to believe that
on the Effective Date the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or each of the Preliminary
Prospectus, as of the time of the pricing of the Securities on [ ], 2007] and
the Prospectus as of its date and on the Closing Date included or includes any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial
statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion);
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(vii) The execution and delivery of and the performance by the Fund of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly and validly
authorized by the Fund and this Agreement and the Fund Agreements have been duly
executed and delivered by the Fund and constitute the valid and legally binding
agreements of the Fund, enforceable against the Fund in accordance with their terms,
except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal
or state securities laws and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of
the Fund’s obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles;
(viii) The Fund is duly registered with the Commission under the 1940 Act as a
closed-end, non-diversified management investment company and all action has been
taken by the Fund as required by the Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations
in connection with the issuance and consummation of the sale of the Securities as
contemplated by this Agreement; the Fund Agreements comply in all material respects
with all applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules
and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations;
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein or in the Fund Agreements, except such as have been made or
obtained under the Act and the 1940 Act and such as may be required under the blue
sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and such other approvals (specified
in such opinion) as have been obtained;
(x) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Fund pursuant to
this Agreement, the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Fund
Agreements by the Fund, nor the consummation by the Fund of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Fund Agreements (1) conflicts or will
conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of the Declaration of Trust
or By-laws, (2) conflicts or will conflict with or will constitute a breach of, or a
default under, any agreement, indenture, lease, or other instrument to which the
Fund is party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (3) violates or
will violate any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or
decree applicable to the Fund or any of its properties or (4) will result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or
assets of the Fund pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which it
is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of
the Fund is subject;
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware or the federal
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laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and to the extent specified in
such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be
reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and (B) as to matters of
fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Fund
and public officials. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include
any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Adviser, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Adviser has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing
as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full limited
partnership power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus,
and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
(ii) The Adviser is duly registered under the Advisers Act as an investment
adviser and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act
Rules and Regulations or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations from acting under the
Management Agreement as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus;
(iii) The Adviser has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the Management Agreement;
(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Adviser;
(v) The Management Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Adviser and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the Adviser,
enforceable against the Adviser in accordance with its terms except as rights to
indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal or state securities laws and
subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Adviser’s obligations
thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and
other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles;
(vi) This Agreement and the Management Agreement comply in all material
respects with all applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act,
the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations;
(vii) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement or the Management Agreement, nor
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the consummation by the Adviser of the transactions herein or therein
contemplated (1) conflicts or will conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute
a breach of or default under, the certificate of limited partnership or limited
partnership agreement, or other organizational documents, of the Adviser, (2)
conflicts or will conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or
default under any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the
Adviser is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (3)
violates or will violate any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction,
order or decree applicable to the Adviser or any of its properties or (4) will
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any
property or assets of the Adviser pursuant to the terms of any agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the
property of assets of the Adviser is subject;
(viii) The description of the Adviser and its business in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) under the
caption “Management of the Trust” is accurate in all material respects;
(vi) To the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry, other than
as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or other legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Adviser or to which the
Adviser or any of its property is subject which are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus;
(ix) The Adviser owns, possesses or has obtained and currently maintains all
governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations
as are necessary for it to carry on its business as contemplated in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(x) No material consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required on the part of the Adviser in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Management Agreement,
except such as have been made or obtained under the Act, the 1940 Act and the
Advisers Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and such other approvals (as specified in such
opinion) as have been obtained; and
(xi) Such counsel has no reason to believe that on the Effective Date the
Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or each of the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the
time of the pricing of the Securities on [ ], 2007] and the Prospectus as of its
date and on the Closing Date included or includes any untrue statement of a
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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 each case, other than the financial statements and
other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware and the United
States, to the extent they deem proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, upon the
opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent
they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Fund and public officials.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements
thereto at the Closing Date.
(d) You shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Sterling
LLP, counsel for the Subadviser, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, as
Representatives of the several Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Subadviser has been duly formed and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of the State of New York, with full limited liability
company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct
its business as described in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification.
(ii) The Subadviser is duly registered under the Advisers Act as an investment
adviser and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act
Rules and Regulations or the 1940 Act Rules and Regulations from acting under the
Sub-Advisory Agreement as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus;
(iii) The Subadviser has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the Sub-Advisory Agreement;
(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Adviser;
(v) The Sub-Advisory Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Subadviser and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Subadviser, enforceable against the Subadviser in accordance with its terms except
as rights to indemnity and contribution may be limited by federal or state
securities laws and subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the
Subadviser’s obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles;
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(vi) This Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement comply in all material
respects with all applicable provisions of the Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act,
the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations;
(vii) Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement, nor the consummation
by the Subadviser of the transactions herein or therein contemplated (1) conflicts
or will conflict with, or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or default
under, the certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement, or
other organizational documents, of the Subadviser, (2) conflicts or will conflict
with, or constitutes or will constitute a breach of or default under any agreement,
indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Subadviser is a party or by which
it or any of its properties may be bound, (3) violates or will violate any statute,
law, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the
Subadviser or any of its properties or (4) will result in the creation or imposition
of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Subadviser
pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by
which it may be bound or to which any of the property of assets of the Subadviser is
subject;
(viii) The description of the Subadviser and its business in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) under the
caption “Management of the Trust” is accurate in all material respects;
(vi) To the best knowledge of such counsel after reasonable inquiry, other than
as described or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits or other legal or
governmental proceedings pending or threatened against the Subadviser or to which
the Subadviser or any of its property is subject which are required to be described
in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus;
(ix) The Subadviser owns, possesses or has obtained and currently maintains
all governmental licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other
authorizations as are necessary for it to carry on its business as contemplated in
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(x) No material consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any
court or governmental agency or body is required on the part of the Subadviser in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Sub-Advisory
Agreement, except such as have been made or obtained under the Act, the 1940 Act and
the Advisers Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by
the Underwriters in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and such other approvals (as specified in such
opinion) as have been obtained; and
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(xi) Such counsel has no reason to believe that on the Effective Date the
Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or each of the Preliminary Prospectus, as of the
time of the pricing of the Securities on [ ], 2007] and the Prospectus as of its
date and on the Closing Date included or includes any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other
financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the
application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware and the United
States, to the extent they deem proper and to the extent specified in such opinion, upon the
opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent
they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Fund and public officials.
References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements
thereto at the Closing Date.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Securities, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus
(together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives
may reasonably require, and the Fund and the Advisers shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon
such matters.
(f) The Fund and the Advisers shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal
financial or accounting officer of each of the Fund and the Advisers, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any amendments or
supplements thereto and this Agreement and that:
(i) The representations and warranties of the Fund and the Advisers in this
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date and the Fund and the Advisers have complied with all the
agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the
Fund’s or each of the Adviser’s knowledge, threatened; and
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(iii) Since the date of the most recent financial statements included in
the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) (with respect to the
certificate of the Fund) and since the date of the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplements thereto) (with respect to the certificate of the Advisers), there has
been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Fund or each of the Advisers
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except
as set forth in or contemplated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(g) The Fund shall have requested and caused Xxxxx & Young LLP to have furnished
to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated
respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
heretofore approved by the Representatives.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof)
and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (1)
any material change specified in the letter referred to in paragraph (f) of this
Section 7 or delivered on the Closing Date from the letter delivered at the Execution
Time or (2) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of
the Fund and the Adviser, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of
which, in any case referred to in clause (1) or (2) above, is, in the sole judgment of
the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(i) The Fund shall have furnished to the Representatives a report showing
compliance with the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act and a Preferred Share
Basic Maintenance Report (as defined in the Statement), in form and substance
reasonable satisfactory to the Representatives.
(j) The Fund shall have delivered to the Representatives evidence satisfactory to
the Representatives that the shares are rated Aaa by Xxxxx’x and AAA by Fitch as of the
Closing Date, and there shall not have been given any notice of any intended or
potential downgrading or of any review for potential downgrading, in the rating
accorded to the Securities by Xxxxx’x and Fitch.
(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Fund and the Advisers shall have furnished to
the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the
Representatives may reasonably request.
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If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as
provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere
in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives
and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Fund in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in
writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 7 shall be delivered at the office of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, 00000, on the Closing Date.
8. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses. 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 of any termination pursuant to Section 11
hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Fund or the Advisers to
perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default
by any of the Underwriters, the Advisers will reimburse the Underwriters severally through
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection
with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
9. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Fund and the Advisers, jointly and
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of you and each other Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (including reasonable costs of investigation), to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement
for the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof (and including any
post-effective amendment, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any Rule 430A Information
deemed to be included or incorporated therein), or in the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus,
any sales material (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are
based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in
which they were made, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending
any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Fund
and the Advisers 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 such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Fund and the Advisers by or on behalf of any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability which the Fund and the Advisers may otherwise have.
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(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of
the Fund and the Advisers, each of its trustees, each of its officers who signs the Registration
Statement, and each person who controls the Fund or the Adviser within the meaning of either the
Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Fund and the
Advisers to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such
Underwriter furnished to the Fund or the Advisers by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise
have. The Fund and the Advisers acknowledge that the following statements set forth under the
heading “Underwriting,” (i) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale
of the Securities, (ii) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (iii) the
paragraph related to prospectuses in electronic format in any Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several
Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 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 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing
of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not
relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not
otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party
of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party
from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in
paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the
indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party
in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the
indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that
such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying
party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the
indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and
the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel
if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would
present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or
targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the
indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party
to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Fund, the
Advisers and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
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connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Fund, the Advisers and
one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Fund and the Advisers on the one hand (treated jointly for this
purpose as one person) and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities;
provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided
in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for
any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities
purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Fund, the Advisers and the Underwriters severally shall
contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Fund and the Advisers on the one hand (treated jointly for this purpose
as one person) and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits
received by the Fund and the Advisers (treated jointly for this purpose as one person) shall be
deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received
by them, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the
Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information provided by the Fund and the Advisers on the one hand
(treated jointly for this purpose as one person) or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of
the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Fund, the Advisers and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by
pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 9, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of
either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter
shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the
Fund or the Adviser within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
Fund and the Advisers who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the
Fund and the Advisers shall have the same rights to contribution as the Fund and the Advisers,
subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
(e) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which
any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder
by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability from claimants on claims that are the subject matter of such
action, suit or proceeding.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 9 shall be paid by the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
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expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 9
and the representations and warranties of the Fund and the Advisers set forth in this Agreement
shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or
on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Fund, the Advisers or
their shareholders, trustees, directors, managers, members or officers or any person controlling
the Fund or the Advisers (control to be determined within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange
Act), (ii) acceptance of any Securities and payment therefor hereunder and (iii) any termination of
this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or to the Fund, the Advisers or their shareholders,
trustees, directors, managers, members or officers or any person controlling any Underwriter, the
Fund or the Adviser shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and
reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 9.
10. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to
purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or
Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance
of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated
severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount of Securities set
forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that
in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities
set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all,
but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting
Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to
any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Fund or the Advisers. In the event of a default by any
Underwriter as set forth in this Section 10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period,
not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required
changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements
may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of
its liability, if any, to the Fund and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
11. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Representatives, without liability on the part of the Underwriters to the Fund or
the Advisers, by notice given to the Fund or the Adviser prior to delivery of and payment for the
Securities, if at any time prior to such time (a) trading in the Common Shares shall have been
suspended by the Commission or the AMEX or trading in securities generally on the NYSE or the AMEX
shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on either of the
exchanges, (b) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
authorities or (c) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration
by the United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis the effect of
which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives,
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as
contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
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12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements,
representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of each of the Fund and the Advisers
or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain
in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or the Fund or the Advisers or any of the officers, trustees, employees, agents or controlling
persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the
Securities. The provisions of Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on
receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. General Counsel (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to the
General Counsel, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, 00000,
Attention: General Counsel; or, if sent to the Fund or the Advisers, will be mailed, delivered or
telefaxed to ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund (fax no.: (000) 000-0000) and confirmed to
it at 000 Xxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, attention of the Secretary.
14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, trustees, directors, employees,
agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 9 hereof, and no other person will have any
right or obligation hereunder.
15. No fiduciary duty. The Fund and the Advisers hereby acknowledge that (a) the
purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between the Fund and the Advisers, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any
affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as
principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Fund or the Advisers and (c) the Fund’s and
Advisers’ engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process
leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity.
Furthermore, each of the Fund and the Advisers agree that it is solely responsible for making its
own judgments in connection with the offering of the Securities (irrespective of whether any of the
Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Fund or the Advisers on related or other
matters). Each of the Fund and the Advisers agree that it will not claim that the Underwriters
have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar
duty to the Fund or the Advisers, in connection with such transaction or the process leading
thereto.
16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) between the Fund, the Advisers and the Underwriters, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the
State of New York.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Fund, the Adviser and the Subadviser hereby
irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to
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trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
20. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
21. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the
meanings indicated.
“1940 Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“1940 Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the 1940 Act.
“1940 Act Notification” shall mean a notification of registration of the Fund as an
investment company under the 1940 Act on Form N-8A, as the 1940 Act Notification may be
amended from time to time.
“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the Act.
“Advisers Act” shall mean the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
“Advisers Act Rules and Regulations” shall mean the rules and regulations adopted by
the Commission under the Advisers Act.
“AMEX” shall mean the American Stock Exchange.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or
a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to
close in New York City.
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
became or become effective.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
“Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto.
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“NASD” shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.
“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus (including the statement
of additional information incorporated by reference therein) and any preliminary prospectus
(including the statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein)
included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date that omits Rule 430A
Information.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
(including the statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein)
relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 497 after the Execution Time
or, if no filing pursuant to Rule 497 is required, shall mean the form of final prospectus
(including the statement of additional information incorporated by reference therein)
relating to the Securities included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph
1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement
relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497 and deemed
part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A, as amended at the Execution Time
(or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become effective)
and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration
statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be.
Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information deemed to be included therein at the
Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A.
“Rule 430A” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.
“Rule 430A Information” shall mean information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration Statement when it becomes
effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
“Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement and any
amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering covered by the
registration statement referred to in Section 1(a) hereof.
“Rule 497” refers to Rule 497(c) or 497(h) under the Act, as applicable.
“Rules and Regulations” shall mean, collectively, the Act Rules and Regulations and the
1940 Act Rules and Regulations.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and
return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, ING Clarion Global Real Estate Income Fund |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, L.P. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
ING Clarion Capital, LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By: |
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Title: | ||||
For itself and the other
several Underwriters named in
Schedule I to the foregoing
Agreement.
SCHEDULE I
Underwriters
Series M | ||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated |
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UBS Securities LLC |
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Total |