XXXX-XXXX REALTY CORPORATION
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
March 24, 1998
To the Representatives named in Schedule 1 hereto of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule 2 hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxx-Xxxx Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation qualified as a
real estate investment trust (the "Company"), hereby confirms its agreement with
the several underwriters named in Schedule 2 hereto (the "Underwriters"), for
whom you have been duly authorized to act as representatives (in such
capacities, the "Representatives"), as set forth below. If you are the only
Underwriters, all references herein to the Representatives shall be deemed to be
to the Underwriters.
1. Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained,
the Company proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters certain
securities of the Company identified in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Firm
Securities"). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several
Underwriters the additional securities identified in Schedule 1 if requested by
the Representatives as provided in Section 3 of this Agreement. Any and all
shares of such additional securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters
pursuant to such option are referred to herein as the "Option Securities," and
the Firm Securities and any Option Securities are collectively referred to
herein as the "Securities."
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the several Underwriters
that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). A registration
statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule 1 hereto) on such
Form with respect to the Securities,
including a basic prospectus, has been filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Act, and one or more
amendments to such registration statement may also have been so filed. Such
registration statement, as so amended, has been declared by the Commission to be
effective under the Act. Such registration statement, as amended at the date of
this Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto, meets the requirements set
forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act and complies in all other material
respects with said Rule. The Company will next file with the Commission either
(A) if the Company relies on Rule 434 under the Act, a Term Sheet (as
hereinafter defined) relating to the Securities, that shall identify the
Preliminary Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) that it supplements and, if
required to be filed pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b), an Integrated
Prospectus (as hereinafter defined), in either case, containing such information
as is required or permitted by Rules 434, 430A, and 424(b) under the Act or (B)
if the Company does not rely on Rule 434 under the Act, pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act a final prospectus supplement to the basic prospectus included in
such registration statement, as so amended, describing the Securities and the
offering thereof, in such form as has been provided to, or discussed with, and
approved by the Representatives as provided in section 4(a) of this Agreement.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Registration Statement" means such
registration statement, as amended at the time when it was declared effective,
including (i) all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) all documents
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and
(iii) any information omitted therefrom pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and
included in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) or, if required to be filed
pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b), in the Integrated Prospectus; the term
"Basic Prospectus" means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement;
the term "Preliminary Prospectus" means any preliminary form of the Prospectus
(as defined herein) specifically relating to the Securities, in the form first
filed with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Rules and Regulations; the term "Prospectus Supplement" means any prospectus
supplement specifically relating to the Securities, in the form first filed
with, or transmitted for filing to, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act; the term "Prospectus" means: (A) if the Company relies on
Rule 434 under the Act, the Term Sheet relating to the Securities that is first
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7) under the Act, together with the Preliminary
Prospectus identified therein that such Term Sheet supplements; (B) if the
Company does not rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Preliminary Prospectus; or
(C) if the Company does not rely on Rule 434 under the Act and if no prospectus
is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, the Basic
Prospectus, including, in each case, the Prospectus Supplement; "Basic
Prospectus," "Prospectus," "Preliminary Prospectus" and "Prospectus Supplement"
shall include in each case the documents, if any, filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference therein; the term
"Integrated Prospectus" means a prospectus first filed with the
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Commission pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b) under the Act; and the term
"Term Sheet" means any abbreviated term sheet that satisfies the requirements of
Rule 434 under the Act. Any reference in this Agreement to an "amendment" or
"supplement" to any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or any Integrated
Prospectus or an "amendment" to any registration statement (including the
Registration Statement) shall be deemed to include any document incorporated by
reference therein that is filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act after
the date of such Preliminary Prospectus, Prospectus, Integrated Prospectus or
registration statement, as the case may be. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, any reference to the "effective date" of an amendment to a
registration statement shall, if such amendment is effected by means of the
filing with the Commission under the Exchange Act of a document incorporated by
reference in such registration statement, be deemed to refer to the date on
which such document was so filed with the Commission; any reference herein to
the "date" of a Prospectus that includes a Term Sheet shall mean the date of
such Term Sheet.
(b) The Commission has not issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus. When any Preliminary
Prospectus was filed with the Commission it (i) contained all statements
required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied in all material
respects with the requirements of, the Act, the Exchange Act and the respective
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) did not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. When the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto was or is declared effective, it (i) contained or will contain
all statements required to be stated therein in accordance with, and complied or
will comply in all material respects with the requirements of, the Act, the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and (ii) did not or will not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. When the Prospectus or any Term Sheet that is
a part thereof or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to
the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), on the date
when the Prospectus is otherwise amended or supplemented and on the Firm Closing
Date and any Option Closing Date (both as hereinafter defined), each of the
Prospectus and, if required to be filed pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b)
under the Act, the Integrated Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at any such
time, (i) contained or will contain all statements required to be stated therein
in accordance with, and complied or will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of, the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and (ii) did not or will not include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing
provisions of this paragraph (b) do not apply to
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statements or omissions made in any Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, the
Prospectus or, if required to be filed pursuant to Rules 434(c)(2) and 424(b)
under the Act, the Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein.
(c) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing
under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or
disability to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each of the subsidiaries of the Company (the
"Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is validly existing as a general or
limited partnership or corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, and is duly qualified to transact business and
is in good standing under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the
ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires
such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount
to a material liability or disability to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole. The issued shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries that
is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and all of the partnership interests in each Subsidiary that is a
partnership are validly issued and fully paid. Except as described in the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus), all of such shares and interests in the Subsidiaries owned by the
Company are owned beneficially by the Company or another Subsidiary free and
clear of any security interests, mortgages, pledges, grants, liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims.
(e) There are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any
capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, (B) warrants, rights or options
to subscribe for or purchase from the Company or any Subsidiary any such capital
stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (C)
obligations of the Company or any such Subsidiary to issue any shares of capital
stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any
such warrants, rights or options, except as described in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
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(f) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has full power,
corporate or other, to own or lease their respective properties and conduct
their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus); and the Company has full power, corporate or other, to enter into
this Agreement and any other agreement pursuant to which the Securities are
issued as specified in Schedule 1 to this Agreement (the "Securities Documents")
and to carry out all the terms and provisions hereof and thereof to be carried
out by it.
(g) The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or,
if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence,
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus). All of the capital stock of the Company
has been duly authorized and the capital stock of the Company outstanding is
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(h) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when such
securities are issued and delivered as contemplated by the terms of this
Agreement and the applicable Securities Document such securities will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(i) The execution and delivery of the Securities have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and, at the Firm Closing Date
or the related Option Closing Date (as the case may be), the Securities will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and if applicable,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Securities by parties
other than the Company, will be the legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligations of the Company, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and similar laws relating to
creditors' rights generally and to the application of equitable principles in
any proceeding, whether at law or in equity.
(j) The securities of the Company issuable in exchange for or
upon conversion of the Securities as specified in Schedule 1 to this Agreement
(the "Underlying Securities") have been duly authorized and reserved, and, when
such securities are issued and delivered as contemplated by the terms of the
applicable Securities Document, such securities will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
(g) The execution and delivery of the Securities Documents has
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and, at
the Firm Closing
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Date or the related Option Closing Date (as the case may be), such agreements
will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Securities Documents by parties
other than the Company as specified in the applicable Securities Documents, and,
if required, such Securities Documents have been filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Maryland or any other applicable jurisdiction, and such
agreements will constitute valid and binding instruments of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights
generally and to the application of equitable principles in any proceeding,
whether at law or in equity.
(k) No holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company are entitled as such to any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for
any of the Securities or Underlying Securities, and no holder of securities of
the Company or any Subsidiary has any right which has not been waived to require
the Company to register the offer or sale of any securities owned by such holder
under the Act in the public offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(l) The Securities and Underlying Securities conform to their
description contained in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if
the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(m) The combined financial statements and schedules of the
Company and the Cali Group (as defined in the Registration Statement) and the
consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included in or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus) fairly present the combined financial position of
the Company and the Cali Group and fairly present the consolidated financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, as the case may be,
and the results of operations and changes in financial condition as of the dates
and periods therein specified. Such combined and consolidated financial
statements and schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise noted therein).
(n) The selected financial data set forth under the caption
"Selected Financial Data" in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or,
if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence,
the most recent Preliminary Prospectus)
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fairly present, on the basis stated in the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or such Preliminary Prospectus) and such Annual Report, the
information included therein. The pro forma financial statements and other pro
forma financial information included in or incorporated therein in the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus) comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and the pro forma adjustments
have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are, in the
opinion of the Company, reasonable.
(o) Price Waterhouse LLP, which has certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and of the
Cali Group and delivered its reports with respect to the audited consolidated
financial statements and schedules, and any other accounting firm that has
certified financial statements and delivered its reports with respect thereto,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus), are independent public accountants as required by the Act, the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder.
(p) The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly
authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company, and is the valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to
the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to
the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in
equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be
limited by federal or state securities laws or principles of public policy.
(q) No legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to which the property of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus) and are not described therein, and no such
proceedings have been threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
and no contract or other document is required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus) or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement that is not described therein or filed as
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required.
(r) The issuance, offering and sale of the Securities to the
Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Securities
Documents, the compliance by the Company with the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Securities and the Securities Documents and the consummation of
the other transactions herein and therein contemplated do not (i) require the
consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any
governmental authority, except such as have been obtained, such as may be
required under state securities or blue sky laws and, if the registration
statement filed with respect to the Securities (as amended) is not effective
under the Act as of the time of execution hereof, such as may be required (and
shall be obtained as provided in this Agreement) under the Act, or (ii) conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
any other of their respective properties are bound, or the Articles of
Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or any statute or any judgment, decree,
order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any
arbitrator applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their
properties.
(s) The Company has not, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any
action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities or (ii) since the filing of the Registration Statement (A) sold, bid
for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the
Securities or (B) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(t) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus), (1) neither the Company
nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation,
direct or contingent, or entered into any material transaction, which is not in
the ordinary course of business; (2) the Company has not purchased any of its
outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or
distribution of any kind on its capital stock; and (3) there has not been any
material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the
Company or the Subsidiaries, except in each
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case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not
in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(u) The Company or the Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible
title in fee simple to all of the Properties (as defined in the Prospectus) and
marketable title to all other property owned by each of them, in each case free
and clear of any security interest, lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, equity,
claim and other defect, except liens which do not materially and adversely
affect the value of such property and will not interfere with the use made or
proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such Subsidiary, and any
and all real property and buildings held under lease by the Company or any such
Subsidiary are held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made or
proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company or such
Subsidiary, in each case except as described in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(v) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent that could result in a
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(w) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can
acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, licenses, copyrights and proprietary and other confidential
information currently employed by them in connection with their respective
businesses, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any
notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of any third party
with respect to the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects,
net worth or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, except as described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus
(or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in
existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(x) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they
will be engaged; neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company
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nor any of the Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that any of them 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 material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
except as described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(y) None of the Subsidiaries is currently prohibited, directly
or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such subsidiary's capital stock or other equity interest, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the
Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary's property or assets to the
Company or any of the other Subsidiaries, except as described in the Prospectus
and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(z) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with
all laws, regulations and orders applicable to it or its respective business and
properties except where the failure to so comply would not result in a material
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects,
net worth or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole; the Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, municipal
or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses except where the failure to possess the same would not result in a
material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business
prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly
or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial
or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus).
(aa) The Company will conduct its operations in a manner that
will not subject it to registration as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not cause the
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Company to become an investment company subject to registration under such Act.
(ab) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries has filed all
foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or
have 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), business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and has paid all taxes required
to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to
the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or
as described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the
Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus).
(ac) The Company is organized in conformity with the
requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust (a "REIT")
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the
present and contemplated method of operation of the Company and the Subsidiaries
does and will enable the Company to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT
under the Code.
(ad) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in
violation of any federal or state law or regulation relating to occupational
safety and health and the Company and the Subsidiaries have received all
permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable federal
and state occupational safety and health and environmental laws and regulations
to conduct their respective businesses, and the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit,
license or approval, except any such violation of law or regulation, failure to
receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with
the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals which would not,
singly or in the aggregate result in a material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of operations
of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in
the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any
required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus).
(ae) Except for the shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries owned by the Company or another Subsidiary, neither the Company nor
any of the Subsidiaries owns any shares of stock or any other equity securities
of any corporation or has any equity interest in any firm, partnership,
association or other entity, except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required
Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus).
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(af) The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (1)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific
authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles and to maintain asset accountability; (3) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific
authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(ag) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in
violation of any term or provision of its Articles of Incorporation, By-laws,
partnership agreements or other organizational documents, as the case may be; no
default exists, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default, and the consummation of the transactions by
this Agreement and under the Securities Documents will not result in any default
in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company, the
Subsidiaries or the Properties or any of their respective other properties is
bound or may be affected except such as would not result in any material adverse
effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth
or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(ah) If required as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, the
Securities and any Underlying Securities have been approved for listing on the
New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
(ai) (A) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary knows of any
violation of any municipal, state or federal law, rule or regulation (including
those pertaining to environmental matters) concerning the Properties or any part
thereof which would have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial
or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (B) each of the Properties
complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, regulations and deed
restrictions or other covenants in all material respects and, if and to the
extent there is a failure to comply, such failure does not materially impair the
value of any of the Properties and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion
of title; (C) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received from any
governmental authority any written notice of any condemnation of or zoning
change affecting the Properties or any part thereof, and neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary knows of any such condemnation or zoning change which is
threatened and which
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if consummated would have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial
or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (D) all liens, charges,
encumbrances, claims, or restrictions on or affecting the properties and assets
(including the Properties) of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that are
required to be described in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if
the Prospectus and any required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus) are disclosed therein; (E) no lessee of any
portion of any of the Properties is in default under any of the leases governing
such properties and there is no event which, but for the passage of time or the
giving of notice or both would constitute a default under any of such leases,
except such defaults that would not have a material adverse effect in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (F) except
as provided by law no tenant under any lease pursuant to which the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries leases the Properties will have an option or right of
first refusal to purchase the premises leased thereunder or the building of
which such premises are a part.
(aj) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus) or in
the Phase I Environmental Audits prepared by Environmental Waste Management
Associates, Inc. previously delivered to the Representatives (the "Audits"), (i)
neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the
Company, any other owners of the property at any time or any other party has at
any time, handled, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, spilled, leaked,
or discharged, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with,
Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) on, to or from the Properties,
other than by any such action taken in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Statutes or by the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any other
party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial
properties owned by the Company; (ii) the Company does not intend to use the
Properties or any subsequently acquired properties for the purpose of handling,
storing, treating, transporting, manufacturing, spilling, leaking, discharging,
dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with Hazardous
Materials other than by any such action taken in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Statues or by the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any other
party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial
properties owned by the Company; (iii) neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries knows of any seepage, leak, discharge, release, emission, spill, or
dumping of Hazardous Materials into waters on or adjacent to the Properties or
any other real property owned or occupied by any such party, or onto lands from
which Hazardous Materials might seep, flow or drain into such waters; (iv)
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or
has any knowledge of any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice or
passage of time or both,
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would give rise to a claim under or pursuant to any federal, state or local
environmental statute or regulation or under common law, pertaining to Hazardous
Materials on or originating from any of the Properties or any assets described
in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any
required Integrated Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary
Prospectus) or any other real property owned or occupied by any such party or
arising out of the conduct of any such party, including without limitation a
claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Statute (hereinafter defined); (v)
neither the Properties nor any other land owned by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is included or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, proposed
for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as
hereinafter defined) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the
"EPA") or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, proposed for inclusion on any
similar list or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or
issued by any other Governmental Authority (as hereinafter defined).
As used herein, "Hazardous Material" shall include, without
limitation any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials,
hazardous wastes, toxic substances, or related materials, asbestos or any
hazardous material as defined by any federal, state or local environmental law,
ordinance, rule or regulation including without limitation the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42
U.S.C. xx.xx. 9601-9675 ("CERCLA"), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,
as amended, 49 U.S.C. xx.xx. 1801-1819, the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 6901-6992K, the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx. 11001-11050, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. xx.xx. 2601-2671, the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. xx.xx. 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. xx.xx. 7401-7642, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control
Act), 33 U.S.C. xx.xx. 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. xx.xx.
300f-300j-26, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. xx.xx.
651-678, as any of the above statutes may be amended from time to time, and in
the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing (individually, an
"Environmental Statute") or by any federal, state or local governmental
authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the properties and assets
described in the Prospectus (a "Governmental Authority").
(ak) Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company and
delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the
matters covered thereby.
(al) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later
of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) the completion of the distribution of the
Securities, will not distribute any material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Securities other than the
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Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or other materials, if any, permitted by the Act.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties,
agreements and covenants herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to
purchase from the Company, at the purchase price specified in Schedule 1 hereto,
the number of Firm Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule 2 hereto. One or more certificates in definitive form for the Firm
Securities that the several Underwriters have agreed to purchase hereunder, and
in such denomination or denominations and registered in such name or names as
the Representatives request upon notice to the Company at least 48 hours prior
to the Firm Closing Date, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to
the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, against
payment by or on behalf of the Underwriters of the purchase price therefor to
the Company in such funds as are specified in Schedule 1 hereto. Such delivery
of and payment for the Firm Securities shall be made at the date, time and place
identified in Schedule 1 hereto, or at such other date, time or place as the
Representatives and the Company may agree upon or as the Representatives may
determine pursuant to Section 8 hereof, such date and time of delivery against
payment being herein referred to as the "Firm Closing Date". The Company will
make such certificate or certificates for the Firm Securities available for
checking and packaging by the Representatives at the offices in New York, New
York of the Company's transfer agent or registrar or warrant agent or of Wheat
First Securities, Inc. at least 24 hours prior to the Firm Closing Date.
(b) For the purpose of covering any over-allotments in
connection with the distribution and sale of the Firm Securities as contemplated
by the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, the Company hereby grants to
the several Underwriters an option to purchase, severally and not jointly, the
Option Securities. The purchase price to be paid for any Option Securities shall
be the same price per share as the price per share for the Firm Securities set
forth in Schedule 1 to this Agreement, plus, if the purchase and sale of any
Option Securities takes place after the Firm Closing Date and after the Firm
Securities are trading "ex-dividend", an amount equal to the dividends payable
on such Option Securities. The option granted hereby may be exercised as to all
or any part of the Option Securities from time to time within thirty days after
the date of the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (or, if such 30th day
shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a holiday, on the next business day thereafter
when the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading). The Underwriters shall
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not be under any obligation to purchase any of the Option Securities prior to
the exercise of such option. The Representatives may from time to time exercise
the option granted hereby by giving notice in writing or by telephone (confirmed
in writing) to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option
Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option
and the date and time for delivery of and payment for such Option Securities.
Any such date of delivery shall be determined by the Representatives but shall
not be earlier than two business days or later than five business days after
such exercise of the option and, in any event, shall not be earlier than the
Firm Closing Date. The time and date set forth in such notice, or such other
time on such other date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon or
as the Representatives may determine pursuant to Section 9 hereof, is herein
called the "Option Closing Date" with respect to such Option Securities. Upon
exercise of the option as provided herein, the Company shall become obligated to
sell to each of the several Underwriters, and, subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, each of the Underwriters (severally and not
jointly) shall become obligated to purchase from the Company the same percentage
of the total number of the Option Securities as to which the several
Underwriters are then exercising the option as such Underwriter is obligated to
purchase of the aggregate number of Firm Securities, as adjusted by the
Representatives in such manner as they deem advisable to avoid fractional
shares. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option
Securities, one or more certificates in definitive form for such Option
Securities, and payment therefor, shall be delivered on the related Option
Closing Date in the manner, and upon the terms and conditions, set forth in
paragraph (a) of this Section 3 and Schedule 1 to this Agreement, except that
reference therein to the Firm Securities and the Firm Closing Date shall be
deemed, for purposes of this paragraph (b), to refer to such Option Securities
and Option Closing Date, respectively.
(c) It is understood that any of you, individually and not as
one of the Representatives, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment on
behalf of any Underwriter or Underwriters for any of the Securities to be
purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters. No such payment shall relieve
such Underwriter or Underwriters from any of its or their obligations hereunder.
4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will file the Prospectus or any Term Sheet
that constitutes a part thereof, any Integrated Prospectus or the Prospectus
Supplement, as the case may be, and any amendment or supplement thereto with the
Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rules 434 and
424(b) under the Act. During any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, the
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Company (i) will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Act and the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder to the extent necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or
dealings in the Securities in accordance with the provisions hereof and of the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, and
(ii) will not file with the Commission the Prospectus, Term Sheet, any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any amendment to
the Registration Statement of which the Representatives shall not previously
have been advised and furnished with a copy for a reasonable period of time
prior to the proposed filing and as to which filing the Representatives shall
not have given their consent. The Company will prepare and file with the
Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission,
promptly upon request by the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters,
any amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus that may be necessary or advisable in
connection with the distribution of the Securities by the several Underwriters,
and will use its best efforts to cause any such amendment to the Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as possible.
The Company will advise the Representatives, promptly after receiving notice
thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or declared effective or the Prospectus, any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto has been filed and will provide evidence
satisfactory to the Representatives of each such filing or effectiveness.
(b) The Company will advise the Representatives, promptly
after receiving notice or obtaining knowledge thereof, of (i) the issuance by
the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order
directed at any document incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto or any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, (iii) the institution,
threatening or contemplation of any proceeding for any such purpose or (iv) any
request made by the Commission for amending the Registration Statement, for
amending or supplementing any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus or for additional information. The Company will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if any such
stop order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof as promptly as possible.
(c) If required by applicable law, the Company will arrange
for the qualification of the Securities and any Underlying Securities for
offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives may designate and will
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continue such qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to
complete the distribution of the Securities and any Underlying Securities;
provided, however, that in connection therewith the Company shall not be
required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction.
(d) If at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a
result of which the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as then amended or
supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if for
any other reason it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus to comply with the Act or Exchange Act
or the respective rules or regulations of the Commission thereunder, the Company
will promptly notify the Representatives thereof and, subject to Section 4(a) of
this Agreement, will prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company's
expense, an amendment to the Registration Statement or an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus that corrects such
statement or omission or effects such compliance.
(e) The Company will, without charge, provide (i) to the
Representatives and to counsel for the Underwriters, a conformed copy of the
registration statement originally filed with respect to the Securities and any
amendment thereto (in each case including exhibits thereto), (ii) to each other
Underwriter, a conformed copy of such registration statement and any amendment
thereto relating to the Securities (in each case without exhibits thereto) and
(iii) so long as a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be
delivered under the Act, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
as the Representatives may reasonably request; without limiting the application
of clause (iii) of this sentence, the Company, not later than (A) 6:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if
such determination occurred at or prior to 10:00 AM, New York City time, on such
date or (B) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the business day following the
date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination
occurred after 10:00 AM, New York City time, on such date, will deliver to the
Representatives, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as the
Representatives may reasonably request for purposes of confirming orders that
are expected to settle on the Firm Closing Date.
(f) The Company, as soon as practicable, will make generally
available to its securityholders and to the Representatives a consolidated
earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries that satisfies the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and
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Rule 158 thereunder.
(g) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of
the Securities as set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus.
(h) Reserved.
(i) If required as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, the Company
will obtain the agreements described in Section 6(g) hereof prior to the Firm
Closing Date.
(j) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any
action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might
reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities or (ii) (A) sell, bid for, purchase, or pay anyone any compensation
for soliciting purchases of the Securities or (B) pay or agree to pay to any
person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities
of the Company.
(k) If at any time during the 25-day period after the
Registration Statement becomes effective or the period prior to the Option
Closing Date, any rumor, publication or event relating to or affecting the
Company shall occur as a result of which in your opinion the market price of the
Common Stock has been or is likely to be materially affected (regardless of
whether such rumor, publication or event necessitates a supplement to or
amendment of the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus), the Company will,
after written notice from you advising the Company to the effect set forth
above, forthwith prepare, consult with you concerning the substance of, and
disseminate a press release or other public statement, reasonably satisfactory
to you, responding to or commenting on such rumor, publication or event.
(l) If required as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, the Company
will cause the Securities and any Underlying Securities to be duly authorized
for listing by the New York Stock Exchange.
(m) The Company will continue to use its best efforts to meet
the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code.
5. Expenses. The Company will pay all costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, whether or not the
transactions
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contemplated herein are consummated or this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 10 hereof, including all costs and expenses incident to (i) the printing
or other production of documents with respect to the transactions, including any
costs of printing the registration statement originally filed with respect to
the Securities and any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, this Agreement, the Securities Documents and any blue sky memoranda,
(ii) all arrangements relating to the delivery to the Underwriters of copies of
the foregoing documents, (iii) the fees and disbursements of counsel,
accountants and any other experts or advisors retained by the Company, (iv)
preparation, issuance and delivery to the Underwriters of any certificates
evidencing the Securities, including the fees and expenses of the transfer
agent, exchange agent or registrar, (v) the qualification, if any, of the
Securities and any Underlying Securities under state securities and blue sky
laws and real estate syndication laws, including filing fees and fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating thereto and relating to
the preparation of a blue sky memoranda, (vi) the filing fees of the Commission
relating to the Securities, (vii) any listing of the Securities and Underlying
Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, (viii) any meetings with prospective
investors in the Securities arranged by the Company (other than as shall have
been specifically approved by the Representatives to be paid for by the
Underwriters) and (ix) advertising relating to the offering of the Securities
requested by the Company (other than as shall have been specifically approved by
the Representatives to be paid for by the Underwriters). If the sale of the
Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement is not
satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 of this
Agreement or because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the
Company to perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by and of the
Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand
for all out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) that
shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and
sale of the Securities. The Company shall not in any event be liable to any of
the Underwriters for the loss of anticipated profits from the transactions
covered by this Agreement.
6. Conditions of the Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities shall be subject,
in the Representatives' sole discretion, to the accuracy of the representations
and warranties of the Company contained herein as of the date of this Agreement
as specified in Schedule 1 hereto and as of the Firm Closing Date, as if made on
and as of the Firm Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Company's officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by
the Company of its covenants and agreements hereunder and to the following
additional conditions:
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(a) The Prospectus, any Integrated Prospectus or the
Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and any amendment or supplement
thereto shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the
time period required by Rules 434 and 424(b) under the Act; no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto and no order directed at any document incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall have been issued, and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened or, to the
knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the
Commission; and the Company shall have complied with any request of the
Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or otherwise).
(b) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
the Firm Closing Date, from Pryor, Cashman, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or
leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount
to a material liability or disability to the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole. Each of the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a general or limited partnership or corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the
laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its
properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification,
except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material
liability or disability to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(ii) the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have full
power, corporate or other, to own or lease their respective properties and
conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus and each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries have full power, corporate or other, to enter
into this Agreement and the Securities Documents and to carry out all the
terms and provisions hereof and thereof to be carried out by it;
(iii) the issued shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries
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that is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and all of the partnership interests in each Subsidiary
that is a partnership are validly issued and fully paid. Except as
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus, all of such shares and interests owned by the Company or
another Subsidiary are owned beneficially by the Company or such
Subsidiary free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge,
lien, encumbrance, equity or claim;
(iv) the Company has an authorized, issued and
outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus (or, if the Prospectus and any required Integrated
Prospectus are not in existence, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus).
All of the capital stock of the Company has been duly authorized and the
capital stock of the Company outstanding is validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable;
(v) the Securities have been duly authorized, and when
executed and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the
Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable, and the execution and delivery of the Securities (other
than any Contract Securities) have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, and the Securities have been duly executed and delivered
by the Company, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of
the Securities by parties other than the Company, are, and any Contract
Securities, when executed and delivered in the manner provided in the
Securities Documents, will be, the legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligations of the Company, subject to the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and similar
laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the application of
equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or in equity;
(vi) the Underlying Securities have been duly authorized
and reserved, and, when such securities are issued and delivered as
contemplated by the terms of the applicable Securities Document such
securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
(vii) the execution and delivery of the Securities
Documents has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of
the Company, and have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Securities
Documents by parties other than the Company as specified in the applicable
Securities Documents, such agreements are valid and
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binding instruments of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the effect of
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization
and similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the
application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether at law or
in equity;
(viii) no holders of outstanding shares of capital stock
of the Company are entitled as such to any preemptive or other rights to
subscribe for any of the Securities or Underlying Securities, and no
holder of securities of the Company or any Subsidiary has any right which
has not been waived to require the Company to register the offer or sale
of any securities owned by such holder under the Act in the public
offering contemplated by this Agreement;
(ix) the statements set forth under the heading
"Description of Common Stock", "Description of Preferred Stock" and
"Description of Warrants" in the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus
insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the
Securities of the Company, provide a fair summary of such provisions; and
the statements set forth under the headings "Restrictions on Ownership of
Offered Securities" and "Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations to the Company of its REIT Election" in the Prospectus and
"Risk Factors", "Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations
to Holders of Common Stock" and "Underwriting", in the Prospectus
Supplement, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal
matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, provide a fair
summary of such legal matters, documents and proceedings;
(x) the execution and delivery of this Agreement has
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and
this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and
are the valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the
effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization and similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally
and to the application of equitable principles in any proceeding, whether
at law or in equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution
hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or principles
of public policy;
(xi) (A) no legal or governmental proceedings are
pending to which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective directors or officers in their capacity as such, is a party or
to which the Properties or any other
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property of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
and are not described therein, and, to the best knowledge of such counsel,
no such proceedings have been threatened against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or with respect to the Properties or any of their respective
other properties and (B) no contract or other document is required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that
is not described therein or filed as required;
(xii) the issuance, offering and sale of the Securities
to the Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the
compliance by the Company with the other provisions of this Agreement, any
Securities Documents and the consummation of the other transactions herein
contemplated do not (A) require the consent, approval, authorization,
registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority,
except such as have been obtained and such as may be required under state
securities or blue sky laws (as to which such counsel need not opine) or
(B) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
Properties or any other properties or assets of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or the Properties or any other of their respective properties are bound,
or the Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational
documents, as the case may be, of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
or any statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any
court or other governmental authority or (to the best knowledge of such
counsel) any arbitrator applicable to the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of the Properties;
(xiii) none of the Subsidiaries is currently
contractually prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such
subsidiary's capital stock or other equity interests, from repaying to the
Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from
transferring any of such Subsidiary's property or assets to the Company or
any of the other Subsidiaries, except as described in the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus;
(xiv) to the best knowledge of such counsel, the Company
and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations, licenses
and permits issued by
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the appropriate federal, state, municipal or foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses except for
such certificates, authorizations, licenses and permits the failure of
which to possess would not be expected to result in a material adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net
worth or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such certificate, authorization, license or permit
which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would result in a material adverse change in
the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, except as described in the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus;
(xv) the Company is not subject to registration as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the
Company to become an investment company subject to registration under such
Act;
(xvi) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is
in violation of any term or provision of its articles of incorporation,
bylaws, partnership agreements or other organizational documents, as the
case may be; no default exists, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, and the
issuance, offering and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement and the Securities Documents the
compliance by the Company with the other provisions of this Agreement, the
Securities and the Securities Documents and the consummation of the other
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not result in any
default, in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or
condition of any indenture, mortgage or deed of trust, or any material
lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel after due
inquiry to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by
which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, any of the Properties or any
of their respective other properties is bound or may be affected except
such as would not result in any material adverse effect in the condition
(financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(xvii) as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, the Securities
and any Underlying Securities have been approved for listing on the New
York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance;
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(xviii) the Registration Statement is effective under
the Act; the Prospectus or any Term Sheet that constitutes a part thereof
and any Integrated Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement, as the case
may be, has been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the
time period required by Rules 434 and 424(b); and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto and no order directed at any document incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Integrated
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been issued, and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best
knowledge of such counsel, threatened by the Commission; and
(xix) the Registration Statement originally filed with
respect to the Securities and each amendment thereto, the Prospectus and
any Integrated Prospectus (in each case, including the documents
incorporated by reference therein but not including the financial
statements and other financial and statistical data contained therein, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the
Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
Such counsel shall also state that they have no reason to believe
that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or
that the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement or any required Integrated Prospectus and the date of such
opinion, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
In rendering any such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters
of fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and public officials and, as to matters involving the
application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the States of New York, New
Jersey and Delaware or the United States, to the extent satisfactory in form and
scope to counsel for the Underwriters, upon the opinion of local counsel. The
foregoing opinion shall also state that the Underwriters are justified in
relying upon such opinion of local counsel, and copies of such opinion shall be
delivered to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
References to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated
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Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall include any amendment or supplement
thereto at the date of such opinion.
(c) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
the Firm Closing Date, of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, with
respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, and any Integrated Prospectus and such other related matters as
the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished
to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Representatives shall have received from Price
Waterhouse LLP and each other accounting firm that has certified financial
statements, and delivered its report with respect thereto, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus, a letter or letters dated, respectively, the date of this
Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto and the Firm Closing Date, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) they are independent accountants with respect to the
Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act, the Exchange
Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) in their opinion, the financial statements audited
by them and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act, the
Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(iii) a reading of the minute books of the shareholders,
the board of directors and any committees thereof of the Company and each
of its consolidated subsidiaries, and inquiries of certain officials of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) (i) any unaudited consolidated condensed financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act, the Exchange Act and the related published rules and
regulations thereunder, or (ii) any material
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modification should be made to the unaudited consolidated
condensed financial statements for them to be in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) at a specific date not more than five business days
prior to the date of such letter, there were any changes in
the common stock or increase in mortgages and loans payable of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case
compared with amounts shown on the most recent consolidated
balance sheet included in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, except for such
changes set forth in such letter;
(iv) they have carried out certain specified procedures,
not constituting an audit, with respect to certain amounts, percentages
and financial information that are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and are included
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated
Prospectus and in Exhibit 12 to the Registration Statement, including the
information included or incorporated in the Company's most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K under the captions "Business" (Item 1), "Selected
Financial Data" (Item 6) and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (Item 7) and the
information included or incorporated in the Company's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q under the caption "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and have compared such
amounts, percentages and financial information with such records and with
information derived from such records and have found them to be in
agreement, excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
(v) on the basis of a reading of any unaudited pro forma
consolidated condensed financial statements included in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any Integrated Prospectus, carrying out
certain specified procedures that would not necessarily reveal matters of
significance with respect to the comments set forth in this paragraph (v),
inquiries of certain officials of the Company, its consolidated
subsidiaries and any acquired company who have responsibility for
financial and accounting matters and proving the arithmetic accuracy of
the application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical amounts in
the unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the
unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements do not
comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X or that the pro forma
adjustments have
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not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of
such statements.
In the event that the letters referred to above set forth any such
changes, decreases or increases, it shall be a further condition to the
obligations of the Underwriters that (A) such letters shall be accompanied
by a written explanation of the Company as to the significance thereof,
unless the Representatives deem such explanation unnecessary, and (B) such
changes, decreases or increases do not, in the sole judgment of the
Representatives, make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the
purchase and delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement.
References to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus in this paragraph (d) with respect to either letter
referred to above shall include any amendment or supplement thereto at the
date of such letter.
(e) The Representatives shall have received a certificate,
dated the Firm Closing Date, of the chief executive officer and the chief
financial or accounting officer of the Company to the effect that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in
this Agreement are true and correct as if made on and as of the Firm
Closing Date; the Registration Statement, as amended as of the Firm
Closing Date, does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented as of the Firm Closing Date, does not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company
has performed all covenants and agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Firm Closing
Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto and no
order directed at any document incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto has been issued, and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or threatened or, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission; and
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(iii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Integrated Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained any material loss or interference with their respective
businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute
or any legal or governmental proceeding, and there has not been any
material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise),
management, business prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in each case as described in or
contemplated by the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus (exclusive of
any amendment or supplement thereto).
(f) On or before the Firm Closing Date, the Representatives
and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such further certificates,
documents or other information as they may have reasonably requested from the
Company.
(g) Reserved.
(h) If applicable, prior to the commencement of the offering
of the Securities, the Securities and any Underlying Securities shall have been
approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice
of issuance.
All opinions, certificates, letters and documents delivered pursuant
to this Agreement will comply with the provisions hereof only if they are
reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters. The Company shall furnish to the Representatives
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents in
such quantities as the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall
reasonably request.
The respective obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase
and pay for any Option Securities shall be subject, in their discretion, to each
of the foregoing conditions to purchase the Firm Securities, except that all
references to the Firm Securities and the Firm Closing Date shall be deemed to
refer to such Option Securities and the related Option Closing Date,
respectively.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section
20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Underwriter
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or such controlling person may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:
(i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
made by the Company in Section 2 of this Agreement,
(ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in (A) the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereto or any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) any
application or other document, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
executed by the Company or based upon written information furnished by or
on behalf of the Company filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the
Securities under the securities or blue sky laws thereof or filed with the
Commission or any securities association or securities exchange (each an
"Application"),
(iii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement thereto, or any Application a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
or
(iv) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
any material fact contained in any audio or visual materials used in
connection with the marketing of the Securities, including, without
limitation, slides, videos, films and tape recordings,
and will reimburse, as incurred, each Underwriter and each such controlling
person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
or such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending against
or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement or
any amendment thereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Application
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
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which the Company may otherwise have. The Company will not, without the prior
written consent of the Underwriter or Underwriters purchasing, in the aggregate,
more than 50% of the Firm Securities, settle or compromise or consent to the
entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not any such Underwriter or any person who controls any such Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act is
a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding), unless such settlement,
compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of all of the
Underwriters and such controlling persons from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who signed the Registration Statement, as amended at the date of this
Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become
subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, as amended at the date of this Agreement as
specified in Schedule 1 hereto, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or
any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
Application or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement, as amended at
the date of this Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Integrated Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any Application or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use therein; and, subject to the limitation set forth
immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or any action in respect thereof. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may
otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the
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indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 7. In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be
entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however,
that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to
direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties
and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate
counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties.
After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party
of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other
expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the
indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the
proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in
connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any
one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
designated by the Representatives in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section
7, representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties
to such action or actions) or (ii) the indemnifying party does not promptly
retain counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party or (iii) the indemnifying
party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the
expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from the indemnifying party
to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the
costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified
party without the consent of the indemnifying party.
(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided
for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable or
insufficient, for any reason, to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect
of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof),
each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable
contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the
relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand
and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of
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the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or
alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters. The relative fault of the parties shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters, the parties' relative intents, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission, and any other
equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such
contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even if the
Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations
referred to above in this paragraph (d). Notwithstanding any other provision of
this paragraph (d), no Underwriter shall be obligated to make contributions
hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total public offering price of the
Securities purchased by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the
aggregate amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay in respect of the same or any substantially similar claim, and
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to
contribute hereunder are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint. For purposes of this paragraph (d), each person, if
any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as
such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company
who signed the Registration Statement as amended at the date of this Agreement
as specified in Schedule 1 hereto and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
8. Default of Underwriters. If one or more Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Firm Securities or Option Securities hereunder and
the aggregate number of such Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase is ten percent or less of the
aggregate number of Firm Securities or Option Securities to be purchased by all
of the Underwriters at such time hereunder, the other
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Underwriters may make arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives for the
purchase of such Securities by other persons (who may include one or more of the
non-defaulting Underwriters, including the Representatives), but if no such
arrangements are made by the Firm Closing Date or the related Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in
proportion to their respective commitments hereunder to purchase the Firm
Securities or Option Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed to purchase. If one or more Underwriters so default with
respect to an aggregate number of Securities that is more than ten percent of
the aggregate number of Firm Securities or Option Securities, as the case may
be, to be purchased by all of the Underwriters at such time hereunder, and if
arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives are not made within 36 hours
after such default for the purchase by other persons (who may include one or
more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, including the Representatives) of the
Securities with respect to which such default occurs, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company other than as provided in Section 9 hereof. In the event of any default
by one or more Underwriters as described in this Section 8, the Representatives
shall have the right to postpone the Firm Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, established as provided in Section 3 of this Agreement
for not more than seven business days in order that any necessary changes may be
made in the arrangements or documents for the purchase and delivery of the Firm
Securities or Option Securities, as the case may be. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under
this Section 8. Nothing herein shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
9. Survival. The respective representations, warranties, agreements,
covenants, indemnities and other statements of the Company, its officers and the
several Underwriters set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of
them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company,
any of its officers or directors, any Underwriter or any controlling person
referred to in Section 7 hereof and (ii) delivery of and payment for the
Securities. The respective agreements, covenants, indemnities and other
statements set forth in Sections 5 and 7 hereof shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
10. Termination. (a) This Agreement may be terminated with respect
to the Firm Securities or any Option Securities in the sole discretion of the
Representatives by notice to the Company given prior to the Firm Closing Date or
the related Option Closing Date, respectively, in the event that the Company
shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform all obligations and satisfy
all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
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hereunder at or prior thereto or, if at or prior to the Firm Closing Date or
such Option Closing Date, respectively,
(i) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries shall have,
in the sole judgment of the Representatives, sustained any material loss
or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire,
flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental
proceeding or there shall have been any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change (including
without limitation a change in management or control of the Company, which
includes the termination of the employment of Xxxxxx X. Xxxx), in the
condition (financial or otherwise), business prospects, net worth or
results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, except in each
case as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendment or supplement thereto);
(ii) trading in the Common Stock shall have been
suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or minimum or maximum prices shall have been established on such
exchange;
(iii) there shall have been any downgrading in the
rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for
purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that
any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any
debt securities or preferred stock of the Company (other than an
announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no
implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating);
(iv) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by
New York or United States authorities; or
(v) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation
of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, (B) an
outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed conflict
involving the United States or (C) any other calamity or crisis or
material adverse change in general economic, political or financial
conditions having an effect on the U.S. financial markets that, in the
sole judgment of the Representatives, makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, as amended at the date of this
Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto
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(b) Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10
shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 9 hereof.
11. Information Supplied by Underwriters. The statements set forth
in the last paragraph on the front cover page of the Prospectus Supplement and
under the heading "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement (to the extent
such statements relate to the Underwriters) constitute the only information
furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives to the Company for the
purposes of Sections 2(b) and 7(b) hereof. The Underwriters confirm that such
statements (to such extent) are correct.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and,
if sent to any of the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to Wheat First Securities, Inc.,
Riverfront Plaza, West Tower, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate; and if sent to the Company, shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission and confirmed in
writing to the Company at 00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx.
13. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and
shall be binding upon the several Underwriters, the Company and their respective
successors and legal representatives, and nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement, or
any provisions herein contained, this Agreement and all conditions and
provisions hereof being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive
benefit of such persons and for the benefit of no other person except that (i)
the indemnities of the Company contained in Section 7 of this Agreement shall
also be for the benefit of any person or persons who control any Underwriter
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
and (ii) the indemnities of the Underwriters contained in Section 7 of this
Agreement shall also be for the benefit of the directors of the Company, the
officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement as amended at
the date of this Agreement as specified in Schedule 1 hereto and any person or
persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter
shall be deemed a successor because of such purchase.
14. Applicable Law. THE VALIDITY AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT, AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
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OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY PROVISIONS RELATING TO
CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth our understanding, please
indicate your acceptance thereof in the space provided below for that purpose,
whereupon this letter shall constitute an agreement binding the Company and each
of the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
XXXX-XXXX REALTY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
By: WHEAT FIRST SECURITIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE 1
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES; TERMS OF OFFERING
1. Registration Statement:
File No. 333-19101
2. Date of Underwriting Agreement:
March 24, 1998
3. Underwriters:
Wheat First Securities, Inc.
4. Title of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
5. Aggregate Number of Firm Securities:
650,407 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
6. Aggregate Number of Option Securities:
None
7. Price to Trust:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share: $38.4375 per share
8. Purchase Price by Underwriters:
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share: $36.5156 per share
9. Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
Wire Transfer of Same Day Funds
10. Terms of Securities:
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Preferred Stock: N/A
Warrants: N/A
Other Provisions: N/A
11. Lock-up Requirements:
None
12. Delivery of Securities:
Firm Securities:
Wheat First Securities, Inc., Riverfront Plaza, West Tower, 000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, on or about March 27, 1998
Option Securities:
N/A
13. Pre-Closing Location:
N/A
14. Closing Location:
Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, Riverfront Plaza, East Tower, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, on March 27, 1998
15. Miscellaneous:
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SCHEDULE 2
UNDERWRITERS
Number of
Firm Shares to
Underwriter be Purchased
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Wheat First Securities, Inc. 650,407
Total 650,407
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