PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC. Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT dated April 22, 2009 UBS SECURITIES LLC
Exhibit 1
PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC.
Common Stock
dated April 22, 2009
UBS SECURITIES LLC
April 22, 2009
UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Parkway Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and Parkway
Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), confirm their agreement
(this “Agreement”) with UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”), as follows:
Introductory. The Company, proposes to issue and sell to UBS (the “Underwriter”) an
aggregate of 6,250,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of its Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “Common Stock”). In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriter an
option to purchase up to an additional 937,500 shares of Common Stock (the “Optional
Shares”) as provided in Section 2. The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is
exercised, the Optional Shares, are collectively called, the “Shares”.
Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Partnership.
A. The Company and the Partnership hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and
covenant with, each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Registration Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-156050 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) on December 10, 2008, which
contains a base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), to be used in connection with the
public offering and sale of the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended, including the
financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto in the form in which it was declared effective
by the Commission under the Securities Act, including any required information deemed to be a part
thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”), is called the “Registration Statement.” Any
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act is
called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,” and from and after the date and time of
filing of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement the term “Registration Statement” shall
include the Rule
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462(b) Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus
that describes the Shares and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Prospectus is
called, together with the Base Prospectus, a “preliminary prospectus.” The term
“Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, together
with the Base Prospectus, that are first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the
“Execution Time”). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; any reference to any
amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus or Prospectus, as the
case may be, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such preliminary prospectus
or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Company has complied to the Commission’s
satisfaction with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission
has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose have been
instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened
by the Commission.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects
with the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Each of the Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at the date hereof, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus
(including any Prospectus wrapper), as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the date hereof,
at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, at the Closing Date (as
defined herein) and at any Subsequent Closing Date, did not and will not contain 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.
The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not
apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
thereto, or the Prospectus (including any wrapper thereto), or any amendments or supplements
thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the
Underwriter Content (as defined herein). There is no contract or other document required to be
described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that has not
been described or filed as required.
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(c) Incorporation by Reference in the Prospectus. The documents incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus, when they were filed with the Commission or became effective, as the case may be,
conformed in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable. Any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and
any further amendments or supplements thereto will conform in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, as
applicable, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) Disclosure Package. The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in
Rule 433 under the Securities Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any,
identified in Schedule A hereto, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties
hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and
(iv) the information set forth in Schedule B hereto. As of 4:30 p.m. (New York time) on
April 22, 2009 (the “Applicable Time”), the Disclosure Package did not contain 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 preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package
made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Content furnished to the Company in
writing by the Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by the Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Content.
(e) Company Not Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the
Registration Statement relating to the Shares that the Company or another offering participant made
a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities Act and (ii) as of the
date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the
determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible
Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), without taking account of any determination
by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the Securities Act that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue
date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of Shares under this
Agreement or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriter as
described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that
conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, including any prospectus or prospectus supplement that is or becomes part of the
Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriter and has
promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences
do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and
in conformity with the Underwriter Content furnished to the Company
by the Underwriter specifically for use therein, it being understood and
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agreed that the only such information
furnished by the Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Content.
(g) Accuracy of Statements in Prospectus. The statements in the Disclosure Package under the
headings “Description of Capital Stock”, “Description of Common Stock”, “Description of Preferred
Stock”, “Description of Warrants”, “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and Our Charter and Bylaws”
and “Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences”, “Plan of Distribution,” and
“Underwriting” (other than the Underwriter Content), insofar as such statements summarize legal
matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of
such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
(h) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company. The Company has not distributed and
will not distribute, prior to the later of the last Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below) and
the completion of the Underwriter’s distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection
with the offering and sale of the Shares other than a preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Underwriter or included in
Schedule A hereto or the Registration Statement.
(i) The Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and the Partnership and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company and the Partnership enforceable against the Company and the Partnership
in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally or by general principles of equity.
(j) Authorization of the Shares. The Shares to be purchased by the Underwriter from the
Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued
and delivered by the Company to the Underwriter against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement
on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. The form of certificate representing the Common Stock complies with all applicable
legal requirements, the requirements of the Company’s charter and bylaws, and the requirements of
the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
(k) No Transfer Taxes. There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under
federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, or any other U.S. or
non U.S. governmental authority required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Shares.
(l) No Private Issuances of Common Stock. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement,
the Company has not issued or sold any securities during the six-month period preceding the date of
the Prospectus, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A, under, or Regulation D or S of, the
Securities Act.
(m) No Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Disclosure Package: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development
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that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties or operations, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company, the Partnership and
the Subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “Material Adverse
Change”); (ii) the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries, considered as one entity,
have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, nor entered
into any material transaction or agreement; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of
any kind declared, paid or made by the Company, the Partnership or, except for dividends paid to
the Company or other subsidiaries, any of the Subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or
repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.
(n) Independent Accountants. (i) KPMG LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the
financial statements for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2008 and (ii) Ernst & Young
LLP, who has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements for the twelve-month
periods ending December 31, 2006 and 2007, including in each case, the related notes thereto, and
any supporting schedules filed with the Commission as a part of or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants with respect to the Company as required
by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder.
(o) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements filed with the
Commission as a part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the
consolidated financial position of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries as of and at
the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified.
The supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
present fairly the information required to be stated therein. Such financial statements and
supporting schedules comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved
(“GAAP”), except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. No other
financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The financial
data set forth in the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization”
fairly presents the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited
financial statements contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company’s ratio
of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends set forth in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K under the
Securities Act.
(p) Subsidiaries. The only subsidiaries (as defined in the Securities Act Rules and
Regulations) of the Company and the Partnership are the subsidiaries listed on Schedule C
hereto (the “Subsidiaries”).
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(q) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries.
Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation, general or limited partnership, or limited liability company, as the
case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Each of the
Company, the Partnership and each of the Subsidiaries has full power and authority (corporate and
other) to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and in the case of the Company, to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company, the Partnership and
the Subsidiaries is duly qualified or registered to do business in each jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification or
registration, except where the failure to be so qualified or registered would not, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or
on the earnings, business, properties or operations, whether or not arising from transactions in
the ordinary course of business, of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries, considered
as one entity (“Material Adverse Effect”); and, other than the Subsidiaries, the Company
owns no stock or other beneficial interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
business entity.
(r) Ownership Interests in the Partnership and Subsidiaries. All of the issued and
outstanding general partnership interests in the Partnership and all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock or ownership interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and are validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are wholly-owned by the Company, directly or through
subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim
or equity. All of the issued and outstanding limited partnership interests in the Partnership have
been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are majority owned by
the Company directly or indirectly through its Subsidiaries.
(s) Capitalization. As of the date hereof, (A) 67,600,000 shares of Common Stock were
authorized for issuance, of which 15,369,802 shares were issued and outstanding, (B) 2,400,000
shares of Series D Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) were
authorized for issuance, all of which were issued and outstanding, and (C) 30,000,000 shares of
Excess Stock, par value $.001 per share, were authorized for issuance, none of which were issued or
outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and conform to the description
thereof in the Prospectus. The stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect
to the Common Stock. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, all
the issued and outstanding partnership interests in the Partnership, and all ownership interests in
each Subsidiary have been offered, sold and issued by such entity in compliance with all applicable
laws, including without limitation, federal and state securities laws; except as described in the
Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right requiring the issuance of, and
no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or equity
interests in the Partnership or any Subsidiary or any security convertible into or exchangeable for
such shares or interests.
(t) Due Authorization of the Shares. The Shares will be as of the Closing Date or any
Subsequent Closing Date, duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to this
Agreement; and when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement
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against payment of the consideration therefor specified herein, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. The Shares conform to the description thereof in the Prospectus and will
not be subject to any preemptive rights of any securityholder of the Company. No holder of Common
Stock will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.
(u) Listing. The Shares have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official
notice of issuance.
(v) Non-Contravention of Agreements; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Partnership
and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the
Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership action,
as applicable, and will not result in any Default under the Charter or by-laws of the Company, the
certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership or any
organizational document of any subsidiary thereof, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default)
(“Default”) or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as define below) under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any
other party to, any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract,
franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the
Company or such subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, and (iii) will not result in any
violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative
agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, the
Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties. No consent, approval,
authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or
regulatory authority or agency is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by each of the Company and the Partnership and consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus, except such as have been
obtained or made by each of the Company and the Partnership and are in full force and effect under
the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). As used herein, a “Debt Repayment Triggering
Event” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time
would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person
acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all
or a portion of such indebtedness by either of the Company or the Partnership or any of the
Subsidiaries.
(w) Compliance with Law; No Defaults. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have
complied in all respects with all laws, regulations and orders applicable to them or their
respective businesses, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company, the
Partnership and the Subsidiaries are not in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or evidence of
indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which they are a party or by
which they or any of their properties or other assets are bound, violation of which would
individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and
no other party under any such agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Partnership or any of the
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Subsidiaries are a party is, to the knowledge of the Company, in default in any material respect
thereunder; and the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries are not in violation of their
respective articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of general or limited partnership,
partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as the case may be.
(x) Due Authorization of Partnership Agreement. The Agreement of Limited Partnership of the
Partnership, including any amendments thereto (the “Partnership Agreement”), has been duly
and validly authorized, executed and delivered by all partners of the Partnership and constitutes a
valid and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally or by general principles of equity.
(y) No Liabilities or Obligations. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, subsequent to
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have not incurred any liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent; or entered into any transactions, not in the ordinary course of
business, that are material to the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis; and there has not been any material change in the capital stock or structure, short-term
debt or long-term debt of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries; or any Material
Adverse Change, or any development that is reasonably likely to involve a prospective Material
Adverse Change, in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, net worth or results of
operations of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; and,
except for regular dividends on the Company’s Common Stock, in amounts per share that are
consistent with past practice or the charter documents of the Company and the minimum dividends
required by the Company’s Charter, as amended, or the Preferred Stock, there has been no dividend
or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(z) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened any action, suit
or proceeding to which the Company, the Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or any of their
respective officers or directors is a party, or of which any of their properties or other assets is
the subject, before or by any court or governmental agency or body, that is reasonably likely to
result in any Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Labor Matters. No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company, the
Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is
threatened or imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance
by the employees of any of its or the Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers,
that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Timeliness of Commission Filings. During the period of at least the last 24 calendar
months prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has timely filed with the Commission all
documents and other materials required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) under the
Exchange Act.
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(cc) Completeness of Commission Filings. There are no contracts or documents of the Company
that are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to any of the documents
incorporated by reference therein by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or by the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder that have not been so filed.
(dd) Intellectual Property Rights. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries own,
possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent
applications, trade and service marks, trade and service xxxx registrations, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual
property necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted.
(ee) Licenses, Certificates and Permits. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries
hold all material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental authorities which are
necessary to the conduct of their businesses and are in compliance with the terms and conditions of
such licenses, certificates and permits; and the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have
not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
permits, licenses or certificates that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Partnership or
any Subsidiary, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) Title to Properties. Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have good
and marketable title to the properties and assets, as described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (the “Properties”), owned by them, free and clear of all liens, charges,
encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described in the Prospectus or are not material in
relation to the business of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases for the Properties as leased by the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries with such
exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such properties by the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries. No tenant under any of the
leases pursuant to which the Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries lease the
Properties has an option or right of first refusal to purchase the premises demised under such
lease. The use and occupancy of each of the Properties comply in all material respects with all
applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations; the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries
have no knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation or zoning change that will in any
material respect affect the size of, use of, improvement of, construction on, or access to any of
the Properties; and the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any
pending or threatened proceeding or action that will in any manner materially affect the size of,
use of, improvements or construction on, or access to any of the Properties.
(gg) No Claims. Except as described in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company, the Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries and any person that
would give rise to a valid claim against the Company, the Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or
the Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with
the offering, issuance and sale of the Shares.
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(hh) No Conversion into Equity. The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the properties
and assets described or referred to in the Prospectus are not convertible into the equity of the
Company or any Subsidiary.
(ii) Tax Matters. Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries has filed all
federal, state, local and foreign income tax returns which have been required to be filed and has
paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by them to the extent that
such taxes have become due. No tax deficiency has been asserted against the Company, the
Partnership or any Subsidiary, nor, does the Company or the Partnership know of any tax deficiency
which is likely to be asserted against the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary; all tax
liabilities, if any, are adequately provided for on the respective books of the entities in all
material respects.
(jj) Tax Classification of the Partnership. The Partnership has been properly classified
either as a partnership or as an entity disregarded as separate from the Company for federal tax
purposes throughout the period from its formation through the date hereof.
(kk) Company Not an “Investment Company”. Neither the Company, the Partnership or any
Subsidiary is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application
of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or a
company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(ll) Insurance. Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries maintains insurance
(issued by insurers of recognized financial responsibility) of the types and in the amounts
generally deemed adequate, if any, for their respective businesses and consistent with insurance
coverage maintained by similar companies in similar businesses, including, but not limited to,
insurance covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company, the Partnership and
the Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and all other risks
customarily insured against, all of which insurance is in full force and effect.
(mm) No Restrictions on Dividends. No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited,
directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company or the Partnership, from making
any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company or the
Partnership any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or the Partnership or from
transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company, the Partnership or any
other Subsidiary of the Company or the Partnership, except as described in or contemplated by the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(nn) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company has not taken, nor will it take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might reasonably be expected to cause or
result in, or which 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 any of the Shares.
(oo) Disclosure of Related Party Transactions. No transaction has occurred between or among
the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiaries, on one hand, and
any of their officers or directors or any affiliate or affiliates of any such officer or director,
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on the
other hand, that is required to be described in and is not described or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(pp) No Related Party Loans. Except as otherwise described in the Prospectus, there are no
material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company, the
Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of
the Company or any of their family members.
(qq) Internal Controls and Procedures. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries
maintain (i) effective internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under
the Exchange Act, and (ii) a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to
assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and
(D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(rr) No Material Weakness in Internal Controls. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the
Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(ss) Disclosure Controls. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and
procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed
to ensure that material information relating to the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries,
is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by
others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports
required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as
of a date within 90 days prior to the filing of the Company’s most recent annual or quarterly
report filed with the Commission and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the
functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures described above, the Company is not aware of (a) any significant deficiency
in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal
controls or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of
the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures described above, there have been no significant
changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls.
(tt) Maintenance of Title Insurance. Title insurance in favor of the Company, the Partnership
or the Subsidiaries is maintained with respect to each of the
properties owned by them in an amount at least equal to the cost of acquisition of such property, except, in each
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case, where the failure to maintain such title insurance is not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(uu) Condition of the Business. Since the date of the last audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as
described therein, (i) there has not been any change in the assets or properties, business, results
of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company, the Partnership or
any of the Subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor any event or development
involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the Company, the Partnership nor any
of the Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its assets, businesses or
properties (whether owned or leased) from fire, explosion, earthquake, flood or other calamity,
whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other
governmental action, order or decree; and (iii) neither the Company, the Partnership nor any of the
Subsidiaries has undertaken any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, except such
liabilities or obligations undertaken in the ordinary course of business.
(vv) Compliance with Law. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries are conducting
their respective businesses in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations
of the jurisdictions in which they are conducting business, including, without limitation, the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and all applicable local, state and federal employment,
truth-in-advertising, franchising and immigration laws and regulations, except where the failure to
be so in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ww) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of each of the Company, the
Partnership and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations
or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving any of the Company, the
Partnership and the Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(xx) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. None of the Company, the Partnership or the
Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or
affiliate of any of the Company, the Partnership or the Subsidiaries has taken any action, directly
or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including, without
limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce
corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of
any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of
value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political
party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the
FCPA, and each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the
Company, their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and
procedures designed to ensure,
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and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued
compliance therewith.
“FCPA” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
(yy) No Conflict with OFAC Laws. None of the Company, the Partnership or the Subsidiaries
nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of any of
the Company, the Partnership or the Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department
(“OFAC”); and none of the Company, the Partnership or the Subsidiaries will directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such
proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC.
(zz) REIT Qualification. For its taxable years ended December 31, 1997 through December 31,
2008, the Company has continuously been organized and operating in conformity with the requirements
for qualification as a “real estate investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”). The Company’s current and proposed organization and method of
operation will permit it to meet and to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a “real
estate investment trust” under the Code for its 2009 taxable year and thereafter. The Company has
no intention of changing its operations or engaging in activities which would cause it to fail to
qualify, or make economically undesirable its continued qualification as, a real estate investment
trust.
(aaa) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with
registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale
under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, nor
does any person have preemptive rights, co-sale rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to
purchase any of the Shares, except in each case for such rights as have been duly waived.
(bbb) Company Not a Broker or Dealer. None of the Company, the Partnership or any of the
Subsidiaries, and if operated in the manner described in the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, none will be, a “broker” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(4) of the Exchange Act or
a “dealer” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(5) of the Exchange Act or required to be registered
pursuant to Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act.
(ccc) Environmental Matters. Except as otherwise described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, neither the Company, the Partnership nor any Subsidiary has authorized or conducted or
has knowledge of the generation, transportation, storage, presence, use, treatment, disposal,
release, or other handling of any hazardous substance, hazardous waste, hazardous material,
hazardous constituent, toxic substance, pollutant, contaminant, asbestos, radon, polychlorinated
biphenyls (“PCBs”), petroleum product or waste (including crude oil or any fraction hereof,
natural gas, liquefied gas, synthetic gas or other material defined, regulated, controlled or
potentially subject to any remediation requirement under any
environmental law (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”), on, in, under or affecting any of the Company’s
properties,
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except in material compliance with applicable laws; except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company’s properties are in material compliance with all
federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and other governmental requirements
relating to pollution, control of chemicals, management of waste, (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), and the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with all
licenses, permits, registrations and government authorizations necessary to operate under all
applicable Environmental Laws in all material respects; except as otherwise described in the
Prospectus, neither the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary has received any written or oral
notice from any governmental entity or any other person and there is no pending, or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened claim, litigation or any administrative agency proceeding
that: alleges a violation of any Environmental Laws by the Company, the Partnership or any
Subsidiary; or that the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary is a liable party or a
potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et. seq., or any state superfund law; has resulted in or could
result in the attachment of an environmental lien on any of the properties; or alleges that the
Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary is liable for any contamination of the environment,
contamination of the property, damage to natural resources, property damage, or personal injury
based on their activities or the activities of their predecessors or third parties (whether at the
properties or elsewhere) involving Hazardous Materials, whether arising under the Environmental
Laws, common law principles, or other legal standards. In the ordinary course of its business, the
Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries conduct Phase I environmental assessments on each of
their properties at the time such property is acquired and periodic reviews of the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company, the Partnership and
the Subsidiaries. None of the entities which prepared appraisals of the properties or Phase I
environmental assessment reports with respect to such properties was employed for such purpose on a
contingent basis or has any substantial interest in the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary,
and none of their directors, officers or employees is connected with the Company, the Partnership
or any Subsidiary as a promoter, selling agent, director, officer or employee.
(ddd) ERISA Compliance. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure
to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and
the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without
regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or
investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory
agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any member of the Company
that could have a material adverse effect on the Company; (iii) any breach of any contractual
obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the
employment or compensation of employees by any member of the Company that could have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a
material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the
current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the
Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) a material increase in the Company’s
“accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial
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Accounting
Standards 106) compared to the amount of such
obligations in the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year; (iii) any event or condition
giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company related to
their employment that could have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the
term “Plan” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA
with respect to which any member of the Company may have any liability.
(eee) Brokers. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any
brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(fff) No Outstanding Loans or Other Indebtedness. There are no outstanding loans, advances
(except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees or
indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the
Company or any of the members of any of them, except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(ggg) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Compliance. Other than late Section 16 filings, there is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their
capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules
and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(hhh) Lending Relationship. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
neither of the Company or the Partnership (i) has any material lending or other relationship with
any bank or lending affiliate of the Underwriter and (ii) intend to use any of the proceeds from
the sale of the Common Stock hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the
Underwriter.
(iii) Statistical and Market Related Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company,
or the Partnership that has caused the Company or the Partnership to believe that the statistical
and market-related data included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or
derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(jjj) Compliance with Florida Law. Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries
has complied and will comply with all the provisions of Florida Statutes, Section 517.075 (Chapter
92-198, Laws of Florida); and none of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries nor any of
their subsidiaries or affiliates does business with the government of Cuba or with any person or
affiliate located in Cuba.
(kkk) NYSE Compliance. The Company is in compliance with the rules and regulations of the
NYSE, including without limitation, the requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock on
the NYSE, and there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, threatened or, to the Company’s
knowledge, contemplated, and the Company has not received any notice
from the NYSE, regarding the revocation of such or
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otherwise regarding the
delisting of the Common Stock from the NYSE.
(lll) No Lock-Up Agreements. Other than the lock-up agreements contemplated by Section 5(h)
herein, there are no existing agreements between the Company and any of its security holders that
prohibit the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation of any of the Company’s
securities.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or the Partnership, respectively, and
delivered to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter after the date of this Agreement and
prior to or on any Closing Date shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company
or the Partnership, respectively, to the Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.
Section 2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares.
(a) The Firm Shares. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter the Firm Shares
upon the terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company the Firm Shares. The purchase price per Firm Share
to be paid by the Underwriter to the Company shall be $13.56 per share.
(b) The Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the
Underwriter and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the
Underwriter) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on April 27, 2009, or such other time and date not later
than 1:30 p.m. New York time, on April 27, 2009, as the Underwriter shall designate by notice to
the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “Closing Date”).
(c) The Optional Shares; the Subsequent Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriter to purchase up
to an aggregate of 937,500 Optional Shares from the Company at the same price as the purchase price
per share to be paid by the Underwriter for the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be
exercised at any time and from time to time upon notice by the Underwriter to the Company, which
notice may be given at any time within 30 days from the date of this Agreement. Such notice shall
set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriter is exercising the
option, (ii) the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Optional Shares are to
be registered and (iii) the time, date and place at which such certificates will be delivered
(which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the Closing Date; and in such
case the term “Closing Date” shall refer to the time and date of delivery of certificates for the
Firm Shares and the Optional Shares). Each time and date of delivery, if subsequent to the Closing
Date, is called a “Subsequent Closing Date” and shall be determined by the Underwriter and
shall not be earlier than three nor later than five full business days after delivery of such
notice of exercise.
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(d) Public Offering of the Shares. The Underwriter hereby advises the Company that the
Underwriter intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, the Shares as
soon after this Agreement has been executed as the Underwriter, in its sole judgment, has
determined is advisable and practicable.
(e) Payment for the Shares. Payment for the Shares shall be made at the Closing Date (and, if
applicable, at any Subsequent Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
order of the Company.
(f) Delivery of the Shares. Delivery of the Firm Shares and Optional Shares shall be made
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Underwriter shall otherwise
instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this
Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriter.
(g) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriter. Not later than 3:00 p.m. on the first business
day in New York City following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as UBS shall request.
Section 3. Covenants of the Company and the Partnership.
A. Covenants of the Company and the Partnership. The Company and the Partnership jointly and
severally covenant and agree with the Underwriter as follows:
(a) Underwriter’s Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements. During the period beginning
at the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by the Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such
requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior
to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
(including any amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report filed under
the Exchange Act), subject to Section 3(A)(e), the Company shall furnish to the Underwriter for
review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use
any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably objects.
(b) Securities Act Compliance. After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly
advise the Underwriter in writing (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the
Execution Time, shall have become effective, (ii) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests
for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (iii) of the time and date of any
filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) of the time and date that any post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (v) of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order or
notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation
the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of
the threatening
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or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall use
its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of prevention or
suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or issue any such notice
at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or reversal of such order
or notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section 3(A)(a), will file an amendment
to the Registration Statement or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to
have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430A,
as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents
thereunder, and will confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were
received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(c) Exchange Act Compliance. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange
Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(d) Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and
Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters. If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event
or development shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would 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 or then prevailing, as the case may be, not
misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus, or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as the case may be, not misleading, or
if in the opinion of the Underwriter it is otherwise reasonably necessary or advisable to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file under
the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
, or to file a new registration statement containing the Prospectus, in order to comply with law,
including in connection with the delivery of the Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the
Underwriter of any such event or condition and (ii) promptly prepare (subject to Section 3(A)(a)
and 3(A)(e) hereof), file with the Commission (and use its best efforts to have any amendment to
the Registration Statement or any new registration statement to be declared effective) and furnish
at its own expense to the Underwriter and to dealers, amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary
in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or
supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or then prevailing, as
the case may be, not misleading or so that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(e) Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents that it has not made, and
agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Underwriter, it will not make, any
offer relating to the Shares that constitutes or would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or that otherwise constitutes or would constitute a “free
writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act) or
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a portion thereof required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act;
provided that the prior written consent of the Underwriter shall be deemed to have been given in
respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule A hereto and any electronic
road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Underwriter is hereinafter
referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated
and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the
requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record
keeping.
(f) Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus. The Company agrees to furnish
the Underwriter, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the
Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto (including any documents incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference therein) and the Disclosure Package as the Underwriter may
reasonably request.
(g) Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the
Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter signed copies of the Registration Statement (including
exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be
required by the Act, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any
supplement thereto and the Disclosure Package as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(h) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company shall cooperate with the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter to qualify or register the Shares for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the
application of) the state securities or blue sky laws or Canadian provincial securities laws or
other foreign laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Underwriter, shall comply with such
laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as
required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in
any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation
as a foreign corporation, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Shares in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly of
the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the
Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any
proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such
qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares
sold by it in the manner described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus.
(j) Transfer Agent. The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and
transfer agent for the Common Stock.
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(k) Earnings Statement. The Company agrees with the Underwriter to make generally available
to its stockholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the
date hereof, an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date
hereof and otherwise satisfying Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the
Securities Act.
(l) Periodic Reporting Obligations. During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall
file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the NYSE all reports and documents required to be
filed under the Exchange Act. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the
issuance of the Shares to the extent required under Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(m) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance,
the Shares on the NYSE.
(n) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares. During the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the 60 day following the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of UBS (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of
UBS), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer
or establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent
position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or
transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to,
result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement
under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire
shares of the Common Stock or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares
of Common Stock (other than as contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the Shares);
provided, however, that the Company may issue shares of its Common Stock or options to purchase its
Common Stock or Common Stock upon the exercise of options, pursuant to any dividend reinvestment
plan, stock option, stock bonus, stock purchase or other stock plan or arrangement described in the
Prospectus, but only if the holders of such shares, options, or shares issued upon exercise of such
options, agree in writing not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise transfer any such shares or
options during such 60-day period without the prior written consent of UBS (which consent may be
withheld at the sole discretion of the UBS). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) during the last
17 days of the 60-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or
a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) prior to the expiration of the 60-day
restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the 60-day period, the restrictions imposed in this clause
shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the
issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event. The
Company will provide the Underwriter and each individual subject to the restricted period pursuant
to the lockup letters described in Section 5(h) with prior notice of any such announcement that
gives rise to an extension of the restricted period.
(o) Compliance with Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company will comply with all applicable
securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act, and use its best efforts to cause the Company’s directors
and officers, in their capacities
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as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(p) Future Reports to Stockholders. To furnish to its stockholders within the required time
frame of the Commission after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance
sheet and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable
after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal
quarter ending after the effective date of the Registration Statement), to make available to its
stockholders consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for
such quarter in reasonable detail.
(q) Investment Limitation. The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company
or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
(r) No Manipulation of Price. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to
constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(s) Existing Lock-Up Agreement. The Company will enforce all existing agreements between the
Company and any of its security holders that prohibit the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or
hypothecation of any of the Company’s securities. In addition, the Company will direct the
transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are
bound by such existing “lock-up” agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such
agreements.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company and the Partnership, jointly and severally, agree
to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its their
obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including
without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares (including
all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent
of the Common Stock, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with
the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriter, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s
counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution
of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and
certificates of experts), each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, each preliminary prospectus and the
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing fees,
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriter in connection with
qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all
or any part of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the
provincial securities laws of Canada, and, if requested by the Underwriter, preparing and printing
a “Blue Sky Survey” or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriter of such
qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vii) the
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filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriter
in connection with, the FINRA’s review and approval of the Underwriter’ participation in the
offering and distribution of the Shares, (viii) the fees and expenses associated with listing of
the Shares on the NYSE, (ix) the expenses of the Company and the Underwriter in connection with the
marketing and offering of the Shares including all transportation and other expenses incurred in
connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares, and (x) all other fees,
costs and expenses referred to in Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except as
provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the Underwriter shall pay
its own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of its counsel.
Section 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the
Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date and, with
respect to the Optional Shares, and Subsequent Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Partnership set forth in
Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, and with respect to the Optional
Shares, as of any Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the statements of
the Company and the Partnership made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
timely performance by the Company and the Partnership of their respective covenants and other
obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Underwriter shall have received from
each of Ernst & Young LLP and KMPG LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, a letter
dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriter, in the form previously agreed to by the
Underwriter.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from FINRA. For
the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with
respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act,
the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required
by Rule 430B under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act; or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430B, and such
post-effective amendment shall have become effective;
(ii) all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods
prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433 under the Securities Act;
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for
such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission;
(iv) no state securities authority shall have suspended the qualification or registration of
the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction and any request
of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or otherwise)
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shall have been complied with the satisfaction of the Underwriter and
Underwriter’s counsel; and
(v) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the
underwriting terms and arrangements.
(c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the
date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any
Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Underwriter there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
Change;
(ii) there shall not have been any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters
referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 5 which is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter,
so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or
delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and
(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of
any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate
the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any securities of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date,
the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx & Mugel, LLP,
counsel for the Company, and DLA Piper LLP (US), special Maryland counsel to the Company (as to
which Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx & Mugel, LLP and Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP may rely), dated as of such
Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, the forms of which are attached as Exhibits A-1
and A-2, respectively.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriter. On the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date,
the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the
Underwriter, dated as of such Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to, and addressed to, the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the
Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) Officers’ Certificate. On the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Underwriter shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer and
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing
Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the
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effect set forth in subsections (b) and (c)(iii) of this Section 5, and further to the effect that:
(i) For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to such Closing Date or
Subsequent Closing Date, (a) there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change and (b) neither the
Company, the Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or
interference with its business or properties from fire, explosion, flood or other casualty, whether
or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any court or legislative or other
governmental action, order or decree, which is not set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto);
(ii) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct,
as if made at and as of the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, and the Company has complied
with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date;
(iii) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or is threatened by the Commission
nor has any state securities authority suspended the qualification or registration of the Shares
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction;
(iv) Since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event
required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
that has not been so set forth, and there has been no document required to be filed under the
Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder that upon such
filing would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that has not been so
filed; and
(v) such other matters as the Underwriter or Underwriter’s counsel may reasonably request.
(g) Bring-Down Comfort Letter. On the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, the
Underwriter shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP, independent public accountants
for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter,
to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the
carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or
Subsequent Closing Date.
(h) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company. On or prior to the date
hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter an agreement in the form of
Exhibit B hereto from each of the Company’s directors and executive officers and such
agreement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date.
(i) Listing of Shares. The Shares shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for
trading on the NYSE, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Underwriter.
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(j) No Untrue Statements of Material Fact. The Underwriter shall not have advised the Company
that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto contains an untrue statement of fact that
in the opinion of the Underwriter or Underwriter’s counsel is material or omits to state a fact
that in the opinion of the Underwriter or Underwriter’s counsel is material, and is required to be
stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in
the opinion of the Underwriter or Underwriter’s counsel is material or omits to state a fact that
in the opinion of the Underwriter or Underwriter’s counsel is material, and is necessary in light
of the circumstance under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading.
(k) No Adverse Change in Capitalization. Except as contemplated in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is included or
incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there shall not have been
any change, on a consolidated basis, in the equity capitalization or long-term debt, or material
change in short-term debt, of the Company or the Partnership, or any adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective adverse change, in the condition (financial or other),
business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Partnership or the
Subsidiaries or any adverse change in the rating assigned to any securities of the Company, that,
in the Underwriter’s judgment, makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the Shares
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably
require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as
contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and
warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be
satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company and the
Partnership at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares,
at any time prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be without
liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8,
Section 9 and Section 14 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
Section 6. Reimbursement of Underwriter’ Expenses. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Underwriter pursuant to Section 5, Section 7, or Section 11, or if the sale to the Underwriter of
the Shares on the Closing Date or on any Subsequent Closing Date is not consummated because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or to
comply with any provision hereof, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriter and the other
Underwriter (or such Underwriter as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves),
severally, upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by
the Underwriter and the Underwriter in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering and
sale of the Shares, including but not limited to fees and
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disbursements
of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and
telephone charges.
Section 7. Effectiveness of this Agreement. This Agreement shall not become effective until
the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto.
Section 8. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriter. The Company and the Partnership, jointly and
severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees
and agents, and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as
incurred, to which the Underwriter, director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may
become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect
thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based (i) upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment
thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or
Rule 430C under the Securities Act, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or
(ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or any prospectus wrapper material distributed in Canada or any “road show” (as
defined in Rule 433) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “Non-IFWP Road
Show”) (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the
Underwriter consists of the Underwriter Content), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of
a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse the Underwriter, its
officers, directors, employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all expenses
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by UBS) as such expenses are reasonably
incurred by the Underwriter, or its officers, directors, employees, agents or such controlling
person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss,
claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided , however , that the foregoing indemnity
agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only
to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto) or any Non-IFWP Road Show. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section
8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers The Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each
of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, against any loss, claim,
damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, or any such director, officer or
controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
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liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is
based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or any Non-IFWP Road Show, or arises out of or is based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Non-IFWP Road Show, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
Underwriter expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, or any such director, officer
or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, or any
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling,
compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company
hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriter has furnished to the Company
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Non-IFWP
Road Show are the statements set forth in paragraphs 5, 12, 13, 14, 15 and the first and last
sentences of paragraph 16 under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus (collectively, the
“Underwriter Content”). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in
addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures. Promptly after receipt by an
indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the
failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph
(a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such
failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any
indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above.
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks
or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties
similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving
the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, 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 a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and
the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to
those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense
of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying party’s election so to assume the
defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the
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indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any
legal or other expenses 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 preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying
party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (other than local
counsel), reasonably approved by the indemnifying party (or by UBS in the case of Section 8(b)),
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party
shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified
party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases
the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements. The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent, which shall not be
withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the
plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party
to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8(c)
hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party,
unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or
proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a
failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
Section 9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason
unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as
a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company or the
Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, from the offering of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative
benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company or the
Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the untrue
statements or omissions (or alleged untrue statements or alleged omissions) or inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company or the Partnership, on the one hand, and the
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Underwriter, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from
the offering of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company or the Partnership, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriter, in each case as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus bear to the
aggregate initial public offering price of the Shares as set forth on such cover. The relative
fault of the Company or the Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriter, on the other hand,
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact or any such
inaccurate or alleged inaccurate representation or warranty relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Partnership, on the one hand, or the Underwriter, on the other hand, and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 8(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Partnership and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this
Section 9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, the Underwriter shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriter in connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each director, officer, employee and
agent of an Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the
Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
Section 10. [Intentionally Left Blank.]
Section 11. Termination of this Agreement. Prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the
Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter
by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any of the Company’s
securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the NYSE, or trading in
securities generally on the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices
shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or FINRA;
(ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York authorities or a
material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; or (iii) there
shall have
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occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or
declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or any crisis or calamity, or any
change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or
development involving a prospective substantial change in United States’ or international
political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Underwriter is material and
adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares in the manner and on the
terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities. Any
termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company
to the Underwriter, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the
Underwriter and the Underwriter pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 hereof or (b) the Underwriter to the
Company.
Section 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Partnership
acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement,
including the determination of the public offering price of the Shares and any related discounts
and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand,
and the Underwriter, on the other hand, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding
and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process
leading to such transaction the Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not
the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Partnership or their respective
affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) the Underwriter has not
assumed or will not assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company
or the Partnership with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process
leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the
Company or the Partnership on other matters) and the Underwriter has no obligation to the Company
or the Partnership with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the Underwriter and its affiliates may be engaged in a
broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the
Partnership and that the Underwriter has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue
of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Underwriter has not provided any
legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and
the Company and the Partnership have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax
advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral)
between the Company, the Partnership and the Underwriter with respect to the subject matter hereof.
The Company and the Partnership hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claims that the Company and the Partnership may have against the Underwriter with respect to
any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
Section 13. Research Analyst Independence. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter’s
research analysts and research department are required to be independent from the investment
banking division and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that the
Underwriter’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations
and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or
the offering that differ from the views of the investment banking division. The Company hereby
waives and
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releases,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have
against the Underwriter with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that
the views expressed by its independent research analysts and research departments may be different
from or inconsistent with the views or advise communicated to the Company by the Underwriter’s
investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledge that the Underwriter is a full service
securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect
transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions
in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 14. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Partnership of
their officers and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as
to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the officers or employees of the
Underwriter, or any person controlling the Underwriter, the Company, the officers or employees of
the Company, or any person controlling the Company, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the
Shares and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares
sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
Section 15. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed,
hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:
If to the Underwriter:
UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Syndicate Department
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Syndicate Department
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
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If to the Company:
Parkway Properties, Inc.
300 One Xxxxxxx Place
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
300 One Xxxxxxx Place
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx & Mugel, LLP
Twelve Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Twelve Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice
to the others.
Section 16. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of (i) the Company, its directors, any person
who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and any
officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement, (ii) the Underwriter, the officers,
directors, employees and agents of the Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the
Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and (iv) the respective
successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement,
and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term
“successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from the Underwriter
merely because of such purchase.
Section 17. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section,
paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be
made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and
enforceable.
Section 18. Governing Law Provisions. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(a) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based
upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be
instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of
New York, Borough of Manhattan, or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the
City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except
for
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proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related
Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action
or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address
set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action
or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 19. General Provisions. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with
the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
PARKWAY PROPERTIES, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: President and CEO | ||||||
PARKWAY PROPERTIES LP | ||||||
By: | Parkway Properties General Partners, Inc., | |||||
its sole general partner | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: President and CEO |
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Underwriter as of
the date first above written.
By: UBS SECURITIES LLC | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE A
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
None
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SCHEDULE B
PARKWAY PROPERTIES
6,250,000 Shares of Common Stock
(Par Value $0.001 Per Share)
6,250,000 Shares of Common Stock
(Par Value $0.001 Per Share)
1. The public offering price per share for the Shares is $13.71.
2. The aggregate number of Shares being offered is 6,250,000, assuming no exercise of the
underwriter’s over-allotment option.
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SCHEDULE C
List of Subsidiaries
111 Capitol Building LP
111 East Xxxxxx, LLC
Chicago OfficeInvest, LLC
Golf Properties, Inc.
Xxxxx Building Associates XX
Xxxxx Garage LLC
PKY Cabot GP, LLC
PKY FUND, LLC
PKY FUND I, LLC
PKY FUND II, LLC
Parkway Capitol Center, LLC
Parkway Chicago, LLC
Parkway JHLIC LP
Parkway Xxxxxxx LLC
Parkway Joint Venture, LLC
Parkway Xxxxx LLC
Parkway Mississippi LLC
Parkway Xxxxx LLC
Parkway One Capital Manager, Inc.
Parkway One Capital LLC
Parkway One Capital City Plaza LLC
Parkway Orlando, LLC
Parkway Orlando Manager, Inc.
Parkway Properties General Partners, Inc.
Parkway Properties Office Fund, L.P.
Parkway Properties One Park Ten General Partner, Inc.
Parkway Properties One Park Ten, L.P.
Parkway Realty Services, LLC
Parkway 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XXX
Xxxxxxx 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Manager, Inc.
RubiconPark I LLC
RubisonPark II, LLC
Wink/Parkway Partnership
PKY Fund Chicago I, LLC
PKY Fund Memphis I, LLC
PKY Fund Atlanta I, LLC
PKY Fund Atlanta II, LLC
Parkway Realty Services of Illinois, LLC
PKY Fund Houston I, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place Manager Inc.
Xxxxxxx Place Residences, LLC
OJP Owner, LLC
111 East Xxxxxx, LLC
Chicago OfficeInvest, LLC
Golf Properties, Inc.
Xxxxx Building Associates XX
Xxxxx Garage LLC
PKY Cabot GP, LLC
PKY FUND, LLC
PKY FUND I, LLC
PKY FUND II, LLC
Parkway Capitol Center, LLC
Parkway Chicago, LLC
Parkway JHLIC LP
Parkway Xxxxxxx LLC
Parkway Joint Venture, LLC
Parkway Xxxxx LLC
Parkway Mississippi LLC
Parkway Xxxxx LLC
Parkway One Capital Manager, Inc.
Parkway One Capital LLC
Parkway One Capital City Plaza LLC
Parkway Orlando, LLC
Parkway Orlando Manager, Inc.
Parkway Properties General Partners, Inc.
Parkway Properties Office Fund, L.P.
Parkway Properties One Park Ten General Partner, Inc.
Parkway Properties One Park Ten, L.P.
Parkway Realty Services, LLC
Parkway 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XXX
Xxxxxxx 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Manager, Inc.
RubiconPark I LLC
RubisonPark II, LLC
Wink/Parkway Partnership
PKY Fund Chicago I, LLC
PKY Fund Memphis I, LLC
PKY Fund Atlanta I, LLC
PKY Fund Atlanta II, LLC
Parkway Realty Services of Illinois, LLC
PKY Fund Houston I, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place Manager Inc.
Xxxxxxx Place Residences, LLC
OJP Owner, LLC
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place Parking, LLC
Parkway 2100 Xxxx, LLC
PKY Fund Phoenix I, LLC
PKY Fund Orlando I, LLC
PKY Fund Chicago II, LLC
PPOF II, LLC
Parkway Properties Office Fund II, L.P.
PKY Fund II Austin I, LLC
Parkway Xxxxxxx Texas Manager, LLC
Parkway Xxxxxxx Texas, LLC
Xxxxxxx Place Parking, LLC
Parkway 2100 Xxxx, LLC
PKY Fund Phoenix I, LLC
PKY Fund Orlando I, LLC
PKY Fund Chicago II, LLC
PPOF II, LLC
Parkway Properties Office Fund II, L.P.
PKY Fund II Austin I, LLC
Parkway Xxxxxxx Texas Manager, LLC
Parkway Xxxxxxx Texas, LLC
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EXHIBIT A-1
Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company
Opinion of counsel for the Company to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(d) of the
Underwriting Agreement.
References to the Prospectus in this Exhibit A-1 include any supplements thereto at the
Closing Date.
(i) Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or
formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation, general or limited
partnership, or other legal entity, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has full power (corporate or
other) and authority to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus
and to enter into and perform the Underwriting Agreement, and is duly qualified or registered to do
business in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property or in which the conduct of
its business requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to be so
qualified or registered or to be in good standing, would not individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the Company’s
wholly-owned subsidiary, Parkway Properties General Partners, Inc., is the sole general partner of
the Partnership and owns an approximately 1% general partnership interest and the Company owns an
approximately 99% limited partnership interest in the Partnership;
(ii) The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and meets the
requirements of Item 9 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; the Company has authorized and issued
capital stock as set forth in Section 2(h) of the Underwriting Agreement; all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and Partnership interests of the Partnership
have been duly and validly authorized and issued; and all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company and Partnership interests of the Partnership are fully paid and
nonassessable and none of them was issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar right.
All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary of the Company has been
duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, any pending or threatened claim. The Shares
have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale and when issued and sold pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and none
of them will have been issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar right. Except as
disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or
other right calling for the issuance of, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no commitment, plan
or arrangement to issue, any share of capital stock of the Company or any security convertible
into, exercisable for, or exchangeable for capital stock of the Company. No holder of outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company or any other person has any rights to have shares of capital
stock of the Company owned by such holder to be sold in the offering
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of shares contemplated by the Underwriting
Agreement or has any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right to subscribe
for or purchase securities of the Company arising (i) by operation of the charter or by-laws of the
Company or the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland or (ii) to the best knowledge of
such counsel, otherwise. The issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company and the Shares
conform, or will conform, in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The form of certificate used to evidence the Shares is in
due and proper form and complies with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable
requirements of the Company’s Charter and Bylaws and with the requirements of the NYSE;
(iii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and any
supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) have been made in a manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b). To the best knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post effective amendment to the
Registration Statement is in effect and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or are
pending or are contemplated or threatened by the Commission;
(iv) Each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, and the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of filing thereof with the
Commission and at the Closing Date, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the Securities Act. Each document incorporated by reference or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, when they became effective under the Securities Act or were filed with the
Commission under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as the case may be, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; it being understood that such counsel
need express no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data included in any
other documents mentioned in this clause;
(v) The descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of statutes, legal
conclusions, legal and governmental proceedings, contracts and other documents are accurate and
fairly present the information required to be shown; and such counsel does not know of any statutes
or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus (or required to be filed under the Exchange Act if upon
such filing they would be incorporated by reference therein) or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement that are not described and filed as required;
(vi) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and the Partnership; the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) any statute,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note
agreement or evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument known to
such counsel to which the Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries are a party or by
which they are bound or to which any of the property or other assets of the Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, (b) the articles
of incorporation,
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by-laws, certificate of general or limited partnership, partnership agreement, or
other organizational document of the Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, as
applicable, or (c) any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries or
any of their properties or other assets; and no consent, approval, authorization, notice to, order
of, or filing with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the
Shares by the Company, except such as have been obtained under the Act or from the NYSE and the
FINRA;
(vii) For its taxable years ended December 31, 1997 through December 31, 2008, the Company has
continuously been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a
“real estate investment trust” under the Code. The Company’s current and proposed organization and
method of operation will permit it to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a “real
estate investment trust” under the Code for its 2009 taxable year and thereafter. The federal
income tax discussion described in the Prospectus under the caption, “Material United States Income
Tax Consequences”, is accurate and fairly presents the federal income tax considerations that are
likely to be material to a holder of the Shares.
(viii) To such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Company, the Partnership nor any of the
Subsidiaries is in violation of any term or provision of their respective articles of
incorporation, by-laws, certificate of general or limited partnership, partnership agreement or
other organizational document, as applicable, or in violation of or default under any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or
evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, law, rule or
regulation;
(ix) To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no litigation or governmental or other suit or
proceeding or investigation, before any court or before or by any public body or board pending or
threatened against, or involving the assets, properties or businesses of, the Company, the
Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, involving the Company’s, the Partnership’s or any of the
Subsidiaries’ officers or directors or to which any of the Company’s, the Partnership’s or any of
the Subsidiaries’ properties or other assets is subject which are required to be discussed in the
Disclosure Package and Prospectus, other than those disclosed therein;
(x) Neither the Company, the Partnership nor any Subsidiary is and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or (ii) a “broker”
within the meaning of Section 3(a)(4) of the Exchange Act or a “dealer” within the meaning of
Section 3(a)(5) of the Exchange Act or required to be registered pursuant to Section 15(a) of the
Exchange Act.;
(xi) Each of the Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title
to the properties and assets, as described in the Prospectus, owned by them, free and clear of all
liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are described in the
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Prospectus or are not material in relation to the business of the Company, the Partnership and
the Subsidiaries. The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries have valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases for the properties described in the Prospectus as leased by the Company, the
Partnership and the Subsidiaries with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with
the use made and proposed to be made of such properties by the Company, the Partnership and the
Subsidiaries. No tenant under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company, the Partnership or
any of the Subsidiaries lease their properties has an option or right of first refusal to purchase
the premises demised under such lease. The use and occupancy of each of the properties of the
Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries complies in all material respects with all applicable
codes and zoning laws and regulations; such counsel does not have knowledge of any pending or
threatened condemnation or zoning change that will in any material respect affect the size of, use
of, improvement of, construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company, the
Partnership and the Subsidiaries;
(xii) The Company, the Partnership and the Subsidiaries hold all material valid and current
licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits from governmental authorities which are
necessary to conduct their businesses and are in compliance with the terms and conditions of such
licenses, certificates, authorizations and permits; and such counsel does not have knowledge of any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of or non compliance with any such
permits, licenses, authorizations or certificates that, if determined adversely to the Company, the
Partnership or any Subsidiary, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(xiii) The Partnership Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered
by the general partner and constitutes a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against the
general partner in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general
principles of equity.
(xiv) The shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
(xv) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with,
any court or other governmental authority or agency, is required for the Company’s execution,
delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby and by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as required under the
Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the FINRA.
(xvi) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the best knowledge
of such counsel, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity
or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering
contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, except for such rights as have been duly waived.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public or certified
public accountants for the Company and representatives of UBS at which the contents of the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
and any supplements or amendments thereto, and related matters were
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discussed and, although such counsel is not
passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
including the documents incorporated by reference therein (other than as specified above), and any
supplements or amendments thereto, on the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to their
attention which would lead them to believe that
(i) the Registration Statement or any amendments thereto, at the time the Registration
Statement or such amendments became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus, as of its date or at the date of this
Opinion contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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;
(ii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, or any Subsequent Closing
Date, as the case may be, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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;
(iii) the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted 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,
it being understood that such counsel need express no belief as to the financial statements or
schedules or other financial data derived therefrom, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application
of laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the
New York Corporation Law or the federal law of the United States, to the extent they deem proper
and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion (which shall be dated the date of this Opinion,
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to UBS, shall expressly state that UBS may rely on such
opinion as if it were addressed to them and shall be furnished to UBS) of other counsel of good
standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for UBS; provided,
however, that such counsel shall further state that they believe that they and UBS are justified in
relying upon such opinion of other counsel, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem
proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
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XXXXXXX X-0
Form of Opinion of Special Maryland Counsel for the Company
Opinion of special Maryland counsel for the Company to be delivered pursuant to Section 5(d)
of the Underwriting Agreement.
(1) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation under the Maryland General Corporation Law and is in good standing with
the Department and has full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as
described in the Charter and to enter into and perform its obligations under the
Underwriting Agreement.
(2) The Company has the number of authorized shares of capital stock as set
forth in the Disclosure Package under the heading “Capitalization”; all of the
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued; and all of the of capital stock of the Company
indicated as issued and outstanding in the Disclosure Package under the heading
“Capitalization” are fully paid and nonassessable, and none was issued in violation
of any preemptive or other similar rights arising under the Charter or the Maryland
General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”). The Shares have been duly authorized for
issuance and sale by the Company and, when issued and sold pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable, and none of the Shares will have been issued in violation of any
preemptive or other similar rights arising under the Charter or the MGCL. The
authorized and issued, and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and
the Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained
under the captions “Description of Capital Stock”, Description of Common Stock” and
“Description of Preferred Stock” in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and
the Disclosure Package.
(3) The form of stock certificate used to evidence the Shares is in due and
proper form and complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory
requirements and with any applicable requirements of the Charter and the Bylaws.
(4) The statements made in the Prospectus under the captions “Risk Factors –
Maryland business statutes may limit the ability of a third party to acquire control
of us,” “Risk Factors – Limitations on the ownership of our common stock and our
Shareholder Rights Plan may preclude its acquisition or change of control of our
company,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description of Common Stock,”
“Description of Preferred Stock,” and “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and Our
Charter and Bylaws,” and in Part II, Item 15 of the Registration Statement, to the
extent that they constitute summaries of the Charter or Bylaws or matters of Maryland law or Maryland
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legal conclusions, have been
reviewed by us and are accurate in all material respects.
(5) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company; the execution, delivery, and performance of
the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions
of, or constitute a default under (a) any Maryland statute, (b) the Charter or the
Bylaws, or (c) to our knowledge, any Maryland rule or regulation or any order of any
Maryland court, governmental agency, or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its properties or other assets; and no consent, approval, authorization,
notice to, order of, or filing with any Maryland court or Maryland governmental
agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Underwriting Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the Shares by
the Company.
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EXHIBIT B
April __, 2009
UBS Securities LLC
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Re: Parkway Properties, Inc. (the “Company”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of common stock of
the Company (“Common Stock”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Common Stock. The Company proposes to carry out a public offering of Common
Stock (the “Offering”) for which you will act as the Underwriter. The undersigned
recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company.
The undersigned acknowledges that you are relying on the representations and agreements of the
undersigned contained in this letter in carrying out the Offering and in entering into an
underwriting agreement with the Company with respect to the Offering (the “Underwriting
Agreement”).
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will
not, (and will cause any spouse or immediate family member of the spouse or the undersigned
living in the undersigned’s household not to), without the prior written consent of UBS
Securities LLC (“UBS”) (which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion), directly
or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation
any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” or liquidate or
decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise dispose of or
transfer (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to,
result in the disposition of) including the filing (or participation in the filing of) of a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, any shares of
Common Stock, options or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock, or securities exchangeable
or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock currently or hereafter owned
either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3
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under the Exchange Act) by the undersigned (or such spouse or family member), or publicly
announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and
continuing through the close of trading on the date 60 days after the public offering date set
forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Common Stock (the “Lock-Up Period”). The
foregoing sentence shall not apply to (i) the transfer of any or all of the shares of Common
Stock owned by the undersigned, either during his or her lifetime or on death, by gift, will or
intestate succession to the immediate family of the undersigned or to a trust the beneficiaries
of which are exclusively the undersigned and/or a member or members of his or her immediate
family (for purposes of this agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood,
marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin) or (ii) any bona fide gifts to any
charitable organization; provided, however, that in any such case it shall be a pre-condition to
such transfer that (a) the transferee or donee executes and delivers to UBS a lock-up agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to UBS, (b) no filing by any party (transferor, transferee,
donor or donee) under the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in
connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5, Schedule 13D or
Schedule 13G (or 13D A or 13G A) made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period), (c) each
party (transferor, transferee, donor or donee) shall not be required by law (including without
limitation the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and the Exchange Act) to make, and shall agree to not voluntarily
make, any public announcement of the transfer or disposition and (d) the undersigned notifies
UBS at least three business days prior to the proposed transfer or disposition.
In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of UBS, it will
not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the
registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock.
If (i) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event
relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) prior to
the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings
results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the
restrictions imposed by this agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the
18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of
the material news or material event, unless UBS waives, in writing, such extension. The
undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to
provide written notice of any event that would result in an extension of the Lock-Up Period
pursuant to the previous paragraph to the undersigned (in accordance with Section 15 of the
Underwriting Agreement) and agrees that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to
have given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned hereby further agrees that,
prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of
this agreement during the period from the date of this agreement to and including the 34th day
following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the
Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received
written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as such may have been extended
pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired. The undersigned also agrees and consents to
the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s
transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of shares of Common Stock or
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securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock
held by the undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration rights relating
to registration under the Securities Act of any Common Stock owned either of record or
beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Offering.
This agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective
successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned.
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