Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Agent that as of the date hereof, as of each Representation Date (as defined below) on which a certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(q), and as of the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement:
(a) No order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date of any amendment or supplement and on any Settlement Date, did not, does 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; provided, however, the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information (as defined in Section 9(a) hereof).
(A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act, and (D) as of the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (“Rule 405”)).
(c) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on such automatic shelf registration statement. The Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Placement Shares has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement, as of the date hereof, and any post-effective amendment thereto, as of its applicable effective date and at each deemed effective date with respect to Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and at each Settlement Date, 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; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, 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; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information. The documents incorporated, or to be incorporated, by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time filed with the Commission, complied or will comply, in all respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act.
(d) Other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Agents in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than as referred to in clause (i) below) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Agent. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby), and did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified and, when taken together with the Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, 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; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information.
(e) The Company was not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Placement Shares contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) The Placement Shares have been authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance and the Company is in material compliance with the rules of the NYSE, including, without limitation, the requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock, the Company's 9.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), the Company's 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), the Company's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), and the Series D Preferred Stock on the NYSE, and there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened or contemplated, and the Company has not received any notice from the NYSE regarding the revocation of such listing or otherwise regarding the delisting of shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock or Series D Preferred Stock from the NYSE.
(g) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no contracts or documents of a character which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement other than those that are so filed.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors, or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date of the Prospectus, except as has been disclosed to the Representatives in writing.
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, has the corporate power and authority to own and lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, management, results of operations or prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), taken as a whole, or (ii) prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect, prevention, interference or result described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) being herein referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”).
(j) The Operating Partnership has been duly organized, is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware has the full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Each “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the Company other than the Operating Partnership (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued shares of capital stock, units of limited partnership interest and units of membership interest of each Subsidiary of the Company or the Operating Partnership have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with applicable securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, units of limited partnership interest and units of membership interest of each Subsidiary are owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, free and clear of all security interests, liens, mortgages, encumbrances, pledges, claims or other defects of any kind (collectively, “Liens”). Schedule 3 hereto specifically identifies all subsidiaries of the Company that are “significant subsidiaries” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.
(l) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and all corporate action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly taken.
(m) The Operating Partnership has the partnership power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and all limited partnership action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly taken.
(n) The Articles Supplementary to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation setting forth the terms of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Articles Supplementary”) have been duly authorized and duly executed by the Company and accepted for record with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the “SDAT”).
(o) The statements in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common and Preferred Stock,” “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and Our Charter and Bylaws,” “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations,” and “Plan of Distribution” insofar as such statements summarize agreements, documents or governmental proceedings discussed therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries of such agreements, documents or governmental proceedings in all material respects.
(p) The authorized and outstanding capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to (i) this Agreement, (ii) pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans or dividend reinvestment or stock purchase plans referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (iii) pursuant to the exercise, redemption, or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities, options or warrants referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including OP Units or (iv) unregistered issuances not required to be disclosed pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder). The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common and Preferred Stock.”
(q) The Common Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock conform and will conform as to legal matters to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common and Preferred Stock.”
(r) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) or other ownership interests in the Operating Partnership are outstanding.
(s) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(t) The Placement Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Placement Shares will not be subject to or in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. Upon payment of the purchase price and issuance and delivery of the Placement Shares to be issued and sold by the Company in accordance herewith, the purchasers thereof will receive good, valid and marketable title to such Placement Shares, free and clear of all Liens. The certificates, if any, to be used to evidence the Placement Shares will be in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement and will be in proper form and will comply in all material respects with all applicable legal requirements, the requirements of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended or supplemented through the date hereof (the “Charter”), and Bylaws, as amended, of the Company and the requirements of the NYSE.
(u) The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles Supplementary, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock will not be subject to
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholders (a) The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Underwriter as follows:
(i) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement complied, and on the date of the Prospectus, on the date any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective, on the date any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission and on each Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) will comply, in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Rules;
(ii) The documents that are incorporated by reference in the preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus or from which information is so incorporated by reference, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, except as amended and superseded by statements made in the Registration Statement; and any documents so filed and incorporated by reference subsequent to the Effective Date shall, when they are filed with the Commission, conform 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 promulgated under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable.
(iii) The consolidated financial statements of the Company (including all notes and schedules thereto) included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus present fairly the financial position, the results of operations and cash flows and the stockholders' equity and the other information purported to be shown therein of the Company and its subsidiaries, listed on Schedule III hereto (the "Subsidiaries"), at the respective dates and for the respective
(iv) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, whose report is filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement, is and, during the periods covered by its reports, was independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules.
(v) The Company has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Subsidiaries have been duly incorporated and are validly existing corporations under the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Other than the Subsidiaries, the Company has no subsidiaries and does not control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other business organization, except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its assets or properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets or properties, business, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect"). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries own, lease or license any material asset or property or conduct any material business outside the United States of America. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries have all requisite corporate power and authority, and all necessary authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental or regulatory bodies or any other person or entity, to own, lease and license their assets and properties and conduct their businesses as now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus except for such authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits the failure to so obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect; no such authorization, approval, consent, order, license, certificate or permit contains a materially burdensome restriction other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and the Company has all such corporate power and authority, and such authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits to enter into, deliver and perform this Agreement and to issue and
(vi) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess adequate and enforceable rights to use all patents, trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, service marks, copyrights, copyright applications, licenses, know-how and other similar rights and proprietary knowledge (collectively, "Intangibles") material to or necessary for the conduct of their business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries have received any notice of, and to their knowledge are not aware of, any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intangibles which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries know of any reasonable basis therefor. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, no Intangibles of the Company or the Subsidiaries are in dispute or are in any conflict with the right of any other person or entity and the Company and each of the Subsidiaries (A) has or will have the right (subject to applicable agreements, which agreements provide for use to the extent necessary and desirable for the conduct of its business as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted) to use, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, pledges, security interests, defects, restrictions or equities of any kind whatsoever all licenses and rights to the Intangibles used in the conduct of their business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted without infringing upon or otherwise acting adversely to the right or claimed right of any other person and (B) is not or will not become, as the case may be, obligated or in any way liable for any payment by way of royalties, fees or otherwise and to any owner or licensee of, or other claimant to, any Intangibles with respect to the use thereof or in connection with the conduct of their business or otherwise, except in each case as disclosed in the Prospectus and except for any such payments, claims, uses, liens, charges, encumbrances, pledges, security interests, defects, restrictions and equities which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to each of the items of personal property which are reflected in the financial statements referred to in Section 4(a)(ii) or are referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being owned by them and valid and enforceable leasehold interests in each of the items of real and personal property which are referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being leased by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects, other than those described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and those which do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(viii) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation before any court or before or by any public body or board pending or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened (and the Company does not know of any reasonable basis therefor) against, or involving the assets, properties or business of, the Company or the Subsidiaries which, if adversely determined, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ix) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as described therein, (A) there has not been any material adverse change in the assets or properties, business, results of operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business; (B) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its assets, businesses or properties (whether owned, leased or licensed) 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 (C) since the date of the latest balance sheet included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as reflected therein, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has (x) issued any securities (other than options or shares issued pursuant to exercise of employee stock options or warrants described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus) or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, for borrowed money, except such liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) entered into any transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (z) declared or paid any dividend or made any distribution on any shares of its stock or redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired or agreed to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its stock.
(x) There is no material document or contract of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as required. Each agreement listed in the Exhibits to the Registration Statement is in full force and effect or has terminated in accordance with its terms or by amendment and such amendment has been filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement or has otherwise been provided to the Representatives and, if not so terminated, is valid and enforceable in all material respects by and against the Company or the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by each of the other parties thereto, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) indemnification provisions under Federal and state securities laws; and that the remedy of specific forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and the discretion of the court before which any such action may be brought. Neither the Company, the
(xi) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries is in violation of any term or provision of their respective Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, in each case as amended to the date hereof, or other governing documents, or of any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation, where the consequences of such violation would have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries intends to amend its Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.
(xii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company or the Subsidiaries nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and sale by the Company of the Shares) will give rise to a right to terminate or accelerate the due date of any payment due under, or conflict with or result in the breach of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or require any consent or waiver under, or result in the execution or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its properties or businesses are bound, or any franchise, license, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, except for such consents or waivers which have already been obtained and are in full force and effect or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any United States court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which have not been obtained prior to the date hereof, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws -9- 10 in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(xiii) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company and the capital stock reserved or committed for issuance is as set forth under the caption "Capitalization" in the Prospectus. All of the outstanding shares of Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, none of them was issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar right and, to the Company's knowledge, since 1991, none of them were issued in violation of any Federal or state securities laws. The Shares, when issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, none of them will be issued in violation of any preemptive or other similar right, any contractual right, including, without limitation, rights of first refusal, and, since 1991, none of them were issued in violation of any (subject to compliance with Section 1(c) hereof), Federal or state securities laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and there is no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any shares of Common Stock of the Company or any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, such shares of Stock. The shares of Stock conform in all material respects to all statements in relation thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company has a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Stock to enable the Company to issue, without further stockholder action, or approve all the Shares to be sold by the Company.
(xiv) As of the date hereof, and as of each Closing Date, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are and will be owned by the Company and there is and will be no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue any share of capital stock of the Subsidiaries or any security convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Subsidiaries, except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(xv) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, no holder of any security of the Company has the right to have any security owned by such holder included in the Registration Statement or to demand registration of any security owned by such holder during the period ending 90 days after the date of this Agreement. Each Selling Stockholder and each director and executive officer of the Company has delivered to