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Exhibit 10.2
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.,
EDF DEVELOPMENT INC.
and
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL, SA
December 17, 2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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1.
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Definitions
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2.
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Authorization, Purchase and Sale of
Stock
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2.1
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Authorization
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2.2
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Purchase and Sale of the Preferred
Stock
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2.3
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Closing
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4
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3.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Company
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3.1
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Corporate Existence and Power
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3.2
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Capitalization
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3.3
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Authorization
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3.4
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Valid Issuance
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3.5
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No Conflict
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3.6
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Preference
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3.7
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General Solicitation; No Integration
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3.8
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No Regulatory Approvals
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4.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Purchaser
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4.1
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Organization
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4.2
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Authorization
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4.3
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No Conflict
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4.4
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Purchase Entirely for Own Account
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4.5
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Investor Status
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4.6
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Preferred Stock Not Registered
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5.
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Covenants
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5.1
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Reasonable Best Efforts
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5.2
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Interim Actions
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5.3
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Payments
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5.4
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Tax Treatment of Preferred Stock
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5.5
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Purchaser’s Parent Guarantee
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6.
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Conditions Precedent
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6.1
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Conditions to the Obligations of Each
Party
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6.2
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Conditions to the Obligations of the
Company
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6.3
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Conditions to the Obligations of the
Purchaser
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7.
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Termination
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7.1
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Conditions of Termination
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7.2
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Effect of Termination
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8.
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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8.1
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Public Statements or Releases
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8.2
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Interpretation
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8.3
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Notices
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8.4
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Severability
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8.5
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Governing Law
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8.6
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Waiver
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8.7
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Remedies
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8.8
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Expenses
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8.9
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Successors and Assigns
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8.10
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Third Parties
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8.11
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Counterparts
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8.12
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Entire Agreement; Amendments
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8.13
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Survival
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8.14
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Representation by Counsel; Mutual
Drafting
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A
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Form of 10% Senior Note
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Exhibit B
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Amended and Restated Investor
Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Investor Rights Agreement
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Exhibit D
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Master Agreement
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Exhibit E
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Articles Supplementary
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ii
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 17, 2008 (this "
Agreement "), by and between CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP,
INC., a Maryland corporation (the " Company "), EDF
DEVELOPMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (the " Purchaser ")
and ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE INTERNATIONAL, SA, a
société anonyme organized under the laws of France
and the parent company of Purchaser (" Purchaser’s
Parent ").
WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to 11,600
shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the " Preferred Stock ") which shares may be redeemable
under certain circumstances with one or more 10% Senior Unsecured
Notes of the Company, containing the same terms and conditions as
set forth in the form of note attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the " 10% Senior Notes ").
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, as an investment in
the Company, shares of Preferred Stock, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,
representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement
contained, the parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following respective meanings:
" 10% Senior Notes " shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals.
" Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to
any specified Person shall mean the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlled by" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
" Amended and Restated Investor Agreement " means the
Amended and Restated Investor Agreement dated as of the Closing
Date, by and between the Company and the Purchaser, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
" Board of Directors " means the Board of Directors of
the Company.
" Business Day " means any day other than the days on
which banks in New York, New York or Baltimore, Maryland are
required or authorized to close.
" Company Joint Venture " means any Person that is not a
Company Subsidiary, in which the Company or one or more of the
Company Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any Equity
Interests, other than Equity Interests that represent less than 5%
of each class of the outstanding voting securities or other Equity
Interests of such Person, and in which the invested capital
associated with the Company’s or the Company
Subsidiary’s interest exceeds $100,000,000.
" Company Subsidiary " means a Subsidiary
of the Company.
" Dividend Shares " means shares of Preferred Stock
initially issuable upon any payment-in-kind dividend with respect
to the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3(a) of the
Articles Supplementary.
" Equity Interests " means any share, capital stock,
partnership, membership or similar interests of a Person or any
option therefor.
" Exchange Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
" Governmental Authority " means any nation or government
or any agency, public or regulatory authority, instrumentality,
department, commission, court, arbitrator, ministry, tribunal or
board of any nation or any government or political subdivision
thereof, in each case, whether national, federal, tribal,
provincial, state, regional, local or municipal, or any
self-regulatory organization.
" Investor Rights Agreement " means the Investor Rights
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company
and the Purchaser, in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C .
" Law " means applicable statutes, common law, rules,
ordinances, regulations, codes, licensing requirements, orders,
judgments, injunctions, writs, decrees, licenses, governmental
guidelines or interpretations having the force of law, permits,
rules and bylaws, in each case, of a Governmental Authority.
" Master Agreement " means the Master Put Option and
Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof,
by and among the Company, the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s
Parent and Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC, attached hereto
as Exhibit D , as amended from time to time.
" Material Adverse Effect " means any event, change or
occurrence or development of a set of circumstances or facts,
which, individually or together with any other event, change,
occurrence or development, has a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition or
results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole; provided , however , that the term shall not
include (i) any such effect relating to or resulting from
general changes in the nuclear or electric industry, other than
such effects having a disproportionate impact on the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to similarly
situated Persons, (ii) any such effect resulting from changes
in Law or GAAP (as defined in the Master Agreement), other than (in
the case of changes in Law only) such effects having a
disproportionate impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, as compared to similarly situated Persons, and
(iii) any such effect resulting from changes in financial
markets or general economic conditions, other than such effects
having a disproportionate impact on the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to similarly situated
Persons; provided further , however , that,
notwithstanding any provision of this
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sentence to the contrary, (x) the occurrence
of an Insolvency Event (as defined in the Master Agreement) in
respect of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (y) any
event, change, occurrence or development that would prevent,
materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be deemed to
cause a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, the
term " knowledge " when referring to the knowledge of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall mean the actual
knowledge of the Company officers listed on
Section 4.14(b)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (as
defined in the Master Agreement) after due inquiry.
" Merger Agreement " means the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of September 19, 2008, by and among the
Company, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, an Iowa corporation,
and MEHC Merger Sub Inc., a Maryland corporation.
" Person " means any individual, corporation, company,
limited liability company, partnership, association, trust, joint
venture, group or any other entity or organization, including any
government or political subdivision or any agency or
instrumentality thereof.
" Securities Act " shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
" Subsidiary " means with respect to any Person
(a) any corporation with respect to which such Person,
directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries,
(i) owns more than 50% of the outstanding shares of capital
stock having generally the right to vote in the election of
directors or (ii) has the power, under ordinary circumstances,
to elect, or to direct the election of, a majority of the board of
directors of such corporation; (b) any partnership with
respect to which (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person is a general partner, (ii) such Person and its
Subsidiaries together own more than 50% of the interests therein or
(iii) such Person or its Subsidiaries have the right to
appoint or elect or direct the appointment or election of a
majority of the directors or other Person or body responsible for
the governance or management thereof; (c) any limited
liability company with respect to which (i) such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person is the manager or managing member,
(ii) such Person or its Subsidiaries together own more than
50% of the interests therein or (iii) such Person and its
Subsidiaries have the right to appoint or elect or direct the
appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other
Person or body responsible for the governance or management
thereof; or (d) any other entity in which such Person has,
and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries have, directly or
indirectly, (i) at least a 50% ownership interest or
(ii) the power to appoint or elect or direct the appointment
or election of a majority of the directors or other Person or body
responsible for the governance or management thereof.
" Transaction Agreements " shall mean this Agreement and
the Investor Rights Agreement.
2. Authorization, Purchase and Sale of Stock .
2.1 Authorization . The Company has or, on or before the
Closing Date, will have (i) authorized and created a series of
its preferred stock consisting of 11,600 shares of Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, designated as its "Series B Preferred
Stock" and (ii)
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authorized the issuance of the 10% Senior Notes.
The terms, limitations and relative rights and preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications
and terms and conditions of redemption of the Preferred Stock are
set forth in the Articles Supplementary of the Company, a copy of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit E (the " Articles
Supplementary "), which will be filed by the Company on or
before the Closing Date with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation.
2.2 Purchase and Sale of the Preferred Stock . Subject to
and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at
the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and
the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, 10,000 shares of
Preferred Stock (the " Investment ") at a purchase price of
$100,000 per share.
2.3 Closing . The closing of the purchase and sale of the
Preferred Stock (the " Closing ") shall take place
(i) at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York, 10036 or (ii) at
such other place and at such date and time as the Company and the
Purchaser may agree (the actual date of the Closing, the "
Closing Date "), as soon as reasonably practicable but, in
any event, no later than the first (1st ) Business Day after
the day on which the last condition set forth in Section 6 is
satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their
nature cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to
the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions). At the Closing, the
Company shall deliver to the Purchaser certificates representing
the shares of Preferred Stock against payment by the Purchaser of
$1,000,000,000 by wire transfer of immediately available United
States funds to the Company (the " Purchase Price ").
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The
Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as
follows:
3.1 Corporate Existence and Power . Each of the Company
and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction, except where the
failure to be in good standing has not had, and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted.
3.2 Capitalization .
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
600,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, without par value (the
" Company Common Stock "), and 25,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the " Company
Preferred Stock "). Of the Company Preferred Stock, at the
close of business on December 16, 2008, there were 10,000 shares of
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
outstanding and no shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.
(b) Other than pursuant to this Agreement, no shares of
Preferred Stock have been issued or are outstanding and no shares
of Preferred Stock have been or will be held by the Company in its
treasury.
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(c) As of the date of this Agreement, there are
(A) no options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible or
exchangeable securities, commitments, contracts, arrangements or
undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures is a party or by
which any of them is bound obligating the Company or any of the
Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, shares
of Preferred Stock and (B) no other rights the value of which
is in any way based on or derived from, or that give any person the
right to receive any economic benefit or right similar to or
derived from the economic benefits and rights accruing to holders
of Preferred Stock.
3.3 Authorization . The Company has all requisite
corporate power to enter into the Transaction Agreements and to
carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of the
Transaction Agreements. All corporate action on the part of the
Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the
authorization of the Preferred Stock, and the filing of the
Articles Supplementary, the authorization, execution, delivery and
performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby, including the issuance of
the 10% Senior Notes (the " Transactions ") has been taken.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction
Agreements by the Company and the consummation of the Transactions
do not require any approval of the Company’s stockholders.
Assuming this Agreement constitutes the legal and binding agreement
of the Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance and similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity
principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of
good faith and fair dealing. The transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreements will not result in the Purchaser,
Purchaser’s Parent or any Affiliate of Purchaser’s
Parent becoming an "interested stockholder" (as that term is
defined in the Maryland Business Combination Act) of the Company,
and the Company has provided the Purchaser certified resolutions of
the Board of Directors effecting such action.
3.4 Valid Issuance . The Preferred Stock being purchased
by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement will, upon issuance
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and upon payment therefor,
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
free and clear of preemptive or similar rights, except as set forth
in Section 7.1(i) of the Articles Supplementary. Upon their
issuance in accordance with the terms of the Articles
Supplementary, Dividend Shares will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of preemptive
or similar rights and the 10% Senior Notes will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms. Subject to the accuracy
of the representations made by the Purchaser in Section 4, the
Preferred Stock will be issued to the Purchaser in compliance with
applicable exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act. As of the date hereof, the
Company is eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3
under the Securities Act and is current in its filings with the SEC
under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
3.5 No Conflict . No material consent, approval, order or
authorization from any Person (other than the Purchaser and its
Affiliates) or Governmental Authority that has not
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been obtained is required for the
(i) execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
the Company, (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Stock or
(iii) the issuance of the 10% Senior Notes. The execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements by the
Company and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated
hereby will not (i) conflict with or result in any violation
of any provision of the charter or bylaws of the Company,
(ii) any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company, the Company Subsidiaries, the Company Joint Ventures or
their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is
bound or to which any of their properties is subject or
(iii) conflict with or violate any applicable Law, other than,
in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 Preference . The Company has no authorized or
outstanding class of securities ranking as to di
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