Exhibit 10.11
GRAMERCY CAPITAL
CORP.
1,000,000 SHARES
CONTROLLED EQUITY
OFFERING SM
SALES AGREEMENT
May 10, 2006
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO.
110 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
GRAMERCY CAPITAL CORP., a Maryland
corporation (the “ Company ”), GKK
Capital LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “
Operating Partnership ”), and GKK Manager, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company and the manager of the Company
and the Operating Partnership (together with its affiliates, the
“ Manager ”) confirms their respective
agreements (this “ Agreement ”) with
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“ CF&Co
”), as follows:
1. Issuance
and Sale of Shares . The Company agrees that, from time to time
during the term of this Agreement, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, it may issue and sell through
CF&Co, acting as agent and/or principal, (a) up to
1,000,000 shares (the “
Shares ”) of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
“ Common
Stock ”). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, and provided that
CF&Co complies with the Placement Notice (as defined herein),
the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitation set
forth in this Section 1 on the number and aggregate
market value of Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall
be the sole responsibility of the Company, and CF&Co shall have
no obligation in connection with such compliance. The issuance and
sale of Shares through CF&Co will be effected pursuant to the
Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company and
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”), although nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to
use the Registration Statement to issue Common Stock.
The Company filed
on August 31, 2005, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the “
Securities Act
”), with
the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-1280130), including a base prospectus, relating to
certain securities, including the Shares to be issued from time to
time by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents
that the Company has filed or will file in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
“ Exchange
Act ”). The Company has
prepared a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Shares (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) to the base
prospectus included as part of such registration statement. The
Company has furnished to CF&Co, for use by CF&Co, copies of
the prospectus
included as part
of such registration statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement, relating to the Shares. Except where the context
otherwise requires, such registration statement, as amended when it
became effective, including all documents filed as part thereof or
incorporated by reference therein, and including any information
contained in a Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act and also including any other registration statement
filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
collectively, are herein called the “ Registration Statement ,” and the base
prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by
reference, included in the Registration Statement, as it may be
supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which
such prospectus and/or Prospectus Supplement have most recently
been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with any
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule
433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ ARule 433 ”), relating to the
Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the
Company or (ii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule
433(d)(5)(i), in each case in the form filed or required to be
filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the
form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule
433(g), is herein called the “ Prospectus .” Any reference herein
to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein, and any reference
herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing after the execution hereof of any document with the
Commission deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For
purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto
shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Commission
pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval
System (“ EDGAR ”).
2.
Placements . Each time that the Company wishes to issue and
sell Shares hereunder (each, a “ Placement ”), it will notify
CF&Co by email notice (or other method mutually agreed to in
writing by the Parties) containing the parameters in accordance
with which it desires the Shares to be sold, which shall at a
minimum include the number of Shares (the “
Placement Shares
”) to be
issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be
made, any limitation on the number of Shares that may be sold in
any one day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made
(a “ Placement
Notice ”), a form of which
containing such minimum sales parameters necessary is attached
hereto as Schedule
1 .
The Placement Notice shall originate from any of the individuals
from the Company set forth on Schedule 3 (with a copy to each of the
other individuals from the Company listed on such schedule), and
shall be addressed to each of the individuals from CF&Co set
forth on Schedule
3 ,
as such Schedule
3 may
be amended from time to time. The Placement Notice shall be
effective upon receipt by CF&Co unless and until (i) in
accordance with the notice requirements set forth in
Section 4 , CF&Co declines to accept the terms
contained therein for any reason, in its sole discretion,
(ii) the entire amount of the Placement Shares have been sold,
(iii) in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in
Section 4 , the Company suspends or terminates the
Placement Notice, (iv) the Company issues a subsequent
Placement Notice with parameters superseding those on the earlier
dated Placement Notice, or (iv) the Agreement has been
terminated under the provisions of Section 10 .
The amount of any discount, commission or other compensation
to be paid by the Company to CF&Co in connection with the sale
of the Placement Shares shall be calculated in accordance with the
terms set forth in Schedule 2 . It is expressly acknowledged
and agreed that neither the Company nor CF&Co will have any
obligation whatsoever with respect to a Placement or any Placement
Shares unless and until the Company delivers a Placement Notice to
CF&Co and CF&Co does not decline such Placement Notice
pursuant to the terms set forth above, and then only upon the terms
specified therein and herein. In the event of
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a conflict
between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Placement
Notice, the terms of the Placement Notice will control.
3. Sale of
Placement Shares by CF&Co. Subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, upon the Company’s issuance of a
Placement Notice, and unless the sale of the Placement Shares
described therein has been declined, suspended, or otherwise
terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
CF&Co, for the period specified in the Placement Notice, will
use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal
trading and sales practices to sell such Placement Shares up to the
amount specified, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of
such Placement Notice. CF&Co will provide written confirmation
to the Company no later than the opening of the Trading Day (as
defined below) immediately following the Trading Day on which it
has made sales of Placement Shares hereunder setting forth the
number of Placement Shares sold on such day, the compensation
payable by the Company to CF&Co pursuant to Section 2 with
respect to such sales, and the Net Proceeds (as defined below)
payable to the Company, with an itemization of the deductions made
by CF&Co (as set forth in Section 5(a)) from the gross
proceeds that it receives from such sales. After consultation to
the Company and subject to the terms of the Placement Notice,
CF&Co may sell Placement Shares by any method permitted by law
deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in
Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including without limitation
sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange (the
“ Exchange ”), on any other
existing trading market for the Common Stock or to or through a
market maker. After consultation with the Company and subject to
the terms of the Placement Notice, CF&Co may also sell
Placement Shares in privately negotiated transactions. The Company
acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance
that CF&Co will be successful in selling Placement Shares, and
(ii) CF&Co will incur no liability or obligation to the
Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Placement
Shares for any reason other than a failure by CF&Co to use its
commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading
and sales practices to sell such Placement Shares as required under
this Section 3 . For the purposes hereof,
“ Trading
Day ” means any day on
which Common Stock is purchased and sold on the principal market on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted.
4. Suspension
of Sales . The Company or CF&Co may, upon notice to the
other party in writing (including by email correspondence to each
of the individuals of the other Party set forth on
Schedule 3,
if receipt of
such correspondence is actually acknowledged by any of the
individuals to whom the notice is sent, other than via auto-reply)
or by telephone (confirmed immediately by verifiable facsimile
transmission or email correspondence to each of the individuals of
the other Party set forth on Schedule 3 ), suspend any sale of
Placement Shares; provided, however , that such suspension
shall not affect or impair either party’s obligations with
respect to any Placement Shares sold hereunder prior to the receipt
of such notice. Except as set forth in Section 11
herein, each of the Parties agrees that no such notice under this
Section 4 shall be effective against the other unless
it is made to one of the individuals named on
Schedule 3
hereto, as such
Schedule may be amended from time to time.
5.
Settlement .
(a)
Settlement of Placement Shares . Unless otherwise specified
in the applicable Placement Notice, settlement for sales of
Placement Shares will occur on the third (3 rd ) Trading Day (or such
earlier day as is industry practice for regular-way
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trading)
following the date on which such sales are made (each, a
“ Settlement
Date ”). The amount of
proceeds to be delivered to the Company on a Settlement Date
against receipt of the Placement Shares sold (the “
Net Proceeds
”) will be
equal to the aggregate sales price received by CF&Co at which
such Placement Shares were sold, after deduction for
(i) CF&Co’s commission, discount or other
compensation for such sales payable by the Company pursuant to
Section 2 hereof, (ii) any other amounts due and
payable by the Company to CF&Co hereunder pursuant to
Section 7(g) (Expenses) hereof, and
(iii) any transaction fees imposed by any governmental or
self-regulatory organization in respect of such sales.
(b)
Delivery of Placement Shares . On or before each Settlement
Date, the Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to,
electronically transfer the Placement Shares being sold by
crediting CF&Co’s or its designee’s account at The
Depository Trust Company through its Deposit and Withdrawal at
Custodian System or by such other means of delivery as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto which in all cases shall
be freely tradeable, transferable, registered shares in good
deliverable form. On each Settlement Date, CF&Co will deliver
the related Net Proceeds in same day funds to an account designated
by the Company on, or prior to, the Settlement Date. The Company
agrees that if the Company defaults in its obligation to deliver
Placement Shares on a Settlement Date, the Company agrees that in
addition to and in no way limiting the rights and obligations set
forth in Section 9(a) (Indemnification and
Contribution) hereto, it will (i) hold CF&Co harmless
against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including reasonable
out-of-pocket fees and expenses of external counsel), as incurred,
arising out of or in connection with such default by the Company
and (ii) pay to CF&Co any commission, discount, or other
compensation to which it would otherwise have been entitled absent
such default.
6.
Representations and Warranties .
(a) The
Company and the Operating Partnership each severally represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, CF&Co that as of the date of this
Agreement and as of each Representation Date (as defined in
Section 7(m) below) on which a certificate is
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(m) of this
Agreement and as of each Applicable Time, as the case may
be:
(1)
Registration
Statement and Prospectus . The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The
Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has
been declared effective under the Securities Act. The Registration
Statement or Prospectus has named CF&Co as an underwriter,
acting as principal and/or agent that the Company might engage in
the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” The
Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the
Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Registration
Statement, or threatening or instituting proceedings for that
purpose. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and
any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated
by
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reference therein
that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this
Agreement have been delivered, or made available through EDGAR, to
CF&Co and their counsel. The Company has not distributed and
will not distribute any offering material in connection with the
offering or sale of the Placement Shares other than the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus. The Common Stock is
currently listed on the Exchange under the trading symbol
“GKK.”
(2)
No
Misstatement or Omission . The Registration Statement,
at each deemed effective date with respect to CF&Co pursuant to
Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
did not, or 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. The
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date
thereof at each Applicable Time and at Settlement Date, did not or
will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or
omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, information furnished to the Company by CF&Co
specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
(3)
Company
Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement and the
transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly
authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Company.
(4)
Operating
Partnership Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement and the
transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly
authorized by the Operating Partnership and this Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by the Operating
Partnership.
(5)
Authorization
of Management Agreement and Origination Agreement
. The amended and
restated management agreement (the “ Management Agreement ”), effective as of
April 19, 2006, among the Company, the Operating Partnership
and the Manager has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and constitutes a
valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the
Operating Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles. The amended and restated origination agreement (the
“ Origination
Agreement ”), effective as of
April 19, 2006, among the Company, the Operating Partnership
and SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. has been
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duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating
Partnership and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each
of the Company and the Operating Partnership enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by
general equitable principles.
(6)
Financial
Statements . The financial statements of
the Company and its subsidiaries, together with the related
schedules (if any) and notes (the “ Company Financial Statements
”), and any
financial statements required by Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X
(the “ Acquisition
Financial Statements ”), included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the
financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
at the dates indicated, or with respect to the Acquisition
Financial Statements, the respective property or tenant; and all
such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as otherwise noted
herein) throughout the periods involved and comply with all
applicable accounting requirements under the Securities Act. The
supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration
Statement present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the information
required to be stated therein. There are no financial statements or
schedules required to be included in the Prospectus which are not
so included. The unaudited pro forma financial information
(including the related notes) included in the Prospectus and any
preliminary Prospectus complies as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act,
and management of the Company believes that the assumptions
underlying the pro forma adjustments are reasonable. Such pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in
the compilation of the information and such information fairly
presents with respect to the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, the financial position, results of operations and
other information purported to be shown therein at the respective
dates and for the respective periods specified. No pro forma
financial information is required to be included in the Prospectus
which is not so included.
(7)
No Material
Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendments or
supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement),
except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective
material adverse change in the operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, the Operating Partnership, considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business (a
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“
Material Adverse
Effect ”), and (B) since
the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent, which are material to the
Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, except
for liabilities or obligations which are described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(8)
Good Standing
of the Company and the Operating Partnership
. The Company
has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter
into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the
Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing
as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and has authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is
in good standing in the State of New York and in each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business, except (solely in the case of jurisdictions other than
the State of New York) where the failure so to qualify or to be in
good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(9)
The
Partnership Agreement . The Third Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating
Partnership (the “ Partnership Agreement ”) has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a
valid and binding agreement, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by
general equitable principles. The Partnership Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the other parties thereto and, to
the Company’s knowledge, is a valid and binding agreement
enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable
principles.
(10)
Good Standing
of Subsidiaries . Each subsidiary of the
Company listed on Exhibit A hereto has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited or
general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may
be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has power and authority to conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation, limited or
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general
partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all of the issued
and outstanding stock of each such subsidiary that is a
corporation, all of the issued and outstanding partnership
interests of each such subsidiary that is a limited or general
partnership and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability
company interests, membership interests or other similar interests
of each such subsidiary that is a limited liability company have
been duly authorized and validly issued, and, in the case of each
subsidiary that is a corporation, are fully paid and nonassessable
and are owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly
or indirectly, free and clear of any lien; and none of the
outstanding shares of stock, partnership interests or limited
liability company interests, membership interests or other similar
interests of any such subsidiary was issued in violation of any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights
of any securityholder of such subsidiary or any other person. The
only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed
on Exhibit A
hereto and
Exhibit A accurately sets forth
whether each such subsidiary is a corporation, limited or general
partnership or limited liability company and the jurisdiction of
organization of each such subsidiary and, in the case of any
subsidiary which is a partnership or limited liability company, its
general partners and managing members, respectively. Any
subsidiaries of the Company which are “significant
subsidiaries” as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X
are listed on Exhibit A hereto under the caption
“Significant Subsidiaries.”
(11)
Capitalization
. The authorized,
issued and outstanding stock of the Company is as set forth under
the caption “Capitalization” in the Prospectus. The
issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable; and none of the outstanding shares of stock of the
Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of
first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company or any other person. The authorized, issued and outstanding
units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership,
including the Class B Limited Partner interests (the
“ OP
Units ”), have been duly
authorized and validly issued; and all of such OP Units have been
sold in compliance with applicable laws (including, without
limitation, federal and state securities laws).
(12)
Authorization
of Securities . The Placement Shares have
been duly authorized for issuance and sale to CF&Co pursuant to
this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company
pursuant to this
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Agreement against
payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable; no holder of the Placement
Shares is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of
being such a holder; and the issuance of the Placement Shares is
not subject to any preemptive right, right of first refusal or
other similar right of any securityholder of the Company or any
other person, except for the rights of SL Green Realty Corp.
(“ SL
Green ”) pursuant to the
Origination Agreement, as described in the Prospectus.
(13)
Absence of
Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership nor any of their respective subsidiaries is
in violation of its Organizational Documents or in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any Company Document, except for such
defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance
and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the
sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the
caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by each of
the Company and the Operating Partnership with its obligations
under this Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective
subsidiaries pursuant to any Company Documents, nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the
Organizational Documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership
or any of their respective subsidiaries or any applicable law,
statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or
operations.
(14)
Absence of
Proceedings . There is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending,
against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
of their respective subsidiaries or which has as a subject thereof,
any officer or director of the Company in their capacity as such or
as would otherwise be required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.
To the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, there
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or
brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, threatened, against or affecting the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries
except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect or which has as
a subject thereof, any officer or director of the Company in their
capacity as such or as would otherwise be required to be disclosed
in the Prospectus.
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(15)
Independent
Public Accountant . Ernst & Young LLP
( “ E&Y
” ),
who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act.
(16)
Accuracy of
Descriptions and Exhibits . The information in the
Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common
Stock,” “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our
Charter and Bylaws,” “The Operating Partnership
Agreement” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax
Considerations” is correct in all material respects; all
descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus of
any Company Documents are accurate in all material respects; and
there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of
trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures,
evidences of indebtedness, leases or other instruments or
agreements required to be described or referred to in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits
to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and
filed as required. The statistical and market-related data included
in the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the
Company and the Operating Partnership believe to be reliable and
accurate.
(17)
Possession of
Intellectual Property . The Company, the Operating
Partnership and their respective subsidiaries own or possess or
have the right to use on reasonable terms all patents, patent
rights, patent applications, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names
and other intellectual property (collectively, “
Intellectual Property
”)
necessary to carry on their respective businesses as described in
the Prospectus and as proposed to be conducted; and neither the
Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their respective
subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with
respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or
circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid
or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy,
individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(18)
Absence of
Further Requirements . (A) No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency, domestic or foreign, (B) no authorization, approval,
vote or other consent of any stockholder or creditor of the Company
or the Operating Partnership, (C) no waiver or consent under
any Company Document, and (D) no authorization,
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approval, vote or
other consent of any other person or entity, is necessary or
required for the performance by the Company or the Operating
Partnership of their respective obligations under this Agreement,
for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities
hereunder, or for the consummation of any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, in each case on the terms
contemplated by the Prospectus, except such as have been already
obtained under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or such as
may be required under state securities laws.
(19)
Possession of
Licenses and Permits . The Company, the Operating
Partnership and their respective subsidiaries possess such permits,
licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory
agencies or bodies (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) as are necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its
subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in
full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such
Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses
to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any
of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if
the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(20)
Absence of
Registration Rights . Except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other
similar rights to have any securities (debt or equity)
(A) registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or
included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or
(B) otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act.
There are no persons with tag-along rights or other similar rights
to have any securities (debt or equity) included in the offering
contemplated by this Agreement or sold in connection with the sale
of Securities by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement.
(21)
Joint
Ventures . All of the joint ventures
in which the Company or any subsidiary owns any interest (the
“ Joint
Ventures ”) are listed
in Exhibit B
hereto.
(22)
1934 Act
Registration; New York Stock Exchange . The Common Stock has been
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act. The
outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Securities being sold
hereunder will have been approved for listing, subject only to
official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.
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(23)
NASD
Matters . All of the information
(including, but not limited to, information regarding affiliations,
security ownership and trading activity) provided to CF&Co or
to counsel for CF&Co by the Company, its officers and directors
and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to
acquire any securities of the Company in connection with letters,
filings or other supplemental information provided to NASD
Regulation Inc. pursuant to NASD Conduct Rule 2710 or 2720 is
true, complete and correct.
(24)
Insurance
. The Company,
the Operating Partnership and each of their respective subsidiaries
are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility
against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent
and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all
policies of insurance and any fidelity or surety bonds insuring the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective
subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees,
officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company,
the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all
material respects; there are no claims by the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries under
any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is
denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights
clause; neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any such
subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor
any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be
able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar
insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost
that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(25)
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures . The Company and the
Operating Partnership have established and maintain disclosure
controls and procedures (as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that (i) are
designed to ensure that material information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including the Company’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, particularly
during the preparation of the reports that it files or submits
under the Exchange Act; and (ii) are effective to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Commission’s rules and
forms.
(26)
Accounting
Controls . The Company and its
subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial
reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that financial
reporting is reliable and financial
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statements for
external purposes are prepared in accordance with GAAP and includes
policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of
records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
(ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in accordance with GAAP, and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.
(27)
Absence of
Manipulation . Each of the Company and the
Operating Partnership has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(28)
ERISA . Except as set forth in the
Company’s financial statements, each of the Company and the
Operating Partnership does not have any material liabilities under
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time
(29)
REIT
Status . Commencing with its taxable
year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized
and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a real estate investment trust (“
REIT ”) under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (collectively, the “
Code ”), and the
Company’s current and proposed method of operations as
described in the Prospectus will enable it to continue to meet the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the
Code.
(30)
Tax
Returns . All tax returns required to
be filed as of the date hereof by the Company and each of is
subsidiaries have been timely filed (or valid extensions to such
filings have been obtained), all such tax returns are true, correct
and complete in all material respects, and all material taxes and
other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or
through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such
entities have been paid, other than those being contested in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been
provided.
(31)
Related Party
Transactions . There are no business
relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company,
the Operating Partnership or the Manager required to be described
in the Prospectus which have not been so described as
required.
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(32)
No Unlawful
Contributions or Other Payments . Neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership nor any subsidiary nor, to the best of the
Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company,
the Operating Partnership or any subsidiary, has made any
contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for,
any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of
the character required to be disclosed in the
Prospectus.
(33)
Investment
Company Act . The Company is not, and
upon the issuance and sale of the Placement Shares, as herein
contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as
described in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company,” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “
Investment Company Act
”).
(34)
Brokers and
Finders . Neither the Company, the
Operating Partnership nor any subsidiary has incurred any liability
for a fee, commission or other compensation on account of the
employment of a broker or finder in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than as
contemplated hereby.
(35)
No Prohibition
on Subsidiaries from Paying Dividends or Making Other
Distributions . No subsidiary is currently
prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to
the Company, from making any other distribution on such
subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests, from
repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary
from the Company or from transferring any of such
subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other
Subsidiary.
(36)
Title to Real
and Personal Property . The Company and its
subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, have (or in the
case of a Joint Venture, such limited partnership, limited
liability company or other joint venture entity has) good and
marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest
in, any real property currently leased or owned or controlled by
them, or to be leased or owned or to be controlled by them
(collectively, the “ Real Property ”) and good
and marketable title to any and all personal property owned by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the business
of the Company or the Operating Partnership, in each case free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except as described
in the Prospectus or such as would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property,
buildings and equipment held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases (the “ Leases ”) with such
exceptions as are disclosed in the Prospectus or such as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
received notice of any claim that has been or may be
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asserted by
anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary with
respect to any such Real Properties, personal property or Leases or
affecting or questioning the rights of the Company to the continued
ownership, lease, possession or occupancy of such Real Properties,
personal property or Leases, except for such claims that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no person or entity, including,
without limitation, any tenant under the leases, if any, for the
Real Properties has an option or right of first refusal or any
other right to purchase any of such Real Properties, except as
disclosed in the Prospectus; (iv) all of the Leases are in
full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force
or effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the payment of
any amounts due under any such Leases or in any other default
thereunder and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
knows or an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of
notice or both, would constitute a default under any such Lease,
except such defaults that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company or its subsidiaries, threatened condemnation, zoning
change, or other proceeding or action that would in any manner
affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on or
access to any Real Property, except such proceedings or actions
that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(37)
Title
Insurance . The Company and its
subsidiaries or as applicable, a Joint Venture, has either
(i) an owner’s or leasehold title insurance policy, from
a title insurance company licensed to issue such policy, on any
Real Property, that insures the fee or leasehold interest, as the
case may be, which policies include only commercially reasonable
exceptions, and with coverages in amounts at least equal to amounts
that the Company believes are generally commercially reasonable in
the markets where the Real Properties are located or (ii) with
respect to mortgage loans extended by the Company and its
subsidiaries, the Company or its subsidiary has one or more
lender’s title insurance policies insuring the lien of the
mortgages encumbering the real property underlying such loans with
coverages, in the aggregate, equal to at least the maximum
aggregate principal amount of such loan.
(38)
Compliance
with Environmental Laws . Except to an extent that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in
the Prospectus: (i) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other owners
of the Real Property at any time, or to the knowledge of the
Company, any other party has at any time, handled, stored, treated,
transported, manufactured, spilled, leaked, or
discharged,
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dumped,
transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous
Materials (as hereinafter defined) on, to or from any Real
Property, other than by any such action taken in material
compliance with all applicable Environmental Statutes (as
hereinafter defined) or by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or
any other party in connection with the ordinary use of residential,
retail or commercial properties owned by the Company or any
subsidiary; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries do not
intend to use the Real Property or any subsequently acquired
properties for the purpose of handling, storing, treating,
transporting, manufacturing, spilling, leaking, discharging,
dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with
Hazardous Materials other than by any such action taken in material
compliance with all applicable Environmental Statues or by the
Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any other party in connection with the ordinary use of
residential, retail or commercial properties owned by the Company
or any subsidiary; (iii) the Company and the Operating
Partnership do not know of any seepage, leak, discharge, release,
emission, spill, or dumping of Hazardous Materials from the Real
Property into waters on or adjacent to the Real Property or from
the Real Property onto any real property owned or occupied by any
other party, or onto lands from which Hazardous Materials might
seep, flow or drain into such waters other than in material
compliance with Environmental Statutes; (iv) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of, or
has knowledge of, any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice
or passage of time or both, would give rise to a claim under or
pursuant to any U.S. federal, state or local environmental statute
or regulation or under common law, pertaining to Hazardous
Materials on or originating from any of the Real Property or
arising out of the conduct of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, including without limitation a claim under or
pursuant to any Environmental Statute (as hereinafter defined); and
(v) neither the Real Property is included nor, to the
Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, is
proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued
pursuant to CERCLA (as hereinafter defined) by United States
Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) or, to the
Company’s or to the Operating Partnership’s knowledge,
proposed for inclusion on any similar list or inventory issued
pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or issued by any other
governmental authority.
As used herein,
“ Hazardous
Materials ” shall include,
without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive
materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances,
or related materials, asbestos or any hazardous material as defined
by any U.S. federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance,
rule or regulation including without limitation the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 9601-9675
(“ CERCLA
”), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C.
Sections 1801-1819, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 6901-6992K, the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.
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Sections
11001-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections
2601-2671, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act,
7 U.S.C. Sections 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections
7401-7642, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control
Act), 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42
U.S.C. Sections 300f-330j-26, and the Occupational Safety and
Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Sections 651-678, as any of the above
statutes may be amended from time to time, and in the regulations
promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing (individually, an
“ Environmental
Statute ”) or by any
governmental authority.
(39)
Compliance
with ADA . The Company and its
subsidiaries and each Real Property are currently in compliance
with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, as amended, except for any such non-compliance
that would not, individually or in aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(40)
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act .
The Company and each of the Company’s directors and officers,
in their capacities as such, are in full compliance with all
applicable prov
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