Exhibit 1.1
D IGITAL R EALTY T RUST , I NC .
3,300,000 Shares
Common Stock
($0.01 par value)
Underwriting Agreement
New York, New York
November 27, 2006
Merrill Lynch &
Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters,
c/o Merrill Lynch & Co.
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10080
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The persons named in Schedule III
hereto (the “Selling Stockholders”) propose to sell to
the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the
“Underwriters”), for whom you (the
“Representatives”) are acting as representatives,
3,300,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value (“Common
Stock”) of Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a corporation
organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
“Company”) (said shares to be sold by the Selling
Stockholders being hereinafter called the
“Securities”). The Securities are comprised of
3,300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon redemption (the
“Redemption Shares”) of a like number of outstanding
common limited partnership units (the “Common Units”)
of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the
“Operating Partnership”). Each Selling Stockholder
intends to redeem such Selling Stockholder’s Common Units
prior to the Closing Date (as defined below). To the extent there
are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule II other than
you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as
Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall
mean either the singular or plural as the context requires. In
addition, to the extent that there is not more than one Selling
Stockholder named in Schedule III, the term Selling Stockholder
shall mean either the singular or plural. The use of the neuter in
this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever
appropriate. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement,
the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration
Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the
terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement
or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the
Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement
or the issue date of the Base Prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference (the “Incorporated
Documents”). Certain terms used herein are defined in
Section 20 hereof.
1. Representations and
Warranties .
(i) The Company and the Operating
Partnership, jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and
agree with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1(i).
(a) The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and
filed with the Commission a registration statement (file number
333-129688) on Form S-3, including the Base Prospectus, for
registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the
Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments
thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, has become effective.
The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus
supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule
424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain
all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder
(including all Rule 430A Information), and, except for such
modifications to which the Representatives do not reasonably
object, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished
to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed
at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other substantive changes (beyond that contained in
the Base Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration
Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth
in Rule 415(a)(1)(i).
(b) On the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed
(if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing
Date (as defined herein), the Prospectus (and any supplements
thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective
rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at the Execution Time,
the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and, on the Effective Date, the
Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), will not, and on
the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing
Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will
not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided , however , that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to the
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section 8
hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by
the Commission or by the state securities authority of any
jurisdiction. No order preventing
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or suspending the use of the
Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has
been instituted by the Commission or by the state securities
authority of any jurisdiction.
(c) The Disclosure Package and the
information set forth under the heading “Title, Purchase
Price and Description of Securities” in Schedule I hereto to
be disclosed on the cover page of the Prospectus and the section
entitled “Underwriting” in the Prospectus, when taken
together as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence
does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure
Package based upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf
of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof.
(d)(i) At the time of the most
recent amendment to the Registration Statement for the purposes of
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such
amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report
filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form
of prospectus), (ii) at the time the Company or any person
acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of
Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance
on the exemption in Rule 163 and (iii) at the Execution Time
(with such date being used as the determination date for purposes
of this clause (iii)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a
“well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule
405.
(e)(i) At the earliest time after
the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or
another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within
the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as
of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the
determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company
was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405),
without taking account of any determination by the Commission
pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be
considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, as of its date of issue, did not, does not or will not
include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict
with the information contained in the Registration Statement,
including any document incorporated therein and any prospectus
supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded
or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in
or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the
information described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(g) All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 12, 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act,
when they became effective or were filed with the
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Commission, as the case may be,
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
and the rules thereunder or the Exchange Act and the rules
thereunder, as applicable.
(h)(i) The Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with full
corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be,
and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and as general partner
of the Operating Partnership to cause the Operating Partnership to
enter into and perform the Operating Partnership’s
obligations under this Agreement and the Fourth Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating
Partnership (the “Operating Partnership Agreement”),
and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(i) 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 Maryland with full
power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement, and is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership
under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would
not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business.
(j) Each Subsidiary (as defined
below) of the Company has been duly formed and is validly existing
as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership,
as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full power
and authority (corporate and other) to own or lease, as the case
may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited
liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, and
is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(k) All the outstanding shares of
capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary
(other than the Operating Partnership) have been duly
and
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validly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable, and, as of the Closing Date,
except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other
ownership interests of the Subsidiaries will be owned by the
Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free
and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security
interests, claims, mortgages, pledges, liens, encumbrances or other
restrictions of any kind (collectively, “Liens”),
except for Liens securing indebtedness as described in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where such Liens
would not individually or in the aggregate materially affect or
interfere in any material respect with the Company’s ability
to exercise control over each of such Subsidiaries. Except as set
forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no
outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase,
agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any
obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for
capital stock or other ownership interests of any
Subsidiary.
(l) The Company’s authorized
equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock,
$0.01 par value (“Series A Preferred Stock”) and
7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01
par value (“Series B Preferred Stock”) of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable; the Redemption Shares, when issued to
the Selling Stockholders, will be duly and validly authorized and
issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities are
duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to
official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory
distribution, on the New York Stock Exchange; the certificates for
the Securities are in valid and sufficient form; the holders of
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled
to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Redemption
Shares or the Securities; and, except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package 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; all offers and sales of the
Company’s shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred
Stock and Series B Preferred Stock prior to the date hereof
were at all relevant times duly registered under the Act or were
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and were duly
registered or the subject of an available exemption from the
registration requirements of the applicable state securities or
blue sky laws.
(m) All of the issued and
outstanding units of limited partnership, including the Common
Units, (“Units”) of the Operating Partnership have been
duly and validly authorized and issued by the Operating Partnership
and conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. None of the
Units was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar
rights of any security holder of the Operating Partnership or any
other person or entity. Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options,
warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other
obligations to issue, or rights to
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convert any obligations into or
exchange any securities or interests for, Units or other ownership
interests of the Operating Partnership. The Units owned by the
Company (including all outstanding Series A Preferred Limited
Partnership Units and Series B Preferred Limited Partnership
Units) are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all
Liens.
(n) There is no franchise, contract
or other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit
thereto, which is not described or filed as required; and the
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
under the headings “Description of the Partnership Agreement
of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.,” “Exchange of Common
Units for Common Stock,” “Description of
Securities,” “Material Provisions of Maryland Law and
of Our Charter and Bylaws,” “United States Federal
Income Tax Considerations,” “Plan of
Distribution,” “Risk Factors – Risks Related to
Exchange of Common Units for Common Stock – The exchange of
common units for common stock is a taxable transaction” and
“Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”
insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements,
documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair
summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or
proceedings.
(o) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the
Operating Partnership. This Agreement constitutes a legally valid
and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating
Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the
Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general
principles of equity and except as rights to indemnity and
contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law or
policies underlying such law.
(p) Neither the Company nor the
Operating Partnership is and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Securities, will not be an “investment
company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(q) No consent, approval,
authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental
agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the
Act, such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated
herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such
consents, approvals, authorizations, filings or orders that will be
obtained or completed by the Closing Date or the absence of which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business.
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(r) Neither compliance by the
Company with this Agreement nor the consummation of any other of
the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the
terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or
violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or the
organizational or other governing documents of any of its
subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract,
lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or
other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or
to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any
statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties,
except, in the case of clauses (ii) or (iii) above, for
such conflicts, breaches, violations, liens, charges or
encumbrances that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business.
(s) Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of securities of
the Company have rights to the registration of such securities
under the Registration Statement. Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company or the Operating
Partnership and any person granting such person the right to
require the Company or the Operating Partnership to file a
registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities
of the Company or the Operating Partnership owned or to be owned by
such person or to require the Company or the Operating Partnership
to include such securities in any securities being registered
pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company
or the Operating Partnership under the Act.
(t) The financial statements and
schedules, including the notes thereto, filed with the Commission
as part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, and included or incorporated by reference in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company as of the dates and for the periods
indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected
financial data set forth under the caption “Selected
Financial Data” incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
and Registration Statement fairly present in all material respects,
on the basis stated therein, the information included therein. The
pro forma financial statements incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus and the Registration Statement include assumptions that
provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions and events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect
to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the
proper application of those adjustments to the historical financial
statement amounts in the pro forma financial
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statements incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement. The pro forma
financial statements including the notes thereto, incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, and incorporated by
reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of Regulation S-X under the Act and the pro forma
adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in
the compilation of those statements. No other financial statements
or schedules are required to be included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or
the Prospectus.
(u) No action, suit or proceeding by
or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or
any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened that (i) could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(v) (i) The Company or its
subsidiaries have fee simple title to or a leasehold interest in
all of the properties described in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus as owned or leased by them and the improvements
(exclusive of improvements owned by tenants) located thereon (the
“Properties”), in each case, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests, restrictions and
defects, except such as are disclosed in the Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus or do not materially affect the value of such
Property and do not materially interfere with the use made and
proposed to be made of such Property by the Company and any
subsidiary; (ii) except as otherwise set forth in or
contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the
mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties described
in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are not convertible
into equity securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership
and such mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or
cross-collateralized to any property not owned directly or
indirectly by the Company or its subsidiaries; (iii) neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received from any
governmental authority any written notice of any condemnation of or
zoning change affecting the Properties or any part thereof, and
none of the Company or any subsidiary knows of any such
condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and which if
consummated would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business; (iv) each of
the Properties complies with all applicable codes, laws and
regulations (including without limitation, building and zoning
codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the
Properties), except if and to the extent disclosed in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for such failures
to comply that would not individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be
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expected to materially affect the
value of such Property or interfere in any material respect with
the use made and proposed to be made of such Property by the
Company or any subsidiary; (v) the Company or a subsidiary has
an owner’s or leasehold title insurance policy, from a
nationally recognized title insurance company licensed to issue
such policy, on each Property that insures the fee or leasehold
interest, as the case may be, in such Property, which policies
include only commercially reasonable exceptions, and with coverage
in amounts at least equal to amounts that are generally deemed in
the Company’s industry to be commercially reasonable in the
markets where such Property is located; (vi) except as set
forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the
Company nor any subsidiary holds any Property under a ground lease;
and (vii) to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating
Partnership, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, with respect to
(A) below, except as would not individually or in the
aggregate reasonably be expected to materially affect the value of
such Property or interfere in any material respect with the use
made and proposed to be made of such Property by the Company or any
subsidiary: (A) no tenant under any lease described in the
“Properties” section of the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005 where the tenant has been specifically identified (a
“Major Lease”) has asserted in writing any defense or
set-off against the payment of rent in connection with any Major
Lease nor has any tenant contested any tax, operating cost or other
escalation payment or occupancy charge, or any other amounts
payable under its Major Leases; (B) neither the Company nor
the Operating Partnership has waived in writing any material
provision under any Major Lease; (C) there are no uncured
events of default, or events that with the giving of notice or
passage of time, or both, would constitute an event of default, by
any tenant under any of the terms and provisions of any Major
Lease; and (D) no tenant under any of the leases at the
Properties has a right of first refusal to purchase the premises
demised under such lease.
(w) The Company and its subsidiaries
own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable
terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks,
trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights,
licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other
intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual
Property”) reasonably necessary for the conduct of the
Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s business as
now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; (i) to the Company’s or the
Operating Partnership’s best knowledge, there is no material
infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property and
(ii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s or the
Operating Partnership’s best knowledge, threatened action,
suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or the
Operating Partnership infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would
form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(x) Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of
its charter, bylaws or other organizational or governing documents,
(ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage,
deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement,
obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to
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which it is a party or bound or to
which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law,
rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body,
arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company
or such Subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except,
in the case of clauses (ii) or (iii) above, for such
violations or defaults that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings,
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business.
(y) KPMG LLP, who have certified the
financial statements and supporting schedules included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and delivered their
reports with respect to the audited financial statements and
schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
are independent registered public accountants within the meaning of
the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder.
(z) The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax
returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would
not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto)) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any
other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent
that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such
tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested
in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business and except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(aa) No material labor problem or
dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent.
(bb) The Company and each of its
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 fidelity or surety bonds
insuring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full
force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all
material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of
its 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 nor any such
Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought
or
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applied for; and neither the Company
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 reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(cc) No Subsidiary of the Company is
currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any
dividends or distributions to the Company, from making any other
distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or 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 of the Company, except pursuant to the terms of any
indebtedness set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
(dd) The Company and its
subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective
businesses, except for such licenses, certificates, permits and
other authorizations the absence of which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and neither the
Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(ee) The Company and each of its
subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations;
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles 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.
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(ff) The Company has not taken,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result
in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(gg) The Company and its
subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to
the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are
in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct
their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice
of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Laws,
except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure
to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been notified
that it has been named as a “potentially responsible
party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. Except as
otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
and except as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably
be expected to materially affect the value of such Property or
interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to
be made of such Property by the Company or any subsidiary, to the
knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there have
been no and are no (i) aboveground or underground storage
tanks; (ii) polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or
PCB-containing equipment; (iii) asbestos or asbestos
containing materials; (iv) lead based paints; (v) mold or
other airborne contaminants; or (vi) dry-cleaning facilities
in, on, under, or about any Property owned by the Company, the
Operating Partnership or their subsidiaries.
(hh) In the ordinary course of its
business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities
(including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or
approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such
review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated
costs and liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto).
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(ii) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries maintains or contributes to any “pension
plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or any
“multiemployer plan” (within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). Each “pension plan”
(within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is intended to be
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”) has received a favorable
determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service
that such plan is so qualified, and, to the knowledge of the
Company, nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act,
that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such
qualification. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
maintains or is required to contribute to a “welfare
plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which
provides retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or
insurance coverage (other than “continuation coverage”
(as defined in Section 602 of ERISA) or as otherwise required
by applicable law). Each “employee benefit plan”
(within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) established or
maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is
in compliance with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA
except for such failures to comply that would not individually or
in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects,
earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(jj) There is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with
any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402
related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to
certifications, except for such failures to comply that would not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action,
directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such
persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder (“FCPA”),
including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means
or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance
of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the
payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the
FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any
candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the
FCPA and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the
Company and the Operating Partnership, its affiliates have
conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure,
and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued
compliance therewith except for such violations or
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failures to comply that would not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(ll) The operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in
compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act
of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related
or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the
“Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or
proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened except for
such failures to comply, actions, suits or proceedings that would
not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not
arising from transactions in the ordinary course of
business.
(mm) Except as would not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company
will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering,
or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to
any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity,
for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(nn) Except as set forth in the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal
property owned by them, free and clear of all encumbrances and
defects; and all personal property held under lease by the Company
or any subsidiary is held by it under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases, in each case, with such exceptions as are not
material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company or the subsidiary.
(oo) No relationship, direct or
indirect, exists between or among the Company on the one hand, and
the directors, officers, or shareholders of the Company on the
other hand, which is required to be described in the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus and which is not so
described.
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(pp) Commencing with its taxable
year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized
and has operated in conformity with the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a
“REIT”) under the Code, and its proposed method of
operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT under the Code. Each of the Company’s
corporate subsidiaries qualifies as a “taxable REIT
subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the
Code and all applicable regulations under the Code.
(qq) The Operating Partnership is
and has been at all times classified as a partnership or
disregarded entity, and not as an association or partnership
taxable as a corporation, for federal income tax
purposes.
(rr) The Company and the Operating
Partnership and each of their subsidiaries (including any
predecessor entities) have not distributed, and prior to the later
of the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the
Securities, will not distribute, any offering material in
connection with the offering or sale of the Securities other than
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Any certificate signed by any
officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the
Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each
Underwriter.
(ii) Each Selling Stockholder
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter
that:
(a) Such Selling Stockholder at the
Closing Date will be the record and beneficial owner of the
Redemption Shares to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities and claims, and upon delivery of such
Securities and payment of the purchase price therefor as provided
herein, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the
Securities it has purchased from such Selling Stockholder without
notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of
Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code
(“UCC”)), each Underwriter that has purchased such
Securities delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust
Company or other securities intermediary by making payment therefor
as provided herein, and that has had such Securities credited to
the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained
with The Depository Trust Company or such other securities
intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the
meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities
purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based on an adverse
claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be
asserted against such Underwriter with respect to such
Securities.
(b) Such Selling Stockholder has not
taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would
constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result
in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
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(c) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Selling
Stockholder.
(d) No consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body
is required for the consummation by such Selling Stockholder of the
transactions contemplated herein, except such as may have been
obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the blue
sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and such other
approvals as have been obtained.
(e) Neither the sale of the
Securities being sold by such Selling Stockholder nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated
by such Selling Stockholder or the fulfillment of the terms hereof
by such Selling Stockholder will conflict with, result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or the
certificate of limited partnership or operating agreement or the
terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which
such Selling Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
bound, or any judgment, order or decree applicable to such Selling
Stockholder or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over such Selling Stockholder or any of its
subsidiaries.
(f) Such Selling Stockholder and
none of its affiliates directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, or is a person associated with (within the meaning of
Article I(dd) of the By-laws of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the “NASD”)), any member of
the NASD.
(g) Such Selling Stockholder has no
reason to believe that the representations and warranties of the
Company contained in this Section 1 are not true and correct,
is familiar with the Registration Statement and has no knowledge of
any material fact, condition or information not disclosed in the
Prospectus or any supplement thereto which has adversely affected
or may adversely affect the business of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; and the sale of Securities by such Selling
Stockholder pursuant hereto is not prompted by any information
concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is not set
forth in the Prospectus or any supplement thereto.
(h) In respect of any statements in
or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
any supplements thereto made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Selling
Stockholder specifically for use in connection with the preparation
thereof, such Selling Stockholder hereby makes the same
representations and warranties to each Underwriter as the Company
makes to such Underwriter under paragraphs (i)(b) and (i)(c) of
this Section.
Any certificate signed by any
officer of any Selling Stockholder and delivered to the
Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with
the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by such Selling Stockholder, as to matters covered
thereby, to each Underwriter.
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2. Purchase and Sale .
Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling
Sto