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Underwriting Agreement

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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Title: UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 2/7/2007

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

, Parties: mack cali realty corp , morgan stanley & co. incorporated
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Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

4,650,000 Shares

 

MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

 

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

February 1, 2007

 

 



February 1, 2007

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
and the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation qualified as a real estate investment trust (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ”) 4,650,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Shares ”).  The shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “ Common Stock .”

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule II hereto) on Form S-3, relating to securities (the “ Shelf Securities ”), including the Shares, to be issued from time to time by the Company.  The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement ,” and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated July 12, 2004 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus .”  The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares in the form first used to confirm sales of the Shares (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus ,” and the term “ preliminary prospectus ” means the preliminary form of the Prospectus, if any.  For purposes of this Agreement, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Time of Sale Prospectus ” means the Basic Prospectus and the preliminary prospectus together with the free writing prospectuses, if any, each identified in Schedule II hereto, “ Time of Sale ” means 7:30 a.m., New York City time, on February 2, 2007, and “ broadly available road show ” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person.  As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Basic Prospectus,” “preliminary prospectus,” “Time of Sale Prospectus” and Prospectus shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein.  The terms “ supplement ,” “ amendment ,” and “ amend ” as used herein with respect to the Registration

 



Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or free writing prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

1.     Representations and Warranties .  The Company and the Operating Partnership (as defined below), jointly and severally, represent and warrant to and agree with the Underwriters that:

(a)   The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission. The Company is a well known seasoned issuer (as defined in rule 405 under the Securities Act) at the times specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares.

(b)   (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any 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, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi)  each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein.

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(c)   The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act.  Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.  Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.  Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule II hereto forming part of the Time of Sales Prospectus, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to you before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without your prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

(d)   The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or disability to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(e)   Mack-Cali Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, of which the Company is the general partner (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 is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or disability to the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(f)    Each of the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership (the “ Subsidiaries ”) has been duly formed and is validly existing as a general or limited partnership or corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing under the laws of all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified does not amount to a material liability or disability to the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.  The issued shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries that is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and all of the partnership interests in each Subsidiary that is a partnership are validly issued and fully paid.  Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, all of such shares and interests in the Subsidiaries owned by the Operating Partnership are owned beneficially by the Operating Partnership or another Subsidiary free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, pledges, grants, liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

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(g)   There are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, (B) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary any such capital stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or (C) obligations of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any such Subsidiary to issue any shares of capital stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or options, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(h)   The Operating Partnership, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries has full power, corporate or other, to own or lease their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus; and the Company and the Operating Partnership have full power, corporate or other, to enter into this Agreement and to carry out all the terms and provisions hereof to be carried out by it.

(i)    The Operating Partnership has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.  All of the partnership interests of the Operating Partnership have been duly authorized and the partnership interests of the Operating Partnership outstanding are validly issued and fully paid.

(j)    This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership.

(k)   The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus. The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(l)    The shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(m)  The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(n)   There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

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(o)   Each preliminary prospectus, if any, filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(p)   No holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or the Operating Partnership are entitled as such to any preemptive or other rights to subscribe for any of the Shares, and no holder of securities of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has any right which has not been waived to require the Company to register the offer or sale of any securities owned by such holder under the Securities Act in the public offering contemplated by this Agreement.

(q)   The combined financial statements, schedules and selected financial data of the Company and the Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries and the consolidated financial statements, schedules and selected financial data of the Company and the Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly present the combined financial position of the Company and the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, and the results of operations and changes in financial condition as of the dates and periods therein specified.  Such combined and consolidated financial statements and schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

(r)    The pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such statements and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are, in the opinion of the Company and the Operating Partnership, reasonable. The financial information included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus fairly presents, on the basis stated in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the information included therein, and complies with the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Commission.

(s)   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership and delivered its reports with respect to the audited consolidated and combined financial statements and schedules and the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and the Operating Partnership, and any other accounting firm that has certified financial statements and delivered its reports with respect thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, are independent registered public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the respective rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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(t)     No legal or governmental proceedings are pending to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or to which the property of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus and are not described therein, and no such proceedings have been threatened against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries; and no contract or other document is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described therein or filed as required.

(u)    The issuance, offering and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the compliance by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the other provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the other transactions herein contemplated do not (i) require the consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority, except such as have been obtained, such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Operating Partnership, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Operating Partnership, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or any other of their respective properties are bound, or the Agreement of Limited Partnership, Articles of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any law or statute or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental authority or any arbitrator applicable to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties.

(v)    Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has not, directly or indirectly, (i) taken any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or (ii) since the filing of the Registration Statement (A) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Shares or (B) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership.

(w)   Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, (1) neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transaction, which is not in the ordinary course of business; (2) neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has purchased any of their respective outstanding preferred stock, common stock, preferred units, common units or warrants, nor declared, paid or

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otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its respective capital; and (3) there has not been any material change in its respective capital, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries, except in each case as described in or contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(x)     The Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title in fee simple to all of the properties described under the section entitled “Properties” (Item 2) of the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Operating Partnership incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (the “ Properties ”) and marketable title to all other property owned by each of them, in each case free and clear of any security interest, lien, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, equity, claim and other defect, except liens which do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and will not interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary, and any and all real property and buildings held under lease by the Operating Partnership or any such Subsidiary are held under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Operating Partnership or such Subsidiary, in each case except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(y)    No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or is threatened or imminent that could result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(z)     The Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, all material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, licenses, copyrights and proprietary and other confidential information currently employed by them in connection with their respective businesses, and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of any third party with respect to the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(aa)  The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of the Subsidiaries is 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 will be engaged; neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that any of them 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

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at a cost that would not have material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(bb)  None of the Subsidiaries or the Operating Partnership is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, from making any other distribution on such entity’s capital stock or other equity interest, from repaying to the Company or the Operating Partnership any loans or advances to such entity from the Company or Operating Partnership or from transferring any of such entity’s property or assets to the Company or the Operating Partnership or any of the other Subsidiaries, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(cc)  The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with all laws, regulations and orders applicable to it or its respective business and properties except where the failure to so comply would not result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, municipal or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses except where the failure to possess the same would not result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries 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 result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(dd)  There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries or any of the directors or officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries, 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, including, without limitation, Section 402 related to loans, Section 404 related to internal control over financial reporting and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(ee)  The Company and the Operating Partnership will each conduct their operations in a manner that will not subject them to registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause the

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Company or the Operating Partnership to become an investment company subject to registration under the Investment Company Act.

(ff)    The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or have requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) 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 assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(gg)  The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust (a “ REIT ”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and the present and contemplated method of operation of the Company and its subsidiaries does and will enable the Company to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code.

(hh)  None of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their subsidiaries is in violation of any federal or state law or regulation relating to occupational safety and health and the Company, the Operating Partnership and their subsidiaries have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable federal and state occupational safety and health and environmental laws and regulations to conduct their respective businesses, and the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries is in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except any such violation of law or regulation, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals which would not, singly or in the aggregate result in a material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(ii)    Except for the partnership units of the Operating Partnership owned by the Company and the shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries owned by the Operating Partnership or another Subsidiary, neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries owns any shares of stock or any other equity securities of any corporation or has any equity interest in any firm, partnership, association or other entity, except as described in or contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus.

(jj)    The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of

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financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(kk)  Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of any term or provision of its Certificate of Formation, Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, partnership agreements or other organizational documents, as the case may be; no default exists, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, and the consummation of the transactions by this Agreement will not result in any default in the due performance and observance of any term, covenant or condition of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Subsidiaries or the Properties or any of their respective other properties is bound or may be affected except such as would not result in any material adverse effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(ll)    The Shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

(mm)  (A) None of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any Subsidiary knows of any violation of any municipal, state or federal law, rule or regulation (including those pertaining to environmental matters) concerning the Properties or any part thereof which would have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (B) each of the Properties complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, regulations and deed restrictions or other covenants in all material respects and, if and to the extent there is a failure to comply, such failure does not materially impair the value of any of the Properties and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion of title; (C) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any Subsidiary 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, the Operating Partnership nor any Subsidiary knows of any such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and which if consummated would have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (D) all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, or restrictions on or affecting the properties and assets (including the Properties) of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or the Propspectus are disclosed therein; (E) no lessee of any portion of any of the Properties is in default under any of the leases governing such properties and there is no event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would constitute a default

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under any of such leases, except such defaults that would not have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (F) no tenant under any lease pursuant to which the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries leases the Properties has an option or right of first refusal to purchase the premises leased thereunder or the building of which such premises are a part, except as such options or rights of first refusal which, if exercised, would not have a material adverse effect in the condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and except as provided by law.

(nn)  Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, (i) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any other owners of the property at any time or any other party has at any time, handled, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, spilled, leaked, or discharged, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) on, to or from the Properties, other than by any such action taken in compliance with all applicable Environmental Statutes (as hereinafter defined) or by the Company, the Operating Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or any other party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial properties owned by the Operating Partnership; (ii) the Company and the Operating Partnership do not intend to use the Properties 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 compliance with all applicable Environmental Statutes or by the Company, the Operating Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or any other party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial properties owned by the Operating Partnership; (iii) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries knows of any seepage, leak, discharge, release, emission, spill, or dumping of Hazardous Materials into waters on or adjacent to the Properties or any other real property owned or occupied by any such party, or onto lands from which Hazardous Materials might seep, flow or drain into such waters; (iv) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has any 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 federal, state or local environmental statute or regulation or under common law, pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from any of the Properties or any assets described in the Time of Sale Prospectus or any other real property owned or occupied by any such party or arising out of the conduct of any such party, including without limitation a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Statute; (v) neither the Properties nor any other land owned by the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries is included or, to the best of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as hereinafter defined) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “ EPA ”) or, to the best of the Operating Partnership’s and the Company’s knowledge, proposed for inclusion on any

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similar list or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or issued by any other Governmental Authority (as hereinafter defined).

As used herein, “Hazardous Material” 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 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. §§ 9601-9675 (“ CERCLA ”), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1819, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901-6992K, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2671, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7642, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f-300j-26, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 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 federal, state or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the properties and assets described in the Prospectus (a “ Governmental Authority ”).

(oo)  Each certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Operating Partnership and delivered to the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company, as the case may be, to the Underwri


 
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