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