UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2008
Entertainment Properties Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  1-13561
(Commission
File Number )
  43-1790877
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201
Kansas City, Missouri 64108

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)
(816) 472-1700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
          On March 27, 2008, the Company entered into two separate and independent underwriting agreements, each with J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”). The first underwriting agreement (the “Series E Underwriting Agreement”) was entered into in connection with the public offering of 3,000,000 of the Company’s 9.00% Series E cumulative convertible preferred shares of beneficial interest (the “Series E Preferred Shares”), par value $0.01 per share, and the granting of an over-allotment option for an additional 450,000 Series E Preferred Shares to the Underwriters. The second underwriting agreement was entered into in connection with the separate, concurrent public offering of 2,100,000 of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest (the “Common Shares”), par value $0.01 per share, and the granting of an over-allotment option for an additional 315,000 Common Shares to the Underwriters.
          The Company has filed separate prospectus supplements in connection with these offerings, each dated March 27, 2008, and each filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2008, as updated on March 31, 2008. The completion of the offering of Series E Preferred Shares is not subject to the completion of the concurrent offering of Common Shares and the completion of the concurrent offering of Common Shares is not subject to the completion of the offering of Series E Preferred Shares.
          From time to time, the Underwriters and/or their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Company for which they have received, and expect to receive, customary fees and commissions. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., an affiliate of one of the Underwriters, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., is a lender under the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility. In addition, a holding company of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. has entered into a merger agreement with a holding company of Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. Bear Stearns Corporate Lending, Inc. is also a lender under the credit facility. Royal Bank of Canada, an affiliate of one of the Underwriters, RBC Capital Markets Corporation, is also a lender under the credit facility. The same Underwriters are participating in each of the offerings of Common Shares and Series E Preferred Shares.
          The net proceeds of these offerings are expected to be used for general business purposes, which may include funding the acquisition, development or financing of properties, or the repayment of debt. Pending this application, the Company expects to use the net proceeds to reduce indebtedness under its unsecured revolving credit facility and to invest any remaining net proceeds in interest-bearing securities which are consistent with the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          The foregoing description of the underwriting agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the underwriting agreements, which are attached as Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 1.2 hereto, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 


 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
          The Company intends to issue 3,000,000 Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to the Series E Underwriting Agreement referenced in Item 1.01 of this Current Report. The Company also granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase an additional 450,000 shares. The following is a summary description of the powers, preferences and rights of the Series E Preferred Shares and the general effect of the issuance of such shares on the Company’s other classes of securities holders. The description is a summary and, as such, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety, by reference to all of the terms and conditions of the Series E Preferred Shares in the related Articles Supplementary and in the Company’s Declaration of Trust.
          Holders of Series E Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive cumulative cash distributions at a rate of 9.00% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference (equivalent to $2.25 per year per share). Beginning on July 15, 2008, distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares will be payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of each January, April, July, and October or, if not a business day, the next business day. Distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares issued in the offering will be cumulative from the date of original issuance, which is expected to be April 2, 2008. The Series E Preferred Shares rank senior to the Company’s common shares with respect to the payment of dividends and on a parity with the Company’s Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred shares.
          If the Company is liquidated, dissolved or wound up, holders of the Series E Preferred Shares will have the right to receive $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid distributions through the date of payment, before any payments are made to the holders of the Company’s common shares and any other shares of beneficial interest ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to liquidation rights. The rights of the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares to receive their liquidation preference will be subject to the proportionate rights of each other series or class of the Company’s shares ranked on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares, including the Company’s Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred shares.
          Holders of Series E Preferred Shares generally have no voting rights. However, if the Company does not pay distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive), the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares, voting together with the holders of any other class or series of the Company’s preferred shares which have similar voting rights, including the Series B, Series C, and Series D preferred shares, will be entitled to vote for the election of two additional trustees to serve on the Company’s board of trustees until the Company pays all distributions which it owes on the preferred shares. In addition, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series E Preferred Shares is required for the Company to authorize, create or increase capital shares ranking senior to the Series E Preferred Shares or to amend its declaration of trust in a manner that materially and adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series E Preferred Shares.
          The Series E Preferred Shares will not have any maturity date, and the Company is not required to redeem the Series E Preferred Shares.

 


 

          Each holder of the Series E Preferred Shares will have the right, at its option, to convert all or some of its Series E Preferred Shares into common shares of the Company. The initial conversion rate will be 0.4512 common shares per $25.00 liquidation preference, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $55.41 per common share.
          Upon conversion, the Company will deliver, at its option, either (1) a number of common shares based upon the applicable conversion rate, or (2) an amount of cash and common shares as follows:
    Cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the conversion value and (b) the $25.00 liquidation preference, and
 
    If the conversion value is greater than the $25.00 liquidation preference, a number of common shares equal to the difference between the conversion value and the $25.00 liquidation preference, divided by the average of the closing sale price of the Company’s common shares during the cash settlement averaging period.
          On and after April 20, 2013, the Company will have the right, at its option, to convert some or all of the Series E Preferred Shares at the then applicable conversion rate. That conversion option will be exercisable only if the closing sale price of the Company’s common shares equals or exceeds 150% of the then applicable conversion price of the Series E Preferred Shares for at least 20 trading days in a period of 30 consecutive trading days (including the last trading day of such period) ending on the trading day immediately prior to the Company’s issuance of a press release announcing its exercise of such conversion option.
          The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, including:
    the issuance of distributions on the Company’s common shares payable in common shares;
 
    certain subdivisions, and combinations and reclassifications of the Company’s common shares;
 
    the Company’s issuance of certain rights or warrants;
 
    the Company’s distribution of indebtedness, non-cash assets or certain shares of beneficial interest;
 
    the Company distribution in any calendar quarter to its common shareholders any cash, including quarterly cash distributions, in excess of $0.84 per common share (such per share amount to be subject to adjustment in certain circumstances); and
 
    certain tender or exchange offers.
          If the holder elects to convert its Series E Preferred Shares in connection with a “Fundamental Change” that occurs on or prior to April 20, 2018, the conversion rate for such Series E Preferred Shares may be increased based on the share price of the Company’s common shares at the time of such Fundamental Change. There will be no such increase if the share price is greater than $125.00 per share or less than $48.18 per share (such per share amounts to be subject to adjustment in certain circumstances).

 


 

          In the event of a Fundamental Change, when the applicable price of common shares is less than $48.18 per share, holders of Series E Preferred Shares will have a special right to convert some or all of their Series E Preferred Shares into a number of the Company’s common shares (subject to certain limitations) per $25.00 liquidation preference equal to such liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid distributions to but not including the conversion date divided by 98% of the market price of the common shares (generally defined as the average of the closing sale prices of the Company’s common shares for the ten consecutive trading days ending on the third trading day prior to such conversion date). In the event that a holder exercises that special conversion right, the Company will have the right to repurchase for cash all or any part of the Series E Preferred Shares as to which the special conversion right was exercised at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference of the Series E Preferred Shares to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid distributions to, but not including, the repurchase date and, if the repurchase right is exercised, the holder will not have the special conversion right described in this paragraph.
          A “Fundamental Change” generally will be deemed to occur upon the occurrence of a “change in control” or a “termination of trading”. A “change in control” generally will be deemed to occur at such time as:
    any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total outstanding voting power of all classes of the Company’s shares of beneficial interest entitled to vote generally in the election of trustees (the “voting share”);
 
    there occurs a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or assets, or of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act;
 
    the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another person or any person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, unless the persons that “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, the Company’s voting share(s) immediately prior to such consolidation or merger “beneficially owned”, directly or indirectly, immediately after such consolidation or merger, shares of the surviving or continuing corporation’s voting share representing at least a majority of the total outstanding voting power of all outstanding classes of voting share of the surviving or continuing corporation;
 
    the following persons cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Company’s board of trustees:
  o   individuals who on the first issue date of the Series E Preferred Shares constituted the Company’s board of trustees; and
 
  o   any new trustees whose election to the Company’s board of trustees or whose nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by at least a

 


 

      majority of the Company’s trustees then still in office either who were trustees on such first issue date of the Series E Preferred Shares or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved; or
    the Company is liquidated or dissolved or holders of its shares of beneficial interest approve any plan or proposal for our liquidation or dissolution.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction described in the second and third bullet points above will not constitute a change in control if at least 90% of the consideration (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) in such transaction consists of common shares and any associated rights traded on a U.S. national securities exchange (or which will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction).
          A “termination of trading” is deemed to occur if the Company’s common shares (or other common shares into which the Series E Preferred Shares are then convertible) are neither listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
          The Fundamental Change conversion and repurchase feature summarized above may make more difficult or discourage a party from taking over the Company and removing incumbent management.
          The foregoing is a summary of material terms of the Series E Preferred Shares and does not purport to be complete. This summary is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the terms and conditions of the Series E Preferred Shares in the related Articles Supplementary and in the Company’s Declaration of Trust. The Articles Supplementary are attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. A form of the Series E Preferred Shares Certificate is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
          On April 1, 2008, the Company filed Articles Supplementary with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation designating the powers, preferences and rights of the Series E Preferred Shares. The filing was in connection with the underwriting agreement for the Series E Preferred Shares disclosed in Item 1.01 of this Current Report. A summary description of the powers, preferences and rights of the Series E Preferred Shares is disclosed in Item 3.03 of this Current Report. The Articles Supplementary are attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. A form of the Series E Preferred Shares Certificate is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS REPORT CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS,

 


 

INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY’S PLANNED ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES E PREFERRED SHARES AND COMMON SHARES (INCLUDING THE OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTIONS) AND ITS INTENDED USE OF THE PROCEEDS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED UPON THE COMPANY’S PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY THE COMPANY’S FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. YOU SHOULD NOT PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
Exhibit 1.1
  Underwriting Agreement for the Series E Preferred Shares, dated March 27, 2008, among Entertainment Properties Trust and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
Exhibit 1.2
  Underwriting Agreement for the Common Shares, dated March 27, 2008, among Entertainment Properties Trust and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
Exhibit 3.1
  Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 9.00% Series E cumulative convertible preferred shares.
Exhibit 4.1
  Form of 9.00% Series E cumulative convertible preferred shares certificate.
Exhibit 5.1
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP as to the legality of the Series E Preferred Shares.
Exhibit 5.2
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP as to the legality of the Common Shares.
Exhibit 8.1
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters in connection with the issuance of the Series E Preferred Shares.
Exhibit 8.2
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares.
Exhibit 23.1
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 5.1 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 23.2
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 5.2 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).

 


 

     
Exhibit 23.3
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 8.1 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1).
Exhibit 23.4
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 8.2 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).

 


 

SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark A. Peterson    
    Name:   Mark A. Peterson   
    Title:   Vice President, Treasurer and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: April 1, 2008

 


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit   Description
Exhibit 1.1
  Underwriting Agreement for the Series E Preferred Shares, dated March 27, 2008, among Entertainment Properties Trust and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
Exhibit 1.2
  Underwriting Agreement for the Common Shares, dated March 27, 2008, among Entertainment Properties Trust and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.
Exhibit 3.1
  Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 9.00% Series E cumulative convertible preferred shares.
Exhibit 4.1
  Form of 9.00% Series E cumulative convertible preferred shares certificate.
Exhibit 5.1
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP as to the legality of the Series E Preferred Shares.
Exhibit 5.2
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP as to the legality of the Common Shares.
Exhibit 8.1
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters in connection with the issuance of the Series E Preferred Shares.
Exhibit 8.2
  Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Matters in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares.
Exhibit 23.1
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 5.1 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 23.2
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 5.2 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).
Exhibit 23.3
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 8.1 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1).
Exhibit 23.4
  Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP to the filing of Exhibit 8.2 herewith (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 8.2).

 

 

Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
3,000,000 Shares
9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
March 27, 2008
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
Ladies/Gentlemen:
          Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Company ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“ JPMorgan ”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“ Morgan Stanley ”) and each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 2(e) hereof) for which JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) an aggregate of 3,000,000 (the “ Firm Shares ”) of its 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series E Preferred Shares ”), as set forth on Schedule I hereto, and, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 450,000 Series E Preferred Shares (the “ Additional Shares ”). The Series E Preferred Shares shall be convertible into common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Conversion Shares ”). The Firm Shares and any Additional Shares purchased by the Underwriters are referred to herein as the “ Shares .” The dividend payment dates, conversion and redemption provisions, rank and other terms of the Series E Preferred Shares are set forth in the Articles Supplementary relating to the Series E Preferred Shares (the “ Articles Supplementary ”) to be filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland (the “ SDAT ”). The Representatives are acting as joint book-running and co-lead managers in connection with the public offering of the Shares that the Underwriters intend to conduct (the “ Offering ”). It is understood that the Company proposes, and is

 


 

concurrently entering into an agreement (the “ Common Underwriting Agreement ”), subject to the terms and conditions stated therein, to issue and sell to the underwriters named therein, an aggregate of 2,100,000 Common Shares (the “ New Common Shares ”). This Offering is not conditioned on the completion of the offering of the New Common Shares, and the offering of the New Common Shares is not conditioned on the completion of this Offering.
          1. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Date (as defined below) and, if applicable, as of the time of any Additional Closing Date (as defined below) that:
               (a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-140978) for the registration of common shares, preferred shares, depositary shares, warrants and debt securities, including the Shares, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 430A or Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “ Securities Act Rules and Regulations ”), and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of this Agreement. Such registration statement (as so amended, if applicable) automatically became effective under the Securities Act upon filing with the Commission. The registration statement and prospectus may have been amended or supplemented prior to the date of this Agreement; any such amendment or supplement was prepared and filed, and any such amendment, filed after the effective date of such registration statement has automatically become effective. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission. A prospectus supplement (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) to the base prospectus included as part of the registration statement setting forth the terms of the offering, sale and plan of distribution of the Shares and additional information concerning the Company and its business has been or will be prepared and filed (together with the prospectus included in the registration statement) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required by the Rules and Regulations). The registration statement, as it may have heretofore been amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations or Rule 430B of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “ Registration Statement .” The final form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “ Prospectus .” Any Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act is hereinafter called the “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ” and from and after the date and time of filing the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto and all

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documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement (including one fully executed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto) have been delivered to the Underwriters and their counsel. Any preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering of the Shares (a “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations is hereafter called a “ Preliminary Prospectus .” “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, relating to the Shares in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations. “ General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified as such in Schedule II to this Agreement. “ Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the electronic roadshow of the Company posted on netroadshow.com on March 27, 2008). “ Applicable Time ” means 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on March 28, 2008, or such other date and time agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), on or before the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference herein to the terms “ amend ,” “ amendment ” or “ supplement ” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by reference and (ii) any such document so filed. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Preliminary Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), and such copy shall be identical in content to any Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the Offering.
               (b) Each part of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, when such part became or becomes effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), at the date of the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, at the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and, if later, at any Additional Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission, at the Closing Date and at any Additional Closing Date, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations; each part of the Registration Statement and

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any post-effective amendment thereto, when such part became or becomes effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), or when such part was or is filed with the Commission, or at the date of the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of the filing thereof with the Commission, at the Closing Date and, if later, at any Additional Closing Date, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any related Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the registration statement for the registration of the Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (b) however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the first sentence of paragraph 10 and paragraph 18 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company has not distributed, and prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act (which were disclosed to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel and are listed on Schedule II hereof other than documents referred to in clause (C) of Section 1(d)).
               (c) (i) (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto, if any, for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption provided by Rule 163 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations (“ Rule 405 ”). At the time of filing the Registration Statement and at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an

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“ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including as a result of (x) the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in the preceding three years having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Securities Act or being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares, all as described in Rule 405. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to the Securities Act Rules and Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. The Shares, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405.
               (d) As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and (C) the documents mutually agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters, considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 contained in or omitted from any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material included in the first sentence of paragraph 10 and paragraph 18 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.
               (e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriters and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with

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information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the first sentence of paragraph 10 and paragraph 18 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.
               (f) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they became or become effective or were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act (the “ Exchange Act Rules and Regulations ” and, together with the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, the “ Rules and Regulations ”) and, when read together with the other information in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, at the Applicable Time, at the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
               (g) KPMG LLP, which has certified certain of the financial statements and supporting schedules and information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is and, during the periods covered by their reports incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, was an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB, except to the extent that registration with the PCAOB was not required thereunder during an applicable period, in which case KPMG LLP consisted of independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations then in effect. KPMG LLP has not notified the Company, the Company’s board of trustees or the audit committee of the board of trustees of any illegal acts that are required to be reported pursuant to Section 10A of the Exchange Act.
               (h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package (including as of the Applicable Time) and the Prospectus, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there has been no change in the earnings, assets, properties, business, results of operations, shareholders’ equity, prospects, affairs or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Subsidiaries ”), taken as a whole, which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(m) below), (B) there has been no casualty, loss, condemnation or other adverse event with respect to any property or interest therein owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any Subsidiary which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than those in the ordinary course of

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business, which are material with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (D) except for regular quarterly distributions on the Common Shares, 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series B Preferred Shares ”), 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series C Preferred Shares ”), and 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series D Preferred Shares ”), which have been publicly announced through the date of this Agreement, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its shares of beneficial interest, and (E) there has been no material increase in long-term debt or decrease in the capital of the Company or the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of their businesses (each, a “ Material Adverse Change ”). Since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions which are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are reflected in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
               (i) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company. The Articles Supplementary has been, or by the Closing Date will be, duly authorized and executed by the Company and filed by the Company with the SDAT.
               (j) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the Articles Supplementary and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Articles Supplementary, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Shares, the issuance of any Conversion Shares, and the use of proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) do not and will not (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a Repayment Event (as defined below) or default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Repayment Event or default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other organizational document of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any

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of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets. As used herein, “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets, or any third party, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares to be issued, sold and delivered hereunder, the issuance of any Conversion Shares, and compliance with the provisions of the Articles Supplementary, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares, filings with the New York Stock Exchange and the Commission of the Prospectus, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and permits as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, each of which has been obtained.
               (k) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization,” will be, after giving effect to the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the offering contemplated under the Common Underwriting Agreement), as of the date indicated and as set forth in the column entitled “As Adjusted(1)” under the caption “Capitalization” and will be, after giving effect to the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the offering contemplated under the Common Underwriting Agreement), as of the date indicated and as set forth in the column entitled “As Adjusted(2)” under the caption “Capitalization.” There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company authorized other than the Common Shares, 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share), Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares. There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company issued or outstanding other than the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares. All of the issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights arising by operation of law under the organizational documents of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire from the Company or any Subsidiary upon the issuance or sale thereof any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any Subsidiaries and any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares or other

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such equity security (any “ Relevant Security ”). The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any (as hereinafter respectively defined), have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when delivered in accordance with this Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Relevant Security from the Company or any Subsidiary upon issuance or sale of Shares in the Offering. The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued and delivered upon conversion and in accordance with the Articles Supplementary, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Relevant Security from the Company or any Subsidiary. The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares conform to the provisions of the Articles Supplementary and the relative rights, preferences, interests and powers of such Firm Shares and Additional Shares are as set forth in the Articles Supplementary. The Firm Shares, the Additional Shares and the Conversion Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The forms of share certificate to be used to evidence the Shares and the Conversion Shares will be in due and proper form and will comply with all applicable legal requirements. Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except for restricted Common Shares or options to purchase Common Shares to be granted to the Company’s non-employee trustees pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and Common Shares to be issued in respect thereof, there are no shares of beneficial interest of the Company reserved for any purpose and there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of beneficial interest of the Company and neither the Company (except pursuant to the Common Underwriting Agreement) nor any Subsidiary has outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security. The holders of the Shares or the Conversion Shares will not be subject to liability by reason of being such holders.
               (l) The Subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A hereto are the only subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405. Except for the Subsidiaries and Atlantic-EPR I, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest), Atlantic-EPR II, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest) and New Roc Associates L.P., a New York limited partnership (in which the Company owns the general partnership interest and 70.4% of the limited partnership interest), the Company owns no ownership or other beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. All of the issued shares of capital stock of or other ownership interest in each of the Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully

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paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
               (m) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and validly exists as a real estate investment trust, corporation, business trust, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign trust, corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which could not reasonably be expected to (individually or when aggregated with other such instances) have a material adverse effect on (i) the earnings, assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the long-term debt, shares of beneficial interest or capital stock of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits (collectively, the “ Consents ”) of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies and bodies and third parties, foreign and domestic, to own, hold, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which could result in the revocation of any such Consent. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and directives, except where failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of its declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other organizational document. The Company and Subsidiaries are not in default (or with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be in default) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which they are a party or by which they or any of their properties or other assets are bound, violation of which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and no other party under any such agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Subsidiaries are a party is, to the knowledge of the Company, in default (or with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be in default) in any material respect thereunder. To the knowledge of the Company, no liability (financial or otherwise) exists for the Company or the Subsidiaries, except for those liabilities which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

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               (n) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no legal, governmental or regulatory proceeding or other litigation (including but not limited to routine litigation) to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors is a party or of which any property or operations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceeding or litigation is threatened or contemplated by any legal, governmental or regulatory authority or other third party, foreign or domestic; and the defense of all such proceedings and litigation against or involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
               (o) The consolidated financial statements of the Company, included or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements, schedules or notes of any other entity included therein, present fairly the financial position as of the dates indicated and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods therein specified of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or of the respective entity or entities or group presented therein; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, said financial statements, notes and schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The other financial and statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein, and comply with the applicable requirements of Regulation G of the Commission.
               (p) Any pro forma or as adjusted financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and the guidelines of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants with respect to pro forma information and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are, in the opinion of the Company, reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All historical financial statements and information and all pro forma financial statements and information required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations are included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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               (q) The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
               (r) There are no contracts or other documents (including, without limitation, any voting agreement), which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations and which have not been so described or filed. All of the contracts to which any of the Company or the Subsidiaries is a party and which are material to the business and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such entity, constitute valid and binding agreements of such entity and are enforceable against such entity in accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (B) general equity principles and limitations on the availability of equitable relief, or (ii) in the case of any contract to be executed on or before the Closing Date, will on the Closing Date be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and/or a Subsidiary, and constitute valid and binding agreements of such entity enforceable against each entity in accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (B) general equity principles and limitations on the availability of equitable relief.
               (s) The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred and Shares Series D Preferred Shares are listed on The New York Stock Exchange and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares or Series D Preferred Shares under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares or Series D Preferred Shares from The New York Stock Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or The New York Stock Exchange is contemplating terminating such registrations or listings. The Shares and the Conversion Shares have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
               (t) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holder of securities of the Company has any registration or similar rights to require registration of any debt or equity security of the Company as part or on account of, or otherwise in connection with, the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or effectively waived by the holders thereof, and any such waivers remain in full force and effect.

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               (u) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken, nor will any of them take, directly or indirectly, any action resulting in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, or that is designed to cause or result in, or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
               (v) The Company has not prior to the date hereof offered or sold any securities which would be “integrated” with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, as in effect on the date hereof), the Company has not sold or issued any Relevant Security during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or S under the Securities Act, other than Common Shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
               (w) There are no direct or indirect business relationships or related party transactions (including those contemplated by Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) involving the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate or any other person required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of The New York Stock Exchange or the FINRA (as defined below) to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which is not so described or is not described as required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers, directors or trustees of the Company or its subsidiaries which are required to by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which are not so described or not described as required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director, trustee or executive officer (or any family member or affiliate thereof) of the Company or any Subsidiary.
               (x) The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate books and records, and (ii) maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls

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and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) that (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, (ii) are effective to perform the functions for which they were established, and (iii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission. The principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations of the Commission, and the statements contained in any such certification were correct when made. Based on an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, the Company is not aware of (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weakness in internal controls; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
               (y) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied. During the period of at least the last 24 calendar months prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has timely filed with the Commission all documents and other material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) under the Exchange Act. During the period of at least the last 36 calendar months preceding the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company has filed all reports required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) under the Exchange Act. Immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement, the aggregate market value of the Company’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Company was equal to or greater than $75 million.
               (z) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is not and, at all times up to and including consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and after giving effect to the application of the net proceeds of the Offering, will not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 40 Act ”), and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act.
               (aa) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid and enforceable ground leasehold interest in, all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially affect the value of such property or interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them

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under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership or leasing of any real or personal property or of any claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting any of the properties or the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries which are required to be disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are disclosed therein. No tenant under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary leases its property has an option or right of first refusal to purchase the premises demised under such lease, the exercise of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. The use and occupancy of each of the properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with all applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation or zoning change that will in any material respect affect the size of, use of, improvement of, construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company or the Subsidiaries. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any pending or threatened proceeding or action that will in any manner materially affect the size of, use of, improvements or construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company or the Subsidiaries. The property purchase agreements described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, have been executed by the other parties thereto, and constitute binding obligations of the Company. The descriptions of the property purchase agreements contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects.
               (bb) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which has not been patented has been kept confidential. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted or assigned to any other person or entity any right to manufacture, have manufactured, assemble or sell the current products and services of the Company or those products and services described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any

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such claim; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company 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.
               (cc) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, state and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return). No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ Federal, state, or other taxes is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened. There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no tax returns of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that are currently being audited by state, local or Federal taxing authorities or agencies which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
               (dd) Neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees or agents has at any time during the last five years (i) made, on behalf of the Company, any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.
               (ee) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is imminent and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers’, customers or contractors, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
               (ff) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code ”), or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each employee benefit plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law; including ERISA (to the extent applicable) and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability

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under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any “pension plan”; and each “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.
               (gg) Except as would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there does not exist on any of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) in unlawful quantities, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there has not occurred on or from such properties any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous Materials, (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not failed to comply with all applicable local, state and Federal laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative and judicial orders relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or to the generation, manufacture, processing, recycling, distribution, use, treatment, sale, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have (to the extent not maintained by the applicable tenants) all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and all are in compliance with their requirements, (v) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their assets relating to any Hazardous Materials or the violation of any Environmental Laws.
          As used herein, “ Hazardous Material ” shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, oil, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, asbestos or any material as defined by any environmental laws, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.) (CERCLA), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.), and in the regulations adopted pursuant to each of the foregoing or by any Federal, state or local governmental authority having jurisdiction over the properties as described in the Prospectus.
          All of the properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries have been, and it is contemplated that all future acquisitions will be, subjected to a Phase I or similar environmental assessment (which generally includes a site inspection, interviews and a records review, but no

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subsurface sampling). These assessments and follow-up investigations, if any, of the properties (including, as appropriate, asbestos, radon and lead surveys, additional public record review, subsurface sampling and other testing), of the properties have not revealed any environmental liability that the Company believes would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not agreed to assume, undertake or provide indemnification (except as may extend to lenders to the Company who finance the acquisition of real property or the refinancing thereof) for any liability of any other person under any environmental law, including any obligation for cleanup or remedial action, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
               (hh) Commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been, and upon the sale of the Shares will continue to be, organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a “real estate investment trust” (a “ REIT ”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. The proposed method of operation of the Company as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable the Company to continue to operate in a manner which would permit it to qualify as a REIT under the Code. The Company has no present intention of changing its operations or engaging in activities which would cause it to fail to qualify, or make economically undesirable its continued qualification, as a REIT.
               (ii) Title insurance in favor of the Company and the Subsidiaries is maintained with respect to each of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in an amount at least equal to the cost of acquisition of such property.
               (jj) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, there are no mortgages or deeds of trust encumbering any of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The mortgages encumbering the properties are not convertible into any equity securities of the Company, nor does the Company or any of the Subsidiaries hold a participating interest therein and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, such mortgages are not cross defaulted to or cross-collateralized by any party other than the Company and the Subsidiaries.
               (kk) The Company has and maintains, or its tenants have and maintain, property and casualty insurance in favor of the Company and the Subsidiaries with respect to such entities and each of the properties owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, in an amount and on such terms as is reasonable and customary for the businesses of the type proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received from any insurance company written notice of any material defects or deficiencies affecting the insurability of any such properties.
               (ll) Except as otherwise disclosed in or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the

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officers, trustees or directors of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of the members of the families of any of them.
               (mm) To the knowledge of the Company, each of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, except for any failures to comply which would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
               (nn) The Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated except as may otherwise exist with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
               (oo) No person who is a trustee of the Company or is an officer of the Company, and to the Company’s knowledge, no person who in the aggregate beneficially owns 5% or more of the Company’s Common Shares (a “ Beneficial Owner ”), is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”), a controlling stockholder of a member, or an affiliate of a member, or of an underwriter or related person of a member or underwriter, in each case with respect to any proposed offering under this Agreement. No beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 12 months prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, or any amendments thereto, or to the filing of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member.
               (pp) The Company is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act upon the effectiveness of such provisions.
          Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
          2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares .
               (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $24.25, the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Firm Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
               (b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of (including any certificates representing), the Firm Shares shall be made at the office of Dechert LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112 (“ Underwriter Counsel ”), or at such other place

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as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth business day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof) following the effective date of this Agreement or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “ Closing Date ”). It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its own account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, if any, which it has agreed to purchase.
          Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares shall be made by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company at the bank account designated in writing by the Company at least one business day prior to the Closing Date, upon delivery of the Firm Shares to the Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares (including the certificates representing the Firm Shares, if any) shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may request at least two business days before the Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package the certificates representing the Firm Shares, if any, for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Closing Date.
               (c) In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters severally and not jointly the option to purchase up to 450,000 Additional Shares at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares as set forth in this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Shares by the Underwriters above; provided that the price per share for any Additional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on such Additional Shares. This option may be exercised at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part on one or more occasions, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus Supplement, by written notice by the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time, as reasonably determined by the Representatives, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (any such date and time being herein sometimes referred to as the “ Additional Closing Date ”); provided , however , that the Additional Closing Date shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the eighth full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Additional Shares, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase its share of the total number of Additional Shares then being purchased proportionate to its share of the Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

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               (d) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of (including any certificates representing), the Additional Shares, if any, shall be made at the office of Underwriter Counsel, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Additional Closing Date, or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company.
          Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company at the bank account designated in writing by the Company at least one business day prior to the Additional Closing Date, upon delivery of the Additional Shares to the Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. The Additional Shares (including the certificates representing the Additional Shares, if any) shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may request at least two business days before the Additional Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package the certificates representing the Additional Shares, if any, for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date.
               (e)  Default by One of the Underwriters . If one of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date to purchase the Shares which it is obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “ Defaulted Shares ”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for themselves, or any other of the non-defaulting underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Shares in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
                    (i) if the number of the Defaulted Shares does not exceed 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters; or
                    (ii) if the number of Defaulted Shares exceeds 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, this Agreement, or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date which occurs after the Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Additional Shares to be purchased and sold on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
          No action taken pursuant to this Section 2(e) shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
          In the event of any such default which does not result in (i) termination of this Agreement, or (ii) in the case of an Additional Closing Date which is after the Closing Date, a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the

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relevant Additional Shares, as the case may be, either the non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or the relevant Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in the opinion of Underwriter Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable. The term “ Underwriter ” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 2(e) with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm Shares and Additional Shares.
          3. Offering . Upon authorization of the release of the Firm Shares by the Representatives, the Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus Supplement.
          4. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
               (a) The Company will cause the Prospectus (including any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus Supplement) to be prepared and filed as required by Section 1(a) hereof (but only if the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel have not reasonably objected thereto by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to filing) and will notify the Underwriters promptly of such filing. The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “ Final Term Sheet ”) reflecting the final terms of the Shares, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 as soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement; provided that the Company shall furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel shall object.
               (b) During the period (beginning on the Applicable Time) in which a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or such date which is 90 days after the Closing Date, whichever is later, the Company will notify the Underwriters promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective or any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus Supplement or other amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, or of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or for additional information. The Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Underwriters’ request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that, in the Underwriters’ opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Underwriters’ distribution of the Shares; and the Company will file no Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the

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Prospectus (other than any prospectus supplement relating to the offering of other securities registered under the Registration Statement or any document required to be filed under the Exchange Act that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) to which the Representatives or Underwriter Counsel shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to the filing.
               (c) The Company will advise the Underwriters, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification or registration of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued.
               (d) The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations to permit completion of the distribution as contemplated in this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in connection with the sales of Shares, any event shall have occurred or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package and any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and prepare and file with the Commission (to the extent required by applicable law), subject to Sections 4(a) and (b), such amendment or supplement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriter Counsel) as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus comply with such requirements. The Company will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement be declared effective as soon as possible, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

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               (e) The Company will promptly deliver to each of you and Underwriter Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five years after the date of filing. The Company will promptly deliver to each Underwriter such number of copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as such Underwriter may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish each Underwriter with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If applicable, copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus, Registration Statement and General Disclosure Package, and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
               (f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring after the first anniversary of the date that the Prospectus Supplement is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158) covering a period of twelve months beginning on the date that the Prospectus Supplement is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
               (g) During the period of five years from the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Underwriters (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to provide the Underwriters with any such reports that have been filed with the Commission by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR, and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission).
               (h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.

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               (i) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Shares and the Conversion Shares, subject to official notice of issuance, on The New York Stock Exchange and maintain the listing of the Shares and the Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Shares on the Exchange. The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of Common Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligation to issue Conversion Shares.
               (j) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby. The Company has given the Underwriters notice of any filings made pursuant to the Rules and Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Date and, if applicable, each Additional Closing Date, and will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel shall object.
               (k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed to, or which might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, or the stabilization of the price of its shares of beneficial interest to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
               (l) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code for each of its taxable years for so long as the board of trustees deems it in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders to remain so qualified.
               (m) The Company will not be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after the date of the Agreement, an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the 40 Act.
               (n) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of formation of the Company, a Registrar for its Common Shares (including the Conversion Shares), Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares.
               (o) The Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission or cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any Common Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on parity with or senior to the Common Shares (with respect to distribution rights or payments upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up), or any securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or that represent the right to receive, any

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Common Shares or other such equity security, and will not agree to or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, grant, disposition or filing, in each case for the period specified below (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), without the prior written consent of the J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, except for (i) the registration of the Shares and the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Shares and the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) issuances of Common Shares upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and restricted share awards, in each case pursuant to equity compensation plans described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iv) the issuance of partnership interests in connection with ordinary course property acquisitions that are exchangeable for Common Shares; (v) the concurrent registration, offer, sale and issuance of the New Common Shares as described in the Prospectus; (vi) issuances of Common Shares upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares and any Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with their terms; and (vii) issuances of up to $10 million worth (based on the issue price) of Common Shares per month pursuant to a direct share purchase program approved by the Company’s board of trustees; provided that in the cases described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, these transfers be made subject to no further transfer during the Lock-Up Period. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and will continue and include the date 90 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated consent to in writing; provided , however , that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the Underwriters with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
               (p) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Shares and the Conversion Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as may be required for the distribution of the Shares; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify or register as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or registered, or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Shares have been so qualified or registered, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company will promptly advise the Underwriters of the receipt by

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the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares and the Conversion Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Shares and the Conversion Shares, as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.
               (q) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares.
               (r) The Company will comply with all effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
          5. Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, subject to the last sentence of this Section, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and, prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet, may use the information with respect to the final terms of the Shares in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors.
          6. Payment of Expenses . Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including the following: (i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the

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Shares (and the Conversion Shares) under the Securities Act and the Offering; (iii) the cost of producing this Agreement and any agreement among underwriters, blue sky survey, closing documents and other instruments, agreements or documents (including any compilations thereof) in connection with the Offering; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares (and the Conversion Shares) for offering and sale under state securities laws, if required, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky survey; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the FINRA of the terms of the Offering; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to the Shares (and the Conversion Shares) and all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares (and the Conversion Shares) on The New York Stock Exchange; (vii) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares; (viii) any stock transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering; and (ix) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Shares made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in Section 1(d) hereof. The Company also will pay or cause to be paid: (x) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if any, representing the Shares (and the Conversion Shares); (y) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares (and the Conversion Shares); and (z) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8, 9 and 11 hereof, each Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel and stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by such Underwriter. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or 11(b) hereof, or subsequent to a Material Adverse Change, the Company will pay all out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriters (including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection herewith.
          7. Conditions of Each Underwriter’s Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, as provided herein, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 7 “Closing Date” shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares and any Additional Closing Date, if different, for the Additional Shares), to the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to you or to Underwriter Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 of any material misstatement or omission, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
               (a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and all necessary regulatory approvals shall have been received not later than the Applicable Time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Representatives; the Prospectus containing information relating to the description

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of the Shares and the method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and, at or prior to the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, nor has any state securities authority suspended the qualification or registration of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under Rule 433 or 164 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations (to the extent required by Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations).
               (b) The Underwriters shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto contains an untrue statement of fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material or omits to state a fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, that the General Disclosure Package (at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date) or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material or omits to state a fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material and is necessary, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading.
               (c) At the Closing Date you shall have received the favorable written opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I .
               (d) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriter Counsel, and the Underwriters shall have received from Underwriter Counsel a favorable written opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriter Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
               (e) At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date to the effect that (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 7 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date all agreements, conditions and obligations of the Company to be performed or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the Company and

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the Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and (vi) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there has not been any Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in or affecting (x) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (y) the long-term debt, shares of beneficial interest or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (z) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
               (f) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date, you shall have received a comfort letter from KPMG LLP, independent public accountants for the Company dated as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date addressed to the Representatives and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel.
               (g) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and through the Closing, there shall not have been any material change in the shares of beneficial interest or capital stock (except pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, as in effect on the date hereof, or the exercise of vested options), or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any change or development involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including but not limited to the occurrence of any fire, flood, explosion or other calamity at any of the properties owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement).
               (h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Shares and the Conversion Shares shall have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Exchange.
               (i) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading or adverse change shall have occurred in the rating accorded any security of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined

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by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any security of the Company, that, in either event, makes it impractical or inadvisable, in the Underwriters’ judgment, to offer or deliver the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
               (j) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.
               (k) At the time this Agreement is executed, the Underwriters shall have received lock-up agreements from each of the executive officers of the Company in the form attached hereto as Annex II .
          If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Underwriters or to Underwriter Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 shall not be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and Underwriter Counsel, acting reasonably, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone. Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.
          8. Indemnification .
               (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including any General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such

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loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein. The parties agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material referred to in the second to last sentence of Section 1(b) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement.
               (b) Each Underwriter shall severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the trustees of the Company and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters hereunder. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material referred to in the second to last sentence of Section 1(b) hereof.
               (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof, but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 8. In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an

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indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought by an indemnified party under this Section 8 or Section 9 hereof (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party thereto), unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement, compromise or judgment.
          9.  Contribution . In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and trustees of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on

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the other hand from the Offering or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as are appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears to (y) the underwriting discount or commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each person, if any, who controls any of the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each trustee of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto and not joint. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve

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the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 9 or otherwise.
          10.  Survival of Representations and Agreements . All representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriters and the Company contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto, including the agreements contained in Section 6, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 8 and the contribution agreements contained in Section 9, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and trustees or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the Underwriters. The representations and agreements contained in Sections 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 through 18, inclusive, hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
          11.  Effective Date of Agreement; Termination .
               (a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 11 and of Sections 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12 through 18, inclusive, shall be in full force and effect at all times after the execution hereof.
               (b) The Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date or to terminate the obligation, if any, of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares at any time prior to the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, if (A) there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representatives will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s securities or securities in general; or (C) if trading on The New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (D) if a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or if any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; or (E) any downgrading shall have occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or if any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities; or (F) (i) if there shall have occurred any outbreak or

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escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (ii) if there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
               (c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be in writing.
               (d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, or if the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Representatives, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel), incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.
          12. Notices . All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing, and:
               (a) if sent to any Underwriters, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing, to each of the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10172, Attention: Robert C. Vincent III and c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Janet Livingston, with a copy to Underwriter Counsel at Dechert LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, Attention: Bonnie Barsamian, Esq.;
               (b) if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance facsimile to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request.
Any such notices and other communications shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
          13.  Parties . This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters and the Company and the controlling persons, directors, trustees, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or

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equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said controlling persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, heirs and legal representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other person, firm or corporation. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from the Underwriters.
          14.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of the State of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (each, a “ Proceeding ”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS.
          15.  Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
               (a) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Company’s securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters have been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
               (b) the price of the securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
               (c) it has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

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               (d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
          16. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
          17. Headings . The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
          18. Time is of the Essence . Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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          If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
             
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory K. Silvers 
         
 
      Name:   Gregory K. Silvers 
 
           
 
      Title:   Vice President 
 
           
 
           
Accepted as of the date first above written, for themselves and as Representative of the Underwriters named on Schedule I hereto:
           
             
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
           
By:
  /s/ Santosh Sreenivasan     
         
 
  Name:   Santosh Sreenivasan     
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Director     
 
           
 
           
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
 
           
By:
  /s/ Eric Benedict     
         
 
  Name:   Eric Benedict     
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Director     
 
           

 


 

SCHEDULE I
         
Name of Underwriter   Number of Firm Shares
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    1,350,000  
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
    1,200,000  
 
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
    450,000  
 
       
 
Total:
    3,000,000  
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SCHEDULE II
Final Term Sheet/Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated March 27, 2008.
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EXHIBIT A
SUBSIDIARIES
     
Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT DownREIT, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT DownREIT II, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
3 Theatres, Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
Megaplex Nine Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
Theatre Sub Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
Megaplex Four Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
EPR Canada, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Melbourne, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS Holdings, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS I, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS II, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
WestCol Holdings LLC
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Corp.
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Center LLC*
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Theatre LLC
  Delaware
 
   
Westminster Promenade Owner’s Association LLC
  Colorado
 
   
Flik, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Flik Depositor, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Tampa Veterans 24, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Cantera 30, Inc.
  Delaware

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT Waterparks, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPR Hialeah, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT New Roc LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT New Roc GP, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
30 West Pershing LLC
  Missouri
 
   
EPR North Trust
  Delaware
 
   
EPR Metropolis Trust
  Delaware
 
   
Burbank Village, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Burbank Village, L.P.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Pensacola, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Mad River, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Davie, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Aliso Viejo, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Boise, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Deer Valley, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hamilton, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Little Rock, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Pompano, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Raleigh Theatres, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Arroyo, Inc.
  Delaware

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT Auburn, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Biloxi, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Columbiana, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Fresno, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hoffman Estates, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Huntsville, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hurst, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Lafayette, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Macon, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mesa, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Modesto, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Wilmington, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT East, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Manchester, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT White Plains, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT First Colony, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Oakview, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Lawrence, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Indianapolis, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mount Snow, Inc.
  Delaware

ExA-3


 

     
Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
EPT Chattanooga, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Leawood, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT GCC, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
LCPV VinREIT, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Firewheel, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Gulf Pointe, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mesquite, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT South Barrington, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Slidell, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Kanata Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Mississauga Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Oakville Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Whitby Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Metropolis Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
EPT 301, LLC*
  Missouri
 
   
Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC
  New Hampshire
 
   
EPT Schoolhouse, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Ski Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Spartanburg, Inc.
  Delaware
     
Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
Tampa Veterans 24, L.P.
(limited partnership interest wholly- owned by Atlantic — EPR II)**
  Delaware

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Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
Cantera 30 Theatre, L.P.
(limited partnership interest wholly- owned by Atlantic — EPR I)**
  Delaware
 
   
New Roc Associates L.P.
(general partnership interest wholly- owned by EPT New Roc GP, Inc.; 70.4% of limited partnership interest owned by EPT New Roc LLC)
  New York
 
   
EPT White Plains, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, owns a Class A Membership Interests representing a 66.67% interest in LC White Plains Retail, LLC, a New York limited liability company.
 
   
EPT White Plains, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, owns a Class A Membership Interests representing a 66.67% interest in LC White Plains Recreation, LLC, a New York limited liability company.
 
   
Domus Communities, LLC
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)
  Delaware
 
   
VinREIT, LLC
(96% owned by Entertainment Properties Trust)
  Delaware
 
   
LCPV VinREIT, Inc.
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
  Delaware
 
   
Paso Robles, VinREIT, LLC
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
  Missouri
 
   
Duncan Peak VinREIT LLC
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
  Delaware
 
   
Havens VinREIT, LLC
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
  Missouri
 
   
Exit 108 Entertainment, LLC
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.
  Alabama
 
   
Suffolk Retail, Inc.
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)
  Delaware
 
   
PGCC, LLC
(50% interest owned by EPT GCC, LLC)
  Delaware

ExA-5


 

     
Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
JERIT CS Fund I, LLC
(50% interest owned by EPT Schoolhouse, LLC)
  Delaware
 
*   Equity interest pledged to secure loan
 
**   Atlantic’s interest may be exchanged for EPR shares or cash, at EPR’s option.

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ANNEX I
Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
Form of Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(c) (capitalized terms used below
but not defined below shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement):
          (i) The Company is a real estate investment trust duly formed and validly existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly formed and validly existing in its jurisdiction of organization and is in good standing in its respective jurisdiction of organization with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct the business in which it is engaged. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign real estate investment trust, corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued shares of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not now in violation of or subject to any preemptive or, to the best of our knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any shares of beneficial interest from the Company upon issuance, sale or conversion thereof, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as disclosed in Exhibit A to the Underwriting Agreement, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. The issued and outstanding Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (iii) The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. When issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be duly and validly

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issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to the best of our knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any shares of beneficial interest of the Company from the Company upon issuance or sale thereof. The Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Shares (the “Conversion Shares”) have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued and delivered upon conversion and in accordance with the Articles Supplementary, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any shares of beneficial interest of the Company from the Company upon issuance thereof. The forms of certificate used to evidence the Shares and the Conversion Shares are in due and proper form and comply with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the Company’s organizational documents and with the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Articles Supplementary are in full force and effect. The Shares conform to the provisions of the Articles Supplementary and the relative rights, preferences, interest and powers of the Shares are as set forth in the Articles Supplementary, and such provisions are valid under Maryland law. The Shares and the Conversion Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (iv) The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares currently outstanding are listed, and the Firm Shares and Additional Shares to be sold under the Underwriting Agreement to the Underwriters and the Conversion Shares are duly authorized for listing, on the NYSE.
          (v) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The Articles Supplementary have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and filed on behalf of the Company with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.
          (vi) To the best of our knowledge, there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation, before any court or before or by any public body or board pending or threatened against, or involving the assets, properties or businesses of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, involving the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ officers, trustees or directors or to which any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ properties or other assets are subject which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or to affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
          (vii) The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement and the Articles Supplementary, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (including the issuance and delivery of the Shares and the Conversion Shares), the Articles Supplementary, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of

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time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or any other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit known to us to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets may be bound or (B) violate or conflict with any provision of the declaration of trust, certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, articles of organization, by-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the best of our knowledge, any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
          (viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except for (1) such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel need express no opinion) or (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act.
          (ix) The Registration Statement at the time it became effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), at the date of the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and on the Closing Date, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion), at the date of filing thereof with the Commission and on the Closing Date, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and Exchange Act (“Rules and Regulations”). The documents filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus included in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion) when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations.
          (x) The statements under the captions “Risk Factors,” “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Additional Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Description of the

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Series E Preferred Shares,” “Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest,” and “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus, and in Items 14 and 15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings.
          (xi) The Company and its subsidiaries are not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
          (xii) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments, if any, have become effective under the Securities Act, and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and all filings required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act have been made.
          (xiii) The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement (including the issuance and delivery of the Shares and the Conversion Shares), and to execute, deliver and file with Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation the Articles Supplementary, and has all real estate investment trust action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the Articles Supplementary, the issuance and delivery of the Shares and the Conversion Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as described in the Prospectus have been duly and validly taken.
          (xiv) To the best of our knowledge, there is no contract or agreement of a character (1) to be filed under the Exchange Act if upon such filing it would be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or (2) to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described and filed as required.
          (xv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective declaration of trust, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, by-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, and, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound.
          (xvi) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and

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regulations promulgated thereunder, except for such violations, singly or in the aggregate, which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (xvii) To the best of our knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such authorizations of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable environmental laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its respective properties and to conduct its respective business, except where the failure to have any such authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each such authorization is valid and in full force and effect and each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and to the best of our knowledge, no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, the revocation, suspension or termination of any such authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such authorization; such authorizations contain no restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except where such failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (xviii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any shares of beneficial interest of the Company, or any security convertible into, exercisable for, or exchangeable for shares of beneficial interest in the Company. No holder of any security of the Company has the right to have any security owned by such holder included for registration in the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares.
          (xix) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings, contracts and other documents, are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown in all material respects; and we do not know of any statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described that are not described as required, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus.
          (xx) The Company has satisfied all of the conditions and requirements for filing the Registration Statement on Form S-3.
          (xxi) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, and, based on the facts and assumptions set forth in

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the Prospectus and the representations by the Company, set forth in an Officer’s Certificate regarding certain federal income tax matters, its method of operation has enabled it, and its proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements under the Code for qualification and taxation as a REIT, and the Company’s partnership subsidiaries and limited liability company subsidiaries will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as partnerships (or as disregarded entities) and not as associations taxable as corporations or as publicly-traded partnerships.
          (xxii) To the best of our knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns through the date hereof, if any such returns are required to be filed, and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon; and no tax deficiency has been asserted against any such entity which, if determined adversely to any such entity, could have a Material Adverse Effect.
          For purposes of giving our opinions expressed herein, we have participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent registered public accountants for the Company and the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which would lead such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), at the time it became effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) or any amendment thereof made prior to the Closing Date, as of the date of such amendment, contained or incorporated by reference any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), as of its date (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto made prior to the Closing Date as of the date of such amendment or supplement) and as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) the Preliminary Prospectus 1 (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) and the documents, if any, specified in Schedule A to this letter (consisting of identified “issuer free writing prospectus(es)” that are intended for general dissemination to prospective investors), at the Applicable Time, when considered together with the public offering price per Share and the number of Shares to be sold in the offering, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood in each case that we express no belief or opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein).
 
1   Note: Reference to “Preliminary Prospectus” will be the latest preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement and generally distributed to investors.

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ANNEX II
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
Series E Preferred Shares
($25.00 Liquidation Preference)
March 27, 2008
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
          Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This Lock-Up Letter Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) entered into by Entertainment Properties Trust (the “ Company ”) and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein, with respect to the public offering (the “ Offering ”) of 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Preferred Shares ”).
          In order to induce the Underwriters to underwrite the Offering, the undersigned agrees that, for the period specified in the following paragraph (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent, (i) offer, sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Relevant Security (as defined below), (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of a Relevant Security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Relevant Securities, other securities, cash or otherwise, or (iii) agree to or publicly announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii). The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof agrees in writing with you to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, (b) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that such trust agrees in writing with you to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, (c) the Company’s withholding of Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“ Common Shares ”) otherwise issuable to the undersigned pursuant to

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the Company’s 1997 Share Incentive Plan or 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plans ”) described in the prospectus relating to the Offering to pay for taxes legally required to be withheld with respect to the exercise or vesting of an award granted under the Plans, or (d) the surrender of Common Shares as payment for the exercise price of options granted pursuant to the Plans. The undersigned further agrees that, during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent, (x) file or participate in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of any registration statement, or circulate or participate in the circulation of any preliminary or final prospectus or other disclosure document with respect to any proposed offering or sale of a Relevant Security or (y) exercise any rights the undersigned may have to require registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of any proposed offering or sale of a Relevant Security. “ Relevant Security ” means the Preferred Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any security convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represents the right to receive, any Preferred Shares, Common Shares or other such equity security.
          The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and continue and include the date 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus supplement used to sell the Preferred Shares (the “ Public Offering Date ”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to which you are or expect to become a party; provided , however , that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless you waive, in writing, such extension.
          The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement to and including the 34 th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
          The undersigned hereby authorizes the Company during the Lock-Up Period to cause any transfer agent for the Relevant Securities to decline to transfer, and to note stop transfer restrictions on the stock register and other records relating to, Relevant Securities for which the undersigned is the record holder.
          If (i) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, or (ii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be terminated and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.

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          The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that this Lock-Up Letter Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the undersigned from the date first above written.
          This Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Delivery of a signed copy of this letter by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of the original hereof.
     
 
  Yours very truly,
 
   
 
 
   
 
  Name:

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Exhibit 1.2
EXECUTION COPY
2,100,000 Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
March 27, 2008
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
Ladies/Gentlemen:
     Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Company ”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“ JPMorgan ”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“ Morgan Stanley ”) and each of the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 2(e) hereof) for which JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) an aggregate of 2,100,000 (the “ Firm Shares ”) of its common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Shares ”), as set forth on Schedule I hereto, and, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 315,000 Common Shares (the “ Additional Shares ”). The Firm Shares and any Additional Shares purchased by the Underwriters are referred to herein as the “ Shares .” The Representatives are acting as joint book-running managers in connection with the public offering of the Shares that the Underwriters intend to conduct (the “ Offering ”). It is understood that the Company proposes, and is concurrently entering into an agreement (the “ Series E Underwriting Agreement ”), subject to the terms and conditions stated therein, to issue and sell to the underwriters named therein, an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series E Preferred Shares ”). This Offering is not conditioned on the completion of the offering of the Series E Preferred Shares, and the offering of the Series E Preferred Shares is not conditioned on the completion of this Offering.

 


 

     1.  Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time (as defined below), as of the Closing Date (as defined below) and, if applicable, as of the time of any Additional Closing Date (as defined below) that:
          (a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-140978) for the registration of common shares, preferred shares, depositary shares, warrants and debt securities, including the Shares, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 430A or Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act (the “ Securities Act Rules and Regulations ”), and the Company has filed such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the execution of this Agreement. Such registration statement (as so amended, if applicable) automatically became effective under the Securities Act upon filing with the Commission. The registration statement and prospectus may have been amended or supplemented prior to the date of this Agreement; any such amendment or supplement was prepared and filed, and any such amendment, filed after the effective date of such registration statement has automatically become effective. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission. A prospectus supplement (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) to the base prospectus included as part of the registration statement setting forth the terms of the offering, sale and plan of distribution of the Shares and additional information concerning the Company and its business has been or will be prepared and filed (together with the prospectus included in the registration statement) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required by the Rules and Regulations). The registration statement, as it may have heretofore been amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations or Rule 430B of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “ Registration Statement .” The final form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, is referred to herein as the “ Prospectus .” Any Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act is hereinafter called the “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ” and from and after the date and time of filing the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto and all documents incorporated by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement (including one fully executed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto) have been delivered to the Underwriters and their counsel. Any preliminary Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering of the Shares (a “ Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ”), preliminary prospectus or prospectus subject to completion included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the

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Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations is hereafter called a “ Preliminary Prospectus .” “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, relating to the Shares in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations. “ General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified as such in Schedule II to this Agreement. “ Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the electronic roadshow of the Company posted on netroadshow.com on March 27, 2008). “ Applicable Time ” means 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on March 28, 2008, or such other date and time agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), on or before the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference herein to the terms “ amend ,” “ amendment ” or “ supplement ” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include (i) the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement, the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, which is incorporated therein by reference and (ii) any such document so filed. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Preliminary Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed with the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), and such copy shall be identical in content to any Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the Offering.
          (b) Each part of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, when such part became or becomes effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), at the date of the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, at the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and, if later, at any Additional Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission, at the Closing Date and at any Additional Closing Date, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Rules and Regulations; each part of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, when such part became or becomes effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), or when such part was or is filed with the Commission, or at the date of the filing of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, did not or will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the Prospectus and

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any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of the filing thereof with the Commission, at the Closing Date and, if later, at any Additional Closing Date, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. When any related Preliminary Prospectus was first filed with the Commission (whether filed as part of the registration statement for the registration of the Shares or any amendment thereto or pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act) and when any amendment thereof or supplement thereto was first filed with the Commission, such Preliminary Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No representation and warranty is made in this subsection (b) however, with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any related Preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the first sentence of paragraph 9 and paragraph 17 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement. The Company has not distributed, and prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act (which were disclosed to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel and are listed on Schedule II hereof other than documents referred to in clause (C) of Section 1(d)).
          (c) (i) (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto, if any, for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption provided by Rule 163 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations (“ Rule 405 ”). At the time of filing the Registration Statement and at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including as a result of (x) the Company or any subsidiary of the Company in the preceding three years having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Securities Act or being the subject of a

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proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares, all as described in Rule 405. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to the Securities Act Rules and Regulations objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. The Shares, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405.
          (d) As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, (B) the Preliminary Prospectus and (C) the documents mutually agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters, considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 contained in or omitted from any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material included in the first sentence of paragraph 9 and paragraph 17 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.
          (e) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriters and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements contained in or omitted from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the first sentence of paragraph 9 and paragraph 17 (except the first and last sentences thereof), under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus Supplement.

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          (f) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time they became or become effective or were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act (the “ Exchange Act Rules and Regulations ” and, together with the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, the “ Rules and Regulations ”) and, when read together with the other information in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, at the Applicable Time, at the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          (g) KPMG LLP, which has certified certain of the financial statements and supporting schedules and information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is and, during the periods covered by their reports incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, was an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations and the PCAOB, except to the extent that registration with the PCAOB was not required thereunder during an applicable period, in which case KPMG LLP consisted of independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations then in effect. KPMG LLP has not notified the Company, the Company’s board of trustees or the audit committee of the board of trustees of any illegal acts that are required to be reported pursuant to Section 10A of the Exchange Act.
          (h) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package (including as of the Applicable Time) and the Prospectus, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (A) there has been no change in the earnings, assets, properties, business, results of operations, shareholders’ equity, prospects, affairs or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Subsidiaries ”), taken as a whole, which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 1(m) below), (B) there has been no casualty, loss, condemnation or other adverse event with respect to any property or interest therein owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any Subsidiary which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (D) except for regular quarterly distributions on the Common Shares, 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series B Preferred Shares ”), 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series C Preferred Shares ”), and 7.375% Series D

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Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “ Series D Preferred Shares ”), which have been publicly announced through the date of this Agreement, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its shares of beneficial interest, and (E) there has been no material increase in long-term debt or decrease in the capital of the Company or the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of their businesses (each, a “ Material Adverse Change ”). Since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions which are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are reflected in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (i) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.
          (j) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Shares and the use of proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) do not and will not (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a Repayment Event (as defined below) or default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Repayment Event or default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with any provision of the declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other organizational document of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets. As used herein, “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets, or any third party, is

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required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares to be issued, sold and delivered hereunder, except the registration under the Securities Act of the Shares, filings with the New York Stock Exchange and the Commission of the Prospectus, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and permits as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, each of which has been obtained.
          (k) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization,” will be, after giving effect to the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the offering contemplated under the Series E Underwriting Agreement), as of the date indicated and as set forth in the column entitled As Adjusted(1)” under the caption “Capitalization” and will be, after giving effect to the Offering and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the offering contemplated under the Series E Underwriting Agreement), as of the date indicated and as set forth in the column entitled “As Adjusted(2)” under the caption “Capitalization.” There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company authorized other than the Common Shares, 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share), Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares. There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company issued or outstanding other than the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and, upon consummation of the concurrent offering of Series E Preferred Shares described in the Prospectus, Series E Preferred Shares. All of the issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights arising by operation of law under the organizational documents of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire from the Company or any Subsidiary upon the issuance or sale thereof any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any Subsidiaries and any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares or other such equity security (any “ Relevant Security ”). The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any (as hereinafter respectively defined), have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when delivered in accordance with this Agreement against payment of the consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Relevant Security from the Company or any Subsidiary upon issuance or

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sale of Shares in the Offering. The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The forms of share certificate to be used to evidence the Shares will be in due and proper form and will comply with all applicable legal requirements. Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except for restricted Common Shares or options to purchase Common Shares to be granted to the Company’s non-employee trustees pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and Common Shares to be issued in respect thereof, there are no shares of beneficial interest of the Company reserved for any purpose and there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of beneficial interest of the Company and neither the Company (except pursuant to the Series E Underwriting Agreement) nor any Subsidiary has outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security. The holders of the Shares will not be subject to liability by reason of being such holders.
          (l) The Subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A hereto are the only subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405. Except for the Subsidiaries and Atlantic-EPR I, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest), Atlantic-EPR II, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest) and New Roc Associates L.P., a New York limited partnership (in which the Company owns the general partnership interest and 70.4% of the limited partnership interest), the Company owns no ownership or other beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. All of the issued shares of capital stock of or other ownership interest in each of the Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Exhibit A hereto, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
          (m) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has been duly organized and validly exists as a real estate investment trust, corporation, business trust, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign trust, corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which could not reasonably be expected to (individually or when aggregated with other such instances) have a material adverse effect on (i) the earnings, assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the long-term debt, shares of beneficial interest or capital stock of the Company and any of its

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Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”). Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits (collectively, the “ Consents ”) of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies and bodies and third parties, foreign and domestic, to own, hold, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which could result in the revocation of any such Consent. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and directives, except where failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Consent contains a materially burdensome restriction not adequately disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation of its declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other organizational document. The Company and Subsidiaries are not in default (or with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be in default) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which they are a party or by which they or any of their properties or other assets are bound, violation of which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and no other party under any such agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Subsidiaries are a party is, to the knowledge of the Company, in default (or with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be in default) in any material respect thereunder. To the knowledge of the Company, no liability (financial or otherwise) exists for the Company or the Subsidiaries, except for those liabilities which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (n) Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no legal, governmental or regulatory proceeding or other litigation (including but not limited to routine litigation) to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors is a party or of which any property or operations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceeding or litigation is threatened or contemplated by any legal, governmental or regulatory authority or other third party, foreign or domestic; and the defense of all such proceedings and litigation against or involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (o) The consolidated financial statements of the Company, included or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the

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Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements, schedules or notes of any other entity included therein, present fairly the financial position as of the dates indicated and the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods therein specified of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or of the respective entity or entities or group presented therein; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, said financial statements, notes and schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and present fairly the information required to be stated therein. The other financial and statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information included therein and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that of the financial statements that are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the books and records of the respective entities presented therein, and comply with the applicable requirements of Regulation G of the Commission.
          (p) Any pro forma or as adjusted financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and the guidelines of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants with respect to pro forma information and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are, in the opinion of the Company, reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All historical financial statements and information and all pro forma financial statements and information required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations are included, or incorporated by reference, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (q) The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company reasonably and in good faith believes are reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.
          (r) There are no contracts or other documents (including, without limitation, any voting agreement), which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations and which have not been so described or filed. All of the contracts to which any of the Company or the Subsidiaries is a party and which are material to the business and operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such entity, constitute valid and binding agreements of such entity and are enforceable against such entity in accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (B) general equity principles and limitations on the availability of equitable relief,

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or (ii) in the case of any contract to be executed on or before the Closing Date, will on the Closing Date be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and/or a Subsidiary, and constitute valid and binding agreements of such entity enforceable against each entity in accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforcement may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (B) general equity principles and limitations on the availability of equitable relief.
          (s) The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and the outstanding Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred and Shares Series D Preferred Shares are listed on The New York Stock Exchange and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares or Series D Preferred Shares under the Exchange Act or de-listing the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares or Series D Preferred Shares from The New York Stock Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or The New York Stock Exchange is contemplating terminating such registrations or listings. The Shares have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.
          (t) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holder of securities of the Company has any registration or similar rights to require registration of any debt or equity security of the Company as part or on account of, or otherwise in connection with, the sale of the Shares contemplated hereby, and any such rights so disclosed have either been fully complied with by the Company or effectively waived by the holders thereof, and any such waivers remain in full force and effect.
          (u) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has taken, nor will any of them take, directly or indirectly, any action resulting in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, or that is designed to cause or result in, or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
          (v) The Company has not prior to the date hereof offered or sold any securities which would be “integrated” with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, as in effect on the date hereof), the Company has not sold or issued any Relevant Security during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including but not limited to any sales pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation D or S under the Securities Act, other than Common Shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or the employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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          (w) There are no direct or indirect business relationships or related party transactions (including those contemplated by Item 404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act) involving the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate or any other person required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of The New York Stock Exchange or the FINRA (as defined below) to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which is not so described or is not described as required. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers, directors or trustees of the Company or its subsidiaries which are required to by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which are not so described or not described as required. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), directly or indirectly, extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director, trustee or executive officer (or any family member or affiliate thereof) of the Company or any Subsidiary.
          (x) The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate books and records, and (ii) maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act) that (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, (ii) are effective to perform the functions for which they were established, and (iii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the period covered by the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission. The principal executive officers (or their equivalents) and principal financial officers (or their equivalents) of the Company have made all certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations of the Commission, and the statements contained in any such certification were correct when made. Based on an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures, the Company is not aware of (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weakness in internal controls; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other

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factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
          (y) The conditions for use of Form S-3, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied. During the period of at least the last 24 calendar months prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has timely filed with the Commission all documents and other material required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) under the Exchange Act. During the period of at least the last 36 calendar months preceding the filing of the Registration Statement, the Company has filed all reports required to be filed pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) under the Exchange Act. Immediately preceding the filing of the Registration Statement, the aggregate market value of the Company’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Company was equal to or greater than $75 million.
          (z) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is not and, at all times up to and including consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and after giving effect to the application of the net proceeds of the Offering, will not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 40 Act ”), and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of such act.
          (aa) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid and enforceable ground leasehold interest in, all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or such as do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially affect the value of such property or interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease or sublease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of any claim adverse to its ownership or leasing of any real or personal property or of any claim against the continued possession of any real property, whether owned or held under lease or sublease by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting any of the properties or the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries which are required to be disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are disclosed therein. No tenant under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary leases its property has an option or right of first refusal to purchase the premises demised under such lease, the exercise of which would have a Material Adverse Effect. The use and occupancy of each of the properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with all applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation or zoning change that will in any material respect affect the size of, use of, improvement of,

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construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company or the Subsidiaries. The Company and the Subsidiaries have no knowledge of any pending or threatened proceeding or action that will in any manner materially affect the size of, use of, improvements or construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company or the Subsidiaries. The property purchase agreements described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, have been executed by the other parties thereto, and constitute binding obligations of the Company. The descriptions of the property purchase agreements contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects.
          (bb) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which has not been patented has been kept confidential. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted or assigned to any other person or entity any right to manufacture, have manufactured, assemble or sell the current products and services of the Company or those products and services described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company 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.
          (cc) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has accurately prepared and timely filed all federal, state and other tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid or made provision for the payment of all taxes, assessments, governmental or other similar charges, including without limitation, all sales and use taxes and all taxes which the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is obligated to withhold from amounts owing to employees, creditors and third parties, with respect to the periods covered by such tax returns (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any tax return). No deficiency assessment with respect to a proposed adjustment of the Company’s or any of the Subsidiaries’ Federal, state, or other taxes is pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened. There is no tax lien, whether imposed by any federal, state or other taxing authority, outstanding against the assets, properties or business of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, there

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are no tax returns of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that are currently being audited by state, local or Federal taxing authorities or agencies which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (dd) Neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees or agents has at any time during the last five years (i) made, on behalf of the Company, any unlawful contribution to any candidate for foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution in violation of law or (ii) made any payment to any federal or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required or permitted by the laws of the United States of any jurisdiction thereof.
          (ee) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is imminent and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers’, customers or contractors, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ff) No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “ Code ”), or “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each employee benefit plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law; including ERISA (to the extent applicable) and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any “pension plan”; and each “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.
          (gg) Except as would not, singularly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there does not exist on any of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) in unlawful quantities, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there has not occurred on or from such properties any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous Materials, (iii) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not failed to comply with all applicable local, state and Federal laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative and judicial orders relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened

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release of Hazardous Materials or to the generation, manufacture, processing, recycling, distribution, use, treatment, sale, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries have (to the extent not maintained by the applicable tenants) all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and all are in compliance with their requirements, (v) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings pursuant to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their assets relating to any Hazardous Materials or the violation of any Environmental Laws.
     As used herein, “ Hazardous Material ” shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, oil, petroleum, petroleum products, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, asbestos or any material as defined by any environmental laws, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq.) (CERCLA), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.), and in the regulations adopted pursuant to each of the foregoing or by any Federal, state or local governmental authority having jurisdiction over the properties as described in the Prospectus.
     All of the properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries have been, and it is contemplated that all future acquisitions will be, subjected to a Phase I or similar environmental assessment (which generally includes a site inspection, interviews and a records review, but no subsurface sampling). These assessments and follow-up investigations, if any, of the properties (including, as appropriate, asbestos, radon and lead surveys, additional public record review, subsurface sampling and other testing), of the properties have not revealed any environmental liability that the Company believes would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not agreed to assume, undertake or provide indemnification (except as may extend to lenders to the Company who finance the acquisition of real property or the refinancing thereof) for any liability of any other person under any environmental law, including any obligation for cleanup or remedial action, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (hh) Commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been, and upon the sale of the Shares will continue to be, organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a “real estate investment trust” (a “ REIT ”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. The proposed method of operation of the Company as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable the Company to continue to operate in a manner which would permit it to qualify as a

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REIT under the Code. The Company has no present intention of changing its operations or engaging in activities which would cause it to fail to qualify, or make economically undesirable its continued qualification, as a REIT.
          (ii) Title insurance in favor of the Company and the Subsidiaries is maintained with respect to each of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in an amount at least equal to the cost of acquisition of such property.
          (jj) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, there are no mortgages or deeds of trust encumbering any of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The mortgages encumbering the properties are not convertible into any equity securities of the Company, nor does the Company or any of the Subsidiaries hold a participating interest therein and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, such mortgages are not cross defaulted to or cross-collateralized by any party other than the Company and the Subsidiaries.
          (kk) The Company has and maintains, or its tenants have and maintain, property and casualty insurance in favor of the Company and the Subsidiaries with respect to such entities and each of the properties owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, in an amount and on such terms as is reasonable and customary for the businesses of the type proposed to be conducted by the Company and the Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received from any insurance company written notice of any material defects or deficiencies affecting the insurability of any such properties.
          (ll) Except as otherwise disclosed in or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers, trustees or directors of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of the members of the families of any of them.
          (mm) To the knowledge of the Company, each of the properties described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, except for any failures to comply which would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (nn) The Company has not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated except as may otherwise exist with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.
          (oo) No person who is a trustee of the Company or is an officer of the Company, and to the Company’s knowledge, no person who in the aggregate beneficially owns 5% or more of the Company’s Common Shares (a “ Beneficial Owner ”), is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”), a controlling stockholder of a member, or

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an affiliate of a member, or of an underwriter or related person of a member or underwriter, in each case with respect to any proposed offering under this Agreement. No beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 12 months prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, or any amendments thereto, or to the filing of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member.
          (pp) The Company is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act upon the effectiveness of such provisions.
     Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.
     2.  Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares .
          (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $46.1323, the number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Firm Shares which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
          (b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of (including any certificates representing), the Firm Shares shall be made at the office of Dechert LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112 (“ Underwriter Counsel ”), or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth business day (as permitted under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act) (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof) following the effective date of this Agreement or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “ Closing Date ”). It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its own account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, if any, which it has agreed to purchase.
     Payment of the purchase price for the Firm Shares shall be made by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company at the bank account designated in writing by the Company at least one business day prior to the Closing Date, upon delivery of the Firm Shares to the Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters. The Firm Shares (including the certificates representing the Firm Shares, if any) shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such

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denominations as the Representatives may request at least two business days before the Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package the certificates representing the Firm Shares, if any, for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Closing Date.
          (c) In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the Underwriters severally and not jointly the option to purchase up to 315,000 Additional Shares at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Underwriters for the Firm Shares as set forth in this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Shares by the Underwriters above; provided that the price per share for any Additional Shares shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on such Additional Shares. This option may be exercised at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part on one or more occasions, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus Supplement, by written notice by the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time, as reasonably determined by the Representatives, when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (any such date and time being herein sometimes referred to as the “ Additional Closing Date ”); provided , however , that the Additional Closing Date shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the eighth full business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Additional Shares, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase its share of the total number of Additional Shares then being purchased proportionate to its share of the Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter, subject in each case to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
          (d) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of (including any certificates representing), the Additional Shares, if any, shall be made at the office of Underwriter Counsel, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Additional Closing Date, or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company.
     Payment of the purchase price for the Additional Shares shall be made by wire transfer in same day funds to the Company at the bank account designated in writing by the Company at least one business day prior to the Additional Closing Date, upon delivery of the Additional Shares to the Representatives through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. The Additional Shares (including the certificates representing the Additional Shares, if any) shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations as the Representatives may request at least two business days before the Additional Closing Date. The Company will permit the Representatives to examine and package the certificates representing the Additional Shares, if any, for delivery at least one full business day prior to the Additional Closing Date.

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          (e) Default by One of the Underwriters . If one of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date to purchase the Shares which it is obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Shares”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for themselves, or any other of the non-defaulting underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Shares in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
               (i) if the number of the Defaulted Shares does not exceed 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters; or
               (ii) if the number of Defaulted Shares exceeds 10% of the number of Shares to be purchased on such date, this Agreement, or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date which occurs after the Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Additional Shares to be purchased and sold on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
     No action taken pursuant to this Section 2(e) shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
     In the event of any such default which does not result in (i) termination of this Agreement, or (ii) in the case of an Additional Closing Date which is after the Closing Date, a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Additional Shares, as the case may be, either the non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or the relevant Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which, in the opinion of Underwriter Counsel, may thereby be made necessary or advisable. The term “Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any party substituted under this Section 2(e) with like effect as if it had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Firm Shares and Additional Shares.
     3.  Offering . Upon authorization of the release of the Firm Shares by the Representatives, the Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus Supplement.
     4.  Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

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               (a) The Company will cause the Prospectus (including any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus Supplement) to be prepared and filed as required by Section 1(a) hereof (but only if the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel have not reasonably objected thereto by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to filing) and will notify the Underwriters promptly of such filing. The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Shares, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 as soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement; provided that the Company shall furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel shall object.
               (b) During the period (beginning on the Applicable Time) in which a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or such date which is 90 days after the Closing Date, whichever is later, the Company will notify the Underwriters promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective or any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or Prospectus Supplement or other amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, or of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or for additional information. The Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Underwriters’ request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that, in the Underwriters’ opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the Underwriters’ distribution of the Shares; and the Company will file no Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than any prospectus supplement relating to the offering of other securities registered under the Registration Statement or any document required to be filed under the Exchange Act that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) to which the Representatives or Underwriter Counsel shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy a reasonable time prior to the filing.
               (c) The Company will advise the Underwriters, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification or registration of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued.
               (d) The Company shall comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations to permit completion of the distribution as contemplated in this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in connection with the sales of Shares, any event shall have occurred or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package and any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances, or if it shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and prepare and file with the Commission (to the extent required by applicable law), subject to Sections 4(a) and (b), such amendment or supplement (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Underwriter Counsel) as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus comply with such requirements. The Company will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement be declared effective as soon as possible, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel, without charge, such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
               (e) The Company will promptly deliver to each of you and Underwriter Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five years after the date of filing. The Company will promptly deliver to each Underwriter such number of copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as such Underwriter may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish each Underwriter with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as such Underwriter may reasonably request. If applicable, copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus, Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, Prospectus, Registration Statement and General Disclosure Package, and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies

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thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
               (f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than the end of the fiscal quarter first occurring after the first anniversary of the date that the Prospectus Supplement is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158) covering a period of twelve months beginning on the date that the Prospectus Supplement is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
               (g) During the period of five years from the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Underwriters (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to provide the Underwriters with any such reports that have been filed with the Commission by electronic transmission pursuant to EDGAR, and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission).
               (h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
               (i) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Shares, subject to official notice of issuance, on The New York Stock Exchange and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Exchange.
               (j) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby. The Company has given the Underwriters notice of any filings made pursuant to the Rules and Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Date and, if applicable, each Additional Closing Date, and will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel shall object.

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               (k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action designed to, or which might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in, or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act, or the stabilization of the price of its shares of beneficial interest to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
               (l) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code for each of its taxable years for so long as the board of trustees deems it in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders to remain so qualified.
               (m) The Company will not be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after the date of the Agreement, an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the 40 Act.
               (n) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of formation of the Company, a Registrar for its Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and any Series E Preferred Shares.
               (o) The Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission or cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any Common Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on parity with or senior to the Common Shares (with respect to distribution rights or payments upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up), or any securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or that represent the right to receive, any Common Shares or other such equity security, and will not agree to or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, grant, disposition or filing, in each case for the period specified below (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, except for (i) the registration of the Shares and the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) issuances of Common Shares upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iii) the issuance of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period and restricted share awards, in each case pursuant to equity compensation plans described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (iv) the issuance of partnership interests in connection with ordinary course property acquisitions that are exchangeable for Common Shares; (v) the concurrent registration, offer, sale and issuance of the Series E Preferred Shares as described in the Prospectus; (vi) issuances of Common Shares upon the conversion of the Series C Preferred Shares and any Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with their terms; and (vii) issuances of up to $10 million worth (based on the issue price) of Common Shares per month pursuant to a direct share purchase program approved by the Company’s board of trustees; provided that in the cases described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, these transfers be made subject to no further transfer during the Lock-Up Period. The initial Lock-Up

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Period will commence on the date hereof and will continue and include the date 90 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Underwriters consent to in writing; provided , however , that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Underwriters waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the Underwriters with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
               (p) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as may be required for the distribution of the Shares; provided , however , that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify or register as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or registered, or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Shares have been so qualified or registered, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Shares. The Company will promptly advise the Underwriters of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of, or dealings in, the Shares, as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package.
               (q) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares.
               (r) The Company will comply with all effective applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
          5. Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, subject to the last sentence of this Section, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise

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constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and, prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet, may use the information with respect to the final terms of the Shares in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors.
          6. Payment of Expenses . Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including the following: (i) all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and the Offering; (iii) the cost of producing this Agreement and any agreement among underwriters, blue sky survey, closing documents and other instruments, agreements or documents (including any compilations thereof) in connection with the Offering; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws, if required, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky survey; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review by the FINRA of the terms of the Offering; (vi) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to the Shares and all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on The New York Stock Exchange; (vii) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Shares; (viii) any stock transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering; and (ix) the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Shares made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in Section 1(d) hereof. The Company also will pay or cause to be paid: (x) the cost of preparing stock certificates, if any, representing the Shares; (y) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Shares; and (z) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 6. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8, 9 and 11 hereof,

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each Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel and stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by such Underwriter. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or 11(b) hereof, or subsequent to a Material Adverse Change, the Company will pay all out-of-pocket expenses of the Underwriters (including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection herewith.
          7. Conditions of Each Underwriter’s Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares, as provided herein, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained, as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date (for purposes of this Section 7 “Closing Date” shall refer to the Closing Date for the Firm Shares and any Additional Closing Date, if different, for the Additional Shares), to the absence from any certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to you or to Underwriter Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 of any material misstatement or omission, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
               (a) The Registration Statement shall have become effective and all necessary regulatory approvals shall have been received not later than the Applicable Time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Representatives; the Prospectus containing information relating to the description of the Shares and the method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and, at or prior to the Closing Date no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings therefor shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission, nor has any state securities authority suspended the qualification or registration of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under Rule 433 or 164 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations (to the extent required by Rule 433 of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations).
               (b) The Underwriters shall not have advised the Company that the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto contains an untrue statement of fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material or omits to state a fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, that the General Disclosure Package (at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date) or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material or omits to state a fact that in the opinion of the Underwriters or Underwriter Counsel is material and is necessary, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, to make the statements therein not misleading.

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               (c) At the Closing Date you shall have received the favorable written opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriters substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I .
               (d) All proceedings taken in connection with the sale of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and to Underwriter Counsel, and the Underwriters shall have received from Underwriter Counsel a favorable written opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to Underwriter Counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
               (e) At the Closing Date, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date to the effect that (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 7 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date all agreements, conditions and obligations of the Company to be performed or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the Company and the Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, flood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and (vi) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus there has not been any Material Adverse Change or any development involving a prospective Material Adverse Change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in or affecting (x) the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (y) the long-term debt, shares of beneficial interest or capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (z) the Offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
               (f) At the time this Agreement is executed and at the Closing Date, you shall have received a comfort letter from KPMG LLP, independent public accountants for the Company dated as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date addressed to the Representatives and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel.
               (g) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and through the

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Closing, there shall not have been any material change in the shares of beneficial interest or capital stock (except pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, as in effect on the date hereof, or the exercise of vested options), or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any change or development involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders’ equity, properties, affairs or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including but not limited to the occurrence of any fire, flood, explosion or other calamity at any of the properties owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement).
          (h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Shares shall have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Exchange.
          (i) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no downgrading or adverse change shall have occurred in the rating accorded any security of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any security of the Company, that, in either event, makes it impractical or inadvisable, in the Underwriters’ judgment, to offer or deliver the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (j) The Company shall have furnished the Underwriters and Underwriter Counsel with such other certificates, opinions or other documents as they may have reasonably requested.
          (k) At the time this Agreement is executed, the Underwriters shall have received lock-up agreements from each of the executive officers of the Company in the form attached hereto as Annex II .
     If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Underwriters or to Underwriter Counsel pursuant to this Section 7 shall not be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and Underwriter Counsel, acting reasonably, all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares may be cancelled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Additional Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone. Any such telephone notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.

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     8.  Indemnification .
          (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including any General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent but only to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives expressly for use therein. The parties agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material referred to in the second to last sentence of Section 1(b) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement.
          (b) Each Underwriter shall severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the trustees of the Company and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability,

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claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for use therein; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters hereunder. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have, including but not limited to other liability under this Agreement. The parties acknowledge and agree that such information provided by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives consists solely of the material referred to in the second to last sentence of Section 1(b) hereof.
          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of any claims or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof, but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have under this Section 8. In case any such claim or action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate, at its own expense in the defense of such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the written consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, (iii) the indemnifying party does not diligently defend the action after assumption of the defense, or (iv) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened claim, investigation, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought by an indemnified party under this Section 8 or Section 9 hereof (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party thereto), unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or proceeding

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and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement, compromise or judgment.
     9.  Contribution . In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 8 hereof is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, the Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contribution, including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and trustees of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the Offering or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as are appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company bears to (y) the underwriting discount or commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 9 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, (i) no Underwriter shall be required to

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contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 10(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 9, each person, if any, who controls any of the Underwriters within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each trustee of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several in proportion to the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto and not joint. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 9 or otherwise.
     10.  Survival of Representations and Agreements . All representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the Underwriters and the Company contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any Subsidiary submitted pursuant hereto, including the agreements contained in Section 6, the indemnity agreements contained in Section 8 and the contribution agreements contained in Section 9, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person thereof or by or on behalf of the Company, any of its officers and trustees or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares to and by the Underwriters. The representations and agreements contained in Sections 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 through 18, inclusive, hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement, including termination pursuant to Section 11 hereof.
     11.  Effective Date of Agreement; Termination .
          (a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 11 and of Sections 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 12 through 18, inclusive, shall be in full force and effect at all times after the execution hereof.
          (b) The Representatives shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date or to terminate the obligation, if any, of the Underwriters to purchase the Additional Shares at any time prior to the Additional Closing Date,

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as the case may be, if (A) there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Representatives will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company’s securities or securities in general; or (C) if trading on The New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or been made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, on the Exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (D) if a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or if any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services shall have occurred; or (E) any downgrading shall have occurred in the Company’s corporate credit rating or the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities or preferred stock by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or if any such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities; or (F) (i) if there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (ii) if there shall have been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions if the effect of any such event in (i) or (ii), in the judgment of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares or the Additional Shares, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (c) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall be in writing.
          (d) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, or if the sale of the Shares provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Representatives, reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel), incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith.
     12.  Notices . All communications hereunder, except as may be otherwise specifically provided herein, shall be in writing, and:
          (a) if sent to any Underwriters, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing, to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10172, Attention: Robert C. Vincent III and c/o Morgan Stanley & Co.

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Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Janet Livingston, with a copy to Underwriter Counsel at Dechert LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112, Attention: Bonnie Barsamian, Esq.;
          (b) if sent to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered, or faxed and confirmed in writing to the Company and its counsel at the addresses set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Chief Executive Officer.
provided , however , that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 7 shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance facsimile to the Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Representatives upon request.
Any such notices and other communications shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
     13.  Parties . This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Underwriters and the Company and the controlling persons, directors, trustees, officers, employees and agents referred to in Sections 8 and 9 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and said controlling persons and their respective successors, officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, heirs and legal representatives, and it is not for the benefit of any other person, firm or corporation. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Shares from the Underwriters.
     14.  Governing Law and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company irrevocably (a) submits to the jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of the State of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of this Agreement, or any of the agreements or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (each, a “ Proceeding ”), (b) agrees that all claims in respect of any Proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court, (c) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process therein, (d) agrees not to commence any Proceeding other than in such courts, and (e) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim that such Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. THE COMPANY (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS RESPECTIVE EQUITY HOLDERS AND CREDITORS) HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE

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TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS.
     15.  Absence of Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that:
          (a) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Company’s securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters have been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or is advising the Company on other matters;
          (b) the price of the securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
          (c) it has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
          (d) it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to Company in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including shareholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
     16.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.
     17.  Headings . The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
     18.  Time is of the Essence . Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
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     If the foregoing correctly sets forth your understanding, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement among us.
             
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Gregory K. Silvers 
         
 
      Name:   Gregory K. Silvers 
 
           
 
      Title:   Vice President 
 
           
             
Accepted as of the date first above written, for themselves and as Representatives of the Underwriters named on Schedule I hereto:    
 
           
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
           
By:
  /s/ Eddy Allegaert     
         
 
  Name:   Eddy Allegaert     
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Director     
 
           
 
           
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
 
           
By:
  /s/ Eric Benedict     
         
 
  Name:   Eric Benedict     
 
           
 
  Title:   Executive Director     
 
           

 


 

SCHEDULE I
         
Name of Underwriter   Number of Firm Shares
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    840,000  
 
       
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
    630,000  
 
       
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
    630,000  
 
       
 
       
Total:
    2,100,000  

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SCHEDULE II
Final Term Sheet/Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated March 27, 2008.

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EXHIBIT A
SUBSIDIARIES
     
Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT DownREIT, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT DownREIT II, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
3 Theatres, Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
Megaplex Nine Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
Theatre Sub Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
Megaplex Four Inc.*
  Missouri
 
   
EPR Canada, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Melbourne, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS Holdings, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS I, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPR TRS II, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
WestCol Holdings LLC
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Corp.
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Center LLC*
  Delaware
 
   
WestCol Theatre LLC
  Delaware
 
   
Westminster Promenade Owner’s Association LLC
  Colorado
 
   
Flik, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Flik Depositor, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Tampa Veterans 24, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Cantera 30, Inc.
  Delaware

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT Waterparks, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPR Hialeah, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT New Roc LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT New Roc GP, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
30 West Pershing LLC
  Missouri
 
   
EPR North Trust
  Delaware
 
   
EPR Metropolis Trust
  Delaware
 
   
Burbank Village, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Burbank Village, L.P.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Pensacola, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Mad River, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Davie, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Aliso Viejo, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Boise, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Deer Valley, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hamilton, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Little Rock, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Pompano, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Raleigh Theatres, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Arroyo, Inc.
  Delaware

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT Auburn, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Biloxi, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Columbiana, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Fresno, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hoffman Estates, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Huntsville, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hurst, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Lafayette, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Macon, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mesa, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Modesto, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Wilmington, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT East, Inc.
  Missouri
 
   
EPT Manchester, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT White Plains, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT First Colony, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Oakview, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Lawrence, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Indianapolis, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mount Snow, Inc.
  Delaware

Exh A-3


 

     
Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
EPT Chattanooga, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Leawood, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT GCC, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
LCPV VinREIT, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Firewheel, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Gulf Pointe, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Mesquite, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT South Barrington, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Slidell, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Kanata Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Mississauga Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Oakville Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Whitby Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
Metropolis Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
  New Brunswick, Canada
 
   
EPT 301, LLC*
  Missouri
 
   
Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC
  New Hampshire
 
   
EPT Schoolhouse, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Ski Properties, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
EPT Spartanburg, Inc.
  Delaware
     
Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
Tampa Veterans 24, L.P.
  Delaware
(limited partnership interest wholly- owned by Atlantic — EPR II)**
   

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Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
Cantera 30 Theatre, L.P.
  Delaware
(limited partnership interest wholly- owned by Atlantic — EPR I)**
   
 
   
New Roc Associates L.P.
  New York
(general partnership interest wholly- owned by EPT New Roc GP, Inc.; 70.4% of limited partnership interest owned by EPT New Roc LLC)
   
EPT White Plains, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, owns a Class A Membership Interests representing a 66.67% interest in LC White Plains Retail, LLC, a New York limited liability company.
EPT White Plains, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, owns a Class A Membership Interests representing a 66.67% interest in LC White Plains Recreation, LLC, a New York limited liability company.
     
 
   
Domus Communities, LLC
  Delaware
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)
   
 
   
VinREIT, LLC
  Delaware
(96% owned by Entertainment Properties Trust)
   
 
   
LCPV VinREIT, Inc.
  Delaware
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
   
 
   
Paso Robles, VinREIT, LLC
  Missouri
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
   
 
   
Duncan Peak VinREIT LLC
  Delaware
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
   
 
   
Havens VinREIT, LLC
  Missouri
(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)*
   
 
   
Exit 108 Entertainment, LLC
  Alabama
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.
   
 
   
Suffolk Retail, Inc.
  Delaware
(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)
   
 
   
PGCC, LLC
  Delaware
(50% interest owned by EPT GCC, LLC)
   

Exh A-5


 

     
Not Wholly Owned Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Organization
 
   
JERIT CS Fund I, LLC
(50% interest owned by EPT Schoolhouse, LLC)
  Delaware
 
*   Equity interest pledged to secure loan
 
**   Atlantic’s interest may be exchanged for EPR shares or cash, at EPR’s option.

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ANNEX I
Form of Opinion of Company Counsel
Form of Opinion of Counsel to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(c) (capitalized terms used
below but not defined below shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement):
          (i) The Company is a real estate investment trust duly formed and validly existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and Prospectus. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly formed and validly existing in its jurisdiction of organization and is in good standing in its respective jurisdiction of organization with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct the business in which it is engaged. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign real estate investment trust, corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued shares of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not now in violation of or subject to any preemptive or, to the best of our knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any shares of beneficial interest from the Company upon issuance, sale or conversion thereof, except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as disclosed in Exhibit A to the Underwriting Agreement, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. The issued and outstanding Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (iii) The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, if any, have been duly and validly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. When issued and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be duly and validly

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issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to the best of our knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any shares of beneficial interest of the Company from the Company upon issuance or sale thereof. The form of certificate used to evidence the Shares is in due and proper form and complies with all applicable statutory requirements, with any applicable requirements of the Company’s organizational documents and with the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
          (iv) The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares and Series D Preferred Shares currently outstanding are listed, and the Firm Shares and Additional Shares to be sold under the Underwriting Agreement to the Underwriters are duly authorized for listing, on the NYSE.
          (v) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
          (vi) To the best of our knowledge, there is no litigation or governmental or other proceeding or investigation, before any court or before or by any public body or board pending or threatened against, or involving the assets, properties or businesses of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, involving the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ officers, trustees or directors or to which any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ properties or other assets are subject which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or to affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
          (vii) The execution, delivery, and performance by the Company of the Underwriting Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (including the issuance and delivery of the Shares), the Registration Statement and the Prospectus do not and will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or any other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit known to us to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets may be bound or (B) violate or conflict with any provision of the declaration of trust, certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, articles of organization, by-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the best of our knowledge, any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
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          (viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except for (1) such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters (as to which such counsel need express no opinion) or (2) such as have been made or obtained under the Securities Act.
          (ix) The Registration Statement at the time it became effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations), at the date of the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and on the Closing Date, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion), at the date of filing thereof with the Commission and on the Closing Date, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act and Exchange Act (“Rules and Regulations”). The documents filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus included in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion) when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the Rules and Regulations.
          (x) The statements under the captions “Risk Factors,” “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Additional Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest,” and “Underwriting” in the Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus, and in Items 14 and 15 of Part II of the Registration Statement, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings.
          (xi) The Company and its subsidiaries are not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
          (xii) The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments, if any, have become effective under the Securities Act, and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
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thereof has been issued and no proceedings therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and all filings required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act have been made.
          (xiii) The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement (including the issuance and delivery of the Shares), and has all real estate investment trust action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the issuance and delivery of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and as described in the Prospectus have been duly and validly taken.
          (xiv) To the best of our knowledge, there is no contract or agreement of a character (1) to be filed under the Exchange Act if upon such filing it would be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or (2) to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described and filed as required.
          (xv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its respective declaration of trust, articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, by-laws or other organizational documents, as the case may be, and, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective property is bound.
          (xvi) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has violated any provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except for such violations, singly or in the aggregate, which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (xvii) To the best of our knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has such authorizations of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable environmental laws, as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its respective properties and to conduct its respective business, except where the failure to have any such authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each such authorization is valid and in full force and effect and each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and to the best of our knowledge, no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or
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both, would allow, the revocation, suspension or termination of any such authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such authorization; such authorizations contain no restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except where such failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (xviii) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any shares of beneficial interest of the Company, or any security convertible into, exercisable for, or exchangeable for shares of beneficial interest in the Company. No holder of any security of the Company has the right to have any security owned by such holder included for registration in the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Securities Act in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares.
          (xix) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings, contracts and other documents, are accurate and fairly present the information required to be shown in all material respects; and we do not know of any statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described that are not described as required, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus.
          (xx) The Company has satisfied all of the conditions and requirements for filing the Registration Statement on Form S-3.
          (xxi) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, and, based on the facts and assumptions set forth in the Prospectus and the representations by the Company, set forth in an Officer’s Certificate regarding certain federal income tax matters, its method of operation has enabled it, and its proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements under the Code for qualification and taxation as a REIT, and the Company’s partnership subsidiaries and limited liability company subsidiaries will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as partnerships (or as disregarded entities) and not as associations taxable as corporations or as publicly-traded partnerships.
          (xxii) To the best of our knowledge, each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed on a timely basis all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns through the date hereof, if any such returns are required to be filed, and have paid all taxes shown as due thereon; and no tax deficiency has been asserted against any such entity which, if determined adversely to any such entity, could have a Material Adverse Effect.
          For purposes of giving our opinions expressed herein, we have participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent
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registered public accountants for the Company and the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which would lead such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), at the time it became effective (including at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act Rules and Regulations) or any amendment thereof made prior to the Closing Date, as of the date of such amendment, contained or incorporated by reference any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein), as of its date (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto made prior to the Closing Date as of the date of such amendment or supplement) and as of the Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) the Preliminary Prospectus 1 (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) and the documents, if any, specified in Schedule A to this letter (consisting of identified “issuer free writing prospectus(es)” that are intended for general dissemination to prospective investors), at the Applicable Time, when considered together with the public offering price per Share and the number of Shares to be sold in the offering, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood in each case that we express no belief or opinion with respect to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein).
 
1   Note: Reference to “Preliminary Prospectus” will be the latest preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement and generally distributed to investors.
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ANNEX II
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
Common Shares
($ 0.01 Par Value)
March 27, 2008
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
1 Liberty Plaza
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
          Ladies and Gentlemen:
          This Lock-Up Letter Agreement is being delivered to you in connection with the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) entered into by Entertainment Properties Trust (the “ Company ”) and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein, with respect to the public offering (the “ Offering ”) of Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “ Common Shares ”).
          In order to induce you to underwrite the Offering, the undersigned agrees that, for the period specified in the following paragraph (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent, (i) offer, sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Relevant Security (as defined below), (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of a Relevant Security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Relevant Securities, other securities, cash or otherwise, or (iii) agree to or publicly announce an intention

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to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii). The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (a) bona fide gifts, provided the recipient thereof agrees in writing with you to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, (b) dispositions to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned and/or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that such trust agrees in writing with you to be bound by the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement, (c) the Company’s withholding of Common Shares otherwise issuable to the undersigned pursuant to the Company’s 1997 Share Incentive Plan or 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plans ”) described in the prospectus relating to the Offering to pay for taxes legally required to be withheld with respect to the exercise or vesting of an award granted under the Plans, or (d) the surrender of Common Shares as payment for the exercise price of options granted pursuant to the Plans. The undersigned further agrees that, during the Lock-Up Period, the undersigned will not, without your prior written consent, (x) file or participate in the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of any registration statement, or circulate or participate in the circulation of any preliminary or final prospectus or other disclosure document with respect to any proposed offering or sale of a Relevant Security or (y) exercise any rights the undersigned may have to require registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission of any proposed offering or sale of a Relevant Security. “ Relevant Security ” means the Common Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on parity with or senior to the Common Shares (with respect to distribution rights or payments upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up) and any security convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represents the right to receive, any Common Shares or other such equity security.
          The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and continue and include the date 90 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus supplement used to sell the Common Shares (the “ Public Offering Date ”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to which you are or expect to become a party; provided , however , that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless you waive, in writing, such extension.
          The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Letter Agreement to and including the 34 th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
          The undersigned hereby authorizes the Company during the Lock-Up Period to cause any transfer agent for the Relevant Securities to decline to transfer, and to note stop

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transfer restrictions on the stock register and other records relating to, Relevant Securities for which the undersigned is the record holder.
          If (i) the Company notifies you in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, or (ii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), this Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be terminated and the undersigned shall be released from its obligations hereunder.
          The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Letter Agreement and that this Lock-Up Letter Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the undersigned, enforceable in accordance with its terms. Upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the undersigned from the date first above written.
          This Lock-Up Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Delivery of a signed copy of this letter by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of the original hereof.
         
 
  Yours very truly,    
 
       
 
 
       
 
  Name:    

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Exhibit 3.1
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
9.00% SERIES E CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES
$0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
     ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Trust ”), having its principal office in Kansas City, Missouri, hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
      FIRST : Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “ Board of Trustees ”) in the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended (the “ Declaration ”), the Board of Trustees has duly classified and designated 3,450,000 Preferred Shares of the Trust as 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share, of the Trust (the “ Series E Preferred Shares ”).
      SECOND : The preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of the Series E Preferred Shares are as follows, in addition to those set forth in the Declaration. Capitalized terms used in this ARTICLE SECOND which are defined in the Declaration and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined in the Declaration. Certain additional capitalized terms used in this ARTICLE SECOND are used as defined in Section 15 below, which definitions shall apply only to Series E Preferred Shares and shall not affect the definition of such terms as used or as otherwise defined with respect to other series of Preferred Shares or elsewhere in the Declaration.
9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share
     1.  Designation and Number . A series of Preferred Shares, designated the 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Series E Preferred Shares ”), is hereby established. The number of authorized Series E Preferred Shares is 3,450,000.
     2.  Relative Seniority . In respect of rights to receive distributions and to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the Series E Preferred Shares shall rank (i) senior to the Common Shares and any other class or series of Shares of the Trust, the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series ranks, as to rights to receive distributions and to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, junior to the Series E Preferred Shares, (ii) on a parity with the 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Series A Preferred Shares ”), the 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Series B Preferred Shares ”), the 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Series C Preferred Shares ”), the 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Series D Preferred Shares ”), and any other class or series of Shares of the Trust, the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series ranks, as to rights to receive distributions and to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares, and (iii) junior to any class or series of Shares of the Trust, the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series ranks, as to rights to receive distributions and to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, senior to the Series E Preferred Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, debt securities of the Trust which are convertible into or exchangeable for Shares of the Trust or any other debt securities of the Trust do not constitute a class or series of Shares for purposes of this Section 2.
     3.  Dividends and Distributions .
     (a) Subject to the preferential rights of the holders of any class or series of Shares of the Trust ranking senior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions, the holders of the then outstanding Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if authorized by the Trustees and declared by the Trust, out of any funds legally available therefor, cumulative cash distributions at a rate of 9.00% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per year (equivalent to $2.25 per share per year) (the “ Distribution Rate ”). Such distributions shall accrue and be cumulative from and including April 2, 2008 (the “ Original Issue Date ”), and will be payable quarterly in arrears in cash on the fifteenth day of each January, April, July and October (each such day being hereinafter called a “ Distribution Payment Date ”); provided that if any Distribution Payment Date is not a Business Day (as hereinafter defined), then the

 


 

distribution which would otherwise have been payable on such Distribution Payment Date may be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if paid on such Distribution Payment Date, and no interest or additional distributions or other sums shall accrue on the amount so payable from such Distribution Payment Date to such next succeeding Business Day. The amount of any distribution payable for any full quarterly period or portion thereof shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The first distribution on the Series E Preferred Shares, which will be for more than a full quarter, will be paid on July 15, 2008 and will be a pro rata distribution from and including the Original Issue Date to and including July 15, 2008. Distributions shall be payable to holders of record as they appear in the share records of the Trust at the close of business on the applicable record date (each, a “ Distribution Record Date ”), which will be the same date set for any quarterly distribution payable to holders of the Common Shares and other Preferred Shares of the Trust, or on such other date designated by the Trustees for the payment of distributions that is not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the applicable Distribution Payment Date. Each distribution period shall commence on and include the 16th day of January, April, July and October of each year and end on and include the day preceding the first day of the next succeeding distribution period (other than the initial distribution period and the distribution period during which any Series E Preferred Shares shall be redeemed or converted).
     (b) Distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares shall accrue and be cumulative, whether or not (i) the Trust has earnings, (ii) there are funds legally available for the payment of such distributions or (iii) such distributions have been declared or authorized.
     (c) If Series E Preferred Shares are outstanding, unless full cumulative distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares for all past distribution periods and the then current distribution period have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in cash or declared and contemporaneously a sum sufficient to pay them in full in cash is set apart for payment, no full distributions (other than in Common Shares or Shares ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or such junior Shares) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any class or series of Shares of the Trust ranking, as to distributions, on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares for any period. When distributions are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series E Preferred Shares and the Shares of any other class or series ranking on a parity as to distributions with the Series E Preferred Shares, all distributions declared upon Series E Preferred Shares and any such other class or series of Shares shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated, accrued and unpaid distributions per share on the Series E Preferred Shares and such other class or series of Shares (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid distributions for prior distribution periods if such other class or series does not have a cumulative distribution) bear to each other.
     (d) If Series E Preferred Shares are outstanding, unless full cumulative distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares for all past distribution periods and the then current distribution period have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in cash or declared and contemporaneously a sum sufficient to pay them in full in cash is set apart for payment, no distributions (other than in Common Shares or Shares ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or such junior Shares) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment and no other distribution shall be declared or made upon the Common Shares or any other Shares ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions or on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, nor shall any Common Shares or any other such Shares ranking junior to or on parity with the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Shares) by the Trust except (i) by conversion into or exchange for Common Shares or such junior Shares, (ii) by redemption, purchase or other acquisition of Common Shares made for purposes of an incentive, benefit or share purchase plan of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries for officers, Trustees or employees or others performing or providing similar services, or (iii) for redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions by the Trust, whether pursuant to any provision of the Declaration or otherwise, for the purpose of preserving the Trust’s status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.
     (e) No interest, or sum of money in lieu thereof, shall be payable in respect of any distribution payment or payments on Series E Preferred Shares which may be in arrears, and the holders of Series E Preferred Shares are not entitled to any distributions, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, in excess of the full cumulative

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distributions described in this Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to participate in the earnings or assets of the Trust.
     (f) Any distribution payment made on the Series E Preferred Shares shall be first credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid distribution due with respect to such Shares which remains payable. Any cash distributions paid in respect of Series E Preferred Shares, including any portion thereof which the Trust elects to designate as “capital gain dividends” (as defined in Section 857 (or any successor provision) of the Internal Revenue Code) or as a return of capital, shall be credited to the cumulative distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares.
     (g) No distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares shall be authorized by the Trustees or be paid or set apart for payment by the Trust at such time as the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Trust, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, directly or indirectly prohibit authorization, payment or setting apart for payment or provide that such authorization, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder, or if such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
     (h) The Trust shall remain entitled to receive and retain any interest or other earnings on any money set aside for the payment of distributions on Series E Preferred Shares and holders thereof shall have no claim to such interest or other earnings. Any funds for the payment of distributions on Series E Preferred Shares which have been set apart by the Trust and which remain unclaimed by the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares entitled thereto on the first anniversary of the applicable Distribution Payment Date, or other distribution payment date, shall revert and be repaid to the general funds of the Trust, and thereafter the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares entitled to the funds which have reverted or been repaid to the Trust shall look only to the general funds of the Trust for payment, without interest or other earnings thereon.
     4.  Liquidation Rights .
     (a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Common Shares or any other Shares ranking junior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to rights to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, but subject to the preferential rights of holders of any class or series of Shares ranking senior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to rights to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution of winding up of the Trust, the holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, out of assets of the Trust legally available for distribution to shareholders, liquidating distributions in cash or property at its fair market value as determined by the Trustees in the amount of $25.00 per Series E Preferred Share, plus an amount equal to all distributions accrued and unpaid thereon (whether or not authorized or declared) through the date of payment.
     (b) After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series E Preferred Shares will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Trust.
     (c) In the event that upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, the available assets of the Trust are insufficient to pay the full amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstanding Series E Preferred Shares and the full amounts payable as liquidating distributions on all Shares of other classes or series of Shares of the Trust ranking on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares as to rights to participate in distributions or payments in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, then the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares and all other such classes or series of Shares shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.
     (d) For purposes of this Section 4, neither the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Trust, nor the merger or consolidation of the Trust into or with any other entity or the merger or consolidation of any other entity into or with the Trust or a statutory share exchange by the Trust, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Trust.
     (e) In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation), by distribution, redemption or other acquisition of Shares or otherwise, is permitted under Maryland law, amounts that

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would be needed, if the Trust were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares will not be added to the Trust’s total liabilities.
     (f) Written notice of any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Trust, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein to each record holder of the Series E Preferred Shares at the respective address of such holders as the same shall appear on the share transfer records of the Trust.
     5.  Redemption; Maturity .
     (a) The Series E Preferred Shares shall have no stated maturity and shall not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory or optional redemption or repurchase, except as otherwise provided in Sections 5(b) and (c) below and except in certain circumstances as set forth in Section 10 below, the Trust may not repurchase or redeem Series E Preferred Shares.
     (b) The Trust may, at its option, redeem or repurchase at any time all or from time to time any Series E Preferred Shares necessary to preserve the Trust’s qualification as a REIT, which determination shall be made by the Board of Trustees in its sole discretion, for cash at a redemption price per share equal to $25.00, together with all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date fixed for redemption.
     (c) For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 5(a) above shall not limit any direct or indirect purchase or acquisition by the Trust of all or any Series E Preferred Shares on the open market, by tender, or by privately negotiated transactions.
     6.  Voting Rights . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Declaration, except as set forth below in this Section 6, the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting of the shareholders for election of Trustees or for any other purpose or otherwise to participate in any action taken by the Trust or the shareholders thereof, or to receive notice of any meeting of shareholders (except for such notices as may be expressly required by law).
     (a) If, at any time, full cumulative distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares shall not have been paid for six or more quarterly periods (a “ Preferred Distribution Default ”), whether or not the quarterly periods are consecutive, the holders of Series E Preferred Shares (voting together as a single class with the holders of all other classes or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust ranking on parity with the Series E Preferred Shares upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to elect two additional Trustees of the Trust (each, a “ Preferred Share Trustee ”). The election will take place at the next annual meeting of shareholders, or at a special meeting of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares (and the holders of all other classes or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust ranking on parity with the Series E Preferred Shares upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) called for that purpose, and each subsequent annual meeting (or special meeting held for such purpose) until all distributions accumulated on the Series E Preferred Shares and on any other class or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable have been paid in full for all past distribution periods and the distribution for the then current distribution period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment. Upon the election of the Preferred Share Trustees, the number of Trustees then constituting the Board of Trustees will automatically increase by two, if not already increased by two by reason of the election of Preferred Share Trustees by the holders of such Preferred Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, and by means of example, in the event distributions on the Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares shall each be in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, the holders of Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares (and the holders of all other series of Preferred Shares of the Trust upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) shall be entitled to vote for the election of two additional Trustees in the aggregate, not six or more additional Trustees.
     (i) Upon the full payment of all such distributions accumulated on Series E Preferred Shares for the past Distribution Periods or the declaration in full thereof and the Trust’s setting aside a sum sufficient for the payment thereof, the right of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares to elect such two Preferred Share

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Trustees shall cease, and (unless there are one or more other classes or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) the term of office of such Preferred Share Trustees previously so elected shall automatically terminate and the authorized number of Trustees of the Trust will thereupon automatically return to the number of authorized Trustees otherwise in effect, but subject always to the same provisions for the reinstatement and divestment of the right to elect two additional Preferred Share Trustees in the case of any such future Preferred Distribution Default.
     (ii) If at any time when the voting rights conferred upon the Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 6(a) are exercisable any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Share Trustee elected pursuant to this Section 6(a) shall occur, then such vacancy may be filled only by written consent of the other Preferred Distribution Trustee who remains in office or by a vote of the holders of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares when they have the voting rights described above (voting together as a single class with all other classes or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust ranking on a parity with the Series E Preferred Shares upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable).
     (iii) Any Trustee elected or appointed pursuant to this Section 6(a) may be removed only by the holders of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares and any other classes or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable and which are entitled to vote as a class with the Series E Preferred Shares in the election of Trustees pursuant to this Section 6(a), and may not be removed by the holders of the Common Shares.
     (iv) Each Preferred Share Trustee will be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in the election and will be entitled to one vote on any matter. The term of any Preferred Share Trustee elected or appointed pursuant to this Section 6(a) shall be from the date of such election or appointment and their qualification until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, except as otherwise provided above in this Section 6(a).
     (b) So long as any Series E Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Trust shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series E Preferred Shares outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (the holders of Series E Preferred Shares voting separately as a class):
     (i) amend, alter or repeal any of the provisions of the Declaration (including these terms of the Series E Preferred Shares) or our bylaws, whether by merger, consolidation, transfer or conveyance of substantially all of our assets or otherwise, in a manner that materially and adversely affects any power, right, privilege or preference of the Series E Preferred Shares or the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares; provided , however , that any issuance of or increase in the number of Series E Preferred Shares or the amendment of, or supplement to, the provisions of the Declaration so as to authorize, create, increase or decrease the authorized amount of any shares ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to the payment of distributions and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or the issuance of any such shares, shall not be deemed to materially adversely affect the powers, rights, privileges or preferences of the Series E Preferred Shares;
     (ii) effect a share exchange that affects the Series E Preferred Shares, a consolidation with or merger of the Trust into another entity, or a consolidation with or merger of another entity into the Trust, unless in each such case each Series E Preferred Share (A) shall remain outstanding without a material and adverse change to its terms and rights or (B) shall be converted into or exchanged for preferred shares of the surviving entity having preferences, rights, powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption identical to that of the Series E Preferred Shares (except for changes that do not materially and adversely affect the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares); or
     (iii) authorize, reclassify or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of Shares of the Trust ranking senior to the Series E Preferred Shares as to distributions and upon liquidation or any security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any class or series of such Shares.

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     (c) The voting provisions set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which a vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, (i) all outstanding Series E Preferred Shares shall have been redeemed or repurchased by the Trust or (ii) all outstanding Series E Preferred Shares shall have been called for redemption or the Trust shall have exercised its election to repurchase all outstanding Series E Preferred Shares and in either case sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust pursuant to the provisions of the terms of the Series E Preferred Shares to effect the redemption or repurchase, as applicable.
     (d) On each matter submitted to a vote of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares or on which the holders of Series E Preferred Shares are otherwise entitled to vote as provided herein, each Series E Preferred Share shall be entitled to one vote, except that when Shares of any other class or series of Preferred Shares of the Trust have the right to vote with the Series E Preferred Shares as a single class on any matter, the Series E Preferred Shares and the Shares of each such other class or series will have one vote for each $25.00 of liquidation preference.
     7.  Conversion . Series E Preferred Shares will be convertible, at the option of the Trust, into either (1) a number of Common Shares based upon the applicable Conversion Rate, or (2) an amount of cash and Common Shares, in each case on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth below in this Section 7 and in Sections 8, 9 and 10 below (such payment referred to as the “ Conversion Payment ”).
     (a)  Holder Conversion Right .
     (i) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 7, a holder of any share or shares of Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right, at its option, to convert all or any portion of such holder’s outstanding Series E Preferred Shares (the “ Holder Conversion Right ”), subject to the conditions described below, into a number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares that are issuable initially at a conversion rate of 0.4512 Common Shares per $25.00 liquidation preference of Series E Preferred Shares (subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 hereof, the “ Conversion Rate ”); provided , however , that the Trust shall have the right to deliver either solely Common Shares or cash and Common Shares, if any, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(d) and the other provisions of this Section 7. The “ Conversion Price ” at any time shall be equal to $25.00 divided by the Conversion Rate at such time.
     (ii) To exercise the Holder Conversion Right, a holder of Series E Preferred Shares must surrender to the Trust at its principal office or at the office of the Transfer Agent, as may be designated by the Board of Trustees, the certificate or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted accompanied by a written notice stating that the holder of Series E Preferred Shares elects to convert all or a specified whole number of those shares pursuant to the Holder Conversion Right and specifying the name or names in which the holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the Common Shares, if any, to be issued or in which ownership of such Common Shares, if uncertificated, are to be registered (“ Conversion Notice ”).
     (iii) Depending upon the form of Conversion Payment elected to be delivered by the Trust pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7, the Trust will deliver Common Shares and/or cash, if any, to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7. If any Common Shares are to be delivered and (A) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are certificated, the Trust shall issue and shall deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to such holder, or to such other Person on such holder’s written order (I) certificates evidencing the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which the holder of the shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or the holder’s transferee, shall be entitled, and (II) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), or (B) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are not certificated, (I) the Trust shall cause the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which a holder of shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or a holder’s transferee, shall be entitled to be registered in the name of such holder or such transferee, as applicable, and (II) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or

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certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), and (C) if a fractional interest in respect of a Common Share arising upon such conversion is to be settled in cash as provided in Section 7(c)(ii) below, a check or other transfer of funds for the cash settlement amount.
     (iv) In lieu of the foregoing procedure, to the extent Series E Preferred Shares are held by DTC in global form, the beneficial owner of Series E Preferred Shares shall comply with the procedures of DTC in order to convert the owner’s beneficial interest in such Series E Preferred Shares.
     (v) Each conversion pursuant to exercise of the Holder Conversion Right shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date on which the Trust has received the Conversion Notice, the surrendered certificate or certificates, if any, evidencing the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid (the “ Conversion Date ”) so that the rights of the holder thereof as to the Series E Preferred Shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive the Conversion Payment and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion, and, if applicable, the Person entitled to receive Common Shares shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder of those Common Shares at that time.
     (vi) If the Trust elects to deliver the Conversion Payment to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled solely in the form of Common Shares, then the Trust shall deliver the Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 as promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date and after the surrender of the certificates or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 7(a)(ii), the receipt of the Conversion Notice and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid. If the Trust elects to deliver the Conversion Payment to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled in the form of cash and Common Shares, if any, then the Trust shall deliver such cash and Common Shares, if any, pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7, as applicable, as promptly as practicable following the third Trading Day after the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, and after the surrender of the certificates or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 7(a)(ii), the receipt of the Conversion Notice and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid.
     (vii) If a holder of Series E Preferred Shares has exercised its Fundamental Change Conversion Right with respect to Series E Preferred Shares, such Series E Preferred Shares may not be converted pursuant to exercise of a Holder Conversion Right unless such holder has timely submitted notice withdrawing the Series E Preferred Shares from conversion pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right pursuant to Section 10. If the Trust elected to repurchase Series E Preferred Shares subject to the exercise of a Fundamental Change Conversion Right in accordance with Section 10, such holder’s Holder Conversion Right with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares so subject to repurchase shall expire unless the Trust or the Transfer Agent has received the related Conversion Notice and the certificate or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares, being converted (or, if applicable, the beneficial owner of such Series E Preferred Shares has complied with the procedures of DTC for the conversion of such Series E Preferred Shares) at or prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, unless the Trust defaults on the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.
     (b)  Company Conversion Option .
     (i) On or after April 20, 2013, the Trust shall have the option to convert some or all of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares into that number of Common Shares that are issuable at the then applicable Conversion Rate (the “ Company Conversion Option ”). The Trust may exercise the Company Conversion Option only if (A) the Closing Sale Price (as hereinafter defined) of the Common Shares equals or exceeds 150% of the then applicable Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading Days in a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days (including the last Trading Day of such period), ending on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Trust’s issuance of a press release announcing its intent to exercise the Company

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Conversion Option in accordance with Section 7(b)(iii) and (B) on or prior to the effective date of the exercise of the Company Conversion Option, the Trust has either declared and paid, or declared and set apart for payment a sum sufficient to pay, any unpaid distributions that are accumulated on the Series E Preferred Shares.
     (ii) If the Trust shall convert less than all of the outstanding Series E Preferred Shares, the Transfer Agent shall select the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted by lot, on a pro rata basis or in accordance with any other method the Transfer Agent considers fair and appropriate. The Trust may convert the Series E Preferred Shares only in a whole number of shares. If a portion of a holder’s Series E Preferred Shares is selected for partial conversion by the Trust and the holder exercises the Holder Conversion Right to convert a portion of such Series E Preferred Shares, the number of Series E Preferred Shares subject to conversion by the Trust pursuant to the Company Conversion Option shall be reduced by the number of shares that the holder converted by exercising the Holder Conversion Right.
     (iii) To exercise the Company Conversion Option right set forth in this Section 7(b), the Trust shall issue a press release for publication to the Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Business Wire or Bloomberg Business News (or, if such organizations are not in existence at the time of issuance of such press release, such other news or press organization as is reasonably calculated to broadly disseminate the relevant information to the public) prior to the opening of business on the first Trading Day following any date on which the conditions set forth in Section 7(b)(i) shall have been satisfied, announcing the Trust’s intention to exercise the Company Conversion Option and the form of Conversion Payment. The Trust shall also give notice by mail or by publication (with subsequent prompt notice by mail) to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares (not more than four (4) Trading Days after the date of the press release) and, if required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trust will file a Current Report on Form 8-K (or make such other filing on an appropriate form as may be permitted by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission), announcing the Trust’s intention to exercise the Company Conversion Option (the “ Company Conversion Option Notice ”). The effective date for any Company Conversion Option (the “ Company Conversion Option Date ”) shall be on the date that is selected by the Trust that is not longer than five (5) Trading Days after the date on which the Trust issues such press release. In addition to any information required by applicable law or regulation, the Company Conversion Option Notice and the press release and notice with respect to the exercise of the Company Conversion Option shall state, as appropriate: (A) the Company Conversion Option Date; (B) the form of Conversion Payment the Trust elects to deliver upon conversion (unless the Trust has irrevocably elected to waive its right to deliver the Conversion Payment solely in Common Shares as provided in Section 7(d)); (C) if known, the number of Common Shares, if any, to be issued upon conversion of each Series E Preferred Share; (D) the number of shares of Series E Preferred Shares to be converted; and (E) that distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted shall cease to accrue on the Company Conversion Option Date.
     (iv) To receive the Conversion Payment to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled in the case of a Company Conversion Option, a holder of Series E Preferred Shares must surrender to the Trust at its principal office or at the office of the Transfer Agent, as may be designated by the Board of Trustees, the certificate or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted accompanied by a written notice specifying the name or names in which the holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the Common Shares, if any, to be issued or in which ownership of such Common Shares, if uncertificated, are to be registered.
     (v) Depending upon the form of Conversion Payment elected to be delivered by the Trust pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7, the Trust will deliver Common Shares and/or cash, if any, to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7. If any Common Shares are to be delivered and (A) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are certificated, (x) the Trust shall issue and shall deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to such holder, or to such other Person on such holder’s written order (I) certificates evidencing the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which a holder of shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or a holder’s transferee, shall be entitled, (II) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the

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surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), or (B) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are not certificated, (I) the Trust shall cause the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which a holder of shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or a holder’s transferee, shall be entitled to be registered in the name of such holder or such transferee, as applicable, and (II) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), and (C) if a fractional interest in respect of a Common Share arising upon such conversion is to be settled in cash as provided in Section 7(c)(ii), a check or other transfer of funds for the cash settlement amount.
     (vi) In lieu of the foregoing procedure, to the extent Series E Preferred Shares are held by DTC in global form, the beneficial owner of Series E Preferred Shares shall comply with the procedures of DTC upon exercise of the Company Conversion Option in order to convert the owner’s beneficial interest in such Series E Preferred Shares.
     (vii) Each conversion pursuant to this Section 7(b) shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the Company Conversion Option Date so that the rights of the holder thereof as to the shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive the Conversion Payment and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion, and the Person entitled to receive Common Shares shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder of those Common Shares at that time.
     (viii) If the Trust elects to deliver the Conversion Payment to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled solely in the form of Common Shares, then the Trust shall deliver the Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 procedures as promptly as practicable after the Company Conversion Option Date and after the surrender of the certificates or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 7(b)(iv), the receipt of the notice described in Section 7(b)(iv), and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid. If the Trust elects to deliver the Conversion Payment to which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled in the form of cash and Common Shares, if any, then the Trust shall deliver such cash and Common Shares, if any, pursuant to the pursuant to this Section 7 as applicable, as promptly as practicable following the third Trading Day after the Cash Settlement Averaging Period, and after the surrender of the certificates or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 7(b)(iv), the receipt of the notice described in Section 7(b)(iv) and payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid.
     (ix) In case any Series E Preferred Share is to be converted pursuant to this Section 7(b), the holder’s right to voluntarily convert such Series E Preferred Share pursuant to exercise of the Holder Conversion Right or the Fundamental Change Conversion Right shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Company Conversion Option Date.
     (c)  General Provisions for Conversions .
     (i) If more than one Series E Preferred Share shall be surrendered for conversion by the same holder or subject to exercise of the Company Conversion Option at the same time, the number of full Common Shares issuable on conversion of those shares of Series E Preferred Shares shall be computed on the basis of the total number of shares of Series E Preferred Shares so surrendered.
     (ii) In connection with the conversion of any Series E Preferred Shares, the Trust may elect not to issue fractional Common Shares, in which case the Trust shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional interest in an amount equal to the fractional interest, multiplied by the Closing Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Conversion Date or the Company Conversion Option Date, as applicable.

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     (iii) In case the Conversion Notice or holder’s order pursuant to Section 7(b)(v) specifies that the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares are to be issued or registered in a name or names other than that of the registered holder of Series E Preferred Shares, the notice or order shall be accompanied by payment of all transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of Common Shares in that name or names. Other than those transfer taxes payable pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Trust shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of Common Shares upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 7.
     (iv) A holder of Series E Preferred Shares is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Shares until that holder has converted its Series E Preferred Shares, and only to the extent such Series E Preferred Shares have been or are deemed to have been converted to Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.
     (v) The Trust shall, prior to issuance of any share of Series E Preferred Shares, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of beneficial interest, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 7, such number of its duly authorized Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion pursuant to this Section 7 of all shares of Series E Preferred Shares then outstanding into such Common Shares at any time (assuming that, at the time of the computation of such number of Common Shares, all such shares of Series E Preferred Shares would be held by a single holder). The Trust covenants that all Common Shares that may be issued upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares shall, upon issue, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all liens and charges and, except as provided in Section 7(c)(iii), taxes with respect to the issue thereof and not subject to any preemptive rights. Before the delivery of any Common Shares that the Trust shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of any shares of the Series E Preferred Shares, the Trust shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations applicable to such conversion.
     (d)  Payment Upon Conversion
     (i) Upon conversion pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7 (whether upon exercise of a Company Conversion Option or exercise of a Holder Conversion Right), the Trust shall deliver, at the option of the Board of Trustees, either (1) a number of Common Shares based upon the applicable Conversion Rate, or (2) an amount of cash and common shares as follows:
    cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Conversion Value and (b) the $25.00 liquidation preference, and
 
    if the Conversion Value is greater than the $25.00 liquidation preference, a number of Common Shares equal to the difference between the Conversion Value and the $25.00 liquidation preference, divided by the average of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Shares during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
     (ii) At any time, the Board of Trustees may irrevocably waive, in its sole discretion, by notice to the holders of the Series E Preferred Shares, the Trust’s right to satisfy its conversion obligation by payment solely in Common Shares pursuant to clause (1) of Section 7(d)(i) above. The Trust shall not be permitted to elect the payment option in clause (1) of Section 7(d)(i) above if the Trust has elected to waive its right to do so. If the Trust has irrevocably waived such right, then the Trust shall give notice of such waiver by mail or publication (with subsequent prompt notice by mail) to holders of Series E Preferred Shares, and such waiver shall be effective as of the date specified in such notice, or if no date is specified, then as of the date of such notice.
     (iii) If the Trust shall exercise the Company Conversion Option, then the press release and the Company Option Conversion Notice pursuant to Section 7(b)(iii) will state the form of Conversion Payment the Trust elects to deliver upon conversion (unless the Trust has irrevocably elected to waive its right to deliver the Conversion Payment solely in Common Shares as provided in clause (1) of Section 7(d)(i)); and

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such payment election shall apply to all such Series E Preferred Shares to be converted pursuant to the such Company Conversion Option.
     (iv) If the Trust receives a Conversion Notice from a holder of Series E Preferred Shares in accordance with Section 7(a)(ii), then the Trust shall notify the relevant holders of Series E Preferred Shares within two (2) scheduled Trading Days following the Conversion Date of the form of Conversion Payment the Trust elects to deliver upon conversion (unless the Trust has irrevocably elected to waive its right to deliver the Conversion Payment solely in Common Shares as provided in clause (1) of Section 7(d)(i) above). All holders of Series E Preferred Shares converting on the same Trading Day pursuant to a Holder Conversion Right will be treated in the same manner. The Trust shall not have any obligation to satisfy its conversion obligation arising on different Trading Days in the same manner. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trust may elect to choose on one Trading Day to deliver the Conversion Payment solely in the form of Common Shares pursuant to clause (1) of Section 7(d)(i) above, and to choose on another Trading Day to settle in cash and/or common shares pursuant to clause (2) of Section 7(d)(i) above.
     (e)  Payment of Distributions upon Conversion .
  (i)   Holder Conversion Right .
 
  (A)   If a holder of Series E Preferred Shares exercises its Holder Conversion Right, upon delivery of the Series E Preferred Shares for conversion, those Series E Preferred Shares shall cease to cumulate distributions as of the close of business on the Conversion Date and the holder shall not receive any cash payment representing accrued and unpaid distributions on the Series E Preferred Shares delivered for conversion, except in those limited circumstances discussed in this Section 7(e)(i). Except as provided herein, the Trust shall make no payment for accrued and unpaid distributions, whether or not in arrears, on Series E Preferred Shares converted at a holder’s election pursuant to a Holder Conversion Right, or for distributions on Common Shares issued upon such conversion.
 
  (B)   If the Trust receives a Conversion Notice before the close of business on a Distribution Record Date, the holder shall not be entitled to receive any portion of the distribution payable on such converted Series E Preferred Shares on the corresponding Distribution Payment Date.
 
  (C)   If the Trust receives a Conversion Notice after the Distribution Record Date but prior to the corresponding Distribution Payment Date, the holder of Series E Preferred Shares on the Distribution Record Date shall receive on that Distribution Payment Date accrued distributions on those Series E Preferred Shares, notwithstanding the conversion of those Series E Preferred Shares prior to that Distribution Payment Date. However, at the time that such holder surrenders the Series E Preferred Shares for conversion, the holder shall pay to the Trust an amount equal to the distribution that has accrued and that shall be paid on the related Distribution Payment Date.
 
  (D)   A holder of Series E Preferred Shares on a Distribution Record Date who exercises its Holder Conversion Right and converts such Series E Preferred Shares into Common Shares on or after the corresponding Distribution Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the distribution payable on such Series E Preferred Shares on such Distribution Payment Date, and the converting holder need not include payment of the amount of such distribution upon surrender for conversion of such Series E Preferred Shares.
 
  (ii)   Company Conversion Option .
 
  (A)   If the Trust exercises the Company Conversion Option, whether the Company Conversion Option Date is prior to, on or after the Distribution Record Date for the current period, all unpaid distributions which are in arrears as of the Company Conversion Option Date shall

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      be payable to the holder of the Series E Preferred Shares with respect to which the Company Conversion Option has been exercised.
 
  (B)   If the Trust exercises the Company Conversion Option and the Company Conversion Option Date is a date that is after the close of business on a Distribution Payment Date and prior to the close of business on the next Distribution Record Date, the holder of Series E Preferred Shares with respect to which the Company Conversion Option has been exercised shall not be entitled to receive any portion of the distribution for such period on such converted Series E Preferred Shares on the corresponding Distribution Payment Date.
 
  (C)   If the Trust exercises the Company Conversion Option and the Company Conversion Option Date is a date and time that is on or after the close of business on any Distribution Record Date and prior to the close of business on the corresponding Distribution Payment Date, all distributions, including accrued and unpaid distributions, whether or not in arrears, with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares called for conversion on such date, shall be payable on such Distribution Payment Date to the record holder of Series E Preferred Shares if the record holder of such shares is the record holder of such Shares on such Distribution Record Date.
     (iii) Fundamental Change Conversion Right . The provisions set forth above in this Section 7(e) shall not apply to Series E Preferred Shares which are converted into Common Shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right or which are repurchased by the Trust in lieu of such conversion pursuant to Section 10 below.
     8.  Adjustments to Conversion Rate
     (a) The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Trust as follows:
     (i) If the Trust issues Common Shares as a distribution on Common Shares to all holders of Common Shares, or if the Trust effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR 1 = CR O x OS 1 /OS O
where,
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the ex-dividend date for such distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination
OS O
  =   the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to such distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination
OS 1
  =   the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination.
     Any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (i) shall become effective at the open of business on (x) the ex-dividend date for such distribution or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any distribution described in this paragraph (i) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
     (ii) If the Trust distributes to all holders of Common Shares any rights, warrants or options entitling them, for a period expiring not more than 45 days after the date of issuance of such rights, warrants or options, to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at a price per share that is less than the Closing Sale Price per Common Share on the Business Day immediately preceding the time of announcement of such distribution, the Trust shall adjust the Conversion Rate based on the following formula:

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CR 1 = CR O x (OS O +X)/(OS 0 +Y)
where,
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior the ex-dividend date for such distribution
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the ex-dividend date for such distribution
OS O
  =   the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution
X
  =   the total number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, warrants or options
Y
  =   the number of Common Shares equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, warrants or options and (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for the issuance of such rights, warrants or options
     For purposes of this paragraph (ii), in determining whether any rights, warrants or options entitle the holders of Common Shares to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at less than the applicable Closing Sale Price per Common Share, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Trust receives for such rights, warrants or options and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Trustees. If any right, warrant or option described in this paragraph (ii) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the Trust shall adjust the new Conversion Rate to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant or option had not been so issued.
     (iii) If the Trust distributes Shares of the Trust, evidence of indebtedness or other assets or property to all holders of Common Shares, excluding (A) distributions, rights, warrants or options referred to in paragraph (i) or (ii) above; (B) distributions paid exclusively in cash; and (C) spin-offs, as described below in this paragraph (iii) (collectively, subject to such exclusions, “ Distributed Assets ”) then the Trust shall adjust the Conversion Rate based on the following formula:
CR 1 = CR O x SP O /(SP O -FMV)
where,
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the ex-dividend date for such distribution
SP O
  =   the average of the Closing Sale Price per Common Share for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the ex-dividend date for such distribution
FMV
  =   the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees) of the Shares of the Trust, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding Common Share on the earlier of the record date or the ex-dividend date for such distribution
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trust shall not adjust the Conversion Rate pursuant to this paragraph for distributions of rights, warrants or options, if adequate provision shall be made (as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees) so that the holder of each Series E Preferred Share shall have the right to receive on the date, if any, on which such Series E Preferred Share is converted into Common Shares, the amount of such Distributed Assets such holder of such Series E Preferred Share would have received had such holder of such Series E Preferred Share owned a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate on the record date for such distribution.
               An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall become effective on the ex-dividend date for such distribution.

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               If the Trust distributes to all holders of Common Shares, Shares of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to one of the Trust’s subsidiaries or other business units (a “spin-off”) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective date of the spin-off shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR 1 = CR O x (FMV O + MP O )/MP O
where,
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the spin-off
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately on and after the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the effective date of the spin-off
FMV O
  =   the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the capital shares or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Shares applicable to one Common Share over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the spin-off
MP O
  =   the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Shares over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after the effective date of the spin-off.
               An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall occur on the 10th Trading Day from and including the effective date of the spin-off; provided that in respect of any conversion within the 10 Trading Days following the effective date of any spin-off, references within this paragraph (iii) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the effective date of such spin-off and the Conversion Date in determining the applicable Conversion Rate.
               If any such distribution described in this paragraph (iii) is declared but not paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be re-adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
     (iv) If the Trust makes any cash distribution to all holders of outstanding Common Shares (excluding any distribution in connection with the Trust’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up) during any of its quarterly fiscal periods in an aggregate amount that, together with other cash distributions made during such quarterly fiscal period, exceeds the product of $0.84 (subject to adjustment) (the “ Reference Distribution ”), multiplied by the number of Common Shares outstanding on the record date for such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR 1 = CR O x SP O /(SP O - C)
where
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the ex-dividend date for such distribution
SP O
  =   the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the earlier of the record date or the day prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution
C
  =   the amount in cash per share that the Trust distributes to holders of Common Shares that exceeds the Reference Distribution
provided that if “C” with respect to any such cash distribution is equal to or greater than “SP0” with respect to any such cash distribution, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right to receive on the date such cash is distributed to holders of Common Shares, for each Series E Preferred Share, the amount of cash such holder of Series E Preferred Shares would have received had such holder of Series E Preferred Shares owned a number of Common Shares equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the product of the Conversion Rate in effect on the ex-dividend date for such distribution, and

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the aggregate principal amount of Series E Preferred Shares held by such holder and the denominator of which is twenty-five ($25.00).
               An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this paragraph (iv) shall become effective on the ex-dividend date for such distribution. If any distribution described in this paragraph (iv) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be re-adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
               The Reference Distribution amount is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Reference Distribution amount for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate under this paragraph (iv).
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an adjustment is required to be made under this paragraph (iv) as a result of a distribution that is not a quarterly distribution, the Reference Distribution amount shall be deemed to be zero.
     (v) If the Trust or any of its subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for Common Shares to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Common Share exceeds the Closing Sale Price per Common Share on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender offer or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR 1 = CR O x (AC + (SP 1 x OS 1 ))/(OS O x SP 1 )
where,
         
CR O
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect on the day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires
CR 1
  =   the Conversion Rate in effect on the second day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires
AC
  =   the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Trustees) paid or payable for Common Shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer
OS O
  =   the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires
OS 1
  =   the number of Common Shares after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares pursuant to such tender or exchange offer)
SP 1
  =   the Closing Sale Price per Common Share for the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires
     If, however, the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made.
     Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this paragraph (v) shall become effective on the second day immediately following the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires. If the Trust or one of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Trust shall re-adjust the new Conversion Rate to be the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.
     (b) If the Trust has in effect a rights plan while any Series E Preferred Shares remain outstanding, holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall receive, upon a conversion of such shares in respect of which the Trust has elected to deliver Common Shares, in addition to such Common Shares, rights under the Trust’s shareholder rights agreement unless, prior to conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have separated from the Common Shares. If the rights provided for in any rights plan that the Board of Trustees may adopt have separated from the Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of the applicable shareholder rights

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agreement so that holders of Series E Preferred Shares would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of Common Shares that the Trust elects to deliver upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares, the Trust shall adjust the Conversion Rate at the time of separation as if the Trust had distributed to all holders of the Trust’s shares, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant to paragraph (iii) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights.
     (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Price be reduced below $0.01, subject to adjustment for share splits and combinations and similar events.
     (d) The Trust shall not make any adjustment to the Conversion Rate if holders of Series E Preferred Shares are permitted to participate, on an as-converted basis, in the transactions described in paragraphs (i) through (vi) above.
     (e) The Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted except as specifically set forth in this Section 8. Without limiting the foregoing, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted for (A) the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of distributions or interest payable on the Trust’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Shares under any plan; (B) the issuance of any Common Shares or options or rights to purchase such shares pursuant to any of the Trust’s present or future employee, director, trustee or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement; (C) the issuance of any Common Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date Series E Preferred Shares were first issued; (D) a change in the par value of Common Shares; (E) accumulated and unpaid distributions; and (F) the issuance of Common Shares or the payment of cash upon redemption thereof.
     (f) No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Conversion Rate. If the adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Conversion Rate by at least 1%, then the adjustment that is not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. In addition, at the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2008, we will give effect to any adjustments that we have otherwise deferred pursuant to this provision, and those adjustments, if any, will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All required calculations shall be made to the nearest cent or 1/1000th of a share, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series E Preferred Shares are called for redemption, all adjustments not previously made shall be made on the applicable redemption date.
     (g) Except as described in this Section 8, the Trust shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for any issuance of Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares or rights to purchase Common Shares or such convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities.
     (h) To the extent permitted by law and the continued listing requirements of the NYSE or any other securities exchange on which Common Shares may then be listed, the Board of Trustees may, from time to time, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 days or any longer period required by law, so long as the increase is irrevocable during that period and the Board of Trustees determines that the increase is in the Trust’s best interests. Any such determination by the Board of Trustees shall be conclusive. The Trust shall mail a notice of the increase to holders of Series E Preferred Shares at least 15 days before the day the increase commences.
     (i) The Board of Trustees may from time to time make such additional increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those otherwise required or permitted by this Section 8, if the Board determines that it is advisable, in order that any distribution of Common Shares or other capital shares, any subdivision, reclassification or combination of Common Shares or other capital shares, or any issuance of options, warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or other capital shares, or any event treated as such for United States federal income tax purposes, shall not be taxable to the holders of such Common Shares, capital shares, options, warrants or other right for United States federal income tax purposes or to diminish any such tax. The Trust shall mail a notice of the increase to holders of Series E Preferred Shares at least 15 days before the day the increase commences.
     (j) The following provisions shall apply if a Business Combination shall occur a result of which the holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares:

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     (i) The Trust or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall provide that each holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled thereafter to convert such Series E Preferred Shares into the kind and amount of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) which such holder of Series E Preferred Shares would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such Business Combination as if such holder of Series E Preferred Shares held a number of Common Shares equal to the Conversion Rate as of the effective date for such Business Combination, multiplied by the number of shares of Series E Preferred Shares held by such holder; provided that with respect to a Business Combination that also constitutes a Fundamental Change, such holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive the Make-Whole Premium if such holder does not convert its Series E Preferred Shares in connection with the relevant Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 10(a). In the event that holders of Common Shares have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such Business Combination, the Trust shall make adequate provision whereby the holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall have a reasonable opportunity to determine the form of consideration into which all of the Series E Preferred Shares, treated as a single class, shall be convertible from and after the effective date of such Business Combination. Such determination shall be based on the weighted average of elections made by the holders of Series E Preferred Shares who participate in such determination, shall be subject to any limitations to which all of the holders of Common Shares are subject (such as pro rata reductions applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in such Business Combination), and shall be conducted in such a manner as to be completed by the date which is the earlier of (A) the deadline for elections to be made by holders of Common Shares, or (B) two Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the Business Combination.
     (ii) The Trust shall provide notice of the opportunity to determine the form of such consideration, as well as notice of the determination made by the holders of Series E Preferred Shares (and the weighted average of elections), by posting such notice with DTC and providing a copy of such notice to the Transfer Agent. If the effective date of a Business Combination is delayed beyond the initially anticipated effective date, holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall be given the opportunity to make subsequent similar determinations in regard to such delayed effective date.
     (iii) If this Section 8(j) applies to any event or occurrence that would otherwise result in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 8, such adjustment shall not occur or apply.
     (iv) The above provisions of this Section 8(j) shall similarly apply to successive Business Combinations. The Trust shall not become a party to any Business Combination to which this Section 8(j) is applicable unless its terms are consistent in all material respects with the provisions of this Section 8(j).
     (v) None of the provisions of this Section 8(j) shall affect the right of a holder of Series E Preferred Shares to convert its shares of Series E Preferred Shares into Common Shares prior to the effective date of a Business Combination.
     (k) Whenever an adjustment in the Conversion Rate with respect to the Series E Preferred Shares is required:
     (i) the Trust shall forthwith place on file with the Transfer Agent a certificate of its chief financial officer (or such person having similar responsibilities of the Trust), stating the adjusted Conversion Rate determined as provided herein and setting forth in reasonable detail such facts as shall be necessary to show the reason for and the manner of computing such adjustment; and
     (ii) a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall forthwith be given by the Trust to each holder of Series E Preferred Shares. Any such notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, and any failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.
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     (i) the Trust shall declare a distribution on its Common Shares that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 8(a); or
     (ii) the Trust shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially all of the Common Shares of rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or series of beneficial interest of the Trust or any other rights, warrants or options of the Trust; or
     (iii) of any reclassification or reorganization of the Common Shares (other than a subdivision or combination of the outstanding Common Shares, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Trust is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Trust is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust; or
     (iv) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Trust;
the Trust shall cause to be mailed to each holder of Series E Convertible Shares at its address appearing in the records of the Trust, as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten (10) days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (A) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such, distribution or grant, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Shares of record to be entitled to such, distribution or grant are to be determined, or (B) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Shares of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. In the event any of the foregoing events described in clause (i) through (iv) above is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, this notice pursuant to this Section 8(l) may be combined with the notice to be provided pursuant to Section 9(c) below. Failure to give a notice pursuant to this Section 8(l), or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, grant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
     9.  Adjustment to Conversion Rate Upon a Fundamental Change
     (a) If and only to the extent a holder of Series E Preferred Shares elects to convert its Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 8(a) in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Trust shall increase the Conversion Rate applicable to the shares of Series E Preferred Shares surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares (the “ Make-Whole Premium ”), if any, as set forth in this Section 9. A conversion shall be deemed for the purposes of this Section 9(a) to be “in connection with” a Fundamental Change if the applicable Conversion Notice is received by the Transfer Agent from and including the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change up to and including the Fundamental Change Conversion Date for that Fundamental Change. If a holder elects to convert Series E Preferred Shares in connection with a Fundamental Change, but such Fundamental Change is not consummated, then such holder shall not be entitled to the increased Conversion Rate referred to above in connection with the conversion.
The Make-Whole Premium per $25.00 of liquidation preference, if any, shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change and the Applicable Price for such Fundamental Change. If an event occurs that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as described in Section 8, each Applicable Price set forth in the first column of the table below shall be adjusted, concurrently with such adjustment in the Conversion Rate, multiplying the Applicable Price in effect immediately before the adjustment by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the adjustment, and the denominator of which is the adjusted Conversion Rate. In addition, but without duplication of the adjustment pursuant to the preceding sentence, if an event occurs that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as described in Section 8, each applicable number of additional shares set forth in the table below shall be adjusted concurrently and in the same manner in which the Conversion Rate is adjusted as described in Section 8.

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Number of Additional Shares
(per $25.00 liquidation preference of Series E Preferred Shares)
                                                                         
    Applicable Price
Effective Date   $48.18   $55.00   $65.00   $75.00   $85.00   $95.00   $105.00   $115.00   $125.00
April 2, 2008
    0.0676       0.0598       0.0414       0.0303       0.0234       0.0186       0.0152       0.0126       0.0106  
April 15, 2008
    0.0676       0.0598       0.0414       0.0303       0.0234       0.0186       0.0152       0.0126       0.0106  
April 15, 2009
    0.0676       0.0563       0.0378       0.0269       0.0203       0.0159       0.0129       0.0107       0.0090  
April 15, 2010
    0.0676       0.0525       0.0333       0.0226       0.0164       0.0126       0.0101       0.0083       0.0070  
April 15, 2011
    0.0676       0.0484       0.0279       0.0172       0.0115       0.0084       0.0066       0.0054       0.0046  
April 15, 2012
    0.0676       0.0441       0.0206       0.0093       0.0047       0.0030       0.0023       0.0019       0.0017  
April 15, 2013
    0.0676       0.0447       0.0156       0.0001       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
April 15, 2014
    0.0676       0.0475       0.0180       0.0026       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
April 15, 2015
    0.0676       0.0516       0.0225       0.0041       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
April 15, 2016
    0.0676       0.0522       0.0251       0.0079       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
April 15, 2017
    0.0676       0.0518       0.0246       0.0078       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
April 15, 2018
    0.0676       0.0459       0.0175       0.0020       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  
     (b) The exact Applicable Price and Effective Date may not be as set forth in the table above, in which case:
     (i) if the actual Applicable Price is between two Applicable Price listed in the table above, or the actual Effective Date is between two dates listed in the table above, the Trust shall determine the number of additional shares by linear interpolation between the numbers of additional shares set forth for the two applicable prices, or for the two dates based on a 365-day year, as applicable;
     (ii) if the actual Applicable Price is greater than $125.00 per share (subject to adjustment as provided below, the “ Cap Price ”), no Make-Whole Premium shall be issuable and the Conversion Rate shall not increase in connection with a Fundamental Change; and
     (iii) if the actual Applicable Price is less than $48.18 per share (subject to adjustment as provided below, the “ Floor Price ”), no Make-Whole Premium shall be issuable and the Conversion Rate shall not increase in connection with a Fundamental Change.
In no event shall a Make-Whole Premium be issuable if, after giving effect thereto, the Conversion Rate would exceed 0.5188 (the “ Cap Conversion Rate ”). If an event occurs that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate as described in Section 8, each of the Cap Price, the Floor Price and the Cap Conversion Rate shall be adjusted concurrently and in the same manner in which the Conversion Rate is adjusted as described in Section 8.
     (c) The Trust shall mail to holders of Series E Preferred Shares notice of, or publicly announce (with subsequent prompt notice by mail), the anticipated effective date of any proposed Make-Whole Fundamental Change at least 15 days before the anticipated Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change. In addition, no later than the third Business Day after the completion of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Trust shall publicly announce such completion.
     10.  Fundamental Change Conversion Right and Repurchase Right .
     (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 10, in the event a Fundamental Change occurs, when the Applicable Price is less than $48.18 per share, then a holder of any Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right, at its option and in addition to its Holder Conversion Right, to convert all or any portion of such holder’s outstanding Series E Preferred Shares (the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Right ”) on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date into the number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares per $25.00 liquidation preference of Series E Preferred Shares equal to such liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid distributions to but not including such Fundamental Change Conversion Date divided by 98% of the Market Price of

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Common Shares (such rate of conversion being the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Rate ”). The Fundamental Change Conversion Right shall be exercisable as provided below in this Section 10.
     (b) If the Fundamental Change Conversion Right has been exercised with respect to Series E Preferred Shares, the Trust shall have the right (the “ Repurchase Right ”), at its election and in lieu of such conversion, to repurchase some or all of such Series E Preferred Shares for a repurchase price per share equal to the $25.00 liquidation preference of such Series E Preferred Share plus accrued and unpaid distributions to, but not including, such Fundamental Change Conversion Date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ”); provided that if the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date is on a date that is after a Distribution Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Distribution Payment Date, the Trust shall pay such distributions to the holder of record on the corresponding Distribution Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per Series E Preferred Share shall be equal to the $25.00 liquidation preference of such Series E Preferred Share. The Repurchase Right shall be exercisable by notice from the Trust to holders of Series E Preferred Shares and to the Transfer Agent given not later than the time and in the manner provided in Section 10(e) and may be incorporated as a part of the notice delivered pursuant to such Section.
     (c) In the event the Trust exercises the Repurchase Right with respect to Series E Preferred Shares that would otherwise be converted into Common Shares on a Fundamental Change Conversion Date, such Series E Preferred Shares shall not be converted into Common Shares, and the holder of such Series E Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price in cash as provided in this Section 10.
     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10(a), but subject to the next sentence, the aggregate number of Common Shares issuable in connection with the exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right may not exceed 2,223,804 shares (if 3,000,000 Series E Preferred Shares are issued under these Articles Supplementary), or 2,557,375 shares (if more than 3,000,000 Series E Preferred Shares are issued under these Articles Supplementary), or such other number of Common Shares as shall then be authorized and available for issuance. If the number of Common Shares issuable upon such conversion would exceed the foregoing amounts or such other number of Common Shares as shall then be authorized and available for issuance, the Trust shall have the option to satisfy the remainder of such conversion in Common Shares that are authorized for issuance in the future. The Trust shall use its best efforts to have any such additional number of Common Shares authorized for issuance within 180 days of the Fundamental Change Conversion Date.
     (e) Within 15 days after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Trust shall mail to the Transfer Agent and all holders of Series E Preferred Shares, and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, a notice regarding the Fundamental Change and of the resulting Repurchase Right. The notice shall state, among other things:
     (i) the events constituting the Fundamental Change;
     (ii) the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change;
     (iii) the last date on which a holder of Series E Preferred Shares may exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right;
     (iv) to the extent applicable, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate and the Fundamental Change Conversion Price;
     (v) whether the Trust has exercised the Repurchase Right with respect to some or all of Series E Preferred Shares as to which the Fundamental Change Conversion Right may be exercised and, if less than all of such Series E Preferred Shares, specifying the percentage which the Trust has elected to repurchase;
     (vi) unless the Trust has exercised the Repurchase Right with respect to all Series E Preferred Shares as to which the Fundamental Change Conversion Right applies, the method of calculating the Market Price of Common Shares;
     (vii) the Fundamental Change Conversion Date;

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     (viii) the name and address of the applicable Transfer Agent;
     (ix) the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that will result from the Fundamental Change;
     (x) that Series E Preferred Shares with respect to which the Fundamental Change Conversion Right has been exercised may be converted at the applicable Conversion Rate, if otherwise convertible, only if a notice of the exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right has been properly withdrawn;
     (xi) that the holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right to withdraw notice of the exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right as to any Series E Preferred Shares prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date (or any such time as may be required by applicable law);
     (xii) the CUSIP number or numbers assigned to the Series E Preferred Shares (if then generally in use);
     (xiii) briefly, the other conversion rights of the Series E Preferred Shares and whether, at the time of such notice, the Series E Preferred Shares are eligible for conversion thereunder; and
     (xiv) the procedures that holders must follow to exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right.
The Trust shall issue a press release for publication to the Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Business Wire or Bloomberg Business News (or, if such organizations are not in existence at the time of issuance of such press release, such other news or press organization as is reasonably calculated to broadly disseminate the relevant information to the public) prior to the opening of business on the first Trading Day following any date on which the Trust provides such notice to the holders of Series E Preferred Shares. No failure of the Trust to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the conversion rights of holders of Series E Preferred Shares or affect the validity of the proceedings for conversion or repurchase of the Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to this Section 10.
     (f) In order to exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right a holder of Series E Preferred Shares must surrender to the Trust at its principal office or at the office of the Transfer Agent, as may be designated by the Board of Trustees, on or before the close of business on the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the certificate or certificates, if any, for the Series E Preferred Shares to be converted accompanied by a written notice specifying the name or names in which the holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the Common Shares, if any, to be issued or in which ownership of such Common Shares, if uncertificated, are to be registered, and stating:
     (i) the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date;
     (ii) that the holder of Series E Preferred Shares elects to convert all or a specified whole number of those shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right; and
     (iii) that the Series E Preferred Shares are to be converted pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right provisions of Series E Preferred Shares.
In lieu of the foregoing procedure, to the extent Series E Preferred Shares are held by DTC in global form, the beneficial owner of Series E Preferred Shares shall comply with the procedures of DTC in order to convert the owner’s beneficial interest in such Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right on or before the close of business on the Fundamental Change Conversion Date.
     (g) A holder may withdraw any notice of its exercise of its Fundamental Change Conversion Right (in whole or in part) by delivering to the Transfer Agent a written notice of withdrawal prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date. The notice shall identify the name of

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the holder, indicate that the holder is withdrawing its election to exercise its Fundamental Change Conversion Right and must state:
     (i) the number of Series E Preferred Shares being withdrawn;
     (ii) if certificated shares have been issued, the certificate numbers of the Series E Preferred Shares being withdrawn; and
     (iii) the number, if any, of the Series E Preferred Shares that remain subject to the conversion notice.
In lieu of the foregoing procedure, to the extent Series E Preferred Shares are held by DTC in global form, the beneficial owner of Series E Preferred Shares shall comply with the procedures of DTC in order to withdraw notice of exercise of its Fundamental Change Conversion Right with respect to such owner’s beneficial interest in such Series E Preferred Shares on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date.
     (h) As promptly as practicable following the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and the surrender of the certificate or certificates, if any, for Series E Preferred Shares to be converted on such date pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right and receipt of the notice in accordance with Section 10(f), and, if Common Shares to be issued upon conversion of such Series E Preferred Shares are to be registered in a name other than the name of the holder of such Series E Preferred Shares payment of all required transfer taxes, if any, or the demonstration to the Trust’s satisfaction that those taxes have been paid, unless the Trust shall have exercised the Repurchase Right with respect to such Series E Preferred Shares, (i) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are certificated, the Trust shall issue and shall deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to such holder, or to such other Person on such holder’s written order (A) certificates evidencing the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which the holder of the shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or the holder’s transferee, shall be entitled, and (B) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), or (ii) if Common Shares to be issued upon such conversion are not certificated, (A) the Trust shall cause the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable full Common Shares to which a holder of shares of Series E Preferred Shares being converted, or a holder’s transferee, shall be entitled to be registered in the name of such holder or such transferee, as applicable, and (B) if less than the full number of such Series E Preferred Shares are being converted, if the Series E Preferred Shares are certificated, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of Series E Preferred Shares evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates, less the number of shares being converted (or otherwise the Trust shall cause the number of Series E Preferred Shares not being converted to remain registered in the name of such holder), and (C) if a fractional interest in respect of a Common Share arising upon such conversion is to be settled in cash as provided in Section 10(l), a check or other transfer of funds for the cash settlement amount.
     (i) A conversion of Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right which has been properly exercised and for which the notice of exercise has not been withdrawn shall be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, unless the Repurchase Right has been exercised with respect to such Series E Preferred Shares, and at such time the rights of the holder thereof as to the Series E Preferred Shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive Common Shares and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional Common Shares issuable upon such conversion, and the Person entitled to receive Common Shares shall be treated for all purposes as having become the record holder of those Common Shares at that time.
     (j) If the Trust elected to repurchase Series E Preferred Shares subject to the exercise of a Fundamental Change Conversion Right, the Fundamental Change Conversion Right of the holder of such Series E Preferred Shares shall automatically not be exercisable, but the holder shall be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price as provided below in this Section 10.

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     (k) The holder of any Series E Preferred Share which the Trust has elected to repurchase pursuant to the Repurchase Right and as to which the notice of exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion right has not been properly withdrawn shall be entitled to payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price from the Trust promptly following the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Conversion Date with respect to such Series E Preferred Shares and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Series E Preferred Shares to the Transfer Agent. If the Transfer Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Series E Preferred Shares on the Business Day following the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, then:
     (i) the Series E Preferred Shares shall cease to be outstanding and distributions shall cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Series E Preferred Shares is made or whether or not the Series E Preferred Shares Certificate is delivered to the Transfer Agent); and
     (ii) all of the other rights of the holders of Series E Preferred Shares shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon delivery or transfer of the Series E Preferred Shares).
     (l) In connection with the conversion of any Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, the Trust may elect not to issue fractional Common Shares, in which case the Trust shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional interest in an amount equal to the fractional interest, multiplied by the Closing Sale Price of the Common Shares on the Trading Day immediately prior to the Fundamental Change Conversion Date.
     (m) In case the notice of exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right specifies that the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares are to be issued or registered in a name or names other than that of the registered holder of Series E Preferred Shares, the notice of exercise shall be accompanied by payment of all transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of Common Shares in that name or names. Other than those transfer taxes payable pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Trust shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of Common Shares upon conversion of Series E Preferred Shares pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right.
     (n) A holder of Series E Preferred Shares being converted pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right is not entitled to any rights of a holder of Common Shares, and only to the extent such Series E Preferred Shares have been or are deemed to have been converted to Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.
     (o) All Common Shares delivered upon conversion of shares of Series E Preferred pursuant to the Fundamental Change Conversion Right shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.
     (p) The Trust shall comply with the provisions of all United States Federal and state securities laws in connection with any exercise of the Repurchase Right.
     11.  Status of Redeemed, Reacquired and Converted Series E Preferred Shares . In the event any Series E Preferred Shares shall be redeemed pursuant to Section 5 hereof, repurchased pursuant to Section 10 hereof or otherwise reacquired by the Trust or converted pursuant to Section 7 or 10 hereof, the Shares so redeemed, repurchased, reacquired or converted shall become authorized but unissued Preferred Shares, available for future classification, reclassification and issuance by the Trust or, if so determined by the Trustees, may be retired and canceled by the Trust.
     12.  Restrictions on Ownership .
     The Series E Preferred Shares shall be subject to the ownership restrictions and other provisions contained in Article NINTH of the Declaration.

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     13.  Severability . If any preference, right, voting power, restriction, limitation as to distributions, qualification, term or condition of redemption or other term of the Series E Preferred Shares is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, then, to the extent permitted by law, all other preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications, terms and conditions of redemption and other terms of the Series E Preferred Shares which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable preference, right, voting power, restriction, limitation as to distributions, qualification, term or condition of redemption or other term of the Series E Preferred Shares shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be deemed dependent upon any invalid, unlawful or unenforceable preference, right, voting power, restriction, limitation as to distributions, qualification, term or condition of redemption or other term of the Series E Preferred Shares.
     14.  Notices to Holders . Unless otherwise provided herein or required by law, notices to holders of Series E Preferred Shares provided for in these Articles Supplementary shall be mailed to such holders by first class mail, postage pre-paid, at the respective addresses as the same shall appear on the share transfer records of the Trust or the Transfer Agent. Unless otherwise provided herein or required by law, requirements set forth in these Articles Supplementary for public announcements or publications by the Trust may be satisfied if the subject matter thereof is contained in (a) a document filed by the Trust with, or furnished by the Trust to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and such filing is available to be viewed by the public on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor system thereto) or (b) a press release submitted by the Trust for publication to Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Business Wire or Bloomberg Business News (or, if such organizations are not in existence at the time of issuance of such press release, such other news or press organization as is reasonably calculated to broadly disseminate the relevant information to the public).
     15.  Certain Definitions . As used in this ARTICLE SECOND, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
     “ Adjustment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(k).
     “ Applicable Price ” means, with respect to a Fundamental Change, an amount determined as follows:
     (vi) if the Fundamental Change is a transaction or series of related transactions and the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) for Common Shares in the Fundamental Change consists solely of cash, then the Applicable Price will be the cash amount paid per Common Share in the transaction;
     (vii) if the Fundamental Change is a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of property and assets and the consideration paid for the Trust’s property and assets (or for the property and assets of the Trust and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) consists solely of cash, then the Applicable Price will be the cash amount paid for the Trust’s property and assets, expressed as an amount per Common Share outstanding on the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change; and
     (viii) in all other cases, the Applicable Price will be the average of the Closing Sale Price per Common Share for the ten consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Effective Date.
The Board of Trustees shall make appropriate adjustments, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the ex-dividend date of the event occurs, at any time during those ten consecutive Trading Days.
     “ Business Combination ” means:
     (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of Common Shares, other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of subdivision or a combination;
     (ii) a consolidation, merger or combination of the Trust with another Person;

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     (iii) a sale, conveyance or lease to another Person of all or substantially all of the Trust’s property and assets (other than to one or more of the Trust’s subsidiaries); or
     (iv) a statutory share exchange.
     “ Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
     “ Cap Conversion Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
     “ Cap Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(ii).
     “ Cash Settlement Averaging Period ” means the 20 consecutive Trading Days (including the last Trading Day of such period), starting on, and including the third Trading Day following the Company Conversion Date or the Conversion Date, as the case may be.
     “ Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:
     (i) any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total outstanding voting power of all classes of the Trust’s shares of beneficial interest entitled to vote generally in the election of Trustees (the “voting share”);
     (ii) there occurs a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Trust’s property or assets, or of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Trust and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act;
     (iii) the Trust consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Trust, unless the Persons that “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, the Trust’s voting share immediately prior to such consolidation or merger “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, immediately after such consolidation or merger, voting shares of the surviving or continuing entities representing at least a majority of the total outstanding voting shares of all outstanding classes of voting shares of the surviving or continuing entity;
     (iv) the following persons cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Trustees:
  (A)   individuals who on the Original Issue Date constituted the Board of Trustees; and
 
  (B)   any new Trustees whose election to the Board of Trustees or whose nomination for election by the Trust’s shareholders was approved by at least a majority of the Trust’s Trustees then still in office either who were Trustees on the Original Issue Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved; or
     (v) the Trust is liquidated or dissolved or holders of the Trust’s shares of beneficial interest approve any plan or proposal for the Trust’s liquidation or dissolution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction described in (ii) or (iii) above will not constitute a Change of Control if at least 90% of the consideration (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) in such transaction consists of common shares and any associated rights traded on a United States national securities exchange (or which will be traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction).

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     “ Closing Sale Price ” means with regard to the Common Shares or other capital shares of beneficial interest on any date, the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and asked prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average asked prices) on such date as reported by the NYSE or, if the Common Shares or other capital shares of beneficial interest, as the case may be, is not reported by the NYSE, in composite transactions for the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares or such capital shares of beneficial interest is traded. If the Common Shares or such capital shares of beneficial interest are not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the Closing Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Shares or such capital shares of beneficial interest in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or similar organization. If the Common Shares or such capital shares of beneficial interest are not so quoted, the Closing Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and asked prices for the Common Shares or such capital shares of beneficial interest on the relevant date from each of at least three independent nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Trust for this purpose.
     “Common Shares ” means the common shares of beneficial interest of the Trust.
     “ Company Conversion Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).
     “ Company Conversion Option Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).
     “ Company Conversion Option Notice ” has the meaning set forth in 7(b)(iii).
     “ Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(v).
     “ Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(ii).
     “ Conversion Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(i).
     “ Conversion Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(i).
     “ Conversion Value ” means, for each Series E Preferred Share to be converted, an amount equal to the then applicable Conversion Rate multiplied by the average of the Closing Sale Price during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.
     “ Distributed Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(iv).
     “ Distribution Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
     “ Distribution Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
     “ Distribution Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
     “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company or a successor thereto or other similar depositary holding Series E Preferred Shares in global form.
     “ Effective Date ” means, with respect to a Fundamental Change, the date on which such Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “ Floor Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(iii).
     “ Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of a Change in Control or a Termination of Trading.

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     “ Fundamental Change Conversion Date ” means, with respect to a Fundamental Change, the date specified as such by the Trust in its notice of such Fundamental Change delivered pursuant to Section 10(e), which date shall be a Business Day and shall not be less than 20 days nor more than 35 days after the date on which the Trust gives such notice.
     “ Fundamental Change Conversion Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
     “ Fundamental Change Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).
     “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).
     “ Holder Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a)(i).
     “ NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange or any successor thereto.
     “ Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means a Fundamental Change having an Effective Date on or prior to April 20, 2018.
     “ Make-Whole Premium ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
     “ Market Price ” means, with respect to any Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Shares for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on the third Trading Day prior to the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence, during the period commencing on the first Trading Day of such ten Trading-Day period and ending on the Fundamental Change Conversion Date, of any event described in Section 8; provided that in no event shall the Market Price be less than $0.01, subject to adjustment for share splits and combinations, reclassification and similar events.
     “ Original Issue Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
     “ Preferred Distribution Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
     “ Preferred Shares ” means any preferred shares of beneficial interest of the Trust.
     “ Preferred Share Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
     “ Reference Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(iv).
     “ REIT ” means a real estate investment trust as defined in the Internal Revenue Code.
     “ Repurchase Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).
     “ Series A Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
     “ Series B Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
     “ Series C Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
     “ Series D Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.
     “ Series E Preferred Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.
     “ Shares ” means any shares of beneficial interest or other equity security of the Trust.
     “ Termination of Trading ” is deemed to occur if the Trust’s Common Shares (or other equity securities into which the Series E Preferred Shares are then convertible) are neither listed for trading on a United States national

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securities exchange nor approved for trading on an established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States.
     “ Trading Day ” is any day during which (i) trading in the Trust’s Common Shares generally occurs, and (ii) there is no market disruption event. For purposes of this definition, “market disruption event” means the occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed for trading of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Shares or in any options contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Shares.
     “ Transfer Agent ” means, initially, Computershare Trust Company, n.a., as transfer agent for the Series E Preferred Shares or, with respect to all or any particular function of the Transfer Agent in these Articles Supplementary, such other conversion, paying or other agent which the Trust shall have designated by notice given to the holders of Series E Preferred Shares, specifying the name and address of such agent. The Trust may, in its sole discretion, remove any Transfer Agent with 10 days’ prior notice to the Transfer Agent; provided , that the Trust shall appoint a successor Transfer Agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness or such removal.
     16.  Form . The Series E Preferred Shares will be issued and maintained initially in book-entry form registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company; provided , however , that any holder of Series E Preferred Shares shall have the right to request a certificate therefor and upon such request made in writing to the Transfer Agent, the Trust shall cause to be issued a duly executed certificate for such Series E Preferred Shares registered in the name in which the Series E Preferred Shares were held in book-entry form or such other name(s) as specified by the holder in writing.
     17.  Information Rights . During any period in which the Trust is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any Series E Preferred Shares are outstanding, the Trust shall (i) transmit by mail to all holders of Series E Preferred Shares, as their names and addresses appear in the Trust’s record books and without cost to such holders, copies of the annual reports and quarterly reports that the Trust would have been required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Trust were subject to such Sections (other than any exhibits that would have been required), and (ii) promptly upon written request, supply copies of such reports to any prospective holder of Series E Preferred Shares. The Trust will mail the reports to the holders of Series E Preferred Shares within 15 days after the respective dates by which the Trust would have been required to file the reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission if the Trust were subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
      THIRD : The Series E Preferred Shares have been classified and designated by the Board of Trustees under the authority contained in the Declaration.
      FOURTH : These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Trustees or an authorized committee thereof in the manner and by the vote required by law.
      FIFTH : The undersigned President of the Trust acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the trust act of the Trust and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned President acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST has executed these Articles Supplementary as of this 1st day of April, 2008.
         
  ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
 
 
  By:   /s/ David M. Brain   
    Name:   David M. Brain   
    Title:   President   
 
         
WITNESS:
 
   
By:   /s/ Gregory K. Silvers     
  Name:   Gregory K. Silvers     
  Title:   Vice-President and Secretary     
 

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Exhibit 4.1
[GRAPHIC OMITTED]
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
     
NUMBER   SHARES
     
FORMED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND
  SEE REVERSE FOR
IMPORTANT NOTICE ON
TRANSFER
RESTRICTIONS AND
OTHER INFORMATION
     
THIS CERTIFICATE IS
TRANSFERABLE IN
NEW YORK, N.Y. AND
KANSAS CITY, MO.
  CUSIP 29380T 600
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE 9.00% SERIES E CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF
[GRAPHIC OMITTED]
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST (THE “TRUST”), TRANSFERRABLE ON THE BOOKS OF THE TRUST BY THE HOLDER HEREOF IN PERSON OR BY ITS DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED. THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE ISSUED AND SHALL BE HELD SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE PROVISION OF THE DECLARATION OF TRUST AND BYLAWS OF THE TRUST AND ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED BY THE TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR.

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE TRUST HAS CAUSED THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE EXECUTED ON ITS BEHALF BY ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.
         
 
  DATED   /s/ Robert J. Druten
 
       
[CORPORATE SEAL]   Robert J. Druten, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees
 
       
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:   /s/ David M. Brain
 
       
 
 
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
  David M. Brain, President and
Chief Executive Officer
 
     
 
       
BY   /s/ Gregory K. Silvers
 
       
 
  AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE   Gregory K. Silvers, Secretary,
Vice President, Chief
Development Officer and General
Counsel

 


 

IMPORTANT NOTICE
     The Trust will furnish to any shareholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 8-203(d) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the shares of each class of beneficial interest which the Trust has authority to issue and, if the Trust is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set and (ii) the authority of the Board of Trustees to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, a copy of which will be furnished without charge to each shareholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Trust at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
     The securities represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of the Trust’s maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and for other purposes. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, no person may own Shares in excess of 9.8% (or such greater percentage as may be determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust) of the number or value of the outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Trust. Any Person who attempts or proposes to own Shares in excess of the above limitations must notify the Trust in writing at least 15 days prior to such proposed or attempted Transfer. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be furnished without charge to each shareholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Trust at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent and Registrar. If the restrictions on transfer are violated, the securities represented hereby which are in excess of the above limitations will be designated and treated as Excess Shares which will be held in trust by the Excess Share Trustee for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.

 


 

     KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, THE TRUST WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscriptions on the face this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM — as tenants in common
TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common
           
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —
  Custodian      
     
 
  (Cust)   (Minor)
    under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act  
 
         
       
    (State)  
     Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
     FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                           hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)
 
     
 
  shares of
     
beneficial interest of the Trust represented by this Certificate and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
     
 
  attorney to
     
transfer the said shares on the books of the Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated                                                                                          
         
     
 
  NOTICE:   THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

 


 

Signature(s) Guaranteed:
By:                                                                                         
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED
BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
(BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

 

 

Exhibit 5.1
March 27, 2008
Entertainment Properties Trust
30 Pershing Road, Suite 201
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
          Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Issuer”), in connection with the issuance of (a) up to 3,450,000 Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred shares of beneficial interest of the Issuer (which includes 450,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any, the “Shares”) and (b) the common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01, of the Issuer which may be issued upon conversion of the Shares (the “Conversion Shares”) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Articles Supplementary classifying and designating such Shares (the “Articles Supplementary”), covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 28, 2007, File No. 333-140978 (such registration statement, as amended or supplemented is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”). The Shares are to be issued in a public offering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirement of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.
     In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, and Bylaws of the Issuer, (ii) minutes and records of the corporate proceedings of the Issuer with respect to the issuance of the Shares and the Conversion Shares, (iii) the Registration Statement, (iv) the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2008, among J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, for themselves and as representatives of the several Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, and the Issuer (the “Underwriting Agreement”), and (v) the Articles Supplementary dated April 1, 2008.
     For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Issuer and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Issuer. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon the statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Issuer and others.

 


 

     Our opinions expressed below are subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement and other laws affecting creditors’ rights, including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers, (ii) the limitations imposed by general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and (iii) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.
     We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the present laws of the United States of America, the present laws of the State of Missouri (excluding local laws), the Maryland Corporations and Associations Act, and the present judicial interpretations thereof. We advise you that the issues addressed by this opinion may be governed in whole or in part by other laws, and we express no opinion as to whether any relevant difference exists between the laws upon which our opinion is based and any other laws that may actually govern.
     Based upon and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, exclusions and other limitations contained in this letter, we are of the opinion that
     1.     The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
     2.     The issuance of the Conversion Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Issuer upon conversion of the Shares pursuant to the resolutions of the board of trustees of the Issuer and the Articles Supplementary and otherwise in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully-paid and nonassessable.
     This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion shall not be construed as or deemed to be a guaranty or insuring agreement. This opinion is rendered on the date hereof and we have no continuing obligation hereunder to inform you of changes of law, including judicial interpretations of law, or of facts of which we become aware after the date hereof.
     We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
STINSON MORRISON HECKER LLP
/s/ Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

 

 

Exhibit 5.2
March 27, 2008
Entertainment Properties Trust
30 Pershing Road, Suite 201
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
          Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Issuer”), in connection with the issuance of up to 2,415,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest of the Issuer (which includes 315,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any) (the “Shares”), covered by a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 28, 2007, File No. 333-140978 (such registration statement, as amended or supplemented is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”). The Shares are to be issued in a public offering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This opinion is being delivered in accordance with the requirement of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.
     In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, and Bylaws of the Issuer, (ii) minutes and records of the corporate proceedings of the Issuer with respect to the issuance of the Shares, (iii) the Registration Statement, and (iv) the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2007, among J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, for themselves and as representatives of the several Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, and the Issuer (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
     For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Issuer and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by the parties thereto other than the Issuer. As to any facts material to the opinion expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon the statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Issuer and others.

 


 

     Our opinion expressed below is subject to the qualifications that we express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement and other laws affecting creditors’ rights, including, without limitation, the effect of statutory or other laws regarding fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers; (ii) the limitations imposed by general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and (iii) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain certain remedies.
     We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the present laws of the United States of America, the present laws of the State of Missouri (excluding local laws), the Maryland Corporations and Associations Act, and the present judicial interpretations thereof. We advise you that the issues addressed by this opinion may be governed in whole or in part by other laws, and we express no opinion as to whether any relevant difference exists between the laws upon which our opinion is based and any other laws that may actually govern.
     Based upon and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, exclusions and other limitations contained in this letter, we are of the opinion that
     1.     The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
     This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion shall not be construed as or deemed to be a guaranty or insuring agreement. This opinion is rendered on the date hereof and we have no continuing obligation hereunder to inform you of changes of law, including judicial interpretations of law, or of facts of which we become aware after the date hereof.
     We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
STINSON MORRISON HECKER LLP
/s/ Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

 

 

Exhibit 8.1
March 27, 2008
Entertainment Properties Trust
30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64108
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
RBC Capital Markets
One Liberty Place
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
     Re:        Entertainment Properties Trust: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering and sale by the Company of 3,450,000 shares of Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of beneficial interest (which includes 450,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any) (collectively, the “Securities”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2007, File No. 333-140978 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), and the prospectus dated February 27, 2007 (the “Prospectus”) and prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2008 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Company is a real estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland primarily for the purpose of acquiring and leasing certain real estate.
     You have requested our opinion as to (i) the qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “REIT”) under the provisions of Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) the federal income tax status of the Company’s Partnerships (as defined in the attached Officers’ Certificate dated March 27, 2008);

 


 

and (iii) the accuracy of the discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences contained under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the “Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus Supplement.
     In connection with rendering this opinion, we have reviewed such documents and made such inquiries as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of rendering this opinion. The Company has delivered certain representations to us as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate dated March 27, 2008 (the “Officer’s Certificate”), and, with the Company’s permission, we have relied upon such representations in giving this opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, with your consent, that (i) the statements and representations set forth in the Officers’ Certificate are true and correct, and (ii) the Officer Certificate has been executed by appropriate and authorized officers of the Company. Although we have not independently investigated the representations to us set forth in the Officers’ Certificate, nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to question the accuracy of any representation contained in the Officers’ Certificate.
     Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon and subject thereto and on an analysis of the Code, Treasury Regulations thereunder, judicial authority and current administrative rulings and such other laws and facts as we have deemed relevant and necessary, it is our opinion that (i) beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and its current and proposed method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement) will enable the Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for subsequent taxable years; (ii) the Company’s current method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement) will enable the Partnerships (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate) to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as partnerships (or disregarded entities) and not as associations taxable as corporations or as publicly-traded partnerships; and (iii) the statements in the Prospectus under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” as amended and supplemented by the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent that they describe matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.
     Any variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Officers’ Certificate may affect the conclusions stated herein. Moreover, the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon the Company’s ability to meet, through actual annual operating results, distribution levels and diversity of share ownership and the various qualification tests imposed under the Code, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by us. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company’s operations for any taxable year will satisfy such requirements.

 


 

     We confirm the accuracy of the discussion under the captions “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement and we consent to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement and the attachment of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
     This opinion represents our legal judgment, but it has no binding effect or official status of any kind, and no assurance can be given that contrary positions may not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service or a court shall not be construed as or deemed to be a guarantee or insuring agreement. We disclaim any obligation to update this opinion for developments which may occur subsequent to the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
STINSON MORRISON HECKER LLP
/s/ Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

 

 

Exhibit 8.2
March 27, 2008
Entertainment Properties Trust
30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64108
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10172
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
RBC Capital Markets
One Liberty Place
165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
          Re:        Entertainment Properties Trust: Registration Statement on Form S-3 Common Shares
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     We have acted as counsel to Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), in connection with the public offering and sale by the Company of 2,415,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest (which includes 315,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any) (collectively, the “Securities”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2007, File No. 333-140978 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), and the prospectus dated February 27, 2007 (the “Prospectus”) and prospectus supplement dated March 27, 2008 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Company is a real estate investment trust organized under the laws of the State of Maryland primarily for the purpose of acquiring and leasing certain real estate.
     You have requested our opinion as to (i) the qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “REIT”) under the provisions of Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) the federal income tax status of the Company’s Partnerships (as defined in the attached Officers’ Certificate dated March 27, 2008);

 


 

and (iii) the accuracy of the discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences contained under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the “Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus Supplement.
     In connection with rendering this opinion, we have reviewed such documents and made such inquiries as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of rendering this opinion. The Company has delivered certain representations to us as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate dated March 27, 2008 (the “Officer’s Certificate”), and, with the Company’s permission, we have relied upon such representations in giving this opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, with your consent, that (i) the statements and representations set forth in the Officers’ Certificate are true and correct, and (ii) the Officer Certificate has been executed by appropriate and authorized officers of the Company. Although we have not independently investigated the representations to us set forth in the Officers’ Certificate, nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to question the accuracy of any representation contained in the Officers’ Certificate.
     Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon and subject thereto and on an analysis of the Code, Treasury Regulations thereunder, judicial authority and current administrative rulings and such other laws and facts as we have deemed relevant and necessary, it is our opinion that (i) beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and its current and proposed method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement) will enable the Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for subsequent taxable years; (ii) the Company’s current method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement) will enable the Partnerships (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate) to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as partnerships (or disregarded entities) and not as associations taxable as corporations or as publicly-traded partnerships; and (iii) the statements in the Prospectus under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” as amended and supplemented by the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent that they describe matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.
     Any variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Officers’ Certificate may affect the conclusions stated herein. Moreover, the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon the Company’s ability to meet, through actual annual operating results, distribution levels and diversity of share ownership and the various qualification tests imposed under the Code, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by us. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company’s operations for any taxable year will satisfy such requirements.

 


 

     We confirm the accuracy of the discussion under the captions “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus Supplement and we consent to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus Supplement and the attachment of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
     This opinion represents our legal judgment, but it has no binding effect or official status of any kind, and no assurance can be given that contrary positions may not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service or a court shall not be construed as or deemed to be a guarantee or insuring agreement. We disclaim any obligation to update this opinion for developments which may occur subsequent to the date hereof.
         
  Very truly yours,


STINSON MORRISON HECKER LLP
 
 
     
  /s/ Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP