SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2014

 

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URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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STATE OF MARYLAND

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

1-12803
(Commission File Number)

04-2458042
(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

321 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 

06830

(Zip Code)

 

(203) 863-8200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 21, 2014, Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BMO Capital Markets Corp., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), to issue and sell 2,800,000 shares of the Company’s 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series G Preferred Stock”), with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, in an underwritten public offering. In addition, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 200,000 shares of the Series G Preferred Stock. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities. The shares are being offered pursuant to the Company’s prospectus supplement dated October 21, 2014 and the accompanying base prospectus dated September 24, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333- 198664 ) (the “Registration Statement”), which was initially filed with the SEC on September 9, 2014 and declared effective on  September 24, 2014 . The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about October 28, 2014, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The foregoing summary of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder.  A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements, including statements on our expectations regarding the completion and anticipated proceeds of the offering and the use of such proceeds thereof.  These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described, or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Completion of the offering on the terms described, and the application of net proceeds, are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in or incorporated by reference into the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes except as required by law.

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On October 24, 2014, the Company filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland Articles Supplementary to the charter of the Company, pursuant to which the Company has classified and designated 3,000,000 of the authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company as shares of the Series G Preferred Stock. A summary of the material terms of the Series G Preferred Stock is set forth in “Description of the Series G Preferred Stock” in the Prospectus Supplement dated October 21, 2014 constituting a part of the Registration Statement, which description is incorporated by reference herein. The summary of the Series G Preferred Stock is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles Supplementary filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.



 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information set forth under Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

In connection with the offering, Miles & Stockbridge P.C. has provided the Company with an opinion regarding the legality of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock and Baker & McKenzie LLP has provided the Company with an opinion as to certain tax matters. Copies of the opinions are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

For purposes of the Registration Statement, the Company’s Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends is filed herewith as Exhibit 12.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Registration Statement.

On October 22, 2014, the Company announced that it will redeem all the issued and outstanding shares of its 7.50% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) on November 21, 2014.  The Series D Preferred Stock will be redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus $0.109375 per share, the amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on a share of the Series D Preferred Stock from November 1, 2014 through the redemption date.  The Company previously declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Series D Preferred Stock of $0.46875 per share payable on October 31, 2014 to stockholders of record on October 17, 2014. Pursuant to the Articles Supplementary creating the Series D Preferred Stock, a notice of redemption was mailed to the holders of record of the Series D Preferred Stock on October 22, 2014. A copy of the Company's press release announcing the redemption is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

 

 

 


 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable
   
(b) Not applicable
   
(c) Not applicable
   
(d) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit 1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated October 21, 2014, between Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as representative of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto.
Exhibit 3.1   Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Exhibit 5.1   Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge P.C. as to the legality of the shares.
Exhibit 8.1   Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP as to certain tax matters.
Exhibit 12.1   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends.
Exhibit 23.1   Consent of Miles & Stockbridge P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 23.2   Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1).
Exhibit 99.1   Press Release of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. dated October 22, 2014.

 

 

 


 

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.

 

URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.

 

(Registrant)

   
   

DATE: October 27, 2014

By: /s/ John T. Hayes

 

John T. Hayes

 

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit No .   Description
Exhibit 1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated October 21, 2014, between Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as representative of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto.
Exhibit 3.1   Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.
Exhibit 5.1   Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge P.C. as to the legality of the shares.
Exhibit 8.1   Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP as to certain tax matters.
Exhibit 12.1   Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends.
Exhibit 23.1   Consent of Miles & Stockbridge P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Exhibit 23.2   Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1).
Exhibit 99.1   Press Release of Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. dated October 22, 2014.

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION


2,800,000 Shares

URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.

6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock

($0.01 Par Value)

EQUITY UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

October 21, 2014


BMO Capital Markets Corp.

as Representative of the Several Underwriters

c/o BMO Capital Markets Corp.

3 Times Square

New York, New York 10036


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters listed on Schedule I hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom BMO Capital Markets Corp. is acting as representative (the “ Representative ”), 2,800,000 shares (the “ Firm Shares ”) of the Company’s 6.75% Series G cumulative redeemable preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). The Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters’ option an aggregate of up to 200,000 additional shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock (the “ Option Shares ,” and together with the Firm Shares, the “ Shares ”) as set forth below.

In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.

Representations and Warranties of the Company .

The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters as follows:

(a)

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-198664) covering the registration of the Shares and certain other securities of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”). Within the time period required by Rule 424 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”), the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“ Rule 430B ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“ Rule 424(b) ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “ Rule 430B Information .” Each prospectus and prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Shares that omitted Rule 430B Information is herein called a “ preliminary







prospectus .” Such registration statement, at any given time, together with the amendments thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time, the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations at such time and the Rule 430B Information, are herein called, collectively, the “ Registration Statement .” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ,” and after such filing the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus and prospectus supplement in the form first furnished (electronically or otherwise) to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Shares (whether to meet the requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the 1933 Act Regulations or otherwise) or, if not furnished to the Underwriters, in the form first filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b), together with the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of execution of this Agreement is herein called the “ Prospectus .” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“ EDGAR ”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), which is incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

(b)

The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

(c)

At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto became or becomes effective, at each deemed effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Date (and, if any Option Shares are purchased, at the applicable Option Closing Date), the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and 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 not misleading.



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(d)

The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Date (and, if any Option Shares are purchased, at the applicable Option Closing Date), complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(e)

Each preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective or any amendment thereto), complied when so filed in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Shares was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(f)

As of the Initial Sale Time (as defined below), neither (x) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Initial Sale Time and the preliminary prospectus, as most recently amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Initial Sale Time (collectively, the “ Disclosure Package ”), nor (y) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below), when considered together with the 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.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

Initial Sale Time ” means 4:01p.m. (Eastern time) on the date hereof or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 433 ”), relating to the Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)) that is not required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(8)(i)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule I hereto.

Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.



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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 issuer notified or notifies the Representative as described in Section 3(c) hereof, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter, through the Representative, expressly for use therein (the “ Underwriters’ Information ”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Underwriters’ Information consists solely of the material included in Section 11 hereof.

(i)

The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), as applicable, and, when read together with the other information in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of the time any preliminary prospectus was first used and the Initial Sale Time and (c) at the Closing Date (and, if any Option Shares are purchased, at each Option 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.

(ii)

At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(g)

Each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (defined below) has been duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Each of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, (a) result in a material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or to the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings,



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business, operations, management or business prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, (b) adversely affect the issuance, validity or enforceability of the Shares or (c) adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (any of (a), (b) or (c), a “ Material Adverse Change ”). All of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each Subsidiary of the Company that is a corporation have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, restriction or encumbrance. All corporations, partnerships, associations, limited liability companies and other entities owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company are set forth in Schedule III hereto (the “ Subsidiaries ”).  The Company has no “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) other than the significant subsidiaries indicated on Schedule III hereto.

(h)

The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of July 31, 2014 is as set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “Capitalization” (and any similar section or information contained in the Disclosure Package and Prospectus (other than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Registration Statement, upon exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in the Registration Statement or under the Company’s current dividend reinvestment plan (the “ DRIP ”)). The capital stock (including the Preferred Stock) conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. The Shares have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated herein will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), issuable upon conversion of the Shares have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company and, when issued and delivered upon conversion of the Shares and in accordance with the Articles Supplementary (as defined below) and assuming, there are sufficient number of authorized unissued shares of the Common Stock at the time, will be duly and validly issued and fully-paid and non-assessable. The board of directors of the Company has adopted a resolution directing that the Company keep available sufficient number of authorized unissued shares of the Common Stock, for as long as the Shares are outstanding, for issuance upon conversion of such Shares. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries other than those described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Company’s stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and of the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, fairly and accurately presents the material terms and provisions of such plans, arrangements, options and rights. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement gives rights, other than those which have been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any shares of Preferred



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Stock. The Articles Supplementary designating the rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock (the “ Articles Supplementary ”) will be in full force and effect on or prior to the Closing Date and have been or will be filed with the State Department of Assessment and Taxation of Maryland (the “ SDAT ”) prior to the Closing Date and will comply with all applicable legal requirements. The terms of the Preferred Stock will conform in all material respects to the rights set forth in the Articles Supplementary. The Preferred Stock has been, or the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Preferred Stock, registered under Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act. The Company has applied, or will apply promptly following the execution and delivery by the parties of this Agreement, for approval for the listing of the Shares and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the approval of the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) of such listing, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date.

(i)

The Company has not, directly or indirectly, distributed and will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and other materials, if any, permitted under the 1933 Act and Section 3(b) hereof.

(j)

The consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related notes and schedules, as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company, at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods. Such financial statements and related schedules have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”), consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods have been made. The summary and selected consolidated financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus presents fairly the information shown therein and such data has been compiled on a basis consistent with the financial statements presented therein and the books and records of the Company. The statement of revenues and certain Expenses of The Boonton Shopping Center (the “ Boonton Property ”) for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the related notes thereto and the combined statement of revenues and certain expenses of the Greenwich Properties (the “ Greenwich Properties ” and, together with the Boonton Property, the “ Acquired Properties ”) for the year ended December 31, 2013 and for the six months ended June 30, 2014, in either case, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly the revenue and certain expenses of the Acquired Properties and have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X. The pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the 1933 Act Regulations) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet



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obligations or any “variable interest entities” within the meaning of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 810-10), not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. There are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated by reference as required. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(k)

PKF O’Connor Davies, a division of O’Connor Davies, LLP (“ PKF ”), who have certified certain of the financial statements filed with the Commission as part of, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable 1933 Act Regulations and the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “ PCAOB ”).

(l)

There are no contracts or documents which are material to the Company, which are not described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The contracts so described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or one or more of the Subsidiaries, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company or one or more of the Subsidiaries, and are enforceable against and by the Company or one or more of the Subsidiaries in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity. Neither the Company, the Subsidiaries, nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in material breach of, or material default under, any such contracts.

(m)

Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is aware of any (i) material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting or (ii) change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(n)

Solely to the extent that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange thereunder (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) has been applicable to the Company, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that it is in compliance with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are in effect and with which the Company is required to comply and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect but which will become applicable to the Company.

(o)

No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.



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(p)

The Company and each of the Subsidiaries owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to its operations as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to so own or lease, individually or together with all such other failures, would not result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all of the Properties (as defined below) and other assets of the Company, free and clear of all security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, except such as (a) are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (b) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such Property or assets and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such Property or assets. All security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, claims, restrictions and encumbrances of any kind on or affecting the Properties or the other assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are disclosed therein. There is no violation by the Company or any Subsidiary of any municipal, state or federal law, rule or regulation (including, but not limited to, those pertaining to environmental matters) concerning the Properties or any part thereof which would result in a Material Adverse Change. Each of the Properties complies in all material respects with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances, regulations and deed restrictions or other covenants and, if and to the extent there is a failure to comply, such failure would not, individually or together with all such other failures, result in a Material Adverse Change or result in a forfeiture or reversion. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any governmental or regulatory authority or agency of any condemnation of or zoning change materially affecting the Properties or any part thereof, and the Company does not know of any such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened. The leases, agreements to purchase and mortgages to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party, and, to the knowledge of the Company, the guaranties of third parties (a) are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, to the knowledge of the Company, of all other parties thereto, and the Company knows of no default currently existing with respect thereto which would result in a Material Adverse Change, and (b) conform to the descriptions thereof set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. Each mortgage that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries holds on the properties described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus constitutes a valid mortgage lien for the benefit of the Company or the Subsidiary, as the case may be, on such property.

(q)

Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Properties and any other assets described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are not convertible into equity securities of the Company or any Subsidiary and none of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other person affiliated therewith holds a participating interest therein, and such mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized to any property not owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

(r)

Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is (a) in breach of, or in default under, nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of or default under (“ Default ”), or in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,



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covenant or condition contained in any license, lease, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound (each, an “ Existing Instrument ”), except for such Defaults which would not result in a Material Adverse Change, (b) in violation of its respective articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership or partnership agreement, certificate of formation or articles of association, or limited liability company or operating agreement, as the case may be, or (c) in violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for such violations which would not result in a Material Adverse Change. The Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership or partnership agreement, certificate of formation or articles of association, or limited liability company or operating agreement, as the case may be, of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (b) will not conflict with or constitute a Default (as defined above) or Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) 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, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (c) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets. No consent, approval, authorization designation, declaration or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (a) such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the 1933 Act, (b) such as may be required under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (c) the filing of a final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares with the Commission, (d) such approvals as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”), (e) the filing of the listing application applicable to the Shares with the New York Stock Exchange, (f) the filing of a Registration Statement on Form 8-A under the 1934 Act and (G) the filing of the Articles Supplementary with the SDAT.

As used herein, a “ Debt Repayment Triggering Event ” means any event or condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would give, 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 of the Subsidiaries.

(s)

Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (a) there has been no Material Adverse Change; (b) the Company and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business, nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; (c) there has been no material casualty loss or condemnation or other material adverse event with respect to the real properties owned by the Company and the



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Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Properties ”); and (d) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends or distributions paid to the Company or the Subsidiaries, any of the Subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or other equity interests, or any repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of any class of capital stock or other equity interests.

(t)

The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess sufficient trademarks, trade names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has knowledge that it has infringed or received any written notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of any proceeding in which there were an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Change.

(u)

Commencing with its taxable year ended October 31, 1970, and through the date hereof, the Company has been and is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust (“ REIT ”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, the “ Code ”), and its actual and proposed method of operation has enabled and will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. No transaction or other event has occurred or is contemplated which would cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT for its current taxable year or future taxable years.

(v)

With respect to the officer’s certificate issued to Baker & McKenzie LLP in connection with the legal opinion as to Federal income tax matters provided to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof, where representations in such officer’s certificate involve terms defined in the Code, the Treasury regulations thereunder, published rulings of the Internal Revenue Service or other relevant authority, the Company’s representatives, after discussions with their current and former counsel, understand such terms and are capable of accurately making such factual representations.

(w)

To the knowledge of the Company, after inquiry of its officers and directors, there are no affiliations or associations with FINRA among the Company’s officers, directors, or 5% or greater stockholders, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Representative.

(x)

Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the Company’s Preferred Stock, including stabilizing bids, syndicate covering transactions and the imposition of penalty bids and understands that any such transactions will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.



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(y)

The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is insured by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed in the Company’s industry to be adequate and customary for their businesses, including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and the Subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction and acts of vandalism and, with respect to the Properties, defects in title. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of the Subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted or as proposed to be conducted as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied where such denial would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(z)

Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, (a) the Company and the Subsidiaries have been and are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below), (b) none of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other owners of any of the Properties at any time or any other party, has at any time released (as such term is defined in CERCLA (as defined below)) or otherwise disposed of Hazardous Materials (as defined below) on, to, in, under or from the Properties or any other real properties previously owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (c) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries intends to use the Properties or any subsequently acquired properties other than in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, (d) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any written notice of, or has any knowledge of any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice or passage of time or both, would give rise to a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties, any other real properties previously owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, or the assets described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or arising out of the conduct of the Company or the Subsidiaries, (e) none of the Properties are included or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, proposed for inclusion on any similar list or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Law or issued by any other Governmental Authority (as defined below), (f) none of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other person or entity for whose conduct any of them is or may be held responsible, has generated, manufactured, refined, transported, treated, stored, handled, disposed, transferred, produced or processed any Hazardous Material at any of the Properties, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and has not transported or arranged for the transport of any Hazardous Material from the Properties or any other real properties previously owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to another property, except in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (g) no lien has been imposed on the Properties by any Governmental Authority in connection with the presence on or off such Property of any Hazardous Material, and (h) none of the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any other person or entity for whose conduct any of them is or may be held responsible, has



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entered into or been subject to any consent decree, compliance order, or administrative order with respect to the Properties or any facilities or improvements or any operations or activities thereon.

As used herein, “ Hazardous Material ” shall include, without limitation, any flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or related materials, asbestos, mold, petroleum, oil, petroleum products and any hazardous material as defined by any federal, state or local environmental law, statute, bylaw, ordinance, rule or regulation, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. (S)(S) 9601-9675 (“ CERCLA ”), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. (S)(S) 1801-1819, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. (S)(S) 6901-K, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. (S)(S) 1101-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. (S)(S) 2601-2671, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. (S)(S) 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. (S)(S) 7401-7642, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. (S)(S) 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. (S)(S) 300f-300j-26, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. (S)(S) 651-678, and any analogous state laws, as any of the above may be amended from time to time and in the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing (including environmental statutes and laws not specifically defined herein) (individually, an “ Environmental Law ” and collectively, the “ Environmental Laws ”) or by any federal, state or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over the properties and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (a “ Governmental Authority ”).

(aa)

The Company reasonably believes that with respect to the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up or closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

(bb)

The Company, the Subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ ERISA ”)) established or maintained by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (a) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (b) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of



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its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(cc)

The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

(dd)

Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is or, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares contemplated hereunder and the application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be an “investment company” required to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “ 1940 Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(ee)

The Company and each of the Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(ff)

The Company has established and maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) under the 1934 Act); the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the 1934 Act, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company required under the 1934 Act with respect to such reports.

(gg)

The statistical, industry-related and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the 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.

(hh)

The operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of the



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Subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(ii)

Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, directors, officers or employees, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company, any of the Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each, a “ Sanctioned Country ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and the Subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in and will not engage in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country

(jj)

There are no relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus which have not been described as required.

(kk)

Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law which violation is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(ll)

As of the date of the initial filing of the Registration Statement, there were no outstanding personal loans made, directly or indirectly, by the Company to any director or executive officer of the Company.

(mm)

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under the 1933 Act and the Company does not maintain or support any website other than www.ubproperties.com.

(nn)

No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company where such prohibition has had or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

(oo)

Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(pp)

All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes due pursuant to such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Change, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company.

(qq)

On or prior to the Closing Date, all outstanding shares of the Company’s 7.50% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”) will have been validly called for redemption in accordance with the terms of the Articles Supplementary designating and classifying the Series D Preferred Stock (the “ Series D Articles Supplementary ”).



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2.

Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Firm Shares .

(a)

On the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters and the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase, at a price of $24.2125 per share, the Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter.

(b)

Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder is to be made in Federal (same day) funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by the Company against delivery of the Firm Shares to the Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., New York time, pursuant to the written instructions of the Representative, on October 28, 2014 or at such other time and date not later than five business days thereafter as the Representative and the Company shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” (As used herein, “business day” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for business and are not permitted by law or executive order to be closed).

(c)

In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase the Option Shares at the price per share set forth in the first paragraph of this Section 2, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. The option granted hereby may be exercised in whole or in part, in no more than two installments, by giving written notice (i) at any time before the Closing Date and (ii) thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement by the Underwriters, to the Company setting forth the number of Option Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option and the time and date at which Option Shares are to be delivered. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be in the same proportions to the total number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Firm Shares being purchased by such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Shares. The time and date at which Option Shares are to be delivered shall be determined by the Representative but shall not be earlier than three nor later than 10 full business days after the exercise of such option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (each such time and date being herein referred to as the “ Option Closing Date ”). If the date of exercise of the option is three or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The Representative may cancel such option at any time prior to its expiration by giving written notice of such cancellation to the Company. To the extent, if any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares shall be made on the Option Closing Date in Federal (same day) funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by the Company against delivery of the Option Shares to the Underwriters based on the proportions set forth on Schedule I opposite the names of such Underwriters through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York pursuant to the written instructions of the Representative.



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3.

Covenants of the Company .

The Company covenants and agrees with the Underwriters that:

(a)

The Company will (A) prepare and timely file with the Commission under Rule 424(b) a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430B under the 1933 Act, and (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement with respect to the Preferred Stock or distribute an amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or document incorporated by reference therein of which the Representative shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representative shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and (C) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.

(b)

The Company will (i) 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 under the 1933 Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission under Rule 433 unless the Representative approves its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus ”); provided that the prior written consent of the Representative hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) included in Schedule II hereto, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in the Underwriters or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

(c)

The Company will advise the Representative promptly (A) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (B) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or for supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or for any additional information, and (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.

(d)

The Company will cooperate with the Representative in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company



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shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representative may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares.

(e)

The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters, from time to time, as many copies of any preliminary prospectus as each Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters, from time to time, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as each Underwriter may reasonably request.  The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters during the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) (the “ Prospectus Delivery Period ”) is required under the 1933 Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as each Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representative at or before the Closing Date, four conformed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Underwriters such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), including documents incorporated by reference therein, and of all amendments thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The foregoing delivery requirements may be satisfied by the delivery of an electronic pdf copy.

(f)

The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is required by law to be delivered by the Underwriters or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the 1934 Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.

(g)

If the Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Representative, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Underwriters and any dealers an appropriate amendment or



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supplement to the Disclosure Package or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the 1934 Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package so that the Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or conflict with the Registration Statement then on file, or so that the Disclosure Package will comply with law.

(h)

The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 under the 1933 Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.

(i)

Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of any unaudited interim financial statements of the Company for any period subsequent to the period covered by the most recent financial statements appearing in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(j)

No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares of the Preferred Stock of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Preferred Stock or derivative of Preferred Stock of the Company (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder or with the prior written consent of the Representative. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 60-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 60-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period following the last day of the 60-day restricted period, then in each case the restrictions imposed by this paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the release of the earnings results or the occurrence of material news or a material event relating to the Company, as the case may be, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension.

(k)

The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Preferred Stock registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Shares on the NYSE and to file with the NYSE all documents and notices required by the NYSE of companies that seek to have securities listed on the NYSE.

(l)

The Company shall apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Shares as set forth in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.



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(m)

The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

(n)

The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Preferred Stock.

(o)

The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code unless the board of directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to be so qualified.

(p)

The Company will prepare and file the Articles Supplementary with the SDAT.

(q)

The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing a description of the final terms of the Shares and the offering thereof, in the form approved by the Representative and attached as Schedule II hereto, and will file such term sheet as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

(r)

The Company will keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, a sufficient number of shares of the Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligation to issue Shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Shares in accordance with the Articles Supplementary.

(s)

The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.

(t)

The Company will irrevocably set aside and deposit with the paying agent the funds necessary for the redemption of all outstanding shares of the Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with the Series D Articles Supplementary.

4.

Costs and Expenses .

The Company will pay all costs, expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:  accounting fees of the Company; the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; any roadshow expenses; the cost of printing and delivering to, or as requested by the Underwriters, copies of the Registration Statement, preliminary prospectuses, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement, any Blue Sky Survey and any supplements or amendments thereto; the filing fees of the Commission; the filing fees and expenses (including legal fees and disbursements) incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; the Listing Fee of the New York Stock Exchange; the costs and expenses (including without limitation any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Shares made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation in Section 1; and the expenses, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, incurred in connection with the qualification of the Shares under State securities or



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Blue Sky laws. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any of the Underwriters’ expenses (other than those related to qualification under FINRA regulation and State securities or Blue Sky laws) except that, if this Agreement shall not be consummated because the conditions in Section 5 hereof are not satisfied, or because this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 9 hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless such failure, refusal or inability is due primarily to the default or omission of any Underwriter, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with the offering of the Shares or in contemplation of performing its obligations hereunder; but the Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriters for damages on account of loss of anticipated profits from the sale by it of the Shares.

5.

Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters .

The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares on the Closing Date and the Option Shares, if any, on the Option Closing Date are subject to the accuracy, as of the Initial Sale Time, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a)

The Registration Statement and all post-effective amendments thereto shall have become effective and the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required shall have been filed as required by Rules 424, 430B or 433 under the 1933 Act, as applicable, within the time period prescribed by, and in compliance with, the 1933 Act Regulations, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Representative and complied with to its reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the 1933 Act shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated or threatened by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would prevent the issuance of the Shares.

(b)

The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and the opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP, counsel for the Company, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto (including, in the case of the opinion in the form of Exhibit A-2 , an executed officer’s certificate in the form attached to Exhibit A-1 ), each dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters), and their negative assurance letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Maryland counsel for the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,



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as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters). The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Thomas D. Myers, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters (and stating that it may be relied upon by counsel to the Underwriters).

(c)

The Representative shall have received from Hunton & Williams LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters.

(d)

At the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any Material Adverse Change.

(e)

The Representative shall have received, on each of the date hereof, the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, of PKF confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable 1933 Act Regulations and the rules of the PCAOB and stating that in their opinion the financial statements and schedules examined by them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the related 1933 Act Regulations; and containing such other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(f)

The Representative shall have received on the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or certificates of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company to the effect that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, each of them severally represents as follows:

(i)

The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act have been taken or are, to his or her knowledge, contemplated or threatened by the Commission;

(ii)

The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be;



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(iii)

All filings required to have been made pursuant to Rules 424, 430B and 433 under the 1933 Act have been made as and when required by such rules;

(iv)

He or she has carefully examined the Disclosure Package and any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of the Initial Sale Time, the statements contained in the Disclosure Package and any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact, and such Disclosure Package and any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Disclosure Package, did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(v)

He or she has carefully examined the Registration Statement and, in his or her opinion, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, and since the effective date of the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement or amendment;

(vi)

He or she has carefully examined the Prospectus and, in his or her opinion, as of its date and the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(vii)

Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there has not been any Material Adverse Change (as defined in this Agreement) or any development which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in or on the business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

(g)

The Preferred Stock shall have been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and the Shares shall have been approved for listing, subject to notice of issuance, on the NYSE.

(h)

The Articles Supplementary shall have been filed and accepted for record by SDAT.

(i)

The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the Representative and to Hunton & Williams LLP, counsel for the Underwriters.

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representative by notifying the Company of



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such termination in writing at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be.

In such event, the Company and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 4 and 7 hereof).

6.

Conditions of the Obligations of the Company .

The obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the portion of the Shares required to be delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.

7.

Indemnification .

(a)

The Company agrees:

(i)

to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors and officers of such Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter, such Underwriter’s directors and officers or any such controlling person may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement, 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 or (iii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter, through the Representative, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter, through the Representative, consists of the information described as such in Section 11 herein; and

(ii)

to reimburse each Underwriter, each Underwriter’s directors and officers, and each such controlling person upon demand for any legal or other out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter, such Underwriter’s directors and officers or such controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage or



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liability, action or proceeding or in responding to a subpoena or governmental inquiry related to the offering of the Shares, whether or not such Underwriter, such Underwriter’s directors and officers or such controlling person is a party to any action or proceeding. In the event that it is finally judicially determined that such Underwriter, such Underwriter’s directors and officers or such controlling person was not entitled to receive payments for legal and other expenses pursuant to this subparagraph, such Underwriter, such Underwriter’s directors and officers or controlling person will promptly return all sums that had been advanced pursuant hereto.

(b)

Each Underwriter will severally, and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the 1933 Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person may become subject under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 or (iii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package , the Prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriters, through the Representative, specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 11 herein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.

(c)

In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 7, such person (the “ indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ indemnifying party ”) in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section 7(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as provided in this Section 7(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was materially prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 7(a) or (b). In case any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the



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commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel acceptable to the indemnified party within a reasonable period of time after notice of commencement of the action. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a) and by the Company in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party in accordance with the terms of this Section 7 from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. In addition, the indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not any indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action or proceeding.

(d)

To the extent the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares.  If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof), 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 shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters.  The relative fault 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 on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the



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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 contributions pursuant to this Section 7(d) 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 7(d).  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 7(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), (i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments and not joint.

(e)

In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section 7 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be served upon it by any other contributing party and consents to the service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other contributing party is a party.

(f)

Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling such Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers or any persons controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter, its directors or officers or any person controlling such Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7.

8.

Notices .

All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to BMO Capital Markets Corp., as Representative, 3 Times Square, New York,



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New York 10036; Attention: Equity Capital Markets Syndicate Desk, with a copy to BMO Capital Markets Corp., 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Hunton & Williams LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10166, Attention: David S. Freed, Esq.; if to the Company, to Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., 321 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830, Attention: Thomas D. Myers, with a copy to Baker & McKenzie LLP, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10018, Attention:  Carol B. Stubblefield, Esq.

9.

Termination .

(a)

This Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company (a) at any time prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the Closing Date and then only as to Option Shares) if any of the following has occurred: (i) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material adverse change or any development which would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in or to the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or declaration of war or national emergency or other national or international calamity or crisis (including, without limitation, an act of terrorism) or change in economic or political conditions if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, emergency, calamity, crisis or change on the financial markets of the United States would, in your judgment, materially impair the investment quality of the Shares, or (iii) suspension of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq National Market or limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either such Exchange, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your opinion materially and adversely affects or may materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company, (v) the declaration of a banking moratorium by United States or New York State authorities, (vi) any downgrading, or placement on any watch list for possible downgrading, in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 15(c)3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the 1934 Act); (vii) the suspension of trading of the Company’s common stock by the NYSE, the Commission, or any other governmental authority or, (viii) the taking of any action by any governmental body or agency in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the United States; or

(b)

as provided in Section 5 of this Agreement.

10.

Successors .

This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. No purchaser of any of the Shares from the Underwriters shall be deemed a successor or assign merely because of such purchase.



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11.

Information Provided by the Underwriters .

The Company and the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus consists of the information set forth in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, the ninth and tenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the preliminary prospectus included in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

12.

Defaulting Underwriter .

If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Shares agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Shares set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Shares set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate number of Shares which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate number of Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Shares, and if such non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all of the Shares, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 12, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company and any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

13.

Miscellaneous .

The reimbursement, indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers, and (c) delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters, in providing investment banking services to the Company in connection with the offering, including in acting pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, have acted and are acting as independent contractors and not as fiduciaries and the Company does not intend such Underwriters to act in any capacity other than as independent contractors, including as fiduciaries or in any other position of higher trust.



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This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, including, without limitation, Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.

Each Underwriter, on the one hand, and the Company (on its own behalf and, to the extent permitted by law, on behalf of its stockholders), on the other hand, waive any right to trial by jury in any action, claim, suit or proceeding with respect to your engagement as underwriter or your role in connection herewith.

If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company and each Underwriter in accordance with its terms.

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

 

URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Willing L. Biddle

 

 

 

Name: Willing L. Biddle

 

 

 

Title:   President


The foregoing Underwriting Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above written.


BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., for itself and

as Representative of the several Underwriters named

on Schedule I hereto


By:

/s/ Paul Rosica

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 

 





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SCHEDULE I


NAMES OF UNDERWRITERS


Name

 

No. of Firm Shares

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

 

1,400,000

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

350,000

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

 

350,000

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC

 

280,000

Wunderlich Securities, Inc.

 

280,000

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

 

140,000

Total

 

2,800,000




Schedule I-1




SCHEDULE II


ISSUER GENERAL USE FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES



URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.
6.75% SERIES G CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
(LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $25.00 PER SHARE)


Final Pricing Term Sheet
October 21, 2014


Issuer:

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.

 

Security:

6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series G Preferred Stock”). This is the initial issuance of the Series G Preferred Stock.

 

Shares Offered:

2,800,000 shares (3,000,000 shares if the underwriters’ option is exercised in full) (upsized from 2,450,000 shares (2,817,500 shares if the underwriters’ option would have been exercised in full))

 

Trade Date:

October 22, 2014

 

Settlement and Delivery Date:

October 28, 2014 (T+4)

 

Public Offering Price:

$25.00 per share; $70,000,000 total (assuming the underwriters’ option is not exercised)

 

Underwriting Discount:

$0.7875 per share; $2,205,000 total (assuming the underwriters’ option is not exercised)

 

Net Proceeds to the Issuer, Before Expenses:

$24.2125 per share; $67,795,000 total (assuming the underwriters’ option is not exercised)

 

Dividend Rate:

6.75% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference ($1.6875 per annum per share)

 

Dividend Payment Date:

On or about January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year commencing on January 31, 2015

 

Liquidation Preference:

$25.00 per share liquidation preference, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date of payment




Schedule II-1




Optional Redemption:

Prior to the October 28, 2019, the Issuer may, at its option, upon notice, redeem shares of the Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at the Make-Whole Redemption Price.

“Make-Whole Redemption Price” means, for any shares of Series G Preferred Stock at any date of redemption, the sum of (i) the Liquidation Preference, (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, such date of redemption and (iii) the present value as of the date of redemption of all remaining scheduled dividend payments for such shares of Series G Preferred Stock until October 28, 2019, calculated using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate (determined on the date of the notice of redemption) plus 50 basis points.

On and after October 28, 2019, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem shares of the Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption.

 

Special Optional Redemption:

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement), the Issuer may, at its option and subject to certain conditions, redeem the Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, within 120 days after the first date on which such Change of Control occurred, for a cash redemption price per share of Series G Preferred Stock equal to $25.00 plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

Change of Control:

Occurs when, after the original issuance of the Series G Preferred Stock, the following have occurred and are continuing:

·

the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than Exempted Persons (as defined in “Description of Series G Preferred Stock – Special Optional Redemption” in the preliminary prospectus supplement), of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions, of shares of the Issuer’s common stock and Class A common stock entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of the Issuer’s common stock and Class A common stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (and such a person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and




Schedule II-2




 

 

·

following the closing of any transaction referred to in the bullet point above, neither the Issuer nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or ADRs representing such securities) listed or quoted on the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ.

Shares of Series G Preferred Stock designated for redemption will not be eligible to be converted upon the occurrence of a Change of Control as described below.

 

Conversion Rights:

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder of the Series G Preferred Stock will have the right (unless, prior to the applicable conversion date, the Issuer has provided notice of its election to redeem such shares of Series G Preferred Stock) to convert all or part of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock held by such holder on the applicable conversion date into a number of shares of Class A common stock for each share of Series G Preferred Stock equal to the lesser of:

·

the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of $25.00 plus the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the applicable conversion date (unless the applicable conversion date is after a record date set for payment of a dividend on the Series G Preferred Stock and on or prior to the corresponding dividend payment date, in which case no additional amount for such accrued and unpaid dividend will be included in this sum) by (ii) the Class A Common Share Price (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement); and

·

2.3159, or the Share Cap, subject to adjustments to the Share Cap for any splits, subdivisions or combinations of the common stock;

in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions described in the preliminary prospectus supplement, including provisions for the receipt, under specified circumstances, of alternative consideration as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement. See “Description of the Series G Preferred Stock — Conversion Rights.”

 

Use of Proceeds:

The Issuer intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering in connection with the redemption of all of the outstanding shares of its Series D preferred stock. The Issuer intends to use the remaining net proceeds for other general purposes, which may include the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, including borrowing under its credit facility; the funding of capital improvements to its existing properties and the acquisition of additional properties. Pending the use of the net proceeds as described above, the Issuer may use the net proceeds to make investments in short-term income-producing securities that are consistent with its qualification as a REIT.




Schedule II-3




Proposed NYSE Listing Symbol:

UBPPRG

 

CUSIP:

917286 809

 

ISIN:

US9172868096

 

Sole Book-Running Manager:

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

 

Joint Lead Managers:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

 

Co-Managers

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC

Wunderlich Securities, Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

 

The Issuer has filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-198664), including a base prospectus dated September 24, 2014 and a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated October 21, 2014, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement if you request them from BMO Capital Markets Corp. by calling toll-free 1-800-414-3627 or by e-mail to bmoprospectus@bmo.com. Alternatively, copies can be obtained by contacting BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.





Schedule II-4




SCHEDULE III


SUBSIDIARIES



323 Railroad Corp.

UB Danbury, Inc.

UB Darien, Inc.

UB Dockside, LLC

UB Railside, LLC

UB Somers, Inc.

UB Stamford, L.P.*

UB Yorktown, LLC

UB Rye LLC

UB Ironbound, L.P.

UB Ironbound GP, LLC

UB New Milford, LLC

UB Midway I LLC

UB Katonah, LLC

UB Putnam, LLC

UB Litchfield, LLC

UB Solar Inc.

UB Midway II, LLC

UB NM Fairfield Plaza, LLC

UB Fairfield Centre, LLC

UB Orangeburg, LLC

UB Eastchester Plaza, LLC

UB Chester, LLC

UB Plaza 59, LLC

UB Chestnut, LLC

UB New Providence, LLC

UB Greenwich I, LLC

UB Boonton I, LLC

UB Bloomfield I, LLC

UB Riverhead I, LLC

UB Riverhead II, LLC

UB Greenwich II-OGCC, LLC

UB 1031 Parking, LLC

UB McLean, LLC

Yorktown Beverages, Inc.

Townline Beverages, Inc.

Airport Beverages, Inc.

Veterans Plaza Beverages, Inc.


* Represents "Significant Subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.





Schedule III-1



EXHIBIT 3.1

 

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

OF

URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.

6.75% SERIES G CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland that:

First:                        Pursuant to authority contained in Article VII of the charter of the Company (the “Charter”), 3,000,000 shares of authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s preferred stock have been duly classified by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) and a duly authorized committee thereof as authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and the Board of Directors and a duly authorized committee thereof has by resolution set the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption thereof.

Second:              A description of the 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, including the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, as set by the Board of Directors, is as follows:

1.                   Designation and Number . A series of preferred stock, designated the 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Series G Preferred Stock”), is hereby established. The number of shares constituting the Series G Preferred Stock shall initially be 3,000,000.

2.                   Defined Terms . The terms defined in this Section, whenever used herein, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the respective meanings hereinafter specified:

“Alternative Conversion Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Alternative Form Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Annual Dividend Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

“Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee authorized by the Board of Directors to perform any of its responsibilities with respect to the Series G Preferred Stock.

“Change of Control” occurs when, after the Series G Preferred Stock issue date, the following have occurred and are continuing:

 

 

 


 

(a)                 the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than Exempted Persons, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of shares of Common Stock entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (and such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and

(b)                following the closing of any transaction referred to in (a) above, neither the Company nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depository Receipts representing such securities) listed or quoted on the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ.

“Change of Control Redemption Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

“Change of Control Conversion Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Class A Common Stock” shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company and any stock into which such Class A Common Stock shall have been changed or any stock resulting from any capital reorganization or reclassification of such Class A Common Stock.

“Code” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company, any stock into which such common stock shall have been changed or any stock resulting from any capital reorganization or reclassification of such common stock, the Class A Common Stock, and all other stock of any class or classes (however designated) of the Company the holders of which have the right, without limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the balance of current dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of dividends and distributions on any shares entitled to preference.

“Common Share Conversion Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Common Stock Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of these Articles Supplementary.

“Conversion Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).

“Conversion Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

 

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“Dividend Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

“Dividend Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

“Dividend Yield” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

“Early Redemption Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(ii).

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exchange Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Exempted Person” shall mean (i) Charles J. Urstadt; (ii) any Urstadt Family Member (as hereinafter defined); (iii) any executor, administrator, trustee or personal representative who succeeds to the estate of Charles J. Urstadt or an Urstadt Family Member as a result of the death of such individual, acting in their capacity as an executor, administrator, trustee or personal representative with respect to any such estate; (iv) a trustee, guardian or custodian holding property for the primary benefit of Charles J. Urstadt or any Urstadt Family Member, (v) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business organization that is directly or indirectly controlled by one or more persons or entities described in clauses (i) through (iv) hereof and is not controlled by any other person or entity; and (vi) any charitable foundation, trust or other not-for-profit organization for which one or more persons or entities described in clauses (i) through (v) hereof controls the investment and voting decisions in respect of any interest in the Company held by such organization. For sake of clarity with respect to clause (v) above, “control” includes the power to control the investment and voting decisions of any such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business organization.

For purposes of this definition, the term “Urstadt Family Member” shall mean and include the spouse of Charles J. Urstadt, the descendants of the parents of Charles J. Urstadt, the descendants of the parents of the spouse of Charles J. Urstadt, the spouses of any such descendant and the descendants of the parents of any spouse of a child of Charles J. Urstadt. For this purpose, an individual’s “spouse” includes the widow or widower of such individual, and an individual’s “descendants” includes biological descendants and persons deriving their status as descendants by adoption.

“Fifth Anniversary Date” shall mean October 28, 2019.

“Liquidation Preference” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“Make-Whole Price” shall mean, for any shares of Series G Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to the Early Redemption Right, the sum of (i) the Liquidation Preference, (ii) all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to such date of redemption (except for dividends payable as described in the last sentence of Section 9(a)) and (iii) the present value as of the date of redemption of all remaining scheduled dividend payments for such shares of Series G Preferred Stock until the Fifth Anniversary Date (except for dividends payable as described in the last

 

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sentence of Section 9(a)), calculated using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate (determined on the date of the notice of redemption) plus 50 basis points.

 

“MGCL” shall mean the Maryland General Corporation Law.

“NASDAQ” shall mean the Nasdaq Stock Market or any exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the Nasdaq Stock Market on which the Series G Preferred Stock is listed or quoted.

“NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange or any exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the New York Stock Exchange on which the Series G Preferred Stock is listed or quoted.

“NYSE MKT” shall mean the NYSE MKT (formerly known as the NYSE Amex Equities) or any exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE MKT on which the Series G Preferred Stock is listed or quoted.

“Optional Redemption Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

“Parity Preferred” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, or any governmental authority.

“Preferred Dividends” shall mean, for any period, dividends accrued during such period in respect of all Preferred Stock held by persons other than the Company.

“Preferred Dividend Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

“Preferred Stock” shall mean, as applied to the capital stock of the Company, capital stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of stock of any other class of the Company.

“Preferred Stock Director” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

“REIT” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

“Rights and Preferences” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(c)(ii).

“Set apart for payment” shall be deemed to include, without any action other than the following, the recording by the Company in its accounting ledgers of any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to a declaration of a dividend or other distribution by the Board of Directors, the allocation of funds to be so paid on any series or class of stock of the Company.

 

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“Series A Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series A Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company that is reserved for issuance pursuant to a rights agreement between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as rights agent.

“Series D Preferred Stock” shall mean the 7.5% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

“Series F Preferred Stock” shall mean the 7.125% Series F Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

“Share Cap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Share Split” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

“Treasury Rate” shall mean, with respect to any date of determination, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to such date of determination (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such date of anticipated date of redemption to the Fifth Anniversary Date; provided, however, that if the period from such date of redemption to the Fifth Anniversary Date is not equal to the constant maturity of the United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date of redemption to the Fifth Anniversary Date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

3.                   Maturity . The Series G Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption.

4.                   Ranking . The Series G Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, rank (a) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock of the Company, and to all equity securities issued by the Company ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, including the Series A Preferred Stock, if and when issued, (b) on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, and with all other equity securities issued by the Company the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock and Series G Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or other rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and (c) junior to all existing and future indebtedness of the Company, and to any equity securities that the Company may issue in the future the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series rank senior to the Series G Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

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5.                   Dividends .

(a)                 Holders of shares of the Series G Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Company, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, preferential cumulative dividends payable in cash at the rate per annum of $1.6875 per share of the Series G Preferred Stock (the “Annual Dividend Rate”) which is equivalent to a rate of 6.75% per annum of the Liquidation Preference (the “Dividend Yield”).

(b)                Dividends on the Series G Preferred Stock shall be cumulative from the date of original issue and shall be payable in arrears for each quarterly period ending January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, respectively, of each year, or, if any such date shall not be a business day, the next succeeding business day (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”). The amount of dividends payable on each Dividend Payment Date for the Series G Preferred Stock shall be computed by dividing the Annual Dividend Rate by four. The first dividend will be payable on January 31, 2015, with respect to the period commencing on the first date on which shares of the Series G Preferred Stock are issued and ending January 31, 2015. The amount of any dividend payable on the Series G Preferred Stock with respect to any other period (that is shorter or longer than one full quarterly period) will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the stock records of the Company at the close of business on the applicable record date determined each quarter by the Board of Directors, as provided by the MGCL, which shall not be more than 30 days preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record Date”).

(c)                 No dividends on shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or declared or paid or set apart for payment by the Company at such time as the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Company, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or provides that such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder, or if such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart shall be restricted or prohibited by law.

(d)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends on outstanding shares of the Series G Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not the Company has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or not such dividends are authorized or declared. Accrued but unpaid dividends on shares of the Series G Preferred Stock will not bear interest and holders of shares of the Series G Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any distributions in excess of full cumulative distributions described above. Except as set forth in the next sentence, no dividends will be authorized, declared and paid or authorized, declared and set apart for payment on any capital stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with the Series G Preferred Stock (other than a dividend in shares of the Company’s Common Stock or in shares of any other class of stock ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation) for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are authorized, declared and paid or authorized, declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on outstanding shares of the Series G Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods. When dividends

 

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are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series G Preferred Stock and the shares of any other series of preferred stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series G Preferred Stock, all dividends authorized and declared upon the Series G Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series G Preferred Stock shall be authorized and declared ratably so that the amount of dividends authorized and declared per share of Series G Preferred Stock and such other series of preferred stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the Series G Preferred Stock and such other series of preferred stock (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such preferred stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other.

 

(e)                  Unless full cumulative dividends on outstanding shares of the Series G Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are authorized, declared and paid or authorized, declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods, no dividends (other than in shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be authorized, declared and paid or authorized, declared and set apart for payment nor shall any other distribution be authorized and declared or made upon the Common Stock, or any other capital stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall any shares of Common Stock, or any other shares of capital stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends 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 Company (except by conversion into or exchange for other capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation or redemption for the purpose of preserving the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), including as contemplated by Article IX of the Charter). Holders of shares of the Series G Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends on the Series G Preferred Stock as provided above. Any dividend payment made on shares of the Series G Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due with respect to such shares which remains payable. So long as no dividends are in arrears, the Company shall be entitled at any time and from time to time to repurchase shares of Series G Preferred Stock in open-market transactions duly authorized by the Board of Directors and effected in compliance with applicable laws.

6.                   Liquidation Preference .

(a)                 Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, the holders of shares of Series G Preferred Stock are entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the “Liquidation Preference”), plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date of payment (whether or not declared), but without interest, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company that ranks junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights. However, the holders of the shares of Series G

 

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Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive the Liquidation Preference, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends, of such shares until the liquidation preference of any other series or class of the Company’s capital stock hereafter issued which ranks senior as to liquidation rights to the Series G Preferred Stock has been paid in full. The holders of Series G Preferred Stock and all series or classes of the Company’s capital stock which rank on a parity as to liquidation rights with the Series G Preferred Stock are entitled to share ratably, in accordance with the respective preferential amounts payable on such capital stock, in any distribution (after payment of the liquidation preference of any capital stock of the Company that ranks senior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to liquidation rights) which is not sufficient to pay in full the aggregate of the amounts payable thereon. Holders of Series G Preferred Stock will be entitled to written notice of any event triggering the right to receive such Liquidation Preference. After payment of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled, the holders of Series G Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company. The consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, trust or entity or of any other corporation with or into the Company, or the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.

 

(c)                 In determining whether a distribution to holders of Series G Preferred Stock (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation) by dividend, redemption or other acquisition of shares of stock of the Company or otherwise is permitted under the MGCL, no effect shall be given to amounts that would be needed, if the Company were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon distribution of holders of shares of stock of the Company whose preferential rights upon dissolution are superior to those receiving the distribution.

7.                   Optional Redemption .

(a)                 Prior to the Fifth Anniversary Date, the Company may, at its option, upon notice pursuant to Section 9 hereof, redeem shares of the Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at the Make-Whole Price (the “Early Redemption Right”). On and after the Fifth Anniversary Date, the Company may, at its option, upon notice pursuant to Section 9 hereof, redeem shares of the Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption (except for dividends payable as described in the last sentence of Section 9(a)) without interest (the “Optional Redemption Right”). In addition to the Early Redemption Right and the Optional Redemption Right, in order to ensure that the Company remains qualified as a REIT under the Code, the Company will have the right to purchase from a holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock at any time any shares of Series G Preferred Stock held by such holder in excess of 7.5% of the value of the outstanding capital stock of the Company in accordance with Article IX of the Charter.

(b)                The Series G Preferred Stock is subject to the provisions of Article IX of the Charter, including, without limitation, the provisions for conversion into shares of Excess Stock and the redemption of shares of Excess Stock and shares transferred, or attempted to be transferred, in violation of such provisions. In addition to the redemption rights set forth in

 

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Article IX of the Charter, shares of Excess Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Series G Preferred Stock may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time when outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock are being redeemed, for cash at the Make-Whole Price, if applicable, or for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares of Series G Preferred Stock that were converted into such shares of Excess Stock prior to, but not including, the date of such redemption and all dividends that, but for such conversion into shares of Excess Stock, would have accumulated and been unpaid on the shares of Series G Preferred Stock so converted (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption, without interest.

 

8.                   Special Optional Redemption . In the event of a Change of Control of the Company, regardless of whether the Change of Control occurs prior to or after the Fifth Anniversary Date, the Company shall have the right, at the Company’s option, to redeem all or any part of the shares of each holder of Series G Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, within 120 days after the first date on which such Change of Control occurred, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) (except for dividends payable as described in the last sentence of Section 9(a)) to, but not including, the date fixed for redemption (a “Change of Control Redemption Right”).

9.                   Redemption Procedures .

(a)                 The Company shall give notice of redemption by mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 90 days prior to the redemption date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the Series G Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the stock transfer records of the Company. No failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice or in the mailing of the notice will affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock except as to a holder to whom notice was defective or not given. Each notice will state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the redemption price or the Make-Whole Price, as applicable; (iii) the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places where the Series G Preferred Stock is to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price or the Make-Whole Price, as applicable; (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date and (vi) if such redemption is being made in connection with a Change of Control, holders of Series G Preferred Stock being so called for redemption will not be able to tender such shares of Series G Preferred Stock for conversion in connection with the Change of Control and each share of Series G Preferred Stock tendered for conversion that is called, prior to the Conversion Date, for redemption will be redeemed on the related redemption date instead of converted on the Conversion Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no notice of redemption will be required where the Company elects to redeem Series G Preferred Stock to preserve its REIT qualification. If the Company redeems less than all of the Series G Preferred Stock held by any holder, the notice mailed to such holder will also specify the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock held by such holder to be redeemed. If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot or pro rata or in some other equitable manner determined by the Company. If a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, each holder of Series G Preferred Stock at the close of business on the applicable Dividend Record Date is

 

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entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before the Dividend Payment Date.

 

(b)                 If the Company has given notice of redemption of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock and has set apart for payment the funds necessary for the redemption for the benefit of the holders of any shares of Series G Preferred Stock called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date (i) dividends will cease to accrue on such shares of Series G Preferred Stock, (ii) the shares of Series G Preferred Stock will no longer be deemed outstanding and (iii) all rights of the holders of the shares will terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price.

(c)                If full cumulative dividends on the Series G Preferred Stock have not been paid or declared and set apart for payment for all prior dividend periods, the Company may not redeem any Series G Preferred Stock unless it simultaneously redeems all outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock, and the Company will not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Series G Preferred Stock (except by exchange for shares of capital stock ranking junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may purchase Excess Stock in order to ensure that it continues to meet the requirements for qualification as a REIT or any purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock. So long as no dividends are in arrears, the Company is entitled, at any time and from time to time, to repurchase shares of Series G Preferred Stock in open-market transactions duly authorized by the Board of Directors in compliance with applicable law.

10.               Conversion Rights .

(a)                 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless, prior to the Conversion Date, the Company provides notice of redemption of such shares of Series G Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 9, then, unless the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock will receive Alternative Form Consideration pursuant to this Section 10(a), each holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall have the right, subject to Section 10(k), to convert all or part of the Series G Preferred Stock held by such holder (the “Change of Control Conversion Right”) on the Conversion Date into a number of shares of Class A Common Stock per share of Series G Preferred Stock to be converted (the “Common Share Conversion Consideration”) equal to the lesser of (a) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of $25.00 plus (subject to Section 10(c) hereof) the amount of any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not declared) to, but not including, the Conversion Date, by (ii) the Common Stock Price and (b) 2.3159 (as adjusted pursuant to the immediately succeeding paragraph, the “Share Cap”).

                     The Share Cap is subject to pro rata adjustments for any stock splits (including those effected pursuant to a Class A Common Stock dividend), subdivisions or combinations (in each case, a “Share Split”) with respect to the Class A Common Stock as follows: the adjusted Share Cap as the result of a Share Split shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that is equivalent to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Share Cap in effect immediately prior to such Share Split by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to such Share Split and the denominator

 

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of which is the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Share Split.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or equivalent Alternative Conversion Consideration, as applicable) issuable in connection with the exercise of the Change of Control Conversion Right and in respect of the Series G Preferred Stock shall not exceed 6,947,700 shares of Class A Common Stock (or equivalent Alternative Conversion Consideration, as applicable), subject to increase on a pro rata basis if the number of authorized shares of Series G Preferred Stock increases after the first date on which any shares of the Series G Preferred Stock are issued (the “Exchange Cap”). The Exchange Cap is subject to pro rata adjustments for any Share Splits on the same basis as the corresponding adjustment to the Share Cap.

 

In the case of a Change of Control pursuant to which, or in connection with which, shares of Class A Common Stock shall be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets, including any combination thereof (the “Alternative Form Consideration”), a holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall receive upon conversion of such shares of Series G Preferred Stock (subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph) the kind and amount of Alternative Form Consideration which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive had such holder held a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the Common Share Conversion Consideration immediately prior to the effective time of the Change of Control (the “Alternative Conversion Consideration” and, together with the Common Share Conversion Consideration, the “Conversion Consideration”).

 

If holders of shares of Class A Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in connection with the Change of Control, the consideration that the holders of Series G Preferred Stock shall receive shall be the form of consideration elected by the holders of a plurality of the shares of Class A Common Stock held by stockholders who participate in the election and shall be subject to any limitations to which all holders of Class A Common Stock are subject, including, without limitation, pro rata reductions applicable to any portion of the consideration payable in connection with the Change of Control.

 

The “Conversion Date” with respect to any Change of Control shall be a Business Day fixed by the Board of Directors that is not fewer than 20 days and not more than 35 days after the date on which the Company provides notice of the Change of Control pursuant to Section 10(d).

 

The “Common Stock Price” for any Change of Control shall be (i) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by the holders of the shares of Class A Common Stock is solely cash, the amount of cash consideration per share of Class A Common Stock, and (ii) if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by the holders of the shares of Class A Common Stock is other than solely cash (including if such holders do not receive consideration), the average of the closing prices per share of Class A Common Stock on the NYSE, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ for the 10 consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the effective date of the Change of Control.

 

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(b)                No fractional shares of Class A Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of Series G Preferred Stock. In lieu of fractional shares, holders shall be entitled to receive the cash value of such fractional shares based on the Common Stock Price.

(c)                 If a Conversion Date falls after a Dividend Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, each holder of shares of Series G Preferred Stock at the close of business on such Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date in accordance with Section 5 hereof, notwithstanding the conversion of such shares on or prior to such Dividend Payment Date, but the Common Share Conversion Consideration shall not be calculated to include such accrued and unpaid dividends.

(d)                Within 15 days following the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall deliver a notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control, describing the resulting Change of Control Conversion Right, to the holders of record of the outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock as their addresses as they appear on the Company’s stock transfer records. No failure to give such a notice or any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or validity of the proceedings for the conversion of any share of Series G Preferred Stock except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given. A notice which has been mailed in the manner provided herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given on the date mailed whether or not the holder received such notice. Each notice shall state: (i) the events constituting the Change of Control; (ii) the date of the Change of Control; (iii) the last date on which the holders of Series G Preferred Stock may exercise their Change of Control Conversion Right; (iv) the method and period for calculating the Common Stock Price; (v) the Conversion Date; (vi) that if, prior to the Conversion Date, the Company provides notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of the Series G Preferred Stock, the holder will not be able to convert the shares of Series G Preferred Stock called for redemption, and such shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be redeemed on the related redemption date, even if they have already been tendered for conversion pursuant to the Change of Control Conversion Right; (vii) if applicable, the type and amount of Alternative Conversion Consideration entitled to be received per share of Series G Preferred Stock converted; (viii) the name and address of the paying agent and the conversion agent (the “Conversion Agent”); and (ix) the procedures that the holders of Series G Preferred stock must follow to exercise the Change of Control Conversion Right.

(e)                 The Company shall issue a press release for publication on the Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Business Wire, PR Newswire 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) containing the information stated in such a notice, and post such a notice on the Company’s website, in any event prior to the opening of business on the first Business Day following any date on which the Company provides notice pursuant to Section 10(d) to the holders of record of Series G Preferred Stock.

(f)                  In order to exercise the Change of Control Conversion Right, a holder of record of shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall be required to deliver, on or before the close of business on the Conversion Date, the certificates, if any, representing any certificated shares of

 

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Series G Preferred Stock to be converted, duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written notice of exercise and any other documents the Company reasonably requires in connection with such conversion, to the Conversion Agent. Such notice shall state the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock to be converted. Notwithstanding the foregoing if the shares of Series G Preferred Stock are held in global form, such notice shall instead comply with applicable procedures of The Depository Trust Company.

 

(g)                 Holders of Series G Preferred Stock may withdraw any notice of exercise of a Change of Control Conversion Right (in whole or in part), by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Conversion Agent prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Conversion Date. The notice of withdrawal must state: (i) the number of withdrawn shares of Series G Preferred Stock; (ii) if certificated shares of Series G Preferred Stock have been tendered for conversion and withdrawn, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn shares of Series G Preferred Stock; and (iii) the number of shares of Series G Preferred Stock, if any, which remain subject to the notice of exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Series G Preferred Stock are held in global form, the notice of withdrawal shall instead comply with applicable procedures of The Depository Trust Company.

(h)                 Shares of Series G Preferred Stock as to which the Change of Control Conversion Right has been properly exercised and for which the notice of exercise has not been properly withdrawn shall be converted into the applicable Conversion Consideration in accordance with the Change of Control Conversion Right on the Conversion Date unless, prior to the Conversion Date, the Company provides notice of its election to redeem such shares of Series G Preferred Stock, whether pursuant to its Early Redemption Right, Optional Redemption Right or Change of Control Redemption Right.

(i)                 The Company shall deliver the applicable Conversion Consideration no later than the third Business Day following the Conversion Date.

(j)                 In connection with the exercise of any Change of Control Conversion Right, the Company shall comply with all U.S. federal and state securities laws and stock exchange rules in connection with any conversion of shares of Series G Preferred Stock into Conversion Consideration.

(k)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10, no holder of Series G Preferred Stock will be entitled to convert any shares of Series G Preferred Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock to the extent that receipt of shares of Class A Common Stock upon the conversion of such shares of Series G Preferred Stock in accordance with this Section 10 would cause such person or any other person to violate Section 9.2 of Article IX of the Charter.

11.               Voting Rights .

(a)                 Holders of the Series G Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth below.

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“Preferred Dividend Default”), the number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be increased by two (if not already increased by reason of a similar arrearage with respect to any Parity Preferred (as hereinafter defined)), and the holders of such shares of Series G Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote separately as a class with all other series of preferred stock ranking on a parity with the Series G Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including, in that instance, the Series D Preferred Stock and the Series F Preferred Stock (“Parity Preferred”), in order to fill the vacancies thereby created, for the election of a total of two additional directors of the Company (the “Preferred Stock Directors”) at a special meeting called by the Company at the request of holders of record of at least 10% of the Series G Preferred Stock or the holders of record of at least 10% of any series of Parity Preferred so in arrears (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual meeting of stockholders) or at the next annual meeting of stockholders, and at each subsequent annual meeting until (or, if the directors are divided into classes, at the conclusion of the terms of each Preferred Stock Director) all dividends accumulated on such shares of Series G Preferred Stock and Parity Preferred for the past dividend periods and the dividend for the then current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment. In the event the directors of the Company are divided into classes, each such vacancy shall be apportioned among the classes of directors to prevent stacking in any one class and to insure that the number of directors in each of the classes of directors, are as nearly equal as possible. Each Preferred Stock Director, as a qualification for election as such (and regardless of how elected) shall submit to the Board of Directors of the Company a duly executed, valid, binding and enforceable letter of resignation from the Board of Directors, to be effective upon the date upon which all dividends accumulated on such shares of Series G Preferred Stock and Parity Preferred for the past dividend periods and the dividend for the then current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment, whereupon the terms of office of all persons elected as Preferred Stock Directors by the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock and any Parity Preferred shall, upon the effectiveness of their respective letters of resignation, forthwith terminate, and the number of directors then constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced accordingly. A quorum for any meeting shall exist if at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock and shares of Parity Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable are represented in person or by proxy at such meetings. Such Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected upon the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of Series G Preferred Stock and such Parity Preferred (regardless of liquidation preference) present and voting in person or by proxy at a duly called and held meeting at which a quorum is present. If and when all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then current dividend period on the Series G Preferred Stock shall have been paid in full or declared and set apart for payment, the holders thereof shall be divested of the foregoing voting rights (subject to revesting in the event of each and every Preferred Dividend Default). Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time with or without cause by, and shall not be removed otherwise than by the vote of, the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series G Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting separately as a class with all series of Parity Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable). So long as a Preferred Dividend Default shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director may be filled by written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, or if none remains in office, by a

 

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vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock when they have the voting rights described above (voting separately as a class with all series of Parity Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable). The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter properly coming before the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the holders of Series G Preferred Stock be entitled pursuant to this Section 11(b) to elect a director that would cause the Company to fail to satisfy a requirement relating to director independence of any securities exchange on which any class or series of the Company’s stock is listed.

 

(e)                 So long as any shares of Series G Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders required by the Charter, the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Series G Preferred Stock, at the time outstanding, voting separately as a class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting, shall be necessary for effecting or validating:

(i)                   any voluntary termination or revocation of the status of the Company as a REIT;

(ii)                 any amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Charter or these Articles Supplementary (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise (an “Event”)) that materially and adversely affects any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption (the “Rights and Preferences”) of the Series G Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; provided , however , that (x) the amendment of the provisions of the Charter so as to authorize, create or increase the authorized amount of any shares ranking on parity with or junior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up (including any increase in the number of authorized shares of Series G Preferred Stock) shall not be deemed to materially adversely affect the Rights and Preferences, and (y) any filing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland by the Company, including in connection with an Event, shall not be deemed to be an amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Charter or these Articles Supplementary that materially and adversely affects the Rights and Preferences, provided that: (1) the Company is the surviving entity and the Series G Preferred Stock remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged in any respect adverse to the holders thereof; or (2) the resulting, surviving or transferee entity is organized under the laws of any state and substitutes or exchanges the Series G Preferred Stock for other preferred stock, shares or other equity interests having preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption thereof that are substantially similar to that of the Series G Preferred Stock (except for changes that do not materially and adversely affect the holders of Series G Preferred Stock); or

(iii)                the authorization, creation or the increase in the authorized number of shares of any class or series, or any security convertible into shares of any class or series of stock of the Company ranking prior to the Series G Preferred Stock as to distribution on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or as to the payment of dividends;

 

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provided , however , that, in the case of each of subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), no such vote of the holders of Series G Preferred Stock shall be required if, at or prior to the time when such amendment, alteration or repeal is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such prior shares or convertible security is to be made, as the case may be, all outstanding shares of Series G Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption or, in the case of an Event, regardless of the date of the transaction, the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock receive in the transaction their liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

For purposes of determining the voting rights of the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock under this Section 11(c), each holder will be entitled to one vote for each Liquidation Preference per share with respect to shares of the Series G Preferred Stock held by such holder. Whether the vote or consent of the holders of a plurality, majority or other portion of the shares of the Series G Preferred Stock has been cast or given on any matter on which the holders of shares of the Series G Preferred Stock are entitled to vote shall be determined by the Company by reference to the specified liquidation amounts of the shares voted or covered by the consent.

(f)                  As to any voting right set forth in Section 11(c), the holders of Series G Preferred Stock shall have exclusive voting rights on any proposed amendment to the Charter that would alter only the contract rights the Series G Preferred Stock.

(g)                 Except as expressly stated in these Articles Supplementary, the Series G Preferred Stock will not have any relative, participating, optional or other special voting rights and powers, and the consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any corporate action, including but not limited to, any merger or consolidation involving the Company, or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, irrespective of the effect that such merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation or dissolution may have upon the rights, preferences or voting power of the holders of the Series G Preferred Stock.

12.               Information Right . During any period during which the Company is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and any shares of Series G Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company will (i) transmit by mail (or other permissible means under the Exchange Act) to all holders of Series G Preferred Stock, as their names and addresses appear in the Company’s record books and without cost to such holders, copies of annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that the Company would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Company were subject thereto (other than any exhibits that would have been required) within 15 days after the respective dates by which the Company would have been required to file such reports with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission if the Company were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (in each case, based on the dates on which the Company would be required to file such periodic reports if it were an “accelerated filer” within the meaning of the Exchange Act), and (ii) within 15 days following written request, supply copies of such reports to any prospective holder of the Series G Preferred Stock.

 

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Third:                     The classification of authorized but unissued shares as set forth in these Articles Supplementary does not increase the authorized stock of the Company or the aggregate par value thereof.

Fourth:              These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in the manner prescribed by the MGCL.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned, the President of the Company acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts set forth herein are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

These Articles Supplementary have been executed under seal in the name of the Company and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary on this 23rd day of October, 2014.

ATTEST   URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC.
     
     
     
/s/ Thomas D. Myers                                              By:  /s/ Willing L. Biddle                                                  
Thomas D. Myers   Willing L. Biddle
Secretary   President

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

October 21, 2014

 

 

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.

321 Railroad Avenue

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

 

Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-198664)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special Maryland counsel to Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offer and sale of 2,800,000 shares of the Company’s 6.75% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), as covered by the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S‑3 (Registration Number 333-198664), as amended through the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”).

 

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Equity Underwriting Agreement, dated October 21, 2014 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and BMO Capital Markets Corp., for itself and as representative of the Underwriters named therein, pursuant to which the Shares are being issued and sold, the charter and the bylaws of the Company, certain records of proceedings of the board of directors of the Company and committees thereof with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares and the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, and such other corporate records, certificates and documents as we deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion. We have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials and from officers of the Company. Based on that examination, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold under the circumstances contemplated in the Registration Statement, and the shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable upon conversion of the Shares, when issued upon conversion of the Shares as contemplated by the charter of the Company, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

We express no opinion with respect to the laws of, or the effect or applicability of the laws of, any jurisdiction other than, and our opinion expressed herein is limited to, the laws of the State of Maryland. In giving our opinion as to the valid issue of some shares of Class A Common Stock upon conversion of the Shares, we are assuming that there will be an adequate number of authorized but unissued shares of the Class A Common Stock available for issuance upon any such conversion. The opinion expressed herein is

 

 


 

 

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limited to the matters expressly set forth in this letter and no other opinion should be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

 

We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. In giving our 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 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

 

 

 

By: /s/ J.W. Thompson Webb

Principal

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 8.1

 




October 21, 2014

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.

321 Railroad Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06830

 

RE:

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.
Qualification as Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as U.S. federal income tax counsel for Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the issuance and sale of up to 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s 6.75% Series G cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (the “ Series G Preferred Stock ”). The Series G Preferred Stock is being issued under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-198664), as amended through the date hereof (the “ Registration Statement ”). You have requested our opinion regarding certain U.S. federal income tax matters.

In connection with the opinions rendered below, we have examined the following:

1)

the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on January 30, 1997;

2)

the Company’s Bylaws;

3)

the Registration Statement;

4)

the prospectus dated September 24, 2014 relating to the the offer and sale from time to time of up to $400,000,000 of the Company’s common stock, Class A common stock, preferred stock and depositary shares that forms a part of and is included in the Registration Statement (the “ Base Prospectus ”) as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated October 21, 2014 relating to the offering of the Series G Preferred Stock (the “ Prospectus Supplement ,” and together with the Base Prospectus, the “ Prospectus ”); and




 

 

 




 

5)

such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.

In connection with the opinions rendered below, we have assumed generally that:

1)

Each of the documents referred to above has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; is authentic, if an original, or is accurate, if a copy; and has not been amended.

2)

During the Company’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 and subsequent fiscal years, the Company, the partnerships and the corporations in which the Company owns an interest (respectively, the “ Partnerships ” and “ Corporations ”) have operated and will continue to operate in such a manner that makes and will continue to make the factual representations contained in a certificate, dated as of the date hereof and executed by a duly appointed officer of the Company (the “ Officer’s Certificate ”), true for such years.

3)

No amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, the Partnerships and the Corporations will be made after the date of this opinion that would affect the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust (a “ REIT ”) for any taxable year.

4)

No action will be taken by the Company, the Partnerships or the Corporations after the date hereof that would have the effect of altering the facts upon which the opinions set forth below are based.

In connection with the opinions rendered below, we also have relied upon the correctness of the factual representations contained in the Officer’s Certificate. After reasonable inquiry, we are not aware of any facts inconsistent with the factual representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate.

Based on the documents and assumptions set forth above, the representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate, the factual matters in the discussion in the Prospectus under the caption “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” (which discussion is incorporated herein by reference), we are of the opinion that:

a)

the Company qualified to be taxed as a REIT pursuant to sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), for its fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 through October 31, 2013, and the Company’s organization and current method of operation will enable it to continue to qualify to be taxed as a REIT



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for its current fiscal year ending October 31, 2014 and in the future;

b)

the statements contained in the Prospectus under the caption “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.

We will not review on a continuing basis the Company’s compliance with the documents or assumptions set forth above, or the representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company’s operations for its fiscal year ending October 31, 2014, and subsequent fiscal years will satisfy the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

We also note that the tax consequences addressed herein depend upon the actual occurrence of events in the future, which events may or may not be consistent with any representations or covenants made to us for purposes of this opinion. In particular, the qualification and taxation of the Company as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes depend upon the Company’s ability to meet on a continuing basis certain distribution levels, diversity of stock ownership, and the various qualification tests imposed by the Code. To the extent that the facts differ from those represented to or assumed by us herein, our opinion should not be relied upon.

Our opinion is based on existing law as contained in the Code, final and temporary Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, administrative pronouncements of the Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”) and court decisions as of the date hereof. The provisions of the Code and the Treasury Regulations, IRS administrative pronouncements and case law upon which this opinion is based could change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. In addition, some of the issues under existing law that could significantly affect our opinion have not yet been authoritatively addressed by the IRS or the courts, and our opinion is not binding on the IRS or the courts. Hence, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge, or that the courts will agree, with our conclusions.

We have acted as U.S. federal income tax counsel to the Company with respect to the issuance and sale of the Series G Preferred Stock. The foregoing opinions are limited to the U.S. federal income tax matters addressed herein, and no other opinions are rendered with respect to other U.S. federal tax matters or to any issues arising under the tax laws of any other country, or any state or locality. We have



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also not considered any non-tax matters. We undertake no obligation to update the opinions expressed herein after the date of this letter.

This opinion is furnished to you solely for use in connection with the Prospectus Supplement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Prospectus Supplement. We also consent to the reference to our firm name in the Prospectus under the captions “United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Legal Matters.” In giving this consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, nor do we hereby admit that we are experts with respect to any part of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus within the meaning of the term “experts” as used in the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Baker & McKenzie LLP

Baker & McKenzie LLP  





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EXHIBIT 12.1

 

Statement Setting Forth Computation Showing the Ratio of Earnings to

Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends

 

  Nine Months Ended   Year Ended
  2014 2013   2013 2012 2011 2010 2009  
                                 
Earnings                                
Income from Continuing Operations $ 19,501 $ 20,877   $ 27,787 $ 27,420 $ 30,090 $ 26,121 $ 26,568  
Add: Interest Expense $ 7,611 $ 6,774   $ 9,094 $ 9,148 $ 7,685 $ 7,585 $ 6,695  
                                 
                                 
Total Earnings $ 27,112 $ 27,651   $ 36,881 $ 36,568 $ 37,775 $ 33,706 $ 33,263  
                                 
Fixed Charges                                
Interest Expense $ 7,611 $ 6,774   $ 9,094 $ 9,148 $ 7,685 $ 7,585 $ 6,695  
Preferred Stock Dividends $ 10,359 $ 11,496   $ 14,949 $ 13,267 $ 13,094 $ 13,094 $ 13,094  
Total Fixed Charges $ 17,970 $ 18,270   $ 24,043 $ 22,415 $ 20,779 $ 20,679 $ 19,789  
                                 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges   3.56   4.08     4.06   4.00   4.92   4.44   4.97  
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends   1.51   1.51     1.53   1.63   1.82   1.63   1.68  

 


 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Announces Redemption of 7.50% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock

 

GREENWICH, Conn. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – On October 22, 2014, Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (“UBP”) ( NYSE: UBPPRD ), issued a notice of redemption to the registered holders of its 7.50% Series D Senior Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”). UBP will redeem all 2,450,000 outstanding shares of the Series D Preferred Stock on November 21, 2014, the redemption date. The Series D Preferred Stock will be redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus $0.109375 per share, the amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on a share of the Series D Preferred Stock from November 1, 2014 through the redemption date. UBP previously declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Series D Preferred Stock of $0.46875 per share payable on October 31, 2014 to stockholders of record on October 17, 2014.

Dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock will cease to accrue on the redemption date. From and after the redemption date, the Series D Preferred Stock will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders will terminate, except only the right of the holders to receive, from and after the redemption date, the redemption price, without interest. Because the redemption is a redemption in full, the Series D Preferred Stock will be delisted from trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

All shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and will be redeemed in accordance with the procedures of DTC. Payment to DTC for the Series D Preferred Stock will be made by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as redemption agent. The address for the redemption agent is as follows: Computershare Trust Company, N.A., c/o Computershare Inc., 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021; Attention: Reorganization Department.

About Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc .

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. is a self-administered equity real estate investment trust providing investors with a means of participating in ownership of income-producing properties with the liquidity of being listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1970. Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. owns or has equity interests in 69 properties containing approximately 4.9 million square feet of space and has paid 179 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted dividends to its shareholders since its inception.

Contacts:

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc.

Willing L. Biddle, President and Chief Executive Officer

John T. Hayes, CFO

203-863-8200