UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22, 2012

EQUITY ONE, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

001-13499

 

52-1794271

(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1600 NE Miami Gardens Drive

North Miami Beach, Florida

 

33179

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(305) 947-1664

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 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 22, 2012, Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Equity One” or the “Company”), entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., for themselves and as representatives of several other underwriters named therein, and each of the Company’s subsidiaries set forth on the signature page thereto (the “Guarantors”), with respect to the issue and sale by Equity One of $300 million of 3.75% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Public Offering”).

On October 25, 2012, the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as trustee, entered into a supplemental indenture (“Supplemental Indenture No. 13”) to the indenture dated as of September 9, 1998 among the Company, as successor to IRT Property Company, and U.S. Bank, as successor to SunTrust Bank, as trustee (the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Company issued the Notes in the Public Offering. The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by the Guarantors. The Notes and the Guarantees are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Equity One’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-166800).

The Notes are the general senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per annum, which will accrue from October 25, 2012, and will be payable semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2013, to holders of record of such Notes registered in the security register on the preceding May 1 or November 1, whether or not a business day. The Notes will mature on November 15, 2022 unless earlier redeemed by the Company. The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time on not less than 30 and not more than 60 days’ prior written notice mailed to the holders of the Notes to be redeemed. The Notes will be redeemable at a price equal to the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption and, if redeemed prior to August 15, 2022, a “make-whole” premium calculated under Supplemental Indenture No. 13.

The foregoing descriptions of the Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees and Supplemental Indenture No. 13 do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of (i) the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto, with respect to the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) Supplemental Indenture No. 13 (including the form of the Notes and the Guarantees), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto, with respect to the Notes, the Guarantees and Supplemental Indenture No. 13.


Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

Also on October 25, 2012, the Company, pursuant to the Indenture, issued a notice of redemption to redeem all of its outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due 2014, CUSIP # 294752 AG5 (the “2014 Notes”), with a redemption date of November 24, 2012 (the “Redemption Date”). The redemption price will equal 113.896% of the principal amount of the 2014 Notes, which includes accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, and a “Make-Whole Amount” determined in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2014 Notes is $250 million.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits .

 

1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated October 22, 2012, among Equity One, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., for themselves and as representatives of several other underwriters named therein.
4.1    Supplemental Indenture No. 13, dated as of October 25, 2012, among Equity One, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the forms of Notes and Guarantees.
5.1    Opinion of Venable LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and LLP.
23.1    Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2    Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto).


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.

 

    EQUITY ONE, INC.
Date: October 25, 2012     By:   /s/ Aaron Kitlowski
      Aaron Kitlowski
     

Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary

 

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description of Exhibit

1.1    Purchase Agreement, dated October 22, 2012, among Equity One, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., for themselves and as representatives of several other underwriters named therein.
4.1    Supplemental Indenture No. 13, dated as of October 25, 2012, among Equity One, Inc., the guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the forms of Notes and Guarantees.
5.1    Opinion of Venable LLP.
5.2    Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and LLP.
23.1    Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2    Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. and LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto).

Exhibit 1.1

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EQUITY ONE, INC.

(a Maryland corporation)

$300,000,000 3.75% Senior Notes Due 2022

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated: October 22, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SECTION 1.

  

Representations and Warranties

     2   

SECTION 2.

  

Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing

     14   

SECTION 3.

  

Covenants of the Company

     14   

SECTION 4.

  

Payment of Expenses

     17   

SECTION 5.

  

Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations

     18   

SECTION 6.

  

Indemnity and Contribution by the Company and the Underwriters:

     20   

SECTION 7.

  

Contribution

     22   

SECTION 8.

  

Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive

     23   

SECTION 9.

  

Termination of Agreement

     23   

SECTION 10.

  

Default by One or More of the Underwriters

     24   

SECTION 11.

  

Notices

     25   

SECTION 12.

  

No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship

     25   

SECTION 13.

  

Integration

     25   

SECTION 14.

  

Parties

     25   

SECTION 15.

  

Governing Law

     26   

SECTION 16.

  

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity

     26   

SECTION 17.

  

Time

     26   

SECTION 18.

  

Counterparts

     26   

SECTION 19.

  

Effect of Headings

     26   

SECTION 20.

  

Patriot Act Compliance

     26   

SECTION 21.

  

Research Analyst Independence

     27   


EQUITY ONE, INC.

(a Maryland corporation)

$300,000,000 3.75% Senior Notes Due 2022

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

October 22, 2012

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    Incorporated

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

as Representatives of the several Underwriters

c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

301 S. College Street

Charlotte, NC 28288

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of its subsidiaries named in the Prospectus (as defined below) as a Guarantor (each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), confirm their agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. |are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in Schedule A of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.75% Senior Notes Due 2022 (the “ Notes ”). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of September 9, 1998 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by twelve Supplemental Indentures thereto and which is expected to be further amended and supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 13 (the Base Indenture, including such thirteen Supplemental Indentures, being referred to hereafter collectively as the “ Indenture ”), between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest (each, a “ Guarantee ” and, collectively, the “Guarantees” and, together with the Notes, the “ Securities ”) by the Guarantors. To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule A other than the Representatives, the terms Representatives shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either singular or plural as the context requires.


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The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties .

Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors represent and warrant to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time referred to in Section 1(a) hereof and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(a) Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Company has prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-166800), in respect of the Securities on May 13, 2010, which contains a base prospectus, the most recent form of which was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”) to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Securities; such registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Such registration statement (including the prospectus supplement filed under Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations) covers the registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act. The base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it was filed with the Commission on January 6, 2011, is hereinafter called the “ Basic Prospectus .” The various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and any prospectus supplement or prospectus relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the 1933 Act to be part of such registration statement (any such information that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that was deemed to be a part and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act is referred to as “ 430B Information ”), each as amended at each time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “ Registration Statement ;” each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information, including the related Basic Prospectus in the form first filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act is herein called, a “ Preliminary Prospectus ;” the final prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities prepared and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus Supplement ;” the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, is hereinafter called the “ Prospectus ;” any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act; provided , however , that no representation or warranty included in any exhibit to any such incorporated document, other than the representations and warranties contained herein, is deemed to be made to you; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement or base prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”) that are incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, each Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the

 

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Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. 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 ”).

(i) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer; Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Applicable Time . At the time of filing of the Registration Statement, at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the 1933 Act, and as of the Applicable Time, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations). The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, which Registration Statement became effective upon filing on May 13, 2010 under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations, and the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement.” At the time of the filing of the Registration Statement, 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 Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405. The conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities as contemplated hereby have been satisfied. The Registration Statement meets the requirement set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). 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, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such form of registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been received by the Company, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional or supplemental information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ 1939 Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the “ 1939 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.

Each Preliminary Prospectus (including the Basic Prospectus or any amendment thereto) when so filed complied as to form in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations. The Prospectus (including any amendment thereto) complied or will comply as to form when filed and at the Closing Time in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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The Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below) and each Preliminary Prospectus issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, as most recently amended or supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”) taken together as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Time, does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the General Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Time will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

Applicable Time ” means 4:15 p.m. (New York City time) on October 22, 2012 or such other time as agreed in writing by the Company and the Underwriters.

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 Securities 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 Securities 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 “bona fide electronic road show” (as defined in Rule 433)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule D hereto.

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

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 Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in Section 3(e) did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement 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 Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Content (as hereinafter defined).

(b) Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, 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

 

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rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), and, when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, (a) at the time the Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the earlier of time the Prospectus was first used and the date and time of the first contract of sale of Securities in this offering and (c) at the Closing Time, 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.

(c) Indenture . The Indenture, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission and at the Closing Time, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations. A Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (“ Form T-1 ”) relating to the Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form T-1 is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or to the Company’s knowledge are threatened by the Commission.

(d) Independent Accountants . The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

(e) Financial Statements . The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved except as noted therein. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respect the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. In addition, if any pro forma financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the related notes thereto is included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, such pro forma financial statements and related notes present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. If applicable, such pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of the information and such information fairly presents with respect to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, the financial position, results of operations and other information purported to be shown therein at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified. No pro forma financial information is required to be included in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which is not so included. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance in all material respects with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(f) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries or their properties, considered as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) other than those arising in the ordinary course of business, there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, that are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Stock, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(g) Good Standing of the Company . The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation 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 where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each “ Significant Subsidiary ” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) and each subsidiary of the Company that owns any real property, including each Guarantor (each a “ Property Subsidiary ”, collectively and, together with the Significant Subsidiaries, the “ Subsidiaries ”), has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate, as the case may be, its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except in any case in which the failure, individually or in the aggregate, so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. All the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equivalent equity interests of each Significant Subsidiary and each Property Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. Except as otherwise set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equivalent equity interests of the Significant Subsidiaries and the Property Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumberance, claim or equity; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other equivalent equity interests of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of such Subsidiary.

 

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(i) Capitalization . As of October 22, 2012, (A) 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”), of the Company were authorized for issuance, of which 118,832,902 shares were issued and outstanding, and (B) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company were authorized for issuance, none of which were issued or outstanding. One share of Common Stock is designated as Class A Common Stock, which is not issued or outstanding. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding (A) securities or obligations of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for any equity interests of the Company or any such Subsidiary, (B) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company or any such Subsidiary any such equity interests or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (C) obligations of the Company or any such Subsidiary to issue any equity interests, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligation, or any such warrants, rights or options (other than compensatory equity awards issued in the ordinary course of business). The Common Stock has been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and is authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”), and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock from the NYSE, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. The Company is in compliance with the current listing standards of the NYSE. The Securities have been listed on the NYSE.

(j) Authorization of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.

(k) Authorization of the Indenture . The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); Supplemental Indenture No. 13 has been duly authorized by the Company, and when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(l) Authorization of the Notes . The Notes have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without

 

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limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.

(m) Authorization of the Guarantees . Each Guarantee has been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time will have been duly executed and delivered by the applicable Guarantor and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(n) Description of the Securities and the Indenture . The Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration Statement.

(o) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from their sale as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “ Use of Proceeds ”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the Indenture and the Notes, and compliance by the Guarantors with the Guarantees have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment 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 subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.

 

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(p) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) Absence of Proceedings . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein), or which might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.

(s) Possession of Intellectual Property . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is required to own or possess any trademarks, service marks, trade names or copyrights (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) in order to conduct the business now operated by it, other than those the failure to possess or own would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.

(t) Absence of Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in, under the 1934 Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(u) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for the due execution, delivery or performance of the Indenture by the Company, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations; provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or warranty as to the blue sky laws or real estate syndication laws of any jurisdiction or any such requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”).

 

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(v) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Title to Property . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and the Property Subsidiaries have good and marketable fee simple title to or leasehold title in all real property and all other properties and assets owned or leased by them and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions, defects or encumbrances that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no tenant under any lease to which the Company or any of the Property Subsidiaries lease any portion of its property is in default under such lease, except in any case where such default would, individually or in the aggregate, not have a Material Adverse Effect; each of the properties of any of the Company or the Property Subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations except in any case where such non-compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of the Property Subsidiaries has knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation, zoning change or other proceeding or action that will in any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on, or access to the properties of any of the Company or the Property Subsidiary except in any case where such action or proceeding would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Investment Company Act . The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940 Act ”).

(y) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course, the Company and its Property Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment and Hazardous Materials (as defined herein), including, but not limited to the generation, recycling, reuse, sale, storage, handling, transport and disposal of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or

 

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release of Hazardous Materials. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the Property Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under any Environmental Laws, including, but not limited to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. The term “ Hazardous Materials ” mean chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold.

(z) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (1) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (3) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (4) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (5) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have established and maintain “internal control over financial reporting” and “disclosure controls and procedures,” in each case as required by Rule 13a-15 under the 1934 Act. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures are effective at a reasonable assurance level to perform the functions for which they were designed and established. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (I) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (II) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

(aa) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

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is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(dd) Insurance and Title Insurance . Each of the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Property Subsidiaries and each of their respective properties are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged. All policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, the Significant Subsidiaries and the Property Subsidiaries or their respective properties, businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, except for the failure to insure or lapses in policies which would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Title insurance in favor of the Company and the Property Subsidiaries is maintained with respect to each shopping center property owned by any such entity in an amount at least equal to (a) the cost of acquisition of such property or (b) the cost of construction of such property (measured at the time of such construction), except, in each case, where the failure to maintain such title insurance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee) Statistical and Market-Related Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate, and the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to the extent required.

(ff) Real Estate Investment Trust . Commencing with its initial taxable year ended December 31, 1995, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation 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 the Company’s current and proposed method of operations as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2012 and thereafter. No transaction or other event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to cause the Company to not be able to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2012 or future taxable years. The description of the Company’s organization and current and proposed method of operations and its qualification and taxation as a REIT set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is accurate in all material respects and presents fairly the matters referred to therein.

(gg) Mortgages, Deeds of Trust . The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the properties and assets described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (i) are not convertible (in the absence of foreclosure) into an equity interest in the property or asset described therein or in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries hold a participating interest therein, (ii) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are not cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (iii) are not cross-collateralized to any property not owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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(hh) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in the furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure and which are reasonable expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(ii) Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(jj) OFAC . Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(kk) Lending and Other Relationship . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any lending or similar relationship with any Underwriter or any bank or other lending institution affiliated with any Underwriter; (ii) the Company will not use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities by the Company hereunder to reduce or retire the balance of any loan or credit facility extended by any Underwriter or any of its “affiliates” or “associated persons” (as such terms are used in FINRA Rule 5121) or otherwise direct any such proceeds to any Underwriter or any of such “affiliates” or “associated persons”; and (iii) there are and have been no transactions, arrangements or dealings between the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on one hand, and any Underwriter or any such “affiliates” or “associated persons”, on the other hand, that, under FINRA Rule 5110 or 5121, must be disclosed in a submission to FINRA in connection with the offering of the Securities contemplated herein or disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus.

 

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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .

(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule B , the aggregate principal amount of the Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite such Underwriter’s name, plus any additional principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Securities and the Guarantees shall be made at the offices of Hunton & Williams LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on October 25, 2012 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “ Closing Time ”).

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account(s) designated by the Company against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it has agreed to purchase. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(c) Delivery. Delivery of the Securities will be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) unless the Representatives instruct otherwise.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

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with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(b) Filing of Amendments and 1934 Act Documents; Preparation of Final Term Sheet. The Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement relating to the Securities or any amendment, supplement or revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the execution of this Agreement; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the execution of this Agreement to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “ Final Term Sheet ”) reflecting the final terms of the Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, a form of which is attached as Schedule C hereto, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish the Representatives with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters shall object.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to comply with such requirements, the Company will use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Securities) and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment, supplement or new registration statement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Securities) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

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(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During the period from the date of the Prospectus until one business day following the Closing Time, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any debt securities of the Company.

(j) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Section 3(b), the Underwriters are authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the Securities in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors, provided that no such communication constitutes a free writing prospectus. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or by the Company and the Representatives, as the case may be, is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.

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Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show and (x) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Filing of Prospectus; Payment of Filing Fee. The Registration Statement is and remains effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). If not previously paid, the Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Agreement.

(b) Opinions of Counsel for the Company . At Closing Time and on each Date of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as of Closing Time, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.

 

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(c) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company . At Closing Time and on each Date of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto and to such further effect as counsel for the Underwriters may reasonably request.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

(e) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof, since the Applicable Time or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the president or a vice president of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that:

(i) the representations and warranties of the Company and each Guarantor in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of such date, and the Company and each Guarantor has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof;

(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the 1933 Act; and

(iii) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, there has not been (a) any change, or any development or event that has or reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (b) any transaction that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (c) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is material and adverse to the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, incurred by the Company or the Subsidiaries, (d) any adverse change in the capital stock or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that is material and adverse to the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (e) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than any dividend or distribution to the Company or another Subsidiary), or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company or any Subsidiary that has been sustained or will have been sustained that has or may reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

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(g) Certificate of Chief Financial Officer . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company an officer’s certificate dated such date, in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriter may reasonably request. At Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company a certificate dated as of Closing Time confirming that the certificate delivered by such officer at the time of the execution of this Agreement remains true and correct as of Closing Time.

(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(i) No Downgrade . At the Closing Time, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to the Securities or any of the Company’s other debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating agency,” as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its rating of the Securities or any of the Company’s other debt securities.

(j) No Objection. FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(k) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 8, 9 and 15 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnity and Contribution by the Company and the Underwriters :

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its agents, officers, directors, employees and affiliates as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “ Affiliate ”), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus, in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) not constituting an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,” or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

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(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(iii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement including without limitation, by means of a Consent to Judgment of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iv) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided , however , that this indemnity shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Content.

(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each officer who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 6, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Content. The Company hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Underwriters have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are the statements set forth under the caption “Underwriting” in such documents as follows: the first and second sentences of the third

 

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paragraph regarding commissions and discounts, the eighth paragraph regarding stabilization activities and the eleventh paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” (collectively, the “ Underwriter Content ”).

(c) Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Guarantors and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

 

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The relative fault of the Company and each Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Guarantors or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

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.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company, and (ii) delivery of, and payment for, the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

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which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 8, 9 and 15 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other Underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

(i) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased hereunder, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount of the Defaulted Securities in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters; or

(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

 

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SECTION 11. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Representatives shall be sent to the Representatives to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 301 S. College Street, 6th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28288, Attention: Transaction Management Department, facsimile: 704-383-9165; email: tmgcapitalmarkets@wellsfargo.com; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, NY1-050-12-01, New York, New York, 10020, Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal; Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration, facsimile: 646-834-8133, with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 6(c) to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019; Citigroup Global Markets Inc; 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013; Attention: General Counsel, facsimile: 212-816-7912; Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 1600 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive, North Miami Beach, Florida 33179, facsimile: 305-947-1734, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Guarantors, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Guarantors on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 14. Parties . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantors and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantors and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in

 

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Section 6 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantors and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 16. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity . Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“ Related Proceedings ”) shall be instituted in (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “ Related Judgment ”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

SECTION 17. TIME . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

SECTION 18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.

SECTION 19. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 20. Patriot Act Compliance . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including

 

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the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

SECTION 21. Research Analyst Independence . The Company and each of the Guarantors acknowledge that each Underwriter’s research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from its investment banking division and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriter’s research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of its investment banking divisions. The Company and each of the Guarantors hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company or such Guarantor may have against each Underwriter with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by its research analysts and research department may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to any of them by such Underwriter’s investment banking division. The Company and each of the Guarantors acknowledges that each Underwriter is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the Company and any other companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
EQUITY ONE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mark Langer

  Name:   Mark Langer
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

GUARANTORS:
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.

 

By:  

/s/ Mark Langer

  Name:   Mark Langer
  Title:   Vice President
IRT Partners, L.P.
By:   Equity One, Inc.
  By:  

/s/ Mark Langer

    Name:   Mark Langer
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Carolyn Hurley

  Authorized Signatory
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                               INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Jack Vissicchio

  Authorized Signatory
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
By:  

/s/ Pamela Kendall

  Authorized Signatory
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Auren Kule

  Authorized Signatory
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Gilliam

  Authorized Signatory

For itself and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.


SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Underwriter

   Principal
Amount of
Securities
 

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   $ 51,000,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

   $ 51,000,000   

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 51,000,000   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

   $ 51,000,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

   $ 51,000,000   

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

   $ 6,000,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

   $ 6,000,000   

PNC Capital Markets LLC

   $ 3,000,000   

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

   $ 3,000,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

   $ 6,000,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

   $ 9,000,000   

TD Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 6,000,000   

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

   $ 6,000,000   

Total

   $ 300,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

EQUITY ONE, INC.

$300,000,000

3.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

  1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be 99.591% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.

 

  2. The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Securities shall be 98.941% of the principal amount thereof.

 

  3. The interest rate on the Securities shall be 3.75% per annum.

 

  4. Redemption Provisions: As set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated October 22, 2012 and Schedule C hereto.

 

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SCHEDULE C

EQUITY ONE, INC.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-166800

October 22, 2012

EQUITY ONE, INC.

$300,000,000

3.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

PRICING TERMS OCTOBER 22, 2012

 

Issuer:

  Equity One, Inc.

Size:

  $300,000,000

Offering Format:

  SEC Registered

Trade Date:

  October 22, 2012

Settlement Date:

  October 25, 2012 (T+3)

Maturity Date:

  November 15, 2022

Interest Payment Dates:

 

May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2013

Optional Redemption:

  Make Whole Call @ T+30 bps prior to August 15, 2022 or at par on or after August 15, 2022

Benchmark Treasury:

  1.625% due August 15, 2022

Benchmark Treasury Price / Yield:

  98-14/1.799%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  +200 basis points

Yield to Maturity:

  3.799%

Coupon:

  3.75%

Public Offering Price:

  99.591%

CUSIP / ISIN:

  294752 AH3 / US294752AH34

 

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Joint Book-Running Managers:

  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                       Incorporated

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Co-Managers:

  

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott

                         & Stringfellow, LLC

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

TD Securities (USA) LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement 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 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 if you request it by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, toll-free at (800) 326-5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com ; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at (800) 294-1322 or by emailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com ; Barclays Capital Inc., toll-free at (888) 603-5847, or by emailing Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com ; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., toll-free at (800) 831-9146, or Goldman, Sachs & Co., toll-free at (866) 471-2526 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com .

 

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SCHEDULE D

ISSUER GENERAL USE FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

Final Term Sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Schedule C hereto.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

Execution Copy

EQUITY ONE, INC.,

ISSUER,

THE

GUARANTORS

SET FORTH ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES ATTACHED HERETO

AND

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS

TRUSTEE

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 13

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 25, 2012

 

 

$300,000,000

3.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022


SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 13 , dated as of October 25, 2012 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), among Equity One, Inc. , a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “ Company ”), each of the Guarantors set forth on the signature pages attached hereto (the “ Guarantors ”), and U.S. Bank National Association , as successor to SunTrust Bank (formerly known as SunTrust Bank, Atlanta), a national banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS , the Company, as successor by merger to IRT Property Company, and the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of September 9, 1998 (the “ Original Indenture ” and as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “ Indenture ”), which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-166800), providing for the issuance from time to time of senior debt securities of the Company;

WHEREAS , Section 901(7) of the Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture;

WHEREAS , the Guarantors will provide the guaranty herein set forth (the “ Guaranty ”) of the Obligations (as defined herein);

WHEREAS , Sections 901(6) and 901(10) of the Indenture permit the Company and the Trustee to enter into indentures supplemental thereto without the consent of any Holder of Securities to evidence the Guaranty of each Guarantor and to make any change to the Indenture, provided that such change does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect;

WHEREAS , each Guarantor has determined that its execution, delivery and performance of this Supplemental Indenture directly benefits, and are within the purposes and best interests of, such Guarantor;

WHEREAS , the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of each Guarantor has duly adopted resolutions authorizing such Guarantor to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS , all other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.


NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Guarantor agrees as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1. Definitions . For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture;

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture; and

(c) as used herein the following terms have the following meanings:

Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

Annual Service Charge ” for any period means the maximum amount which is payable during such period for interest on, and the amortization during such period of any original issue discount of, Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the amount of dividends which are payable during such period in respect of any Disqualified Stock.

Business Day ” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or in the City of Atlanta are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interest, participations or other ownership interest (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” for any period means Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (a) interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) provision for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income, (c) amortization of debt discount, (d) provisions for gains and losses on properties and property depreciation and amortization, (e) the effect of any noncash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period and (f) amortization of deferred charges.

 

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Debt ” of the Company or any Subsidiary means any indebtedness (without duplication) of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) money borrowed or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, or security interest of any kind existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary (each securing such debt, an “ Encumbrance ”), (iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, or all conditional obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or (v) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligations by the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock), (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock), in each case on or prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

Earnings from Operations ” for any period means net income excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items, and net property valuation losses, as reflected in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Encumbrance ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Debt” set forth in this Section 1.1.

Financial Statements ” has the meaning specified in Section 1009 of the Indenture.

Guaranteed Securities ” means the Notes issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.

Make-Whole Amount ” means, in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Notes, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each Dollar of principal being redeemed or

 

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paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of each such Dollar if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis (on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made to the date of redemption or accelerated payment, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being redeemed or paid.

Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 hereof.

Obligations ” means (x) all payment and performance obligations of the Company (i) under the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities, (ii) under the Guaranteed Securities and (iii) as a result of the issuance of the Guaranteed Securities and (y) the obligation to pay an amount equal to the amount of any and all damages which the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may suffer by reason of a breach by either the Company or any other obligor of any obligation, covenant or undertaking under (i) the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or (ii) the Guaranteed Securities.

Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 hereof.

Reinvestment Rate ” means 0.30% (three tenths of one percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the heading “Week Ending” published in the most recent Statistical Release under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” for the maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For the purposes of calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

Statistical Release ” means the statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which reports yields on actively traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities, or, if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination hereunder, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Company.

Subsidiary ” means (i) a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other Person the majority of the shares, if any, of the nonvoting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, and the majority of the shares of the voting capital stock or other equivalent ownership interests of which (except directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company and/or any other Subsidiary or Subsidiaries and (ii) any Person the accounts of which are consolidated with the Company’s accounts.

 

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Total Assets ” as of any date means the sum of (i) the Undepreciated Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles).

Total Unencumbered Assets ” means the sum of (i) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangibles); provided, however, that all investments by the Company or its Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investments would have otherwise been included.

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets ” as of any date means the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Unsecured Debt ” means Debt which is not secured by any Encumbrance upon any of the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary

ARTICLE TWO

THE SERIES OF NOTES

SECTION 2.1. Title of the Securities .

There shall be a series of Securities designated the 3.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”).

SECTION 2.2. Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount .

The aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be limited to $300,000,000 (the “ Initial Original Principal Amount ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, by Board Resolutions or indentures supplemental to the Indenture from time to time may reopen such series of Notes and issue additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount as set forth in any such Board Resolution or indenture supplemental to the Indenture which additional Notes shall be fungible with any previously issued Notes to the extent set forth in such Board Resolutions or indenture supplemental to the Indenture. Except as provided in this Section, any such Board Resolutions or indentures supplemental to the Indenture and in Section 306 of the Indenture, the Company shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of the Initial Original Principal Amount.

Nothing contained in this Section 2.2 or elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of the Notes under the circumstances contemplated in Sections 303, 304, 306, 906 and 1305 of the Indenture.

 

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SECTION 2.3. Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes .

The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per annum from October 25, 2012 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2013 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), to the Person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “ Regular Record Date ”). Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable on any Note which is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the relevant Regular Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Special Record Date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture.

If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.

The Notes will mature on November 15, 2022.

SECTION 2.4. Limitations on Incurrence of Debt .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(b) In addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 2.4 the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (i) such Debt

 

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and any other Debt incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); (iii) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and (iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

(c) In addition to the limitations set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.4, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any Encumbrance, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which is secured by any Encumbrance is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the latest calendar quarter covered in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with the incurrence of such additional Debt.

(d) The Company and its Subsidiaries may not at any time own Total Unencumbered Assets equal to less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

(e) For purposes of this Section 2.4, Debt shall be deemed to be “ incurred ” by the Company or a Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

SECTION 2.5. Optional Redemption .

(a) Subject to this Section 2.5, the Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with

 

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respect to such Notes; provided, however, that if such redemption date is on or after August 15, 2022 then such redemption price shall be the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date (such applicable price, the “ Redemption Price ”). If (i) notice has been given as provided in Sections 2.5(b) and (c) and (ii) funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption shall have been made available as provided in the Indenture on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the Holders of the Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of the Notes in accordance with such notice.

(b) Notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, in addition to the items required by the Indenture, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder to be redeemed.

(c) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing at least 45 days prior to giving the notice of redemption required by Section 2.5(b) (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and their redemption date. The Trustee shall select not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, in its sole discretion, Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

SECTION 2.6. Places of Payment .

The Places of Payment where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to and upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served shall be in (i) the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and the office or agency for such purpose shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, 100 Wall Street, 16 th Floor New York, New York 10005 and (ii) the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and the office or agency for such purpose shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association, Attention: Corporate Trust Services, Two Midtown Plaza, 1349 W. Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1050, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.

SECTION 2.7. Method of Payment .

Payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee), in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payments of principal and interest on the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States.

 

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SECTION 2.8. Currency .

Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars.

SECTION 2.9. Registered Securities; Global Form .

The Notes shall be issuable and transferable in fully registered form as Registered Securities, without coupons. The Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Securities. The depositary for the Notes shall be DTC. The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section 305 of the Indenture.

SECTION 2.10. Form of Notes .

The Notes shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

SECTION 2.11. Security Registrar and Paying Agent .

The Trustee shall initially serve as Security Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.

SECTION 2.12. Defeasance .

The provisions of Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture, together with the other provisions of Article XIV of the Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. The provisions of Section 1403 of the Indenture shall apply to the covenants set forth in Section 2.4 of this Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 2.13. Events of Default .

Effective upon the time that all Securities issued under the Indenture prior to the date of this Supplemental Indenture are no longer Outstanding, Section 501(5) of the Indenture shall automatically be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“(5)    default under a bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed or for which the Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), having a principal amount outstanding in excess of $35,000,000 (other than indebtedness which is non-recourse to the Company or the Subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or”

 

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ARTICLE THREE

GUARANTY

SECTION 3.1. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to the Trustee and the Holders full and prompt payment and performance when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations. Each Obligation shall rank pari passu with each other Obligation.

SECTION 3.2. Obligations Several . Regardless of whether any proposed Guarantor or any other Person or Persons is, are or shall become in any other way responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for or in respect of the Obligations or any part thereof, and regardless of whether or not any Person or Persons now or hereafter responsible to the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for the Obligations or any part thereof, whether under the Guaranty or otherwise, shall cease to be so liable, each Guarantor hereby declares and agrees that the Guaranty provided thereby is and shall continue to be a several obligation (as well as a joint one), shall be a continuing guaranty and shall be operative and binding on such Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation under the Guaranty, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, unless and until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee to be credited and applied upon the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, but subject to the provisions of Section 3.7 hereof.

SECTION 3.3. Guaranty Final . Upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the parties hereto, this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be finally executed and delivered by the parties hereto and shall not be subject to or affected by any promise or condition affecting or limiting any Guarantor’s liability, and no statement, representation, agreement or promise on the part of the Trustee, the Holders, the Company, or any of them, or any officer, employee or agent thereof, unless contained herein forms any part of this Supplemental Indenture or has induced the making hereof or shall be deemed in any way to affect any Guarantor’s liability hereunder. The Guarantors’ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations shall have been paid in full.

SECTION 3.4. Dealings With the Company . The Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may, from time to time, without exonerating or releasing any Guarantor in any way under the Guaranty, (i) take such further or other security or securities for the Obligations or any part thereof as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper, consistent with the Indenture, (ii) release, discharge, abandon or otherwise deal with or fail to deal with any Guarantor of the Obligations or any security or securities therefor or any part thereof now or hereafter held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem proper, consistent with the Indenture, or (iii) consistent

 

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with the Indenture, amend, modify, extend, accelerate or waive in any manner any of the provisions, terms, or conditions of the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities, all as the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may consider expedient or appropriate in their sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, or of Section 3.5 hereof, it is understood that the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may, without exonerating or releasing any Guarantor, give up, or modify or abstain from perfecting or taking advantage of any security for the Obligations and accept or make any compositions or arrangements, and realize upon any security for the Obligations when, and in such manner, as the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may deem expedient, consistent with the Indenture, all without notice to any Guarantor.

SECTION 3.5. Guaranty Unconditional . Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that no change in the nature or terms of the Obligations, the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities, or other agreements, instruments or contracts evidencing, related to or attendant with the Obligations (including any novation), nor any determination of lack of enforceability thereof, shall discharge all or any part of the liabilities and obligations of such Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty; it being the purpose and intent of the Guarantors, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders that the covenants, agreements and all liabilities and obligations of the Guarantors hereunder are absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees that until each and every one of the covenants and agreements of this Supplemental Indenture is fully performed, such Guarantor’s undertakings hereunder shall not be released, in whole or in part, by any action or thing which might, but for this Section 3.5, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor, or by reason of any waiver or omission of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, or their failure to proceed promptly or otherwise, or by reason of any action taken or omitted by the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, whether or not such action or failure to act varies or increases the risk of, or affects the rights or remedies of, such Guarantor or by reason of any further dealings among the Company, the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, or any other guarantor or surety, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives and surrenders any defense to its liability hereunder, or any right of counterclaim or offset of any nature or description which it may have or which may exist based upon, and shall be deemed to have consented to, any of the foregoing acts, omissions, things, agreements or waivers.

SECTION 3.6. Bankruptcy . Each Guarantor agrees that upon the bankruptcy or winding up or other distribution of assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than such Guarantor) or of any other Guarantor or surety or guarantor for the Obligations, the rights of the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, against such Guarantor shall not be affected or impaired by the omission of the Trustee or the Holders, or any of them, to prove its or their claim, as appropriate, or to prove its or their full claim, as appropriate, and the Trustee and the Holders may prove such claims as they see fit and may refrain from proving any claim and in their respective discretion they may value as they see fit or refrain from valuing any security held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, without in any way releasing, reducing or otherwise affecting the liability to the Trustee and the Holders of such Guarantor. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of any series is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the

 

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Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of that series shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee made at the written request of the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Guaranteed Securities of that series. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Security or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, any other Guarantor or otherwise, the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

SECTION 3.7. Application of Payments . The Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each Holder shall be deemed to hereby acknowledge and agree, that to the extent any of the Existing Senior Obligations (as defined below) is then in default, any funds, payments, claims or distributions (the “ Guaranty Proceeds ”) actually received hereunder shall be made available for distribution equally and ratably (based on the principal amounts then outstanding) among (a) the holders of the Obligations and (b) the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations. For purposes hereof, “Existing Senior Obligations” shall mean Debt for borrowed money owed or guaranteed in connection with any unsecured and non-subordinated Debt for borrowed money of the Company or the Guarantor (aa) issued in offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or in placements exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S thereunder, or (bb) otherwise incurred, which is, in either case, outstanding on the date hereof or incurred hereafter in accordance with the Indenture (including, without limitation, the Debt of the Company incurred in connection with the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, as amended or supplemented from time to time, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, and the lenders named therein, and certain other lenders party thereto from time to time, or any replacement facility thereof). This Section 3.7 shall not apply to any payments, funds, claims or distributions received by the Trustee or any Holder directly or indirectly from the Company or any other Person other than from the Guarantors hereunder. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees with the Trustee and each Holder as follows:

(a) to the extent any Guaranty Proceeds are distributed to the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations, the Obligations shall not be deemed reduced by any such distribution (other than a distribution made in respect of the Guaranteed Securities), and the Guarantors will continue to make payments pursuant to the Guaranty until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full after taking into effect any distributions of Guaranty Proceeds to the holders of Existing Senior Obligations;

(b) nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, modify or alter the rights of the Trustee and the Holders or be deemed to subordinate the Obligations to the Existing Senior Obligations, nor give to any holder of Existing Senior Obligations any rights of subrogation;

(c) nothing contained herein shall be deemed for the benefit of any holders of Existing Senior Obligations nor shall anything be construed to impose on the Trustee or any Holder any fiduciary duties, obligations or responsibilities to the holders of the Existing Senior Obligations; and

 

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(d) the Guaranty is for the sole benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and their respective successors and assigns, and any amounts received by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, from whatever source and applied toward the payment of the Obligations shall be applied in such order of application as is set forth in the Indenture, if any.

SECTION 3.8. Waivers by Guarantors . Each Guarantor hereby expressly waives: (a) notice of acceptance of the Guaranty, (b) notice of the existence or creation of all or any of the Obligations, (c) presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices whatsoever, (d) all diligence in collection or protection of or realization upon the Obligations or any part thereof, any obligation hereunder, or any security for any of the foregoing and (e) all rights of subrogation, indemnification, contribution and reimbursement against the Company, all rights to enforce any remedy the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, may have against the Company, and any benefit of, or right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereinafter held by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in respect of the Obligations, even upon payment in full of the Obligations. Any money received by any Guarantor in violation of this Section 3.8 shall be held in trust by such Guarantor for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders. If a claim is ever made upon the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, for the repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received by any of them in payment of any of the Obligations and the Trustee or the Holders repays all or part of such amount by reason of (a) any judgment, decree, or order of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over the Trustee or the Holders or any of its or their property, or (b) any good faith settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Trustee or the Holders with any such claimant, including the Company, then in such event each Guarantor agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement, or compromise shall be binding upon such Guarantor, notwithstanding any revocation hereof or the cancellation of any promissory note or other instrument evidencing any of the Obligations, and such Guarantor shall be and remain obligated to the Trustee and the Holders hereunder for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received thereby.

SECTION 3.9. Remedies Cumulative . No delay by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No action by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, permitted hereunder shall in any way impair or affect the Guaranty. For the purpose of the Guaranty, the Obligations shall include, without limitation, all Obligations of the Company to the Trustee and the Holders, notwithstanding any right or power of any third party, individually or in the name of the Company or any other Person, to assert any claim or defense as to the invalidity or unenforceability of any such Obligation, and no such claim or defense shall impair or affect the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.

SECTION 3.10. Miscellaneous . The Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. In the event of a demand upon any Guarantor under the Guaranty, such Guarantor shall be held and bound to the Trustee and the Holders directly as debtor in respect of the payment of the amounts hereby guaranteed. All reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Trustee and the Holders, or any of them, in obtaining performance of or collecting payments due under the Guaranty shall be deemed part of

 

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the Obligations guaranteed hereby. The provisions of the Guaranty are for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders and may not be relied upon or enforced by any other Person and, as to enforcement, may only be enforced in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture.

SECTION 3.11. Benefit to Guarantor . Each Guarantor expressly represents and acknowledges that the issuance and sale of the Guaranteed Securities under the Indenture has been, and will be, of direct interest, benefit and advantage to such Guarantor.

SECTION 3.12. Solvency . Each Guarantor expressly represents and warrants that as of the date hereof and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Indenture (a) the capital of such Guarantor will not be unreasonably small to conduct its business; (b) such Guarantor will not have incurred debts, or have intended to incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature; and (c) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor is greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities (including debts) as they become absolute and matured. For purposes of this Section 3.12, “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (x) the right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, or (y) the right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

SECTION 3.13. Additional Guarantors; Release of Guarantors . Any Subsidiary of the Company or any other entity may become a party to this Guaranty by executing and delivering a Supplemental Indenture providing for a guaranty of the Obligations under the terms of this Article Three, provided that such Supplemental Indenture conforms to the requirements of Article Nine of the Indenture. Under certain circumstances, a Guarantor may be released by the Trustee of its obligations under this Guaranty. Each other Guarantor consents and agrees to any such releases and agrees that no such release shall affect its obligations hereunder, except as to the Guarantor so released.

SECTION 3.14. Contribution Agreement . To the extent that any Guarantor shall, under the Guaranty, make a payment (a “ Guarantor Payment ”) of a portion of the Obligations, then, without limiting its rights of subrogation against the Company, such Guarantor shall be entitled to contribution and indemnification from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other Guarantors and the Company (each of the foregoing referred to herein individually as a “ Contributing Party ” and collectively as the “ Contributing Parties ”) in an amount, for each such Contributing Party, equal to a fraction of such Guarantor Payment, the numerator of which fraction is such Contributing Party’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Allocable Amounts of all of the Contributing Parties.

As of any date of determination, the “ Allocable Amount ” of each Contributing Party shall be equal to the maximum amount of liability which could be asserted against such Contributing Party hereunder with respect to the applicable Guarantor Payment without (i) rendering such Contributing Party “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101(31) of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) or Section 2 of either the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (the

 

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UFTA ”) or the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (the “ UFCA ”), (ii) leaving such Contributing Party with unreasonably small capital, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (iii) leaving such Contributing Party unable to pay its debts as they become due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA or Section 6 of the UFCA or in any case, any successor to the Bankruptcy Code or any such section thereof or any successor to the UFTA or the UFCA or any such sections thereof.

This Section 3.14 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Contributing Parties, and nothing set forth in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts, as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Guaranty.

The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets in favor of each Guarantor to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.

This Section 3.14 shall continue in full force and effect and may not be terminated or otherwise revoked by any Contributing Party until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full (in lawful money of the United States of America) and discharged and the Indenture and Guaranteed Securities shall have been terminated.

SECTION 3.15. NO NOVATION . THE PARTIES DO NOT INTEND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, NOR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, TO BE, AND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO BE, A NOVATION OR WAIVER OF ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS OWING BY ANY GUARANTOR OF ANY OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY GUARANTY IN EXISTENCE AS OF THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

ARTICLE FOUR

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 4.1. Ratification of Indenture . Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

SECTION 4.2. Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 4.3. Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 4.4. Notices . Any notice required or permitted hereunder or under the Indenture to be given or made to the Company or a Guarantor shall be given or made in writing

 

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and mailed, first class postage prepaid, (i) to the Company or (ii) to such Guarantor care of the Company, at the address of the Company set forth below its signature hereon, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee and the Company by such Guarantor, with a copy to the Company given or made in accordance with Section 105 of the Indenture.

SECTION 4.5. Successors and Assigns . This Supplemental Indenture shall be binding upon the Company and each Guarantor, and their respective successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders.

SECTION 4.6. Time of the Essence . Time is of the essence with regard to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance of their respective obligations hereunder.

SECTION 4.7. Rights of Holders Limited . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the rights of Holders with respect to this Supplemental Indenture and the Guaranty shall be limited in the manner and to the extent the rights of Holders are limited under the Indenture with respect to the Indenture and the Securities.

SECTION 4.8. Rights and Duties of Trustee . The rights and duties of the Trustee shall be determined by the express provisions of the Original Indenture and, except as expressly set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, nothing in this Supplemental Indenture shall in any way modify or otherwise affect the Trustee’s rights and duties thereunder. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture and, except insofar as relates to the validity hereof with respect to the Trustee specifically, the Trustee shall not be liable in connection therewith. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in any offering or disclosure document related to the sale of the Securities, except for such information that specifically pertains to the Trustee itself, or any information incorporated therein by reference.

SECTION 4.9. Amendment and Waiver . This Supplemental Indenture shall not be amended unless such amendment (i) complies with the terms of the Indenture, (ii) is in writing and (iii) is executed by each of the parties hereto. No alteration or waiver of this Supplemental Indenture or of any of its terms, provisions or conditions shall be binding upon the parties against whom enforcement is sought unless made in writing and signed by an authorized officer of such party or its general partner, as applicable.

SECTION 4.10. Conflicts . In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.

 

EQUITY ONE, INC., Issuer
By:  

/s/ Aaron Kitlowski

Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
Title:   Vice President and Secretary
Address:  

1600 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive

 

Miami, Florida 33179

GUARANTORS:
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Aaron Kitlowski

Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
Title:   Vice President and Secretary


IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.
By:  

/s/ Aaron Kitlowski

Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
Title:   Vice President and Secretary
IRT Partners, L.P.
By:   Equity One, Inc.
    By:  

/s/ Aaron Kitlowski

    Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
    Title:   Vice President and Secretary
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Trustee
By:  

/s/ George Hogan

  George Hogan
  Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“ DTC ”), to the Company (as defined below) or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

Registered No.    Principal Amount    CUSIP No.:

-001-

   $300,000,000    294752 AH3

EQUITY ONE, INC.

3.75% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2022

Unconditionally Guaranteed By The Guarantors Described Below

EQUITY ONE, INC. , a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (herein referred to as the “ Company ” which term shall include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS on November 15, 2022, and to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount thereon from October 25, 2012, or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2013, at the rate of 3.75% per annum, until the entire principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency maintained for that purpose in the City of New York, New York, or elsewhere as provided in the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payments of principal and interest on the Notes may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account of the Person entitled thereto located inside the United States.

 

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Securities of this series (herein called the “ Notes ”) are one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture, dated as of September 9, 1998, as supplemented by 13 Supplemental Indentures thereto including Supplemental Indenture No. 13, dated as of October 25, 2012 (“ Supplemental Indenture No. 13 ”) (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, as successor to IRT Property Company, the Guarantors listed in such Supplemental Indenture No. 13, and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank (formerly SunTrust Bank Atlanta), as trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated in the first page hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000, except as otherwise permitted by the Indenture.

The Notes may be redeemed at any time at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to such Notes; provided, however, that if such redemption date is on or after August 15, 2022 then such redemption price shall be the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon to the redemption date (such applicable price, the “ Redemption Price ”). If (i) notice has been given as provided in the next paragraph and (ii) funds for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption shall have been made available as provided in the Indenture on the redemption date referred to in such notice, such Notes will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for such redemption specified in such notice, and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price upon surrender of such Notes in accordance with such notice.

Notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the Security Register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Notes held by each Holder to be redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option and in the sole discretion of the Company, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing at least 45 days prior to giving notice of redemption (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and their redemption date. The Trustee shall select not more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, in such manner as it shall deem fair and appropriate, in its sole discretion, the Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Security.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Securities then Outstanding affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal of and interest on this are payable duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

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The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

All capitalized terms used in this Security which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused “ CUSIP ” numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the Holders of such Notes. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such CUSIP numbers as printed on the Notes, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EQUITY ONE, INC. has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: October 25, 2012

 

EQUITY ONE, INC.
By:  

 

Name:   Thomas Caputo
Title:   President
  [Corporate Seal]
Attest:  

 

  Aaron Kitlowski
  Secretary

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

 

  George Hogan
  Vice President

 

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GUARANTY

Each guarantor listed in Supplemental Indenture No. 13 (the “ Guarantors ”), dated as of October 25, 2012, to the Indenture among Equity One, Inc., as successor to IRT Property Company (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank (formerly SunTrust Bank, Atlanta), as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) as further supplemented by 13 Supplemental Indentures including Supplemental Indenture No. 13, dated as of October 25, 2012 (as so supplemented, herein called the “ Indenture ”), has unconditionally guaranteed to the Trustee and the Holder of the Guaranteed Securities upon which this Guaranty is endorsed full and prompt payment and performance, when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of (x) all payment and performance obligations of the Company, (i) under the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities, (ii) under the Guaranteed Securities and (iii) as a result of the issuance of the Guaranteed Securities and (y) the obligation to pay an amount equal to the amount of any and all damages which the Trustee and the Holders, or any part of them, may suffer by reason of a breach by either the Company or any other obligor of any obligation, covenant or undertaking under (i) the Indenture with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or (ii) the Guaranteed Securities (collectively, the “ Obligations ”). Each Obligation shall rank pari passu with each other Obligation.

This Guaranty shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Note upon which this Guaranty is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture.

All capitalized terms used in this Guaranty which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable.

This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantors have caused this Guaranty to be duly executed under seal

Dated: October 25, 2012

 

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GUARANTORS:
Centrefund Realty (U.S.) Corporation
Equity One (Florida Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Louisiana Portfolio) LLC
Equity One (Northeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Southeast Portfolio) Inc.
Equity One (Summerlin) Inc.
Equity One (Sunlake) Inc.
Equity One (Walden Woods) Inc.
Equity One Acquisition Corp.
Equity One Realty & Management FL, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management NE, Inc.
Equity One Realty & Management SE, Inc.
IRT Alabama, Inc.
IRT Capital Corporation II
IRT Management Company
Louisiana Holding Corp.
By:  

 

Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
Title:   Vice President and Secretary
IRT Partners, L.P.
By:   Equity One, Inc.
  By:  

 

  Name:   Aaron Kitlowski
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

 

Please Insert Social Security Or Other Identifying Number Of Assignee   (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address including Zip Code of Assignee)
the within Security of Equity One, Inc. and hereby does irrevocably constitute and appoints                                          Attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

  

 

  

 

NOTICE : The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears on the first page of the within Security in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

 

October 25, 2012

Equity One, Inc.

1600 Northeast Miami Gardens Drive

Miami, Florida 33131

 

Re:    Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as Maryland counsel to Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the registration by the Company of up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”), covered by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-166800) filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), including the related prospectus in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission (collectively, the “Registration Statement”) and a Prospectus Supplement filed by the Company with the Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):

1. The Registration Statement;

2. The Prospectus Supplement;

3. The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”);

4. The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

5. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Notes and the filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;


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6. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;

7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and

8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.

In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:

1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.

2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.

3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.

4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:

1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.


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2. The Notes have been duly authorized for issuance.

The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any federal or state securities laws, any federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers or any real estate syndication laws of the State of Maryland. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms on the interpretation of agreements.

We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.

This opinion is being furnished to the Company for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Notes (the “Current Report”). We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Venable LLP

Exhibit 5.2

[Letterhead of Greenberg Traurig]

October 25, 2012

Equity One, Inc.

1600 N.E. Miami Gardens Drive

North Miami Beach, Florida 33179

 

  Re: Equity One, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and certain of its subsidiaries (the “ Guarantors ”) in connection with the public offering by the Company of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”) unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest (each a “ Guaranty ,” and collectively the “ Guarantees ,” and, collectively with the Notes, the “ Securities ”) by the Guarantors pursuant to Supplemental Indenture No. 13 dated as of the date hereof (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”) to the Indenture dated as of September 9, 1998 (as amended and supplemented through the date hereof, including without limitation pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to SunTrust Bank (formerly SunTrust Bank, Atlanta), as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Securities are being issued pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-166800) filed by the Company and the Guarantors with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on May 10, 2010, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), as it became effective under the Act (the “ Registration Statement ”), including the base prospectus dated January 6, 2011 included in the Registration Statement (the “ Base Prospectus ”) which pursuant to Form S-3 incorporates by reference or is deemed to incorporate by reference documents filed as of the date hereof under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated October 22, 2012, filed by the Company with the Commission on October 22, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the “ Preliminary Prospectus ”), the free writing prospectus dated October 22, 2012, filed by the Company with the Commission on October 23, 2012 pursuant to Rule 433 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act (the “ Free Writing Prospectus ”) and the prospectus supplement dated October 22, 2012, filed by the Company with the Commission on October 24, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act the (“ Final Prospectus ”).

In connection with our representation of the Company and the Guarantors, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following:

 

  1. the Registration Statement;

 

  2. the Base Prospectus;


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  3. the Preliminary Prospectus;

 

  4. the Free Writing Prospectus;

 

  5. the Final Prospectus; and

 

  6. the Indenture.

We have also examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such other records, agreements, instruments and other documents and have made such other investigation as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions expressed herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied without independent investigation as to the accuracy of such documents, records and instruments upon certificates of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company or the Guarantors.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:

1. Assuming the due authorization and execution of the Notes by the Company, when issued and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the certificate of authentication by the Trustee), and delivered to, and paid for by, the purchasers, such Notes will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company; and

2. Each Guarantee constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Guarantor.

The opinions set forth above are subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought and (iv) to the extent required by any jurisdiction in which the Securities are being executed in, the payment of any documentary stamp taxes that may be due in connection therewith. The opinions set forth above are also subject to the qualification that certain provisions of the Indenture or the Securities in whole or in part, may not be enforceable, although the inclusion of such provisions does not render such instruments invalid, and such instruments and the laws of the State of Georgia contain adequate remedial provisions for the


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practical realization of the rights and benefits afforded thereby. With respect to the opinions set forth in paragraph 2 above, we advise you that it could be contended that as to any Guarantor that it has not been given fair or reasonably equivalent consideration, that such Guarantor is, or by executing a Guarantee may become, insolvent, and that such Guarantee may be voidable by creditors of such Guarantor or by a trustee or receiver of such Guarantor in bankruptcy or similar proceedings pursuant to applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, or other laws. Because of these possible contentions, our opinions set forth in paragraph 2 above, insofar as they relate to the Guarantees, are further limited by and subject to the effect of such laws.

We express no opinion with respect to:

(A) the effect of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities which is intended to permit modification or waiver thereof only by means of an agreement signed in writing by the parties thereto;

(B) the effect of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities imposing penalties or forfeitures or any late charges, prepayment penalties, default interest or other similar provisions which may be deemed to constitute penalties;

(C) the enforceability of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities to the extent that such provision constitutes a waiver of illegality as a defense to performance of contract obligations;

(D) the effect of waivers of applicable statutes of limitations;

(E) the enforceability of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities regarding the severability of clauses or provisions of that document;

(F) the effect of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities relating to indemnification or exculpation in connection with violations of any securities laws or relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation in connection with willful, reckless or criminal acts or negligence of the indemnified or exculpated person or the person receiving contribution; and

(H) the enforceability of any provision of the Indenture or the Securities (i) restricting access to legal or equitable remedies, (ii) purporting to waive or affect any rights to notices, (iii) allowing any party to declare indebtedness due and payable without notice (as some courts have held that acceleration may not be made except by an unequivocal act of the holder evidencing acceleration, which may include notice to the debtor), (iv) covenanting to take action the taking of which is discretionary with or subject to the approval of a third party or which is otherwise subject to contingencies the fulfillment of which are not within the control of the parties so covenanting, (v) providing for nonjudicial foreclosure, (vi) providing for specific performance and appointment of a receiver, (vii) providing that the Trustee’s or any holder of Securities failure to exercise any right, remedy or option under the documents shall not operate as a waiver, or (viii) purporting to establish evidentiary standards for suit or proceedings to enforce said documents.


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We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.

This opinion is being furnished to the Company for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and, accordingly, may not be relied upon by, quoted in any manner to, or delivered to any other person or entity without, in each instance, our prior written consent.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the laws of the State of Georgia, the federal law of the United States of America, the Alabama Business Corporation Law, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the Florida Business Corporation Act, the Florida Limited Liability Company Act and the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

 

  Very truly yours,
 

 

/s/ Greenberg Traurig, LLP

 

 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

 

 

 

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
By:   /s/ Ira N. Rosner
  Ira N. Rosner