As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2013

Registration Statement No. 333-186711

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

FORM S-11

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

 

 

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its governing instruments)

 

 

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 571-9860

(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Steven Chuslo, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

(410) 571-6161

(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

 

Jay L. Bernstein, Esq.

Andrew S. Epstein, Esq.

Clifford Chance US LLP

31 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Tel (212) 878-8000

Fax (212) 878-8375

 

Paul D. Tropp, Esq.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

One New York Plaza

New York, New York 10004

Tel (212) 859-8000

Fax (212) 859-4000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public : As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the Securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box:   ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨   Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  x   Smaller reporting company  ¨

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-186711) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing to file Exhibits 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.13, 10.14, 21.1, 23.1 and 23.2, none of which had been previously filed. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The preliminary prospectus is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.


PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 31. Other expenses of issuance and distribution.

The following table shows the fees and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, to be paid by us in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered hereby. All amounts except the SEC registration fee are estimated.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee

   $ 31,400   

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. filing fee

   $ 37,500   

NYSE listing fee

   $ 125,000   

Legal fees and expenses (including Blue Sky fees)

   $ 2,342,380   

Accounting fees and expenses

   $ 653,500   

Printing and engraving expenses

   $ 300,000   

Transfer agent fees and expenses

   $ 2,500   

Miscellaneous

   $ 282,500   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,774,780   
  

 

 

 

 

* To be furnished by amendment.

Item 32. Sales to Special Parties.

None.

Item 33. Recent sales of unregistered securities.

Concurrently with the closing of this offering, holders of ownership interests in Hannon Armstrong will exchange their ownership interests as follows:

 

   

pursuant to separate merger and related agreements, the separate corporations which hold membership interests in Hannon Armstrong will be merged with and into us;

 

   

in connection with such mergers, existing owners of the corporations will receive 1,794,039 shares of our common stock having an aggregate value of approximately $ 26.9 million;

 

   

pursuant to separate contribution and related agreements certain direct or certain indirect holders of membership interests in Hannon Armstrong will contribute such membership interests to us in exchange for approximately 326,437 OP units having an aggregate value of approximately $ 4.9 million;

 

   

pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement of our operating partnership, an existing holder of a limited partnership interest in the operating partnership will be entitled to convert his interest into 129,524 OP units having an aggregate value of approximately $1.9 million;

The common stock and OP units described above will be issued in a private placement that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Item 34. Indemnification and limitation of directors’ and officers’ liability.

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty that was established by a final judgment and was material to the cause of action. Our charter contains a provision that eliminates the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.


The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits us to indemnify our present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

 

   

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (1) was committed in bad faith or (2) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

   

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

   

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

However, under the MGCL, we may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by us or in our right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to us or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits us to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon our receipt of:

 

   

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by us; and

 

   

a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the director’s or officer’s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter authorizes us to obligate ourselves, and our bylaws obligate us, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

   

any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to or witness in the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity;

 

   

any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, manager, managing member or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to or witness in the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or

 

   

any individual who served any predecessor of our company, including Hannon Armstrong, in a similar capacity, who is made or threatened to be made a party to or witness in the proceeding by reason of his or her service in such capacity.

Our charter and bylaws also permit us to indemnify and advance expenses to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

We expect to enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.


Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 35. Treatment of proceeds from stock being registered.

None of the proceeds will be credited to an account other than the appropriate capital share account.

Item 36. Financial statements and exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements.

See page F-1 for an index to the financial statements and schedules included in this registration statement.

 

(b) Exhibits. The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of the registration statement, which are incorporated herein:

 

Exhibit
number

  

Exhibit description

  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and the underwriters named therein
  3.1    Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  3.2    Form of Bylaws of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  3.3    Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P.
  4.1    Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  5.1    Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP (including consent of such firm)
  8.1    Tax Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP (including consent of such firm)
10.1    Form of 2013 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
10.4    Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and the parties listed on Schedule I thereto
10. 5    Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.6    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Jeffrey Eckel
10.7    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and J. Brendan Herron, Jr.
10.8    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Steven Chuslo
10.9    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Nathaniel J. Rose
10.10    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Marvin R. Wooten
10.11*    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub I LLC, HA Merger Sub III LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, LLC, MissionPoint HA ES Development I Corp., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund I Corp. and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.
10.12*    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub II LLC, HA Merger Sub III LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II, LLC, MissionPoint HA ES Development II Corp., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II Corp. and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.


Exhibit
number

  

Exhibit description

10.13    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub III LLC, each of the individuals listed on Exhibit A attached thereto and each of the entities listed on Exhibit A attached thereto
10.14    Form of Contribution Agreement, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund III, LLC and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.
21.1    List of subsidiaries of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
23.1    Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
23.3
   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC and HA Energy Source Holdings, LLC
23.4†    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for EnergySource, LLC and Hudson Ranch I Holding, LLC
99.1†    Consent of Charles M. O’Neil as a director nominee
99.2†    Consent of Richard J. Osborne as a director nominee
99.3†    Consent of Jackalyne Pfannenstiel as a director nominee

 

* To be filed by amendment.
Filed previously.

Item 37. Undertakings.

 

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or the Securities Act), may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that:

 

  (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4), or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

  (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on April 11, 2013.

 

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
By:  

/s/    J. Brendan Herron

  Name:     J. Brendan Herron
  Title:     Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates as indicated.

 

Name

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    Jeffrey W. Eckel

Jeffrey W. Eckel

  

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

  April 11, 2013

/s/    J. Brendan Herron

J. Brendan Herron

  

Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

(Principal Accounting and

Financial Officer)

  April 11, 2013

/s/ Mark J. Cirilli

Mark J. Cirilli

  

Director

  April 11, 2013


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
number

  

Exhibit description

  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and the underwriters named therein
  3.1    Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  3.2    Form of Bylaws of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  3.3    Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P.
  4.1    Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
  5.1    Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP (including consent of such firm)
  8.1    Tax Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP (including consent of such firm)
10.1    Form of 2013 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
10.2    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
10.3    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement
10.4    Form of Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and the parties listed on Schedule I thereto
10.5    Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.6    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Jeffrey Eckel
10.7    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and J. Brendan Herron, Jr.
10.8    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Steven Chuslo
10.9    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Nathaniel J. Rose
10.10    Form of Employment Agreement, dated April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. and Marvin R. Wooten
10.11*    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub I LLC, HA Merger Sub III LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, LLC, MissionPoint HA ES Development I Corp., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund I Corp. and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.
10.12 *    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub II LLC, HA Merger Sub III LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II, LLC, MissionPoint HA ES Development II Corp., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II Corp. and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.
10.13    Form of Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., HA Merger Sub III LLC, each of the individuals listed on Exhibit A attached thereto and each of the entities listed on Exhibit A attached thereto
10.14    Form of Contribution Agreement, dated as of April     , 2013, by and among Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund III, LLC and MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P.


Exhibit
number

  

Exhibit description

21.1    List of subsidiaries of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.
23.1    Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2    Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
23.3    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC and HA Energy Source Holdings, LLC
23.4†    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP for EnergySource, LLC and Hudson Ranch I Holding, LLC
99.1†    Consent of Charles M. O’Neil as a director nominee
99.2†    Consent of Richard J. Osborne as a director nominee
99.3†    Consent of Jackalyne Pfannenstiel as a director nominee

 

* To be filed by amendment.
Filed previously.

Exhibit 1.1

 

 

 

 

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

(a Maryland corporation)

[ • ] Shares of Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Dated: [ • ], 2013

 

 

 


Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

(a Maryland corporation)

[ • ] Shares of Common Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

[ • ], 2013

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

as Representatives of the several Underwriters

 

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

 

c/o UBS Securities LLC

299 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10171

 

c/o Wells Fargo Securities LLC

375 Park Avenue

4th Floor

New York, New York 10152

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo”) 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 Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wells Fargo are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [ • ] additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid [ • ] shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the [ • ] shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.”


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.

The Company and the Underwriters agree that up to [ • ] shares of the Initial Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters (the “Reserved Securities”) shall be reserved for sale by the Underwriters to certain persons designated by the Company (the “Invitees”), as part of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and all other applicable laws, rules and regulations. The Company solely determined, without any direct or indirect participation by the Underwriters, the Invitees who will purchase Reserved Securities (including the amount to be purchased by such persons) sold by the Underwriters. To the extent that such Reserved Securities are not orally confirmed for purchase by Invitees by 8:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the first business day after the date of this Agreement, such Reserved Securities may be offered to the public as part of the public offering contemplated hereby.

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-186711), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the sale of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A (“Rule 430A”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A(b) is herein called the “Rule 430A Information.” Such registration statement, including the amendments thereto, the exhibits thereto and any schedules thereto, at the time it became effective, and including the Rule 430A Information, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein called the “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement” and, after such filing, the term “Registration Statement” shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. Each prospectus used prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and each prospectus that omitted the Rule 430A Information that was used after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” The final prospectus, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, is herein called the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”).

As used in this Agreement:

“Applicable Time” means [•]:00 [P.M.][A.M.], New York City time, on [ • ], 2013 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representatives.

“General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the most recent preliminary prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule B-1 hereto, all considered together.

 

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“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) 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) exempt from filing with the Commission 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 (the “Bona Fide Electronic Road Show”)), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B-2 hereto.

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

“Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act.

“Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties .

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Registration Statement and Prospectuses . Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, are pending or contemplated by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering and the Prospectus was or 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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(ii) Accurate Disclosure . Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither of (A) the General Disclosure Package and (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, will include an untrue statement of a material fact or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any post-effective amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting–Commissions and Discounts,” the information in the second, third and fourth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting–Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids” and the information under the heading “Underwriting–Electronic Distribution” in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).

(iii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness or the Prospectus, including any preliminary or other prospectus that is part of such Registration Statement that has not been superseded or modified. The Company has made available a Bona Fide Electronic Road Show in compliance with Rule 433(d)(8)(ii) such that no filing of any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433(h)) is required in connection with the offering of the Securities.

(iv) Testing-the-Waters Materials . The Company (A) has not engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication and (B) has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications.

 

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(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company 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, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(vi) Emerging Growth Company Status. From the time of the initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission (or, if earlier, the first date on which the Company engaged directly or through any Person authorized to act on its behalf in any Testing-the-Waters Communication) through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the 1933 Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”).

(vii) Independent Accountants . The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.

(viii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures . The historical financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ and members’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the selected historical financial data and the summary historical financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and 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. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. 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 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable.

 

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(ix) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, properties, 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 (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(x) 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 Registration Statement, 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 reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xi) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified 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 where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity securities of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (as applicable) and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except for such security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, encumbrances, claims or equities which would not reasonably be expected to materially affect the ownership of such subsidiary by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity securities of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (A) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement and (B) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

(xii) Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in the column entitled “Historical” under the caption “Capitalization” (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the Formation Transactions (as defined in the Registration Statement), pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise, redemption or exchange of convertible or

 

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exchangeable securities, warrants or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including units of limited partnership interest in Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). The 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 of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

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

(xiv) Authorization and Description of Securities . The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. The Common Stock conforms, in all material respects, to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms, in all material respects, to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.

(xv) Registration Rights . There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the extent applicable to the offering of the Securities, have been satisfied or waived.

(xvi) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, bylaws or similar organizational document, (B) 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 properties or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder 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 properties 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

 

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or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except in the case of clause (ii) for such violations as would not, singly or in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect. 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 of its subsidiaries.

(xvii) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xviii) Absence of Proceedings . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries or investigations before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.

(xix) Accuracy of Exhibits . There are no contracts or documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.

(xx) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity 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, except (A) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA and (B) such as have been obtained, to the extent required, under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Reserved Securities were offered.

(xxi) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not reasonably be expected to, singly 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 Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly 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 reasonably be expected to, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxii) Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real property, if any, owned by them and good title to all other properties, if any, owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not and is not reasonably expected to materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases of real property, if any, material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property by the Company or the Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any written notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(xxiii) Possession of Intellectual Property . The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required for their operations under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial

 

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actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that, to the knowledge of the Company, would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.

(xxv) Accounting Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. 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 (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) 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.

(xxvi) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) that are then in effect and with which the Company is required to comply as of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and is actively taking steps to ensure that it will be in compliance, in all material respects, with other provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act not currently in effect, upon the effectiveness of such provisions, or which will become applicable to the Company at all times after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

(xxvii) Payment of Taxes . All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or all U.S. federal income taxes otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them or have timely requested extensions thereof pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or all taxes due pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except where the failure to pay such taxes would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxviii) Insurance . Except with respect to circumstances where the United States Government is the obligor, the Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with, to the Company’s knowledge, financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is commercially reasonable for the value of the properties and assets owned by the Company and the subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, all such insurance is in full force and effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(xxix) 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 Registration Statement, 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”).

(xxx) Absence of Manipulation . None of the Company, any affiliate controlled by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any affiliate not controlled by the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate controlled by the Company take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.

(xxxi) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, 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 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 reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

(xxxii) Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in 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 applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(xxxiii) OFAC . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“Person”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(xxxiv) Sales of Reserved Securities . In connection with any offer and sale of Reserved Securities outside the United States, each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus, any prospectus wrapper and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time it was delivered to Invitees, complied and will comply in all material respects with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the same is distributed. The Company has not offered, or caused the Representatives to offer, Reserved Securities to any person with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company or any of its affiliates to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with any such entity or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its affiliates, or their respective businesses or products.

(xxxv) Lending Relationship . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.

(xxxvi) Statistical and Market-Related Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and, to the extent required by any agreement with any third party that has provided any such data or Rule 436 under the 1933 Act, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources or determined that no such consent is required.

(xxxvii) REIT Status. Commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2013, the Company will be organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a “real estate investment trust” (a “REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, the “Code”), and the Company’s proposed method of operation as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable the Company to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. The Company currently intends to continue to operate in a manner which would permit it to qualify and be taxed as a REIT under the Code. All statements regarding the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

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(b) Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .

(a) Initial 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 per share set forth in Schedule A, that the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

(b) Option Securities . In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional [ • ] shares of Common Stock at the price per share set forth in Schedule A, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates, if any, for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (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”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates, if any, for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company.

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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 Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. The Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

The Representatives will accept delivery of the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, from the Company through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company.

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

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A, and will notify the Representatives as soon as reasonably practicable, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all 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, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof as soon as reasonably practicable.

(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) 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 (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include 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, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of

 

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such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

(c) Delivery of Registration Statements . Upon request, the Company will furnish to counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and copies of signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to counsel for the Representatives, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) . 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.

(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 a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) 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) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its commercially reasonable best 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 (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; 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.

(f) 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 securityholders 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.

(g) 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 Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(h) Listing . The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock (including the Securities) on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities . During a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing (other than any registration on Form S-8 or on Form S-4 in connection with acquisitions of real property or real property companies) or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion, redemption or exchange of a security outstanding on the date hereof (including operating partnership units in the Operating Partnership) and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock, shares of restricted stock, phantom shares, dividend equivalent rights or other equity-based awards, including long-term incentive units of the Operating Partnership in the Operating Partnership, issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) transactions which occur by operation of the provisions of Article VII of the Company’s charter or (E) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(j) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) 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 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.

(k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule B-2 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. 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, any preliminary prospectus or the 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 existing 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.

 

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(l) Compliance with FINRA Rules . The Company hereby agrees that it will ensure that the Reserved Securities will be restricted as required by FINRA or the FINRA rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or hypothecation for a period of three months following the date of this Agreement. The Underwriters will notify the Company as to which persons will need to be so restricted. At the request of the Underwriters, the Company will direct the transfer agent to place a stop transfer restriction upon such securities for such period of time. Should the Company release, or seek to release, from such restrictions any of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, legal expenses) they incur in connection with such release.

(m) Emerging Growth Company Status . The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 3(i).

(n) REIT Status. The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation of the Company as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2013, and unless the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company or its stockholders to maintain the Company’s qualification as a REIT under the Code, thereafter.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Expenses . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and 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, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates or electronic book entries for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of 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(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters not in excess of $10,000 in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) 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 by the Company 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

 

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transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, (x) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii), and (xi) all costs and expenses of the Underwriters, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, in connection with matters related to the Reserved Securities which are designated by the Company for sale to Invitees.

(b) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) or Section 10 (except as set forth in the next sentence) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters. In the case of termination by the Representatives in accordance with Section 10, the Company shall have no obligation to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter pursuant to this Section 4(b).

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 herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries 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; Rule 430A Information . The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and, at the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A.

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Clifford Chance LLP, counsel for the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto.

(c) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company . At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Venable LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto.

(d) Opinion of General Counsel of the Company . At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of the General Counsel of the Company, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-3 hereto.

(e) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

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(f) Officers’ Certificate . At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.

(g) 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, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(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 (g) 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) Approval of Listing . At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(j) No Objection . FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.

(k) Lock-up Agreements . At the date of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule C hereto.

(l) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities . In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company . If requested by the Representatives, the opinion of Clifford Chance LLP, counsel for the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.

 

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(iii) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Company . If requested by the Representatives, the opinion of Venable LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(iv) Opinion of General Counsel of the Company . If requested by the Representatives, the opinion of the General Counsel of the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

(v) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . If requested by the Representatives, the opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(e) hereof.

(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letter . If requested by the Representatives, a letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(m) Additional Documents . At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) 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 reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

(n) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by written notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, 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, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its 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 430A 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 included (A) in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or

 

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supplement thereto), or (B) in any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission in any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or in any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) 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;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement 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 (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iii) 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 agreement 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 the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b) Indemnification of Company and Directors and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers 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, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, the General Disclosure Package, 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 Information.

(c) Actions against Parties; Notification . 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

 

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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 or Section 7 hereof (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.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) or settlement of any claim in connection with any violation referred to in Section 6(e) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

(e) Indemnification for Reserved Securities . In connection with the offer and sale of the Reserved Securities, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters, their Affiliates and selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending, investigating or settling any such action or claim), as incurred, (i) arising out of the violation of any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions where Reserved Securities have been offered, (ii) arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus wrapper or other material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Invitees in connection with the offering of the Reserved Securities or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) caused by the failure of any Invitee to pay for and accept delivery of Reserved Securities which have been orally confirmed for purchase by any Invitee by 8:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the first business day after the date of the Agreement or (iv) related to, or arising out of or in connection with, the offering of the Reserved Securities.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof 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, 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, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, or in connection with any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(e) hereof, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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The relative benefits received by the Company, 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, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, 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.

The relative fault of the Company, 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 by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or any violation of the nature referred to in Section 6(e) hereof.

The Company 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 underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public.

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 number of Initial 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.

 

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SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

(a) Termination . The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representatives, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any Material Adverse Effect, 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 proceed with the completion of the offering 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 (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in 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 order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (vi) 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, 7, 8, 14, 15 and 16 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 or a Date of Delivery 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 number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

(ii) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery 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 or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the

 

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case may be, either the (i) Representatives or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the 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.

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 Underwriters shall be directed to Merrill Lynch at One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, attention of Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730), to UBS at 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171, Attention: Syndicate Department (facsimile: (212) 713-3371) and to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (facsimile: (212) 214-5918); notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 1906 Towne Centre Blvd, Suite 370, Annapolis, Maryland 41401 (facsimile: (410) 571-6199), attention of Office of the General Counsel.

SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or its respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities 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 (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company 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 their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 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 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 14. Trial by Jury . The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

SECTION 16. Consent to Jurisdiction . 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.

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.

 

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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,

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By    
 

Title:

Name:

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

                as of the date first above written:

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

 

By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

INCORPORATED

By    
  Authorized Signatory

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

 

UBS SECURITIES LLC

By: UBS SECURITIES LLC

By    
  Authorized Signatory
By    
  Authorized Signatory

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

 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

By: WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC

By    
  Authorized Signatory

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

 

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SCHEDULE A

The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $[ • ].

The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the several Underwriters shall be $[ • ], being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth above less $[ • ] per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 2(b) for dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.

 

Name of Underwriter    Number of
Initial Securities

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated

   [ • ]

UBS Securities LLC

   [ • ]

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   [ • ]

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

   [ • ]

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

   [ • ]
  

 

Total

   [ • ]
  

 

 

Sch A-1


SCHEDULE B-1

Pricing Terms

1. The Company is selling [ • ] shares of Common Stock.

2. The Company has granted an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional [ • ] shares of Common Stock.

3. The initial public offering price per share for the Securities shall be $[ • ].

SCHEDULE B-2

Free Writing Prospectuses

[None.]

 

Sch B - 1


SCHEDULE C

List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up

Jeffrey W. Eckel

J. Brendan Herron

Steve L. Chuslo

Nathaniel J. Rose

Brian J. Harenza

M. Rhem Wooten Jr.

Daniel K. McMahon

Mark J. Cirilli

Charles M. O’Neil

Richard J. Osborne

Jackalyne Pfannenstiel

MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, LLC

MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II, LLC

MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund III, LLC

 

Sch C - 1


Exhibit A-1

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)

 

A-1


Exhibit A-2

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S MARYLAND COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)

 

A-2


Exhibit A-3

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S GENERAL COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(d)

 

A-3


Form of lock-up from directors, officers or other stockholders pursuant to Section 5(i)

Exhibit B

[ ], 2013

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

As Representative of the several

Underwriters to be named in the

within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement

 

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

   One Bryant Park
   New York, New York 10036

 

c/o UBS Securities LLC
   299 Park Avenue
   New York, New York 10171

 

c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
   375 Park Avenue
   4th Floor
   New York, New York 10152

Re: Proposed Public Offering by Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, a stockholder, officer and/or director of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), understands that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”) and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells”) propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering of shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder, officer and/or director of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 180 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wells, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the


registration of any of the Lock-up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, except in the case of both clause (i) and clause (ii) above to the extent that executory agreements do not call for settlement until after the expiration of such period provided that (x) entering into such executory agreements shall not give rise to any filing pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and (y) that the undersigned does not otherwise effect any public disclosure, filing or report regarding such transfers, in each case during the 180 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wells, provided that, with respect to transfers pursuant to (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) below, (A) Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wells receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the lockup period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be, (B) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (C) such transfers are not required to be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and (D) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

  (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

 

  (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or

 

  (iii) as a distribution to limited partners, members, stockholders or other equity holders of the undersigned;

 

  (iv) to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned; or

 

  (v) to the Company to pay any tax withholding obligations incurred by the undersigned in connection with the vesting of restricted shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to Company Stock Plans held by the undersigned in an amount not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate for the undersigned.

Furthermore, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, UBS and Wells, if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales (in each case, other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 180-day period referred to above).

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by October 1, 2013, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from, all obligations under this letter agreement automatically and without any action on the part of Merrill Lynch, UBS or Wells.


The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
Signature:    
Print Name:    

Exhibit 3.1

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

FIRST : Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Corporation ”), desires to amend and restate its charter as currently in effect and as hereinafter amended.

SECOND : The following provisions are all the provisions of the charter of the Corporation currently in effect and as hereinafter amended:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation (the “ Corporation ”) is: Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity (including, without limitation or obligation, engaging in business as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute (the “ Code ”)) for which corporations may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force. For purposes of the charter of the Corporation (the “ Charter ”), “ REIT ” means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

ARTICLE III

PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE

The address of the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland is 1906 Towne Centre Blvd, Suite 370, Annapolis, Maryland 21401.

ARTICLE IV

RESIDENT AGENT

The name and address of the resident agent of the Corporation in the State of Maryland are CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation.


ARTICLE V

PROVISIONS FOR DEFINING, LIMITING AND REGULATING CERTAIN POWERS

OF THE CORPORATION AND OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Number of Directors . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors. The number of directors of the Corporation is one, which number may be increased or decreased only by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “ Bylaws ”), but shall never be less than the minimum number required by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “ MGCL ”). The name of the director who shall serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified is Jeffrey W. Eckel.

Any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

The Corporation elects, at such time as it becomes eligible to make the election provided for under Section 3-802(b) of the MGCL, that, except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of stock, any and all vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which such vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

Section 5.2 Extraordinary Actions . Except as specifically provided in Section 5.8 (relating to removal of directors) and in the last sentence of Article VIII, notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitled to cast a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and taken or approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

Section 5.3 Authorization by Board of Stock Issuance . The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of stock of the Corporation of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities or rights convertible into shares of its stock of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration as the Board of Directors may deem advisable (or without consideration in the case of a stock split or stock dividend), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in the Charter or the Bylaws.

Section 5.4 Preemptive and Appraisal Rights . Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of classified or reclassified shares of stock pursuant to Section 6.4 or as may otherwise be provided by a contract approved by the Board of Directors, no holder of shares of stock of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation which it may issue or sell. Holders of shares of stock shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting stockholder provided for under Title 3, Subtitle 2

 

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of the MGCL or any successor statute unless the Board of Directors, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, shall determine that such rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders of such shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise such rights.

Section 5.5 Indemnification . The Corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to obligate itself to indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to, (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, manager, managing member or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise from and against any claim or liability to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her service in such capacity. The Corporation shall have the power, with the approval of the Board of Directors, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation.

Section 5.6 Determinations by Board . In addition to, and without limitation of the general power and authority of the Board of Directors under Section 5.1, the determination as to any of the following matters, made in good faith by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Directors consistent with the Charter, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Corporation and every holder of shares of its stock: the amount of the net income of the Corporation for any period and the amount of assets at any time legally available for the payment of dividends, redemption of its stock or the payment of other distributions on its stock; the amount of paid-in surplus, net assets, other surplus, annual or other cash flow, funds from operations, net profit, net assets in excess of capital, undivided profits or excess of profits over losses on sales of assets; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of stock of the Corporation; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Corporation or of any shares of stock of the Corporation; the number of shares of stock of any class of the Corporation; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Corporation; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Corporation or required or permitted by applicable law, the Charter or Bylaws or otherwise to be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.7 REIT Qualification . If the Corporation elects to qualify for U.S. federal income tax treatment as a REIT, the Board of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to take such actions as it determines are necessary or appropriate to preserve the qualification of the Corporation as a REIT; however, if the Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to continue to be qualified as a REIT, the Board of Directors

 

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may, without any action by the stockholders, authorize the Corporation to revoke or otherwise terminate its REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code. The Board of Directors also may determine that compliance with any restriction or limitation on stock ownership and transfers set forth in Article VII is no longer required for REIT qualification.

Section 5.8 Removal of Directors . Subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock to elect or remove one or more directors, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause and then only by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.

Section 5.9 Advisor Agreements . Subject to such approval of stockholders and other conditions, if any, as may be required by any applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Board of Directors may authorize the execution and performance by the Corporation of one or more agreements with any person, corporation, association, company, trust, partnership (limited or general) or other organization whereby, subject to the supervision and control of the Board of Directors, any such other person, corporation, association, company, trust, partnership (limited or general) or other organization shall render or make available to the Corporation managerial, investment, advisory and/or related services, office space and other services and facilities (including, if deemed advisable by the Board of Directors, the management or supervision of the investments of the Corporation) upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in such agreement or agreements (including, if deemed fair and equitable by the Board of Directors, the compensation payable thereunder by the Corporation).

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

Section 6.1 Authorized Shares . The Corporation has authority to issue 500,000,000 shares of stock, consisting of 450,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Common Stock ”), and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Preferred Stock ”). The aggregate par value of all authorized shares of stock having par value is $5,000,000.00. If shares of one class of stock are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of stock pursuant to Section 6.2, 6.3 or 6.4 of this Article VI, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of shares of stock of all classes that the Corporation has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of shares of stock set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire Board and without any action by the stockholders of the Corporation, may amend the Charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the Corporation has authority to issue.

 

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Section 6.2 Common Stock . Subject to the provisions of Article VII and except as may otherwise be specified in the Charter, each share of Common Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote. The Board of Directors may reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock from time to time into one or more classes or series of stock.

Section 6.3 Preferred Stock . The Board of Directors may classify any unissued shares of Preferred Stock and reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of any series from time to time, into one or more classes or series of stock.

Section 6.4 Classified or Reclassified Shares . Prior to issuance of classified or reclassified shares of any class or series, the Board of Directors by resolution shall: (a) designate that class or series to distinguish it from all other classes and series of stock of the Corporation; (b) specify the number of shares to be included in the class or series; (c) set or change, subject to the provisions of Article VII and subject to the express terms of any class or series of stock of the Corporation outstanding at the time, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Corporation to file articles supplementary with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (“ SDAT ”). Any of the terms of any class or series of stock set or changed pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 6.4 may be made dependent upon facts or events ascertainable outside the Charter (including determinations by the Board of Directors or other facts or events within the control of the Corporation) and may vary among holders thereof, provided that the manner in which such facts, events or variations shall operate upon the terms of such class or series of stock is clearly and expressly set forth in the articles supplementary or other charter document.

Section 6.5 Stockholders’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting by unanimous written consent setting forth the action and given in writing or by electronic transmission by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and filed with the minutes of proceedings of stockholders.

Section 6.6 Charter and Bylaws . The rights of all stockholders and the terms of all stock are subject to the provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws.

ARTICLE VII

RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

Section 7.1 Definitions . For the purpose of this Article VII, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit . The term “ Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit ” shall mean not more than 9.8 percent (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock, or such other percentage determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.2.8.

Beneficial Ownership . The term “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall mean ownership of Capital Stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Capital Stock is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3) of the Code. The terms “Beneficial Owner,” “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

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

Capital Stock . The term “ Capital Stock ” shall mean all classes or series of stock of the Corporation, including, without limitation, Common Stock and Preferred Stock.

Charitable Beneficiary . The term “ Charitable Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Trust as determined pursuant to Section 7.3.6, provided that each such organization must be described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and contributions to each such organization must be eligible for deduction under each of Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 2055 and 2522 of the Code.

Common Stock Ownership Limit . The term “ Common Stock Ownership Limit ” shall mean not more than 9.8 percent (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or such other percentage determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.2.8.

Constructive Ownership . The term “ Constructive Ownership ” shall mean ownership of Capital Stock by a Person, whether the interest in the shares of Capital Stock is held directly or indirectly (including by a nominee), and shall include interests that would be treated as owned through the application of Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

Excepted Holder . The term “ Excepted Holder ” shall mean a Person for whom an Excepted Holder Limit is created by the Charter or by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

Excepted Holder Limit . The term “ Excepted Holder Limit ” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with any requirements established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7 and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7.2.7(d), the percentage limit established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

Initial Date . The term “ Initial Date ” shall mean the date of the closing of the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the initial underwritten public offering of the Corporation.

Market Price . The term “ Market Price ” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding shares of Capital Stock, the Closing Price for such Capital Stock on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Capital Stock, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Capital Stock, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or, if such Capital Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as

 

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reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Capital Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if such Capital Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Capital Stock is not quoted by any such system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Capital Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Capital Stock, the fair market value of the Capital Stock, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

NYSE . The term “ NYSE ” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Person . The term “ Person ” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and a group to which an Excepted Holder Limit applies.

Preferred Stock Ownership Limit . The term “ Preferred Stock Ownership Limit ” shall mean not more than 9.8 percent (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, or such other percentage determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.2.8.

Prohibited Owner . The term “Prohibited Owner” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer, any Person that, but for the provisions of Section 7.2.1, would Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock and, if appropriate in the context, shall also mean any Person who would have been the record owner of the shares that the Prohibited Owner would have so owned.

Restriction Termination Date . The term “ Restriction Termination Date ” shall mean the first day after the Initial Date on which the Board of Directors determines pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Charter that it is no longer in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership, Constructive Ownership and Transfers of shares of Capital Stock set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Corporation to qualify as a REIT.

Transfer . The term “ Transfer ” shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire or change its Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership, or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, of Capital Stock or the right to vote (other than solely pursuant to a revocable proxy) or receive dividends on Capital Stock, including (a) the granting or exercise of any option (or any disposition of any option), (b) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock or any interest in Capital Stock or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (c) Transfers of interests in other entities

 

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that result in changes in Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Capital Stock; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “ Transferring ” and “ Transferred ” shall have the correlative meanings.

Trust . The term “ Trust ” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 7.3.1.

Trustee . The term “Trustee” shall mean the Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and a Prohibited Owner, that is appointed by the Corporation to serve as trustee of the Trust.

Section 7.2 Capital Stock .

Section 7.2.1 Ownership Limitations . During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to Section 7.4:

(a) Basic Restrictions .

(i) (1) No Person, other than a Person exempted pursuant to Section 7.2.7 or an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, (2) no Person, other than a Person exempted pursuant to Section 7.2.7 or an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Common Stock Ownership Limit, (3) no Person, other than a Person exempted pursuant to Section 7.2.7 or an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Preferred Stock in excess of the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and (4) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.

(ii) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Capital Stock would result in the Corporation being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership that would result in the Corporation owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived by the Corporation from such tenant could cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).

(iii) Any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock that, if effective, would result in the Capital Stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Capital Stock.

(b) Transfer in Trust . If any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock occurs which, if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially Owning or Constructively Owning shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii),

 

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(i) then that number of shares of the Capital Stock the Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of which otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii) (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3, effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the date of such Transfer, and such Person shall acquire no rights in such shares; or

(ii) if the transfer to the Trust described in clause (i) of this sentence would not be effective for any reason to prevent the violation of Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii), then the Transfer of that number of shares of Capital Stock that otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 7.2.1(a)(i) or (ii), shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of Capital Stock.

(iii) To the extent that, upon a transfer of shares of Capital Stock pursuant to this Section 7.2.1(b), a violation of any provision of this Article VII would nonetheless be continuing (for example where the ownership of shares of Capital Stock by a single Trust would violate the 100 stockholder requirement applicable to REITs), then shares of Capital Stock shall be transferred to that number of Trusts, each having a distinct Trustee and a Charitable Beneficiary or Beneficiaries that are distinct from those of each other Trust, such that there is no violation of any provision of this Article VII.

Section 7.2.2 Remedies for Breach . If the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof shall at any time determine that a Transfer or other event has taken place that results in a violation of Section 7.2.1 or that a Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any shares of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1 (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Directors or such committee thereof may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event, including, without limitation, causing the Corporation to redeem shares, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other event; provided , however , that any Transfer or attempted Transfer or other event in violation of Section 7.2.1 shall automatically result in the transfer to the Trust described above, and, where applicable, such Transfer (or other event) shall be void ab initio as provided above irrespective of any action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof.

Section 7.2.3 Notice of Restricted Transfer . Any Person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of shares of Capital Stock that will or may violate Section 7.2.1(a) or any Person who would have owned shares of Capital Stock that resulted in a transfer to the Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2.1(b) shall immediately give written notice to the Corporation of such event or, in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice, and shall provide to the Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer on the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT.

 

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Section 7.2.4 Owners Required To Provide Information . From the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:

(a) every owner of five percent or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the U.S. Treasury Department regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, shall give written notice to the Corporation stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class and series of Capital Stock Beneficially Owned and a description of the manner in which such shares are held. Each such owner shall provide promptly to the Corporation in writing such additional information as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the Common Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit; and

(b) each Person who is a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of Capital Stock and each Person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding Capital Stock for a Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation such information as the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to determine the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.

Section 7.2.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Section 5.7 of the Charter, nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders in preserving the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT.

Section 7.2.6 Ambiguity . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 7.2, Section 7.3, or any definition contained in Section 7.1, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 or any such definition with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event Section 7.2 or 7.3 requires an action by the Board of Directors and the Charter fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3. Absent a decision to the contrary by the Board of Directors (which the Board may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 7.2.2) acquired Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Capital Stock in violation of Section 7.2.1, such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the shares of Capital Stock which, but for such remedies, would have been Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who actually own such shares of Capital Stock based upon the relative number of the shares of Capital Stock held by each such Person.

Section 7.2.7 Exceptions . (a) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may exempt (prospectively or retroactively) a Person from the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or the Common Stock Ownership Limit, as the case may be, and may establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if:

(i) the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual’s (as defined in Section 542(a)(2) of the Code) Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of such shares of Capital Stock will violate Section 7.2.1(a)(ii);

 

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(ii) such Person does not and represents that it will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of the Corporation (or a tenant of any entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) that would cause the Corporation to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant and the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact (for this purpose, a tenant from whom the Corporation (or an entity owned or controlled by the Corporation) derives (and is expected to continue to derive) a sufficiently small amount of revenue such that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, rent from such tenant would not adversely affect the Corporation’s ability to qualify as a REIT shall not be treated as a tenant of the Corporation); and

(iii) such Person agrees that any violation or attempted violation of such representations or undertakings (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Sections 7.2.1 through 7.2.6) will result in such shares of Capital Stock being automatically transferred to a Trust in accordance with Sections 7.2.1(b) and 7.3.

(b) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 7.2.7(a), the Board of Directors may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT. Notwithstanding the receipt of any ruling or opinion, the Board of Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such exception.

(c) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), an underwriter which participates in a public offering or a private placement of Capital Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock) may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock) in excess of the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit, the Common Stock Ownership Limit, or all such limits, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering or private placement.

(d) The Board of Directors may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder: (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or the Common Stock Ownership Limit, as the case may be.

Section 7.2.8 Increase or Decrease in Aggregate Stock Ownership, Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and Common Stock Ownership Limit . (a)   Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), the Board of Directors may from time to time increase or decrease the Common Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or the Aggregate Stock Ownership

 

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Limit; provided, however, that any decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit will not be effective for any Person whose percentage ownership in Common Stock, Preferred Stock of any class or series or Capital Stock is in excess of such decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit, Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit until such time as such Person’s percentage of Common Stock, Preferred Stock of any class or series or Capital Stock equals or falls below the decreased Common Stock Ownership Limit, Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit, but any further acquisition of Common Stock, Preferred Stock of any class or series or Capital Stock in excess of such percentage ownership of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Capital Stock will be in violation of the Common Stock Ownership Limit, Preferred Stock Ownership Limit and/or Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit.

(b) Prior to increasing or decreasing the Common Stock Ownership Limit, the Preferred Stock Ownership Limit or the Aggregate Stock Ownership Limit pursuant to Section 7.2.8(a), the Board of Directors may require such opinions of counsel, affidavits, undertakings or agreements, in any case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Corporation’s qualification as a REIT.

Section 7.2.9 Legend . Each certificate for shares of Capital Stock, if certificated, or any written statement of information in lieu of a certificate delivered to a holder of uncertificated shares of Capital Stock shall bear substantially the following legend:

The shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on Beneficial Ownership and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose, among others, of the Corporation’s maintenance of its qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Corporation’s charter, (i) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the total outstanding shares of Capital Stock, unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iv) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Capital Stock that would result in the Corporation being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (v) any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock that, if effective would result in the Capital Stock being beneficially owned by less than 100 persons (as determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of the Capital Stock. Any Person who Beneficially Owns or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially

 

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Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock which causes or will cause a Person to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation or, in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership as set forth in (i) through (iv) above are violated, the shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, the Corporation may redeem shares upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion if the Board of Directors determines that ownership or a Transfer or other event may violate the restrictions described above. Furthermore, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described in (i) through (iv) above may be void ab initio . All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the charter of the Corporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Capital Stock on request and without charge. Requests for such a copy may be directed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office.

Instead of the foregoing legend, the certificate or written statement of information delivered in lieu of a certificate, if any, may state that the Corporation will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a stockholder on request and without charge.

Section 7.3 Transfer of Capital Stock in Trust .

Section 7.3.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7.2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of shares of Capital Stock to a Trust, such shares of Capital Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Trustee as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Trust pursuant to Section 7.2.1(b). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Corporation and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Corporation and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Corporation as provided in Section 7.3.6.

Section 7.3.2 Status of Shares Held by the Trustee . Shares of Capital Stock held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the shares held by the Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares held in the Trust.

Section 7.3.3 Dividend and Voting Rights . The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of Capital Stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee shall be paid by the recipient of such dividend or distribution to the Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution

 

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authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any dividend or other distribution so paid to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to shares held in the Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VII, until the Corporation has received notification that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred into a Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of stockholders.

Section 7.3.4 Sale of Shares by Trustee . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Corporation that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares held in the Trust to a person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 7.2.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.4. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the shares or, if the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust did not involve a purchase of such shares at Market Price, the Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) from the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Trust. The Trustee may reduce the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the Prohibited Owner and are owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.3.3 of this Article VII. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary, together with any other amounts held by the Trustee for the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares of Capital Stock have been transferred to the Trustee, such shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.4, such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand.

Section 7.3.5 Purchase Right in Stock Transferred to the Trustee . Shares of Capital Stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such Transfer to the Trust (or, if the event that resulted in the Transfer to the Trust did not involve a purchase of such shares at Market Price, the Market Price of such shares on the day of the event that resulted in the Transfer of such shares to the Trust) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation may reduce the amount payable to the Trustee by the amount of dividends and other distributions which has been paid to the Prohibited Owner and is owed by the Prohibited Owner to the Trustee

 

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pursuant to Section 7.3.3 of this Article VII and may pay the amount of such reduction to the Trustee for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares held in the Trust pursuant to Section 7.3.4. Upon such a sale to the Corporation, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and any dividends or other distributions held by the Trustee with respect to such shares shall be paid to the Charitable Beneficiary.

Section 7.3.6 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Trustee, the Corporation shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that the shares of Capital Stock held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7.2.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary. Neither the failure of the Corporation to make such designation nor the failure of the Corporation to appoint the Trustee before the automatic transfer provided in Section 7.2.1(b) shall make such transfer ineffective, provided that the Corporation thereafter makes such designation and appointment.

Section 7.4 NYSE Transactions . Nothing in this Article VII shall preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system. The fact that the settlement of any transaction occurs shall not negate the effect of any other provision of this Article VII and any transferee in such a transaction shall be subject to all of the provisions and limitations set forth in this Article VII.

Section 7.5 Enforcement . The Corporation is authorized specifically to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief, to enforce the provisions of this Article VII.

Section 7.6 Non-Waiver . No delay or failure on the part of the Corporation or the Board of Directors in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any right of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, as the case may be, except to the extent specifically waived in writing.

Section 7.7 Severability . If any provision of this Article VII or any application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court having jurisdiction over the issues, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and other applications of such provisions shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

The Corporation reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment to the Charter, now or hereafter authorized by law, including any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Charter, of any shares of outstanding stock. All rights and powers conferred by the Charter on stockholders, directors and officers are granted subject to this reservation. Except as set forth below and except for those amendments permitted

 

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to be made without stockholder approval under Maryland law or by specific provision in the Charter, any amendment to the Charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Any amendment to Section 5.8, Article VII or to this sentence of the Charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of directors and officers of a corporation, no present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article IX, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or Bylaws inconsistent with this Article IX, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

THIRD : The amendment to and restatement of the charter as hereinabove set forth have been duly advised by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders of the Corporation as required by law.

FOURTH : The current address of the principal office of the Corporation is as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.

FIFTH : The name and address of the Corporation’s current resident agent are as set forth in Article IV of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.

SIXTH : The number of directors of the Corporation and the names of those currently in office are as set forth in Article V of the foregoing amendment and restatement of the charter.

SEVENTH: The undersigned acknowledges these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be the corporate act of the Corporation and as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this day of                     , 2013.

 

ATTEST:     HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
       
Name:   Steven L. Chuslo     Name:   Jeffrey W. Eckel
Title:   Secretary     Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.2

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

BYLAWS

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Principal Office . The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 2. Additional Offices . The Corporation may have additional offices, including a principal executive office, at such places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at such other place as shall be set in accordance with these Bylaws and stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2. Annual Meeting . An annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall hold its first annual meeting of stockholders beginning in the year 2013.

Section 3. Special Meetings .

(a) General . The chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors may call a special meeting of the stockholders. Except as provided in subsection (b)(4) of this Section 3, a special meeting of stockholders shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors, whoever has called the meeting. Subject to subsection (b) of this Section 3, a special meeting of stockholders shall also be called by the secretary of the Corporation to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting.

(b) Stockholder-Requested Special Meetings . (1) Any stockholder of record seeking to have stockholders request a special meeting shall, by sending written notice to the secretary (the “ Record Date Request Notice ”) by registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to request a special meeting (the “ Request Record Date ”). The Record Date Request Notice shall set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it, shall be signed by one or more stockholders of record as of the date of signature (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the Record Date Request Notice), shall bear the date of signature of

 

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each such stockholder (or such agent) and shall set forth all information relating to each such stockholder and each matter proposed to be acted on at the meeting that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such a solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Exchange Act ). Upon receiving the Record Date Request Notice, the Board of Directors may fix a Request Record Date. The Request Record Date shall not precede and shall not be more than ten days after the close of business on the date on which the resolution fixing the Request Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten days after the date on which a valid Record Date Request Notice is received, fails to adopt a resolution fixing the Request Record Date, the Request Record Date shall be the close of business on the tenth day after the first date on which the Record Date Request Notice is received by the secretary.

(1) In order for any stockholder to request a special meeting to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders, one or more written requests for a special meeting (collectively, the “ Special Meeting Request ”) signed by stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the request) as of the Request Record Date entitled to cast not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting (the “ Special Meeting Percentage ”) shall be delivered to the secretary. In addition, the Special Meeting Request shall (a) set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it (which shall be limited to those lawful matters set forth in the Record Date Request Notice received by the secretary), (b) bear the date of signature of each such stockholder (or such agent) signing the Special Meeting Request, (c) set forth (i) the name and address, as they appear in the Corporation’s books, of each stockholder signing such request (or on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is signed), (ii) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned (beneficially or of record) by each such stockholder and (iii) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares of stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, (d) be sent to the secretary by registered mail, return receipt requested, and (e) be received by the secretary within 60 days after the Request Record Date. Any requesting stockholder (or agent duly authorized in a writing accompanying the revocation of the Special Meeting Request) may revoke his, her or its request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the secretary.

(2) The secretary shall inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing or delivering the notice of the meeting (including the Corporation’s proxy materials). The secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting upon stockholder request and such meeting shall not be held unless, in addition to the documents required by paragraph (2) of this Section 3(b), the secretary receives payment of such reasonably estimated cost prior to the preparation and mailing or delivery of such notice of the meeting.

(3) In the case of any special meeting called by the secretary upon the request of stockholders (a “ Stockholder-Requested Meeting ”), such meeting shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided , however , that the date of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting shall be not more than 90 days after the record

 

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date for such meeting (the “ Meeting Record Date ”); and provided further that if the Board of Directors fails to designate, within ten days after the date that a valid Special Meeting Request is actually received by the secretary (the “ Delivery Date ”), a date and time for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting, then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 p.m. local time on the 90th day after the Meeting Record Date or, if such 90th day is not a Business Day (as defined below), on the first preceding Business Day; and provided further that in the event that the Board of Directors fails to designate a place for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting within ten days after the Delivery Date, then such meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. In fixing a date for any special meeting, the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors may consider such factors as he, she or it deems relevant, including, without limitation, the nature of the matters to be considered, the facts and circumstances surrounding any request for the meeting and any plan of the Board of Directors to call an annual meeting or a special meeting. In the case of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting, if the Board of Directors fails to fix a Meeting Record Date that is a date within 30 days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on the 30th day after the Delivery Date shall be the Meeting Record Date. The Board of Directors may revoke the notice for any Stockholder-Requested Meeting in the event that the requesting stockholders fail to comply with the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section 3(b).

(4) If written revocations of the Special Meeting Request have been delivered to the secretary and the result is that stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in writing), as of the Request Record Date, entitled to cast less than the Special Meeting Percentage have delivered, and not revoked, requests for a special meeting on the matter to the secretary: (i) if the notice of meeting has not already been delivered, the secretary shall refrain from delivering the notice of the meeting and send to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked such requests written notice of any revocation of a request for a special meeting on the matter, or (ii) if the notice of meeting has been delivered and if the secretary first sends to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked requests for a special meeting on the matter written notice of any revocation of a request for the special meeting and written notice of the Corporation’s intention to revoke the notice of the meeting or for the chairman of the meeting to adjourn the meeting without action on the matter, (A) the secretary may revoke the notice of the meeting at any time before ten days before the commencement of the meeting or (B) the chairman of the meeting may call the meeting to order and adjourn the meeting without acting on the matter. Any request for a special meeting received after a revocation by the secretary of a notice of a meeting shall be considered a request for a new special meeting.

(5) The chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors may appoint regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as the agent of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported Special Meeting Request received by the secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no such purported Special Meeting Request shall be deemed to have been delivered to the secretary until the earlier of (i) five Business Days after receipt by the secretary of such purported request and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the valid requests received by the secretary represent, as of the Request Record Date, stockholders of record entitled to cast not less than the Special Meeting Percentage. Nothing contained in this paragraph (6) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Corporation or any stockholder shall not be entitled to

 

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contest the validity of any request, whether during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

(6) For purposes of these Bylaws, “ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Section 4. Notice . Not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting notice in writing or by electronic transmission stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called, by mail, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholder’s residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the U.S. mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the stockholder by an electronic transmission to any address or number of the stockholder at which the stockholder receives electronic transmissions. The Corporation may give a single notice to all stockholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective as to any stockholder at such address, unless such a stockholder objects to receiving such single notice or revokes a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more stockholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this Article II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.

Subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. The Corporation may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders by making a public announcement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) of such postponement or cancellation prior to the meeting. Notice of the date, time and place to which the meeting is postponed shall be given not less than ten days prior to such date and otherwise in the manner set forth in this section.

Section 5. Organization and Conduct . Every meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by an individual appointed by the Board of Directors to be chairman of the meeting or, in the absence of such appointment or appointed individual, by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, the chief executive officer, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and seniority, the secretary, or, in the absence of such officers, a chairman chosen by the stockholders by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy. The secretary, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of both the secretary and assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or,

 

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in the absence of such appointment, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. In the event that the secretary presides at a meeting of stockholders, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, shall record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of the chairman and without any action by the stockholders, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairman of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Unless otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 6. Quorum . At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the charter of the Corporation (the “ Charter ”) for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If such quorum is not established at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting sine die or from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough stockholders to leave fewer than would be required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. Voting . A plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the Charter. Unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Charter, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the chairman of the meeting shall order that voting be by ballot or otherwise.

 

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Section 8. Proxies . A stockholder of record may vote in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholder’s duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

Section 9. Voting of Stock by Certain Holders . Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust, limited liability company or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, general partner, trustee, manager or managing member thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or agreement of the partners of a partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such stock. Any director or fiduciary may vote stock registered in the name of such person in the capacity of such director or fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.

Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time after the record date within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt by the Corporation of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the holder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

Section 10. Inspectors . The Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting may appoint, before or at the meeting, one or more inspectors for the meeting and any successor to the inspector. The inspectors, if any, shall (i) determine the number of shares of stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and the validity and effect of proxies, (ii) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (iii) report such tabulation to the chairman of the meeting, (iv) hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, and (v) do such acts as are proper to fairly conduct the election or vote. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

 

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Section 11. Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for Director and Other Stockholder Proposals .

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders . (2) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice by the stockholder as provided for in this Section 11(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with this Section 11(a).

(1) For any nomination or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 11, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and any such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 11 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the 120th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided , however , that in connection with the Corporation’s first annual meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if the Corporation did not prepare a proxy statement in connection with the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 150th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the later of the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(2) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth:

(i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (each, a “ Proposed Nominee ”), all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Exchange Act;

 

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(ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of such business, the stockholder’s reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom;

(iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person,

(A) the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation or any affiliate thereof (collectively, the “ Company Securities ”), if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, the date on which each such Company Security was acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of such stock or other security) in any Company Securities of any such person,

(B) the nominee holder for, and number of, any Company Securities owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person,

(C) whether and the extent to which such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, directly or indirectly (through brokers, nominees or otherwise), is subject to or during the last six months has engaged in any hedging, derivative or other transaction or series of transactions or entered into any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short interest, any borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting agreement), the effect or intent of which is to (I) manage risk or benefit of changes in the price of (x) Company Securities or (y) any security of any entity that was listed in the Peer Group in the Stock Performance Graph in the most recent annual report to security holders of the Corporation (a “ Peer Group Company ”) for such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person or (II) increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person in the Corporation or any affiliate thereof (or, as applicable, in any Peer Group Company) disproportionately to such person’s economic interest in the Company Securities (or, as applicable, in any Peer Group Company), and

(D) any substantial interest, direct or indirect (including, without limitation, any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with the Corporation), by security holdings or otherwise, of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, in the Corporation or any affiliate thereof, other than an interest arising from the ownership of Company Securities where such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person receives no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis by all other holders of the same class or series;

(iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership referred to in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (3) of this Section 11(a) and any Proposed Nominee,

 

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(A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each such Stockholder Associated Person and any Proposed Nominee, and

(B) the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person; and

(v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such stockholder’s notice.

(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall, with respect to any Proposed Nominee, be accompanied by a certificate executed by the Proposed Nominee (i) certifying that such Proposed Nominee (a) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and (b) will serve as a director of the Corporation if elected; and (ii) attaching a completed Proposed Nominee questionnaire (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Corporation, upon request, to the stockholder providing the notice and shall include all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act, or would be required pursuant to the rules of any national securities exchange on which any securities of the Corporation are listed or over-the-counter market on which any securities of the Corporation are traded).

(4) Notwithstanding anything in this subsection (a) of this Section 11 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased, and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 11(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(5) For purposes of this Section 11, “ Stockholder Associated Person ” of any stockholder means (i) any person acting in concert with such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder (other than a stockholder that is a depositary) and (iii) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such stockholder or such Stockholder Associated Person.

 

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(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii)  provided that the special meeting has been called in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Article II for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice, containing the information required by paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this Section 11, is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) General . (1) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 11 by any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall be inaccurate in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11. Any such stockholder shall notify the Corporation of any inaccuracy or change (within two Business Days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change) in any such information. Upon written request by the secretary of the Corporation or the Board of Directors, any such stockholder shall provide, within five Business Days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (A) written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11, and (B) a written update of any information (including, if requested by the Corporation, written confirmation by such stockholder that it continues to intend to bring such nomination or other business proposal before the meeting) submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 as of an earlier date. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification or written update within such period, the information as to which written verification or a written update was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11.

(2) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 11 shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 11. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 11.

 

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(3) For purposes of this Section 11, “the date of the proxy statement” shall have the same meaning as “the date of the company’s proxy statement released to shareholders” as used in Rule 14a-8(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. “ Public announcement ” shall mean disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or other widely circulated news or wire service or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 11. Nothing in this Section 11 shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, or the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Section 11 shall require disclosure of revocable proxies received by the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person pursuant to a solicitation of proxies after the filing of an effective Schedule 14A by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act.

Section 12. Control Share Acquisition Act . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the “ MGCL ”), shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Corporation. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor bylaw, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors.

Section 2. Number and Tenure . At any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may establish, increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the number thereof shall never be less than the minimum number required by the MGCL, nor more than 15, and further provided that the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation.

 

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Section 3. Annual and Regular Meetings . An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. In the event such meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 4. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 5. Notice . Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, courier or U.S. mail to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by U.S. mail shall be given at least one day prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by U.S. mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the U.S. mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.

Section 6. Quorum . A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that , if less than a majority of such directors is present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority or other percentage of a particular group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority or such other percentage of such group.

The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough directors to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. Voting . The action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws.

 

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If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum, but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws.

Section 8. Organization . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or, in the absence of any chief executive officer, the president or, in the absence of the president, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary of the Corporation, or, in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 9. Telephone Meetings . Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 10. Consent by Directors Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each director and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

Section 11. Vacancies . If for any reason any or all of the directors cease to be directors, such event shall not terminate the Corporation or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining directors hereunder. Until such time as the Corporation becomes subject to Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL, any vacancy on the Board of Directors for any cause other than an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, even if such majority is less than a quorum; any vacancy in the number of directors created by an increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority vote of the entire Board of Directors; and any individual so elected as director shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. At such time as the Corporation becomes subject to Section 3-804(c) of the MGCL and except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

Section 12. Compensation . Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may receive compensation per year and/or per meeting and/or per visit to real property or other facilities owned or leased by the Corporation and for any service or activity they performed or engaged in as directors. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof and for their expenses, if any, in

 

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connection with each property visit and any other service or activity they perform or engage in as directors; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any directors from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 13. Reliance . Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person, as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the person’s professional or expert competence, or, with respect to a director, by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.

Section 14. Ratification . The Board of Directors or the stockholders may ratify and make binding on the Corporation any action or inaction by the Corporation or its officers to the extent that the Board of Directors or the stockholders could have originally authorized the matter. Moreover, any action or inaction questioned in any stockholders’ derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned action or inaction had been originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.

Section 15. Certain Rights of Directors and Officers . A director who is not also an officer of the Corporation shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Corporation. Any director or officer, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to, in addition to or in competition with those of or relating to the Corporation.

Section 16. Emergency Provisions . Notwithstanding any other provision in the Charter or these Bylaws, this Section 16 shall apply during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors under Article III of these Bylaws cannot readily be obtained (an “ Emergency ”). During any Emergency, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, (i) a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof may be called by any director or officer by any means feasible under the circumstances; (ii) notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors during such an Emergency may be given less than 24 hours prior to the meeting to as many directors and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication, television or radio; and (iii) the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one-third of the entire Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. Number, Tenure and Qualifications . The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and one or more other committees, composed of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Powers . The Board of Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article, in accordance with a written charter or by resolution, any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except as prohibited by law.

Section 3. Meetings . Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the committee. The act of a majority of the committee members present at a meeting shall be the act of such committee. The Board of Directors may designate a chairman of any committee, and such chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, any two members of any committee (if there are at least two members of the committee) may fix the time and place of its meeting unless the Board shall otherwise provide. In the absence of any member of any such committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another director to act in the place of such absent member.

Section 4. Telephone Meetings . Members of a committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 5. Consent by Committees Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each member of the committee and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.

Section 6. Vacancies . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill any vacancy, to designate an alternate member to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. General Provisions . The officers of the Corporation shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, one or more executive vice presidents, senior vice presidents and vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, a chief

 

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investment officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer may from time to time designate other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The president, chief executive officer and any executive vice presidents of the Corporation shall be initially elected by the Board of Directors. The chief executive officer and the president may from time to time appoint any number of other officers as he or she deems necessary or desirable. The president, chief executive officer and any executive vice presidents shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies and all officers shall serve until his or her death, or his or her resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent.

Section 2. Removal and Resignation . The president, chief executive officer and any executive vice president may be removed only by the Board of Directors and any other officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or the president and chief executive officer, if, in its, his or her judgment, the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation.

Section 3. Vacancies . A vacancy in the office of the president, chief executive officer or any executive vice president may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the term. A vacancy in any other office may be filled by the Board of Directors, the president or the chief executive officer.

Section 4. Chief Executive Officer . The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer. A chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed. The chief executive officer acting within the scope of his or her authority delegated by the Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. The chief executive officer may authorize any officer or agent to execute and deliver any contract or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. The chief executive officer shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

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Section 5. Chief Financial Officer . The Board of Directors may designate a chief financial officer. The chief financial officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 6. Chairman of the Board . The Board of Directors may designate a chairman of the board. The chairman of the board shall be a director, and may, but not need be, an officer of the Corporation. The chairman of the board shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she shall be present. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 7. President . The Board of Directors shall designate a president of the Corporation. In the absence of a chief executive officer, the president shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a designation of a chief executive officer by the Board of Directors, the president shall be the chief executive officer and shall assume all authority and responsibility of such office. The president shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 8. Executive Vice President . The Board of Directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents for particular areas of responsibility. An executive vice president shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 9. Chief Investment Officer . The Board of Directors or the chief executive officer may designate a chief investment officer. The chief investment officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 10. Vice Presidents . The Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president may designate one or more senior vice presidents and vice-presidents of the Corporation for particular areas of responsibility. Any senior vice president or vice-president of the Corporation shall perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president.

Section 11. Secretary . The Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president shall designate a secretary of the Corporation. The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president.

 

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Section 12. Treasurer . The Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president shall designate a treasurer of the Corporation. The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president. In the absence of a designation of a chief financial officer, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever it may so require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

Section 13. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers . The Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president may designate one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers of the Corporation. The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president.

Section 14. Compensation . The salaries and other compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors (or in such a manner as determined by the Board of Directors) and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a director.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 2. Contracts . The Board of Directors or the chief executive officer acting within the scope of his or her authority delegated by the Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. The Board of Directors or the chief executive officer may authorize any officer or agent to execute and deliver any contract or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation when executed by an authorized person and duly authorized or ratified by action of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Checks and Drafts . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by the chief executive officer or such other officer or agent of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 4. Deposits . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited or invested from time to time to the credit of the Corporation as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer may determine.

 

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ARTICLE VII

STOCK

Section 1. Certificates . Except as otherwise may be provided by the Board of Directors, stockholders are not entitled to certificates representing the shares of stock held by them. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by certificates, such certificates shall be in such form as prescribed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer, shall contain the statements and information required by the MGCL and shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in the manner permitted by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. There shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates. If shares of a class or series of stock are authorized by the Board of Directors to be issued without certificates, no stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates representing any shares of such class or series of stock held by such stockholder unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors and then only upon written request by such stockholder to the secretary of the Corporation.

Section 2. Transfers . All transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, by the holder of the shares, in person or by his or her attorney, in such manner as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation may prescribe and, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender of certificates duly endorsed. The issuance of a new certificate upon the transfer of certificated shares is subject to the determination of the Board of Directors that such shares shall no longer be represented by certificates. Upon the transfer of any uncertificated shares, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates.

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of shares of any class or series of stock will be subject in all respects to the Charter and all of the terms and conditions contained therein.

Section 3. Replacement Certificate . Any officer of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated; provided , however , if such shares have ceased to be certificated, no new

 

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certificate shall be issued unless requested in writing by such stockholder and the Board of Directors has determined that such certificates may be issued. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the Corporation, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Corporation a bond in such sums as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation.

Section 4. Fixing of Record Date . The Board of Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders of record is to be held or taken.

When a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been set as provided in this section, such record date shall continue to apply to the meeting if adjourned or postponed, except if the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than 120 days after the record date originally fixed for the meeting, in which case a new record date for such meeting may be determined as set forth herein.

Section 5. Stock Ledger . The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.

Section 6. Fractional Stock; Issuance of Units . The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to issue fractional stock or scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as it may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to issue units consisting of different securities of the Corporation. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Corporation issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only in such unit.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTING YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall initially be the calendar year. The Board of Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.

 

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ARTICLE IX

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 1. Authorization . Dividends and other distributions upon the stock of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter.

Section 2. Contingencies . Before payment of any dividends or other distributions, there may be set aside out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends or other distributions such sum or sums as the Board of Directors may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall determine, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

ARTICLE X

INVESTMENT POLICY

Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE XI

SEAL

Section 1. Seal . The Board of Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Corporation. The seal shall contain the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation and the words “Incorporated Maryland.” The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.

Section 2. Affixing Seal . Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word “(SEAL)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE OF EXPENSES

To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to or witness in the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director or

 

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officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, manager, managing member or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to or witness in the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Charter and these Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a director or officer. The Corporation shall provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company, or any other predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and may, with the approval of its Board of Directors, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement or otherwise.

Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

ARTICLE XIII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice of a meeting is required to be given pursuant to the Charter or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE XIV

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.

 

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Exhibit 3.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, L.P.

a Delaware limited partnership

THE PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS, OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. SUCH PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.


CONTENTS

 

Clause

      

Page

 
Article I DEFINED TERMS      1   
Article II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS      16   

Section 2.01.

 

Organization

     16   

Section 2.02.

 

Name

     16   

Section 2.03.

 

Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office

     16   

Section 2.04.

 

Power of Attorney

     17   

Section 2.05.

 

Term

     18   

Section 2.06.

 

Partnership Interests as Securities

     18   
Article III PURPOSE      18   

Section 3.01.

 

Purpose and Business

     18   

Section 3.02.

 

Powers

     19   

Section 3.03.

 

Partnership Only for Partnership Purposes Specified

     19   

Section 3.04.

 

Representations and Warranties by the Parties

     19   
Article IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS      21   

Section 4.01.

 

Capital Contributions of the Partners

     21   

Section 4.02.

 

Classes of Partnership Units

     21   

Section 4.03.

 

Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests

     22   

Section 4.04.

 

Additional Funds and Capital Contributions

     23   

Section 4.05.

 

Equity Incentive Plan

     24   

Section 4.06.

 

LTIP Units

     25   

Section 4.07.

 

Conversion of LTIP Units

     28   

Section 4.08.

 

Characterization as Profits Interests

     31   

Section 4.09.

 

No Interest; No Return

     31   

Section 4.10.

 

Other Contribution Provisions

     31   

Section 4.11.

 

Not Publicly Traded

     32   

Section 4.12.

 

No Third Party Beneficiary

     32   
Article V DISTRIBUTIONS      32   

Section 5.01.

 

Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

     32   

Section 5.02.

 

Interests in Property Not Held Through the Partnership

     33   

Section 5.03.

 

Distributions In-Kind

     33   

Section 5.04.

 

Amounts Withheld

     33   

 

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Section 5.05.

 

Distributions Upon Liquidation

     33   

Section 5.06.

 

Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Units

     33   

Section 5.07.

 

Restricted Distributions

     34   
Article VI ALLOCATIONS      34   

Section 6.01.

 

Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

     34   

Section 6.02.

 

General Allocations

     34   

Section 6.03.

 

Additional Allocation Provisions

     36   

Section 6.04.

 

Tax Allocations

     39   
Article VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS      40   

Section 7.01.

 

Management

     40   

Section 7.02.

 

Certificate of Limited Partnership

     44   

Section 7.03.

 

Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

     45   

Section 7.04.

 

Reimbursement of the General Partner

     46   

Section 7.05.

 

Outside Activities of the General Partner

     48   

Section 7.06.

 

Contracts with Affiliates

     48   

Section 7.07.

 

Indemnification

     49   

Section 7.08.

 

Liability of the General Partner

     51   

Section 7.09.

 

Other Matters Concerning the General Partner

     52   

Section 7.10.

 

Title to Partnership Assets

     53   

Section 7.11.

 

Reliance by Third Parties

     53   
Article VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS      54   

Section 8.01.

 

Limitation of Liability

     54   

Section 8.02.

 

Management of Business

     54   

Section 8.03.

 

Outside Activities of Limited Partners

     54   

Section 8.04.

 

Return of Capital

     55   

Section 8.05.

 

Adjustment Factor

     55   

Section 8.06.

 

Redemption Rights

     55   
Article IX BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS      57   

Section 9.01.

 

Records and Accounting

     57   

Section 9.02.

 

Partnership Year

     58   

Section 9.03.

 

Reports

     58   
Article X TAX MATTERS      58   

Section 10.01.

 

Preparation of Tax Returns

     58   

Section 10.02.

 

Tax Elections

     59   

 

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Section 10.03.

 

Tax Matters Partner

     59   

Section 10.04.

 

Withholding

     60   

Section 10.05.

 

Organizational Expenses

     61   
Article XI TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS      61   

Section 11.01.

 

Transfer

     61   

Section 11.02.

 

Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest

     61   

Section 11.03.

 

Transfer of Limited Partners’ Partnership Interests

     63   

Section 11.04.

 

Substituted Limited Partners

     64   

Section 11.05.

 

Assignees

     64   

Section 11.06.

 

General Provisions

     65   
Article XII ADMISSION OF PARTNERS      66   

Section 12.01.

 

Admission of Successor General Partner

     66   

Section 12.02.

 

Admission of Additional Limited Partners

     67   

Section 12.03.

 

Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

     67   

Section 12.04.

 

Limit on Number of Partners

     68   

Section 12.05.

 

Admission

     68   
Article XIII DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION      68   

Section 13.01.

 

Dissolution

     68   

Section 13.02.

 

Winding Up

     69   

Section 13.03.

 

Deemed Distribution and Recontribution

     71   

Section 13.04.

 

Rights of Limited Partners

     71   

Section 13.05.

 

Notice of Dissolution

     72   

Section 13.06.

 

Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

     72   

Section 13.07.

 

Reasonable Time for Winding-Up

     72   
Article XIV PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS      72   

Section 14.01.

 

Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners

     72   

Section 14.02.

 

Amendments

     73   

Section 14.03.

 

Meetings of the Partners

     73   
Article XV GENERAL PROVISIONS      74   

Section 15.01.

 

Addresses and Notice

     74   

Section 15.02.

 

Titles and Captions

     74   

Section 15.03.

 

Pronouns and Plurals

     74   

Section 15.04.

 

Further Action

     74   

Section 15.05.

 

Binding Effect

     74   

 

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Section 15.06.

 

Waiver

     75   

Section 15.07.

 

Counterparts

     75   

Section 15.08.

 

Applicable Law

     75   

Section 15.09.

 

Entire Agreement

     75   

Section 15.10.

 

Invalidity of Provisions

     75   

Section 15.11.

 

Limitation to Preserve REIT Qualification

     76   

Section 15.12.

 

No Partition

     76   

Section 15.13.

 

No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby

     77   

Section 15.14.

 

No Rights as Stockholders of the General Partner

     77   

Section 15.15.

 

Creditors

     77   
Exhibit A PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIP UNITS      A-1   
Exhibit B NOTICE OF REDEMPTION      B-1   

 

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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, L.P., dated as of April     , 2013, is entered into by and among HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ General Partner ”), and the limited partner(s) listed on Exhibit A hereto (each a “ Limited Partner ”).

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership was filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 8, 2012;

WHEREAS, the General Partner entered into an Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of November 9, 2012 (the “ Original Agreement of Limited Partnership ”), with the limited partners named therein;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement of Limited Partnership in its entirety with this Agreement; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.

Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del. C. § 17-101 et seq. ), as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

Actions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07 hereof.

Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a) hereof.

Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.02 and Section 12.02 hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.

Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Adjusted Partnership Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year.

Adjusted Partnership Account ” means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end of each Year (i) increased by any amounts which such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) and (ii) decreased by the items described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6). The foregoing definition of Adjusted Partnership Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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Adjustment Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(a)(i) hereof.

Adjustment Factor ” means 1.0; provided , however , that in the event that:

(i) the General Partner (a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares wholly or partly in REIT Shares, (b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;

(ii) the General Partner distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its REIT Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Shares (or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for REIT Shares) at a price per share less than the Value of a REIT Share on the record date for such distribution (each a “ Distributed Right ”), then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in effect by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date plus the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date plus a fraction (1) the numerator of which is the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights times the minimum purchase price per REIT Share under such Distributed Rights and (2) the denominator of which is the Value of a REIT Share as of the record date; provided , however , that if any such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution of the Distributed Rights, to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT Shares or any change in the minimum purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction;

(iii) the General Partner shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its REIT Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) above), which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner or its Subsidiaries pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the Adjustment Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for determination of stockholders of the General Partner entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be such Value of a REIT Share on the date fixed for such determination and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the Value of a REIT Share on the dates fixed for such determination less the then fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share; and

 

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(iv) an entity other than an Affiliate of the General Partner shall become General Partner pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the General Partner with or into another entity (the “ Successor Entity ”), the Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or combination.

Any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event, retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Adjustment Factor shall not be adjusted in connection with an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) above if, in connection with such event, the Partnership makes a distribution of cash, Partnership Units, REIT Shares and/or rights, options or warrants to acquire Partnership Units and/or REIT Shares with respect to all applicable OP Units or effects a reverse split of, or otherwise combines, the OP Units, as applicable, that is comparable as a whole in all material respects with such an event, or if in connection with an event described in clause (iv) above, the consideration in Section 11.02 hereof is paid.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person, (ii) any Person owning or controlling 10% or more of the outstanding voting interests of such Person, (iii) any Person of which such Person owns or controls 10% or more of the voting interests or (iv) any officer, director, general partner or trustee of such Person or any Person referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Assignee ” means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units have been Transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.05 hereof.

Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for which such calculation is being made, the amount of cash flow from operations available for distribution by the Partnership as determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.

 

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Bylaws ” means the Bylaws of the General Partner, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital Account maintained by the General Partner for such Partner on the Partnership’s books and records in accordance with the following provisions:

A. To each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be added such Partner’s Capital Contributions, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Income and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof, and the principal amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured by any property distributed to such Partner.

B. From each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof, and the principal amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or that are secured by any property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership.

C. In the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the Transferred interest.

D. In determining the principal amount of any liability for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.

E. The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. If the General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts are maintained in order to comply with such Regulations, the General Partner may make such modification provided , that such modification will not have a material effect on the amounts distributable to any Partner without such Partner’s Consent. The General Partner also shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q) and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event that unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or Section 1.704-2.

Capital Account Deficit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(c) hereof.

Capital Account Limitation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(b) hereof.

 

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Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Contributed Property that such Partner contributes to the Partnership or is deemed to contribute pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof.

Cash Amount ” means, with respect to a Tendering Party, an amount of cash equal to the product of (A) the Value of a REIT Share and (B) such Tendering Party’s REIT Shares Amount determined as of the date of receipt by the General Partner of such Tendering Party’s Notice of Redemption or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.

Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 8, 2012, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.

Charter ” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the General Partner as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessment and Taxation, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Closing Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Value.”

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the applicable Regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote in favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article XIV hereof.

Constituent Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(f) hereof.

Contributed Property ” means each item of Property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or deemed contributed by the Partnership to a “new” partnership pursuant to Code Section 708) net of any liabilities assumed by the Partnership relating to such Contributed Property and any liability to which such Contributed Property is subject.

Conversion Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(b) hereof.

Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(b) hereof.

Conversion Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(a) hereof.

Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing

 

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payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

Depreciation ” means, for each Partnership Year or other applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or period, Depreciation shall be in an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided , however , that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Adjustment Factor.”

Economic Capital Account Balances ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(c) hereof.

Equity Incentive Plan ” means any equity incentive plan hereafter adopted by the Partnership or the General Partner.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Forced Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(c) hereof.

Forced Conversion Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(c) hereof.

Funding Debt ” means the incurrence of any Debt for the purpose of providing funds to the Partnership by or on behalf of the General Partner or any wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner.

General Partner ” means Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors and assigns, as the general partner of the Partnership.

General Partner Employees ” means an employee of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of their subsidiaries.

 

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General Partner Interest ” means the Partnership Interest held by the General Partner, which Partnership Interest is an interest as a general partner under the Act. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.

General Partner Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(d) hereof.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion.

(b) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in clause (i), clause (ii), clause (iii) or clause (iv) hereof shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, as of the following times:

(i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership (other than in connection with the execution of this Agreement) by a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership; provided that the issuance of any LTIP Unit shall be deemed to require a recalculation pursuant to this subsection;

(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of Property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;

(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and

(iv) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

(c) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the distributee and the General Partner provided , that , if the distributee is the General Partner or if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a determination, such gross fair market value shall be determined by an independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner in good faith.

(d) The Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in

 

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determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

(e) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), subsection (b) or subsection (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

Holder ” means either (a) a Partner or (b) an Assignee, owning a Partnership Unit, that is treated as a member of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes.

Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ” means, (i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or her person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that is a corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, or the revocation of the corporation’s charter; (iii) as to any Partner that is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within 120 days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within 90 days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) above is not vacated within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay.

Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as (A) the General Partner or any successor thereto or (B) a member of the General Partner or an officer of the Partnership, the General Partner or a Subsidiary thereof and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

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Independent Directors ” means the independent directors of the Board of Directors of the General Partner as determined by the rules and regulations of the national securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are then listed.

IRS ” means the Internal Revenue Service, which administers the internal revenue laws of the United States.

Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Junior Share ” means a share of capital stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are junior in rank to the REIT Shares.

Junior Unit ” means a fractional share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.01 , 4.02 , or 4.03 hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are junior in rank to the OP Units.

Limited Partner ” means any Person named as a Limited Partner in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit A may be amended from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.

Limited Partner Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of OP Units, LTIP Units, Preferred Units, Junior Units or other Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01 hereof.

Liquidating Gains ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(c) hereof.

Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(a) hereof.

LTIP Award ” means each or any, as the context requires, LTIP Award issued under any Equity Incentive Plan.

LTIP Unit ” means a Partnership Unit which is designated as an LTIP Unit and which has the rights, preferences and other privileges designated in Section 4.06 hereof and elsewhere in this Agreement in respect of Holders of LTIP Units. The allocation of LTIP Units among the Partners shall be set forth on Exhibit A , as may be amended from time to time.

LTIP Unitholder ” means a Partner that holds LTIP Units.

Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners (excluding for this purpose (i) any Limited Partnership Interests held by the General Partner or its Subsidiaries, (ii) any Person of which the General Partner or its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50% of the voting interests and (iii) any Person directly or

 

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indirectly owning or controlling more than 50% of the outstanding interests of the General Partner) holding more than 50% of the outstanding OP Units and any other Partnership Units voting as single class that are held by all Limited Partners who are not excluded for the purposes hereof.

Market Price ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Value.”

Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means, for each Partnership Year of the Partnership, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

(a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss” shall be added to (or subtracted from, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

(b) Any expenditure of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as a Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditure pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” shall be subtracted from (or added to, as the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);

(c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;

(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;

(e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions that would otherwise be taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year;

(f) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; and

 

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(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,” any item that is specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss.”

New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, Preferred Shares or Junior Shares, except that “New Securities” shall not mean any Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or grants under the Equity Incentive Plans or (ii) any Debt issued by the REIT that provides any of the rights described in clause (i).

Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).

Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.

OP Unit ” means a fractional share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof, but does not include any LTIP Unit, Preferred Unit, Junior Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit Designation as being other than an OP Unit; provided , however , that the General Partner Interest and the Limited Partner Interests shall have the differences in rights and privileges as specified in this Agreement.

OP Unit Economic Balance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(c) hereof.

Original Agreement of Limited Partnership ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Outside Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02 hereof.

Ownership Limit ” means the applicable restriction or restrictions on ownership of shares of the General Partner imposed under the Charter.

Partner ” means the General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners.

Partner Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

 

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Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of OP Units, LTIP Units, Preferred Units, Junior Units or other Partnership Units.

Partnership Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

Partnership Record Date ” means a record date established by the General Partner for the distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof, which record date shall generally be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Unit ” shall mean an OP Unit, an LTIP Unit, a Preferred Unit, a Junior Unit or any other fractional share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.01 , 4.02 or 4.04 hereof.

Partnership Unit Designation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02 hereof.

Partnership Unit Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(a)(ii) hereof.

Partnership Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership and the Partnership’s taxable year for federal income tax purposes, each of which shall be the calendar year unless otherwise required under the Code.

Percentage Interest ” means, as to a Partner holding a class or series of Partnership Interests, its interest in such class or series as determined by dividing the Partnership Units of such class or series owned by such Partner by the total number of Partnership Units of such class then outstanding as specified in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit A may be amended from time to time. If the Partnership issues additional classes or series of Partnership Interests other than as contemplated herein, the interest in the Partnership among the classes or series of Partnership Interests shall be determined as set forth in the amendment to the Partnership Agreement setting forth the rights and privileges of such additional classes or series of Partnership Interest, if any, as contemplated by Section 4.02 .

 

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Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership (general or limited), trust, estate, custodian, nominee, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability company or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity.

Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of the General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the REIT Shares.

Preferred Unit ” means a fractional share of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to Section 4.01 , 4.02 or 4.04 hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the OP Units.

Properties ” means any assets and property of the Partnership such as, but not limited to, interests in real property and personal property, including, without limitation, fee interests, interests in ground leases, interests in structural improvements of buildings, interests in limited liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to time and “ Property ” shall mean any one such asset or property.

Publicly Traded ” means listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT LLC, the Nasdaq Global Market or another national securities exchange or any successor to the foregoing.

Qualified REIT Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the General Partner that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Code Section 856(i).

Qualified Transferee ” means an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Recourse Liabilities ” means the amount of liabilities owed by the Partnership (other than Nonrecourse Liabilities and liabilities to which Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Section 1.704-(2)(i) of the Regulations).

Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06(a) hereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the General Partner and the persons listed on Schedule I thereto upon the completion of the General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT Shares.

Regulations ” means the applicable income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(a)(vii) hereof.

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust qualifying under Code Section 856.

REIT Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.11 hereof.

 

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REIT Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01 hereof.

REIT Share ” means a share of the General Partner’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Where relevant in this Agreement, “REIT Share” includes shares of the General Partner’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued upon conversion of Preferred Shares or Junior Shares.

REIT Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units and (b) the Adjustment Factor in effect on the Specified Redemption Date with respect to such Tendered Units; provided , however , that in the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares as of a certain record date rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the General Partner’s stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “ Rights ”), with the record date for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on the date of the Notice of Redemption and ending on the day immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date, which Rights will not be distributed before the relevant Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include such Rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant hereunder, in a number of REIT Shares determined by the General Partner in good faith.

Rights ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “REIT Shares Amount.”

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Services Agreement ” means any management, development or advisory agreement with a property and/or asset manager for the provision of property management, asset management, leasing, development and/or similar services with respect to the Properties and any agreement for the provision of services of accountants, legal counsel, appraisers, insurers, brokers, transfer agents, registrars, developers, financial advisors and other professional services.

Specified Redemption Date ” means the 10th Business Day following receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (which is not an individual) of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.04 hereof.

Successor Entity ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Adjustment Factor.”

Surviving Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.02(b) hereof.

Target Balance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03(c) hereof.

Tax Items ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(a) hereof.

 

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Tendered Units ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06(a) hereof.

Tendering Partner ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06(a) hereof.

Tendering Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.06(a) hereof.

Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.

Termination Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.02(b) hereof.

Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(f) hereof.

Transfer ,” when used with respect to a Partnership Unit, or all or any portion of a Partnership Interest, means any sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift (outright or in trust), pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange, transfer or other disposition or act of alienation, whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law; provided , however , that when the term is used in Article XI hereof, “Transfer” does not include (a) any Redemption of Partnership Units by the Partnership or the General Partner, or acquisition of Tendered Units by the General Partner, pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof or (b) any redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation. The terms “ Transferred ” and “ Transferring ” have correlative meanings.

Unvested Incentive Unit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(c)(i) hereof.

Value ” means, on any date of determination with respect to a REIT Share, the average of the daily Market Prices for ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of determination except that, as provided in Section 4.05(b) hereof, the Market Price for the trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock option under any Equity Incentive Plan shall be substituted for such average of daily market prices for purposes of Section 4.05 hereof; provided , however , that for purposes of Section 8.06 , the “date of determination” shall be the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The term “ Market Price ” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding REIT Shares, the Closing Price for such REIT Shares on such date. The “ Closing Price ” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such REIT Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such REIT Shares, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT LLC, the Nasdaq Global Market or another national securities exchange or, if such REIT Shares are not listed on any such exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such REIT Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such REIT Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the General Partner or, in the event that no trading price is available for such REIT Shares, the fair market value of the REIT Shares, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the General Partner.

 

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In the event that the REIT Shares Amount includes Rights that a holder of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, then the Value of such Rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.

Vested LTIP Unit ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06(c)(i) hereof.

Vesting Agreement ” means each or any, as the context implies, Equity Incentive Plan entered into by an LTIP Unitholder upon acceptance of an award of LTIP Units under an Equity Incentive Plan.

ARTICLE II

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

Section 2.01. Organization . The Partnership is a limited partnership organized pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.

Section 2.02. Name . The name of the Partnership is “Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “LP,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Partners.

Section 2.03. Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office . The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is located at Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The principal office of the Partnership is located at 1906 Towne Centre Blvd, Suite 370, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.

 

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Section 2.04. Power of Attorney .

(a) Each Limited Partner and each Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

(i) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Article XI , Article XII or Article XIII hereof or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership Interests; and

(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or the Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article XIV hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

(b) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of the General Partner or the Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s

 

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Partnership Units or Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or the Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or the Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of the General Partner’s or the Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.

Section 2.05. Term . Pursuant to Sections 17-201(b) and 17-801 of the Act, the term of the Partnership commenced on November 8, 2012 and shall continue perpetually, unless it is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII hereof or as otherwise provided by law.

Section 2.06. Partnership Interests as Securities . All Partnership Interests shall be securities within the meaning of, and governed by (i) Article 8 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

Section 3.01. Purpose and Business . The purpose and nature of the Partnership is to conduct any business, enterprise or activity permitted by or under the Act; provided , however , such business and arrangements and interests shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, at all times to be classified as a REIT unless the Board of Directors of the General Partner determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the General Partner to continue to be qualified as a REIT. Without limiting the General Partner’s right in its sole discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT in accordance with its Charter and Bylaws or if the Board of Directors of the General Partner determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the General Partner to continue to be qualified as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the qualification of the General Partner as a REIT inures to the benefit of all Partners and not solely to the General Partner, the General Partner or its Affiliates. In connection with the foregoing, the Partnership shall have full power and authority to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, to borrow and lend money and to issue and guarantee evidence of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien and, directly or indirectly, to acquire and construct additional Properties necessary, useful or desirable in connection with its business.

 

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Section 3.02. Powers .

(a) The Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership.

(b) The Partnership may contribute from time to time Partnership capital to one or more newly formed entities solely in exchange for equity interests therein (or in a wholly owned subsidiary entity thereof).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the General Partner may cause the Partnership not to take, or to refrain from taking, any action that, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) could subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981 or any other related or successor provision of the Code, (iii) could violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the General Partner, its securities or the Partnership or (iv) could result in either the Partnership or the General Partner being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act.

Section 3.03. Partnership Only for Partnership Purposes Specified . The Partnership shall be a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act to conduct its business in accordance with this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership between or among the Partners with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.01 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, and the Partnership shall not be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

Section 3.04. Representations and Warranties by the Parties .

(a) Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, respectively) represents and warrants to each other Partner that (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any material agreement

 

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by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) subject to the last sentence of this Section 3.04(a) , such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a “foreign partner” within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e), (iii) such Partner does not own, directly or indirectly, (a) 9.8% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or 9.8% or more of the total number of shares of all classes of stock, of any corporation that is a tenant of either (I) the General Partner or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership is a partner or member or (b) an interest of 9.8% or more in the assets or net profits of any tenant of either (I) the General Partner or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership is a partner or member and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the representation contained in the foregoing clause (ii) would be inaccurate if given by a Partner, such Partner (w) shall not be required to make and shall not be deemed to have made such representation, if it delivers to the General Partner in connection with or prior to its execution of this Agreement written notice that it may not truthfully make such representation, (x) hereby agrees that it is subject to, and hereby authorizes the General Partner to withhold, all withholdings to which such a “foreign person” or “foreign partner,” as applicable, is subject under the Code and (y) hereby agrees to cooperate fully with the General Partner with respect to such withholdings, including by effecting the timely completion and delivery to the General Partner of all governmental forms required in connection therewith.

(b) Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming a Substituted Limited Partner) represents, warrants and agrees that it has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof, and not with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances. Each Partner further represents and warrants that it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial and tax matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.

(c) The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.04(a) and 3.04(b) hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Partnership.

(d) Each Partner (including, without limitation, each Substituted Limited Partner as a condition to becoming a Substituted Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by the General Partner, any Partner or

 

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any employee or representative or Affiliate of the General Partner or any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied.

(e) Provision of Information . Each Partner agrees to provide the Partnership with any information and documentation reasonably requested by the Partnership for the purpose of reducing any withholding on payments to the Partnership or otherwise complying with the requirements of any tax laws to which the Partnership is subject.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01. Capital Contributions of the Partners .

(a) Capital Contributions . Each Partner has made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership and owns Partnership Units in the amount and designation set forth for such Partner on Exhibit A , as the same may be amended from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately sales, exchanges, conversions or other Transfers, redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units, or similar events having an effect on a Partner’s ownership of Partnership Units. Except as provided by law or in Section 4.04 , 10.04 or 13.02(d) hereof, the Partners shall have no obligation or right to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership except with the prior consent of the General Partner.

(b) General Partnership Interest . The number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner equal to 1% shall be deemed to be the General Partner Interest of the General Partner. All other Partnership Units held by the General Partner shall be deemed to be Limited Partner Interests and shall be held by the General Partner in its capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.

Section 4.02. Classes of Partnership Units . From and after the Effective Date, subject to Section 4.03(a) below, the Partnership shall have two classes of Partnership Units, entitled “OP Units” and “LTIP Units.” Subject to Section 4.09 , either OP Units or LTIP Units, at the election of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may be issued in exchange for any Capital Contributions by such Partners and/or the provision of services by such Partners; provided that any Partnership Unit that is not specifically designated by the General Partner as being of a particular class shall be deemed to be an OP Unit.

 

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Section 4.03. Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests .

(a) General . The General Partner may cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests, in the form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons, and to admit such Persons as Additional Limited Partners, for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to Delaware law, all without the approval of any Limited Partners. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interest of the General Partner’s stockholders and the Partnership and (iii) in connection with any merger of any other Person into the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership if the applicable merger agreement provides that Persons are to receive Partnership Units in exchange for their interests in the Person merging into the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership. Subject to Delaware law, any additional Partnership Interests may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties as shall be determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner, and set forth in a written document thereafter attached to and made an exhibit to this Agreement (each, a “ Partnership Unit Designation ”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner shall have authority to specify (a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (b) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions; (c) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each such class or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such class or series of Partnership Interests. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the General Partner from issuing Partnership Units for less than fair market value if the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interest of the Partnership and the General Partner’s stockholders. Upon the issuance of any additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A as appropriate to reflect such issuance.

(b) Issuances to the General Partner . No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless (i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests with respect to the class of Partnership Units so issued, (ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) OP Units issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares or (y) Partnership Units (other than OP Units) issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, Junior Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner (other than REIT Shares), which Preferred Shares, Junior Shares, New Securities or other interests have designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions of the additional Partnership Units issued to the General Partner and (b) the General Partner directly or indirectly contributes or otherwise causes to be transferred to the

 

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Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration, if any, received in connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares, New Securities or other interests in the General Partner or (iii) the additional Partnership Units are issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to this Section 4.03(b) , the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement (including but not limited to the revisions described in Sections 6.02(b) and 8.06 ) as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests.

(c) No Preemptive Rights . No Person, including, without limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest.

Section 4.04. Additional Funds and Capital Contributions .

(a) General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds (“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition or development of additional Properties, for the redemption of Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Additional Funds may be obtained by the Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.04 without the approval of any Limited Partners.

(b) Additional Capital Contributions . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other Persons. In connection with any such Capital Contribution (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units (as set forth in Section 4.02 above) in consideration therefor and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.

(c) Loans by Third Parties . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt to any Person upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate, including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or exchangeable for Partnership Units; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if any Partner would be personally liable for the repayment of such Debt (unless such Partner otherwise agrees).

(d) General Partner Loans . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the Partnership to incur Debt with the General Partner (a “ General Partner Loan ”), if (i) such Debt is, to the extent permitted by law, on substantially the same terms and conditions (including interest rate, repayment schedule, and conversion, redemption, repurchase and exchange rights) as Funding Debt incurred by the General Partner, the net proceeds of which are loaned to the Partnership to provide such Additional Funds or (ii) such Debt is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Partnership

 

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than would be available to the Partnership from any third party; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if (a) a breach, violation or default of such Debt would be deemed to occur by virtue of the Transfer by any Limited Partner of any Partnership Interest or (b) such Debt is recourse to any Partner (unless the Partner otherwise agrees).

(e) Issuance of Securities by the General Partner . The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities unless the General Partner contributes directly or indirectly the cash proceeds or other consideration, if any, received from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, as the case may be, and from the exercise of the rights contained in any such additional New Securities, to the Partnership in exchange for (x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership Units or (y) in the case of an issuance of Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, Partnership Units with designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions of such Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may issue REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities (a) pursuant to Section 4.05 or 8.06(b) hereof, (b) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split) wholly or partly of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities to all of the holders of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, as the case may be, (c) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Preferred Shares, (d) upon a conversion of Junior Shares into REIT Shares, (e) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of New Securities or, (f) pursuant to share grants or awards made pursuant to any Equity Incentive Plan of the General Partner. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities by the General Partner, and the direct or indirect contribution to the Partnership, by the General Partner, of the cash proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance, if any, the Partnership shall pay the General Partner’s expenses associated with such issuance, including any underwriting discounts or commissions (it being understood that if the proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred by the General Partner in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount of the gross proceeds of such issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have reimbursed the General Partner pursuant to Section 7.04(b) for the amount of such underwriter’s discount or other expenses). Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the General Partner from issuing Partnership Units for less than fair market value if the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interest of the Partnership and the General Partner’s stockholders.

Section 4.05. Equity Incentive Plan .

(a) Options Granted . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with an Equity Incentive Plan, a stock option is duly exercised:

(i) the General Partner shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make or cause to be made directly or indirectly a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the exercise price paid to the General Partner by such exercising party in connection with the exercise of such stock option.

 

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(ii) Notwithstanding the amount of the Capital Contribution actually made pursuant to Section 4.05(a)(i) hereof, the General Partner shall be deemed to have contributed directly or indirectly to the Partnership, as a Capital Contribution, in consideration of an additional Limited Partner Interest (expressed in and as additional Partnership Units), an amount equal to the Value of a REIT Share as of the date of exercise multiplied by the number of REIT Shares then being issued in connection with the exercise of such stock option.

(iii) An equitable Percentage Interest adjustment shall be made in which the General Partner shall be treated as having made a cash contribution equal to the amount described in Section 4.05(a)(ii) hereof.

(b) Special Valuation Rule . For purposes of this Section 4.05 , in determining the Value of a REIT Share, only the trading date immediately preceding the exercise of the relevant stock option under the Equity Incentive Plan shall be considered.

(c) Future Equity Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the General Partner from adopting, modifying or terminating any Equity Incentive Plan, for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates. The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the General Partner, amendments to this Section 4.05 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent of the Limited Partners required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in order to effect any such amendments requested by the General Partner shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

Section 4.06. LTIP Units .

(a) Issuance of LTIP Units . The General Partner may from time to time issue LTIP Units to Persons who provide services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, for such consideration as the General Partner may determine to be appropriate, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Subject to the following provisions of this Section 4.06 and the special provisions of Sections 6.03(c) and 4.07 , LTIP Units shall be treated as OP Units, with all of the rights, privileges and obligations attendant thereto. For purposes of computing the Partners’ Percentage Interests, holders of LTIP Units shall be treated as holders of OP Units and LTIP Units shall be treated as OP Units. In particular, the Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP Units and OP Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation complying with the following procedures:

(i) If an Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the General Partner shall make a corresponding adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between OP Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be Adjustment Events: (A) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding OP Units in Partnership Units, (B) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding OP

 

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Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding OP Units into a smaller number of units, or (C) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding OP Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its OP Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the Company in respect of a capital contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the Company. If the Partnership takes an action affecting the OP Units other than actions specifically described above as “ Adjustment Events ” and in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the right to make such adjustment to the LTIP Units, to the extent permitted by law and by any Equity Incentive Plan, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is made to the LTIP Units as herein provided the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a notice to each LTIP Unitholder setting forth the adjustment to his or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment; and

(ii) The LTIP Unitholders shall, when, as and if authorized and declared by the General Partner out of assets legally available for that purpose, be entitled to receive distributions in an amount per LTIP Unit equal to the distributions per OP Unit (the “ Partnership Unit Distribution ”), paid to holders of OP Units on such Partnership Record Date established by the General Partner with respect to such distribution. So long as any LTIP Units are outstanding, no distributions (whether in cash or in kind) shall be authorized, declared or paid on OP Units, unless equal distributions have been or contemporaneously are authorized, declared and paid on the LTIP Units. Subject to the terms of any LTIP Award, an LTIP Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as holders of OP Units are entitled to transfer their OP Units pursuant to Article XI of this Agreement.

(b) Priority . Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.06 and the special provisions of Sections 6.03(c) and 4.09 , the LTIP Units shall rank pari passu with the OP Units as to the payment of regular and special periodic or other distributions. Immediately prior to any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, the General Partner shall exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding up, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Units in the context of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up). As to the payment of distributions and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, any class or series of Partnership Units or

 

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Partnership Interests which by its terms specifies that it shall rank junior to, on a parity with, or senior to the OP Units shall also rank junior to, or pari passu with, or senior to, as the case may be, the LTIP Units. Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, an LTIP Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as holders of OP Units are entitled to transfer their OP Units pursuant to Article XI .

(c) Special Provisions . LTIP Units shall be subject to the following special provisions:

(i) Vesting Agreements . LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a Vesting Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Equity Incentive Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that have vested under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “ Vested LTIP Units ”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “ Unvested Incentive Units .”

(ii) Forfeiture . Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, upon the occurrence of any event specified in a Vesting Agreement as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting Agreement, the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. In connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of LTIP Units, the balance of the portion of the Capital Account of the LTIP Unitholder that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 6.03(c) , calculated with respect to the LTIP Unitholder’s remaining LTIP Units, if any.

(iii) Redemption . The Redemption right provided to Limited Partners under Section 8.06 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted to OP Units as provided in clause (iv) below and Section 4.07 .

(iv) Conversion to OP Units . Vested LTIP Units are eligible to be converted into OP Units under Section 4.07 .

(d) Voting . LTIP Unitholders shall (a) have the same voting rights as a holder of OP Units, with the LTIP Units voting as a single class with the OP Units and having one vote per LTIP Unit; and (b) have the additional voting rights that are expressly set forth below. So long as any LTIP Units remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the LTIP Units outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a class), amend, alter or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the provisions of this Agreement

 

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applicable to LTIP Units so as to materially and adversely affect any right, privilege or voting power of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such, unless such amendment, alteration, or repeal affects equally, ratably and proportionately the rights, privileges and voting powers of the holders of OP Units; but subject, in any event, to the following provisions:

(i) With respect to any Transaction, so long as the LTIP Units are treated in accordance with Section 4.07(f) hereof, the consummation of such Transaction shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such; and

(ii) Any creation or issuance of any Partnership Units or of any class or series of Partnership Interest including without limitation additional OP Units, LTIP Units or Preferred Units, whether ranking senior to, junior to, or on a parity with the LTIP Units with respect to distributions and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such.

The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have been converted into OP Units.

Section 4.07. Conversion of LTIP Units .

(a) Subject to Section 4.07(b), an LTIP Unitholder shall have the right (the “ Conversion Right ”), at his or her option, at any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into OP Units; provided , however , that a holder may not exercise the Conversion Right for less than 100 Vested LTIP Units or, if such holder holds less than 100 Vested LTIP Units, all of the Vested LTIP Units held by such holder. LTIP Unitholders shall not have the right to convert Unvested Incentive Units into OP Units until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided , however , that when an LTIP Unitholder is notified of the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested Incentive Units to become Vested LTIP Units, such LTIP Unitholder may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and effective as of the time of vesting and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the LTIP Unitholder, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. The General Partner shall have the right at any time to cause a conversion of Vested LTIP Units into OP Units. In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into OP Units shall be subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in this Section 4.07 .

(b) A holder of Vested LTIP Units may convert such Units into an equal number of fully paid and nonassessable OP Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 4.06 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a holder of Vested LTIP Units convert a number of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Limited Partner, to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the OP Unit Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the “ Capital Account Limitation ”). In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, an LTIP Unitholder shall deliver a notice (a “ Conversion Notice ”) in the

 

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form attached as Exhibit D to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to a date (the “ Conversion Date ”) specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner has not given to the LTIP Unitholders notice of a proposed or upcoming Transaction (as defined below in Section 4.07(f) ) at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such Transaction, then LTIP Unitholders shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x) the 10th day after such notice from the General Partner of a Transaction or (y) the third business day immediately preceding the effective date of such Transaction. A Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.01 . Each LTIP Unitholder covenants and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section 4.07(b) shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a holder of LTIP Units may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to Section 8.06(a) of this Agreement relating to those OP Units that will be issued to such holder upon conversion of such LTIP Units into OP Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however, that the redemption of such OP Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place until after the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put an LTIP Unitholder in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the OP Units into which his or her Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership simultaneously with such conversion, with the further consequence that, if the Company elects to assume the Partnership’s redemption obligation with respect to such OP Units under Section 8.06(b) of this Agreement by delivering to such holder REIT Shares rather than cash, then such holder can have such REIT Shares issued to him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into OP Units. The General Partner shall reasonably cooperate with an LTIP Unitholder to coordinate the timing of the different events described in the foregoing sentence.

(c) The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number of Vested LTIP Units held by an LTIP Unitholder to be converted (a “ Forced Conversion ”) into an equal number of OP Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 4.06 ; provided, however, that the Partnership may not cause Forced Conversion of any LTIP Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such LTIP Unitholder pursuant to Section 4.07(b) . In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership shall deliver a notice (a “ Forced Conversion Notice ”) in the form attached as Exhibit E to the applicable LTIP Unitholder not less than ten nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 15.01 .

(d) A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the holder thereof has given a Conversion Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such LTIP Unitholder, as of which time such LTIP Unitholder shall be credited on the books and records of the Partnership with the issuance as of the opening of business on the next day of the number of OP Units issuable upon such conversion. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the Partnership shall deliver to such LTIP Unitholder, upon his or her written request, a certificate of the General Partner certifying the number of OP Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by such person immediately after such conversion. The Assignee of any Limited Partner pursuant to Article XI hereof may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 4.07 and such Limited Partner shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by the Assignee.

 

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(e) For purposes of making future allocations under Section 6.03(c) and applying the Capital Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account balance of the applicable LTIP Unitholder that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the OP Unit Economic Balance.

(f) If the Partnership, the General Partner or the Parent shall be a party to any transaction (including without limitation a merger, consolidation, unit exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all OP Units or other business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets, but excluding any transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event) in each case as a result of which OP Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the holders of such Units shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof (any of the foregoing being referred to herein as a “ Transaction ”), then the General Partner shall, immediately prior to the Transaction, exercise its right to cause a Forced Conversion with respect to the maximum number of LTIP Units then eligible for conversion, taking into account any allocations that occur in connection with the Transaction or that would occur in connection with the Transaction if the assets of the Partnership were sold at the Transaction price or, if applicable, at a value determined by the General Partner in good faith using the value attributed to the Partnership Units in the context of the Transaction (in which case the Conversion Date shall be the effective date of the Transaction).

In anticipation of such Forced Conversion and the consummation of the Transaction, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each LTIP Unitholder to be afforded the right to receive in connection with such Transaction in consideration for the OP Units into which his or her LTIP Units will be converted the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) receivable upon the consummation of such Transaction by a holder of the same number of OP Units, assuming such holder of OP Units is not a Person with which the Partnership consolidated or into which the Partnership merged or which merged into the Partnership or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person. In the event that holders of OP Units have the opportunity to elect the form or type of consideration to be received upon consummation of the Transaction, prior to such Transaction the General Partner shall give prompt written notice to each LTIP Unitholder of such election, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to afford the LTIP Unitholders the right to elect, by written notice to the General Partner, the form or type of consideration to be received upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by such holder into OP Units in connection with such Transaction. If an LTIP Unitholder fails to make such an election, such holder (and any of its transferees) shall receive upon conversion of each LTIP Unit held by him or her (or by any of his or her transferees) the same kind and amount of consideration that a holder of an OP Unit would receive if such OP Unitholder failed to make such an election.

 

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Subject to the rights of the Partnership, the General Partner and the Parent under any Vesting Agreement and any Equity Incentive Plan, the Partnership shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the terms of any Transaction to be consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.07(f) and to enter into an agreement with the successor or purchasing entity, as the case may be, for the benefit of any LTIP Unitholders whose LTIP Units will not be converted into OP Units in connection with the Transaction that will (i) contain provisions enabling the holders of LTIP Units that remain outstanding after such Transaction to convert their LTIP Units into securities as comparable as reasonably possible under the circumstances to the OP Units and (ii) preserve as far as reasonably possible under the circumstances the distribution, special allocation, conversion, and other rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the LTIP Unitholders.

Section 4.08. Characterization as Profits Interests . Any LTIP Units to be issued under this Agreement are intended to qualify as “profits interests” under IRS Revenue Procedures 93-27 and 2001-43, and the sections of this Agreement relating to such interests shall be interpreted and applied consistently therewith. In addition, the General Partner is hereby authorized upon publication of final Regulations in the Federal Register (or other official pronouncement), to amend this Agreement as it determines, in its sole discretion, to provide for: (i) the election of a safe harbor under Regulation Section 1.83-3(1) (or any similar provision) under which the fair market value of any LTIP Units that are transferred in connection with the performance of services are treated as being equal to the liquidation value of such Partnership Interests, (ii) an agreement by the Partnership to comply with all the requirements set forth in such regulations and Notice 2005-43 (and any other guidance provided by the IRS with respect to such election) with respect to all LTIP Units transferred in connection with the performance of services while the election remains effective, (iii) the allocation of items of income, gains, deductions, and losses required by any final Regulations similar to Proposed Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(4)(xii)(b) and (c), and (iv) any other related amendments. The Partners acknowledge and agree that the exercise by the General Partner of any discretion provided to it hereunder shall not be a modification or amendment to this Agreement.

Section 4.09. No Interest; No Return . No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account. Except as provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution from the Partnership.

Section 4.10. Other Contribution Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership and is given a Capital Account in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, unless otherwise determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such partner in cash and such Partner had contributed the cash to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the consent of the General Partner, one or more Limited Partners may enter into contribution agreements with the Partnership which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership.

 

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Section 4.11. Not Publicly Traded . The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall use its best efforts not to take any action which would result in the Partnership being a “publicly traded partnership” under and as such term is defined in Code Section 7704(b), and by reason thereof, taxable as a corporation.

Section 4.12. No Third Party Beneficiary . No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be deemed a return of money or other property in violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset or property of the Partnership.

ARTICLE V

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 5.01. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions . Subject to the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute all or such portion of amounts, at such times, as the General Partner may in its sole and absolute discretion determine, of Available Cash generated by the Partnership during such quarter to the Holders of Partnership Units on such Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter: (1) first, with respect to any Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of such class(es) of Partnership Interests (and, within such class(es), pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests on such Partnership Record Date) and (2) second, with respect to any Partnership Interests that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of such class of Partnership Interests (and, within such class, pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests on such Partnership Record Date) such that a holder of one OP Unit will receive the same amount of annual cash flow distributions from the Partnership as the amount of annual distributions paid to the holder of one REIT Share.

 

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The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may distribute to the Holders Available Cash on a more frequent basis and provide for an appropriate Partnership Record Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the General Partner shall make such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for its qualification as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (the “ REIT Requirements ”) and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, avoid any federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner.

Section 5.02. Interests in Property Not Held Through the Partnership . To the extent amounts distributed by the Partnership are attributable to amounts received from a property in which the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner holds a direct or indirect interest (other than through the Partnership) (an “ Outside Interest ”), (i) such amounts distributed to the General Partner will be reduced so as to take into account amounts received pursuant to the Outside Interest and (ii) the amounts distributed to the Limited Partners will be increased to the extent necessary so that the overall effect of the distribution is to distribute what would have been distributed had such Outside Interest been held through the Partnership (treating any distribution made in respect of the Outside Interest as if such distribution had been received by the General Partner).

Section 5.03. Distributions In-Kind . No right is given to any Partner to demand and receive property other than cash as provided in this Agreement. The General Partner may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in-kind of Partnership assets to the Holders, and such assets shall be distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles V , VI and X hereof.

Section 5.04. Amounts Withheld . All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of any state or local tax law and Section 10.04 hereof with respect to any allocation, payment or distribution to any Holder shall be treated as amounts paid or distributed to such Holder pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof for all purposes under this Agreement.

Section 5.05. Distributions Upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V , net proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction, and any other cash received or reductions in reserves made after commencement of the liquidation of the Partnership, shall be distributed to the Holders in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof.

Section 5.06. Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Units . In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof, subject to Section 7.03(d) , the General Partner may make such revisions to this Article V as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making preferential distributions to certain classes of Partnership Units.

 

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Section 5.07. Restricted Distributions . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a distribution to any Holder on account of its Partnership Interest or interest in Partnership Units if such distribution would violate Section 17-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

ARTICLE VI

ALLOCATIONS

Section 6.01. Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss . Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year of the Partnership as of the end of each such year. Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI , and subject to Section 11.06(c) hereof, an allocation to a Holder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.

Section 6.02. General Allocations .

(a) Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss .

(i) Net Income . Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Income for any Partnership Year or other applicable period shall be allocated in the following order and priority:

(A) First, to the General Partner until the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (i)(A) equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(D) below;

(B) Second, to the holders of any Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference in distribution upon liquidation until the cumulative Net Income allocated under this subparagraph (i)(B) equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated to such Partners under subparagraph (ii)(C);

(C) Third, to the holders of any Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution in accordance with the rights of any other class of Partnership Units until each such Partnership Unit has been allocated, on a cumulative basis pursuant to this subparagraph (i)(C), Net Income equal to the amount of distributions received which are attributable to the preference of such class of Partnership Unit (and, within such class, pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests as of the last day of the period for which such allocation is made); and

 

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(D) Thereafter, with respect to Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution or with respect to which distributions are not limited to any preference in distribution, pro rata to each such class in accordance with the terms of such class (and, within such class, pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests as of the last day of the period for which such allocation is being made).

(ii) Net Loss . Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Loss for any Partnership Year or other applicable period shall be allocated in the following order and priority:

(A) First, to each holder of Partnership Units in proportion to and to the extent of the amount by which the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Partner pursuant to subparagraph (i)(D) above exceeds, on a cumulative basis, the sum of (a) distributions with respect to such Partnership Units pursuant to clause (2) of Section 5.01 and (b) Net Loss allocated to such Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (ii)(A);

(B) Second, with respect to classes of Partnership Units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution or with respect to which distributions are not limited to any preference in distribution, pro rata to each such class in accordance with the terms of such class (it being understood that LTIP Units and OP Units are treated as the same class for this purpose) and within such class, pro rata in proportion to the respective Economic Capital Account Balances as of the last day of the period for which such allocation is being made; provided , that Net Loss shall not be allocated to any Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (ii)(B) to the extent that such allocation would cause such Partner to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit) (determined in each case (1) with respect to a Partner who also holds classes of Partnership Units that are entitled to any preferences in distribution upon liquidation, by subtracting from such Partners’ Adjusted Partnership Account the amount of such preferred distribution to be made upon liquidation and (2) by not including in the Partners’ Adjusted Partnership Accounts any amount that a Partner is obligated to contribute to the Partnership with respect to any deficit in its Capital Account pursuant to Section 13.02(d) ) at the end of such Partnership Year or other applicable period; and

(C) Third, with respect to classes of Partnership Units that are entitled to any preference in distribution upon liquidation, in reverse order of the priorities of each such class (and within each such class, pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests as of the last day of the period for which such allocation is being made); provided , that Net Loss shall not be allocated to any Partner pursuant to this subparagraph (ii)(C) to the extent that such allocation would cause such Partner to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit (or increase any existing Adjusted Capital Account Deficit) (determined in each case by not including in the Partners’ Adjusted Partnership Accounts any amount that a Partner is obligated to contribute to the Partnership with respect to any deficit in its Capital Account pursuant to Section 13.02(d) ) at the end of such Partnership Year or other applicable period;

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For purposes of determining allocations of Losses pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(ii), an LTIP Unitholder shall be treated as having a separate Economic Capital Account Balance, and for this purpose a separate Capital Account with an appropriate share of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Minimum Gain shall be maintained, for each tranche of LTIP Units with a different issuance date that it holds and a separate Capital Account for its OP Units, if applicable, and the Economic Capital Account Balance of each holder of OP Units shall not include any Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to other series or classes of Partnership Units.

(b) Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Units . In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article IV hereof, the General Partner may make such revisions to this Section 6.02 as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Units.

Section 6.03. Additional Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article VI :

(a) Regulatory Allocations .

(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.02 hereof, or any other provision of this Article VI , if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.03(a)(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) or in Section 6.03(a)(i) hereof, if there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to each General Partner, Limited Partner and other Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.03(a)(ii) is intended to qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holders of Partnership Units in accordance with their Partnership Units. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).

(iv) Qualified Income Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), items of Partnership income and gain shall be allocated, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to such Holder in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Holder as quickly as possible. It is intended that this Section 6.03(a)(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(v) Gross Income Allocation . In the event that any Holder has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Partnership Year, each such Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible.

(vi) Section 754 Adjustment . To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in complete liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their Partnership Units in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holders to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.

(vii) Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 6.03(a)(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) , (v) , and (vi) hereof (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof, the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Holders of Partnership Units so that to the extent possible without violating the requirements giving rise to the Regulatory Allocations, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Holder of a Partnership Unit shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

(b) Allocation of Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities . The Partnership shall allocate “nonrecourse liabilities” (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)) of the Partnership that are secured by multiple Properties under any reasonable method chosen by the General Partner in accordance with Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) and (b). The Partnership shall allocate “excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership under any method approved under Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) as chosen by the General Partner.

 

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(c) Special Allocations Regarding LTIP Units . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.02 above, Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the LTIP Unitholders until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Holders, to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the OP Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their LTIP Units (the “ Target Balance ”). For this purpose, “ Liquidating Gains ” means net capital gains realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, including but not limited to net capital gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under Code Section 704(b). The “ Economic Capital Account Balances ” of the LTIP Unitholders will be equal to their Capital Account balances to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units, plus the amount of their allocable share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain attributable to such LTIP Units. Similarly, the “ OP Unit Economic Balance ” shall mean (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of OP Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under this Section 6.03(c) (including, without limitation, any expenses of the Partnership reimbursed to the General Partner pursuant to Section 7.04(b) ), divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s OP Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the LTIP Unitholders in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section 6.03(c) . Liquidating Gain allocated to an LTIP Unitholder under this Section 6.03(c) will be attributed to specific LTIP Units of such LTIP Unitholder for purposes of determining (i) allocations under this Section 6.03(c), (ii) the effect of the forfeiture or conversion of specific LTIP Units on such LTIP Unitholder’s Capital Account and (iii) the ability of such LTIP Unitholder to convert specific LTIP Units into OP Units. Such Liquidating Gain allocated to such LTIP Unitholder will generally be attributed in the following order: (i) first, to Vested LTIP Units held for more than two years, (ii) second, to Vested LTIP Units held for two years or less, (iii) third, to Unvested LTIP Units that have remaining vesting conditions that only require continued employment or service to the General Partner, the Partnership or an Affiliate of either for a certain period of time (with such Liquidating Gains being attributed in order of vesting from soonest vesting to latest vesting), and (iv) fourth, to other Unvested LTIP Units (with such Liquidating Gains being attributed in order of issuance from earliest issued to latest issued). Within each category, Liquidating Gain will be allocated seriatim ( i.e. , entirely to the first unit in a set, then entirely to the next unit in the set, and so on, until a full allocation is made to the last unit in the set) in the order of smallest Book-Up Target to largest Book-Up Target. For purposes of the previous sentence, “ Book-Up Target ” for an LTIP Unit means (i) initially, the OP Unit Economic Balance as determined on the date such LTIP Unit was granted and (ii) thereafter, the remaining amount, if any, required to be allocated to such LTIP Unit for the Economic Capital Account Balance of the holder of such LTIP Unit, to the extent attributable to such LTIP Unit, to be equal to the OP Unit Economic Balance. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth above, if, due to distributions with respect to OP Units in which an LTIP Unit does not participate, forfeitures or otherwise, the Economic Capital Account Balance of any present or former LTIP Unitholder attributable to such LTIP Unitholder’s LTIP Units, exceeds the Target

 

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Balance, then Liquidating Losses shall be allocated to such LTIP Unitholder, or Liquidating Gains shall be allocated to the other Partners, to reduce or eliminate the disparity; provided, however, that if Liquidating Losses or Liquidating Gains are insufficient to completely eliminate all such disparities, such losses or gains shall be allocated among Partners in a manner reasonably determined by the General Partner. For this purpose, “ Liquidating Losses ” means net capital losses realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, including but not limited to net capital loss realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under Code Section 704(b). In the event that Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses are allocated under this Section 6.03(c), Net Income allocable under clause 6.01(a)(i)(D) and any Net Losses shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses so allocated. The parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.03(c) is (i) to make the Capital Account balance associated with each LTIP Unit to be economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance associated with the General Partner’s OP Units (on a per-OP Unit/LTIP Unit basis) and (ii) to allow conversion of an LTIP Unit (assuming prior vesting) into an OP Unit when sufficient Liquidating Gains have been allocated to such LTIP Unit pursuant to Section 6.02(c) so that either its initial Book-Up Target has been reduced to zero or the parity described in the definition of Target Balance has been achieved.

(d) Allocations to Reflect Outside Interests . Any income or loss to the Partnership associated with an Outside Interest shall be specially allocated so as to take into account amounts received by, and income or loss allocated to, the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner with respect to such Outside Interest so that the overall effect is to allocate income or loss in the same manner as would have occurred had such Outside Interest been held through the Partnership (treating any allocation in respect of the Outside Interest as if such allocation had been made to the General Partner).

Section 6.04. Tax Allocations .

(a) In General . Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.04 , for income tax purposes under the Code and the Regulations each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and deduction (collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated among the Holders of Partnership Units in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.02 and 6.03 hereof.

(b) Allocations Respecting Section 704(c) Revaluations . Notwithstanding Section 6.04(a) hereof, Tax Items with respect to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with a Gross Asset Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated among the Holders of Partnership Units for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. The Partnership shall account for such variation under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner. In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of the definition of “ Gross Asset Value ” (provided in Article I hereof), subsequent allocations of Tax Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset

 

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Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations or under any method approved under Code Section 7.04(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner, including the aggregation methods applicable to securities partnerships, to the extent applicable and to the extent the General Partner decides to apply such methods.

ARTICLE VII

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

Section 7.01. Management .

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners, except with the consent of the General Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to the other provisions hereof including Section 7.03 and Section 11.02 , shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.02 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.01 hereof, including, without limitation:

(i) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money or selling assets to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (so long as the General Partner desires to maintain or restore its qualification as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any federal income tax (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981) and to make distributions to its stockholders sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain or restore REIT qualification or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by deed to secure debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations that it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership;

(ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership, the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Exchange Act and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange;

(iii) subject to Section 11.02 hereof, the acquisition, sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;

 

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(iv) the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms that it sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the operations and activities of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to and equity investments in the Partnership’s Subsidiaries;

(v) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms it sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the conduct of the operations of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the General Partner and its Subsidiaries and the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment and the making of capital contributions to its Subsidiaries;

(vi) the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition, replacement or improvement of any Property, including, without limitation, any Contributed Property, or other asset of the Partnership or any Subsidiary, whether pursuant to a Services Agreement or otherwise;

(vii) the negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts, leases, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets;

(viii) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement, the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership and the collection and receipt of revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;

(ix) the maintenance of such insurance for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners as the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, (i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Properties and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder;

 

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(x) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that the General Partner deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, any Subsidiary and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from time to time); provided , however , that as long as the General Partner has determined to continue to qualify as a REIT, the General Partner may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or contribution that would cause it to fail to qualify as a REIT within the meaning of Code Section 856(a) (so long as the General Partner desires to maintain its qualification as a REIT);

(xi) the filing of applications, communicating and otherwise dealing with any and all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership’s assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business;

(xii) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment, of any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

(xiii) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);

(xiv) except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in-kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt; provided , that such methods are otherwise consistent with the requirements of this Agreement;

(xv) the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;

(xvi) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power-of-attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

(xvii) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

(xviii) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;

 

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(xix) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure Debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal instruments or agreements in writing necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the General Partner for the accomplishment of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement;

(xx) the issuance of additional Partnership Units, as appropriate and in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article IV hereof;

(xxi) the selection and dismissal of Company Employees (including, without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership or the General Partner, the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring and the delegation to any such Company Employee the authority to conduct the business of the Partnership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

(xxii) the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Limited Partner’s exercise of its Redemption right under Section 8.06 hereof;

(xxiii) the amendment and restatement of Exhibit A hereto to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to the extent necessary to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which amendment and restatement, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in Exhibit A hereto otherwise is authorized by this Agreement;

(xxiv) the determination regarding whether a payment to a Partner who exercises its Redemption Right under Section 8.06 that is assumed by the General Partner will be paid in the form of the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, except as such determination may be limited by Section 8.06 ;

(xxv) the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership;

(xxvi) the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange;

(xxvii) an election to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 13.01(b) hereof;

 

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(xxviii) the taking of any action necessary or appropriate to enable the General Partner to qualify as a REIT (so long as the General Partner desires to maintain its qualification as a REIT); and

(xxix) the taking of any action necessary or appropriate to prevent the Partnership or the General Partner from being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act.

(b) Each of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.03 hereof, the General Partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the above-mentioned agreements and transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation.

(c) At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time.

(d) In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner (including the General Partner) of any action taken (or not taken) by it. Except as may be provided in a separate written agreement between the Partnership and the Limited Partners, the General Partner and the Partnership shall not have liability to a Limited Partner under any circumstances as a result of an income tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement provided , that the General Partner has acted in good faith and pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.

Section 7.02. Certificate of Limited Partnership . To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Except as otherwise required under the Act and Section 13.04(b) , the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Delaware and any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.

 

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Section 7.03. Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority .

(a) The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation of this Agreement without the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners and may not (i) perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the Act; or (ii) enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts (A) the General Partner or the Partnership from performing its specific obligations under Section 8.06 hereof in full or (B) a Limited Partner from exercising its rights under Section 8.06 hereof to effect a Redemption in full, except, in either case, with the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners.

(b) The General Partner shall not, without the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners, terminate this Agreement.

(c) Subject to Section 14.02, the General Partner shall have the exclusive power, without the prior consent of the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement, including, without limitation, as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:

(i) to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit of the Limited Partners;

(ii) to reflect the admission, substitution or withdrawal of Partners or the termination of the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement, and to amend Exhibit A in connection with such admission, substitution or withdrawal;

(iii) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature or does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement not inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;

(iv) to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in federal or state law;

(v) set forth in the partnership agreement the designations, rights, powers, duties and preferences of the holders of any additional partnership units issued pursuant to the partnership agreement;

(vi) (a) to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to maintain or restore its qualification as a REIT or to satisfy the REIT Requirements; or (b) to reflect the Transfer of all or any part of a Partnership Interest among the General Partner and any Qualified REIT Subsidiary;

 

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(vii) to modify either or both the manner in which items of Net Income or Net Loss are allocated pursuant to Article VI or the manner in which Capital Accounts are adjusted, computed or maintained (but only to the extent set forth in the definition of “Capital Account” or contemplated by the Code or the Regulations);

(viii) to issue additional Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.02 ;

(ix) to reflect any other modification to this Agreement as is reasonably necessary for the business or operations of the Partnership or the General Partner; and

(x) the taking of any action necessary or appropriate to prevent the Partnership or the General Partner from being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act.

The General Partner will provide notice to the Limited Partners whenever any action under this Section 7.03(c) is taken.

(d) No action may be taken by the General Partner, without the consent of each Partner adversely affected thereby, if such action would (i) convert a Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a General Partner Interest (except as a result of the General Partner acquiring such Partnership Interest), or (ii) modify the limited liability of a Limited Partner.

Section 7.04. Reimbursement of the General Partner .

(a) Except as provided in this Section 7.04 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles V and VI regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.

(b) The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all the administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership in acquiring and holding the General Partner’s assets, and the General Partner’s administrative costs and expenses, and such expenses will be treated as expenses of the Partnership. Such expenses will include:

(i) all expenses relating to the General Partner’s formation and continuity of existence;

(ii) all expenses relating to any offerings and registrations of securities;

(iii) all expenses associated with the General Partner’s preparation and filing of any periodic reports under federal, state or local laws or regulations;

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(v) all other operating or administrative costs of the General Partner’s incurred in the ordinary course of its business.

The General Partner is hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting, administrative, legal, technical, management and other services rendered to the Partnership. Except to the extent provided in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all expenses that the General Partner and its Affiliates incur relating to the ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership (including, without limitation, administrative expenses); provided , that the amount of any such reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership. The Partners acknowledge that all such expenses of the General Partner are deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursement shall be in addition to any reimbursement made as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof. In the event that certain expenses are incurred for the benefit of the Partnership and other entities (including the General Partner), such expenses will be allocated to the Partnership and such other entities in such a manner as the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion deems fair and reasonable. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Partnership incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the General Partner.

(c) If the General Partner shall elect to purchase from its stockholders REIT Shares for the purpose of delivering such REIT Shares to satisfy an obligation under any dividend reinvestment program adopted by the General Partner, any employee stock purchase plan adopted by the General Partner or any similar obligation or arrangement undertaken by the General Partner in the future or for the purpose of retiring such REIT Shares, the purchase price paid by the General Partner for such REIT Shares and any other expenses incurred by the General Partner in connection with such purchase shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to the General Partner or reimbursed to the General Partner, subject to the condition that: (1) if such REIT Shares subsequently are sold by the General Partner, the General Partner shall pay or cause to be paid to the Partnership any proceeds received by the General Partner for such REIT Shares (which sales proceeds shall include the amount of dividends reinvested under any dividend reinvestment or similar program; provided , that a transfer of REIT Shares for Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.06 would not be considered a sale for such purposes); and (2) if such REIT Shares are not retransferred by the General Partner within 30 days after the purchase thereof, or the General Partner otherwise determines not to retransfer such REIT Shares, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner equal to the number of such REIT Shares, as adjusted (x) pursuant to Section 7.07 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership (in which case such advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be treated as having been made as a distribution in redemption of such number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner).

 

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(d) As set forth in Section 4.02 , the General Partner shall be treated as having made a Capital Contribution in the amount of all expenses that it incurs relating to its offering of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities.

(e) If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.04 constitute gross income of the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership), such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments with respect to capital within the meaning of Code Section 707(c), shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

Section 7.05. Outside Activities of the General Partner . Without limiting the other powers granted to the General Partner under this Agreement, the General Partner and its officers, directors, employees, agents and Affiliates shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of the General Partner.

Section 7.06. Contracts with Affiliates .

(a) The Partnership may lend or contribute funds or other assets to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.

(b) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships, corporations, business trusts or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes to be advisable.

(c) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are determined by the General Partner in good faith to be fair and reasonable.

(d) The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries.

 

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(e) The General Partner is expressly authorized to enter into, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, any Services Agreement with Affiliates of any of the Partnership or the General Partner, on such terms as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes are advisable.

Section 7.07. Indemnification .

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (whether joint or several), expenses (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership (“ Actions ”) as set forth in this Agreement in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not indemnify an Indemnitee (1) for willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, (2) for any transaction for which such Indemnitee received an improper personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement, or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.07 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 7.07(a) . The termination of any proceeding by conviction of an Indemnitee or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent by an Indemnitee, or an entry of an order of probation against an Indemnitee prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.07(a) with respect to the subject matter of such proceeding. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership and any insurance proceeds from the liability policy covering the General Partner and any Indemnitees, and neither the General Partner nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this Section 7.07 .

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding or otherwise subject to or the focus of or is involved in any Action shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership as incurred by the Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of the Action upon receipt by the Partnership of (1) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in this Section 7.07(b) has been met and (2) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.

 

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(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 7.07 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.

(d) The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of any of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) Any liabilities which an Indemnitee incurs as a result of acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation, administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism (whether such liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the IRS, penalties assessed by the Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise) shall be treated as liabilities or judgments or fines under this Section 7.07 , unless such liabilities arise as a result of (1) such Indemnitee’s intentional misconduct or knowing violation of the law, (2) any transaction in which such Indemnitee received a personal benefit in violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement or applicable law, or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.07 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

(h) The provisions of this Section 7.07 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.07 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the obligations of the Partnership or the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this Section 7.07 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

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(i) If and to the extent any payments to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.07 constitute gross income to the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made on behalf of the Partnership) such amounts shall be treated as “guaranteed payments” for the use of capital within the meaning of Code Section 707(c), shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

Section 7.08. Liability of the General Partner .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, neither the General Partner or any of its members or officers shall be liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership, any Partners or any Assignees for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or of any act or omission if the General Partner or such member, director or officer acted in good faith.

(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and its own stockholders collectively and that the General Partner is under no obligation to give priority to the separate interests of the Limited Partners or its own stockholders (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners, Assignees or its own stockholders) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions. If there is a conflict between the interests of the stockholders of the General Partner on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner will fulfill its fiduciary duties to such Limited Partners by acting in the best interests of the stockholders of the General Partner. The General Partner shall not be liable under this Agreement to the Partnership or to any Partner for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions; provided , that the General Partner has acted in good faith.

(c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 7.01(a) hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its employees or agents (subject to the supervision and control of the General Partner). The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith.

(d) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the General Partner has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership or the Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any other Partner for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to any express indemnities given to the Partnership by any Partner pursuant to any other written instrument, no Partner shall have any personal liability whatsoever, to the Partnership or to the other Partner(s), for the debts or liabilities of the Partnership or the Partnership’s obligations hereunder, and the full recourse of the other Partner(s) shall be limited to the interest of that Partner in the Partnership. To the fullest extent permitted

 

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by law, no officer, or member of the General Partner shall be liable to the Partnership for money damages except for (1) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a nonappealable final judgment or (2) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services. Without limitation of the foregoing, and except for fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to any such express indemnity, no property or assets of any Partner, other than its interest in the Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedures for the satisfaction of any judgment (or other judicial process) in favor of any other Partner(s) and arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement. This Agreement is executed by the members of the General Partner solely as members of the same and not in their own individual capacities.

(f) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.08 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s, and its officers’ and members’, liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.08 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

Section 7.09. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner .

(a) The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers, architects, engineers, environmental consultants and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters that the General Partner reasonably believe to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.

(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers and a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and duty that is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (1) to protect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT, (2) for the General Partner otherwise to satisfy the

 

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REIT Requirements, (3) to avoid the General Partner incurring any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners, or (4) to prevent the Partnership or the General Partner from being subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act.

Section 7.10. Title to Partnership Assets . Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively with other Partners or Persons, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.

Section 7.11. Reliance by Third Parties . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying in good faith thereon or claiming thereunder that (1) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (2) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership, and (3) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

Section 8.01. Limitation of Liability . The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement (other than for breach thereof) except as expressly provided in Section 10.04 , 13.02(d) or under the Act.

Section 8.02. Management of Business . No Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, member, employee, partner, agent or director of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent, representative, stockholder or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.

Section 8.03. Outside Activities of Limited Partners . Subject to any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.06(e) hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or any Affiliate thereof (including, without limitation, any employment agreement), any Limited Partner and any Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate, member or shareholder of any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities that are in direct or indirect competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partner shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person (other than the General Partner, to the extent expressly provided herein), and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement, subject to Section 7.06(e) hereof and any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, the Partnership or any Affiliate thereof, to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such Person.

 

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Section 8.04. Return of Capital . Except pursuant to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 8.06 hereof, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement, upon termination of the Partnership as provided herein or upon a merger of the General Partner or a sale by the General Partner of all or substantially all of its assets pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(iii) hereof. Except to the extent provided in Article VI hereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.

Section 8.05. Adjustment Factor . The Partnership shall notify any Limited Partner, on request, of the then current Adjustment Factor or any change made to the Adjustment Factor.

Section 8.06. Redemption Rights .

(a) On or after the date that is (i) with respect to a Limited Partner that is a MissionPoint Party (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), 180 days following the completion of the General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT Shares and (ii) with respect to a Limited Partner that is not a MissionPoint Party, one year following the completion of the General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT Shares, with respect to the OP Units (including any LTIP Units that are converted into OP Units) acquired on the Effective Date, each Limited Partner shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in any other such agreement, as applicable) to cause the Partnership to purchase all or a portion of the OP Units held by such Limited Partner (such OP Units being hereafter referred to as “ Tendered Units ”) in exchange for the Cash Amount (a “ Redemption ”) unless the terms of such OP Units or a separate agreement entered into between the Partnership and the holder of such OP Units provide that such OP Units are not entitled to a right of Redemption. The Tendering Partner shall have no right, with respect to any OP Units so redeemed, to receive any distributions paid on or after the Specified Redemption Date. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Limited Partner who is exercising the right (the “ Tendering Partner ”). The Cash Amount shall be payable to the Tendering Partner on the Specified Redemption Date.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 8.06(a) above, if a Limited Partner has delivered to the General Partner a Notice of Redemption then the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, (subject to the limitations on ownership and transfer of REIT Shares set forth in the Charter) elect to assume and satisfy the Partnership’s Redemption obligation and acquire some or all of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount (as of the Specified Redemption Date) and, if the General Partner so elects, the Tendering Partner shall sell the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. In such event, the Tendering Partner shall have no right to cause the Partnership to redeem such Tendered Units. The General Partner shall give such Tendering Partner written notice of its election on or before the close of business on the fifth Business Day after the its receipt of the Notice of Redemption.

 

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(c) The REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable REIT Shares and, if applicable, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than those provided in the Charter or the Bylaws of the General Partner, the Securities Act, relevant state securities or blue sky laws and any applicable registration rights agreement with respect to such REIT Shares entered into by the Tendering Partner. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery (but subject to Section 8.06(e) ), the Tendering Partner shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares for all purposes, including without limitation, rights to vote or consent, and receive dividends, as of the Specified Redemption Date. In addition, the REIT Shares for which the Partnership Units might be exchanged shall also bear such restrictive legends that the General Partner determines are appropriate to mark transfer, ownership or other restrictions and limitations applicable to the REIT Shares.

(d) Each Limited Partner covenants and agrees with the General Partner that all Tendered Units shall be delivered to the General Partner free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances whatsoever and should any such liens, claims and/or encumbrances exist or arise with respect to such Tendered Units, the General Partner shall be under no obligation to acquire the same. Each Limited Partner further agrees that, in the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its Tendered Units to the General Partner (or its designee), such Limited Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.06(a) , 8.06(b) , 8.06(c) or any other provision of this Agreement, a Limited Partner (i) shall not be entitled to effect a Redemption for cash or an exchange for REIT Shares to the extent the ownership or right to acquire REIT Shares pursuant to such exchange by such Partner on the Specified Redemption Date could cause such Partner or any other Person to violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of REIT Shares set forth in the Charter of the General Partner and (ii) shall have no rights under this Agreement to acquire REIT Shares which would otherwise be prohibited under the Charter. To the extent any attempted Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares would be in violation of this Section 8.06(e) , it shall be null and void ab initio and such Limited Partner shall not acquire any rights or economic interest in the cash otherwise payable upon such Redemption or the REIT Shares otherwise issuable upon such exchange.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to Section 8.06(e) ), with respect to any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to this Section 8.06 : (i) a portion of the OP Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant thereto and any and all future issuances shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be General Partner Interests and all other OP Units shall be deemed to be Limited Partner Interests and held by the General Partner in its capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership such that, immediately after such Redemption, the requirements of Section 4.01(b) continue to be met; (ii) without the consent of the General Partner, each Limited Partner may effect a Redemption only one time in each fiscal quarter; (iii) without the consent of the General Partner, each Limited Partner may not effect a Redemption for less than 1,000 OP Units or, if the Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 OP Units, all of the OP Units held by such Limited Partner; (iv) without the consent of the General Partner, each Limited Partner may not effect a Redemption during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution and before the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution; (v) the consummation of any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares shall be

 

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subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended; and (vi) each Tendering Partner shall continue to own all OP Units subject to any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares, and be treated as a Limited Partner with respect to such OP Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such OP Units are transferred to the General Partner and paid for or exchanged on the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Partner shall have no rights as a stockholder of the General Partner with respect to such Tendering Partner’s OP Units.

(g) In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.04 , the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 8.06 as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests.

(h) The Assignee of any Limited Partner may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.06 , and such Limited Partner shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such Assignee.

ARTICLE IX

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

Section 9.01. Records and Accounting .

(a) The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership those records and documents required to be maintained by the Act and other books and records deemed by the General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 8.05 or 9.03 hereof. Any records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on, or be in the form for, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device, provided , that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

(b) The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or on such other basis as the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. To the extent permitted by sound accounting practices and principles, the Partnership and the General Partner may operate with integrated or consolidated accounting records, operations and principles.

 

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Section 9.02. Partnership Year . The Partnership Year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year.

Section 9.03. Reports .

(a) As soon as practicable, but in no event later than the date on which the General Partner mails its annual report to its stockholders, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner an annual report, as of the close of the most recently ended Partnership Year, containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner.

(b) If and to the extent that the General Partner mails quarterly reports to its stockholders, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the date on such reports are mailed, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner a report containing unaudited financial statements, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the Partnership, and such other information as may be required by applicable law or regulations, or as the General Partner determines to be appropriate.

(c) The General Partner shall have satisfied its obligations under Section 9.03(a) and 9.03(b) hereof by posting or making available the reports required by this Section 9.03 on the website maintained from time to time by the Partnership provided that such reports are able to be printed or downloaded from such website.

(d) At the request of any Limited Partner, the General Partner shall provide access to the books, records and work paper upon which the reports required by this Section 9.03 are based, to the extent required by the Act.

ARTICLE X

TAX MATTERS

Section 10.01. Preparation of Tax Returns . The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns with respect to Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the Partnership for federal and state income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable effort to furnish, within 90 days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal and state income tax reporting purposes. The Limited Partners shall promptly provide the General Partner with such information relating to the Contributed Properties, including tax basis and other relevant information, as may be reasonably requested by the General Partner from time to time.

 

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Section 10.02. Tax Elections . Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited to, the election under Code Section 754 and the election to use the “recurring item” method of accounting provided under Code Section 461(h) with respect to property taxes imposed on the Partnership’s Properties. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including, without limitation, any election under Code Sections 461(h) and 754) upon the General Partner’s determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.

Section 10.03. Tax Matters Partner .

(a) The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership in addition to any reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services is reasonable.

(b) The tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:

(i) to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “tax audit” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “judicial review”), and in the settlement agreement the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner; or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Section 6231(a)(8) of the Code) or a member of a “notice group” (within the meaning of Section 6223(b)(2) of the Code);

(ii) in the event that a notice of a final administrative adjustment at the Partnership level of any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes (a “ final adjustment ”) is mailed to the tax matters partner, to seek judicial review of such final adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located;

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(iv) to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request;

(v) to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and

(vi) to take any other action on behalf of the Partners in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulations.

The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner and the provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in Section 7.07 hereof shall be fully applicable to the tax matters partner in its capacity as such.

Section 10.04. Withholding . Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Code Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 or 1446, the Regulations thereunder, and related IRS guidance. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner, in excess of any withheld amounts shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within 15 days after notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution that would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or (ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the Available Cash of the Partnership that would, but for such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner. Each Limited Partner hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest to secure such Limited Partner’s obligation to pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 10.04 . In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay any amounts owed to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.04 when due, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting Limited Partner (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions). Any amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, plus four percentage points (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount is due ( i.e ., 15 days after demand) until such amount is paid in full. Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created hereunder.

 

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Section 10.05. Organizational Expenses . The Partnership shall elect to amortize expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as provided in Code Section 709.

ARTICLE XI

TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

Section 11.01. Transfer .

(a) No part of the interest of a Partner shall be subject to the claims of any creditor, to any spouse for alimony or support, or to legal process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered except as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement.

(b) No Partnership Interest shall be Transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article XI . Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article XI shall be null and void ab initio unless consented to by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

(c) No Transfer of any Partnership Interest may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Section 1.752-4(b) of the Regulations) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the consent of the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion; provided , that as a condition to such consent, the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to redeem or exchange for REIT Shares any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held by such lender concurrently with such time as such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Code Section 752.

Section 11.02. Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest .

(a) The General Partner may not transfer any of its Partnership Interests except in connection with (i) a transaction permitted under Section 11.02(b) , (ii) any merger (including a triangular merger), consolidation or other combination with or into another Person following the consummation of which the equity holders of the surviving entity are substantially identical to the stockholders of the General Partner, (iii) a transfer to a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (iv) the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners or (v) as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement, nor shall the General Partner withdraw as General Partner except in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 11.02(b) or any merger, consolidation, or other combination permitted under clause (ii) of this Section 11.02(a) .

 

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(b) The General Partner shall not engage in any merger (including, without limitation, a triangular merger), consolidation or other combination with or into another Person (other than any transaction permitted by Section 11.02(a) ), sale of all or substantially all of its assets or any reclassification, recapitalization or change of outstanding REIT Shares (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination as described in the definition of “Adjustment Factor”) (“ Termination Transaction ”), unless (i) following such merger or other consolidation, substantially all of the assets of the surviving entity consist of Partnership Units; (ii) in connection with which all Partners (other than the General Partner) who hold Partnership Units either will receive, or will have the right to receive, for each Partnership Unit an amount of cash, REIT Shares or other securities having a fair market or net asset value, as the case may be, equal to the net asset value of the Partnership Units being converted as of the month end period immediately prior to such conversion; provided , however , that , if in connection with the Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the percentage required for the approval of mergers under the organizational documents of the General Partner, each holder of Partnership Units shall receive, or shall have the right to receive without any right of Consent set forth above in this Section 11.02(b) , the amount of cash, REIT Shares or other securities which such holder would have received had it exercised the Redemption Right and received REIT Shares in exchange for its Partnership Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer; or (iii) all of the following conditions are met: (A) substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the surviving entity are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership (in each case, the “ Surviving Partnership ”), (B) the Limited Partners that held Partnership Units immediately prior to the consummation of such Termination Transaction own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; (C) the rights, preferences and privileges in the Surviving Partnership of such Limited Partners are at least as favorable as those in effect with respect to the Partnership Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and (D) the rights of such Limited Partners include at least one of the following: (1) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for the consideration available to such persons pursuant to Section 8.06 or (2) the right to redeem their interests in the Surviving Partnership for cash on terms substantially equivalent to those in effect with respect to their Partnership Units immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction, or, if the ultimate controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the determination of relative fair market value of such securities and the REIT Shares.

(c) The General Partner shall not enter into an agreement or other arrangement providing for or facilitating the creation of a General Partner other than the General Partner, unless the successor General Partner executes and delivers a counterpart to this Agreement in which such General Partner agrees to be fully bound by all of the terms and conditions contained herein that are applicable to a General Partner.

 

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Section 11.03. Transfer of Limited Partners’ Partnership Interests .

(a) No Limited Partner shall Transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to any transferee without the written consent of the General Partner, which consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion.

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 11.03(a) hereof, it is expressly understood and agreed that the General Partner will not consent to any Transfer of all or any portion of any Partnership Interest pursuant to Section 11.03(a) above unless such Transfer meets each of the following conditions:

(i) The transferee in such Transfer assumes by operation of law or express agreement all of the obligations of the transferor Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest; provided , that no such Transfer (unless made pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the transferor Partner are assumed by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the approval of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any Transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any and all ownership limitations contained in the Charter that may limit or restrict such transferee’s ability to exercise its Redemption rights, including, without limitation, the Ownership Limit. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether by a voluntary Transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as provided in Section 11.05 hereof.

(ii) Such Transfer is effective as of the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Partnership.

(c) If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate, and such power as the Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part of its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership.

(d) In connection with any proposed Transfer of a Limited Partner Interest, the General Partner shall have the right to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without registration under the Securities Act and will not otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Interests Transferred.

 

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(e) No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership or the General Partner) may be made to or by any person, without the consent of the General Partner in its sole discretion, if (i) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, there is a significant risk that it would result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation or would result in a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708, (ii) such Transfer would be effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704, (iii) such Transfer would result in the Partnership being unable to qualify for one or more of the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof) “ within the meaning of Code Section 7704) (the “ Safe Harbors ”) or (iv) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, there is a risk that such transfer would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981.

Section 11.04. Substituted Limited Partners .

(a) A transferee of the interest of a Limited Partner pursuant to a Transfer consented to by the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.03(a) may be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The failure or refusal by the General Partner to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or the General Partner. Subject to the foregoing, an Assignee shall not be admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner until and unless it furnishes to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all the terms, conditions and applicable obligations of this Agreement, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Assignee, and (iii) such other documents and instruments as may be required or advisable, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner, to effect such Assignee’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.

(b) A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article XI shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.

(c) Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address and number of Partnership Units of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and number of Partnership Units of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

Section 11.05. Assignees . If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, does not consent to the admission of any transferee of any Partnership Interest as a Substituted Limited Partner in connection with a transfer permitted by the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.03(a) , such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the

 

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share of Net Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee and the rights to Transfer the Partnership Units only in accordance with the provisions of this Article XI , but shall not be deemed to be a holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to effect a Consent or vote or effect a Redemption with respect to such Partnership Units on any matter presented to the Limited Partners for approval (such right to Consent or vote or effect a Redemption, to the extent provided in this Agreement or under the Act, fully remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event that any such transferee desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article XI to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.

Section 11.06. General Provisions .

(a) No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units in accordance with this Article XI , with respect to which the transferee becomes a Substituted Limited Partner, or pursuant to a redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 8.06 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation.

(b) Any Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of its Partnership Units in a Transfer (i) consented to by the General Partner pursuant to this Article XI where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, (ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights to effect a redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 8.06 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation, or (iii) to the General Partner, whether or not pursuant to Section 8.06(b) hereof, shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

(c) If any Partnership Unit is Transferred in compliance with the provisions of this Article XI , or is redeemed by the Partnership, or acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof, on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit attributable to such Partnership Unit for such Partnership Year shall be allocated to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party, as the case may be, and, in the case of a Transfer or assignment other than a Redemption, to the transferee Partner, by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d) and the corresponding Regulations, using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner (unless the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion elects to adopt a daily, weekly or monthly proration period, in which case Net Income or Net Loss shall be allocated based upon the applicable method selected by the General Partner). All distributions of Available Cash attributable to such Partnership Unit with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such Transfer, assignment or Redemption shall be made to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party, as the case may be, and, in the case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, all distributions of Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership Unit shall be made to the transferee Partner.

 

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(d) In no event may any Transfer or assignment of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including any Redemption, any acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) be made (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) in the event that such Transfer would cause the General Partner to cease to comply with the REIT Requirements; (v) except with the consent of the General Partner, if such Transfer, in the opinion of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, would create a significant risk that such transfer would cause a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes; (vi) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners); (vii) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(14)) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Code Section 4975(c)); (viii) without the consent of the General Partner, to any benefit plan investor within the meaning of Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101(f); (ix) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (x) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; (xi) except with the consent of the General Partner, if such transfer would be effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704, could cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership” as such term is defined in Code Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b), or could cause the Partnership to fail one or more of the Safe Harbors; (xii) if such Transfer causes the Partnership (as opposed to the General Partner) to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act; or (xiii) if such Transfer subjects the Partnership to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 or ERISA, each as amended.

ARTICLE XII

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

Section 12.01. Admission of Successor General Partner . A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 11.02 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective immediately prior to such Transfer. Any such successor shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission. Concurrently with, and as evidence of, the admission of an Additional Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A and the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the name, address and number of Partnership Units of such Additional Limited Partner.

 

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Section 12.02. Admission of Additional Limited Partners .

(a) After the date hereof, a Person (other than an existing Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.04 hereof, (ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such Person, and (iii) such other documents or instruments as may be required in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner and the satisfaction of all the conditions set forth in this Section   12.02 .

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.02 , no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such admission.

(c) If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable among Partners and Assignees for such Partnership Year shall be allocated pro rata among such Additional Limited Partner and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the books” method or another permissible method selected by the General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among all the Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner, in accordance with the principles described in Section 11.06(c) hereof. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to all the Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner.

Section 12.03. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership . For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A ) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof.

 

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Section 12.04. Limit on Number of Partners . Unless otherwise permitted by the General Partner, no Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner if the effect of such admission would be to cause the Partnership to have a number of Partners that would cause the Partnership to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act.

Section 12.05. Admission . A Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner of the Partnership only upon strict compliance, and not upon substantial compliance, with the requirements set forth in this Agreement for admission to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner.

ARTICLE XIII

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

Section 13.01. Dissolution . The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue the business of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (each a “ Liquidating Event ”):

(a) a final and nonappealable judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction ruling that the General Partner is bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction against the General Partner, in each case under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect, unless, prior to the entry of such order or judgment, a Majority in Interest of the remaining Outside Limited Partners agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such order or judgment, of a successor General Partner;

(b) an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, with or without the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners;

(c) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act;

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(e) the Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all Partnership Units other than Partnership Units held by the General Partner; or

(f) the Incapacity or withdrawal of the General Partner, unless all of the remaining Partners in their sole and absolute discretion agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such Incapacity, of a substitute General Partner.

Section 13.02. Winding Up .

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and Partners. After the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, no Partner shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner or, in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners (the General Partner or such other Person being referred to herein as the “ Liquidator ”) shall be responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include shares of stock in the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

(i) First, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s Debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Partners and their Assignees (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);

(ii) Second, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s Debts and liabilities to the General Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as reimbursements under Section 7.04 hereof;

(iii) Third, to the satisfaction of all of the Partnership’s Debts and liabilities to the other Partners and any Assignees (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof); and

(iv) Subject to Section 13.02(c) , the balance, if any, to the Partners in accordance with Section 5.01 .

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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.02(a) hereof that require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners as creditors) and/or distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.02(a) hereof, undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Partners, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

(c) In the event that the Partnership is “liquidated” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), distributions shall be made pursuant to this Article XIII to the Partners and Assignees that have positive Capital Accounts in compliance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) to the extent of, and in proportion to, positive Capital Account balances. If any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs) (a “ Capital Account Deficit ”), such Partner shall not be required to make any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to such Capital Account Deficit and such Capital Account Deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or any other person for any purpose whatsoever.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if the General Partner has a Capital Account Deficit, the General Partner shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership the amount necessary to restore such Capital Account Deficit balance to zero; and (ii) the second sentence of Section 13.02(c) shall not apply with respect to any other Partner to the extent, but only to the extent, that such Partner previously has agreed in writing, with the consent of the General Partner, to undertake an express obligation to restore all or any portion of a deficit that may exist in its Capital Account upon a liquidation of the Partnership.

(e) In the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the Partners pursuant to this Article XIII may be:

(i) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and the Limited Partners for the purpose of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership and/or Partnership activities. The assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the General Partner and the Limited Partners, from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner or the Liquidator, in the same proportions and amounts as would otherwise have been distributed to the General Partner and the Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement; or

(ii) withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership, provided , that such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners in the manner and order of priority set forth in Section 13.02(a) hereof as soon as practicable.

 

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Section 13.03. Deemed Distribution and Recontribution . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article XIII , in the event that the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s Property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, for federal income tax purposes the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed all of its assets and liabilities to a new partnership in exchange for an interest in the new partnership; and, immediately thereafter, distributed interests in the new partnership to the Partners in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts in liquidation of the Partnership, and the new partnership is deemed to continue the business of the Partnership. Nothing in this Section 13.03 shall be deemed to have constituted any Assignee as a Substituted Limited Partner without compliance with the provisions of Section 11.04 hereof.

Section 13.04. Rights of Limited Partners .

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, (a) each Limited Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital Contribution, (b) no Limited Partner shall have the right or power to demand or receive property other than cash from the Partnership, and (c) no Limited Partner (other than any Limited Partner who holds Preferred Units, to the extent specifically set forth herein and in the applicable Partnership Unit Designation) shall have priority over any other Limited Partner as to the return of its Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

(b) In addition to the other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 13.05(c) , each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense (including such copying and administrative charges as the General Partner may establish from time to time):

(i) to obtain a copy of any information mailed or electronically delivered to the General Partner’s stockholders, other than such information that is available pursuant to the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system;

(ii) to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments thereto; and

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 13.04 , the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information, the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or could damage the Partnership or its business; or (ii) the Partnership is required by law or by agreements with an unaffiliated third party to keep confidential.

Section 13.05. Notice of Dissolution . In the event that a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.01 hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within 30 days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners and, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner), and the General Partner may, or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner).

Section 13.06. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership . Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.02 hereof, the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed with the State of Delaware, all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled, and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

Section 13.07. Reasonable Time for Winding-Up . A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.02 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between the Partners during the period of liquidation.

ARTICLE XIV

PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS

OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS

Section 14.01. Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners . The actions requiring consent or approval of Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 7.03 hereof, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth in this Article XIV .

 

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Section 14.02. Amendments . No amendment to this Agreement may be made without the consent of the General Partner. The General Partner may amend this Agreement in any respect without the consent of the Limited Partners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, without the written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners, if such amendment or action would (i) alter or modify the Redemption rights as set forth in Section 8.06 hereof or amend or modify any related definitions or (ii) amend this Section 14.02 (to reduce the items requiring written consent of a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners described herein).

Section 14.03. Meetings of the Partners .

(a) Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request by a Majority in Interest of the Outside Limited Partners. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than seven days nor more than 30 days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote or Consent of Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.03(b) hereof.

(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed or electronic approval is provided by a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement for the action in question). Such approvals may be obtained by the General Partner by means of written notice to the Limited Partners requiring them to respond in the negative by a reasonably specified time, but in no event less than 15 days, or to be deemed to have approved of the proposed action. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote of a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (or such other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement). Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified.

(c) Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Limited Partner executing such proxy. The use of proxies will be governed in the same manner as in the case of corporations organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law (including Section 212 thereof).

 

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(d) Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be conducted in the same manner as meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders and may be held at the same time as, and as part of, the meetings of the General Partner’s stockholders.

(e) On matters on which Limited Partners are entitled to vote, each Limited Partner holding OP Units shall have a vote equal to the number of OP Units held.

(f) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Consent of Holders of Partnership Interests representing a majority of the Partnership Interests of the Limited Partners shall control.

ARTICLE XV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 15.01. Addresses and Notice . Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail or by other means of written communication (including by telecopy, facsimile, or commercial courier service) to the Partner or Assignee at the address set forth in Exhibit A or such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General Partner in writing.

Section 15.02. Titles and Captions . All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

Section 15.03. Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa .

Section 15.04. Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

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Section 15.06. Waiver .

(a) No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

(b) The restrictions, conditions and other limitations on the rights and benefits of the Limited Partners contained in this Agreement, and the duties, covenants and other requirements of performance or notice by the Limited Partners, are for the benefit of the Partnership and, except for an obligation to pay money to the Partnership, may be waived or relinquished by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, on behalf of the Partnership in one or more instances from time to time and at any time; provided, however, that any such waiver or relinquishment may not be made if it would have the effect of (i) creating liability for any other Limited Partner, (ii) causing the Partnership to cease to qualify as a limited partnership, (iii) reducing the amount of cash otherwise distributable to the Limited Partners (other than any such reduction that affects all of the Limited Partners holding the same class or series of Partnership Units on a uniform or pro rata basis, if approved by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners holding such class or series of Partnership Units), (iv) resulting in the classification of the Partnership as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or (v) violating the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state “blue sky” or other securities laws; and provided, further, that any waiver relating to compliance with the Ownership Limit or other restrictions in the Charter shall be made and shall be effective only as provided in the Charter.

Section 15.07. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

Section 15.08. Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and take precedence.

Section 15.09. Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains all of the understandings and agreements between and among the Partners with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the rights, interests and obligations of the Partners with respect to the Partnership.

Section 15.10. Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

 

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Section 15.11. Limitation to Preserve REIT Qualification . Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, to the extent that the amount paid, credited, distributed or reimbursed by the Partnership to the General Partner or its officers, directors, members, employees or agents, whether as a reimbursement, fee, expense or indemnity (a “ REIT Payment ”), would constitute gross income to the General Partner for purposes of Code Section 856(c)(2) or Code Section 856(c)(3), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of such REIT Payments, as selected by the General Partner in its discretion from among items of potential distribution, reimbursement, fees, expenses and indemnities, shall be reduced for any Partnership Year so that the REIT Payments, as so reduced, for or with respect to the General Partner, shall not exceed the lesser of:

(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 4.9% of the General Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (H) of Code Section 856(c)(2) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(2)) derived by the General Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (H) of Code Section 856(c)(2) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments); or

(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 24% of the General Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any REIT Payments) for the Partnership Year that is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(3)) derived by the General Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) (but not including the amount of any REIT Payments); provided , however , that REIT Payments in excess of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts shall not adversely affect the General Partner’s ability to qualify as a REIT. To the extent that REIT Payments may not be made in a Partnership Year as a consequence of the limitations set forth in this Section 15.11 , such REIT Payments shall carry over and shall be treated as arising in the following Partnership Year. The purpose of the limitations contained in this Section 15.11 is to prevent the General Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code by reason of the General Partner’s share of items, including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the Partnership, and this Section 15.11 shall be interpreted and applied to effectuate such purpose.

Section 15.12. No Partition . No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners and their successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.

 

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Section 15.13. No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby . The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the interests of the Partners, inter se ; and no other person, firm or entity ( i.e. , a party who is not a signatory hereto or a permitted successor to such signatory hereto) shall have any right, power, title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in and to the rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement. No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership (other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to Indemnitees) shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may any such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or any of the Partners.

Section 15.14. No Rights as Stockholders of the General Partner . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as stockholders of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to members of the General Partner, or to vote or to consent or receive notice as stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter.

Section 15.15. Creditors . Other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to Indemnitees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership.

[ signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement of Limited Partnership has been executed as of the date first written above.

GENERAL PARTNER:

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

 

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to OP Agreement]


Exhibit A

PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIP UNITS

As of April     , 2013

 

Name and Address of Partners

  

Partnership Units

(Type and Amount)

  

Address

General Partner:

 

Hannon Armstrong

Sustainable Infrastructure

Capital, Inc.

  

 

 

1 (General Partner Interest)

  

 

 

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

 

Suite 370

 

Annapolis, MD 21401

Limited Partners:

 

Hannon Armstrong

Sustainable Infrastructure

Capital, Inc.

 

MissionPoint HA Parallel

Fund III, LLC

 

Brendan Herron

     

 

 

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

 

Suite 370

 

Annapolis, MD 21401

 

 

 

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

 

Suite 370

 

Annapolis, MD 21401

TOTAL             OP Units   

 

A-1


Exhibit B

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

 

To: Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee hereby irrevocably tenders for Redemption             OP Units in Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P. in accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., dated as of April     , 2013 (the “ Agreement ”), and the Redemption rights referred to therein. The undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee:

(a) undertakes (i) to surrender such OP Units and any certificate therefor at the closing of the Redemption and (ii) to furnish to the General Partner, prior to the Specified Redemption Date, the documentation, instruments and information required under Section 8.06 of the Agreement;

(b) directs that the certified check representing the Cash Amount, or the REIT Shares Amount, as applicable, deliverable upon the closing of such Redemption be delivered to the address specified below;

(c) represents, warrants, certifies and agrees that:

(i) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee is a Qualifying Party,

(ii) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, good, marketable and unencumbered title to such OP Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other person or entity,

(iii) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have, the full right, power and authority to tender and surrender such Partnership Units as provided herein, and

(iv) the undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee has obtained the consent or approval of all persons and entities, if any, having the right to consent to or approve such tender and surrender; and

(d) acknowledges that he will continue to own such OP Units until and unless either (1) such OP Units are acquired by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.06.B of the Agreement or (2) such redemption transaction closes.

 

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All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same meaning ascribed to them respectively in the Agreement.

Dated:                                         

 

  Name of Limited Partner or Assignee:
 

 

 

 

  (Signature of Limited Partner or Assignee)
 

 

  (Street Address)
 

 

 

 

 

 

  (City)             (State)             (Zip Code)
  Signature Medallion Guaranteed by:
 

 

Issue Check Payable/REIT Shares to:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Please insert social security or identifying number:

 

 

 

B-2

Exhibit 4.1

LOGO

 

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent set and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”), a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office.

The shares represented by this certificate are subject to restrictions on Beneficial Ownership and Constructive Ownership and Transfer for the purpose, among others, of the Corporation’s maintenance of its qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Subject to certain further restrictions and except as expressly provided in the Charter, (i) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (ii) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iii) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess of 9.8 percent (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the total outstanding shares of Capital Stock, unless such Person is exempt from such limitation or is an Excepted Holder (in which case the Excepted Holder Limit shall be applicable); (iv) no Person may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Capital Stock that would result in the Corporation being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT; and (v) any Transfer of shares of Capital Stock that, if effective, would result in the Capital Stock being beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (as determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such shares of the Capital Stock. Any Person who Beneficially Owns or Constructively Owns or attempts to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock which causes or will cause a Person to Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations must immediately notify the Corporation or, in the case of such a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior written notice. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership as set forth in (i) through (iv) above are violated, the shares of Capital Stock in excess or in violation of the above limitations will be automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. In addition, the Corporation may redeem shares upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion if the Board of Directors determines that ownership or a Transfer or other event may violate the restrictions described above. Furthermore, upon the occurrence of certain events, attempted Transfers in violation of the restrictions described in (i) through (iv) above may be void ab initio . All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in the Charter, as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the restrictions on transfer and ownership, will be furnished to each holder of Capital Stock on request and without charge. Requests for such a copy may be directed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office.

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM – as tenants in common

 

     UTMA –          Custodian   
     

 

     

 

      (Cust)       (Minor)

TEN ENT – as tenants by entireties

      under Uniform Transfers to Minors


     
JT TEN – as joint tenants with right of survivorship    Act     

  and not as tenants in common

      (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in above list.

 

For value received             hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto   
        

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

     

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

        
          
 
                
        
        
                

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

 

    
                
               Shares
of stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                 Attorney
              
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.   
Dated                           

X

 

    
     

X

 

    


      NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED

 

ALL GUARANTEES MUST BE MADE BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (SUCH AS A BANK OR BROKER) WHICH IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM (“STAMP”), THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION SIGNATURE PROGRAM (“MSP”), OR THE STOCK EXCHANGES MEDALLION PROGRAM (“SEMP”) AND MUST NOT BE DATED, GUARANTEES BY A NOTARY PUBLIC ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.

 

     

Exhibit 5.1

[LETTERHEAD OF CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP]

April 11, 2013

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

(410)571-9860

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc., a Maryland corporation, (the “Company”) in connection with the registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-186711) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of up to 15,333,332 shares, including up to 1,999,999 shares to be sold pursuant to any underwriters’ overallotment option, in an underwritten initial public offering (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which are to be sold by the Company pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representative of the several underwriters named therein.

In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate. As to factual matters relevant to the opinion set forth below, we have, with your permission, relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and public officials.

Based on the foregoing, and such other examination of law as we have deemed necessary, we are of the opinion that following the (i) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the resolutions of the board of directors of the Company, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

The opinion set forth in this letter relates only to the Maryland General Corporation Law, and we express no opinion as to the laws of another jurisdiction and we assume no responsibility for the applicability or effect of the law of any other jurisdiction.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP

Exhibit 8.1

April 11, 2013

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd.

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Re: REIT Qualification of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offering by the Company of shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, dated November 9, 2012, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with any amendments thereto, the “Registration Statement”). Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this opinion letter have the meanings given to them in the Registration Statement.

In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have examined and, with your permission, relied on the following items:

1. the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company;

2. the bylaws of the Company;

3. a Certificate of Representations, (the “Certificate of Representations”) dated as of the date hereof, provided to us by the Company;

4. the Registration Statement; and

5. such other documents, records and instruments as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to render the opinions referred to in this letter.

In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed, with your consent, that (i) all documents reviewed by us are original documents, or true and accurate copies of original documents and have not been subsequently amended, (ii) the signatures of each original document are genuine, (iii) all factual representations and statements set forth in such documents are true and correct, (iv) all obligations imposed by any such documents on the parties thereto have been performed or

 

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April 11, 2013    Page 2

 

satisfied in accordance with their terms, and (v) the Company at all times will operate in accordance with the method of operation described in its organizational documents, the Registration Statement and the Certificate of Representations. As of the date hereof, we are not aware of any facts inconsistent with the statements in the organizational documents, the Registration Statement or the Certificate of Representations.

For purposes of rendering the opinions stated below, we have assumed, with your consent, the accuracy of the factual representations contained in the Certificate of Representations provided to us by the Company, and that each such representation contained in such Certificate of Representations to the best of the Company’s knowledge or belief is accurate and complete without regard to such qualification as to the best of such entity’s knowledge or belief. These representations generally relate to the organization and proposed method of operation of the Company.

Based upon, subject to, and limited by the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. Commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2013, the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and its proposed method of operation as described in the Registration Statement and as set forth in the Certificate of Representations will enable the Company to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code; and,

2. The statements in the Registration Statement under the caption “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent they purport to summarize or describe matters of law and legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.

The opinions set forth in this letter are based on relevant provisions of the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, interpretations of the foregoing as expressed in court decisions, legislative history, and existing administrative rulings and practices of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) (including its practices and policies in issuing private letter rulings, which are not binding on the IRS except with respect to a taxpayer that receives such a ruling), all as of the date hereof. These provisions and interpretations are subject to change, which may or may not be retroactive in effect, and which may result in modifications of our opinions. Our opinions do not foreclose the possibility of a contrary determination by the IRS or a court of competent jurisdiction, or of a contrary determination by the IRS or the Treasury Department in regulations or rulings issued in the future. In this regard, an opinion of counsel with respect to an issue represents counsel’s best professional judgment with respect to the outcome on the merits with respect to such issue, if such issue were to be litigated, but an opinion is not binding on the IRS or the courts and is not a guarantee that the IRS will not assert a contrary position with respect to such issue or that a court will not sustain such a position asserted by the IRS.

 

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The opinions set forth above represent our conclusions based upon the documents, facts, representations and assumptions referred to above. Any material amendments to such documents, changes in any significant facts or inaccuracy of such representations or assumptions could affect the opinions referred to herein. Moreover, the Company’s qualification as a REIT depends upon the ability of the Company to meet for each taxable year, through actual annual operating results, requirements under the Code regarding gross income, assets, distributions and diversity of stock ownership. We have not undertaken to review the Company’s compliance with these requirements on a continuing basis. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company’s operations for any single taxable year will satisfy the tests necessary to qualify as or be taxed as a REIT under the Code. Although we have made such inquiries and performed such investigations as we have deemed necessary to fulfill our professional responsibilities as counsel, we have not undertaken an independent investigation of all of the facts referred to in this letter or the Certificate of Representations.

The opinions set forth in this letter are: (i) limited to those matters expressly covered and no opinion is expressed in respect of any other matter; (ii) as of the date hereof; and (iii) rendered by us at the request of the Company. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references therein to us. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP

 

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Exhibit 10.1

2013 HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN


2013 HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation, wishes to attract officers, Directors (as defined below), key employees, consultants, advisers and other personnel to the Company and its Subsidiaries and induce officers, Directors, key employees, consultants, advisers and other personnel to remain with the Company and its Subsidiaries, and encourage them to increase their efforts to make the Company’s business more successful whether directly or through its Subsidiaries. In furtherance thereof, the Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan is designed to provide equity-based incentives to Eligible Persons. Awards under the Plan may be made to Eligible Persons in the form of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Phantom Shares, Dividend Equivalent Rights, LTIP Units, other restricted limited partnership units and other forms of equity-based compensation.

1. DEFINITIONS

Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate ” means any entity other than a Subsidiary that is controlled by or under common control with the Company that is designated as an “Affiliate” by the Committee in its discretion.

Award ,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Phantom Shares, Dividend Equivalent Rights, LTIP Units, other restricted limited partnership units and other equity-based Awards as contemplated herein.

Award Agreement ” means a written agreement in a form approved by the Committee to be entered into between the Company and the Grantee as provided in Section 3 .

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Cause ” means, unless otherwise provided in the Grantee’s Award Agreement or employment agreement, (i) engaging in (A) willful or gross misconduct or (B) willful or gross neglect, (ii) failing to adhere to the directions of superiors or the Board or the written policies and practices of the Company or its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, (iii) the commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, dishonesty, breach of trust or unethical business conduct, or any crime involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any Affiliate thereof, (iv) fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s funds or other assets or other acts deemed by the Committee in the good faith exercise of its sole discretion to be an act of dishonesty in respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, (v) material violation of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to the Company or any Subsidiary, (vi) a material breach of the Grantee’s employment agreement (if any) with the Company or its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates (subject to any cure period therein provided), (vii) willfully refusing to perform or substantially disregarding the duties properly assigned to the Grantee by the Company (other than as a result of Disability), or (viii) any significant activities materially harmful to the reputation of the Company or its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates.

Change in Control ” means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the happening of any of the following:

 

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  (i) any “person,” including a “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding the Company, any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any such entity, and with respect to any particular Grantee, the Grantee and any “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which the Grantee is a member, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of either (A) the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities or (B) the then outstanding Shares (in either such case other than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); provided, however, that, in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred upon an IPO of the Common Stock under the Securities Act or any of the transactions contemplated to occur concurrently therewith; or

 

  (ii) any consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange of the Company where the stockholders of the Company, immediately prior to the consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange, would not, immediately after the consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange, beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, shares representing in the aggregate 50% or more of the combined voting power of the securities of the corporation issuing cash or securities in the consolidation, merger or statutory share exchange (or of its ultimate parent corporation, if any); or

 

  (iii) there shall occur (A) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by “persons” (as defined above) in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (B) the approval by stockholders of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

  (iv) the members of the Board at the beginning of any consecutive 24 calendar month period (the “ Incumbent Directors ”) cease for any reason other than due to death or Disability to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided that any Director whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved or ratified by a vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board then still in office who were members of the Board at the beginning of such 24 calendar month period shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no event or condition shall constitute a Change in Control to the extent that, if it were, a 20% tax would be imposed upon or with respect to any Award under Section 409A of the Code; provided that, in such a case, the event or condition shall continue to constitute a Change in Control to the maximum extent possible (e.g., if applicable, in respect of vesting without an acceleration of distribution) without causing the imposition of such 20% tax.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Committee ” means the compensation committee appointed by the Board under Section 3 and if no compensation committee has been appointed, then Committee shall refer to the Board.

Common Stock ” means the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, either currently existing or authorized hereafter.

Company ” means Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

Director ” means a non-employee director of the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Disability ” means, the occurrence of an event which would entitle an employee of the Company to the payment of disability income under one of the Company’s approved long-term disability income plans or, in the absence of such a plan, unless otherwise provided by the Committee in the Grantee’s employment agreement or Award Agreement, a disability which renders the Grantee incapable of performing all of his or her material duties for a period of at least 180 consecutive or non-consecutive days during any consecutive twelve-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no circumstances or condition shall constitute a Disability to the extent that, if it were, a 20% tax would be imposed upon or with respect to any Award under Section 409A of the Code; provided that, in such a case, the event or condition shall continue to constitute a Disability to the maximum extent possible (e.g., if applicable, in respect of vesting without an acceleration of distribution) without causing the imposition of such 20% tax.

Dividend Equivalent Right ” means a right awarded under Section 8 of the Plan to receive (or have credited) the equivalent value of dividends paid on Common Stock.

Effective Date ” means [•], 2013.

Eligible Person ” means an officer, Director, key employee, consultant or adviser of the Company or its Subsidiaries or other person expected to provide significant services (of a type expressly approved by the Committee as covered services for these purposes) to the Company or its Subsidiaries.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Fair Market Value ” per Share as of a particular date means (i) if Shares are then listed on a national securities exchange or quoted or reported on a national quotation system, the closing sales price per Share on the exchange or system for the applicable date or, if there are no sales on such date, for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Shares on such exchange or system; (ii) if Shares are not then listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on a national quotation system but are then traded on an over-the-counter market, the average of the closing bid and asked prices for the Shares in such over-the-counter market for the date in question, or, if there are no bid and asked prices on such date, for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of such Shares in such market; or (iii) if Shares are not then listed on a national securities exchange, quoted on a national quotation system or traded on an over-the-counter market, such value as the Committee in its discretion may in good faith determine; provided that, where the Shares are so listed or traded, the Committee may make such discretionary determinations where the Shares have not been traded for 10 trading days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any “stock right” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, Fair Market Value shall not be less than the “fair market value” of the shares of Common Stock determined in accordance with the final regulations promulgated under Section 409A of the Code.

Grantee ” means an Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted hereunder.

 

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IPO ” means the consummation of the first fully underwritten, firm commitment public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of its Common Stock, or such other event as a result of or following which the Common Stock shall be publicly held.

Incentive Stock Option ” means an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422(b) of the Code.

LTIP Unit ” means a restricted limited partner profits interests in the Partnership.

Non-Qualified Stock Option ” means an Option which is not an Incentive Stock Option.

Option ” means the right to purchase, at a price and for the term fixed by the Committee in accordance with the Plan, and subject to such other limitations and restrictions in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, a number of Shares determined by the Committee.

Option Price ” means the price per Share, determined by the Committee, at which an Option may be exercised.

OP Units ” means units representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership.

Partnership ” means Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Performance Goals ” have the meaning set forth in Section 10 .

Performance Period ” means any period designated by the Committee for which Performance Criteria (as defined in Exhibit A ) shall be calculated.

Phantom Share ” means a right, pursuant to the Plan, of the Grantee to payment of the Phantom Share Value in accordance with Section 7 .

Phantom Share Value, ” per Phantom Share, means the Fair Market Value of a Share or, if so provided by the Committee, such Fair Market Value to the extent in excess of a base value established by the Committee at the time of grant (which base value may not be less than the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares at the date of grant).

Plan ” means the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as set forth herein and as the same may from time to time be amended.

REIT ” shall mean a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

REIT Requirements ” means the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Restricted Stock ” means an award of Shares that are subject to restrictions in accordance with Section 6 .

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Settlement Date ” means the date determined under Section 7.4(c) .

 

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Shares ” means shares of Common Stock of the Company.

Stock Appreciation Right ” means a right described in Section 5.7 .

Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the Company), partnership or other entity of which at least 50% of the economic interest in the equity or voting power is owned (directly or indirectly) by the Company. In the event the Company becomes such a subsidiary of another company (directly or indirectly), the provisions hereof applicable to subsidiaries shall, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, also be applicable to such parent company.

Termination of Service ” means a Grantee’s termination of employment or other service, as applicable, with the Company, its Subsidiaries and, as applicable, Affiliates. Cessation of service as an officer, Director, key employee, consultant, adviser or other personnel shall not be treated as a Termination of Service if the Grantee continues without interruption to serve thereafter in another one (or more) of such other capacities. With respect to any Award subject to Section 409A of the Code, Termination of Service shall be a “separation from service” as interpreted within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h).

2. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

The effective date of the Plan is April [•], 2013. The Plan shall terminate on, and no Award shall be granted hereunder on or after, the 10-year anniversary of the earlier of the approval of the Plan by (i) the Board or (ii) the stockholders of the Company; provided, however, that the Board may at any time prior to that date terminate the Plan.

3. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee, upon and after such time as it is covered in Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shall consist of at least two individuals each of whom shall be a “nonemployee director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ Rule 16b-3 ”) under the Exchange Act and shall, at such times as the Company is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code (to the extent relief from the limitation of Section 162(m) of the Code is sought with respect to Awards), qualify as “outside directors” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code; provided that no action taken by the Committee (including without limitation grants) shall be invalidated because any or all of the members of the Committee fails to satisfy the foregoing requirements of this sentence. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or acts approved in writing by a majority of the entire Committee, shall be the acts of the Committee for purposes of the Plan. If and to the extent applicable, no member of the Committee may act as to matters under the Plan specifically relating to such member. Notwithstanding the other foregoing provisions of this Section 3(a) , any Award under the Plan to a person who is a member of the Committee shall be made and administered by the Board. If no Committee is designated by the Board to act for these purposes, the Board shall have the rights and responsibilities of the Committee hereunder and under the Award Agreements.

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the Award Agreements (i) authorize the granting of Awards to Eligible Persons; (ii) determine the eligibility of an Eligible Person to receive an Award (subject to the individual participant limitations provided hereunder), as well as determine the number of Shares to be covered under any Award Agreement, considering the position and responsibilities of the Eligible Person, the nature and value to the Company of the Eligible Person’s present and potential contribution to the success of the Company whether directly or through its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and such other factors as the Committee may

 

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deem relevant; (iii) determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each Award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the Plan); (iv) prescribe the form of instruments evidencing such awards; (v) make recommendations to the Board with respect to any Award that is subject to Board approval; and (vi) take such other actions as are prescribed under the Plan, including, without limitation, Section 13 herein.

(c) The Award Agreement shall contain such other terms, provisions and conditions not inconsistent herewith as shall be determined by the Committee. In the event that any Award Agreement or other agreement hereunder provides (without regard to this sentence) for the obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof to purchase or repurchase Shares from a Grantee or any other person, then, notwithstanding the provisions of the Award Agreement or such other agreement, such obligation shall not apply to the extent that the purchase or repurchase would not be permitted under governing state law. The Grantee shall take whatever additional actions and execute whatever additional documents the Committee may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect one or more of the obligations or restrictions imposed on the Grantee pursuant to the express provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement.

4. SHARES AND UNITS SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 In General.

(a) Subject to Section 4.2 , and subject to adjustments as provided in Section 14 , the total number of Shares subject to Awards granted under the Plan, in the aggregate, may not exceed 7.5% of the Shares issued and outstanding from time to time on a fully diluted basis (assuming, if applicable, the exercise of all outstanding Options and the conversion of all warrants and convertible securities, including OP Units and LTIP Units, into Shares). Shares distributed under the Plan shall be authorized but unissued Shares. Any Shares that have been granted as Restricted Stock or that have been reserved for distribution in payment for Options, Phantom Shares or other equity-based Awards under Section 9 but are later forfeited or for any other reason are not payable under the Plan may again be made the subject of Awards under the Plan.

(b) Shares subject to Dividend Equivalent Rights, other than Dividend Equivalent Rights based directly on the dividends payable with respect to Shares subject to Options or the dividends payable on a number of Shares corresponding to the number of Phantom Shares awarded, shall be subject to the limitation of Section 4.1(a) . If any Phantom Shares, Dividend Equivalent Rights or other equity-based Awards under Section 9 are paid out in cash, then, notwithstanding Section 4.1(a) above, the underlying Shares may again be made the subject of Awards under the Plan.

(c) Any certificates for Shares or other evidence of ownership issued hereunder may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer hereunder or under the Award Agreement, or as the Committee may otherwise deem appropriate.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision hereunder, no Award hereunder shall be exercisable or eligible for settlement if, as a result of either the ability to exercise or settle, or the exercise or settlement of such Award, the Company would not satisfy the REIT Requirements in any respect.

(e) For purposes of the Plan, the Company shall not be treated as being subject to Section 162(m) of the Code during the period Awards granted hereunder are exempt from the limitation on tax deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Code by reason of the post-initial public offering transition relief set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.162-27(f).

 

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5. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO STOCK OPTIONS

5.1 Grant of Option.

Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement: (i) determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Persons to whom Options are to be granted and the number of Shares to be optioned to each Eligible Person; (ii) determine whether to grant Options intended to be Incentive Stock Options, or to grant Non-Qualified Stock Options, or both (to the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall constitute a separate Non-Qualified Stock Option); provided that Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iii) determine the time or times when and the manner and condition in which each Option shall be exercisable and the duration of the exercise period; (iv) designate each Option as one intended to be an Incentive Stock Option or as a Non-Qualified Stock Option; and (v) determine or impose other conditions to the grant or exercise of Options under the Plan as it may deem appropriate.

5.2 Option Price.

The Option Price shall be determined by the Committee on the date the Option is granted and reflected in the Award Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time. Any particular Award Agreement may provide for different Option Prices for specified amounts of Shares subject to the Option; provided that the Option Price with respect to each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day the Option is granted.

5.3 Period of Option and Vesting.

(a) Unless earlier expired, forfeited or otherwise terminated, each Option shall expire in its entirety upon the 10 th anniversary of the date of grant or shall have such other term (which may be shorter, but not longer, in the case of Incentive Stock Options) as is set forth in the applicable Award Agreement (except that, in the case of an individual described in Section 422(b)(6) of the Code (relating to certain 10% owners) who is granted an Incentive Stock Option, the term of such Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant). The Option shall also expire, be forfeited and terminate at such times and in such circumstances as otherwise provided hereunder or under the Award Agreement.

(b) Each Option, to the extent that the Grantee thereof has not had a Termination of Service and the Option has not otherwise lapsed, expired, terminated or been forfeited, shall first become exercisable (vested) according to the terms and conditions set forth in the Award Agreement, as determined by the Committee at the time of grant. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement or herein, no Option (or portion thereof) shall ever be exercisable if the Grantee has a Termination of Service before the time at which such Option (or portion thereof) would otherwise have become exercisable, and any Option that would otherwise become exercisable after such Termination of Service shall not become exercisable and shall be forfeited upon such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3(b) , Options exercisable pursuant to the schedule set forth by the Committee at the time of grant may be fully or more rapidly exercisable or otherwise vested at any time in the discretion of the Committee. Upon and after the death of an Grantee, such Grantee’s Options, if and to the extent otherwise exercisable hereunder or under the applicable Award Agreement after the Grantee’s death, may be exercised by the Successors of the Grantee.

 

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5.4 Exercisability Upon and After Termination of Grantee.

(a) Except as provided in an applicable employment agreement or Award Agreement, in the event a Grantee of an Option has a Termination of Service other than by the Company or its Subsidiaries for Cause or other than by reason of death or Disability, no exercise of a vested Option may occur after the expiration of the three-month period to follow the termination, or if earlier, the expiration of the term of the Option as provided under Section 5.3(a) ; provided that, if the Grantee should die after the Termination of Service, such termination being for a reason other than Disability or Cause, but while the Option is still in effect, the Option (if and to the extent otherwise exercisable by the Grantee at the time of death) may be exercised until the earlier of (i) one year from the date of the Termination of Service of the Grantee, or (ii) the date on which the term of the Option expires in accordance with Section 5.3(a) .

(b) Subject to provisions of the Award Agreement, in the event the Grantee has a Termination of Service on account of death or Disability, the Option to the extent vested may be exercised until the earlier of (i) one year from the date of the Termination of Service of the Grantee, or (ii) the date on which the term of the Option expires in accordance with Section 5.3 .

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, unless otherwise provided in the employment agreement or Award Agreement, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service by the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate for Cause the Grantee’s Options, to the extent then unexercised, shall thereupon cease to be exercisable and shall be forfeited forthwith (whether or not the Options were exercisable previously).

(d) Except as may otherwise be expressly set forth in this Section 5 , and except as may otherwise be expressly provided under the Award Agreement, no provision of this Section 5 is intended to or shall permit the exercise of the Option to the extent the Option was not exercisable before or upon Termination of Service.

5.5 Exercise of Options.

(a) Subject to vesting, restrictions on exercisability and other restrictions provided for hereunder or otherwise imposed in accordance herewith, an Option may be exercised, and payment in full of the aggregate Option Price made, by a Grantee only by written notice (in the form prescribed by the Committee) to the Company or its designee specifying the number of Shares to be purchased.

(b) Without limiting the scope of the Committee’s discretion hereunder, the Committee may impose such other restrictions on the exercise of Options (whether or not in the nature of the foregoing restrictions) as it may deem necessary or appropriate.

5.6 Payment.

(a) The aggregate Option Price shall be paid in full upon the exercise of the Option. Payment must be made by one of the following methods:

(i) a certified or bank cashier’s check;

(ii) subject to Section 12(e) , the proceeds of a Company loan program or third-party sale program or a notice acceptable to the Committee given as consideration under such a program, in each case if permitted by the Committee in its discretion, if such a program has been established and the Grantee is eligible to participate therein;

 

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(iii) if approved by the Committee in its discretion, Shares of previously owned Common Stock, which have been previously owned for more than six months, having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate Option Price;

(iv) other than as prohibited under Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act, if approved by the Committee in its discretion, through the written election of the Grantee to have Shares withheld by the Company from the Shares otherwise to be received, with such withheld Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate Option Price; or

(v) by any combination of such methods of payment or any other method acceptable to the Committee in its discretion.

(b) Except in the case of Options exercised by certified or bank cashier’s check, the Committee may impose limitations and prohibitions on the exercise of Options as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, any limitation or prohibition designed to avoid accounting consequences which may result from the use of Common Stock as payment upon exercise of an Option.

(c) The Committee shall provide in the Award Agreement the extent (if any) to which an Option may be exercised with respect to any fractional Share, including whether any fractional Shares resulting from a Grantee’s exercise may be paid in cash.

5.7 Stock Appreciation Rights.

The Committee, in its discretion, may also grant a Stock Appreciation Right by permitting the Grantee to elect to receive (taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate), upon the exercise of an Option, Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised over the aggregate Option Price, as determined as of the day the Option is exercised; provided that, after consideration of possible accounting issues, the Committee may permit a Stock Appreciation Right to be settled in a combination of Shares and cash, or exclusively in cash, with an aggregate Fair Market Value (or, to the extent of payment in cash, in an amount) equal to such excess. Without limiting the Committee’s discretion hereunder, the Committee is expressly authorized to cause the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right (i) in tandem with an otherwise exercisable underlying Option, by having the method of exercise under this Section 5.7 apply in addition to other methods of exercise, as to all or a portion of any particular Award under this Section 5 , or (ii) as a free-standing right, by having the method of exercise under this Section 5.7 be the exclusive method of exercise.

5.8 Exercise by Successors.

An Option may be exercised, and payment in full of the aggregate Option Price made, by the Successors of the Grantee only by written notice (as may be prescribed by the Committee) to the Company specifying the number of Shares to be purchased. Such notice shall state that the aggregate Option Price will be paid in full, or that the Option will be exercised as otherwise provided hereunder, in the discretion of the Company or the Committee, if and as applicable.

5.9 Non-transferability of Option.

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may (but need not) permit other transfers, where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not result in accelerated U.S. federal income taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Section 422(b) of the Code, (iii) complies with applicable law, including securities laws, and (iv) is otherwise appropriate and desirable.

5.10 Certain Incentive Stock Option Provisions.

(a) In no event may an Incentive Stock Option be granted other than to employees of the Company or a “subsidiary corporation” (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) or a “parent corporation” (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code) with respect to the Company. The aggregate Fair Market Value, determined as of the date an Option is granted, of the Common Stock for which any Grantee may be awarded Incentive Stock Options which are first exercisable by the Grantee during any calendar year under the Plan (or any other stock option plan required to be taken into account under Section 422(d) of the Code) shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent the $100,000 limit referred to in the preceding sentence is exceeded, an Option will be treated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

(b) If Shares acquired upon exercise of an Incentive Stock Option are disposed of in a disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code by an Grantee prior to the expiration of either two years from the date of grant of such Option or one year from the transfer of Shares to the Grantee pursuant to the exercise of such Option, or in any other disqualifying disposition within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, such Grantee shall notify the Company in writing as soon as practicable thereafter of the date and terms of such disposition and, if the Company (or any Affiliate thereof) thereupon has a tax-withholding obligation, shall pay to the Company (or such Affiliate) an amount equal to any withholding tax the Company (or Affiliate) is required to pay as a result of the disqualifying disposition.

(c) Without limiting the application of Section 5.2 , the Option Price with respect to each Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 100%, or 110% in the case of an individual described in Section 422(b)(6) of the Code (relating to certain 10% owners), of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day the Option is granted. In the case of an individual described in Section 422(b)(6) of the Code who is granted an Incentive Stock Option, the term of such Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant.

6. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RESTRICTED STOCK

6.1 Grant of Restricted Stock.

(a) In connection with the grant of Restricted Stock, whether or not Performance Goals (as provided for under Section 10 ) apply thereto, the Committee shall establish one or more vesting periods with respect to the shares of Restricted Stock granted, the length of which shall be determined in the discretion of the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Subject to the provisions of this Section 6 , the applicable Award Agreement and the other provisions of the Plan, restrictions on Restricted Stock shall lapse if the Grantee satisfies all applicable employment or other service requirements through the end of the applicable vesting period. The Committee also may authorize the granting of Shares that are immediately vested, but otherwise subject to the provisions of the Plan applicable to Restricted Stock.

(b) Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee may, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement: (i) authorize the granting of Restricted Stock to Eligible Persons; (ii) provide a specified purchase price for the Restricted Stock (whether or not the payment of a purchase price is required by any state law applicable to the Company); (iii) determine the restrictions applicable to Restricted Stock and (iv) determine or impose other conditions, including any applicable Performance Goals, to the grant of Restricted Stock under the Plan as it may deem appropriate.

 

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6.2 Certificates.

(a) In the discretion of the Committee, each Grantee of Restricted Stock may be issued a stock certificate in respect of Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan. Each such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Grantee. A “book entry” (by computerized or manual entry) shall be made in the records of the Company or its designee to evidence an award of Restricted Stock where no certificate is issued in the name of the Grantee. Each certificate, if any, shall be registered in the name of the Grantee and may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer hereunder or under the applicable Award Agreement, or as the Committee may otherwise deem appropriate, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall bear a legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to such Award, substantially in the following form:

THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (INCLUDING FORFEITURE) OF THE HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN AND AN AWARD AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE REGISTERED OWNER AND HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC. COPIES OF SUCH PLAN AND AWARD AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICES OF HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC. AT 1906 TOWNE CENTRE BVLD, SUITE 370, ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND.

(b) The Committee shall require that any stock certificates evidencing such Shares be held in custody by the Company or its designee until the restrictions thereon shall have lapsed, and may in its discretion require that, as a condition of any Award of Restricted Stock, the Grantee shall have delivered to the Company or its designee a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to the stock covered by such Restricted Stock Award. If and when such restrictions so lapse, any stock certificates shall be delivered by the Company to the Grantee or his or her designee (and the stock power shall be so delivered or shall be discarded).

6.3 Restrictions and Conditions.

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, the Shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

(i) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreements, during a period commencing with the date of such Award and ending on the date the period of forfeiture with respect to such Shares of Restricted Stock lapses, the Grantee shall not be permitted voluntarily or involuntarily to sell, transfer, pledge, anticipate, alienate, encumber or assign Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under the Plan (or have such Shares attached or garnished). Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award Agreements and clauses (iii) and (iv) below, the period of forfeiture with respect to Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall lapse as provided in the applicable Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise expressly provided by the Committee, the period of forfeiture with respect to such Shares of Restricted Stock shall only lapse as to whole Shares.

 

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(ii) Except as provided in the foregoing clause (i), below in this clause (ii), in Section 14 , or as otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the Grantee shall have, in respect of the Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote the Shares, and, except as provided below, the right to receive any cash dividends; provided, however, that, if provided in an Award Agreement, cash dividends on such Shares shall be (A) held by the Company (unsegregated as a part of its general assets) until the period of forfeiture lapses (and forfeited if the underlying Shares are forfeited), and paid over to the Grantee (without interest) as soon as practicable after such period lapses (if not forfeited), or (B) treated as may otherwise be provided in an Award Agreement.

(iii) Except as otherwise provided in an applicable employment agreement or Award Agreement, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service for any reason during the applicable period of forfeiture, then (A) all Shares still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee, and (B) the Company shall pay to the Grantee as soon as practicable (and in no event more than 30 days) after such termination an amount, if any, equal to the lesser of (x) the amount paid by the Grantee, if any, for such forfeited Restricted Stock as contemplated by Section 6.1 , and (y) the Fair Market Value on the date of termination of the forfeited Restricted Stock.

7. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PHANTOM SHARES

7.1 Grant of Phantom Shares.

Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the applicable Award Agreement: (i) authorize the granting of Phantom Shares to Eligible Persons and (ii) determine or impose other conditions to the grant of Phantom Shares under the Plan as it may deem appropriate.

7.2 Term.

The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that any particular Phantom Share shall expire at the end of a specified term.

7.3 Vesting.

(a) Subject to the provisions of an applicable Award Agreement and Section 7.3(b) , Phantom Shares shall vest as provided in the applicable Award Agreement.

(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in an applicable Award Agreement, in the event that a Grantee has a Termination of Service, any and all of the Grantee’s Phantom Shares which have not vested prior to or as of such termination shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited and cease to be outstanding and the Grantee’s vested Phantom Shares shall be settled as set forth in Section 7.4 .

 

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7.4 Settlement of Phantom Shares.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, each vested and outstanding Phantom Share shall be settled by the transfer to the Grantee of one Share; provided, however, that, the Committee at the time of grant (or, in the appropriate case, as determined by the Committee, thereafter) may provide that, after consideration of possible accounting issues, a Phantom Share may be settled (i) in cash at the applicable Phantom Share Value, (ii) in cash or by transfer of Shares as elected by the Grantee in accordance with procedures established by the Committee (if any) or (iii) in cash or by transfer of Shares as elected by the Company.

(b) Payment (whether of cash or Shares) in respect of Phantom Shares shall be settled with a single-sum payment or distribution by the Company; provided that, with respect to Phantom Shares of a Grantee which have a common Settlement Date, the Committee (taking into account, without limitation, Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) may permit the Grantee to elect in accordance with procedures established by the Committee to receive installment payments over a period not to exceed 10 years. If the Grantee’s Phantom Shares are paid out in installment payments, such installment payments shall be treated as a series of separate payments for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

(c)(i) Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the “Settlement Date” with respect to a Phantom Share is the first day of the month to follow the date on which the Phantom Share vests; provided, however, that a Grantee may elect at or prior to grant, if permitted by and in accordance with procedures to be established by the Committee, that such Settlement Date will be deferred as elected by the Grantee to the first day of the month to follow the Grantee’s Termination of Service, or such other time as may be permitted by the Committee. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, all initial elections to defer the Settlement Date shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. In addition, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any subsequent elections under this Section 7.4(c)(i) must, except as may otherwise be permitted under the rules applicable under Section 409A of the Code, (A) not be effective for at least one year after they are made, or, in the case of payments to commence at a specific time, be made at least one year before the first scheduled payment and (B) defer the commencement of distributions (and each affected distribution) for at least five years.

(ii) Notwithstanding Section 7.4(c)(i) , the Committee may provide that distributions of Phantom Shares can be elected at any time in those cases in which the Phantom Share Value is determined by reference to Fair Market Value to the extent in excess of a base value, rather than by reference to unreduced Fair Market Value.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Settlement Date, if not earlier pursuant to this Section 7.4(c) , is the date of the Grantee’s death.

(d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7 , taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate, in the event of a Change in Control, the Settlement Date shall be the date of such Change in Control and all amounts due with respect to Phantom Shares to a Grantee hereunder shall be paid as soon as practicable (but in no event more than 30 days) after such Change in Control, unless such Grantee elects otherwise in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate, a Grantee may receive any amounts to be paid in installments as provided in Section 7.4(b) or deferred by the Grantee as provided in Section 7.4(c) in the event of an “Unforeseeable Emergency.” For these purposes, an “Unforeseeable Emergency” means an event that would cause a severe financial hardship to the Grantee resulting from (x) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Grantee or “dependent,” as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code, of the Grantee, (y) loss of the Grantee’s property due to casualty, or (z)

 

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other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Grantee. The circumstances that will constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, payment may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved:

(i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise,

(ii) by liquidation of the Grantee’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship, or

(iii) by future cessation of the making of additional deferrals with respect to Phantom Shares.

Without limitation, the need to send a Grantee’s child to college or the desire to purchase a home shall not constitute an Unforeseeable Emergency. Distributions of amounts because of an Unforeseeable Emergency shall be permitted to the extent reasonably needed to satisfy the emergency need.

7.5 Other Phantom Share Provisions.

(a) Except as permitted by the Committee, rights to payments with respect to Phantom Shares granted under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment, levy, execution, or other legal or equitable process, either voluntary or involuntary; and any attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, attach or garnish, or levy or execute on any right to payments or other benefits payable hereunder, shall be void.

(b) A Grantee may designate in writing, on forms to be prescribed by the Committee, a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any payments payable after his or her death and may amend or revoke such designation at any time. If no beneficiary designation is in effect at the time of a Grantee’s death, payments hereunder shall be made to the Grantee’s estate. If a Grantee with a vested Phantom Share dies, such Phantom Share shall be settled and the Phantom Share Value in respect of such Phantom Shares paid, and any payments deferred pursuant to an election under Section 7.4(c) shall be accelerated and paid, as soon as practicable (but no later than 60 days) after the date of death to such Grantee’s beneficiary or estate, as applicable.

(c) The Committee may, taking into account, without limitation, the application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate, establish a program under which distributions with respect to Phantom Shares may be deferred for periods in addition to those otherwise contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this Section 7 . Such program may include, without limitation, provisions for the crediting of earnings and losses on unpaid amounts, and, if permitted by the Committee, provisions under which Grantees may select from among hypothetical investment alternatives for such deferred amounts in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 7 , any fractional Phantom Share will be paid out in cash at the Phantom Share Value as of the Settlement Date.

(e) No Phantom Share shall be construed to give any Grantee any rights with respect to Shares or any ownership interest in the Company. Except as may be provided in accordance with Section 8 , no provision of the Plan shall be interpreted to confer upon any Grantee of a Phantom Share any voting, dividend or derivative or other similar rights with respect to any Phantom Share.

 

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7.6 Claims Procedures.

(a) To the extent that the Plan is determined by the Committee to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, the Grantee, or his beneficiary hereunder or authorized representative, may file a claim for payments with respect to Phantom Shares under the Plan by written communication to the Committee or its designee. A claim is not considered filed until such communication is actually received. Within 90 days (or, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, 180 days, in which case notice of such special circumstances should be provided within the initial 90-day period) after the filing of the claim, the Committee will either:

(i) approve the claim and take appropriate steps for satisfaction of the claim; or

(ii) if the claim is wholly or partially denied, advise the claimant of such denial by furnishing to him a written notice of such denial setting forth (A) the specific reason or reasons for the denial; (B) specific reference to pertinent provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based and, if the denial is based in whole or in part on any rule of construction or interpretation adopted by the Committee, a reference to such rule, a copy of which shall be provided to the claimant; (C) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of the reasons why such material or information is necessary; and (D) a reference to this Section 7.6 as the provision setting forth the claims procedure under the Plan.

(b) The claimant may request a review of any denial of his claim by written application to the Committee within 60 days after receipt of the notice of denial of such claim. Within 60 days (or, if special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, 120 days, in which case notice of such special circumstances should be provided within the initial 60-day period) after receipt of written application for review, the Committee will provide the claimant with its decision in writing, including, if the claimant’s claim is not approved, specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the Plan provisions on which the decision is based.

8. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS

8.1 Grant of Dividend Equivalent Rights.

Subject to the other terms of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its discretion as reflected by the terms of the Award Agreements, authorize the granting of Dividend Equivalent Rights to Eligible Persons based on the regular cash dividends declared on Common Stock, to be credited as of the dividend payment dates, during the period between the date an Award is granted, and the date such Award is exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitation as may be determined by the Committee. With respect to Dividend Equivalent Rights granted with respect to Options intended to be qualified performance-based compensation for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, such Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be payable regardless of whether such Option is exercised. If a Dividend Equivalent Right is granted in respect of another Award hereunder, then, unless otherwise stated in the Award Agreement, or, in the appropriate case, as determined by the Committee, in no event shall the Dividend Equivalent Right be in effect for a period beyond the time during which the applicable portion of the underlying Award is in effect.

8.2 Certain Terms.

(a) The term of a Dividend Equivalent Right shall be set by the Committee in its discretion.

 

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(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, except as contemplated by Section 8.4 , a Dividend Equivalent Right is exercisable or payable only while the Grantee is an Eligible Person.

(c) Payment of the amount determined in accordance with Section 8.1 shall be in cash, in Common Stock or a combination of both, as determined by the Committee.

(d) The Committee may impose such employment-related conditions on the grant of a Dividend Equivalent Right as it deems appropriate in its discretion.

8.3 Other Types of Dividend Equivalent Rights.

The Committee may establish a program under which Dividend Equivalent Rights of a type whether or not described in the foregoing provisions of this Section 8 may be granted to Grantees. For example, and without limitation, the Committee may grant a Dividend Equivalent Right in respect of each Share subject to an Option or with respect to a Phantom Share, which right would consist of the right (subject to Section 8.4 ) to receive a cash payment in an amount equal to the dividend distributions paid on a Share from time to time.

8.4 Deferral.

The Committee may establish a program or programs (taking into account, without limitation, the possible application of Section 409A of the Code, as the Committee may deem appropriate) under which Grantees (i) will have Phantom Shares credited, subject to the terms of Sections 7.4 and 7.5 as though directly applicable with respect thereto, upon the granting of Dividend Equivalent Rights, or (ii) will have payments with respect to Dividend Equivalent Rights deferred. In the case of the foregoing clause (ii), such program may include, without limitation, provisions for the crediting of earnings and losses on unpaid amounts, and, if permitted by the Committee, provisions under which Grantees may select from among hypothetical investment alternatives for such deferred amounts in accordance with procedures established by the Committee.

9. OTHER EQUITY-BASED AWARDS

The Committee shall have the right to grant other Awards based upon the Common Stock having such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine, including, without limitation, an Award granted or denominated in Shares or units of Shares based upon certain conditions or denominated in other equity interests, including, without limitation, equity interests of the Partnership, such as LTIP Units that are convertible or exchangeable into Shares, or equity interests in other Subsidiaries.

10. PERFORMANCE GOALS

The Committee, in its discretion, may, in the case of any Awards (including, in particular, Awards other than Options) intended to qualify for an exception from the limitation imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code at any time that Section 162(m) applies to the Company, or otherwise (“ Performance-Based Awards ”), (i) establish one or more Performance Goals (“ Performance Goals ”) as a precondition to the issuance or vesting of Awards, and (ii) provide, in connection with the establishment of the Performance Goals, for predetermined Awards to those Grantees (who continue to meet all applicable eligibility requirements) with respect to whom the applicable Performance Goals are satisfied. The Performance Goals shall be based upon the criteria set forth in Exhibit A hereto which is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth in full. The Performance Goals shall be established in a timely fashion such that they are considered pre-established for purposes of the rules governing performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code at any time that Section 162(m)

 

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applies to the Company, and compliance with such rules is sought. Prior to the award or vesting, as applicable, of affected Awards hereunder, the Committee shall have certified that any applicable Performance Goals, and other material terms of the Award, have been satisfied. Performance Goals which do not satisfy the foregoing provisions of this Section 10 may be established by the Committee with respect to Awards not intended to qualify for an exception from the limitations imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code.

11. TAX WITHHOLDING

11.1 In General.

The Company, or a properly designated paying agent, shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding determined by the Committee to be required by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may, in its discretion, require the Grantee to pay to the Company at such time as the Committee determines the amount that the Committee deems necessary to satisfy the Company’s obligation to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of (i) the exercise of any Option, (ii) the lapsing of any restrictions applicable to any Restricted Stock, (iii) the receipt of a distribution in respect of Phantom Shares or Dividend Equivalent Rights or (iv) any other applicable income-recognition event (for example, an election under Section 83(b) of the Code).

11.2 Share Withholding.

(a) Upon exercise of an Option, the Grantee may, if approved by the Committee in its discretion, make a written election to have Shares then issued withheld by the Company from the Shares otherwise to be received, or to deliver previously owned Shares, in order to satisfy the liability for such withholding taxes. In the event that the Grantee makes, and the Committee permits, such an election, the number of Shares so withheld or delivered shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise sufficient to satisfy the applicable withholding taxes. Where the exercise of an Option does not give rise to an obligation by the Company to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes on the date of exercise, but may give rise to such an obligation in the future, the Committee may, in its discretion, make such arrangements and impose such requirements as it deems necessary or appropriate.

(b) Upon lapsing of restrictions on Restricted Stock (or other income-recognition event), the Grantee may, if approved by the Committee in its discretion, make a written election to have Shares withheld by the Company from the Shares otherwise to be released from restriction, or to deliver previously owned whole Shares (not subject to restrictions hereunder) (for which such holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances), in order to satisfy the liability for such withholding taxes. In the event that the Grantee makes, and the Committee permits, such an election, the number of Shares so withheld or delivered shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise sufficient to satisfy the applicable withholding taxes.

(c) Upon the making of a distribution in respect of Phantom Shares or Dividend Equivalent Rights, the Grantee may, if approved by the Committee in its discretion, make a written election to have amounts (which may include Shares) withheld by the Company from the distribution otherwise to be made, or to deliver previously owned whole Shares (not subject to restrictions hereunder) (for which such holder has good title, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances), in order to satisfy the liability for such withholding taxes. In the event that the Grantee makes, and the Committee permits, such an election, any Shares so withheld or delivered shall have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise sufficient to satisfy the applicable withholding taxes.

 

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11.3 Withholding Required.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan or the Award Agreement to the contrary, the Grantee’s satisfaction of any tax-withholding requirements imposed by the Committee shall be a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation as may otherwise be provided hereunder to provide Shares to the Grantee and to the release of any restrictions as may otherwise be provided hereunder, as applicable; and the applicable Option, Restricted Stock, Phantom Shares or Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be forfeited upon the failure of the Grantee to satisfy such requirements with respect to, as applicable, (i) the exercise of the Option, (ii) the lapsing of restrictions on the Restricted Stock (or other income-recognition event) or (iii) distributions in respect of any Phantom Share or Dividend Equivalent Right.

12. REGULATIONS AND APPROVALS

(a) The obligation of the Company to sell Shares with respect to an Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, including all applicable federal and state securities laws, and the obtaining of all such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee.

(b) The Committee may make such changes to the Plan as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the rules and regulations of any government authority or to obtain tax benefits applicable to an Award.

(c) Each grant of Options, Restricted Stock, Phantom Shares (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof) or Dividend Equivalent Rights (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof), or other Award under Section 9 (or issuance of Shares in respect thereof), is subject to the requirement that, if at any time the Committee determines, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan is required by any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance of Options, Shares of Restricted Stock, Phantom Shares, Dividend Equivalent Rights, other Awards or other Shares, no payment shall be made, or Phantom Shares or Shares issued or grant of Restricted Stock or other Award made, in whole or in part, unless listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions in a manner acceptable to the Committee.

(d) In the event that the disposition of stock acquired pursuant to the Plan is not covered by a then current registration statement under the Securities Act, and is not otherwise exempt from such registration, such Shares shall be restricted against transfer to the extent required under the Securities Act, and the Committee may require any individual receiving Shares pursuant to the Plan, as a condition precedent to receipt of such Shares, to represent to the Company in writing that such Shares are acquired for investment only and not with a view to distribution and that such Shares will be disposed of only if registered for sale under the Securities Act or if there is an available exemption for such disposition.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall not be required to take or permit any action under the Plan or any Award Agreement which, in the good-faith determination of the Company, would result in a material risk of a violation by the Company of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

 

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13. INTERPRETATION AND AMENDMENTS; OTHER RULES

The Committee may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of the Plan as it deems appropriate. In the event of conflict between the terms of an Award Agreement and an employment agreement between the Company and the Grantee, absent language to the contrary, the terms of such employment agreement shall be binding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may (i) determine the extent, if any, to which Options, Phantom Shares or Shares (whether or not Shares of Restricted Stock), Dividend Equivalent Rights or other equity-based Awards shall be forfeited (whether or not such forfeiture is expressly contemplated hereunder); (ii) interpret the Plan and the Award Agreements hereunder, with such interpretations to be conclusive and binding on all persons and otherwise accorded the maximum deference permitted by law, provided that the Committee’s interpretation shall not be entitled to deference on and after a Change in Control except to the extent that such interpretations are made exclusively by members of the Committee who are individuals who served as Committee members before the Change in Control; and (iii) take any other actions and make any other determinations or decisions that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Plan or the administration or interpretation thereof. In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to the interpretation of the Plan or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Plan, the decision of the Committee, except as provided in clause (ii) of the foregoing sentence, shall be final and binding upon all persons. Unless otherwise expressly provided hereunder, the Committee, with respect to any grant, may exercise its discretion hereunder at the time of the Award or thereafter. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, no Option or Stock Appreciation Right (granted pursuant to Section 5.7 ) issued under the Plan may be amended to reduce the Option Price or the exercise price of such Stock Appreciation Right below the Option Price or exercise price as of the date the Option or Stock Appreciation Right was granted. The Board may amend the Plan as it shall deem advisable, except that no amendment may adversely affect a Grantee with respect to an Award previously granted without such Grantee’s written consent unless such amendments are required in order to comply with applicable laws; provided, however, that the Plan may not be amended without stockholder approval in any case in which amendment in the absence of stockholder approval would cause the Plan to fail to comply with any applicable legal requirement or applicable exchange or similar rule.

14. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

(a) If (i) the Company or its Subsidiaries shall at any time be involved in a merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Company or its Subsidiaries or a transaction similar thereto, (ii) any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar change in the capital structure of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than cash dividends, shall occur or (iii) any other event shall occur which in the judgment of the Committee necessitates action by way of adjusting the terms of the outstanding Awards, then:

(x) the maximum aggregate number and kind of Shares which may be made subject to Options and Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan, the maximum aggregate number and kind of Shares of Restricted Stock that may be granted under the Plan, and the maximum aggregate number of Phantom Shares and other Awards which may be granted under the Plan may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee in its discretion; and

(y) the Committee shall take any such action as in its discretion shall be necessary to maintain each Grantees’ rights hereunder (including under their Award Agreements) with respect to Options, Phantom Shares and Dividend Equivalent Rights (and, as appropriate, other Awards under the Plan), so that they are substantially proportionate to the rights existing in such Options,

 

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Phantom Shares and Dividend Equivalent Rights (and other Awards under the Plan) prior to such event, including, without limitation, adjustments in (A) the number of Options, Phantom Shares and Dividend Equivalent Rights (and other Awards under the Plan) granted, (B) the number and kind of shares or other property to be distributed in respect of Options, Phantom Shares and Dividend Equivalent Rights (and other Awards under the Plan, as applicable), (C) the Option Price and Phantom Share Value, and (D) performance-based criteria established in connection with Awards (to the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, as applicable); provided that, in the discretion of the Committee, the foregoing clause (D) may also be applied in the case of any event relating to a Subsidiary if the event would have been covered under this Section 14(a) had the event related to the Company.

To the extent that such action shall include an increase or decrease in the number of Shares (or units of other property then available) subject to all outstanding Awards, the number of Shares (or units) available under Section 4 shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, proportionately, as may be determined by the Committee in its discretion.

(b) Any Shares or other securities distributed to a Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock or otherwise issued in substitution of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by Section 6 , including depositing the certificates therefor with the Company together with a stock power and bearing a legend as provided in Section 6.2(a) .

(c) If the Company shall be consolidated or merged with another corporation or other entity, each Grantee who has received Restricted Stock that is then subject to restrictions imposed by Section 6.3(a) may be required to deposit with the successor corporation the certificates, if any, for the stock or securities or the other property that the Grantee is entitled to receive by reason of ownership of Restricted Stock in a manner consistent with Section 6.2(b) , and such stock, securities or other property shall become subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by Section 6.3(a) , and the certificates therefor or other evidence thereof shall bear a legend similar in form and substance to the legend set forth in Section 6.2(a) .

(d) If a Change in Control shall occur, then the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change in Control, may make such adjustments as it, in its discretion, determines are necessary or appropriate in light of the Change in Control, provided that the Committee determines that such adjustments do not have an adverse economic impact on the Grantee as determined at the time of the adjustments. The Committee’s authority shall include, but not be limited to, having the discretion to provide that upon a Change in Control, (i) all or a portion of any outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all or a portion of any outstanding Awards shall become vested and transferable, and all or a portion of any outstanding Performance-Based Awards and incentive awards will be earned, or (iii) all or a portion of any outstanding Awards may be cancelled in exchange for a payment of cash, or all or a portion of any outstanding Awards may be substituted for Awards that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms of any affected Awards previously granted under the Plan.

(e) The judgment of the Committee with respect to any matter referred to in this Section 14 shall be conclusive and binding upon each Grantee without the need for any amendment to the Plan.

 

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15. MISCELLANEOUS

15.1 No Rights to Employment or Other Service.

Nothing in the Plan or in any grant made pursuant to the Plan shall confer on any individual any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries and its stockholders to terminate the individual’s employment or other service at any time.

15.2 No Fiduciary Relationship.

Nothing contained in the Plan (including without limitation Sections 7.5(c) and 8.4 , and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall create or shall be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or its Subsidiaries, or their officers or the Committee, on the one hand, and the Grantee, the Company, its Subsidiaries or any other person or entity, on the other.

15.3 Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(a) Any Award Agreement issued under the Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code may include such additional terms and conditions as the Committee determines are required to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

(b) With respect to any Award issued under the Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, and with respect to which a payment or distribution is to be made upon a Termination of Service, if the Grantee is determined by the Company to be a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and any of the Company’s stock is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, such payment or distribution, to the extent it would constitute a payment of nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code that is ineligible for an exemption from treatment as such, may not be made before the date which is six months after the date of Termination of Service (to the extent required under Section 409A of the Code). Any payments or distributions delayed in accordance with the prior sentence shall be paid to the Grantee on the first day of the seventh month following the Grantee’s Termination of Service.

(c) To the extent compliance with Section 409A of the Code is intended, the Board and the Committee shall administer the Plan, and exercise authority and discretion under the Plan, consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any exemption thereto.

(d) The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to any Grantee or any other person if any provisions of this Plan or any Award Agreement issued pursuant hereto are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code but do not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

15.4 No Fund Created.

Any and all payments hereunder to any Grantee under the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the Company (or, if applicable, a participating Subsidiary), no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure such payments, and the Phantom Shares (including for purposes of this Section 15.4 any accounts established to facilitate the implementation of Section 7.4(c) ) and any other similar devices issued hereunder to account for Plan obligations do not constitute Common Stock and shall not be treated as (or as giving rise to) property or as a trust fund of any kind; provided, however, that the Company (or a participating Subsidiary) may establish a mere

 

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bookkeeping reserve to meet its obligations hereunder or a trust or other funding vehicle that would not cause the Plan to be deemed to be funded for tax purposes or for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. The obligations of the Company (or, if applicable, a participating Subsidiary) under the Plan are unsecured and constitute a mere promise by the Company (or, if applicable, a participating Subsidiary) to make benefit payments in the future and, to the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments under the Plan from the Company (or, if applicable, a participating Subsidiary), such right shall be no greater than the right of a general unsecured creditor of the Company (or, if applicable, a participating Subsidiary). (If any Affiliate of the Company is or is made responsible with respect to any Awards, the foregoing sentence shall apply with respect to such Affiliate.) Without limiting the foregoing, Phantom Shares and any other similar devices issued hereunder to account for Plan obligations are solely a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Grantee under the Plan, and each Grantee’s right in the Phantom Shares and any such other devices is limited to the right to receive payment, if any, as may herein be provided.

15.5 Notices.

All notices under the Plan shall be in writing, and if to the Company, shall be delivered to the Committee or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Committee; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Section 15.5 .

15.6 Indemnification.

The Company shall indemnify the members of the Board and the members of the Committee in connection with the performance of such person’s duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Plan, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

15.7 Captions.

The use of captions in this Plan is for convenience. The captions are not intended to provide substantive rights.

15.8 Governing Law.

THIS PLAN SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

15.9 Gender Neutral

Wherever used herein, a pronoun in the masculine gender shall be considered as including the feminine gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

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EXHIBIT A

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Performance-Based Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based” compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, may be payable upon the attainment of objective Performance Goals that are established by the Committee and relate to one or more Performance Criteria, in each case on specified date or over any period, up to 10 years, as determined by the Committee. Performance Criteria may (but need not) be based on the achievement of the specified levels of performance under one or more of the measures set out below relative to the performance of one or more other corporations or indices.

“Performance Criteria” includes, but is not limited to, the following business criteria (or any combination thereof) with respect to one or more of the Company, any participating Subsidiary or any division or operating unit thereof:

 

  (i) pre-tax income,

 

  (ii) after-tax income,

 

  (iii) net income (meaning net income as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period, on an aggregate, diluted and/or per share basis),

 

  (iv) operating income or core earnings, if used, and as defined, by the Company as a measure of its operating income,

 

  (v) cash flow,

 

  (vi) earnings per share,

 

  (vii) return on equity,

 

  (viii) return on invested capital or assets,

 

  (ix) cash and/or funds available for distribution,

 

  (x) appreciation in the fair market value of the Common Stock,

 

  (xi) return on investment,

 

  (xii) total return to stockholders (meaning the aggregate Common Stock price appreciation and dividends paid (assuming full reinvestment of dividends, unless otherwise determined by the Committee) during the applicable period),

 

  (xiii) net earnings growth,

 

  (xiv) stock appreciation (meaning an increase in the price or value of the Common Stock after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period),

 

  (xv) related return ratios,

 

  (xvi) increase in revenues,

 

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  (xvii) net earnings,

 

  (xviii) changes (or the absence of changes) in the per share or aggregate market price of the Company’s Common Stock,  

 

  (xix) number of securities sold,  

 

  (xx) earnings before any one or more of the following items: interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization or other non cash expenses, including share-based compensation expense for the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period,  

 

  (xxi) total revenue growth (meaning the increase in total revenues after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period, as reflected in the Company’s financial reports for the applicable period),  

 

  (xxii) the Company’s published ranking against its peer group (as determined by the Committee) based on total stockholder return,  

 

  (xxiii) funds from operations,  

 

  (xxiv) adjusted funds from operations,  

 

  (xxv) managed assets, and  

 

  (xxvi) investment income from managed assets.  

Performance Goals may be absolute amounts or percentages of amounts, may be relative to the performance of other companies or of indexes or may be based upon absolute values or values determined on a per-share basis.

Except as otherwise expressly provided, all financial terms are used as defined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“ GAAP ”) and all determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP, as applied by the Company in the preparation of its periodic reports to stockholders.

To the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, unless the Committee provides otherwise at the time of establishing the Performance Goals, for each fiscal year of the Company, there shall be objectively determinable adjustments, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to any of the Performance Criteria described above for one or more of the items of gain, loss, profit or expense: (A) determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, (B) related to the disposal of a segment of a business, (C) related to a change in accounting principle under GAAP, (D) related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of a business under GAAP, and (E) attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Company during the fiscal year.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and [•] (the “ Grantee ”), dated as of the [•] day of [•], 20__.

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto by the Plan); and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the Company may from time to time issue awards of Restricted Stock Units (“ RSUs ”) (also generally known and referred to under the Plan as Phantom Shares) to individuals and persons who provide services to the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Grantee is an Eligible Person; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant RSUs to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

  1. Grant of RSUs .

The Company hereby grants the Grantee [•] RSUs. The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and are further subject to the provisions of the Plan. The Plan is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth herein in its entirety. To the extent the terms or conditions in this Agreement conflict with any provision of the Plan, the terms and conditions set forth herein shall govern.

 

  2. Restrictions and Conditions .

The RSUs awarded pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Paragraph 2.

 

  (a) Subject to clauses (b), (c) [and][,] [(d) and (e)][(d), (e) and (f)] below, the period of restriction with respect to RSUs granted hereunder (the “ Restriction Period ”) shall begin on the date hereof and lapse, if and as service continues, with respect to [one-fourth] of the RSUs granted hereunder, on each of the first [four] anniversaries of the date hereof.

 

  (b) [ Subject to clause[s] (c) [and (d)] below, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service by the Company and its Subsidiaries for Cause or by the Grantee for any reason other than his or her death or Disability, during the Restriction Period, then all RSUs (whether or not such RSUs are otherwise vested) shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee.]


  (c) [ In the event the Grantee has a Termination of Service on account of death or Disability or the Grantee has a Termination of Service by the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason other than for Cause[, or in the event of a Change in Control (regardless of whether a termination follows thereafter)], during the Restriction Period, then [all RSUs granted to the Grantee hereunder shall immediately vest and shall be settled as provided hereunder][the Restriction Period will immediately lapse with respect to one-fourth of the RSU award for the year of termination, and any remaining RSUs still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with not further action, be forfeited by the Grantee.]

 

  (d) [ In the event of a Change in Control (regardless of whether a termination follows thereafter), during the Restriction Period, then the Restriction Period will immediately lapse on all RSUs granted to the Grantee hereunder.]

 

  (e) [ For use where the Grantee has an Employment Agreement : Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if the Grantee is a party to an effective employment agreement with the Company from time to time, then the applicable period of forfeiture shall also end if and as may be otherwise required by such employment agreement; and nothing herein shall limit any rights the Grantee may otherwise have under such employment agreement.]

 

  (f) Termination of Service as an employee shall not be treated as a termination of employment for purposes of this Paragraph 2 if the Grantee continues without interruption to serve thereafter as an officer or director of the Company or in such other capacity as determined by the Committee (or if no Committee is appointed, the Board), and the termination of such successor service shall be treated as the applicable termination.

 

  3. Voting and Other Rights .

[ The Grantee shall have no rights of a shareholder (including the right to distributions or dividends), and will not be treated as an owner of Shares for tax purposes, except with respect to Shares that have been issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Dividend Equivalent Right is hereby granted to the Grantee, consisting of the right to receive, with respect to each RSU, cash in an amount equal to the cash dividend distributions paid in the ordinary course on a Share to the Company’s common stockholders, as set forth below. All Dividend Equivalent Rights (if any) payable on an RSU, whether or not then vested, during the Company’s fiscal year shall be accumulated and paid to the Grantee within the first 30 days of the next succeeding fiscal year. Under no circumstances shall the Grantee be entitled to receive both (i) a distribution and a Dividend Equivalent Right with respect to a vested RSU (or its associated Share) or (ii) a distribution and a Dividend Equivalent Right with respect to an unvested RSU.]

 

  4. Settlement .

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of payment, each vested and outstanding RSU shall be settled in one Share of Common Stock of the Company. Such settlement shall occur on [[•] (either by delivering one or more certificates for such Share or by entering such Share in book-entry form, as determined by the Company in its discretion)]. Such issuance shall constitute payment of the RSUs. References herein to issuances to the Grantee

 

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shall include issuances to any beneficial owner or other person to whom (or to which) the Shares are issued. The Grantee shall have no further rights with respect to any RSUs that are paid or that terminate pursuant to Paragraphs 2(b) and (c). For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the terms of this Paragraph 4 conflict with any terms of the Plan relating to the settlement of RSU, the terms of this Paragraph 4 shall govern. To the extent any payment pursuant to this Paragraph 4 is required to be delayed six months pursuant to the special rules of Section 409A of the Code related to “specified employees,” each affected payment shall be delayed until six months after the Grantee’s Termination of Service (other than on account of the death of the Grantee).

 

  5. Miscellaneous .

 

  (a) The value of an RSU may decrease depending upon the Fair Market Value of a Share from time to time. Neither the Company nor the Committee, nor any other party associated with the Plan, shall be held liable for any decrease in the value of the RSUs. If the value of such RSUs decrease, there will be a decrease in the underlying value of what is distributed to the Grantee under this Agreement and the Plan.

 

  (b) Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. With respect to this Agreement, (i) the RSUs are bookkeeping entries, (ii) the obligations of the Company under the Plan are unsecured and constitute a commitment by the Company to make benefit payments in the future, (iii) to the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of any general unsecured creditor of the Company, (iv) all payments under the Plan (including distributions of Shares) shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and (v) no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure such payments (except that the Company may in its discretion establish a bookkeeping reserve to meet its obligations under the Plan). The RSUs shall be used solely as a device for the determination of the payment to eventually be made to the Grantee if the RSUs vest pursuant to Paragraph 2. The award of RSUs is intended to be an arrangement that is unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

  (c) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

 

  (d)

The Committee may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of this Agreement as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may in good faith interpret this Agreement and the Plan, with such interpretations to be conclusive and binding on all persons and otherwise accorded the maximum deference permitted by law, provided that the Committee’s interpretation shall not be entitled to deference on and after a Change in Control except to the extent that such interpretations are made exclusively by members of the Board who are individuals who served as Board members before the Change in

 

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  Control and take any other actions and make any other determinations or decisions that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Plan, this Agreement or the administration or interpretation thereof. In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to interpretation of the Plan or this Agreement or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Plan or this Agreement, the decision of the Committee in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 5(d) shall be final and binding upon all persons.

 

  (e) All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Company or the Committee, shall be delivered to the Board or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Committee; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Paragraph 5(e).

 

  (f) The failure of the Grantee or the Company to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, or to assert any right the Grantee or the Company, respectively, may have under this Agreement or the Plan, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement or the Plan.

 

  (g) The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

 

  (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the Board determines that the RSU or the Plan is subject to Section 409A of the Code and fails to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Committee reserves the right (without any obligation to do so or to indemnify the Grantee for failure to do so), without the consent of the Grantee, to amend or terminate this Agreement and the Plan and/or amend, restructure, terminate or replace the RSU in order to cause the RSU to either not be subject to Section 409A of the Code or to comply with the applicable provisions of such section.

 

  (i) The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Grantee and upon the Grantee’s heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, transferees, assignees and successors in interest and upon the Company and its successors and assignees, subject to the terms of the Plan.

 

  (j) Unless otherwise permitted in the sole discretion of the Committee, (i) neither this Agreement nor any rights granted herein shall be assignable by the Grantee, and (ii) no purported sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, gift, transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or creation of a security interest in or lien on, any RSUs or Shares by any holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Agreement or the Plan will be valid, and the Company will not transfer any of said RSUs or Shares on its books nor will any Shares be entitled to vote, nor will any distributions be paid thereon, unless and until there has been full compliance with said provisions to the satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies, legal or equitable, available to enforce said provisions.

 

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  (k) Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on the Grantee any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries and its stockholders to terminate the Grantee’s employment or other service at any time. Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Grantee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a Termination of Service as provided in this Agreement or under the Plan.

 

  (l) This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.

 

  (m) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including via facsimile, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

 

  (n) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or clause (h) above, no amendment or modification hereof shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
     
[GRANTEE]

 

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Exhibit 10.3

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) and [•] (the “ Grantee ”), dated as of the [•] day of [•], 20__.

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) (capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto by the Plan); and

WHEREAS, the Grantee is an Eligible Person; and

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Plan, the Committee has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant Restricted Stock to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

 

  1. Grant of Restricted Stock .

The Company hereby grants the Grantee [•] Shares of Restricted Stock of the Company, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and further subject to the provisions of the Plan. The Plan is hereby incorporated herein by reference as though set forth herein in its entirety. To the extent the terms or conditions in this Agreement conflict with any provision of the Plan, the terms and conditions set forth herein shall govern.

 

  2. Restrictions and Conditions .

The Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan shall be subject to the following restrictions and conditions:

 

  (a) [ Time-Based Awards : Subject to clauses (c), (d) [and][,] [(e) and (f)][(e), (f) and (g)] below, the period of restriction with respect to Shares granted hereunder (the “ Restriction Period ”) shall begin on the date hereof and lapse, if and as service continues, with respect to [one-fourth] of the Shares granted hereunder, on each of the first [four] anniversaries of the date hereof.]

 

       [ Performance-Based Awards : Subject to clauses (c), (d) [and][,] [(e) and (f)][(e), (f) and (g)] below, the period of restriction with respect to Shares granted hereunder (the “ Restriction Period ”) shall begin on the date hereof and lapse annually, if and as service continues, over a [four]-year period based upon the attainment of an annual total shareholder return (“ TSR ”) (as set forth on Exhibit A ) hurdle equal to either (i) [7- 8]% per year or (ii) the MSCI US REIT Index return, but in no event shall the Company have a negative TSR].


  (b) Except as provided in the foregoing clause (a), below in this clause (b) or in the Plan, the Grantee shall have, in respect of the Shares of Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive dividends. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the Grantee shall be entitled to receive any cash dividends on any shares of Restricted Stock [ For Time-Based Awards : (whether or not then subject to restrictions) which have not been forfeited][For Performance-Based Awards: which dividends shall be held by the Company (unsegregated as part of its general assets) until the applicable portion of the Restriction Period lapses (and shall be forfeited if the underlying Restricted Stock is forfeited)]. Shares (not subject to restrictions) shall be delivered to the Grantee or his or her designee promptly after, and only after, the Restriction Period shall lapse without forfeiture in respect of such Shares of Restricted Stock.

 

  (c) [ Subject to clause[s] (d) [and (e)] below, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service by the Company and its Subsidiaries for Cause or by the Grantee for any reason other than his or her death or Disability, during the Restriction Period, then all Shares still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with no further action, be forfeited by the Grantee.]

 

  (d) [ In the event the Grantee has a Termination of Service on account of death or Disability or the Grantee has a Termination of Service by the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason other than for Cause[, or in the event of a Change in Control (regardless of whether a termination follows thereafter)], during the Restriction Period, then [ For both Time-Based and Performance-Based Awards : the Restriction Period will immediately lapse on all Restricted Stock granted to the Grantee hereunder][ For Time-Based Awards Only : the Restriction Period will immediately lapse with respect to one-fourth of the Restricted Stock award for the year of termination, and any remaining Shares still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with not further action, be forfeited by the Grantee][ For Performance-Based Awards Only : a prorated portion (based on the number of full months of the Restriction Period that has elapsed as of such date) of the Restricted Stock shall vest, provided that the performance goals, prorated for the portion of the Restriction Period that has then elapsed (based on the number of full months of the Restriction Period that has elapsed as of such date), have been achieved as of the date of termination, and any remaining Shares still subject to restriction shall thereupon, and with not further action, be forfeited by the Grantee].

 

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  (e) [ In the event of a Change in Control (regardless of whether a termination follows thereafter), during the Restriction Period, then the Restriction Period will immediately lapse on all Restricted Stock granted to the Grantee hereunder.]

 

  (f) [ For use where the Grantee has an Employment Agreement : Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, if the Grantee is a party to an effective employment agreement with the Company from time to time, then the applicable period of forfeiture shall also end if and as may be otherwise required by such employment agreement; and nothing herein shall limit any rights the Grantee may otherwise have under such employment agreement.]

 

  (g) Termination of Service as an employee shall not be treated as a termination of employment for purposes of this Paragraph 2 if the Grantee continues without interruption to serve thereafter as an officer or director of the Company or in such other capacity as determined by the Committee (or if no Committee is appointed, the Board), and the termination of such successor service shall be treated as the applicable termination.

 

  3. Miscellaneous .

 

  (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

 

  (b) The Committee may make such rules and regulations and establish such procedures for the administration of this Agreement as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may in good faith interpret this Agreement and the Plan, with such interpretations to be conclusive and binding on all persons and otherwise accorded the maximum deference permitted by law, provided that the Committee’s interpretation shall not be entitled to deference on and after a Change in Control except to the extent that such interpretations are made exclusively by members of the Board who are individuals who served as Board members before the Change in Control and take any other actions and make any other determinations or decisions that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the Plan, this Agreement or the administration or interpretation thereof. In the event of any dispute or disagreement as to interpretation of the Plan or this Agreement or of any rule, regulation or procedure, or as to any question, right or obligation arising from or related to the Plan or this Agreement, the decision of the Committee in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 3(b) shall be final and binding upon all persons.

 

  (c) All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Company or the Committee, shall be delivered to the Board or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Committee; and if to the Grantee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Grantee at the address appearing in the records of the Company. Such addresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this Paragraph 3(c).

 

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  (d) Without limiting the Grantee’s rights as may otherwise be applicable in the event of a Change in Control, if the Company shall be consolidated or merged with another corporation or other entity, the Grantee may be required to deposit with the successor corporation any certificates for the stock or securities or the other property that the Grantee is entitled to receive by reason of ownership of Restricted Stock in a manner consistent with the Plan, and such stock, securities or other property shall become subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed under this Agreement and the Plan, and the certificates therefor or other evidence shall bear a legend similar in form and substance to the legend set forth in the Plan.

 

  (e) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, any shares or other securities distributed to the Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock or otherwise issued in substitution of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the restrictions and requirements imposed by this Agreement and the Plan, including depositing the certificates therefor with the Company together with a stock power and bearing a legend as provided in the Plan.

 

  (f) The failure of the Grantee or the Company to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, or to assert any right the Grantee or the Company, respectively, may have under this Agreement or the Plan, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement or the Plan.

 

  (g) The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

 

  (h) Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on the Grantee any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries and its stockholders to terminate the Grantee’s employment or other service at any time. Employment or service for only a portion of the vesting period, even if a substantial portion, will not entitle the Grantee to any proportionate vesting or avoid or mitigate a termination of rights and benefits upon or following a Termination of Service as provided in this Agreement or under the Plan.

 

  (i) This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.

 

  (j) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including via facsimile, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same instrument.

 

  (k) Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, no amendment or modification hereof shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and signed by all parties hereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  
     
[GRANTEE]

 

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EXHIBIT A

[With respect to Paragraph 2(a) of the Agreement, “total shareholder return” (TSR) shall mean where:

Return to Stockholders = (Average Final Price – Average Initial Price) + Dividends Paid

                        Average Initial Price

 

Average Initial Price * :

is the average of the daily [closing] price of a Share [on the [•]] for the [•] trading days preceding [•].

 

Average Final Price * :

is the average of the daily [closing] price of a Share [on the [•]] or other public exchange that Shares may hereinafter be listed on for the [•] trading days preceding the conclusion of the Restriction Period or, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service in accordance with Paragraph 2(d) of this Agreement, for the 20 trading days preceding the date of termination (or the period of service, if less).

 

Dividends Paid:

is equal to the cumulative dividends (including any stock dividends) paid on a Share and special distributions paid on a Share over the Restriction Period beginning on the date hereof, and continuing through the conclusion of the Restriction Period or, if the Grantee has a Termination of Service in accordance with Paragraph 2(d) of this Agreement, through the date of such termination. For these purposes, dividends declared, but not yet paid, on a Share within the [•]-day period preceding the conclusion of the Restriction Period or a Termination of Service, as applicable, will be counted as Dividends Paid.

 

*  

Calculation of the Average Initial Price and Average Final Price will be adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock combinations or other similar changes in the capital structure of the Company.]

 

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Exhibit 10.4

FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into as of April     , 2013, to be effective upon completion of the initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), by and among the Company and the persons listed on Schedule I hereto (such persons, in their capacity as holders of Registrable Securities (as defined herein), the “ Initial Holders ” and each, an “ Initial Holder ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS , in connection with the IPO of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), the Company and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), have concurrently engaged in certain formation transactions (the “ Formation Transactions ”), pursuant to which the Initial Holders have concurrently received Common Stock and/or common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (including LTIP Units (as defined herein)) (the “ Common OP Units ”) as set forth opposite each Initial Holder’s name on Schedule I;

WHEREAS , upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Operating Partnership Agreement (as defined below), Common OP Units will be redeemable for cash or, at the Company’s option, exchangeable for shares of Common Stock, beginning 180 days following the Company’s IPO for the MissionPoint Parties (as defined herein) and one-year for the non-MissionPoint Party Holders; and

WHEREAS , in connection with the Formation Transactions, the Company has agreed to grant the Holders (as defined herein) the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions . In addition to the definitions set forth above, the following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.


Agreement ” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common OP Units ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Demand Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Demand Offering ” means an underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to a Demand Registration or Underwritten Offering Demand.

Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Demand Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

Eligible Assignee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or other successor organization.

Formation Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Fund I ” means Mission Point HA Parallel Fund I, LLC.

Fund II ” means MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II, LLC.

Fund III ” means MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund III, LLC.

Holder ” means (i) any Initial Holder for so long as he, she or it holds Registrable Securities directly, (ii) any investor in any of Fund I, Fund II or Fund III to whom Registrable Securities are distributed by a MissionPoint Initial Holder for so long as such investor holds Registrable Securities, or (iii) any Eligible Assignee of Registrable Securities who becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.4 of this Agreement for so long as such Eligible Assignee holds Registrable Securities.

Initial Holder ” or “ Initial Holders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10.

 

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IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

LTIP Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Operating Partnership Agreement.

Market Value ” means, with respect to the Common Stock, the average of the daily market price for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the determination date. The market price of the Common Stock for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the over-the-counter market, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system, (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the over-the-counter market, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the Company, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the over-the-counter market and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the Company, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten days prior to the date in question, the Market Value of the Common Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.

MissionPoint ” means MissionPoint Capital Partners LLC, an Affiliate of the Initial Holders.

MissionPoint Initial Holders ” means Fund I, Fund II and Fund III.

MissionPoint Parties ” means the MissionPoint Initial Holders and any Eligible Assignee of Common OP Units initially held by a MissionPoint Initial Holder.

Notice and Questionnaire ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

Notice and Questionnaire Response Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

Offering ” means a Demand Offering or Piggyback Offering.

Offering Launch Date ” for an Offering means the earliest of (i) the date of the filing a preliminary prospectus (or prospectus supplement) that is intended to be distributed to potential investors in the Offering, (ii) the public announcement of the commencement of the Offering or (iii) if applicable, the entrance into a binding agreement to sell securities being sold in the Offering to the underwriters for the Offering.

 

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Offering Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Operating Partnership Agreement ” means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of                     , 2013, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

Piggyback Offering ” means an underwritten offering of Common Stock registered under the Securities Act in connection with which the Holders have Piggyback Rights pursuant to this Agreement.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

Piggyback Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Registrable Securities ” means shares of Common Stock (i) received by an Initial Holder in the Formation Transactions, (ii) issued or issuable upon exchange of Common OP Units received by an Initial Holder in the Formation Transactions, (iii) received by a Holder pursuant to an equity award, granted under a Company adopted equity incentive plan, consisting of, or based upon, shares of Common Stock and (iv) any additional shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend or distribution on, in exchange for, or otherwise in respect of, shares that otherwise constitute Registrable Securities (including as a result of combinations, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or otherwise), in each case upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, including upon the transfer thereof by the Initial Holder or any subsequent Holder; provided that shares of Common Stock shall cease to be Registrable Securities with respect to any Holder at the time such shares have been disposed of pursuant to a registration statement.

Registration Statement ” means a Demand Registration Statement or Resale Shelf Registration Statement.

Resale Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the Commission.

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Significant Holder” means any Holder of Registrable Securities that comprise at least 0.5% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis .

 

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Suspension Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.

Suspension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.

Underwritten Offering Demand ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

Underwritten Offering Demand Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

Underwritten Offering Representative ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATION AND OFFERING RIGHTS

Section 2.1. Demand Registration Rights . (a) No earlier than 30 days following the closing of the Company’s IPO and at any time prior to the date on which the Company files a Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.2, subject to Section 3.10, any one or more Significant Holder(s) may make a written request to the Company (a “ Demand Notice ”) to require the Company to use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a shelf registration statement on Form S-11 or such other form under the Securities Act then available to the Company (a “ Demand Registration Statement ”) registering the offering and resale of Registrable Securities by such Significant Holder(s) on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 as further provided in Section 2.1(c), which Demand Registration Statement shall include all Registrable Securities of Holders who request such inclusion pursuant to Section 2.1(b) (a “ Demand Registration ”).

(b) Within ten Business Days following receipt by the Company of a Demand Notice and subject to Section 3.10, the Company shall provide all Holders (which following the written request of any MissionPoint Initial Holder in the Demand Notice shall include any investor in such MissionPoint Initial Holder to whom Registrable Securities will be distributed by such MissionPoint Initial Holder following the expiration of the lock-up agreements entered into in connection with the Company’s IPO) with a form of Notice and Questionnaire (the “ Notice and Questionnaire ”) to be completed by each Holder desiring to have any of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the Demand Registration Statement. Prior to receiving a Demand Notice, the Company will also provide its then current form of Notice and Questionnaire to any Holder upon request. The Notice and Questionnaire shall solicit information from each Holder regarding the number of Registrable Securities such Holder desires to include in the Demand Registration Statement and such other information relating to such Holder as the Company determines is reasonably required in connection with the Demand Registration Statement, including, without limitation, all information relating to such Holder required to be included in the Demand Registration Statement or that may be required in connection with applicable FINRA or other regulatory filings to be made in connection with the Demand Registration Statement. Subject to Section 3.10, the Company will include in the Demand Registration Statement any Registrable Securities requested to be included by any Holder who has delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire within 20 Business Days of the date on which the Company’s notice to such Holder was provided (the “ Notice and Questionnaire Response Period ”); provided that the Company will use all

 

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commercially reasonable efforts to include the Registrable Securities requested to be included by any Holder that delivers a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire at least ten days prior to the anticipated effectiveness of the Demand Registration Statement. Following the distribution of the Notice and Questionnaire by the Company to all Holders in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and the effective date of the Demand Registration Statement, the Company shall no longer be required to prepare or file a Demand Registration Statement for any Registrable Securities held by a Significant Holder that did not timely and properly complete and return the Notice and Questionnaire requesting its Registrable Securities to be included in the effective Demand Registration Statement; provided that , following the effective date of the Demand Registration Statement and the receipt of a Demand Notice from a Significant Holder that did not timely and properly complete and return the Notice and Questionnaire, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a post-effective amendment to the Demand Registration Statement that includes the Registrable Securities held by such Significant Holder.

(c) Subject to Sections 2.13 and 3.10, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file the Demand Registration Statement on or before the date that is the latest of (i) if the filing of the Demand Registration Statement is prohibited by Section 2.1(d), five Business Days following the expiration of the relevant lock-up agreement; (ii) 60 days following the Company’s receipt of the Demand Notice; and (iii) ten Business Days following the date on which the Company files its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013; provided, however, that if the date on which the Demand Registration Statement must be filed in accordance with the foregoing provision occurs within the ten Business Day period prior to the date on which the Company is required to file a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Commission, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file the Demand Registration Statement within ten Business Days following the date on which it files such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Commission, which, in each case shall not count as one of the Company’s permitted suspensions for purposes of Section 2.13. Subject to Sections 2.13 and 3.10, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Demand Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. The Company shall be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Demand Registration Statement and, subject to Sections 2.13 and 3.10, keep such Demand Registration Statement continuously effective until either (i) a Resale Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission, in accordance with Section 2.2, or (ii) none of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Demand Registration Statement are Registrable Securities; provided, further, that , notwithstanding the limitations set forth in Section 2.13, the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of the Demand Registration Statement during the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the Company is required to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 with the Commission unless the Company receives a written request from a Significant Holder to maintain the effectiveness of the Demand Registration Statement during such period, in which case the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such effectiveness during such period. In the event, that the Company does not maintain the effectiveness pursuant to the terms of the prior sentence, such action shall not count as one of the Company’s permitted suspensions for purposes of Section 2.13.

 

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(d) In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 2.13, the Company shall not be obligated to file a Demand Registration Statement during a period when the Holders are prohibited from selling their Registrable Securities or filing a registration statement with respect thereto pursuant to lock-up agreements (including lock-up agreements entered into by Holders in relation to the Company’s IPO) entered into (or that were required to be entered into) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted by the Company on its own behalf or on behalf of selling stockholders, unless the Holders have obtained the consent of the counterparties to such lock-up agreements.

(e) At any time following the one-year anniversary of the closing of the Company’s IPO and at a time when a Demand Registration Statement, a Resale Shelf Registration Statement (as defined herein) or other registration statement registering the resale of all of a Holder’s Registrable Securities is not effective, subject to Section 3.10, any one or more Significant Holder(s) may give a Demand Notice to the Company to require the Company to effect a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.1. Any Demand Notice must specify (A) the Registrable Securities proposed to be registered and (B) the proposed method of distribution of such Registrable Securities, which may be by means of an underwritten offering. Subject to Section 2.5, the Company will have the right to include shares of Common Stock to be sold for its own account or shares owned by other holders of Common Stock in any Demand Registration Statement.

Section 2.2. Mandatory Shelf Registration Rights . (a) As soon as practicable after the date on which the Company first becomes eligible to register the resale of securities of the Company pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities Act (or a similar or successor form established by the Commission), but in no event later than 45 calendar days thereafter, subject to Section 3.10, the Company shall prepare and file a registration statement registering the offer and resale of the Registrable Securities by all Holders on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (the “ Resale Shelf Registration Statement ”). The Company will have the right to include shares of Common Stock or other securities to be sold for its own account or other holders in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement subject to Section 2.5. Subject to Sections 2.13 and 3.10, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, and, subject to Section 2.13, to keep such Resale Shelf Registration Statement (or a successor registration statement filed with respect to the Registrable Securities, which shall be deemed to be included within the definition of Resale Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement) continuously effective for a period ending when all shares of Common Stock covered by the Resale Shelf Registration Statement are no longer Registrable Securities.

(b) At least 20 Business Days prior to the Company’s anticipated filing of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall provide notice to the Holders of such anticipated filing together with a form of the Notice and Questionnaire to be completed by each Holder desiring to have any of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. The Notice and Questionnaire provided shall solicit information from each Holder regarding the number of Registrable Securities such Holder desires to include in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and such other information relating to such Holder as the Company determines is reasonably required in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration

 

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Statement, including, without limitation, all information relating to such Holder required to be included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or that may be required in connection with applicable FINRA or other regulatory filings to be made in connection with the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. Any Holder that has not delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire within 15 Business Days after the Company provides the notice referred to above will not be entitled to have such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement; provided that , the Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to include the Registrable Securities requested to be included by any Holder that delivers a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire at least ten days prior to the anticipated effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. While the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective, within 90 days following the written request (accompanied by a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire) of a Holder holding Registrable Securities that were not included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will file (and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have become effective promptly thereafter, to the extent applicable) a post-effective amendment, prospectus supplement or additional registration statement registering the offering and sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (which, following its effectiveness, shall be deemed to be included within the definition of Resale Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement).

(c) After effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, upon the written request of an Eligible Assignee (accompanied by a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire), the Company will promptly either (i) update the applicable information in the existing Resale Shelf Registration Statement by post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement thereto in order to permit such Holder to sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities thereunder or (ii) file (and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have become effective promptly thereafter, to the extent applicable) a prospectus supplement or additional registration statement registering the offering and sale of such Holder’s Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 (which, following its effectiveness, shall be deemed to be included within the definition of Resale Shelf Registration Statement for purposes of this Agreement).

(d) Until such time as the Company is no longer required to keep the Resale Shelf Registration Statement effective pursuant to Section 2.2(a) hereof, the Company shall not amend or supplement the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to remove any shares of Common Stock previously included therein pursuant to Section 2.2 solely because such shares of Common Stock cease to be Registrable Securities as a result of becoming eligible to be sold by the applicable Holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume limitations thereof.

Section 2.3. Underwritten Offering Rights . (a) At any time while the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective, any one or more Holder(s) may make written requests for underwritten offerings (a “ Underwritten Offering Demand Notice ”) of Registrable Securities included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement (each, an “ Underwritten Offering Demand ”); provided , however , that an Underwritten Offering Demand may only be made if it relates to Registrable Securities having a Market Value of at least $25 million on the trading day immediately preceding the date that the Underwritten Offering Demand Notice is sent to the Company. The Company shall not be obligated to effect more than one Underwritten Offering

 

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Demand in any consecutive 12 month period. After an Underwritten Offering Demand Notice is received by the Company, the Company shall promptly provide such Underwritten Offering Demand Notice to all other Holders, and the Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to include in such underwritten offering any Registrable Securities requested to be included by such other Holders by notice to the Company provided within five Business Days of the date on which such notice was provided to such other Holders. Any Underwritten Offering Demand Notice will specify (i) the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by such Holder(s), (ii) the desired Offering Launch Date for the underwritten offering, which shall not be less than seven (nor more than ten) Business Days following the date on which the Underwritten Offering Demand Notice is provided to the Company and (iii) a single Person who shall serve as the representative of the Holders with respect to the underwritten offering (the “ Underwritten Offering Representative ”). Subject to Section 2.5, the Company will have the right to include shares of Common Stock to be sold for its own account or shares owned by other holders of Common Stock in an offering pursuant to an Underwritten Offering Demand.

(b) Upon receiving an Underwritten Offering Demand Notice, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare the applicable offering documents and take such other actions as are set forth in Section 2.6 relating to such offering in order to permit the Offering Launch Date for such underwritten offering to occur on the date set forth in the Underwritten Offering Demand Notice. The Demand Offering Representative shall have the right to determine the actual Offering Launch Date; provided that , without the Company’s consent, the Offering Launch Date may not be more than ten Business Days following the date on which the Underwritten Offering Demand Notice is provided to the Company. The Company will have the right to select the underwriters (and their roles) in the offering; provided that such underwriters are reasonably acceptable to the Demand Offering Representative, and (ii) the Demand Offering Representative, on behalf of the Holders, will have the right to determine the structure of the offering and negotiate the terms of any underwriting agreement as they relate to the Holders, including the number of shares to be sold (if not all shares offered can be sold at the highest price offered by the underwriters), the offering price and underwriting discount. The Company will coordinate with the Demand Offering Representative in connection with the fulfillment of its responsibilities pursuant to Section 2.6 and will be entitled to rely on the authority of the Demand Offering Representative to act on behalf of all Holders with respect to the offering.

(c) In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 2.13, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or take any action to effect, an underwritten offering for which the proposed Offering Launch Date is scheduled to occur during a period when the Holders are prohibited from selling their Registrable Securities pursuant to lock-up agreements entered into (or that were required to be entered into) in connection with any prior underwritten offering conducted by the Company on its own behalf or on behalf of selling stockholders, unless the Holders have obtained the consent of the counterparties to such lock-up agreements. The Demand Offering Representative may revoke an Underwritten Offering Demand Notice at any time by providing written notice of such revocation to the Company and, for purposes of determining the number of Underwritten Offering Demands to which the Holders are entitled, an Underwritten Offering Demand Notice that was revoked will not count as an Underwritten Offering Demand unless such revocation occurs after the Offering Launch Date and the Company does not sell any shares of Common Stock for its own account pursuant to such offering.

 

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Section 2.4. Underwritten Offering Piggyback Rights. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and at any time while a Demand Registration Statement or the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is not effective, at least seven Business Days prior to the Offering Launch Date with respect to a proposed underwritten offering of Common Stock by the Company (other than in connection with the Company’s IPO), the Company shall give written notice of the filing of a registration statement to all Holders (the “ Offering Notice ”), which notice shall offer the Holders the opportunity to include such number of shares of Registrable Securities in the offering as each such Holder may request (“ Piggyback Rights ”). Subject to Sections 2.4(b) and 2.5, each Holder will have the right to include in such underwritten offering (and registration statement, if applicable) any Registrable Securities requested to be included by such Holder by notice to the Company provided within five Business Days after the Company provides the Offering Notice. Each Holder agrees that such Holder will treat as confidential the receipt of any Offering Notice and shall not disclose or use the information contained in such Offering Notice without the prior written consent of the Company until such time as the information contained therein is or becomes available to the public generally, other than as a result of disclosure by a Holder in breach of the terms of this Agreement.

(b) At least seven Business Days prior to filing a registration statement with respect to a proposed underwritten offering of Common Stock by the Company, the Company shall provide notice to the Holders of such anticipated filing together with a form of the Notice and Questionnaire to be completed by each Holder desiring to have any of such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the proposed underwritten offering of Common Stock. The Notice and Questionnaire provided shall solicit information from each Holder regarding the number of Registrable Securities such Holder desires to include in the proposed underwritten offering of Common Stock and such other information relating to such Holder as the Company determines is reasonably required in connection with such offering, including, without limitation, all information relating to such Holder required to be included in the offering or that may be required in connection with applicable FINRA or other regulatory filings to be made in connection with the offering. Any Holder that has not delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire within five Business Days after the Company provides the notice referred to above will not be entitled to have such Holder’s Registrable Securities included in the offering.

(c) The Company shall have the right to determine the Offering Launch Date for such offering and the structure of the offering and negotiate the terms of any underwriting agreement (other than those provisions relating to the Holders), including the number of shares to be sold (if not all shares offered can be sold at the highest price offered by the underwriters), the offering price and underwriting discount. The Company will also have the right to determine the underwriters (and their roles) in the offering. The Holders shall be permitted to withdraw any of their Registrable Securities included therein by delivering written notice to the Company at least ten Business Days prior to the Offering Launch Date. The Company will coordinate with the Holders in connection with the fulfillment of its responsibilities pursuant to Section 2.6.

 

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Section 2.5. Reduction of Offering . Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if the managing underwriter(s) of an Offering advise(s) the Company and the Holder(s) of the Registrable Securities included in such Offering, in writing, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company or any other stockholder (other than a Holder), if any, and Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Offering exceeds the amount that they believe could be sold without adversely affecting the Offering, then the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by the Company or any other stockholder (other than a Holder), if any, and Registrable Securities will be reduced to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter(s). With respect to an underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to an Underwritten Offering Demand, such reduction will be achieved by, first, reducing, or eliminating if necessary, all shares of Common Stock requested or desired to be included in such Offering by the Company for its own account and any other stockholders (other than Holders) seeking to participate in such Offering in the manner agreed to by the Company and such stockholders or, if no agreement exists, pro rata based on the number of shares requested or desired to be included by the Company and each such other stockholder and, then, if necessary, reducing the Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Holders pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Offering or in such other manner as is agreed to by the Holders. With respect to a Piggyback Offering initiated by the Company, such reduction will be achieved by, first, reducing, or eliminating if necessary, all shares of Common Stock requested to be included in such Offering by any other stockholders (other than Holders) seeking to participate in such Offering in the manner agreed to by such stockholders or, if no agreement exists, pro rata based on the number of shares requested to be included by each stockholder and, then, if necessary, reducing the Registrable Securities requested to be included by the Holders pro rata based on the number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such Offering or in such other manner as is agreed to by the Holders.

Section 2.6. Registration Procedures; Filings; Information . In connection with a Registration Statement or Offering in which one or more Holders are participating:

(a) Prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which relates to Registrable Securities, the Company will furnish to each Holder holding such Registrable Securities (and, if such filing relates to an underwritten offering, to the managing underwriter(s) for such offering and its counsel, upon request by the Holders holding a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such offering) a copy of such Registration Statement, prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto as proposed to be filed, which shall be subject to review by such parties, and thereafter furnish to each Holder of such Registrable Securities such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement, prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) as such Holder may reasonably request for such Holder’s records or in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided , however , that this Section 2.6(a) shall not apply to (i) an amendment or supplement relating solely to securities other than such Holder’s Registrable Securities, and (ii) an amendment or supplement by means of an Annual Report on Form 10-K, a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, a Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, a Current Report on Form 8-K or a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or any amendments thereto filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or prospectus. The Company shall not file any registration statement or

 

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prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto which relates to Registrable Securities if reasonably objected to in writing by, (i) with respect to a Demand Registration Statement or a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included therein or (ii) with respect to an Underwritten Offering Demand, the Demand Offering Representative.

(b) After the filing of a Registration Statement, the Company will immediately notify each Holder holding Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement of any stop order issued or threatened by the Commission and use all commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered. If a stop order previously in effect with respect to a Registration Statement is removed, the Company will promptly notify each Holder holding Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement. Each Holder agrees that it will not dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement while any stop order is in effect with respect to such Registration Statement.

(c) In connection with the filing of a Registration Statement including Registrable Securities or an Offering in which one or more Holders are participating, the Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States (where an exemption does not apply) as any Holder or managing underwriter(s), if any, reasonably (in light of such Holder’s intended plan of distribution) requests and (ii) cause such Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company; provided that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph (c), (B) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company will promptly notify each Holder of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities held by such Holder for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose or the lifting of a suspension that was previously in effect. Each Holder agrees that it will not dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or an Offering in a manner requiring qualification under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction during any period of time while such qualification has been suspended.

(d) The Company will immediately notify each Holder at any time when a prospectus relating to such Holder’s Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the occurrence of an event (which may include obtaining preliminary information regarding the Company’s historical financial results that have not yet been publicly announced) a result of which the Company reasonably concludes a supplement or amendment to such prospectus should be prepared in order to ensure that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Upon the occurrence of such event, the Company will promptly prepare, file and, if applicable, make available to each Holder any such supplement or amendment; provided that

 

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any supplement or amendment relating to the historical financial results of the Company need not be prepared, filed or made available prior to the Company’s regularly scheduled date for the filing of such results unless a Demand Registration or Underwritten Offering Demand has been made. The Company will promptly notify each Holder when such supplement or amendment has been filed. Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the occurrence of an event as set forth above, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Holder’s receipt of written notice from the Company that a supplement or amendment has been made. Each Holder also agrees that such Holder will treat as confidential the receipt of any notice from the Company of the occurrence of an event as set forth above and shall not disclose or use the information contained in such notice without the prior written consent of the Company until such time as the information contained therein is or becomes available to the public generally, other than as a result of disclosure by a Holder in breach of the terms of this Agreement.

(e) The Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

(f) In the case of an Offering in which one or more Holders are participating, the Company will enter into and perform its obligations under customary agreements (including an underwriting agreement, if any, in customary form) and take such other actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities (including, to the extent reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s), sending appropriate officers of the Company to attend “road shows” scheduled in reasonable number and at reasonable times in connection with any such Offering, and obtaining customary comfort letters and legal opinions) in connection with such Offering.

(g) The Company will make available for inspection by any Holder, any underwriter participating in any disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Holder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be required to enable them to exercise customary due diligence in accordance with the Securities Act, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information required by any such Persons in order to exercise customary due diligence in accordance with the Securities Act in connection with the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, subject to entry by each such Person of a customary confidentiality agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company; provided, however, that the Holders, participating underwriters and their representatives, if any, will use all commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate the foregoing inspection and information gathering so as to not materially disrupt the Company’s business operations.

(h) The Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.

 

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(i) In addition to the Notice and Questionnaire, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding such Holder, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be legally required in connection with such Registration Statement or Offering. Each Holder further agrees to furnish as soon as reasonably practicable to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to provide that information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any registration statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, and the Company agrees to promptly update any Registration Statement to reflect such information.

(j) In the case of an Offering, no Holder may participate unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell the Registrable Securities it desires to have included in the Offering on the basis provided in underwriting arrangements in customary form and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, as negotiated by the Company (other than those provisions relating to the Holders); provided that such Holder shall not be required to make any representations or warranties other than those related to title and ownership of such Holder’s shares and as to the accuracy and completeness of statements made in the applicable registration statement, prospectus or other document in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the managing underwriter(s) by such Holder for use therein. In addition, in connection with any Piggyback Offering, any Holder participating therein will be required to follow such additional procedures as are reasonably established by the Company and the managing underwriter(s) relating to such Holder’s participation in such Offering.

(k) No Holder will offer or sell, without the Company’s consent, any Registrable Securities by means of any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that is required to be filed by the Holder with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(l) The Company will cooperate with the Holders and the managing underwriter(s) to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (which shall not bear any restrictive legends unless required under applicable law) representing Registrable Securities sold under any Registration Statement, and enable such securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter(s) or such Holders may request and cause its transfer agent to cooperate in connection with any transfer of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or Offering.

Section 2.7. Registration Expenses . In connection with any Registration Statement or Offering in which one or more Holders are participating, the Company shall pay all customary registration and offering expenses incurred, regardless whether such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission or such Offering is completed, including: (a) all registration, filing and stock exchange fees, (b) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with

 

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blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (c) printing expenses, (d) internal expenses of the Company (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (e) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities, (f) the fees and disbursements of legal counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company, including in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statements, comfort letters, and any custodian, transfer agent and registrar fees, (g) reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel to the Holders (not to exceed $25,000) in connection with such Registration Statement and/or Offering; provided that the Company will not be responsible for fees and disbursements of more than one firm of attorneys for all Holders and (h) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such Registration Statement and/or Offering. The Company shall have no obligation to pay any transfer taxes or underwriting, brokerage or other similar fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities or expenses borne by the underwriters.

Section 2.8. Indemnification by the Company . The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors, agents, partners, members, trustees, executors, employees, managers, advisors, attorneys, representatives and Affiliates, and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against, as incurred, any and all losses, claims, damages, judgments and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (the “ Liabilities ”) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus, or free writing prospectus (including all document incorporated therein by reference) relating to the Registrable Securities (in each case, as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or that arise out of or are based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, (with respect to any preliminary prospectus, prospectus or free writing prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made), not misleading, except insofar as such Liabilities arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission included in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder or on such Holder’s behalf expressly for inclusion in a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

Section 2.9. Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities . Each Holder agrees, severally but not jointly or jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors, agents, partners, members, trustees, executors, employees, managers, advisors, attorneys, representatives and Affiliates, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Holder, but only with respect to information relating to such Holder included in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by such Holder or on such Holder’s behalf expressly for use in any registration statement, preliminary prospectus, prospectus or free writing prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto; provided that the liability of each Holder shall be limited to the net proceeds (after

 

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deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, if any) received by such Holder from the sale of its Registrable Securities pursuant to any such registration statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company or its officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, representatives or Affiliates or any such controlling person, in respect of which indemnity may be sought against such Holder, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company or its officers, directors, agents, employees, attorneys, representatives or Affiliates or such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to such Holder, by Section 2.10.

Section 2.10. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2.8 or 2.9, such Person (an “ Indemnified Party ”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice will not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any obligations under Section 2.8 or 2.9, except to the extent such Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure; provided further , that the failure to notify an Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Party otherwise under Section 2.8 or 2.9. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (a) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (b) representation of the Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by (i) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof, the Holders which owned a majority of the Registrable Securities sold under the applicable registration statement and (ii) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.9, the Company, in each case, subject to the written consent of the Indemnifying Party (such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding without any admission of liability by such Indemnified Party.

 

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Section 2.11. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 2.8 or 2.9 hereof is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that otherwise would have been covered by Section 2.8 or 2.9 hereof, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the one hand, and of each such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, in connection with such statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of each Indemnified Party on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party.

The Company and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.11 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.11, the liability of each Holder shall be limited to the net proceeds (after deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, if any) received by such Holder from the sale of its Registrable Securities pursuant to any such registration statement. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holder’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.11, if any, are several in proportion to the proceeds of the offering actually received by such Holder (after deducting underwriting commissions and discounts, if any) bears to the total proceeds of the offering received by all the Holders and not joint.

For purposes of this Section 2.11, each Person, if any who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as a Holder, and each director of the Company, and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

Section 2.12. Rule 144 . The Company covenants that it will use all commercially reasonable efforts to make and keep current public information regarding the Company available as those terms are defined in Rule 144 and file in a timely manner any reports and documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Upon the request of any Holder, (a) the Company shall furnish to any Holder (i) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time more than 90 days after the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering), the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and

 

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such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (b) the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

Section 2.13. Suspension of Use of Registration Statement . The Company shall have the right, in limited circumstances, to postpone its obligations in connection with a Demand Registration or Underwritten Offering Demand and/or suspend the use of any Registration Statement that has become effective for up to 30 consecutive days (except as a result of a refusal by the Commission to declare a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement effective after the Company has used all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the post-effective amendment to be declared effective by the Commission, in which case, the Company must terminate the black-out period immediately following the effective date of the post-effective amendment) and not more than twice in any consecutive 12-month period (a “ Suspension Period ”) if: a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith (A) that any such action would interfere with any proposed financing, offer or sale of securities, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other material transaction involving the Company; (B) that any such action would require premature disclosure of material non-public information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential; (C) that any such action would render the Company unable to comply with requirements under the Securities Act or Exchange Act; or (D) that it is required by law, rule or regulation to supplement the Registration Statement or file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement in order to ensure that the prospectus (1) contains the information required under Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act, (2) discloses any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or of the most recent post-effective amendment) that, individually or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth therein or (3) discloses any material information with respect to the plan of distribution that was not disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information; provided that the Company notifies the applicable Holders in writing of its determination to this effect (a “ Suspension Notice ”). Upon the occurrence of any such suspension, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement such Registration Statement on a post effective basis or to take such action as is necessary to make resumed use of the Registration Statement as soon as practicable. Each Holder agrees that such Holder shall not dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement during any Suspension Period, shall treat as confidential the receipt of such Suspension Notice and shall not disclose or use the information contained in such Suspension Notice without the prior written consent of the Company until the earlier of such time as the information contained therein is or becomes available to the public generally, other than as a result of disclosure by a Holder in breach of the terms of this Agreement, or the end of the applicable Suspension Period. The Company agrees to notify the Holders in writing as promptly as practicable following the end of a Suspension Period and the Holders may thereafter recommence effecting sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement (or such filings).

 

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Section 2.14. Lock-Ups . In connection with any underwritten offering of Common Stock by a Holder pursuant to this Agreement or by the Company, the Company and each Significant Holder agree to enter into customary lock-up agreements, as negotiated by the Company, restricting, among other things, future sales of Common Stock by such Persons; provided that the length of the restrictions contained in the lock-up agreement required to be signed by the Holders shall not extend beyond the duration of the similar restrictions agreed to by the Company, with respect to the Company’s or its directors’ and executive officers’ activity (whichever period is shorter), in connection with such offering.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1. Remedies . In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein and granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Holders shall be entitled to specific performance of the rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

Section 3.2. Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, in each case without the written consent of (i) the Company; and (ii) Holders that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented and the observance of any term hereof may not be waived with respect to any Holder without the written consent of such Holder, unless such amendment, termination, or waiver applies to all Holders in the same fashion. No failure or delay by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

Section 3.3. Notices . All notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement shall be made in writing by hand delivery or courier guaranteeing overnight delivery, by facsimile transmission or such other means as are agreed to by the parties hereto:

(a) if to any Holder, initially to the address indicated in such Holder’s Notice and Questionnaire or, if no Notice and Questionnaire has been delivered, to the address or facsimile number provided by the Initial Holder set forth on the signature page hereto; and

(b) if to the Company, initially at Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., 1906 Towne Centre Boulevard, Suite 370, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, Attention: Office of the General Counsel, facsimile: (410) 571-6199 or to such other address as the Company may hereafter specify in writing.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given, delivered, sent, received and provided for purposes of this Agreement: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to a courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

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Section 3.4. Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Registration Rights . Each (i) MissionPoint Initial Holder may transfer its rights under this Agreement with respect to its Registrable Securities to any investor in Fund I, Fund II or Fund III and (ii) Holder may transfer its rights under this Agreement with respect to its Registrable Securities to any Person with the prior written consent of the Company (each, an “ Eligible Assignee ”). Any Eligible Assignee must agree in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement (and execute a counterpart signature page or joinder agreement hereto setting forth such obligations) in order to become a party to this Agreement. Except as set forth in this Section 3.4, the rights under this Agreement are not transferable.

Section 3.5. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

Section 3.6. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the choice of law or conflict of law provisions thereof.

Section 3.7. Severability . In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 3.8. Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter, including the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007, entered into by Hannon Armstrong Capital LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P. and the other registerable holders party thereto. This Agreement will control in all respects a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, or any other matter covered hereby, with respect to Registrable Securities.

Section 3.9. Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

Section 3.10. Termination . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall cease when all shares of Common Stock that comprise Registrable Securities have been disposed of pursuant to a registration statement or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume limitations thereof, except, in each case, for any obligations under Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10 and 2.11.

 

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Section 3.11. Waiver of Jury Trial . The parties hereto (including any Initial Holder and any subsequent Holder) irrevocably waive any right to trial by jury.

Section 3.12. Subsequent Registration Rights . The Company may grant registration rights in the future, provided they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


INITIAL HOLDERS
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Address:        1906 Towne Centre Blvd, Suite 370,

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Fax No.:           410-571-6199


SCHEDULE I

 

INITIAL HOLDER

  

COMMON STOCK AND/OR COMMON OP UNITS

Mission Point HA Parallel Fund I, LLC

  

MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund II, LLC

  

MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund III, LLC

  

Jeffrey W. Eckel

  

John J. Christmas

  

Steven L. Chuslo

  

David K. Watson

  

Daniel K. McMahon

  

Christopher J. Lord

  

Nathaniel J. Rose

  

Scott J. Foster

  

Lisa A. Hale

  

Brian J. Harenza

  

Michael J. Hester

  

Marvin R. Wooten, Jr.

  

J. Brendan Herron, Jr.

  

G. Michael Bruce

  

Cielo P. Carranza

  

Amanda S. Cimaglia

  

Jody Clark

  

Jonelle G. Clarke

  

 

Sch. I-1


Katherine M. Dent

  

Patrick M. Fox

  

Polly Ortlieb

  

Joshua J. Mersfelder

  

Guy W. Van Syckle

  

 

Sch. I-2

Exhibit 10.5

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the [•] day of [•], by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and [•] (“Indemnitee”).

WHEREAS, at the request of the Company, Indemnitee currently serves as [a director] [and/or] [an officer] of the Company and may, therefore, be subjected to claims, suits or proceedings arising as a result of such service; and

WHEREAS, as an inducement to Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve in such capacity, the Company has agreed to indemnify Indemnitee and to advance expenses and costs incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any such claims, suits or proceedings, to the maximum extent permitted by law; and

WHEREAS, the parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and advance of expenses.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

Section 1. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) “Change in Control” means a change in control of the Company occurring after the Effective Date of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the Effective Date, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of all of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors without the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such person’s attaining such percentage interest; (ii) the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets, plan of liquidation or other reorganization not approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, as a consequence of which members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board of Directors thereafter; (iii) at any time, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not individuals (A) who were directors as of the Effective Date or (B) whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then in office who were directors as of the Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved; or (iv) the Company’s stockholders approve the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

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(b) “Corporate Status” means the status of a person as a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company. As a clarification and without limiting the circumstances in which Indemnitee may be serving at the request of the Company, service by Indemnitee shall be deemed to be at the request of the Company: (i) if Indemnitee serves or served as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (1) of which a majority of the voting power or equity interest is or was owned directly or indirectly by the Company or (2) the management of which is controlled directly or indirectly by the Company and (ii) if, as a result of Indemnitee’s service to the Company or any of its affiliated entities, Indemnitee is subject to duties by, or required to perform services for, an employee benefit plan or its participants or beneficiaries, including as deemed fiduciary thereof.

(c) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification and/or advance of Expenses is sought by Indemnitee.

(d) “Effective Date” means the date set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(e) “Expenses” means any and all reasonable and out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and any other disbursements or expenses incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in or otherwise participating in a Proceeding. Expenses shall also include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including, without limitation, the premium, security for and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond or other appeal bond or its equivalent.

(f) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither is, nor in the past two years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to or participant or witness in the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification or advance of Expenses hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

 

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(g) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation (including any internal investigation), inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, except one pending or completed on or before the Effective Date, unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee. If Indemnitee reasonably believes that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, such situation shall also be considered a Proceeding.

Section 2. Services by Indemnitee . Indemnitee will serve in the capacity or capacities set forth in the first WHEREAS clause above. However, this Agreement shall not impose any independent obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any other entity) and Indemnitee.

Section 3. General . The Company shall indemnify, and advance Expenses to, Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding that Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (a) as provided in this Agreement and (b) otherwise to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect on the Effective Date and as amended from time to time; provided, however, that no change in Maryland law shall have the effect of reducing the benefits available to Indemnitee hereunder based on Maryland law as in effect on the Effective Date. The rights of Indemnitee provided in this Section 3 shall include, without limitation, the rights set forth in the other sections of this Agreement, including any additional indemnification permitted by Section 2-418(g) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”).

Section 4. Standard for Indemnification . If, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to any Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement and all Expenses actually incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any such Proceeding unless it is established that (a) the act or omission of Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal Proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s act or omission was unlawful.

 

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Section 5. Certain Limits on Indemnification . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (other than Section 6), Indemnitee shall not be entitled to:

(a) indemnification hereunder if the Proceeding was one by or in the right of the Company and Indemnitee is adjudged, in a final adjudication of the Proceeding not subject to further appeal, to be liable to the Company;

(b) indemnification hereunder if Indemnitee is adjudged, in a final adjudication of the Proceeding not subject to further appeal, to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received in any Proceeding charging improper personal benefit to Indemnitee, whether or not involving action in the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status; or

(c) indemnification or advance of Expenses hereunder if the Proceeding was brought by Indemnitee, unless: (i) the Proceeding was brought to enforce indemnification under this Agreement, and then only to the extent in accordance with and as authorized by Section 12 of this Agreement, or (ii) the Company’s charter or Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or of the Board of Directors or an agreement approved by the Board of Directors to which the Company is a party expressly provide otherwise.

Section 6. Court-Ordered Indemnification . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of Indemnitee and such notice as the court shall require, may order indemnification of Indemnitee by the Company in the following circumstances:

(a) if such court determines that Indemnitee is entitled to reimbursement under Section 2-418(d)(1) of the MGCL, the court shall order indemnification, in which case Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover the Expenses of securing such reimbursement; or

(b) if such court determines that Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not Indemnitee (i) has met the standards of conduct set forth in Section 2-418(b) of the MGCL or (ii) has been adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal benefit under Section 2-418(c) of the MGCL, the court may order such indemnification as the court shall deem proper without regard to any limitation on such court-ordered indemnification contemplated by Section 2-418(d)(2)(ii) of the MGCL.

Section 7. Indemnification for Expenses of an Indemnitee Who is Wholly or Partially Successful . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, made a party to (or otherwise becomes a participant in) any Proceeding and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for all Expenses actually incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee under this Section 7 for all Expenses actually incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each such claim, issue or matter, allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis. For purposes of this Section 7 and, without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

 

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Section 8. Advance of Expenses for Indemnitee. If, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, or by reason of (or arising in part out of) any actual or alleged event or occurrence related to the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, or by reason of any actual or alleged act or omission on the part of the Indemnitee taken or omitted in or relating to the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to any Proceeding, the Company shall, without requiring a preliminary determination of Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification hereunder, advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding. The Company shall make such advance or advances within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding and may be in the form of, in the reasonable discretion of the Indemnitee (but without duplication) (a) payment of such Expenses directly to third parties on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance of funds to Indemnitee in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses or (c) reimbursement to Indemnitee for Indemnitee’s payment of such Expenses. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written affirmation by Indemnitee and a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such other form as may be required under applicable law as in effect at the time of the execution thereof. To the extent that Expenses advanced to Indemnitee do not relate to a specific claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, such Expenses shall be allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis. The undertaking required by this Section 8 shall be an unlimited general obligation by or on behalf of Indemnitee and shall be accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay such advanced Expenses and without any requirement to post security therefor. Any such advanced Expenses shall be deemed to be an obligation of the Company to the Indemnitee and shall in no event be deemed a personal loan.

Section 9. Indemnification and Advance of Expenses as a Witness or Other Participant . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is or may be, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, made a witness or otherwise involved in or asked or required to participate in any Proceeding, whether instituted by the Company or any other party, and to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be advanced and indemnified against all Expenses actually incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting any such advance or indemnification from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. In connection with any such advance of Expenses, the Company may require Indemnitee to provide an undertaking and affirmation substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such form as may be required under applicable law as in effect at the time of the execution thereof. The undertaking required by this Section 9 shall be an unlimited general obligation by or on behalf of Indemnitee and shall be accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay such advanced Expenses and without any requirement to post security therefor.

 

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Section 10. Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification .

(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. Indemnitee may submit one or more such requests from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in Indemnitee’s sole discretion. The officer of the Company receiving any such request from Indemnitee shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) above, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall promptly be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control has occurred, by Independent Counsel, in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, which Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee and approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-418(e)(2)(ii) of the MGCL, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (ii) if a Change in Control has not occurred, (A) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors or, if such a quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors consisting solely of one or more Disinterested Directors, (B) if Independent Counsel has been selected by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-418(e)(2)(ii) of the MGCL and approved by the Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, by Independent Counsel, in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (C) if so directed by the Board of Directors, by the stockholders of the Company, provided, however, that shares held by directors or officers who are parties to the Proceeding shall not be voted. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall make payment to Indemnitee within ten days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination in the discretion of the Board of Directors or Independent Counsel if retained pursuant to clause (ii)(B) of this Section 10(b). Any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company shall indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. The determination as to reasonableness of Expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible.

(c) The Company shall (i) pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel, if one is appointed, and (ii) pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of Section 10(b) hereof, regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses incurred by Indemnitee.

 

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Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings .

(a) In making any determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of overcoming that presumption in connection with the making of any determination contrary to that presumption.

(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct described herein for indemnification.

(c) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining any other right to indemnification under this Agreement.

Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee .

(a) If (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advance of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Sections 8 or 9 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Sections 7 or 9 of this Agreement within ten days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to any other section of this Agreement or the charter or Bylaws of the Company is not made within ten days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification or advance of Expenses in an appropriate court located in the State of Maryland, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction or in an arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence a proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within one-year following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply to a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under Section 7 of this Agreement. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Maryland law (without regard to its conflicts of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial on the merits. The fact that a determination had been made earlier pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that the Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification shall not be taken into

 

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account in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 12 and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced in any way by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification or advance of Expenses, as the case may be, under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advance of Expenses, as the case may be. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 12, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed). The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement.

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification that was not disclosed in connection with the determination.

(d) In the event that Indemnitee is successful in seeking, pursuant to this Section 12, a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Company, and shall be indemnified by the Company for, any and all Expenses actually incurred by him in such judicial adjudication or arbitration. If it shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advance of Expenses sought, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated.

(e) Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the maximum rate allowed to be charged for judgments under the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland for amounts which the Company pays or is obligated to pay for the period (i) commencing with either the tenth day after the date on which the Company was requested to advance Expenses in accordance with Sections 8 or 9 of this Agreement or the 60 th day after the date on which the Company was requested to make the determination of entitlement to indemnification under Section 10(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, and (ii) ending on the date such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.

Section 13. Defense of the Underlying Proceeding .

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company promptly in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, request or other document relating to any Proceeding which may result in the right to indemnification or the advance of Expenses hereunder and shall include with such notice a description of the nature of the Proceeding and a summary of the facts underlying the Proceeding. The failure to give any such notice shall not

 

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disqualify Indemnitee from the right, or otherwise affect in any manner any right of Indemnitee, to indemnification or the advance of Expenses under this Agreement unless the Company’s ability to defend in such Proceeding or to obtain proceeds under any insurance policy is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby, and then only to the extent the Company is thereby actually so prejudiced.

(b) Subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this Section 13(b) and of Section 13(c) below, the Company shall have the right to defend Indemnitee in any Proceeding which may give rise to indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the Company shall notify Indemnitee of any such decision to defend within 15 calendar days following receipt of notice of any such Proceeding under Section 13(a) above. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Indemnitee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, consent to the entry of any judgment against Indemnitee or enter into any settlement or compromise which (i) includes an admission of fault of Indemnitee, (ii) does not include, as an unconditional term thereof, the full release of Indemnitee from all liability in respect of such Proceeding, which release shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, or (iii) would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee. This Section 13(b) shall not apply to a Proceeding brought by Indemnitee under Section 12 of this Agreement.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13(b) above, if in a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, (i) Indemnitee reasonably concludes, based upon an opinion of counsel approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, that Indemnitee may have separate defenses or counterclaims to assert with respect to any issue which may not be consistent with other defendants in such Proceeding, (ii) Indemnitee reasonably concludes, based upon an opinion of counsel approved by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, that an actual or apparent conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest exists between Indemnitee and the Company, (iii) if the Company fails to assume the defense of such Proceeding in a timely manner, or (iv) such Proceeding seeks penalties or other relief against Indemnitee with respect to which the Company could not provide monetary indemnification to the Indemnitee (such as injunctive relief or incarceration), Indemnitee shall be entitled to be represented by separate legal counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, subject to the prior approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, at the expense of the Company. In addition, if the Company fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the Company or any other person takes any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any Proceeding to deny or to recover from Indemnitee the benefits intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall have the right to retain counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, subject to the prior approval of the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, at the expense of the Company (subject to Section 12(d) of this Agreement), to represent Indemnitee in connection with any such matter.

 

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Section 14. Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Subrogation .

(a) The rights of indemnification and advance of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, any directors and officers liability insurance acquired by the Company in accordance with Section 15, the charter or Bylaws of the Company, any agreement entered into or a resolution of the stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or of the Board of Directors, or otherwise. Unless consented to in writing by Indemnitee, no amendment, alteration or repeal of the charter or Bylaws of the Company, this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, regardless of whether a claim with respect to such action or inaction is raised prior or subsequent to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prohibit the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

(b) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

Section 15. Insurance .

(a) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to acquire directors and officers liability insurance, on terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors, with the advice of counsel, covering Indemnitee or any claim made against Indemnitee by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status and covering the Company for any indemnification or advance of Expenses made by the Company to Indemnitee for any claims made against Indemnitee by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. In the event of a Change in Control, the Company shall maintain in force any and all directors and officers liability insurance policies that were maintained by the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control for a period of six years with the insurance carrier or carriers and through the insurance broker in place at the time of the Change of Control; provided, however, (i) if the carriers will not offer the same policy and an expiring policy needs to be replaced, a policy substantially comparable in scope and amount shall be obtained and (ii) if any replacement insurance carrier is necessary to obtain a policy substantially comparable in scope and amount, such insurance carrier shall have an AM Best rating that is the same or better than the AM Best rating of the existing insurance carrier; provided, further, however, in no event shall the Company be required to expend in the aggregate in excess of 250% of the annual premium or premiums paid by the Company for directors and officers liability insurance in effect on the date of the Change in Control. In the event that 250% of the annual premium paid by the Company for such existing directors and officers liability insurance is insufficient for such coverage, the Company shall spend up to that amount to purchase such lesser coverage as may be obtained with such amount. For a period of six (6) years and one (1) month after the date of termination of the Indemnitee’s employment, the Company shall maintain in effect a “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy with coverage in an amount and scope at least as favorable as the Company’s existing coverage on the date of termination of the Indemnitee’s employment and with at least as highly-rated an insurer;

 

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provided , that , in no event shall the Company be required to expend in the aggregate in excess of 200% of the ratable portion of the annual premium paid by the Company for such insurance in effect on the date of termination of the Indemnitee’s employment. In the event that 200% of the ratable portion of the annual premium paid by the Company for such existing insurance is insufficient for such coverage, the Company shall spend up to that amount to purchase such lesser coverage as may be obtained with such amount.

(b) Without in any way limiting any other obligation under this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for any payment by Indemnitee which would otherwise be indemnifiable hereunder arising out of the amount of any deductible or retention and the amount of any excess of the aggregate of all judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding over the coverage of any insurance referred to in Section 15(a). The purchase, establishment and maintenance of any such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect the rights or obligations of the Company or Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights or obligations of the Company or the Indemnitee under any such insurance policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.

(c) The Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Company or any insurance carrier of the Company with respect to any investigation or Proceeding.

Section 16. Coordination of Payments . The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable or payable or reimbursable as Expenses hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

Section 17. Contribution . If the indemnification provided in this Agreement is unavailable in whole or in part and may not be paid to Indemnitee for any reason, other than for failure to satisfy the standard of conduct set forth in Section 4 or due to the provisions of Section 5, then, in respect to any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying and holding harmless Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Expenses, judgments, penalties, and/or amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.

Section 18. Reports to Stockholders . To the extent required by the MGCL, the Company shall report in writing to its stockholders the payment of any amounts for indemnification of, or advance of Expenses to, Indemnitee under this Agreement arising out of a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company with the notice of the meeting of stockholders of the Company next following the date of the payment of any such indemnification or advance of Expenses or prior to such meeting.

 

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Section 19. Duration of Agreement; Binding Effect .

(a) This Agreement shall continue until and terminate on the later of (i) the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company and (ii) the date that Indemnitee is no longer subject to any actual or possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement and including for any period of statute of limitations for any act or omission during the Indemnitee’s term in a Corporate Status).

(b) The indemnification and advance of Expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.

(c) The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

(d) The Company and Indemnitee agree that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which Indemnitee may be entitled. Indemnitee shall further be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertakings in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that, in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking.

 

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Section 20. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, void, illegal or otherwise unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

Section 21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts (delivery of which may be by facsimile, or via email as a portable document format (.pdf) or other electronic format, each of which will be deemed an original, and it will not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement or the terms of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one of such counterparts.

Section 22. Headings . The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

Section 23. Modification and Waiver . No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

Section 24. Notices . All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, on the day of such delivery, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed:

(a) If to Indemnitee, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.

(b) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd, Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Facsimile: (410) 571-6199

Attn: General Counsel

or to such other address as may have been furnished in writing to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be.

 

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Section 25. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules.

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:    
Name:
Title:

 

INDEMNITEE
   

Name:

Address:


EXHIBIT A

AFFIRMATION AND UNDERTAKING TO REPAY EXPENSES ADVANCED

 

To: The Board of Directors of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

 

Re: Affirmation and Undertaking

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Affirmation and Undertaking is being provided pursuant to that certain Indemnification Agreement dated the [•] day of [•], by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned Indemnitee (the “Indemnification Agreement”), pursuant to which I am entitled to advance of Expenses in connection with [Description of Proceeding] (the “Proceeding”).

Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the Indemnification Agreement.

I am subject to the Proceeding by reason of my Corporate Status or by reason of alleged actions or omissions by me in such capacity. I hereby affirm my good faith belief that at all times, insofar as I was involved as [a director] [and] [an officer] of the Company in any of the facts or events giving rise to the Proceeding, I (1) did not act with bad faith or active or deliberate dishonesty, (2) did not receive any improper personal benefit in money, property or services and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that any act or omission by me was unlawful.

In consideration of the advance by the Company for Expenses incurred by me in connection with the Proceeding (the “Advanced Expenses”), I hereby agree that if, in connection with the Proceeding, it is established that (1) an act or omission by me was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty or (2) I actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, I had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful, then I shall promptly reimburse the portion of the Advanced Expenses relating to the claims, issues or matters in the Proceeding as to which the foregoing findings have been established.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Affirmation and Undertaking on this          day of                      , 20          .

 

   
Name:

 

A-1

Exhibit 10.6

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April         , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and Jeffrey Eckel, residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, the entity through which the Company was operating its business (“ Hannon Armstrong ”), and the Executive have previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated May 31, 2007, under which the Executive was employed as President and Chief Executive Officer (the “ Prior Employment Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of the Company (the “ Company’s IPO ”), the Company will engage in a series of transactions that will enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will result in Hannon Armstrong becoming a subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer employment to the Executive, and the Executive wishes to accept such offer on the terms set forth below, to be effective as of the completion of the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions, at which time the Prior Employment Agreement will automatically terminate and this Agreement will become in effect; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are entering into an Indemnification Agreement (the “ Indemnification Agreement ”) simultaneously herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term . The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for an initial term commencing as of the date on which the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions are consummated (the “ Commencement Date ”) and continuing for a four-year


period (the “ Initial Term ”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5; with such employment to automatically continue following the Initial Term for additional successive one-year periods (each, a “ Subsequent Term ”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (subject to termination as aforesaid) unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intention not to continue such employment at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term, as applicable (the Initial Term, together with all Subsequent Terms hereunder, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Term ”).

2. Duties . During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which shall be the senior-most executive officer of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall have such responsibilities and authority as are customary for a President and Chief Executive Officer of a company of similar size and nature as the Company and shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of each such office and shall report directly to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”). During the Term, the Company shall nominate the Executive to serve as a member of the Board and its Chairman. The Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time and effort to the performance of his duties hereunder; provided , however , that the Executive shall be permitted to continue service as set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to the approval of the Board, that the Executive may serve on the boards of directors or trustees of any business corporations or charitable organizations and such service shall not be a violation of this Agreement, provided that such other activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

3. Compensation .

3.1 Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term a salary at the minimum rate of $495,000 per annum, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives from time to time. The Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) shall review the Executive’s Annual Salary in good faith on an annual basis and may provide for increases therein as it may in its sole discretion deem appropriate (such annual salary, as increased, the “ Annual Salary ”). Once increased, the Annual Salary shall not thereafter be decreased.

 

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3.2 Bonus . For the Company’s 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to 100% of his Annual Salary (the “ 2013 Bonus ”), subject to satisfaction of Company performance measures as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. For each fiscal year during the Term following the 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to at least 150% of his Annual Salary, subject to satisfaction of both Company and individual performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee (each, an “ Annual Bonus ”). The Compensation Committee may award the Executive a cash bonus in excess of the target amount if warranted under the applicable performance metrics. The 2013 Bonus and Annual Bonuses shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such bonuses are awarded, but in all events shall be paid no later than March 15 of such following fiscal year.

3.3 Benefits - In General . Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.4, the Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization or disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

3.4 Specific Benefits . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation of not less than the greater of (a) 20 business days per year or (b) the number of paid business vacation days provided to other senior executives of the Company (to be taken at reasonable times in accordance with the Company’s policies). Any accrued vacation not taken during any year may be carried forward to subsequent years; provided , that the Executive may not accrue more than ten business days of unused vacation in any one year. During the Term (and, if Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term due to his Disability or death, for the period after such termination of

 

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employment due to Disability or death as is necessary for Executive’s Disability or death to be covered by the applicable policy) (i) a long-term disability insurance policy for the Executive which would provide benefits to the Executive in an annual amount not less than 300% of the Executive’s Annual Salary (the “ L-T Disability Policy ”); and (ii) a term life insurance policy in the amount of $5,000,000 on the life of the Executive (the “ Term Life Insurance Policy ”). The Executive shall be entitled to designate the beneficiaries of the L-T Disability Policy and the Term Life Insurance Policy; provided , that in each case the insurance policies are available and can be procured on reasonable commercial terms. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the benefits provided under both the L-T Disability Policy and the Term Life Insurance Policy will be offset by any similar insurance benefits provided under Sections 3.3, 4 or 5.

3.5 Equity Incentive Compensation . On the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted an award consisting of 265,524 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2013 equity incentive plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”) and the respective award agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”). The restricted stock granted on the Commencement Date will vest based on continued service in four equal annual installments following the Commencement Date, with the final tranche vesting on the 4 th anniversary of the Commencement Date. Dividends will be paid to Executive on vested and unvested shares of restricted stock if and when dividends are paid to holders of Company common stock generally. Following the Company’s 2013 Fiscal Year, the Executive shall be eligible for regular annual grants of restricted stock, stock options or other awards under the Equity Incentive Plan on such terms and in such amounts (if any) as may be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. All (a) stock option, restricted stock and other stock-settled equity-based awards granted to Executive shall provide to Executive the right to direct the Company or an affiliate to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising with respect to such awards by withholding from the shares that would otherwise be delivered such number of shares having a fair market value equal to such minimum statutory tax withholding obligation and (b) stock options granted to Executive shall permit the Executive to “net exercise” the stock options by directing the Company to withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option such number of shares having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the option (or portion thereof that the Executive has elected to net exercise).

 

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3.6 Expenses . The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services under this Agreement; provided that the Executive documents such expenses with the properly completed forms as prescribed from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, plans and/or programs. The Company shall also promptly reimburse the Executive for all attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Executive in connection with the Company’s IPO (including, without limitation, the negotiation of this Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the Merger Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2013, by and between the Company and [                    ] (the “ Merger Agreement ”), the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., dated as of [            ], 2013 (the “ Limited Partnership Agreement ”), the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [            ], 2013, by and among the Company and the parties listed on Schedule I thereto (“ Registration Rights Agreement ”), the Award Agreements and any other documents or agreements contemplated hereby or thereby) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000.

4. Termination upon Death or Disability . If the Executive dies during the Term, the Term shall terminate as of the date of death. If there is a good faith determination by the Board that the Executive has become physically or mentally incapable of performing his duties under the Agreement and such disability has disabled the Executive for a cumulative period of 180 days within any 12-month period (a “ Disability ”), the Company shall have the right, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive. Upon termination of employment due to death or Disability, (i) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment: (x) Annual Salary, Annual Bonus and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement but not yet paid prior to the date of

 

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termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) (the “ Accrued Benefits ”) and (y) a pro rata (based on the number of days employed in the fiscal year of termination) target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which his termination occurs; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and/or the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); and (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by Executive (or, in the case of his death, his estate and beneficiaries) shall vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the first anniversary of the date of termination.

5. Certain Terminations of Employment .

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean, the Executive’s:

(i) conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, a felony involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud (but excluding traffic violations) that is injurious to the business or reputation of the Company;

(ii) willful and material misconduct in connection with the performance of his duties, including, without limitation, embezzlement or the misappropriation of funds or property of the Company;

(iii) failure to adhere to the lawful directions of the Board, or to devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and efforts to the Company, in either event, which continues for a period of 30 business days after written demand for corrective action is delivered by the Company; or

 

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(iv) material breach of (x) any covenant contained in Section 6 of this Agreement; or (y) the other terms and provisions of this Agreement and, in each case, failure to cure such breach within 10 days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach;

provided , that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any time within 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purposes (after reasonable notice to the Executive and an opportunity for him, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board after reasonable investigation that the Executive has engaged in acts or omissions constituting Cause.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause on at least 10 days’ notice, and the Executive may terminate his employment on at least 30 days’ written notice. If the Company terminates the Executive for Cause, or the Executive terminates his employment and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 4 or 5.2, the Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment.

5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Expiration/Non-Renewal by the Company .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the following, unless consented to by the Executive:

(i) any change in job title or material diminution in the Executive’s roles and responsibilities from those set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Executive no longer being the Chairman of the Board and the senior-most executive of the Company or assignment of duties inconsistent with such position);

 

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(ii) a reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential or failure to promptly pay such amounts when due;

(iii) a relocation of the Company’s headquarters outside a 30 mile radius of Annapolis, MD or moving of the Executive’s office or place of performance from the Company’s headquarters;

(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material agreement between the Executive and the Company; or

(v) there shall have occurred a Change in Control.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Executive no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises (or, if later, the Executive’s knowledge thereof); and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason (pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) or Section 5.2(a)(iv)), the Company shall have 30 days from the date written notice of such a termination is given by the Executive to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason, and for Good Reason under this Section 5.2. If (x) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, (y) the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, or (z) the Executive’s termination of employment results from the Company’s notice of non-renewal following the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term in accordance with Section 1, (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) on the 30 th day following the Executive’s termination of employment, (A) the Accrued Benefits, (B) an amount equal to three times the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Salary and (y) an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Executive’s average Annual Bonus actually received in respect of the three fiscal years (or such fewer number of fiscal years with respect to which Executive received an Annual Bonus) prior to the year of termination and (2) the Executive’s target

 

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Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs and (C) a pro-rata (based on the maximum Annual Bonus that the Executive could have earned for the fiscal year in which his termination occurs and the number of days employed in the fiscal year of termination) Annual Bonus; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by the Executive shall thereupon vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the first anniversary after the date of termination (or, in the case of a Change in Control, on the third anniversary of the Change in Control); and (iv) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, the Company will continue to provide on a fully subsidized basis the L-T Disability Policy and the Term Life Insurance Policy.

(c) Notwithstanding clause 5.2(b)(ii), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the health and welfare plans and programs referred to in such clause 5.2(b)(ii) from time to time in its sole discretion, provided that any such amendments or termination are made applicable generally on the same terms to all actively employed senior executives of the Company and does not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive compared with any other officers of the Company, but the Company may not reduce benefits already earned and accrued by, but not yet paid to, the Executive and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause 5.2(b)(ii) after such time as the Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type and at least as favorable to the Executive from another employer or recipient of the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements).

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for under Section 5.2(b) unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a waiver and release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and such waiver and release becomes effective and irrevocable within 21 days following the date of termination; provided that the Company shall have provided the Executive with such waiver and release within 10 business days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Equity Incentive Plan.

(f) No Mitigation . The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company.

6. Covenants of the Executive .

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants . The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company (which expressly includes for purposes of this Section 6 (and any related enforcement provisions hereof), its successors and assigns) is to provide debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects that increase energy efficiency, provide cleaner energy sources, positively impact the environment and make more efficient use of natural resources (such businesses, and any and all other businesses in which, at the time of the Executive’s termination, the Company is actively and regularly engaged or actively pursuing, herein being collectively referred to as the “ Business ”); (ii) the Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is national in scope; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company has given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:

 

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(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 12 months following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its affiliates (the “ Restricted Period ”), he shall not in the Restricted Territory (as defined below), directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, consultant or in any other relationship or capacity, (i) engage in the Business (other than for the Company or its affiliates) or otherwise compete with the Company or its affiliates in the Business or (ii) render to a person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the Business the same services that the Executive renders to the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Executive may invest in securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (x) such securities are listed on any national securities exchange, (y) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity, and (z) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and (B) the Executive may continue to serve on any board of directors on which the Executive was serving as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; and (C) the Executive may be employed by or provide services for a company (a “ Conglomerate ”) with multiple lines of businesses, including a line of business competitive with the Company, so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (w) the Conglomerate derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenue from the line of business that is competitive with the Company (the “ Competitive Division ”), (x) the Executive is employed by or provides services to a line of business of Conglomerate that is not competitive with the Company; and (y) the Executive does not perform services for the Competitive Division; and (z) the Executive (A) provides the Company with advance notice of such employment or service and (B) informs the Conglomerate in writing of its obligations under this Section 6.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Restricted Territory ” shall mean any (i) state in the United States and (ii) foreign country or jurisdiction, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), in which the Company (x) is actively conducting the Business during the Term or (y) has initiated a plan adopted by the Board to conduct the Business in the two years following the Term.

(b) During and after the Term, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all non-public confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the business of any of its affiliates and to the Company and any of its affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its affiliates (the “ Confidential Company Information ”), and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except in the course of his duties as President and Chief Executive Officer or with the Board’s express written consent and except for Confidential Company Information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement or which is independently developed or obtained by the Executive without reliance upon any confidential information of the Company or use of any Company resources. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Executive may disclose Confidential Company Information where the Executive is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, summons or other valid legal process; provided , that the Executive first (i) promptly notifies the Company, (ii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Company with respect to and in advance of the disclosure thereof, and (iii) reasonably cooperates with the Company to narrow the scope of the disclosure required to be made, in each case, solely at the Company’s expense.

 

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(c) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any person or entity who is or was during the six-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, an employee, agent or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for his own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other business organization, solicit for a competing business or intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company for a competing business, any person who is or was during the six month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, a customer, client, agent, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, “ customer ” and “ client ,” as such terms relate to government customers, mean the program office to which the Company is or was providing any goods or services as of the date hereof or during the one-year period prior to the date hereof.

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive containing Confidential Company Information (i) shall at all times be the property of the Company (and, as applicable, any affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be promptly returned to the Company. This section shall not apply to materials that the Executive possessed prior to his business relationship with the Company, to the Executive’s personal effects and documents, and to materials prepared by the Executive for the purposes of seeking legal or other professional advice.

(e) At no time during the Executive’s employment by the Company or at any time thereafter shall the Executive, on one hand, or the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, publish any statement or make any statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the other party, or in any way otherwise be materially injurious to the Business or reputation of the other party, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by judicial order.

 

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6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subparts thereof (individually or collectively, the “ Restrictive Covenants ”) may result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if the either party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subpart thereof, the other party and its affiliates, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the other party and its affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), shall have the right and remedy to seek to have the Restrictive Covenants or other obligations herein specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to an entry of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, threatened or actual, and whether or not then continuing, of such covenants.

(b) The Executive agrees that the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement and each subsection thereof are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and if enforced, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining gainful employment should his employment with the Company end. The Executive agrees that in any action seeking specific performance or other equitable relief, the Executive will not assert or contend that any of the provisions of this Section 6 are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable as drafted. The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.

7. Other Provisions .

7.1 Severability . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) he has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects as drafted. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions.

 

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7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants . If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of such provision, then the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration .

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6 upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of breadth of scope or otherwise it is the intention of the Company and the Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s right, or the right of any of its affiliates, to the relief provided above in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenants in such other respective jurisdictions, such Restrictive Covenants as they relate to each jurisdiction’s being, for this purpose, severable, diverse and independent covenants, subject, where appropriate, to the doctrine of res judicata. The parties hereby agree to waive any right to a trial by jury for any and all disputes hereunder (whether or not relating to the Restricted Covenants).

(b) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights and remedies referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Maryland in accordance with Maryland law and the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, before an

 

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arbitrator experienced in employment disputes who is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be entered on the arbitrator(s)’ award in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Annapolis, Maryland.

7.4 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, or overnight courier, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows:

 

  (i) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to:

Clifford Chance US LLP

31 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019-6131

Attention: Jay Bernstein

 

  (ii) If to the Executive, to the address in the records of the Company

with a copy to:

Morrison & Foerster LLP

1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 400

McLean, Virginia 22102

Attention: Lawrence T. Yanowitch

Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder.

7.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Indemnification Agreement and the Award Agreements contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto, including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement.

 

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7.6 Waivers and Amendments . This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly provided herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

7.7 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

7.8 Assignment . This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Except as otherwise provided by operation of law, in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, provided that the successor or purchaser agrees, as a condition of such transaction, to assume all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

7.9 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

7.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives.

 

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7.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties hereto.

7.12 Survival . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and continue in full force until performance of the obligations thereunder, if any, in accordance with their respective terms.

7.13 Existing Agreements . The Executive represents to the Company that he is not subject or a party to any employment or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding (excluding the Prior Employment Agreement) which might prohibit him from executing this Agreement or limit his ability to fulfill his responsibilities hereunder.

7.14 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

7.15 Parachute Payments . If there is a change in ownership or control of the Company that would cause any payment or distribution by the Company or any other person or entity to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a “ Payment ”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax, the “ Excise Tax ”), then the Executive will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives the Executive the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes): (a) the Payments or (b) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject the Executive to the Excise Tax (the “ Safe Harbor Amount ”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe Harbor Amount and none of the Payments constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then the reduction shall occur

 

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in the manner the Executive elects in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation or if the Executive fails to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have been made to the Executive, until the reduction is achieved. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.15, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required and the amount of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Company and the Executive.

7.16 Section 409A Compliance . Any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. To this end and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, (i) the Company’s securities are publicly traded on an established securities market; (ii) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A); and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of such payments (without any reduction in amount ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) that are not paid within the short-term deferral rule under Section 409A (and any regulations thereunder) or within the “involuntary separation” exemption of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). Such deferral shall last until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A). Any amounts the payment of which are so deferred shall be paid in a lump sum payment within 10 days after the end of such deferral period. If the Executive dies during the deferral period prior to the payment of any deferred amount, then the unpaid

 

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deferred amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Executive’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. The Executive will be deemed to have a date of termination for purposes of determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are classified as deferred compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this Agreement will be reimbursed to the Executive as promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, any right to reimbursement or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

The parties agree to consider any amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any other compensation arrangement between the parties, as reasonably requested by the other party, that is necessary to cause such agreement or arrangement to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto), provided that such proposed amendment or modification does not change the economics of the agreement or arrangement and does not provide for any additional cost to either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will not be obligated to make any amendment or modification and the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to compliance with Section 409A and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provision of this Agreement or such other arrangement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that does not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   
JEFFREY ECKEL
 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

1. Chairman of the Maryland Clean Energy Center

 

2. Member of the Johns Hopkins Environmental, Energy, Sustainability and Health Institute’s advisory council.

 

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Waiver and Release

This Waiver and General Release of all Claims (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into by Jeffrey Eckel (the “ Executive ”) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”).

In consideration of the promises set forth in the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company, dated [            ], 2013 (the “ Employment Agreement ”), the Executive and the Company agree as follows:

 

  1. General Releases and Waivers of Claims .

(a) Executive’s Release of Company . In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its past, present and future parent entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related business entities, any of its or their successors and assigns, assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their respective past, present and/or future directors, officers, fiduciaries, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, supervisors, stockholders, employees and assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, “ Company Parties ”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service; provided , however , that the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) does not release, discharge or waive (A) any rights to payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement, (B) any right the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) may have to enforce this Agreement,

 

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the Award Agreements or the Employment Agreement, (C) the Executive’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other corporate governance document, or any applicable insurance policy, (D) any claims for benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Parties subject to the terms and conditions of such plan and applicable law including, without limitation, any such claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or (E) any right or claim that the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) may have to obtain contributions as permitted by applicable law in an action in which both the Executive on the one hand or any Company Party on the other hand are held jointly liable.

(b) Executive’s Specific Release of ADEA Claims . In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement, the Executive hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company Parties from any and all Claims that the Executive may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ ADEA ”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was advised by the Company in connection with his termination to consult with an attorney of his choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has been given the opportunity to do so; (ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of his choosing with respect thereto; and (iii) the Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement. The Executive also understands that he has seven days following the date on which he signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company a written notice of his revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.

 

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(c) No Assignment . The Executive (or his estate, as applicable) represents and warrants that he has not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.

2. Waiver of Relief . The Executive (or his estate, as applicable) acknowledges and agrees that by virtue of the foregoing, the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) has waived any relief available to him/it (including without limitation, monetary damages and equitable relief, and reinstatement) under any of the Claims waived in paragraph 2. Therefore the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) agrees that he/it will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any Claim or right waived in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Executive (or his estate, as applicable) from cooperating with or participating in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency, to the extent required or permitted by law.

3. Severability Clause . In the event any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Agreement, will be inoperative.

4. Non-admission . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed or construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or any other Company Party or the Executive.

5. Governing Law . All matters affecting this Agreement, including the validity thereof, are to be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

6. Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Employment Agreement.

7. Notices . All notices or communications hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Employment Agreement.

 

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THE EXECUTIVE (OR HIS ESTATE, AS APPLICABLE) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT HE/IT FULLY KNOWS, UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT HE/IT HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/ITS OWN FREE WILL.

[Executive]

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Date:                                          

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

 

By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.7

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and J. Brendan Herron, Jr., residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, the entity through which the Company was operating its business (“ Hannon Armstrong ”), and the Executive have previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated September 1, 2011, under which the Executive was employed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (the “ Prior Employment Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of the Company (the “ Company’s IPO ”), the Company will engage in a series of transactions that will enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will result in Hannon Armstrong becoming a subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer employment to the Executive, and the Executive wishes to accept such offer on the terms set forth below, to be effective as of the completion of the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions, at which time the Prior Employment Agreement will automatically terminate and this Agreement will become in effect; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are entering into an Indemnification Agreement (the “ Indemnification Agreement ”) simultaneously herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term . The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for an initial term commencing as of the date on which the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions are consummated (the “ Commencement Date ”) and continuing for a four-year


period (the “ Initial Term ”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5; with such employment to automatically continue following the Initial Term for additional successive one-year periods (each, a “ Subsequent Term ”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (subject to termination as aforesaid) unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intention not to continue such employment at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term, as applicable (the Initial Term, together with all Subsequent Terms hereunder, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Term ”).

2. Duties . During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of such office and shall have such responsibilities and authority as are customary for an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer employed by a public company of similar size and nature and shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”). The Executive shall devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and effort to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder; provided , however , that the Executive shall be permitted to continue service as set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”), the Executive may serve on the board of directors or trustees of any business corporation or charitable organization and such service shall not be a violation of this Agreement, provided that such other activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

3. Compensation .

3.1 Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term a salary at the minimum rate of $295,000 per annum, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives from time to time. The CEO shall make recommendations to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) with respect to Executive’s Annual Salary on an annual basis and the Compensation Committee shall review such recommendation and provide for any increase as it shall determine in its sole discretion (such annual salary, the “ Annual Salary ”). Once increased, the Annual Salary shall not thereafter be decreased.

 

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3.2 Bonus . For the Company’s 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to 70% of Executive’s Annual Salary (the “ 2013 Bonus ”), subject to satisfaction of Company performance measures as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. For each fiscal year during the Term following the 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to at least 125% of Executive’s Annual Salary, subject to satisfaction of both Company and individual performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee (each, an “ Annual Bonus ”). The 2013 Bonus and Annual Bonuses shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such bonuses are awarded, but in all events shall be paid no later than March 15 of such following fiscal year.

3.3 Benefits - In General . Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.4, the Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization and disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

3.4 Vacation . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation of 20 business days per year (to be taken at reasonable times in accordance with the Company’s policies).

3.5 Equity Incentive Compensation .

(a) On the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted an award (the “ Initial Award ”) consisting of 58,286 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2013 equity incentive plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”) and the respective award agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”). The restricted stock granted on the Commencement Date will vest based on continued service in four (4) equal annual installments following the Commencement Date, with the final tranche

 

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vesting on the 4th anniversary of the Commencement Date. Dividends will be paid to Executive on vested and unvested shares of restricted stock if and when dividends are paid to holders of Company common stock generally. Following the Company’s 2013 Fiscal Year, the Executive shall be eligible for regular annual grants of restricted stock, stock options or other awards under the Equity Incentive Plan on such terms and in such amounts (if any) as may be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. All (x) stock option, restricted stock and other stock-settled equity-based awards granted to Executive shall provide to Executive the right to direct the Company or an affiliate to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising with respect to such awards by withholding from the shares that would otherwise be delivered such number of shares having a fair market value equal to such minimum statutory tax withholding obligation and (y) stock options granted to Executive shall permit the Executive to “net exercise” the stock options by directing the Company to withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option such number of shares having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the option (or portion thereof that the Executive has elected to net exercise).

(b) Upon the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined below), all of the Executive’s outstanding shares of restricted stock or other stock-based compensation shall vest in full and become free of restrictions.

3.6 Expenses . The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services under this Agreement; provided that the Executive documents such expenses with the properly completed forms as prescribed from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, plans and programs.

4. Termination upon Death or Disability . If the Executive dies during the Term, the Executive’s employment shall terminate effective as of the date of death. If there is a good faith determination by the Board that the Executive has become physically or mentally incapable of performing

 

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the Executive’s duties under this Agreement and such disability has disabled the Executive for a cumulative period of 180 days within any 12-month period (a “ Disability ”), the Company shall have the right after such determination and passage of time, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive.

4.1 Compensation due to Death . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to death , (i) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement but not yet paid prior to the effective date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) (the “ Accrued Benefits ”) and (y) a pro rata (based on the number of days employed up to the effective date of termination in the applicable fiscal year) target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the death benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding

 

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unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until death over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Executive’s death shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

4.2 Compensation due to Disability . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to Disability (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) the Accrued Benefits and (y) the target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive, or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the disability benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until Disability over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Disability shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

 

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5. Certain Terminations of Employment .

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean, the Executive’s:

(i) commission of, and indictment for or formal admission to, a felony involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud (but excluding traffic violations);

(ii) willful and material misconduct or gross misconduct in connection with the performance of the Executive’s duties, including, without limitation, embezzlement or the misappropriation of funds or property of the Company;

(iii) failure to adhere to the lawful directions of the CEO, to adhere to the Company’s policies and practices or, as required in Section 2 hereof, to devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and efforts to the Company, which failure continues for a period of 30 business days after written demand for corrective action is delivered by the Company; or

(iv) material breach of (x) any covenant contained in Section 6 of this Agreement; or (y) the other terms and provisions of this Agreement and, in each case, failure to cure such breach within 10 days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach;

provided , that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any time within 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof).

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, and the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment on at least 30 days’ written notice. If the Company terminates the Executive for Cause, or the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 4 or 5.2, the Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment.

5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Expiration/Non-Renewal by the Company .

 

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(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the following, unless consented to by the Executive:

(i) any change in job title or material diminution in the Executive’s roles and responsibilities from those set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position) that cause a reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(iii) a relocation of the Company’s headquarters outside a 30 mile radius of Annapolis, MD or moving of the Executive’s office or place of performance from the Company’s headquarters; or

(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material agreement between the Executive and the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change in Control, the definition of “Good Reason” as set forth above shall be modified to delete all references to the term “material” (namely, in Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) and Section 5.2(a)(iv)), and the definition of “Good Reason” shall otherwise remain in effect as provided herein. Furthermore, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Executive no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises (or, if later, the Executive’s knowledge thereof); and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason (pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) or Section 5.2(a)(iv), the Company shall have 30 days from the date written notice of such a termination is given by the Executive to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason, and for Good Reason. If (x) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, (y) the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, or (z) the Executive’s termination of employment results from the Company’s notice of non-renewal following the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term in accordance

 

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with Section 1, then (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) on the 30 th day following the Executive’s termination of employment, (A) the Accrued Benefits, and (B) an amount equal to two times the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Salary and (y) an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Executive’s average Annual Bonus actually received in respect of the three fiscal years (or such fewer number of fiscal years with respect to which Executive received an Annual Bonus) prior to the year of termination and (2) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); and (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by the Executive shall thereupon immediately vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the earlier of the term of such stock option and the first anniversary after the date of termination (or, in the case of a Change in Control, the earlier of the term of stock option and the third anniversary of the Change in Control).

(c) Notwithstanding clause 5.2(b)(ii), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the insurance, health and welfare plans and programs referred to in such clause 5.2(b)(ii) from time to time in its sole discretion, provided that any such amendments or termination are made applicable generally on the same terms to all actively employed senior executives of the Company and does not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive compared with any other officers of the Company, but the Company may not reduce benefits

 

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already earned and accrued by, but not yet paid to, the Executive and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause 5.2(b)(ii) after such time as the Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type and at least as favorable to the Executive from another employer or recipient of the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements).

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for under Section 5.2(b) unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a waiver and release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and such waiver and release becomes effective and irrevocable within 21 days following the date of termination; provided , that the Company shall have provided the Executive with such waiver and release within 10 business days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Equity Incentive Plan.

(f) No Mitigation . The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company.

6. Covenants of the Executive .

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants . The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company (which expressly includes for purposes of this Section 6 (and any related enforcement provisions hereof), its successors and assigns) is to provide debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects that increase energy efficiency, provide cleaner energy sources, positively impact the environment and make more efficient use of natural resources (such businesses, and any and all other businesses in which, at the time of the Executive’s termination, the Company is actively and regularly engaged or actively pursuing, herein being collectively referred to as the “ Business ”); (ii) the Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is national in scope; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company has

 

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given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:

(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 12 months following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its affiliates (the “ Restricted Period ”), the Executive shall not in the Restricted Territory (as defined below), directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, consultant or in any other relationship or capacity, (i) engage in the Business (other than for the Company or its affiliates) or otherwise compete with the Company or its subsidiaries in the Business or (ii) render to a person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the Business the same services that the Executive renders to the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Executive may invest in securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (x) such securities are listed on any national securities exchange, (y) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity, and (z) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and (B) the Executive may continue to serve on any board of directors on which the Executive was serving as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; and (C) the Executive may be employed by or provide services for a company (a “ Conglomerate ”) with multiple lines of businesses, including a line of business competitive with the Company, so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (w) the Conglomerate derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenue from the line of business that is competitive with the Company (the “ Competitive Division ”), (x) the Executive is employed by or provides services to

 

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a line of business of Conglomerate that is not competitive with the Company; and (y) the Executive does not perform services for the Competitive Division; and (z) the Executive (A) provides the Company with advance notice of such employment or service and (B) informs the Conglomerate in writing of its obligations under this Section 6.

For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Restricted Territory ” shall mean any (i) state in the United States and (ii) foreign country or jurisdiction, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), in which the Company (x) is actively conducting the Business during the Term or (y) has initiated a plan adopted by the Board to conduct the Business in the two years following the Term.

(b) During and after the Term, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for the Executive’s benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all non-public confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the business of any of its affiliates and to the Company and any of its affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its affiliates (the “ Confidential Company Information ”), and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except in the course of the Executive’s duties or with the CEO’s express written consent. Confidential Company Information does not include information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement or which is independently developed or obtained by the Executive on the Executive’s own time without reliance upon any confidential information of the Company or use of any Company resources. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Executive may disclose Confidential Company Information where the Executive is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, summons or other valid legal process; provided , that the Executive, so long as legally permitted to do so, first (i) promptly notifies the Company, (ii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Company with respect to and in advance of the disclosure thereof, and (iii) reasonably cooperates with the Company to narrow the scope of the disclosure required to be made, in each case, solely at the Company’s expense.

 

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(c) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any person or entity who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, an employee, agent or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for the Executive’s own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other business organization, solicit for a competing business or intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company for a competing business, any person who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, a customer, client, agent, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, “ customer ” and “ client ,” as such terms relate to government customers, mean the program office to which the Company is or was providing any goods or services as of the date hereof or during the one-year period prior to the date hereof.

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive containing Confidential Company Information (i) shall at all times be the property of the Company (and, as applicable, any affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be promptly returned to the Company. This section shall not apply to materials that the Executive possessed prior to the Executive’s business relationship with the Company, to the Executive’s personal effects and documents, and to materials prepared by the Executive for the purposes of seeking legal or other professional advice.

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statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the other party, or in any way otherwise be materially injurious to the Business or reputation of the other party, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by judicial order.

6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subparts thereof (individually or collectively, the “ Restrictive Covenants ”) may result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if either party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subpart thereof, the other party and its affiliates, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the other party and its affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), shall have the right and remedy to seek to have the Restrictive Covenants or other obligations herein specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to seek an entry of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, whether or not then continuing, of such covenants.

(b) The Executive agrees that the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement and each subsection thereof are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and if enforced, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining gainful employment should the Executive’s employment with the Company end. The Executive agrees that in any action seeking specific performance or other equitable relief, the Executive will not assert or contend that any of the provisions of this Section 6 are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable as drafted. The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.

7. Other Provisions .

7.1 Severability . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Executive has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive

 

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Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects as drafted. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions.

7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants . If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of such provision, then the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration .

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6 upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of breadth of scope or otherwise it is the intention of the Company and the Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s right, or the right of any of its affiliates, to the relief provided above in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenants in such other respective jurisdictions, such Restrictive Covenants as they relate to each jurisdiction’s being, for this purpose, severable, diverse and independent covenants, subject, where appropriate, to the doctrine of res judicata. The parties hereby agree to waive any right to a trial by jury for any and all disputes hereunder (whether or not relating to the Restricted Covenants).

(b) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights and remedies

 

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referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Maryland in accordance with Maryland law and the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, before an arbitrator experienced in employment disputes who is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be entered on the arbitrator(s)’ award in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Annapolis, Maryland.

7.4 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, or overnight courier, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows:

 

  (i) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Attention: General Counsel

 

  (ii) If to the Executive, to the address in the records of the Company.

Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder.

7.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Indemnification Agreement and the Award Agreements contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto, including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement.

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by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly provided herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

7.7 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

7.8 Assignment . This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Except as otherwise provided by operation of law, in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, provided that the successor or purchaser agrees, as a condition of such transaction, to assume all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

7.9 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

7.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives.

7.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties hereto.

 

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7.12 Survival . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and continue in full force until performance of the obligations thereunder, if any, in accordance with their respective terms.

7.13 Existing Agreements . The Executive represents to the Company that the Executive is not subject or a party to any employment or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding which might prohibit the Executive from executing this Agreement or limit the Executive’s ability to fulfill the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

7.14 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

7.15 Parachute Payments . If there is a change in ownership or control of the Company that would cause any payment or distribution by the Company or any other person or entity to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a “ Payment ”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax, the “ Excise Tax ”), then the Executive will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives the Executive the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes): (a) the Payments or (b) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject the Executive to the Excise Tax (the “ Safe Harbor Amount ”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe Harbor Amount and none of the Payments constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then the reduction shall occur in the manner the Executive elects in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation or if the Executive fails to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have

 

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been made to the Executive, until the reduction is achieved. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.15, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required and the amount of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Company and the Executive.

7.16 Section 409A Compliance . Any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. To this end and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, (i) the Company’s securities are publicly traded on an established securities market; (ii) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A); and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of such payments (without any reduction in amount ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) that are not paid within the short-term deferral rule under Section 409A (and any regulations thereunder) or within the “involuntary separation” exemption of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). Such deferral shall last until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A). Any amounts the payment of which are so deferred shall be paid in a lump sum payment within 10 days after the end of such deferral period. If the Executive dies during the deferral period prior to the payment of any deferred amount, then the unpaid deferred amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Executive’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right

 

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to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. The Executive will be deemed to have a date of termination for purposes of determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are classified as deferred compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this Agreement will be reimbursed to the Executive as promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, any right to reimbursement or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

The parties agree to consider any amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any other compensation arrangement between the parties, as reasonably requested by the other party, that is necessary to cause such agreement or arrangement to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto), provided that such proposed amendment or modification does not change the economics of the agreement or arrangement and does not provide for any additional cost to either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will not be obligated to make any amendment or modification and the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to compliance with Section 409A and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provision of this Agreement or such other arrangement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that does not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above written.

 

    

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE

INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

     By:   

 

  
     Name:   

 

  
     Title:   

 

  
     J. BRENDAN HERRON, JR.   
    

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Waiver and Release

This Waiver and General Release of all Claims (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into by [            ] (the “ Executive ”) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”).

In consideration of the promises set forth in the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company, dated [            ], 2013 (the “ Employment Agreement ”), the Executive and the Company agree as follows:

1. General Releases and Waivers of Claims .

(a) Executive’s Release of Company . In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its past, present and future parent entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related business entities, any of its or their successors and assigns, assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their respective past, present and/or future directors, officers, fiduciaries, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, supervisors, stockholders, employees and assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, “ Company Parties ”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service; provided , however , that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) does not release, discharge or waive (A) any rights to payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement, (B) any right the Executive (or the Executive’s

 

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estate, as applicable) may have to enforce this Agreement, the Award Agreements or the Employment Agreement, (C) the Executive’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other corporate governance document, or any applicable insurance policy, (D) any claims for benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Parties subject to the terms and conditions of such plan and applicable law including, without limitation, any such claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or (E) any right or claim that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have to obtain contributions as permitted by applicable law in an action in which both the Executive on the one hand or any Company Party on the other hand are held jointly liable.

(b) Executive’s Specific Release of ADEA Claims . In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement, the Executive hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company Parties from any and all Claims that the Executive may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ ADEA ”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was advised by the Company in connection with the Executive’s termination to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has been given the opportunity to do so; (ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choosing with respect thereto; and (iii) the Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement. The Executive also understands that the Executive has seven days following the date on which the Executive signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company a written notice of the Executive’s revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.

 

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(c) No Assignment . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) represents and warrants that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.

2. Waiver of Relief . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) acknowledges and agrees that by virtue of the foregoing, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has waived any relief available to him/it (including without limitation, monetary damages and equitable relief, and reinstatement) under any of the Claims waived in paragraph 2. Therefore the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) agrees that he/it will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any Claim or right waived in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) from cooperating with or participating in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency, to the extent required or permitted by law.

3. Severability Clause . In the event any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Agreement, will be inoperative.

4. Non-admission . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed or construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or any other Company Party or the Executive.

5. Governing Law . All matters affecting this Agreement, including the validity thereof, are to be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

6. Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Employment Agreement.

7. Notices . All notices or communications hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Employment Agreement.

 

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THE EXECUTIVE (OR THE EXECUTIVE’S ESTATE, AS APPLICABLE) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT HE/IT FULLY KNOWS, UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT HE/IT HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/ITS OWN FREE WILL.

J. BRENDAN HERRON, JR.

 

                                          

  

Date:                                  

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:    
 

Name:

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.8

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and Steven Chuslo, residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, the entity through which the Company was operating its business (“ Hannon Armstrong ”), and the Executive have previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated April 1, 2008, under which the Executive was employed as Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel (the “ Prior Employment Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of the Company (the “ Company’s IPO ”), the Company will engage in a series of transactions that will enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will result in Hannon Armstrong becoming a subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer employment to the Executive, and the Executive wishes to accept such offer on the terms set forth below, to be effective as of the completion of the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions, at which time the Prior Employment Agreement will automatically terminate and this Agreement will become in effect; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are entering into an Indemnification Agreement (the “ Indemnification Agreement ”) simultaneously herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term . The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for an initial term commencing as of the date on which the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions are consummated (the “ Commencement Date ”) and continuing for a four-year


period (the “ Initial Term ”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5; with such employment to automatically continue following the Initial Term for additional successive one-year periods (each, a “ Subsequent Term ”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (subject to termination as aforesaid) unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intention not to continue such employment at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term, as applicable (the Initial Term, together with all Subsequent Terms hereunder, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Term ”).

2. Duties . During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of such office and shall have such responsibilities and authority as are customary for an Executive Vice President and General Counsel employed by a public company of similar size and nature and shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”). The Executive shall devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and effort to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder; provided , however , that the Executive shall be permitted to continue service as set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”), the Executive may serve on the board of directors or trustees of any business corporation or charitable organization and such service shall not be a violation of this Agreement, provided that such other activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

3. Compensation .

3.1 Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term a salary at the minimum rate of $300,000 per annum, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives from time to time. The CEO shall make recommendations to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) with respect to Executive’s Annual Salary on an annual basis and the Compensation Committee shall review such recommendation and provide for any increase as it shall determine in its sole discretion (such annual salary, the “ Annual Salary ”). Once increased, the Annual Salary shall not thereafter be decreased.

 

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3.2 Bonus . For the Company’s 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to 70% of Executive’s Annual Salary (the “ 2013 Bonus ”), subject to satisfaction of Company performance measures as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. For each fiscal year during the Term following the 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to at least 125% of Executive’s Annual Salary, subject to satisfaction of both Company and individual performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee (each, an “ Annual Bonus ”). The 2013 Bonus and Annual Bonuses shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such bonuses are awarded, but in all events shall be paid no later than March 15 of such following fiscal year.

3.3 Benefits - In General . Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.4, the Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization and disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

3.4 Vacation . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation of 20 business days per year (to be taken at reasonable times in accordance with the Company’s policies).

3.5 Equity Incentive Compensation .

(a) On the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted an award (the “ Initial Award ”) consisting of 43,714 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2013 equity incentive plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”) and the respective award agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”). The restricted stock granted on the Commencement Date will vest based on continued service in four (4) equal annual installments following the Commencement Date, with the final tranche

 

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vesting on the 4th anniversary of the Commencement Date. Dividends will be paid to Executive on vested and unvested shares of restricted stock if and when dividends are paid to holders of Company common stock generally. Following the Company’s 2013 Fiscal Year, the Executive shall be eligible for regular annual grants of restricted stock, stock options or other awards under the Equity Incentive Plan on such terms and in such amounts (if any) as may be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. All (x) stock option, restricted stock and other stock-settled equity-based awards granted to Executive shall provide to Executive the right to direct the Company or an affiliate to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising with respect to such awards by withholding from the shares that would otherwise be delivered such number of shares having a fair market value equal to such minimum statutory tax withholding obligation and (y) stock options granted to Executive shall permit the Executive to “net exercise” the stock options by directing the Company to withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option such number of shares having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the option (or portion thereof that the Executive has elected to net exercise).

(b) Upon the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined below), all of the Executive’s outstanding shares of restricted stock or other stock-based compensation shall vest in full and become free of restriction.

3.6 Expenses . The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services under this Agreement; provided that the Executive documents such expenses with the properly completed forms as prescribed from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, plans and programs.

4. Termination upon Death or Disability . If the Executive dies during the Term, the Executive’s employment shall terminate effective as of the date of death. If there is a good faith determination by the Board that the Executive has become physically or mentally incapable of performing

 

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the Executive’s duties under this Agreement and such disability has disabled the Executive for a cumulative period of 180 days within any 12-month period (a “ Disability ”), the Company shall have the right after such determination and passage of time, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive.

4.1 Compensation due to Death . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to death , (i) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement but not yet paid prior to the effective date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) (the “ Accrued Benefits ”) and (y) a pro rata (based on the number of days employed up to the effective date of termination in the applicable fiscal year) target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the death benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding

 

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unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until death over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Executive’s death shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

4.2 Compensation due to Disability . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to Disability (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) the Accrued Benefits and (y) the target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive, or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the disability benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until Disability over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Disability shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

 

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5. Certain Terminations of Employment .

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean, the Executive’s:

(i) commission of, and indictment for or formal admission to, a felony involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud (but excluding traffic violations);

(ii) willful and material misconduct or gross misconduct in connection with the performance of the Executive’s duties, including, without limitation, embezzlement or the misappropriation of funds or property of the Company;

(iii) failure to adhere to the lawful directions of the CEO, to adhere to the Company’s policies and practices or, as required in Section 2 hereof, to devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and efforts to the Company, which failure continues for a period of 30 business days after written demand for corrective action is delivered by the Company; or

(iv) material breach of (x) any covenant contained in Section 6 of this Agreement; or (y) the other terms and provisions of this Agreement and, in each case, failure to cure such breach within 10 days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach;

provided , that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any time within 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof).

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, and the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment on at least 30 days’ written notice. If the Company terminates the Executive for Cause, or the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 4 or 5.2, the Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment.

 

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5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Expiration/Non-Renewal by the Company .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the following, unless consented to by the Executive:

(i) any change in job title or material diminution in the Executive’s roles and responsibilities from those set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position) that cause a reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(iii) a relocation of the Company’s headquarters outside a 30 mile radius of Annapolis, MD or moving of the Executive’s office or place of performance from the Company’s headquarters; or

(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material agreement between the Executive and the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change in Control, the definition of “Good Reason” as set forth above shall be modified to delete all references to the term “material” (namely, in Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) and Section 5.2(a)(iv)), and the definition of “Good Reason” shall otherwise remain in effect as provided herein. Furthermore, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Executive no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises (or, if later, the Executive’s knowledge thereof); and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason (pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) or Section 5.2(a)(iv), the Company shall have 30 days from the date written notice of such a termination is given by the Executive to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason, and for Good Reason. If (x) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, (y) the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, or (z) the Executive’s termination of employment results from the Company’s notice of non-renewal following the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term in accordance

 

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with Section 1, then (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) on the 30 th day following the Executive’s termination of employment, (A) the Accrued Benefits, and (B) an amount equal to two times the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Salary and (y) an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Executive’s average Annual Bonus actually received in respect of the three fiscal years (or such fewer number of fiscal years with respect to which Executive received an Annual Bonus) prior to the year of termination and (2) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); and (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by the Executive shall thereupon immediately vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the earlier of the term of such stock option and the first anniversary after the date of termination (or, in the case of a Change in Control, the earlier of the term of stock option and the third anniversary of the Change in Control).

(c) Notwithstanding clause 5.2(b)(ii), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the insurance, health and welfare plans and programs referred to in such clause 5.2(b)(ii) from time to time in its sole discretion, provided that any such amendments or termination are made applicable generally on the same terms to all actively employed senior executives of the Company and does not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive compared with any other officers of the Company, but the Company may not reduce benefits

 

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already earned and accrued by, but not yet paid to, the Executive and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause 5.2(b)(ii) after such time as the Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type and at least as favorable to the Executive from another employer or recipient of the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements).

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for under Section 5.2(b) unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a waiver and release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and such waiver and release becomes effective and irrevocable within 21 days following the date of termination; provided , that the Company shall have provided the Executive with such waiver and release within 10 business days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Equity Incentive Plan.

(f) No Mitigation . The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company.

6. Covenants of the Executive .

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants . The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company (which expressly includes for purposes of this Section 6 (and any related enforcement provisions hereof), its successors and assigns) is to provide debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects that increase energy efficiency, provide cleaner energy sources, positively impact the environment and make more efficient use of natural resources (such businesses, and any and all other businesses in which, at the time of the Executive’s termination, the Company is actively and regularly engaged or actively pursuing, herein being collectively referred to as the “ Business ”); (ii) the Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is national in scope; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company has

 

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given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:

(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 12 months following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its affiliates (the “ Restricted Period ”), the Executive shall not in the Restricted Territory (as defined below), directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, consultant or in any other relationship or capacity, (i) engage in the Business (other than for the Company or its affiliates) or otherwise compete with the Company or its subsidiaries in the Business or (ii) render to a person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the Business the same services that the Executive renders to the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Executive may invest in securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (x) such securities are listed on any national securities exchange, (y) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity, and (z) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and (B) the Executive may continue to serve on any board of directors on which the Executive was serving as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; and (C) the Executive may be employed by or provide services for a company (a “ Conglomerate ”) with multiple lines of businesses, including a line of business competitive with the Company, so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (w) the Conglomerate derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenue from the line of business that is competitive with the Company (the “ Competitive Division ”), (x) the Executive is employed by or provides services to

 

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a line of business of Conglomerate that is not competitive with the Company; and (y) the Executive does not perform services for the Competitive Division; and (z) the Executive (A) provides the Company with advance notice of such employment or service and (B) informs the Conglomerate in writing of its obligations under this Section 6.

For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Restricted Territory ” shall mean any (i) state in the United States and (ii) foreign country or jurisdiction, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), in which the Company (x) is actively conducting the Business during the Term or (y) has initiated a plan adopted by the Board to conduct the Business in the two years following the Term.

(b) During and after the Term, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for the Executive’s benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all non-public confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the business of any of its affiliates and to the Company and any of its affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its affiliates (the “ Confidential Company Information ”), and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except in the course of the Executive’s duties or with the CEO’s express written consent. Confidential Company Information does not include information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement or which is independently developed or obtained by the Executive on the Executive’s own time without reliance upon any confidential information of the Company or use of any Company resources. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Executive may disclose Confidential Company Information where the Executive is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, summons or other valid legal process; provided , that the Executive, so long as legally permitted to do so, first (i) promptly notifies the Company, (ii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Company with respect to and in advance of the disclosure thereof, and (iii) reasonably cooperates with the Company to narrow the scope of the disclosure required to be made, in each case, solely at the Company’s expense.

 

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(c) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any person or entity who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, an employee, agent or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for the Executive’s own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other business organization, solicit for a competing business or intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company for a competing business, any person who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, a customer, client, agent, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, “ customer ” and “ client ,” as such terms relate to government customers, mean the program office to which the Company is or was providing any goods or services as of the date hereof or during the one-year period prior to the date hereof.

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive containing Confidential Company Information (i) shall at all times be the property of the Company (and, as applicable, any affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be promptly returned to the Company. This section shall not apply to materials that the Executive possessed prior to the Executive’s business relationship with the Company, to the Executive’s personal effects and documents, and to materials prepared by the Executive for the purposes of seeking legal or other professional advice.

 

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(e) At no time during the Executive’s employment by the Company or at any time thereafter shall the Executive or any representative of the Company publish any statement or make any statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the other party, or in any way otherwise be materially injurious to the Business or reputation of the other party, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by judicial order.

6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subparts thereof (individually or collectively, the “ Restrictive Covenants ”) may result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if either party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subpart thereof, the other party and its affiliates, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the other party and its affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), shall have the right and remedy to seek to have the Restrictive Covenants or other obligations herein specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to seek an entry of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, whether or not then continuing, of such covenants.

(b) The Executive agrees that the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement and each subsection thereof are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and if enforced, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining gainful employment should the Executive’s employment with the Company end. The Executive agrees that in any action seeking specific performance or other equitable relief, the Executive will not assert or contend that any of the provisions of this Section 6 are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable as drafted. The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.

 

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7. Other Provisions .

7.1 Severability . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Executive has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects as drafted. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions.

7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants . If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of such provision, then the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration .

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6 upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of breadth of scope or otherwise it is the intention of the Company and the Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s right, or the right of any of its affiliates, to the relief provided above in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenants in such other respective jurisdictions, such Restrictive Covenants as they relate to each jurisdiction’s being, for this purpose, severable, diverse and independent covenants, subject, where appropriate, to the doctrine of res judicata. The parties hereby agree to waive any right to a trial by jury for any and all disputes hereunder (whether or not relating to the Restricted Covenants).

(b) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights and remedies

 

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referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Maryland in accordance with Maryland law and the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, before an arbitrator experienced in employment disputes who is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be entered on the arbitrator(s)’ award in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Annapolis, Maryland.

7.4 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, or overnight courier, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows:

 

  (i) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Attention: General Counsel

 

  (ii) If to the Executive, to the address in the records of the Company.

Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder.

7.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Indemnification Agreement and the Award Agreements contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto, including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement.

 

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7.6 Waivers and Amendments . This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly provided herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

7.7 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

7.8 Assignment . This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Except as otherwise provided by operation of law, in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, provided that the successor or purchaser agrees, as a condition of such transaction, to assume all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

7.9 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

7.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives.

7.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties hereto.

 

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7.12 Survival . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and continue in full force until performance of the obligations thereunder, if any, in accordance with their respective terms.

7.13 Existing Agreements . The Executive represents to the Company that the Executive is not subject or a party to any employment or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding which might prohibit the Executive from executing this Agreement or limit the Executive’s ability to fulfill the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

7.14 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

7.15 Parachute Payments . If there is a change in ownership or control of the Company that would cause any payment or distribution by the Company or any other person or entity to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a “ Payment ”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax, the “ Excise Tax ”), then the Executive will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives the Executive the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes): (a) the Payments or (b) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject the Executive to the Excise Tax (the “ Safe Harbor Amount ”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe Harbor Amount and none of the Payments constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then the reduction shall occur in the manner the Executive elects in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation or if the Executive fails to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have

 

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been made to the Executive, until the reduction is achieved. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.15, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required and the amount of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Company and the Executive.

7.16 Section 409A Compliance . Any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. To this end and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, (i) the Company’s securities are publicly traded on an established securities market; (ii) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A); and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of such payments (without any reduction in amount ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) that are not paid within the short-term deferral rule under Section 409A (and any regulations thereunder) or within the “involuntary separation” exemption of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). Such deferral shall last until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A). Any amounts the payment of which are so deferred shall be paid in a lump sum payment within 10 days after the end of such deferral period. If the Executive dies during the deferral period prior to the payment of any deferred amount, then the unpaid deferred amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Executive’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right

 

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to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. The Executive will be deemed to have a date of termination for purposes of determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are classified as deferred compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this Agreement will be reimbursed to the Executive as promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, any right to reimbursement or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

The parties agree to consider any amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any other compensation arrangement between the parties, as reasonably requested by the other party, that is necessary to cause such agreement or arrangement to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto), provided that such proposed amendment or modification does not change the economics of the agreement or arrangement and does not provide for any additional cost to either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will not be obligated to make any amendment or modification and the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to compliance with Section 409A and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provision of this Agreement or such other arrangement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that does not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

STEVEN CHUSLO

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Waiver and Release

This Waiver and General Release of all Claims (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into by [            ] (the “ Executive ”) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”).

In consideration of the promises set forth in the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company, dated [            ], 2013 (the “ Employment Agreement ”), the Executive and the Company agree as follows:

1. General Releases and Waivers of Claims .

(a) Executive’s Release of Company . In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its past, present and future parent entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related business entities, any of its or their successors and assigns, assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their respective past, present and/or future directors, officers, fiduciaries, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, supervisors, stockholders, employees and assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, “ Company Parties ”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service; provided , however , that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) does not release, discharge or waive (A) any rights to payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement, (B) any right the Executive (or the Executive’s

 

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estate, as applicable) may have to enforce this Agreement, the Award Agreements or the Employment Agreement, (C) the Executive’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other corporate governance document, or any applicable insurance policy, (D) any claims for benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Parties subject to the terms and conditions of such plan and applicable law including, without limitation, any such claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or (E) any right or claim that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have to obtain contributions as permitted by applicable law in an action in which both the Executive on the one hand or any Company Party on the other hand are held jointly liable.

(b) Executive’s Specific Release of ADEA Claims . In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement, the Executive hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company Parties from any and all Claims that the Executive may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ ADEA ”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was advised by the Company in connection with the Executive’s termination to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has been given the opportunity to do so; (ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choosing with respect thereto; and (iii) the Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement. The Executive also understands that the Executive has seven days following the date on which the Executive signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company a written notice of the Executive’s revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.

 

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(c) No Assignment . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) represents and warrants that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.

2. Waiver of Relief . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) acknowledges and agrees that by virtue of the foregoing, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has waived any relief available to him/it (including without limitation, monetary damages and equitable relief, and reinstatement) under any of the Claims waived in paragraph 2. Therefore the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) agrees that he/it will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any Claim or right waived in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) from cooperating with or participating in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency, to the extent required or permitted by law.

3. Severability Clause . In the event any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Agreement, will be inoperative.

4. Non-admission . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed or construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or any other Company Party or the Executive.

5. Governing Law . All matters affecting this Agreement, including the validity thereof, are to be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

6. Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Employment Agreement.

7. Notices . All notices or communications hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Employment Agreement.

 

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THE EXECUTIVE (OR THE EXECUTIVE’S ESTATE, AS APPLICABLE) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT HE/IT FULLY KNOWS, UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT HE/IT HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/ITS OWN FREE WILL.

 

STEVEN CHUSLO  
   
Date:      

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:    
 

Name:

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.9

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April     , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and Nathaniel J. Rose, residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of the Company (the “ Company’s IPO ”), the Company will engage in a series of transactions that will enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will result in Hannon Armstrong becoming a subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer employment to the Executive, and the Executive wishes to accept such offer on the terms set forth below, to be effective as of the completion of the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions, at which time this Agreement will become in effect; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are entering into an Indemnification Agreement (the “ Indemnification Agreement ”) simultaneously herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term . The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for an initial term commencing as of the date on which the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions are consummated (the “ Commencement Date ”) and continuing for a four-year period (the “ Initial Term ”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5; with such employment to automatically continue following the Initial Term for additional successive one-year periods (each, a “ Subsequent Term ”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (subject to termination as aforesaid) unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intention not to continue such employment at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term, as applicable (the Initial Term, together with all Subsequent Terms hereunder, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Term ”).


2. Duties . During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of such office and shall have such responsibilities and authority as are customary for a Chief Investment Officer employed by a public company of similar size and nature and shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”). The Executive shall devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and effort to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder; provided , however , that the Executive shall be permitted to continue service as set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”), the Executive may serve on the board of directors or trustees of any business corporation or charitable organization and such service shall not be a violation of this Agreement, provided that such other activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

3. Compensation .

3.1 Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term a salary at the minimum rate of $275,000 per annum, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives from time to time. The CEO shall make recommendations to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) with respect to Executive’s Annual Salary on an annual basis and the Compensation Committee shall review such recommendation and provide for any increase as it shall determine in its sole discretion (such annual salary, the “ Annual Salary ”). Once increased, the Annual Salary shall not thereafter be decreased.

3.2 Bonus . For the Company’s 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to 60% of Executive’s Annual Salary (the “ 2013 Bonus ”), subject to satisfaction of Company performance measures as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. For each fiscal year during the Term following the 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to at least 100% of

 

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Executive’s Annual Salary, subject to satisfaction of both Company and individual performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee (each, an “ Annual Bonus ”). The 2013 Bonus and Annual Bonuses shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such bonuses are awarded, but in all events shall be paid no later than March 15 of such following fiscal year.

3.3 Benefits - In General . Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.4, the Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization and disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

3.4 Vacation . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation of 20 business days per year (to be taken at reasonable times in accordance with the Company’s policies).

3.5 Equity Incentive Compensation .

(a) On the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted an award (the “ Initial Award ”) consisting of 43,714 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2013 equity incentive plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”) and the respective award agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”). The restricted stock granted on the Commencement Date will vest based on continued service in four (4) equal annual installments following the Commencement Date, with the final tranche vesting on the 4th anniversary of the Commencement Date. Dividends will be paid to Executive on vested and unvested shares of restricted stock if and when dividends are paid to holders of Company common stock generally. Following the Company’s 2013 Fiscal Year, the Executive shall be eligible for regular annual grants of restricted stock, stock options or other awards under the Equity Incentive Plan on such terms and in such amounts (if any) as may be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. All (x) stock option, restricted stock and other stock-settled equity-based awards granted to Executive shall provide to Executive the right to direct the Company or an affiliate to satisfy the

 

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minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising with respect to such awards by withholding from the shares that would otherwise be delivered such number of shares having a fair market value equal to such minimum statutory tax withholding obligation and (y) stock options granted to Executive shall permit the Executive to “net exercise” the stock options by directing the Company to withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option such number of shares having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the option (or portion thereof that the Executive has elected to net exercise).

(b) Upon the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined below), all of the Executive’s outstanding shares of restricted stock or other stock-based compensation shall vest in full and become free of restrictions.

3.6 Expenses . The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services under this Agreement; provided that the Executive documents such expenses with the properly completed forms as prescribed from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, plans and programs.

4. Termination upon Death or Disability . If the Executive dies during the Term, the Executive’s employment shall terminate effective as of the date of death. If there is a good faith determination by the Board that the Executive has become physically or mentally incapable of performing the Executive’s duties under this Agreement and such disability has disabled the Executive for a cumulative period of 180 days within any 12-month period (a “ Disability ”), the Company shall have the right after such determination and passage of time, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive.

4.1 Compensation due to Death . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to death , (i) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of

 

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Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement but not yet paid prior to the effective date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) (the “ Accrued Benefits ”) and (y) a pro rata (based on the number of days employed up to the effective date of termination in the applicable fiscal year) target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the death benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until death over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Executive’s death shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

 

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4.2 Compensation due to Disability . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to Disability (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) the Accrued Benefits and (y) the target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive, or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the disability benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until Disability over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Disability shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

5. Certain Terminations of Employment .

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean, the Executive’s:

 

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(i) commission of, and indictment for or formal admission to, a felony involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud (but excluding traffic violations);

(ii) willful and material misconduct or gross misconduct in connection with the performance of the Executive’s duties, including, without limitation, embezzlement or the misappropriation of funds or property of the Company;

(iii) failure to adhere to the lawful directions of the CEO, to adhere to the Company’s policies and practices or, as required in Section 2 hereof, to devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and efforts to the Company, which failure continues for a period of 30 business days after written demand for corrective action is delivered by the Company; or

(iv) material breach of (x) any covenant contained in Section 6 of this Agreement; or (y) the other terms and provisions of this Agreement and, in each case, failure to cure such breach within 10 days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach;

provided , that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any time within 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof).

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, and the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment on at least 30 days’ written notice. If the Company terminates the Executive for Cause, or the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 4 or 5.2, the Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment.

5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Expiration/Non-Renewal by the Company .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the following, unless consented to by the Executive:

(i) any change in job title or material diminution in the Executive’s roles and responsibilities from those set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position) that cause a reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

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(iii) a relocation of the Company’s headquarters outside a 30 mile radius of Annapolis, MD or moving of the Executive’s office or place of performance from the Company’s headquarters; or

(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material agreement between the Executive and the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change in Control, the definition of “Good Reason” as set forth above shall be modified to delete all references to the term “material” (namely, in Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) and Section 5.2(a)(iv)), and the definition of “Good Reason” shall otherwise remain in effect as provided herein. Furthermore, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Executive no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises (or, if later, the Executive’s knowledge thereof); and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason (pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) or Section 5.2(a)(iv), the Company shall have 30 days from the date written notice of such a termination is given by the Executive to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason, and for Good Reason. If (x) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, (y) the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, or (z) the Executive’s termination of employment results from the Company’s notice of non-renewal following the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term in accordance with Section 1, then (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) on the 30 th day following the Executive’s termination of employment, (A) the Accrued Benefits, and (B) an amount equal to one and one-half times the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Salary and (y) an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Executive’s average Annual Bonus actually received in respect of the three fiscal years (or such fewer number of fiscal years with respect to

 

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which Executive received an Annual Bonus) prior to the year of termination and (2) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); and (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by the Executive shall thereupon immediately vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the earlier of the term of such stock option and the first anniversary after the date of termination (or, in the case of a Change in Control, the earlier of the term of stock option and the third anniversary of the Change in Control).

(c) Notwithstanding clause 5.2(b)(ii), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the insurance, health and welfare plans and programs referred to in such clause 5.2(b)(ii) from time to time in its sole discretion, provided that any such amendments or termination are made applicable generally on the same terms to all actively employed senior executives of the Company and does not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive compared with any other officers of the Company, but the Company may not reduce benefits already earned and accrued by, but not yet paid to, the Executive and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause 5.2(b)(ii) after such time as the Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type and at least as favorable to the Executive from another employer or recipient of the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements).

 

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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for under Section 5.2(b) unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a waiver and release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and such waiver and release becomes effective and irrevocable within 21 days following the date of termination; provided , that the Company shall have provided the Executive with such waiver and release within 10 business days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Equity Incentive Plan.

(f) No Mitigation . The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company.

6. Covenants of the Executive .

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants . The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company (which expressly includes for purposes of this Section 6 (and any related enforcement provisions hereof), its successors and assigns) is to provide debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects that increase energy efficiency, provide cleaner energy sources, positively impact the environment and make more efficient use of natural resources (such businesses, and any and all other businesses in which, at the time of the Executive’s termination, the Company is actively and regularly engaged or actively pursuing, herein being collectively referred to as the “ Business ”); (ii) the Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is national in scope; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company has given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:

 

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(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 12 months following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its affiliates (the “ Restricted Period ”), the Executive shall not in the Restricted Territory (as defined below), directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, consultant or in any other relationship or capacity, (i) engage in the Business (other than for the Company or its affiliates) or otherwise compete with the Company or its subsidiaries in the Business or (ii) render to a person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the Business the same services that the Executive renders to the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Executive may invest in securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (x) such securities are listed on any national securities exchange, (y) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity, and (z) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and (B) the Executive may continue to serve on any board of directors on which the Executive was serving as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; and (C) the Executive may be employed by or provide services for a company (a “ Conglomerate ”) with multiple lines of businesses, including a line of business competitive with the Company, so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (w) the Conglomerate derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenue from the line of business that is competitive with the Company (the “ Competitive Division ”), (x) the Executive is employed by or provides services to a line of business of Conglomerate that is not competitive with the Company; and (y) the Executive does not perform services for the Competitive Division; and (z) the Executive (A) provides the Company with advance notice of such employment or service and (B) informs the Conglomerate in writing of its obligations under this Section 6.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Restricted Territory ” shall mean any (i) state in the United States and (ii) foreign country or jurisdiction, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), in which the Company (x) is actively conducting the Business during the Term or (y) has initiated a plan adopted by the Board to conduct the Business in the two years following the Term.

(b) During and after the Term, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for the Executive’s benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all non-public confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the business of any of its affiliates and to the Company and any of its affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its affiliates (the “ Confidential Company Information ”), and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except in the course of the Executive’s duties or with the CEO’s express written consent. Confidential Company Information does not include information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement or which is independently developed or obtained by the Executive on the Executive’s own time without reliance upon any confidential information of the Company or use of any Company resources. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Executive may disclose Confidential Company Information where the Executive is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, summons or other valid legal process; provided , that the Executive, so long as legally permitted to do so, first (i) promptly notifies the Company, (ii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Company with respect to and in advance of the disclosure thereof, and (iii) reasonably cooperates with the Company to narrow the scope of the disclosure required to be made, in each case, solely at the Company’s expense.

(c) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any person or entity who is or was during the 6-month

 

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period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, an employee, agent or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for the Executive’s own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other business organization, solicit for a competing business or intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company for a competing business, any person who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, a customer, client, agent, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, “ customer ” and “ client ,” as such terms relate to government customers, mean the program office to which the Company is or was providing any goods or services as of the date hereof or during the one-year period prior to the date hereof.

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive containing Confidential Company Information (i) shall at all times be the property of the Company (and, as applicable, any affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be promptly returned to the Company. This section shall not apply to materials that the Executive possessed prior to the Executive’s business relationship with the Company, to the Executive’s personal effects and documents, and to materials prepared by the Executive for the purposes of seeking legal or other professional advice.

(e) At no time during the Executive’s employment by the Company or at any time thereafter shall the Executive or any representative of the Company publish any statement or make any statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the other party, or in any way otherwise be materially injurious to the Business or reputation of the other party, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by judicial order.

 

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6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subparts thereof (individually or collectively, the “ Restrictive Covenants ”) may result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if either party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subpart thereof, the other party and its affiliates, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the other party and its affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), shall have the right and remedy to seek to have the Restrictive Covenants or other obligations herein specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to seek an entry of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, whether or not then continuing, of such covenants.

(b) The Executive agrees that the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement and each subsection thereof are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and if enforced, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining gainful employment should the Executive’s employment with the Company end. The Executive agrees that in any action seeking specific performance or other equitable relief, the Executive will not assert or contend that any of the provisions of this Section 6 are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable as drafted. The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.

7. Other Provisions .

7.1 Severability . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Executive has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects as drafted. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions.

 

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7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants . If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of such provision, then the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration .

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6 upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of breadth of scope or otherwise it is the intention of the Company and the Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s right, or the right of any of its affiliates, to the relief provided above in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenants in such other respective jurisdictions, such Restrictive Covenants as they relate to each jurisdiction’s being, for this purpose, severable, diverse and independent covenants, subject, where appropriate, to the doctrine of res judicata. The parties hereby agree to waive any right to a trial by jury for any and all disputes hereunder (whether or not relating to the Restricted Covenants).

(b) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights and remedies referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Maryland in accordance with Maryland law and the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, before an

 

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arbitrator experienced in employment disputes who is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be entered on the arbitrator(s)’ award in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Annapolis, Maryland.

7.4 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, or overnight courier, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows:

 

  (i) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Attention: General Counsel

 

  (ii) If to the Executive, to the address in the records of the Company.

Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder.

7.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Indemnification Agreement and the Award Agreements contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.

7.6 Waivers and Amendments . This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly provided herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

 

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7.7 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

7.8 Assignment . This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Except as otherwise provided by operation of law, in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, provided that the successor or purchaser agrees, as a condition of such transaction, to assume all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

7.9 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

7.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives.

7.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties hereto.

7.12 Survival . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and continue in full force until performance of the obligations thereunder, if any, in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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7.13 Existing Agreements . The Executive represents to the Company that the Executive is not subject or a party to any employment or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding which might prohibit the Executive from executing this Agreement or limit the Executive’s ability to fulfill the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

7.14 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

7.15 Parachute Payments . If there is a change in ownership or control of the Company that would cause any payment or distribution by the Company or any other person or entity to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a “ Payment ”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax, the “ Excise Tax ”), then the Executive will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives the Executive the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes): (a) the Payments or (b) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject the Executive to the Excise Tax (the “ Safe Harbor Amount ”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe Harbor Amount and none of the Payments constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then the reduction shall occur in the manner the Executive elects in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation or if the Executive fails to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have been made to the Executive, until the reduction is achieved. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.15, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required and the amount of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Company and the Executive.

 

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7.16 Section 409A Compliance . Any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. To this end and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, (i) the Company’s securities are publicly traded on an established securities market; (ii) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A); and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of such payments (without any reduction in amount ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) that are not paid within the short-term deferral rule under Section 409A (and any regulations thereunder) or within the “involuntary separation” exemption of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). Such deferral shall last until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A). Any amounts the payment of which are so deferred shall be paid in a lump sum payment within 10 days after the end of such deferral period. If the Executive dies during the deferral period prior to the payment of any deferred amount, then the unpaid deferred amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Executive’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. The Executive will be deemed to have a date of termination for purposes of determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are classified as deferred compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this Agreement will be

 

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reimbursed to the Executive as promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, any right to reimbursement or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

The parties agree to consider any amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any other compensation arrangement between the parties, as reasonably requested by the other party, that is necessary to cause such agreement or arrangement to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto), provided that such proposed amendment or modification does not change the economics of the agreement or arrangement and does not provide for any additional cost to either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will not be obligated to make any amendment or modification and the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to compliance with Section 409A and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provision of this Agreement or such other arrangement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that does not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above written.

 

    

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE

INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

     By:   

 

  
     Name:   

 

  
     Title:   

 

  
     NATHANIEL J. ROSE   
    

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Waiver and Release

This Waiver and General Release of all Claims (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into by [            ] (the “ Executive ”) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”).

In consideration of the promises set forth in the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company, dated [            ], 2013 (the “ Employment Agreement ”), the Executive and the Company agree as follows:

1. General Releases and Waivers of Claims .

(a) Executive’s Release of Company . In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its past, present and future parent entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related business entities, any of its or their successors and assigns, assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their respective past, present and/or future directors, officers, fiduciaries, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, supervisors, stockholders, employees and assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, “ Company Parties ”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service; provided , however , that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) does not release, discharge or waive (A) any rights to payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement, (B) any right the Executive (or the Executive’s

 

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estate, as applicable) may have to enforce this Agreement, the Award Agreements or the Employment Agreement, (C) the Executive’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other corporate governance document, or any applicable insurance policy, (D) any claims for benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Parties subject to the terms and conditions of such plan and applicable law including, without limitation, any such claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or (E) any right or claim that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have to obtain contributions as permitted by applicable law in an action in which both the Executive on the one hand or any Company Party on the other hand are held jointly liable.

(b) Executive’s Specific Release of ADEA Claims . In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement, the Executive hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company Parties from any and all Claims that the Executive may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ ADEA ”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was advised by the Company in connection with the Executive’s termination to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has been given the opportunity to do so; (ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choosing with respect thereto; and (iii) the Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement. The Executive also understands that the Executive has seven days following the date on which the Executive signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company a written notice of the Executive’s revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.

 

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(c) No Assignment . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) represents and warrants that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.

2. Waiver of Relief . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) acknowledges and agrees that by virtue of the foregoing, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has waived any relief available to him/it (including without limitation, monetary damages and equitable relief, and reinstatement) under any of the Claims waived in paragraph 2. Therefore the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) agrees that he/it will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any Claim or right waived in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) from cooperating with or participating in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency, to the extent required or permitted by law.

3. Severability Clause . In the event any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Agreement, will be inoperative.

4. Non-admission . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed or construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or any other Company Party or the Executive.

5. Governing Law . All matters affecting this Agreement, including the validity thereof, are to be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

6. Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Employment Agreement.

7. Notices . All notices or communications hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Employment Agreement.

 

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THE EXECUTIVE (OR THE EXECUTIVE’S ESTATE, AS APPLICABLE) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT HE/IT FULLY KNOWS, UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT HE/IT HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/ITS OWN FREE WILL.

NATE ROSE

 

                                      

  

Date:                              

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

 

By:    
 

Name:

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.10

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April         , 2013, by and between Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and Marvin R. Wooten, residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records (the “ Executive ”).

WHEREAS, Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC, the entity through which the Company was operating its business (“ Hannon Armstrong ”), and the Executive have previously entered into that certain Employment Agreement dated October 1, 2010, under which the Executive was employed as Executive Vice President (the “ Prior Employment Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of the Company (the “ Company’s IPO ”), the Company will engage in a series of transactions that will enable the Company to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will result in Hannon Armstrong becoming a subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the “ Formation Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to offer employment to the Executive, and the Executive wishes to accept such offer on the terms set forth below, to be effective as of the completion of the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions, at which time the Prior Employment Agreement will automatically terminate and this Agreement will become in effect; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are entering into an Indemnification Agreement (the “ Indemnification Agreement ”) simultaneously herewith.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Term . The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for an initial term commencing as of the date on which the Company’s IPO and the Formation Transactions are consummated (the “ Commencement Date ”) and continuing for a four-year


period (the “ Initial Term ”), unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5; with such employment to automatically continue following the Initial Term for additional successive one-year periods (each, a “ Subsequent Term ”) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (subject to termination as aforesaid) unless either party notifies the other party in writing of its intention not to continue such employment at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term, as applicable (the Initial Term, together with all Subsequent Terms hereunder, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Term ”).

2. Duties . During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as Executive Vice President of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of such office and shall have such responsibilities and authority as are customary for an Executive Vice President employed by a public company of similar size and nature and shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”). The Executive shall devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and effort to the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder; provided , however , that the Executive shall be permitted to continue service as set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”), the Executive may serve on the board of directors or trustees of any business corporation or charitable organization and such service shall not be a violation of this Agreement, provided that such other activities do not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

3. Compensation .

3.1 Salary . The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term a salary at the minimum rate of $285,000 per annum, in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives from time to time. The CEO shall make recommendations to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “ Compensation Committee ”) with respect to Executive’s Annual Salary on an annual basis and the Compensation Committee shall review such recommendation and provide for any increase as it shall determine in its sole discretion (such annual salary, the “ Annual Salary ”). Once increased, the Annual Salary shall not thereafter be decreased.

 

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3.2 Bonus . For the Company’s 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to 70% of Executive’s Annual Salary (the “ 2013 Bonus ”), subject to satisfaction of Company performance measures as determined in the sole discretion of the Compensation Committee. For each fiscal year during the Term following the 2013 fiscal year, the Executive shall be eligible to receive a cash bonus with a target amount equal to at least 125% of Executive’s Annual Salary, subject to satisfaction of both Company and individual performance goals as determined by the Compensation Committee (each, an “ Annual Bonus ”). The 2013 Bonus and Annual Bonuses shall be paid in the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such bonuses are awarded, but in all events shall be paid no later than March 15 of such following fiscal year.

3.3 Benefits - In General . Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.4, the Executive shall be permitted during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization and disability insurance plans, health programs, equity incentive plans, long-term incentive programs, 401(k) and other retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that may be available (currently or in the future) to other senior executives of the Company generally, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs.

3.4 Vacation . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3, the Executive shall be entitled to paid vacation of 20 business days per year (to be taken at reasonable times in accordance with the Company’s policies).

3.5 Equity Incentive Compensation .

(a) On the Commencement Date, the Executive shall be granted an award (the “ Initial Award ”) consisting of 43,714 shares of restricted stock under the Company’s 2013 equity incentive plan (the “ Equity Incentive Plan ”) and the respective award agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”). The restricted stock granted on the Commencement Date will vest based on continued service in four (4) equal annual installments following the Commencement Date, with the final tranche vesting on the 4th anniversary of the Commencement Date. Dividends will be paid to Executive on vested and unvested shares of restricted stock if and when dividends are paid to holders of Company

 

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common stock generally. Following the Company’s 2013 Fiscal Year, the Executive shall be eligible for regular annual grants of restricted stock, stock options or other awards under the Equity Incentive Plan on such terms and in such amounts (if any) as may be determined by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion. All (x) stock option, restricted stock and other stock-settled equity-based awards granted to Executive shall provide to Executive the right to direct the Company or an affiliate to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding obligations arising with respect to such awards by withholding from the shares that would otherwise be delivered such number of shares having a fair market value equal to such minimum statutory tax withholding obligation and (y) stock options granted to Executive shall permit the Executive to “net exercise” the stock options by directing the Company to withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise of the stock option such number of shares having a fair market value as of the date of exercise equal to the exercise price of the option (or portion thereof that the Executive has elected to net exercise).

(b) Upon the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined below), all of the Executive’s outstanding shares of restricted stock or other stock-based compensation shall vest in full and become free of restrictions.

3.6 Expenses . The Company shall promptly pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services under this Agreement; provided that the Executive documents such expenses with the properly completed forms as prescribed from time to time by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies, plans and programs.

4. Termination upon Death or Disability . If the Executive dies during the Term, the Executive’s employment shall terminate effective as of the date of death. If there is a good faith determination by the Board that the Executive has become physically or mentally incapable of performing the Executive’s duties under this Agreement and such disability has disabled the Executive for a cumulative period of 180 days within any 12-month period (a “ Disability ”), the Company shall have the right after such determination and passage of time, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive.

 

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4.1 Compensation due to Death . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to death , (i) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) Annual Salary, Annual Bonus, and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement but not yet paid prior to the effective date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination) (the “ Accrued Benefits ”) and (y) a pro rata (based on the number of days employed up to the effective date of termination in the applicable fiscal year) target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium he is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the death benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until death over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Executive’s death shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

 

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4.2 Compensation due to Disability . Upon the effective date of termination of employment due to Disability (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following the effective date of Executive’s termination of employment equal to: (x) the Accrued Benefits and (y) the target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which Executive’s termination occurs, calculated based on actual results for such fiscal year, paid at the time that the Annual Bonus would otherwise be paid in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof; (ii) for a period of 24 months after the effective date of termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive and the Executive’s eligible beneficiaries would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); (iii) the Executive, or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries shall be entitled to receive the disability benefits provided under any group insurance plan offered by the Company; and (iv) with respect to (x) the Initial Award, all outstanding shares of restricted stock shall vest and become free of restrictions and (y) with respect to any outstanding unvested equity-based awards other than the Initial Award, a pro rata portion (based on the number of days until Disability over 365) of any shares that would have vested for the year of Disability shall vest and become free of restrictions and be exercisable in accordance with their terms, and any remaining portion of such awards shall be forfeited unless otherwise provided in an applicable award agreement, or as otherwise agreed by the Company.

 

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5. Certain Terminations of Employment .

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean, the Executive’s:

(i) commission of, and indictment for or formal admission to, a felony involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud (but excluding traffic violations);

(ii) willful and material misconduct or gross misconduct in connection with the performance of the Executive’s duties, including, without limitation, embezzlement or the misappropriation of funds or property of the Company;

(iii) failure to adhere to the lawful directions of the CEO, to adhere to the Company’s policies and practices or, as required in Section 2 hereof, to devote substantially all of the Executive’s business time and efforts to the Company, which failure continues for a period of 30 business days after written demand for corrective action is delivered by the Company; or

(iv) material breach of (x) any covenant contained in Section 6 of this Agreement; or (y) the other terms and provisions of this Agreement and, in each case, failure to cure such breach within 10 days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach;

provided , that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any time within 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof).

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, and the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment on at least 30 days’ written notice. If the Company terminates the Executive for Cause, or the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 4 or 5.2, the Executive shall receive the Accrued Benefits in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) within 30 days following Executive’s termination of employment.

5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Expiration/Non-Renewal by the Company .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Good Reason ” shall mean the following, unless consented to by the Executive:

 

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(i) any change in job title or material diminution in the Executive’s roles and responsibilities from those set forth in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the assignment of duties materially inconsistent with Executive’s position) that cause a reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s Annual Salary or Annual Bonus potential;

(iii) a relocation of the Company’s headquarters outside a 30 mile radius of Annapolis, MD or moving of the Executive’s office or place of performance from the Company’s headquarters; or

(iv) a material breach by the Company of this Agreement or any other material agreement between the Executive and the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following a Change in Control, the definition of “Good Reason” as set forth above shall be modified to delete all references to the term “material” (namely, in Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) and Section 5.2(a)(iv)), and the definition of “Good Reason” shall otherwise remain in effect as provided herein. Furthermore, (x) Good Reason shall not be deemed to exist unless written notice of termination on account thereof is given by the Executive no later than 60 days after the time at which the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason first occurs or arises (or, if later, the Executive’s knowledge thereof); and (y) if there exists (without regard to this clause (y)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason (pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i), Section 5.2(a)(ii) or Section 5.2(a)(iv), the Company shall have 30 days from the date written notice of such a termination is given by the Executive to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder.

(b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment at any time for any reason or no reason. The Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company at any time for any reason or no reason, and for Good Reason. If (x) the Company terminates the Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, (y) the Executive terminates the Executive’s employment for Good Reason, or (z) the Executive’s termination of employment results from the Company’s notice of non-renewal following the Initial Term or any Subsequent Term in accordance with Section 1, then (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive, in a lump sum payment (subject to Section 7.16 of this Agreement) on the 30 th day following the Executive’s termination of employment, (A)

 

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the Accrued Benefits, and (B) an amount equal to two times the sum of (x) the Executive’s Annual Salary and (y) an amount equal to the greater of (1) the Executive’s average Annual Bonus actually received in respect of the three fiscal years (or such fewer number of fiscal years with respect to which Executive received an Annual Bonus) prior to the year of termination and (2) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year in which such termination of employment occurs; (ii) for a period of 24 months after termination of employment, such continuing medical benefits under the Company’s health plans and programs applicable to senior executives of the Company generally as the Executive would have received under this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such termination and that may have affected such benefits) (or, if such continuation of subsidized coverage would violate Section 105(h) of the Code, the Company will make monthly payments to the Executive in an amount so that after payment of taxes on the payments, the Executive retains an amount equal to the monthly premium that the Executive is required to pay to continue the coverage); and (iii) all outstanding equity (or equity-based) incentives and awards held by the Executive shall thereupon immediately vest and become free of restrictions and all stock options shall be exercisable in accordance with their terms and shall not expire prior to the earlier of the term of such stock option and the first anniversary after the date of termination (or, in the case of a Change in Control, the earlier of the term of stock option and the third anniversary of the Change in Control).

(c) Notwithstanding clause 5.2(b)(ii), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the insurance, health and welfare plans and programs referred to in such clause 5.2(b)(ii) from time to time in its sole discretion, provided that any such amendments or termination are made applicable generally on the same terms to all actively employed senior executives of the Company and does not result in a proportionately greater reduction in the rights of or benefits to the Executive compared with any other officers of the Company, but the Company may not reduce benefits already earned and accrued by, but not yet paid to, the Executive and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause 5.2(b)(ii) after such time as the

 

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Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type and at least as favorable to the Executive from another employer or recipient of the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements).

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to make the payments and provide the benefits provided for under Section 5.2(b) unless the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a waiver and release substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and such waiver and release becomes effective and irrevocable within 21 days following the date of termination; provided , that the Company shall have provided the Executive with such waiver and release within 10 business days following the Executive’s termination of employment.

(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in the Equity Incentive Plan.

(f) No Mitigation . The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment is terminated during the Term, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company.

6. Covenants of the Executive .

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants . The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company (which expressly includes for purposes of this Section 6 (and any related enforcement provisions hereof), its successors and assigns) is to provide debt and equity financing for sustainable infrastructure projects that increase energy efficiency, provide cleaner energy sources, positively impact the environment and make more efficient use of natural resources (such businesses, and any and all other businesses in which, at the time of the Executive’s termination, the Company is actively and regularly engaged or actively pursuing, herein being collectively referred to as the “ Business ”); (ii) the Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is national in scope; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company has given and will continue to give him access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that:

 

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(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 12 months following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its affiliates (the “ Restricted Period ”), the Executive shall not in the Restricted Territory (as defined below), directly or indirectly, whether as an owner, partner, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, consultant or in any other relationship or capacity, (i) engage in the Business (other than for the Company or its affiliates) or otherwise compete with the Company or its subsidiaries in the Business or (ii) render to a person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged in the Business the same services that the Executive renders to the Company; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Executive may invest in securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (x) such securities are listed on any national securities exchange, (y) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity, and (z) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly, own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and (B) the Executive may continue to serve on any board of directors on which the Executive was serving as of the date of the Executive’s termination of employment; and (C) the Executive may be employed by or provide services for a company (a “ Conglomerate ”) with multiple lines of businesses, including a line of business competitive with the Company, so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (w) the Conglomerate derives less than ten percent (10%) of its total annual revenue from the line of business that is competitive with the Company (the “ Competitive Division ”), (x) the Executive is employed by or provides services to a line of business of Conglomerate that is not competitive with the Company; and (y) the Executive does not perform services for the Competitive Division; and (z) the Executive (A) provides the Company with advance notice of such employment or service and (B) informs the Conglomerate in writing of its obligations under this Section 6.

 

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For purposes of this Agreement, the “ Restricted Territory ” shall mean any (i) state in the United States and (ii) foreign country or jurisdiction, in the case of clause (i) or (ii), in which the Company (x) is actively conducting the Business during the Term or (y) has initiated a plan adopted by the Board to conduct the Business in the two years following the Term.

(b) During and after the Term, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest confidence, and shall not use for the Executive’s benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its affiliates, all non-public confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the business of any of its affiliates and to the Company and any of its affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its affiliates (the “ Confidential Company Information ”), and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except in the course of the Executive’s duties or with the CEO’s express written consent. Confidential Company Information does not include information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential and without breach of this Agreement or which is independently developed or obtained by the Executive on the Executive’s own time without reliance upon any confidential information of the Company or use of any Company resources. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Executive may disclose Confidential Company Information where the Executive is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, summons or other valid legal process; provided , that the Executive, so long as legally permitted to do so, first (i) promptly notifies the Company, (ii) uses commercially reasonable efforts to consult with the Company with respect to and in advance of the disclosure thereof, and (iii) reasonably cooperates with the Company to narrow the scope of the disclosure required to be made, in each case, solely at the Company’s expense.

 

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(c) During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any person or entity who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, an employee, agent or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the Restricted Period, the Executive shall not, whether for the Executive’s own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other business organization, solicit for a competing business or intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company for a competing business, any person who is or was during the 6-month period preceding the Executive’s termination of employment, a customer, client, agent, or independent contractor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. For purposes hereof, “ customer ” and “ client ,” as such terms relate to government customers, mean the program office to which the Company is or was providing any goods or services as of the date hereof or during the one-year period prior to the date hereof.

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive containing Confidential Company Information (i) shall at all times be the property of the Company (and, as applicable, any affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be promptly returned to the Company. This section shall not apply to materials that the Executive possessed prior to the Executive’s business relationship with the Company, to the Executive’s personal effects and documents, and to materials prepared by the Executive for the purposes of seeking legal or other professional advice.

(e) At no time during the Executive’s employment by the Company or at any time thereafter shall the Executive or any representative of the Company publish any statement or make any statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the other party, or in any way otherwise be materially injurious to the Business or reputation of the other party, unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by judicial order.

 

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6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach .

(a) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any breach of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subparts thereof (individually or collectively, the “ Restrictive Covenants ”) may result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if either party breaches, or threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1 or any subpart thereof, the other party and its affiliates, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the other party and its affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), shall have the right and remedy to seek to have the Restrictive Covenants or other obligations herein specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to seek an entry of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, whether or not then continuing, of such covenants.

(b) The Executive agrees that the provisions of Section 6.1 of this Agreement and each subsection thereof are reasonably necessary for the protection of the Company’s legitimate business interests and if enforced, will not prevent the Executive from obtaining gainful employment should the Executive’s employment with the Company end. The Executive agrees that in any action seeking specific performance or other equitable relief, the Executive will not assert or contend that any of the provisions of this Section 6 are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable as drafted. The existence of any claim or cause of action by the Executive, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of the Restrictive Covenants.

7. Other Provisions .

7.1 Severability . The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Executive has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects as drafted. If it is

 

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determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions.

7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants . If any court or other decision-maker of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of such provision, then the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall then be enforceable and shall be enforced.

7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration .

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6 upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. If the courts of any one or more of such jurisdictions hold the Restrictive Covenants wholly unenforceable by reason of breadth of scope or otherwise it is the intention of the Company and the Executive that such determination not bar or in any way affect the Company’s right, or the right of any of its affiliates, to the relief provided above in the courts of any other jurisdiction within the geographical scope of such Restrictive Covenants, as to breaches of such Restrictive Covenants in such other respective jurisdictions, such Restrictive Covenants as they relate to each jurisdiction’s being, for this purpose, severable, diverse and independent covenants, subject, where appropriate, to the doctrine of res judicata. The parties hereby agree to waive any right to a trial by jury for any and all disputes hereunder (whether or not relating to the Restricted Covenants).

(b) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights and remedies referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its affiliates, where

 

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applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Maryland in accordance with Maryland law and the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association, before an arbitrator experienced in employment disputes who is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be entered on the arbitrator(s)’ award in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in Annapolis, Maryland.

7.4 Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, or overnight courier, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when so delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows:

 

  (i) If to the Company, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Attention: General Counsel

 

  (ii) If to the Executive, to the address in the records of the Company.

Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder.

7.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Indemnification Agreement and the Award Agreements contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto, including, without limitation, the Prior Employment Agreement.

7.6 Waivers and Amendments . This Agreement may be amended, superseded, canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Except as expressly provided

 

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herein, no delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

7.7 GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

7.8 Assignment . This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Except as otherwise provided by operation of law, in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, provided that the successor or purchaser agrees, as a condition of such transaction, to assume all of the Company’s obligations hereunder.

7.9 Withholding . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law.

7.10 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, permitted assigns, heirs, executors and legal representatives.

7.11 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties hereto.

7.12 Survival . Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, shall survive any termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder and continue in full force until performance of the obligations thereunder, if any, in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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7.13 Existing Agreements . The Executive represents to the Company that the Executive is not subject or a party to any employment or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding which might prohibit the Executive from executing this Agreement or limit the Executive’s ability to fulfill the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

7.14 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

7.15 Parachute Payments . If there is a change in ownership or control of the Company that would cause any payment or distribution by the Company or any other person or entity to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise) (a “ Payment ”) to be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) (such excise tax, together with any interest or penalties incurred by the Executive with respect to such excise tax, the “ Excise Tax ”), then the Executive will receive the greatest of the following, whichever gives the Executive the highest net after-tax amount (after taking into account federal, state, local and social security taxes): (a) the Payments or (b) one dollar less than the amount of the Payments that would subject the Executive to the Excise Tax (the “ Safe Harbor Amount ”). If a reduction in the Payments is necessary so that the Payments equal the Safe Harbor Amount and none of the Payments constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), then the reduction shall occur in the manner the Executive elects in writing prior to the date of payment. If any Payment constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation or if the Executive fails to elect an order, then the Payments to be reduced will be determined in a manner which has the least economic cost to the Executive and, to the extent the economic cost is equivalent, will be reduced in the inverse order of when payment would have been made to the Executive, until the reduction is achieved. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.15, including whether and when the Safe Harbor Amount is required and the amount

 

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of the reduction of the Payments and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made by a certified public accounting firm designated by the Company (the “ Accounting Firm ”). All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon Company and the Executive.

7.16 Section 409A Compliance . Any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to the requirements of Section 409A of the Code are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly. To this end and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, (i) the Company’s securities are publicly traded on an established securities market; (ii) Executive is a “specified employee” (as defined in Section 409A); and (iii) the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A, then the Company will defer the commencement of such payments (without any reduction in amount ultimately paid or provided to the Executive) that are not paid within the short-term deferral rule under Section 409A (and any regulations thereunder) or within the “involuntary separation” exemption of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(9)(iii). Such deferral shall last until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A). Any amounts the payment of which are so deferred shall be paid in a lump sum payment within 10 days after the end of such deferral period. If the Executive dies during the deferral period prior to the payment of any deferred amount, then the unpaid deferred amount shall be paid to the personal representative of the Executive’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Executive’s death. For purposes of Section 409A, the Executive’s right to receive installment payments pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, each COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) continuation reimbursement shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments. The Executive will be deemed to have a date of termination for purposes of determining the timing of any payments or benefits hereunder that are

 

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classified as deferred compensation only upon a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A. Any amount that the Executive is entitled to be reimbursed under this Agreement will be reimbursed to the Executive as promptly as practical and in any event not later than the last day of the calendar year after the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, any right to reimbursement or in kind benefits will not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit, and the amount of the expenses eligible for reimbursement during any taxable year will not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Whenever a payment under this Agreement specifies a payment period with reference to a number of days (e.g., “payment shall be made within 30 days following the date of termination”), the actual date of payment within the specified period shall be within the sole discretion of the Company.

The parties agree to consider any amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any other compensation arrangement between the parties, as reasonably requested by the other party, that is necessary to cause such agreement or arrangement to comply with Section 409A (or an exception thereto), provided that such proposed amendment or modification does not change the economics of the agreement or arrangement and does not provide for any additional cost to either party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties will not be obligated to make any amendment or modification and the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to compliance with Section 409A and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any provision of this Agreement or such other arrangement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A that does not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:

   

Name:

   

Title:

   
MARVIN R. WOOTEN
 

 

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT B

Form of Waiver and Release

This Waiver and General Release of all Claims (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into by [            ] (the “ Executive ”) and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), effective as of [DATE] (the “ Effective Date ”).

In consideration of the promises set forth in the Employment Agreement between the Executive and the Company, dated [            ], 2013 (the “ Employment Agreement ”), the Executive and the Company agree as follows:

1. General Releases and Waivers of Claims .

(a) Executive’s Release of Company . In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement and after consultation with counsel, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the Company and its past, present and future parent entities, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates and related business entities, any of its or their successors and assigns, assets, employee benefit plans or funds, and any of its or their respective past, present and/or future directors, officers, fiduciaries, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, supervisors, stockholders, employees and assigns, whether acting on behalf of the Company or in their individual capacities (collectively, “ Company Parties ”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of the Executive’s employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company, and the termination of such relationship or service; provided , however , that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) does not release, discharge or waive (A) any rights to payments and benefits provided under the Employment Agreement, (B) any right the Executive (or the Executive’s

 

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estate, as applicable) may have to enforce this Agreement, the Award Agreements or the Employment Agreement, (C) the Executive’s rights under the Indemnification Agreement and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other corporate governance document, or any applicable insurance policy, (D) any claims for benefits under any employee benefit or pension plan of the Company Parties subject to the terms and conditions of such plan and applicable law including, without limitation, any such claims under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or (E) any right or claim that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) may have to obtain contributions as permitted by applicable law in an action in which both the Executive on the one hand or any Company Party on the other hand are held jointly liable.

(b) Executive’s Specific Release of ADEA Claims . In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to the Executive under Section 5.2(b) of the Employment Agreement, the Executive hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company Parties from any and all Claims that the Executive may have as of the date the Executive signs this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ ADEA ”). By signing this Agreement, the Executive hereby acknowledges and confirms the following: (i) the Executive was advised by the Company in connection with the Executive’s termination to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to the Executive the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to the Executive’s release of claims arising under ADEA, and the Executive has been given the opportunity to do so; (ii) the Executive was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of the Executive’s choosing with respect thereto; and (iii) the Executive knowingly and voluntarily accepts the terms of this Agreement. The Executive also understands that the Executive has seven days following the date on which the Executive signs this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company a written notice of the Executive’s revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.

 

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(c) No Assignment . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) represents and warrants that the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.

2. Waiver of Relief . The Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) acknowledges and agrees that by virtue of the foregoing, the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) has waived any relief available to him/it (including without limitation, monetary damages and equitable relief, and reinstatement) under any of the Claims waived in paragraph 2. Therefore the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) agrees that he/it will not accept any award or settlement from any source or proceeding (including but not limited to any proceeding brought by any other person or by any government agency) with respect to any Claim or right waived in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the Executive (or the Executive’s estate, as applicable) from cooperating with or participating in an investigation conducted by, any governmental agency, to the extent required or permitted by law.

3. Severability Clause . In the event any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part so found, and not the entire Agreement, will be inoperative.

4. Non-admission . Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed or construed as an admission of wrongdoing or liability on the part of the Company or any other Company Party or the Executive.

5. Governing Law . All matters affecting this Agreement, including the validity thereof, are to be governed by, and interpreted and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

6. Arbitration . Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Employment Agreement.

7. Notices . All notices or communications hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Employment Agreement.

 

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THE EXECUTIVE (OR THE EXECUTIVE’S ESTATE, AS APPLICABLE) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE EXECUTIVE HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT HE/IT FULLY KNOWS, UNDERSTANDS AND APPRECIATES ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT HE/IT HEREBY EXECUTES THE SAME AND MAKES THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RELEASE AND AGREEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF HIS/ITS OWN FREE WILL.

 

MARVIN R. WOOTEN  

 

 
     

Date:                                                          

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.13

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.,

HA MERGER SUB III LLC

AND

THE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES LISTED ON EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

 

 


CONTENTS

 

Clause        Page  
Article I Definitions      2   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     2   

Section 1.02.

 

Rules of Application

     6   
Article II The Merger      6   

Section 2.01.

 

Effect of the Merger

     6   

Section 2.02.

 

Closing Date

     6   

Section 2.03.

 

Effect on Merging Entity Equity Interests

     6   

Section 2.04.

 

Merger Consideration

     7   

Section 2.05.

 

Treatment of Equity Interests of Merger Sub

     7   

Section 2.06.

 

Termination

     7   

Section 2.07.

 

Tax Treatment

     7   

Section 2.08.

 

Officers and Directors

     8   
Article III Conditions and Covenants      8   

Section 3.01.

 

Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and Merger Sub

     8   

Section 3.02.

 

Conditions to the Obligations of the Merging Entities and the Owners

     9   

Section 3.03.

 

Covenants of the Owners

     9   

Section 3.04.

 

Covenants of the Merging Entities

     10   
Article IV Representations and Warranties      10   

Section 4.01.

 

Representations and Warranties of the Owners

     10   

Section 4.02.

 

Representations and Warranties of each AI Owner

     12   

Section 4.03.

 

Representations and Warranties of the Parent

     14   

Section 4.04.

 

Representations and Warranties of Merger Sub

     15   
Article V Defaults and Remedies      16   

Section 5.01.

 

Default by a Merging Entity or an Owner

     16   
Article VI Indemnification      16   

Section 6.01.

 

Indemnification

     16   

Section 6.02.

 

Method of Asserting Claims

     17   

Section 6.03.

 

Survival

     17   

Section 6.04.

 

Waiver of Claims

     18   

 

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Article VII Miscellaneous      18   

Section 7.01.

 

Marketing

     18   

Section 7.02.

 

Entire Agreement; No Amendment

     18   

Section 7.03.

 

Certain Expenses

     18   

Section 7.04.

 

Notices

     18   

Section 7.05.

 

No Assignment

     19   

Section 7.06.

 

Governing Law

     19   

Section 7.07.

 

Multiple Counterparts

     19   

Section 7.08.

 

Further Assurances

     19   

Section 7.09.

 

Miscellaneous

     19   

Section 7.10.

 

Invalid Provisions

     20   

Section 7.11.

 

Attorneys’ Fees

     20   

Section 7.12.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     20   

 

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THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April , 2013, by and among HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC. , a Maryland corporation (the “ Parent ”), HA MERGER SUB III LLC , a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent (the “ Merger Sub ”), each of the individuals listed on Exhibit A attached hereto (each, an “ Owner ” and, collectively, the “ Owners ”) and each of the entities listed on Exhibit A attached hereto, each a Maryland corporation (each, a “ Merging Entity ” and, collectively, the “ Merging Entities ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Merging Entities owns a certain number of Series A Participating Preferred Units and/or Class A Common Units (collectively, the “ LLC Equity Interests ”) of Hannon Armstrong Capital LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“ Hannon LLC ”), and each Owner is the sole stockholder of the respective Merging Entity as set forth on Exhibit A;

WHEREAS , the parties to this Agreement intend that each of the Merging Entities be merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving that merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “ Merger ”);

WHEREAS , in the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, all of the outstanding shares of stock of each Merging Entity (the “ Merging Entity Equity Interests ”) will be converted into the right to receive (i) for each AI Owner (as defined herein), such number of shares of the Parent’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Common Stock ”), set forth next to each Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement, adjusted proportionally for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits or similar transactions (the “ Merger Security Consideration ”) entered into or made by the Parent between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (as defined herein), or (ii) for each Non-AI Owner (as defined herein), a cash amount equal to such number of shares of Common Stock set forth next to each Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement, adjusted proportionally for any stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits or similar transactions entered into or made by the Parent between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, multiplied by the initial public offering price of the Common Stock (the “ Merger Cash Consideration ” and, together with the Merger Security Consideration, the “ Merger Consideration ”);

WHEREAS , in the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, all of the equity interests in a Merging Entity held by an Owner that (i) affirmatively certifies on the signature page to this Agreement that he or she qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and indicates on Exhibit B to this Agreement as to the basis for such certification (an “ AI Owner ”) will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Security Consideration or (ii) (A) affirmatively certifies on the signature page to this Agreement that he or she does not qualify as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act or (B) fails to indicate on Exhibit B to this Agreement the basis for certification as an AI Owner, in each case, will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Cash Consideration;


WHEREAS , the board of directors of each Merging Entity has (a) determined that it is in the best interests of such Merging Entity, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement; (b) directed that the Merger be submitted to the Owner of such Merging Entity for consideration; and (c) approved the Merger and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger;

WHEREAS , the Owner of each Merging Entity has approved the Merger;

WHEREAS , following the closing of the Merger, the Parent intends to contribute its ownership interest in Merger Sub to Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P., a Delaware limited liability partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), in exchange for a certain number of operating partnership units in the Operating Partnership;

WHEREAS , following the closing of the Merger, Merger Sub intends to adopt and approve an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement (as defined herein).

WHEREAS , the board of directors of the Parent and the sole member of Merger Sub have each, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, approved the Merger, this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

WHEREAS , the completion of the Merger by the Parent and Merger Sub is conditioned upon each Merging Entity participating in the Merger;

WHEREAS , each of the parties hereto has been advised by the other parties and acknowledges that such other parties would not be entering into this Agreement without the representations, warranties and covenants which are being made and agreed to herein by each party hereto and that such parties are entering into this Agreement in reliance on such representations, warranties and other covenants; and

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration for the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . The following terms as used in this Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to them as set forth below unless the context clearly requires another meaning. Other capitalized terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms herein.

 

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Accredited Investor ” means, for purposes of this Agreement, a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act and who affirmatively certifies as such on the signature page to this Agreement and indicates on Exhibit B to this Agreement as to the basis for such certification.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with a specified Person or (b) is a family member of a specified Person; provided , however , that neither the Parent nor Merger Sub shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Merging Entity or any of its subsidiaries or other Affiliates.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

AI Owner ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Authority ” means a governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over a Merging Entity, the Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of Maryland are authorized or required by law to close.

Closing ” and “ Closing Date ” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.02.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Control ” (including the terms “ Controlled by ” and “ under common Control with ”) means, with respect to a Person, the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise.

Energysource Distribution ” means the distribution of equity interests in HA Energysource Holdings LLC to the Merging Entities by Hannon LLC in December 2012.

Existing LLC Agreement ” means Hannon LLC’s Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2010, as amended.

Existing Registration Rights Agreement ” means Hannon LLC’s Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007, as amended.

Governmental Authority ” means any government or agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, official, political subdivision, tribunal or other instrumentality of any government, whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign.

 

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Hannon LLC ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Indemnified Parties ” means the Parent, Merger Sub and each of their subsidiaries, equity holders, affiliates, directors, officers and employees.

Indemnifying Parties ” mean the Owners.

Investor Rights Agreement ” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007, by and among Hannon LLC, MissionPoint HA Parallel Fund, L.P., Jeffrey W. Eckel and the other investors party thereto, as amended.

Laws ” means laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, orders, ordinances, judgments, injunctions, decrees and policies of any Governmental Authority.

Liabilities ” means liabilities, obligations or commitments of any nature whatsoever, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured or otherwise.

Liens ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), other charge or security interest or any preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement), and any obligations under capital leases having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

LLC Equity Interests ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Loss ” or “ Losses ” means any and all direct claims, losses, damages, costs, liabilities, fines, penalties and expenses, including, without limitation, any attorney’s fees and disbursements, but excluding any contingent, punitive and consequential items.

Maryland LLC Act ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

Merger ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Merger Cash Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Merger Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Merger Security Consideration ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Merger Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Merger Sub Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of Merger Sub and its subsidiaries taken together.

Merging Entity ” and “ Merging Entities ” have the meanings set forth in the preamble.

 

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Merging Entity Equity Interests ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Merging Entity Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of a Merging Entity and its subsidiaries taken together.

Non-AI Owner ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Organizational Documents ” means (i) the charter, articles of organization, certificate of formation or certificate of limited partnership for such Person, (ii) the bylaws, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, or limited partnership agreement for such Person and (iii) any certificate of qualification or foreign entity registration for such Person (together with all supplements, amendments, modifications, consents and waivers related to any of the foregoing).

Owner ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken together.

Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust, statutory trust or real estate investment trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated effective as of the Closing Date, by and among the Parent and the persons listed on Schedule I thereto.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect from time to time, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

Voting Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, ownership interests, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

 

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Section 1.02. Rules of Application . The definitions in Section 1.01 and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and similar terms shall refer to this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires.

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

Section 2.01. Effect of the Merger . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Maryland Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Maryland LLC Act ”) and the Maryland General Corporation Law, on the Closing Date, (a) each of the Merging Entities will merge with and into Merger Sub and (b) the separate existence of each Merging Entity will cease and Merger Sub, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent, will continue its existence under the Maryland LLC Act as the surviving entity in the Merger. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Closing Date, all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses and authority of each of the Merging Entities shall vest in Merger Sub, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Merging Entities shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of Merger Sub.

Section 2.02. Closing Date . Unless this Agreement is sooner terminated or extended pursuant to its terms or unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place upon the acceptance for record by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland of articles of merger relating to the Merger or such later date and time, not more than 30 days thereafter, as the parties hereto may otherwise agree (the “ Closing Date ”).

Section 2.03. Effect on Merging Entity Equity Interests.

(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each (i) AI Owner is irrevocably bound to accept and entitled to receive, as a result of and upon consummation of the Merger, the Merger Security Consideration and (ii) Non-AI Owner is irrevocably bound to accept and entitled to receive, as a result of and upon consummation of the Merger, the Merger Cash Consideration calculated based on the number of shares set forth opposite such Non-AI Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

(b) On the Closing Date, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parent, Merger Sub or any Merging Entity, each outstanding Merging Entity Equity Interest shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist and shall be converted automatically into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 2.04 in such amount

 

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as set forth opposite each Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement, which the Parent shall (i) in the case of the Merger Security Consideration, issue and deliver to the AI Owners immediately upon Closing and (ii) in the case of the Merger Cash Consideration, deliver to the Non-AI Owners within three Business Days following the Closing and, in each case, each holder of a Merging Entity Equity Interest shall no longer have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive such Merger Consideration in accordance with this Agreement.

Section 2.04. Merger Consideration . On the Closing Date, the Parent shall issue and deliver the Merger Security Consideration to each AI Owner in electronic book-entry form through the Parent’s transfer agent in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement in such amount as set forth opposite each AI Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement. Within three Business Days following the Closing, the Parent shall deliver the Merger Cash Consideration to each Non-AI Owner in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement calculated based on the number of shares set forth opposite such Non-AI Owner’s name on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

Section 2.05. Treatment of Equity Interests of Merger Sub . On the Closing Date, all equity interests in Merger Sub will remain outstanding without any change or effect.

Section 2.06. Termination . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing, as follows:

(a) by mutual consent of all the parties;

(b) by the Parent or Merger Sub, if the Closing has not occurred by December 31, 2013;

(c) by the Parent or Merger Sub if any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 have not been satisfied or waived by the Parent and Merger Sub; or

(d) by the Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to Article V.

If the Parent or Merger Sub elects to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section, then the Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the other parties of such election and the reason for terminating this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement shall be effective upon the non-issuing parties’ receipt of the termination notice.

Section 2.07. Tax Treatment .

(a) The AI Owners intend and agree that the merger whereby each AI Owner is receiving the Merger Security Consideration, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, shall constitute a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code and shall not maintain a position on their respective U.S. federal income tax returns or otherwise that is inconsistent therewith.

 

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(b) The Non-AI Owners intend and agree that the merger whereby each Non-AI Owner is receiving the Merger Cash Consideration, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, shall be treated as a taxable sale of stock, and shall not maintain a position on their respective U.S. federal income tax returns or otherwise that is inconsistent therewith.

Section 2.08. Officers and Directors . Unless otherwise determined by the Parent, the directors and officers, if any, of Merger Sub in office or position immediately prior to the Closing shall remain in such office or position following the Closing, in each case until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS

Section 3.01. Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and Merger Sub . The obligation of the Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Parent and Merger Sub of each of the conditions set forth below and the performance by each of the Owners and each of the Merging Entities of their obligations set forth below and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(a) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of each of the Owners contained in Section 4.01 shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date;

(b) Owner Compliance . Each Owner shall have fully complied with all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date;

(c) Merging Entity Compliance . Each Merging Entity shall have fully complied with all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date; and

(d) Initial Public Offering . Other than consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all conditions precedent to the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock shall have been satisfied or irrevocably and unconditionally waived.

If any of the foregoing conditions have not been satisfied (or waived by the Parent and Merger Sub) as of the Closing Date, the Parent and Merger Sub shall have the right, in accordance with Section 2.06, to terminate this Agreement, (i) in part with respect to any defaulting Merging Entity or Owner only and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parent and Merger Sub shall thereafter have no obligation under any provision of this Agreement with respect to any defaulting Merging Entity or Owner or (ii) in full, and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, no party hereto shall thereafter have any obligation under any provision of this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.02. Conditions to the Obligations of the Merging Entities and the Owners . The obligation of the Merging Entities and the Owners to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Owners of each of the conditions set forth below and the performance by the Parent and Merger Sub of their obligations set forth below and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(a) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Parent and Merger Sub contained in Sections 4.02 and 4.03, respectively, shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date;

(b) Registration Rights Agreement . The Parent shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(c) Initial Public Offering . Other than consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all conditions precedent to the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock shall have been satisfied or irrevocably and unconditionally waived other than those in the control of an Owner or a Merging Entity.

Section 3.03. Covenants of the Owners .

(a) Facilitate the Merger . From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.06, no Owner shall take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation of the Merger, the initial public offering of the Common Stock or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) Hannon LLC Agreement . No Owner shall take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the approval and adoption by Merger Sub of an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement.

(c) Investor Rights Agreement . No Owner shall take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the termination of the Investor Rights Agreement.

(d) Initial Public Offering . Each Owner, solely in its capacity as such Owner and in no other capacity, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any consent, condition or other similar right to approve or delay the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall in any way prevent or otherwise restrict any Owner from satisfying any duties, statutory, fiduciary or otherwise it may owe to the Parent or Merger Sub in its capacity as an officer, director or manager thereof.

 

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Section 3.04. Covenants of the Merging Entities .

(a) Facilitate the Merger . From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.06, no Merging Entity shall take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation of the Merger, the initial public offering of the Common Stock or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) Hannon LLC Agreement . Effective upon the Closing, each Merging Entity hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) consents to the termination of the Existing LLC Agreement, (ii) waives all rights under the Existing LLC Agreement other than its right to have the Merger Consideration issued and delivered to the Owner and (iii) consents to the approval and adoption by Merger Sub of an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit C of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement.

(c) Investor Rights Agreement . Upon the Closing, each Merging Entity hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the termination of the Investor Rights Agreement and waives all its rights under the Investor Rights Agreement.

(d) Initial Public Offering . Each Merging Entity hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any consent, condition or other similar right to approve or delay the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Owners . Each Owner, with respect to such Owner’s Merging Entity, hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly and severally, to the Parent and Merger Sub, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation speaks as of a specific date, in which case only as of such specific date), as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . Such Merging Entity has been duly incorporated and validly exists as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland. Such Merging Entity has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Merging Entity and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligations of such Merging Entity, enforceable against such Merging Entity in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which such Merging Entity is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of such Merging Entity, or (iii) any law applicable to such Merging Entity. Other than the filing of articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, no authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, shareholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for such Merging Entity to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Injunction. Such Merging Entity is not subject to any order, writ, judgment, decree, injunction or settlement that could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay such Merging Entity from consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d) No Consents . Except for the filing of the articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by such Merging Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay such Merging Entity from consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise have a Merging Entity Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Ownership of Merging Entities . Each Owner is the sole stockholder of the respective Merging Entity as set forth on Exhibit A.

(f) Ownership of the LLC Equity Interests . The LLC Equity Interests held by such Merging Entity are (i) the only assets owned by such Merging Entity and (ii) owned free and clear of all Liens, charges, security interests, mortgages, pledges, options, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or first offer, proxies, levies, voting trusts or agreements, or other adverse claims or restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever. Except in connection with the Energysource Distribution that was completed in December 2012, such Merging Entity has not conducted since it was formed, does not currently conduct, and does not plan to commence conducting, any business operations other than with respect to the continuing ownership of its LLC Equity Interests and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger.

 

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(g) Liabilities . As of the date hereof, such Merging Entity has no Liabilities.

(h) Contracts . Except in connection with the Energysource Distribution, since its organization, such Merging Entity has not become a party to, entered into or became bound by, any contract or other arrangement or understanding except for the Existing LLC Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.

(i) Tax Status . Such Merging Entity (i) elected to be treated as a subchapter S corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 1361 of the Code and has, at all times since formation, maintained its status as a subchapter S corporation and (ii) does not have any accumulated earnings and profits.

(j) Non-Foreign Status . Such Merging Entity is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

(k) Access to Information . Such Owner has been afforded:

(i) the opportunity to ask such questions as such Owner has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Parent concerning the terms and conditions of the issuance and/or delivery of the Merger Consideration; and

(ii) access to information about the Parent and its financial condition and results of operations sufficient to evaluate such Owner’s investment in, or receipt of, the Merger Consideration.

Section 4.02. Representations and Warranties of each AI Owner . Each AI Owner hereby additionally represents and warrants, severally and not jointly and severally, to the Parent and Merger Sub, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Accredited Investor . Such AI Owner qualifies as an Accredited Investor and has affirmatively certified as such and indicated on Exhibit B attached hereto the basis for such certification and understands the risks of, and other considerations relating to, the Merger. Such AI Owner, by reason of his or her business and financial experience, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained to represent or advise such AI Owner:

(i) has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that the AI Owner is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Parent and of making an informed investment decision;

 

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(ii) is capable of protecting the AI Owner’s own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him or her in protecting such interests;

(iii) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment; and

(iv) in making the AI Owner’s decision to enter into this Agreement has conducted his or her own due diligence, has been represented by competent counsel and financial advisors and has not relied on oral or written advice from the Parent, Merger Sub or their Affiliates, representatives, or agents or on representations or warranties of the Parent and Merger Sub other than those set forth in this Agreement.

(b) Investment For Own Account . The Merger Security Consideration will be acquired for investment only and not with a view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein in violation of the securities laws.

(c) Unregistered Securities . Such AI Owner understands that:

(i) the Merger Security Consideration to be received as contemplated hereunder has not been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws;

(ii) the Parent’s reliance on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the AI Owners contained herein;

(iii) the Merger Security Consideration cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available;

(iv) there may be no public market for the Merger Security Consideration;

(v) because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of the Merger Security Consideration to be issued hereunder, the economic risk of the Merger Security Consideration issued hereby may need to be borne for an indefinite period of time; and

(vi) certificates (if any) representing the Merger Security Consideration will bear a legend substantially similar to the following:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.

 

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Section 4.03. Representations and Warranties of the Parent . The Parent hereby represents and warrants to each Merging Entity, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . The Parent has been duly incorporated and validly exists as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland. The Parent has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Parent, enforceable against the Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which the Parent is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Parent, or (iii) any law applicable to the Parent. Other than the filing of the articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof and as may be required for the consummation of the initial public offering of the Common Stock and the actions to be taken in connection therewith, no authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, stockholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for the Parent to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Consents. Except for the filing of the articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof and as may be required for the consummation of the initial public offering of the Common Stock and the actions to be taken in connection therewith, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by Parent in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(d) Merger Security Consideration . The Merger Security Consideration to be issued hereunder has been duly authorized for issuance and, upon such issuance, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Section 4.04. Representations and Warranties of Merger Sub . Merger Sub hereby represents and warrants to each Merging Entity, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . Merger Sub has been duly formed and validly exists as a limited liability company under the Laws of the State of Maryland. Merger Sub has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Merger Sub and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite limited liability company action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligations of Merger Sub, enforceable against Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which Merger Sub is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of Merger Sub, or (iii) any law applicable to Merger Sub. Other than the filing of the articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, no authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, stockholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for Merger Sub to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Consents. Except for the filing of the articles of merger in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by Merger Sub in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Merger Sub Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Default by a Merging Entity or an Owner . If the Closing is not consummated because of a default by any Merging Entity or Owner under this Agreement, then the Parent and Merger Sub may either (i) seek specific performance of this Agreement by requiring the defaulting Merging Entity to assign the LLC Equity Interests to Merger Sub and in connection therewith the respective Owner shall reimburse the Parent and Merger Sub for the actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Parent or Merger Sub in connection with seeking such specific performance, or (ii) terminate this Agreement (A) in part with respect to the defaulting Merging Entity or Owner only and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, the Parent and Merger Sub shall thereafter have no obligation under any provision of this Agreement with respect to such defaulting Merging Entity and Owner or (B) in full, and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, no party hereto shall thereafter have any obligation under any provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.01. Indemnification . Subject to the limitations provided below, from and after the Closing Date, each of the Indemnifying Parties agree to, severally and not jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses that are incurred or suffered by any of them based upon, arising out of, in connection with or by reason of (i) the breach of any of the representations or warranties of such Indemnifying Party or (ii) any breach by such Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however , that, notwithstanding any Losses based upon, arising out of, in connection with or by reason of a default by an Indemnifying Party pursuant to Article V under this Agreement, in no event shall an Indemnifying Party be liable for any claim or claims made by an Indemnified Party for a breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant under this Agreement unless the aggregate of any Losses resulting therefrom is equal to or greater than $100,000, and then (i) in the event such Indemnifying Party is Jeffrey W. Eckel, such Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any and all such Losses resulting therefrom; provided, further, however , that the maximum aggregate liability of Jeffrey W. Eckel shall in no event exceed $200,000 and (ii) in the event such Indemnifying Party is a Person other than Jeffrey W. Eckel, such Indemnifying Party shall only be liable for any and all such Losses resulting therefrom in excess of $100,000; provided, further, however , that the maximum aggregate liability of such Indemnifying Party shall in no event exceed the lesser of: (x) an amount equal to the Merger Consideration received by such Indemnifying Party and (y) $100,000.

 

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Section 6.02. Method of Asserting Claims . All claims for indemnification by any Indemnified Party under this Article VI shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

(a) If an Indemnified Party intends to seek indemnification under this Article VI, it shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Parties in writing of such claim. The failure to provide such notice will not affect any rights hereunder except to the extent an Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby.

(b) If such claim involves a claim by a third-party against the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Parties shall, within ten days after receipt of such notice and upon notice to the Indemnified Party, assume, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Parties, the settlement or defense thereof (in which case any Loss associated therewith shall be the sole responsibility of the Indemnifying Parties), provided that the Indemnified Party may participate in such settlement or defense through counsel chosen by it. If the Indemnified Party determines in good faith that representation by the Indemnifying Parties’ counsel of (i) one or more Indemnifying Parties and (ii) the Indemnified Party may present such counsel with a conflict of interest, then the Indemnifying Parties shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Indemnified Party may, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Parties, at any time prior to the delivery of the notice referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6.02(b) by any Indemnifying Party, file any motion, answer or other pleadings or take any other action that the Indemnified Party reasonably believes to be necessary or appropriate to protect its interests, (ii) the Indemnified Party may take over the control of the defense or settlement of a third-party claim at any time if it irrevocably waives its right to indemnity under this Article VI with respect to such claim and (iii) the Indemnifying Parties may not, without the consent of the Indemnified Party, settle or compromise any action or consent to the entry of any judgment. So long as an Indemnifying Party is contesting any such claim in good faith, the Indemnified Party shall not pay or settle any such claim without such Indemnifying Party’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the compromise or settlement of a third-party claim could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the status of the Parent as a real investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code, then the Parent shall make such decision to compromise or settle the third-party claim without the need to obtain the other party’s consent. If the Indemnifying Parties are not entitled to assume the defense of the claim pursuant to the foregoing provisions or are entitled but do not contest such claim in good faith (including if they do not notify the Indemnified Party of their assumption of the defense of such claim within the ten-day period set forth above), then the Indemnified Party may conduct and control, through counsel of its own choosing and at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties, the settlement or defense thereof, and the Indemnifying Parties shall cooperate with it in connection therewith. The failure of the Indemnified Party to participate in, conduct or control such defense shall not relieve the Indemnifying Parties of any obligation they may have hereunder. Any defense costs required to be paid by the Indemnifying Parties shall be paid as incurred, promptly against delivery of invoices therefor.

Section 6.03. Survival . This Article VI shall survive the Closing or the termination of the parties’ obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of six months and shall not be deemed to be merged into or waived by the instruments of the Closing.

 

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Section 6.04. Waiver of Claims . Deliverance of the Merger Consideration provided in this Agreement shall serve to waive all claims against the Parent, Merger Sub and Hannon LLC.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01. Marketing . Neither the Owners nor the Merging Entities shall market the LLC Equity Interests for sale or entertain or discuss any offer to purchase or acquire the LLC Equity Interests with any Person other than the Parent, Merger Sub and their Affiliates unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.06.

Section 7.02. Entire Agreement; No Amendment . This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement represent the entire agreement among each of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. It is expressly understood that no representations, warranties, guarantees or other statements shall be valid or binding upon a party unless expressly set forth in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement. It is further understood that any prior agreements or understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof have merged in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, which collectively fully express all agreements of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all such prior agreements and understandings. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or otherwise altered except by a written agreement signed by the party hereto against whom enforcement is sought.

Section 7.03. Certain Expenses . Each party hereto will pay all of its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (whether or not the Closing shall take place), including, without limitation, all costs and expenses herein stated to be borne by such party and all of its respective accounting, legal, investigatory and appraisal fees.

Section 7.04. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered with proof of delivery thereof (any notice or communication so delivered being deemed to have been received at the time delivered), or sent by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (any notice or communication so sent being deemed to have been received two Business Days after mailing in the United States), with failure or refusal to accept delivery to constitute delivery for all purposes of this Agreement, addressed to the respective parties as follows:

 

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If to any Owner or Merging Entity, to the address listed on such Owner and Merging Entity’s signature page to this Agreement.

If to the Parent or Merger Sub, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Attention: Office of the General Counsel

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

with a copy to:

Jay L. Bernstein

Clifford Chance US LLP

31 West 52 nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Section 7.05. No Assignment . Except as provided in this Section below, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties.

Section 7.06. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Maryland.

Section 7.07. Multiple Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. If so executed, all of such counterparts shall constitute but one agreement, and, in proving this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. To facilitate execution of this Agreement, the parties may execute and exchange by facsimile or electronic mail PDF copies of counterparts of the signature pages.

Section 7.08. Further Assurances . From and after the date of this Agreement and after the Closing, the parties hereto shall take such further actions and execute and deliver such further documents and instruments as may be reasonably requested by the other parties and are reasonably necessary to provide to the respective parties hereto the benefits intended to be afforded hereby, including, without limitation, all books and records relating to the LLC Equity Interests.

Section 7.09. Miscellaneous . Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular where appropriate, and words of any gender shall include the other gender when appropriate. The headings of the Articles and the

 

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Sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in determining the meaning of any provision of this Agreement. The words “hereof” and “herein” refer to this entire Agreement and not merely the Section in which such words appear. If the last day for performance of any obligation hereunder is not a Business Day, then the deadline for such performance or the expiration of the applicable period or date shall be extended to the next Business Day. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated herein and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement.

Section 7.10. Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable, this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement.

Section 7.11. Attorneys’ Fees . If this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein give rise to a lawsuit, arbitration or other legal proceeding between the parties hereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney fees in addition to any other judgment of the court or arbitrator(s).

Section 7.12. Waiver of Jury Trial . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by any party(ies) against any other party(ies) on any matter arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or the relationship of the parties created hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:
HA MERGER SUB III LLC
By:  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure

Capital, Inc., its sole member

By:    
  Name:
  Title:


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Jeffrey W. Eckel
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  JE-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Jeffrey W. Eckel
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: John J. Christmas
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  JC-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: John J. Christmas
    Title: Director

 

1 For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Steven L. Chuslo
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  SLC-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Steven L. Chuslo
    Title: Director

 

1  

For AI Owners.

2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: David K. Watson
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  DW-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: David K. Watson
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Daniel K. McMahon
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  DM-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Daniel K. McMahon
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Christopher J. Lord
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  CL-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Christopher J. Lord
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Nathaniel J. Rose
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  NR-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Nathaniel J. Rose
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Katherine M. Dent
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  KD-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Katherine M. Dent
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Scott J. Foster
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  SF-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Scott J. Foster
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Lisa A. Hale
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  LH-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Lisa A. Hale
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Brian J. Harenza
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  BH-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Brian J. Harenza
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Michael J. Hester
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  MH-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Michael J. Hester
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written and hereby affirmatively certifies that he or she is:

 

¨        a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act by satisfying one or more of the numbered paragraphs contained in Exhibit B attached hereto.
¨   not a Person that qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.
  By:    
    Name: Breckinridge S. Lindley
  Name in which shares of Common Stock are to be registered (if applicable) 1 :
   
  State of residency:                                                         
  Social Security number:                                               
  Address:                                                                            
                                                                                           
  Telephone number:                                                       
  Email:                                                                                
  Wire instructions (if applicable) 2 :                            
  BL-HA, INC.
  By:    
    Name: Breckinridge S. Lindley
    Title: Director

 

1   For AI Owners.
2   For Non-AI Owners.


EXHIBIT A

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A-1


EXHIBIT B

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B-1


EXHIBIT C

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Exh. C-1

Exhibit 10.14

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.,

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, L.P.,

MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND III, LLC

AND

MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND, L.P.

 

 

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

 

 


CONTENTS

 

Clause        Page  

Article I Definitions

       2   

Section 1.01.

  Definitions      2   

Section 1.02.

  Rules of Application      5   

Article II The Contribution

     5   

Section 2.01.

  Effect of the Contribution      5   

Section 2.02.

  Closing Date      5   

Section 2.03.

  Consideration      6   

Section 2.04.

  Termination      6   

Section 2.05.

  Tax Treatment      6   

Section 2.06.

  Tax Withholding      6   

Article III Conditions and Covenants

     6   

Section 3.01.

  Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and the Operating Partnership      6   

Section 3.02.

  Conditions to the Obligations of Fund III      7   

Section 3.03.

  Covenants of Fund III      8   

Section 3.04.

  Covenants of the Splitter Partnership      9   

Article IV Representations and Warranties

     9   

Section 4.01.

  Representations and Warranties of Fund III      9   

Section 4.02.

  Representations and Warranties of the Parent      12   

Section 4.03.

  Representations and Warranties of the Operating Partnership      13   

Article V Defaults and Remedies

     14   

Section 5.01.

  Default by Fund III      14   

Article VI Indemnification

     15   

Section 6.01.

  Indemnification      15   

Section 6.02.

  Method of Asserting Claims      15   

Section 6.03.

  Survival      16   

Section 6.04.

  Waiver of Claims      16   

Section 6.05.

  Character of Indemnity Payments      16   

 

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Article VII Miscellaneous

     16   

Section 7.01.

  Marketing      16   

Section 7.02.

  Entire Agreement; No Amendment      17   

Section 7.03.

  Certain Expenses      17   

Section 7.04.

  Transfer Taxes      17   

Section 7.05.

  Power of Attorney      17   

Section 7.06.

  Notices      18   

Section 7.07.

  No Assignment      18   

Section 7.08.

  Governing Law      18   

Section 7.09.

  Multiple Counterparts      19   

Section 7.10.

  Further Assurances      19   

Section 7.11.

  Miscellaneous      19   

Section 7.12.

  Invalid Provisions      19   

Section 7.13.

  Attorneys’ Fees      19   

Section 7.14.

  Waiver of Jury Trial      20   

 

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THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of April [•], 2013, by and among HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Parent ”), HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, L.P., a Delaware limited liability partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Fund III ”), and MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND, L.P. , a Delaware limited liability partnership (the “ Splitter Partnership ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS , prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Fund III owned a certain number of Series A Participating Preferred Units and/or Class A Common Units (collectively, the “ LLC Equity Interests ”) of Hannon Armstrong Capital LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“ Hannon LLC ”), indirectly through its limited partner interest in the Splitter Partnership;

WHEREAS , prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Splitter Partnership shall distribute the LLC Equity Interests to Fund III;

WHEREAS , Fund III desires to contribute, and the Operating Partnership desires to acquire, the LLC Equity Interests, free and clear of all Liens, in exchange for [•] operating partnership units in the Operating Partnership (the “ OP Units ”) (such contribution, the “ Contribution ”);

WHEREAS , the manager of Fund III has (a) determined that it is in the best interests of Fund III, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement; and (b) approved the Contribution and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Contribution;

WHEREAS, following the closing of the Contribution, Upstream Merger Sub (as defined herein) intends to adopt and approve an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement (as defined herein).

WHEREAS , the board of directors of the Parent has, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, approved this Agreement, the Contribution and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

WHEREAS , the Parent, in its capacity as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, has, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, approved the Contribution and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;

WHEREAS , each of the parties hereto has been advised by the other parties and acknowledges that such other parties would not be entering into this Agreement without the representations, warranties and covenants which are being made and agreed to herein by each party hereto and that such parties are entering into this Agreement in reliance on such representations, warranties and other covenants; and


NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration for the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . The following terms as used in this Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to them as set forth below unless the context clearly requires another meaning. Other capitalized terms used herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to such terms herein.

Accredited Investor ” means, for purposes of this Agreement, a Person who qualifies as an “accredited investor” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act and who affirmatively certifies as such on Exhibit A to this Agreement as to the basis for such certification.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, owns, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with a specified Person or (b) is a family member of a specified Person; provided , however , that neither the Parent nor the Operating Partnership shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Fund III or any of its subsidiaries or other Affiliates.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Attorney-in-Fact ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(a).

Authority ” means a governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over such Person.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of Maryland are authorized or required by law to close.

Closing ” and “ Closing Date ” have the meanings set forth in Section 2.02.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to time.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Contribution ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Control ” (including the terms “ Controlled by ” and “ under common Control with ”) means, with respect to a Person, the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or otherwise.

 

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Existing Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(e).

Existing LLC Agreement ” means Hannon LLC’s Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2010, as amended.

Existing Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007, as amended, by and among Hannon LLC and the other parties thereto.

Fund III ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Fund III Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of Fund III and its subsidiaries taken together.

Governmental Authority ” means any government or agency, bureau, board, commission, court, department, official, political subdivision, tribunal or other instrumentality of any government, whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign.

Hannon LLC ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Indemnified Parties ” means the Parent, the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries, equity holders, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, successors and assigns.

Indemnifying Party ” means Fund III.

Investor Rights Agreement ” means the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007, by and among Hannon LLC, the Splitter Partnership, Jeffrey W. Eckel and the other investors party thereto, as amended.

Laws ” means laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, orders, ordinances, judgments, injunctions, decrees and policies of any Governmental Authority.

Liabilities ” means liabilities, obligations or commitments of any nature whatsoever, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured or otherwise.

Liens ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), other charge or security interest or any preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement), and any obligations under capital leases having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

LLC Equity Interests has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

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Loss ” or “ Losses ” means any and all direct claims, losses, damages, costs, liabilities, fines, penalties, deficiencies, diminution of value, causes of action and expenses, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and disbursements, and exclusive of all contingent or consequential items.

“OP Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries taken together.

OP Units ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Operating Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Organizational Documents ” means (i) the charter, articles of organization, certificate of formation or certificate of limited partnership for such Person, (ii) the bylaws, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, or limited partnership agreement for such Person and (iii) any certificate of qualification or foreign entity registration for such Person (together with all supplements, amendments, modifications, consents and waivers related to any of the foregoing).

Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Parent Material Adverse Effect ” means any material adverse change in any of the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operation or prospects of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken together.

Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust, statutory trust or real estate investment trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

Power of Attorney ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(a).

Registration Rights Agreement ” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement, effective as of the Closing Date, by and among the Parent and the persons listed on Schedule I thereto.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as in effect from time to time, and applicable rules and regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.

Splitter Partnership ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

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Tax ” means any and all U.S. federal, state, county, local, non-U.S. or other income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar, including FICA), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind or any charge of any kind in the nature of (or similar to) taxes whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

Tax Authority ” means any Governmental Authority responsible for the collection, operation or administration of Taxes.

Upstream Merger Sub ” means HA Merger Sub III LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent.

Voting Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, ownership interests, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Waiver Letter ” means that certain ownership waiver letter, effective as of the Closing Date, executed by the Parent for the benefit of Fund III.

Section 1.02. Rules of Application . The definitions in Section 1.01 and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes,” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and similar terms shall refer to this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires.

ARTICLE II

THE CONTRIBUTION

Section 2.01. Effect of the Contribution . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Fund III shall contribute, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership shall acquire and accept, the LLC Equity Interests.

Section 2.02. Closing Date . Unless this Agreement is sooner terminated or extended pursuant to its terms or unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall become effective upon the closing of the Parent’s initial public offering of the Common Stock (the “ Closing Date ”).

 

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Section 2.03. Consideration . On the Closing Date, the Operating Partnership shall, in exchange for the transfer of the LLC Equity Interests to the Operating Partnership, issue [326,437] OP Units (the “Contribution Consideration”) to Fund III in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 2.04. Termination . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing, as follows:

(a) by mutual consent of all the parties;

(b) by the Parent, the Operating Partnership or Fund III, if the Closing has not occurred by December 31, 2013;

(c) by the Parent or the Operating Partnership if any of the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 have not been satisfied or waived by the Parent and the Operating Partnership; or

(d) by the Parent or the Operating Partnership pursuant to Article V.

If any party elects to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section, then such party shall provide written notice to the other parties of such election and the reason for terminating this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement shall be effective upon the non-issuing parties’ receipt of the termination notice.

Section 2.05. Tax Treatment . The parties intend and agree that, the Contribution, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, shall be treated as a contribution to a partnership pursuant to Section 721 of the Code and shall not maintain a position on their respective U.S. federal income tax returns or otherwise that is inconsistent therewith.

Section 2.06. Tax Withholding . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Contribution Consideration or any other payment made by it under this Agreement such amounts that it reasonably determines, after consultation with Fund III, that it is required to deduct and withhold under applicable law, and any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS AND COVENANTS

Section 3.01. Conditions to the Obligations of the Parent and the Operating Partnership . The obligation of the Parent and the Operating Partnership to consummate the Contribution shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Parent and the Operating Partnership of each of the conditions set forth below and the performance by Fund III of its obligations set forth below and elsewhere in this Agreement:

 

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(a) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of Fund III contained in Section 4.01 shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date;

(b) Fund III Compliance . Fund III shall have fully complied with all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date;

(c) Splitter Partnership Compliance . The Splitter Partnership shall have fully complied with all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date;

(d) Initial Public Offering . Other than consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all conditions precedent to the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock shall have been satisfied or irrevocably and unconditionally waived; and

(e) Certification of Non-Foreign Status . Prior to the Closing, Fund III shall have provided to the Parent a certification in the form contained in Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations to the effect that Fund III is not a “foreign person.”

If any of the foregoing conditions have not been satisfied (or waived by the Parent and the Operating Partnership) as of the Closing Date, the Parent and the Operating Partnership shall have the right, in accordance with Section 2.04, to terminate this Agreement in full and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, no party hereto shall thereafter have any obligation under any provision of this Agreement.

Section 3.02. Conditions to the Obligations of Fund III . The obligation of Fund III to consummate the Contribution shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Fund III of each of the conditions set forth below and the performance by the Parent and the Operating Partnership of their obligations set forth below and elsewhere in this Agreement:

(a) Accuracy of Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Parent and the Operating Partnership contained in Sections 4.02 and 4.03, respectively, shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date;

(b) Registration Rights Agreement . The Parent shall have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement;

(c) Initial Public Offering . Other than consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all conditions precedent to the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock shall have been satisfied or irrevocably and unconditionally waived other than those in the control of Fund III; and

 

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(d) Waiver Letter . The Parent shall have executed the Waiver Letter.

Section 3.03. Covenants of Fund III .

(a) Facilitate the Contribution . From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.04, Fund III shall not take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation of the Contribution, the initial public offering of the Common Stock or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) Hannon LLC Agreement . Fund III shall not take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the approval and adoption by Upstream Merger Sub of an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement.

(c) Investor Rights Agreement . Fund III shall not take or fail to take, or agree or commit to take or fail to take, any action that would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the termination of the Investor Rights Agreement or the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.

(d) Initial Public Offering . Fund III hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any consent, condition or other similar right to approve or delay the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

(e) Ownership and Transfer . From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.04, Fund III shall not transfer (or permit to be transferred), sell, or otherwise dispose of, or cause the sale, transfer or disposition of (or agree to do any of the foregoing) all or any portion of the LLC Equity Interests. Fund III will not have any outstanding warrants, options, convertible securities, or any other type of right pursuant to which any person could acquire any of the LLC Equity Interests.

(f) Liabilities . From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.04, Fund III shall not pledge, hypothecate or encumber all or any portion of the LLC Equity Interests. As a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Operating Partnership will not assume any liability of Fund III.

 

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Section 3.04. Covenants of the Splitter Partnership .

(a) Hannon LLC Agreement . Upon the transfer of its ownership interest in the LLC Equity Interests to the Merging Entity, the Splitter Partnership hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) consents to the termination of the Existing LLC Agreement, (ii) waives all rights under the Existing LLC Agreement other than its right to have the OP Units to be received by Fund III in connection with the Contribution and (iii) consents to the approval and adoption by Upstream Merger Sub of an amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Hannon LLC substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B of this Agreement to replace the Existing LLC Agreement.

(b) Investor Rights Agreement . Upon the transfer of its ownership interest in the LLC Equity Interests to the Merging Entity, the Splitter Partnership hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the termination of the Investor Rights Agreement and waives all its rights under the Investor Rights Agreement and the Existing Registration Rights Agreement.

(c) Initial Public Offering . The Splitter Partnership hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any consent, condition or other similar right to approve or delay the closing of the initial public offering of the Common Stock.

(d) LLC Equity Interests . Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Splitter Partnership shall transfer all of its ownership interest in the LLC Equity Interests to Fund III.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.01. Representations and Warranties of Fund III . Fund III hereby represents and warrants to the Parent and the Operating Partnership, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . Fund III has been duly formed and validly exists as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware. Fund III has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Fund III and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligations of Fund III, enforceable against Fund III in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles

 

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of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which Fund III is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of Fund III, or (iii) any law applicable to Fund III. Other than the requisite corporate action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers that have been obtained, no authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, shareholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for Fund III to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Injunction. Fund III is not subject to any order, writ, judgment, decree, injunction or settlement that could reasonably prohibit the transactions contemplated hereby.

(d) No Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by Fund III in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Fund III Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Ownership of the LLC Equity Interests . As of the Closing Date, the LLC Equity Interests held by Fund III have been, since Fund III’s date of formation, and, except for the Existing LLC Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Existing Registration Rights Agreement and the Splitter Partnership Agreement of Limited Partnership (collectively, the “ Existing Agreements ”), are owned free and clear of all Liens, charges, security interests, mortgages, pledges, options, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or first offer, proxies, levies, voting trusts or agreements, or other adverse claims or restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever.

 

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(f) Accredited Investor . Fund III qualifies as an Accredited Investor and has affirmatively certified as such and indicated on Exhibit A attached hereto the basis for such certification and understands the risks of, and other considerations relating to, the OP Units. Fund III, by reason of its business and financial experience, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained to represent or advise Fund III:

(i) has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that Fund III is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Operating Partnership and of making an informed investment decision;

(ii) is capable of protecting Fund III’s own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist it in protecting such interests;

(iii) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment; and

(iv) in making Fund III’s decision to enter into this Agreement has conducted its own due diligence, has been represented by competent counsel and financial advisors and has not relied on oral or written advice from the Parent, the Operating Partnership or their Affiliates, representatives, or agents or on representations or warranties of the Parent and the Operating Partnership other than those set forth in this Agreement.

(g) Investment For Own Account . The OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution will be acquired for investment only and not with a view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein in violation of the securities laws.

(h) Access to Information . Fund III has been afforded:

(i) the opportunity to ask such questions as Fund III has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Parent concerning the terms and conditions of the issuance and/or delivery of the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution; and

(ii) access to information about the Parent and its financial condition and results of operations sufficient to evaluate Fund III’s investment in, or receipt of, the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution.

(i) Unregistered Securities . Fund III understands that:

(i) the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution have not been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws;

 

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(ii) the Parent’s reliance on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of Fund III contained herein;

(iii) the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available;

(iv) there may be no public market for the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution or the shares of common stock of the Parent for which such OP Units may be exchanged;

(v) because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution, the economic risk of such OP Units may need to be borne for an indefinite period of time; and

(vi) certificates (if any) representing the OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution will bear a legend substantially similar to the following:

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT OR SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.

(j ) Tax Matters .

(i) There are no Liens for Taxes (other than statutory Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the LLC Equity Interests held by Fund III.

(ii) Fund III is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

Section 4.02. Representations and Warranties of the Parent . The Parent hereby represents and warrants to Fund III, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . The Parent has been duly formed and validly exists as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland. The Parent has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Parent and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Parent, enforceable against the Parent in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which the Parent is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Parent, or (iii) any law applicable to the Parent. Other than as may be required for the consummation of the initial public offering of the Common Stock and the actions to be take in connection therewith, no authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, stockholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for the Parent to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Consents. Other than as may be required for the consummation of the initial public offering of the Common Stock and the actions to be taken in connection therewith, no consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by Parent in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.03. Representations and Warranties of the Operating Partnership . The Operating Partnership hereby represents and warrants to Fund III, as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and validly exists as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Operating Partnership has all power and authority to enter into this Agreement and all other documents to be executed and delivered in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement, and to perform its obligations in connection with the transactions that are the subject of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; No Contravention . The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Partnership and the performance of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all requisite action, and all necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, elections and waivers have been obtained as of the Closing Date. This Agreement constitutes the

 

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valid, legal and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or resources of creditors generally and principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of, or give any Person the right to exercise any remedy under, any contractual obligation, under: (i) any agreement, order or decree to which the Operating Partnership is a party or such Person is bound or to which any of such Person’s assets are subject, (ii) the Organizational Documents of the Operating Partnership, or (iii) any law applicable to the Operating Partnership. No authorization, approvals or consents from, or registration, declaration or filings with, any lender, partner, member, stockholder, beneficiary, tenant, creditor, investor, Authority or other Person is required in order for the Operating Partnership to execute and deliver this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(c) No Consents. No consent, waiver, approval, authorization, order, license, permit or registration of, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any Person or Governmental Authority or under any applicable Laws is required to be obtained by the Operating Partnership in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for those consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, permits, registrations, qualifications, designations, declarations or filings, the failure of which to obtain or to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a OP Material Adverse Effect.

(d) OP Units . The OP Units to be received in connection with the Contribution have been duly authorized for issuance and, upon such issuance, will be validly issued and fully paid.

ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Default by Fund III . If the Closing is not consummated because of a default by Fund III under this Agreement, then the Parent and the Operating Partnership may either (i) seek specific performance of this Agreement by requiring Fund III to assign the LLC Equity Interests to the Operating Partnership and in connection therewith Fund III shall reimburse the Parent and the Operating Partnership for the actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Parent or the Operating Partnership in connection with seeking such specific performance, or (ii) terminate this Agreement in full and, except as expressly set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, no party hereto shall thereafter have any obligation under any provision of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.01. Indemnification . Subject to the limitations provided below, from and after the Closing Date, Fund III agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses that are incurred or suffered by any of them based upon, arising out of, in connection with or by reason of (i) the breach of any of the representations or warranties of Fund III under this Agreement or (ii) any breach by Fund III of its obligations under this Agreement; provided, however , that the maximum aggregate liability of the Indemnifying Party under this Section 7.01 shall not exceed $1,000,000. Fund III’s indemnification obligation pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be secured by a pledge of the LLC Equity Interests in accordance with the terms and conditions of a pledge agreement to be entered into between the Parent and Fund III.

Section 6.02. Method of Asserting Claims . All claims for indemnification by any Indemnified Party under this Article VI shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

(a) If an Indemnified Party intends to seek indemnification under this Article VI, it shall promptly notify Fund III in writing of such claim. The failure to provide such notice will not affect any rights hereunder except to the extent Fund III is materially prejudiced thereby.

(b) If such claim involves a claim by a third-party against the Indemnified Party, Fund III shall, within ten days after receipt of such notice and upon notice to the Indemnified Party, assume, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, at the sole cost and expense of Fund III, the settlement or defense thereof (in which case any Loss associated therewith shall be the sole responsibility of Fund III), provided that the Indemnified Party may participate in such settlement or defense through counsel chosen by it. If the Indemnified Party determines in good faith that representation by Fund III’s counsel of (i) the Indemnifying Party and (ii) the Indemnified Party may present such counsel with a conflict of interest, then Fund III shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Indemnified Party may, at the sole cost and expense of Fund III, at any time prior to the delivery of the notice referred to in the first sentence of this Section 6.02(b) by Fund III, file any motion, answer or other pleadings or take any other action that the Indemnified Party reasonably believes to be necessary or appropriate to protect its interests, (ii) the Indemnified Party may take over the control of the defense or settlement of a third-party claim at any time if it irrevocably waives its right to indemnity under this Article VI with respect to such claim and (iii) Fund III may not, without the consent of the Indemnified Party, settle or compromise any action or consent to the entry of any judgment. So long as Fund III is contesting any such claim in good faith, the Indemnified Party shall not pay or settle any such claim without Fund III’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the compromise or settlement of a third-party claim could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the status of the Parent as a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code, then the Parent shall make such decision to compromise or settle the third-party claim without the need to obtain the other

 

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party’s consent. If Fund III is not entitled to assume the defense of the claim pursuant to the foregoing provisions or is entitled but does not contest such claim in good faith (including if Fund III does not notify the Indemnified Party of its assumption of the defense of such claim within the ten-day period set forth above), then the Indemnified Party may conduct and control, through counsel of its own choosing and at the expense of Fund III, the settlement or defense thereof, and Fund III shall cooperate with it in connection therewith. The failure of the Indemnified Party to participate in, conduct or control such defense shall not relieve Fund III of any obligation it may have hereunder. Any defense costs required to be paid by Fund III shall be paid as incurred, promptly against delivery of invoices therefor.

Section 6.03. Survival . This Article VI shall survive until six months following the Closing or the termination of the parties’ obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as provided otherwise in this Agreement, all representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of one-year and shall not be deemed to be merged into or waived by the instruments of the Closing.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Claims . Deliverance of the OP Units provided in this Agreement shall serve to waive all claims against the Parent, the Operating Partnership and Hannon LLC.

Section 6.05. Character of Indemnity Payments . The parties agree that any indemnification payments made with respect to this Agreement shall be treated for all Tax purposes as an adjustment to the Contribution Consideration, unless otherwise required by law (including by a determination of a Tax Authority that, under applicable law, is not subject to further review or appeal). If an indemnification payment by law cannot be treated as an adjustment to the Contribution Consideration, the Indemnifying Party will pay an amount to the Indemnified Party that reflects the hypothetical Tax consequences of the receipt or accrual of such indemnification payment, using the maximum applicable statutory rate (or, in the case of an item that affects more than one Tax, rates) of Tax and reflecting, for example, the effect of deductions available for Taxes such as state and local income Taxes.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01. Marketing . Fund III shall not market the LLC Equity Interests for sale or entertain or discuss any offer to purchase or acquire the LLC Equity Interests with any Person other than the Parent, the Operating Partnership and their Affiliates unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 2.04.

 

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Section 7.02. Entire Agreement; No Amendment . This Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement represents the entire agreement among each of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. It is expressly understood that no representations, warranties, guarantees or other statements shall be valid or binding upon a party unless expressly set forth in this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement. It is further understood that any prior agreements or understandings between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof have merged in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement which fully expresses the entire agreement of the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all such prior agreements and understandings. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or otherwise altered except by a written agreement signed by the party hereto against whom enforcement is sought.

Section 7.03. Certain Expenses . Except as otherwise agreed by the parties herein, each party hereto will pay all of its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (whether or not the Closing shall take place), including, without limitation, all costs and expenses herein stated to be borne by such party and all of its respective accounting, legal, investigatory and appraisal fees.

Section 7.04. Transfer Taxes . All transfer, registration, stamp, documentary, sales, use and similar Taxes (including all applicable real estate transfer or gains Taxes and transfer Taxes), any penalties, interest and additions to Tax, and fees incurred in connection with the Contribution shall be the responsibility of and be timely paid 50% by Fund III, on one hand, and 50% by the Operating Partnership, on the other hand. Fund III and the Operating Partnership shall cooperate in the timely making of all filings, returns, reports and forms as may be required in connection therewith.

Section 7.05. Power of Attorney .

(a) By executing this Agreement, Fund III hereby irrevocably appoints the Parent (or its designee) and any successor thereof from time to time (such Parent or designee or any such successor of any of them acting in his, her or its capacity as attorney-in-fact pursuant hereto, the “ Attorney-in-Fact ”) as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of Fund III, to act in the name, place and stead of Fund III to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all assignments, contracts, orders, receipts, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, consents, letters and other writings (including, without limitation, (i) the execution of any documents relating to the Contribution or the initial public offering of the Common Stock, and (ii) to provide information to the Securities and Exchange Commission and others about the transactions contemplated hereby) and, in general, to do all things and to take all actions which the Attorney-in-Fact in its sole discretion may consider necessary or proper in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as fully as could Fund III if personally present and acting (the “ Power of Attorney ”).

 

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(b) The Power of Attorney and all authority granted hereby shall be coupled with an interest and therefore shall be irrevocable and shall not be terminated by any act of Fund III, and if any other such act or events shall occur before the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Attorney-in-Fact nevertheless shall be authorized and directed to complete all such transactions as if such other act or events had not occurred and regardless of notice thereof. Fund III hereby authorizes the reliance of third parties on the Power of Attorney.

Section 7.06. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered with proof of delivery thereof (any notice or communication so delivered being deemed to have been received at the time delivered), or sent by United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid (any notice or communication so sent being deemed to have been received two Business Days after mailing in the United States), with failure or refusal to accept delivery to constitute delivery for all purposes of this Agreement, addressed to the respective parties as follows:

If to Fund III or the Splitter Partnership, to the address listed on Fund III or the Splitter Partnership’s signature page to this Agreement.

If to the Parent or the Operating Partnership, to:

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.

Attention: Office of the General Counsel

1906 Towne Centre Blvd

Suite 370

Annapolis, MD 21401

with a copy to:

Jay L. Bernstein

Clifford Chance US LLP

31 West 52 nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Section 7.07. No Assignment . Except as provided in this Section below, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties.

Section 7.08. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of Delaware.

 

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Section 7.09. Multiple Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts. If so executed, all of such counterparts shall constitute but one agreement, and, in proving this Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. To facilitate execution of this Agreement, the parties may execute and exchange by facsimile or electronic mail PDF copies of counterparts of the signature pages.

Section 7.10. Further Assurances . From and after the date of this Agreement and after the Closing, the parties hereto shall take such further actions and execute and deliver such further documents and instruments as may be reasonably requested by the other parties and are reasonably necessary to provide to the respective parties hereto the benefits intended to be afforded hereby, including, without limitation, all books and records relating to the LLC Equity Interests.

Section 7.11. Miscellaneous . Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular where appropriate, and words of any gender shall include the other gender when appropriate. The headings of the Articles and the Sections contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in determining the meaning of any provision of this Agreement. The words “hereof” and “herein” refer to this entire Agreement and not merely the Section in which such words appear. If the last day for performance of any obligation hereunder is not a Business Day, then the deadline for such performance or the expiration of the applicable period or date shall be extended to the next Business Day. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The Exhibits attached hereto are hereby incorporated herein and shall be deemed a part of this Agreement.

Section 7.12. Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable, this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Agreement.

Section 7.13. Attorneys’ Fees . If this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein give rise to a lawsuit, arbitration or other legal proceeding between the parties hereto, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney fees in addition to any other judgment of the court or arbitrator(s).

 

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Section 7.14. Waiver of Jury Trial . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by any party(ies) against any other party(ies) on any matter arising out of or in any way connected with this Agreement or the relationship of the parties created hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

HANNON ARMSTRONG SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, L.P.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND III, LLC
By:    MissionPoint Capital Partners LLC, its Manager
By:     
  Name: Jesse Fink
  Title: Executive Committee Member
By:     
  Name: Mark Cirilli
  Title: Executive Committee Member
Name in which OP Units are to be registered

 

State of organization:                                 
EIN number:                                         
Address:                                                                           
 

 

Telephone number:                                                         
Email:                                                                               
MISSIONPOINT HA PARALLEL FUND, L.P.
By:   MPCP I GP, LLC, its General Partner
By:   MissionPoint Capital Partners LLC, its Manager
By:    
  Name: Jesse Fink
  Title: Executive Committee Member
By:    
  Name: Mark Cirilli
  Title: Executive Committee Member


EXHIBIT A

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Exh. A-1


EXHIBIT B

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Exh. B-1

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiary    Jurisdiction
Asset Acquisition II LLC    Maryland
GL ECM Funding LLC    Maryland
HA Howard Services LLC    Maryland
HA WG Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae EMI LLC    Virginia
Hannie Mae Goco LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae II LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae III LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae IV LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae Leasing I LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae LLC    Virginia
Hannie Mae Siemens LLC    Virginia
Hannie Mae SRS Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae UESC LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae V LLC    Maryland
Hannie Mae VI LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong (FB) Solar LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong BPA Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Capital, LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong DSM Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong DSM II Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Environmental Equipment And Services LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong GPC Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong GPC II Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Gulf Power Funding LLC    Virginia
Hannon Armstrong Information Technology And Telecommunications II LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Information Technology And Telecommunications LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong KCS Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong NG Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong NJ Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Oklahoma Funding LLC    Virginia
Hannon Armstrong PEPCO Funding LLC    Virginia
Hannon Armstrong PR Solar LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Securities, LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Space Centre Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure, L.P.    Delaware
Hannon Armstrong Telecommunications And Security LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong UESC Funding LLC    Maryland
Hannon Armstrong UESC II Funding LLC    Maryland