UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2018
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION
KILROY REALTY, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Kilroy Realty Corporation) | 001-12675 (Kilroy Realty Corporation) | 95-4598246 (Kilroy Realty Corporation) | ||
Delaware (Kilroy Realty, L.P.) | 000-54005 (Kilroy Realty, L.P.) | 95-4612685 (Kilroy Realty, L.P.) | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, California | 90064 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (310) 481-8400
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On August 8, 2018, Kilroy Realty Corporation (the Company) entered into (a) forward sale agreements (the Forward Sale Agreements) with each of Barclays Bank PLC and Citibank, N.A. (collectively, the Forward Purchasers), and (b) together with Kilroy Realty, L.P. (the Operating Partnership), an underwriting agreement with Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (the Underwriters), and the Forward Sellers referred to below (the Underwriting Agreement). The Underwriting Agreement provides for the public offering of up to an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares (including 750,000 shares that the Underwriters have the option to purchase as described below) of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (common stock), at a public offering price of $72.10 per share.
The Forward Purchasers or their affiliates (in such capacity, the Forward Sellers), at the Companys request, borrowed from third parties and sold an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock to the Underwriters on August 13, 2018 in connection with the closing of the offering. The Company currently expects (subject to the Companys right to elect cash or net share settlement subject to certain conditions) to issue and sell, upon physical settlement of the Forward Sale Agreements on one or more dates specified by the Company occurring no later than August 1, 2019, an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock to the Forward Purchasers at an initial forward sale price of $71.68 per share, subject to certain adjustments to such initial forward sale price as provided in the Forward Sale Agreements.
The Forward Sellers have granted the Underwriters an option to purchase a maximum of 750,000 additional shares of the Companys common stock exercisable in whole or in part at any time and from time to time through and including the 30th day after August 8, 2018. Upon any exercise of such option, the total number of shares of the Companys common stock underlying the Forward Sale Agreements will be increased by the total number of shares sold by the Forward Sellers in respect of such option exercise. A Forward Seller is not required to borrow shares for delivery upon exercise of such option by the Underwriters if, after using commercially reasonable efforts, it is unable to borrow such shares, or if borrowing costs exceed a specified threshold or if certain conditions specified in the Underwriting Agreement have not been satisfied. If any Forward Seller does not deliver and sell all of the shares of the Companys common stock to be sold by it in connection with the exercise of such option, the Company will issue and sell to the Underwriters a number of shares of the Companys common stock equal to the number of shares that such Forward Seller does not deliver and sell, and the number of shares underlying the relevant Forward Sale Agreement will not be increased in respect of the number of shares that the Company issues and sells.
The shares are being offered under a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-213864 and 333-213864-01) (the Shelf Registration Statement). Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and each Forward Sale Agreement are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. The description of certain terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Forward Sale Agreements set forth above is not complete and that description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, such exhibits.
In connection with the filing of the prospectus supplement, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP, regarding certain Maryland law issues regarding the Companys common stock.
Forward-Looking Statements. This disclosure contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are based on the Companys and the Operating Partnerships current expectations, beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks, changes in circumstances, trends and factors that are difficult to predict, many of which are outside of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships control. Accordingly, actual performance, results and events may vary materially from those indicated in forward-looking statements, and you should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future performance, results or events. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking: the Companys current expectation (subject to the Companys right to elect cash or net share settlement subject to certain conditions) to issue and sell, upon physical settlement of the Forward Sale Agreements on one or more dates specified by the Company occurring no later than August 1, 2019, an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock to the Forward Purchasers at an initial forward sale price of $71.68 per share, subject to certain adjustments to such initial forward sale price as provided in the Forward Sale Agreements. Numerous factors could cause actual future performance, results and events to differ materially from those indicated in forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks associated with: investment in real estate assets, which are illiquid; trends in the real estate industry; significant competition, which may decrease the occupancy and rental rates of properties; the ability to successfully complete acquisitions and dispositions on announced terms; the ability to successfully operate acquired properties; the availability of cash for distribution and debt service and exposure of risk of default under debt obligations; adverse changes to, or implementations of, applicable laws, regulations or legislation; and the ability to successfully complete development and redevelopment projects on schedule and within budgeted amounts. These factors are not exhaustive. For a discussion of additional factors that could materially adversely affect the Companys and the Operating Partnerships business and financial performance, see the factors included under the caption Risk Factors in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the Companys and the Operating Partnerships other documents filed with (and not furnished to) the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on information that was available and speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company and the Operating Partnership assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement made in this disclosure that becomes untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise, except to the extent required in connection with ongoing requirements under U.S. securities laws.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Kilroy Realty Corporation | ||||||
Date: August 13, 2018 | ||||||
By: | /s/ Heidi R. Roth | |||||
Heidi R. Roth | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Kilroy Realty, L.P. | ||||||
Date: August 13, 2018 | ||||||
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Kilroy Realty Corporation, Its general partner |
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By: | /s/ Heidi R. Roth | |||||
Heidi R. Roth | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
Exhibit 1.1
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION
Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
dated August 8, 2018
Barclays Capital Inc.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Underwriting Agreement
August 8, 2018
Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the Company ), confirms its agreement with each of the Underwriters named in Schedule A (collectively, the Underwriters , which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof), for whom Barclays Capital Inc. ( Barclays ) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ( Citigroup ) are acting as representatives (the Representatives ), with respect to the sale (the Forward Sale ) by Barclays Bank PLC ( BBPLC ) and Citigroup (as such sellers, each, a Forward Seller and, collectively, the Forward Sellers ), acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of the Companys Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock ) to be sold by them as set forth opposite their respective names under the column Number of Forward Underwritten Shares to be Sold appearing in the second table in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the Forward Underwritten Shares ) and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of Forward Underwritten Shares to be purchased by each of them from the Forward Sellers as set forth opposite the names of the respective Underwriters appearing in the first table in Schedule A hereto. The Forward Underwritten Shares and any Company Top-Up Underwritten Shares (as defined in Section 13 hereof) are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Underwritten Shares .
In connection with the Forward Sale, each of BBPLC and Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as a forward purchaser party to a Forward Sale Agreement (as defined herein) (as such, a Forward Purchaser and collectively, the Forward Purchasers ), has entered into a letter agreement dated August 8, 2018 (each, a Forward Sale Agreement and, collectively, the Forward Sale Agreements ) with the Company, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to initially sell, and each Forward Purchaser has agreed to initially purchase, the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite such Forward Purchasers name under the heading Initial Number of Forward Shares to be Purchased in Schedule A hereto, subject to the terms and conditions of the Forward Sale Agreements, including the Companys right to elect Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement (each as defined in the Forward Sale Agreements).
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In addition, the Forward Sellers have granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase, all or any part of an aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock (the Forward Optional Shares ) if and to the extent that you, as Representatives, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase all or any part of such Forward Optional Shares pursuant to Section 3 hereof. The Forward Optional Shares and any Company Top-Up Optional Shares (as defined in Section 13 hereof) are herein referred to collectively as the Optional Shares .
The Company Top-Up Underwritten Shares and the Company Top-Up Optional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Company Shares . The Forward Underwritten Shares and the Forward Optional Shares are herein referred to collectively as the Forward Shares . The Underwritten Shares and the Optional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Shares . The shares of Common Stock that the Company is or may be required to deliver in settlement of the Companys obligations under the Forward Sale Agreements are hereinafter sometimes called the Confirmation Shares . This Agreement and the Forward Sale Agreements are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Transaction Documents .
If any entity that is acting as a Forward Seller is also acting as a Forward Purchaser, then references to such Forward Sellers affiliated Forward Purchaser (and similar references) shall mean such entity acting in its capacity as Forward Purchaser.
To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule A other than you, the terms Representatives and Underwriters, respectively, mutatis mutandis , as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters and Representatives. The terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or the plural as the context requires.
References in this Agreement to subsidiaries of the Company shall include, without limitation, the Operating Partnership (as defined below).
The Company and Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership ), hereby confirm their respective agreements with the several Underwriters and Forward Sellers as follows:
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership.
The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and covenant with, each Underwriter, each Forward Seller and each Forward Purchaser as follows:
(a) The Company and the Operating Partnership have prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-213864 and 333-213864-01), and a related base prospectus dated September 29, 2016 (the Base Prospectus ), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Shares. Such registration statement, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at each time of effectiveness under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act ), including any
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information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act ), is called the Registration Statement . Any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that describes the Shares and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Prospectus (as defined below), including, but not limited to, the preliminary prospectus supplement contained in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus (as defined below), is called, together with the Base Prospectus, a preliminary prospectus . The term Prospectus shall mean the final prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2018 relating to the Shares (the Prospectus Supplement ), together with the Base Prospectus, that are first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto (the Execution Time ). The term Pre-Pricing Prospectus shall mean the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2018 relating to the Shares (the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), together with the Base Prospectus, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus (including, but not limited to, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus), the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus (including, but not limited to, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus) or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, or, in the case of the Registration Statement, after the date of this Agreement, under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in such preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement, as the case may be, and shall also be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company or the Operating Partnership filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. As used herein, the term Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act ( Rule 433 ) relating to the offering of the Shares that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Shares or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form required to be retained in the Companys records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Registration Statement has become effective under the Securities Act and there are no outstanding requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Each of the Registration Statement and
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any post-effective amendment thereto, at each time of effectiveness (including, without limitation, each new effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the Securities Act) and at the date hereof, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at the date hereof, at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Date (as defined herein) and at any Subsequent Closing Date (as defined herein), did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties set forth in the two immediately preceding sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership in writing by any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof. There is no contract or other document required to be described in the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that has not been described or filed as required.
(c) Documents Incorporated by Reference. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Any documents to be filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement to any documents previously filed and incorporated by reference, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. None of such documents did or will, as the case may be, as of its respective filing or effective date, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) Disclosure Package . The term Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule C hereto, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) the information included on Schedule D hereto including, but not limited to, information regarding the number of Shares being sold and the price at which the Shares will be sold to the public. As of 4:04 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement (the Applicable Time ), neither (x) the Disclosure Package nor (y) any individual Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not part of the Disclosure Package, when considered together with the Disclosure Package, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
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make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not part of the Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership in writing by any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof.
(e) Company is Well-Known Seasoned Issuer . (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the Securities Act, and (iv) at the Execution Time of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was and is a well known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.
(f) [Intentionally omitted.]
(g) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date, did not and, unless superseded by a subsequent Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement, does not include any information that conflicted or conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following the date of this Agreement, there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, 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. The first two sentences of this paragraph do not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in Section 9(b) hereof.
(h) Accuracy of Statements in Prospectus . The statements in:
(i) the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Description of Capital Stock and Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and the Companys Charter and Bylaws, in each case as supplemented and superseded in part by the information in the Companys Current Reports on Form 8-K (including the exhibits thereto) filed with the Commission on February 1, 2017 and August 23, 2017, Description of Material Provisions of the Partnership Agreement of Kilroy Realty, L.P., and Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest),
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(ii) United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 13, 2018, which supersedes and replaces the discussion under the heading United States Federal Income Tax Considerations in the Base Prospectus and the Registration Statement and the discussion in Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 30, 2017, and
(iii) the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 under the captions (a) Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure Our common limited partners have limited approval rights, which may prevent us from completing a change of control transaction that may be in the best interests of all our security holders, (b) Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure In certain circumstances, our limited partners must approve our dissolution and the disposition of properties contributed by the limited partners, (c) Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure-There are restrictions on the ownership of the Companys capital stock that limit the opportunities for a change of control at a premium to existing security holders and (d) Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure The Companys charter contains provisions that may delay, deter, or prevent a change of control transaction,
insofar as such statements summarize the Forward Sale Agreements or other agreements or documents, or summarize legal matters or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of the Forward Sale Agreements and such agreements, documents, legal matters and proceedings in all material respects.
(i) Distribution of Offering Material By the Company . The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the last Subsequent Closing Date (as defined below) and the completion of the Underwriters distribution of the Shares, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives or identified in Schedule C hereto or the Registration Statement.
(j) The Underwriting Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership.
(k) Forward Sale Agreements . Each Forward Sale Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the applicable Forward Purchaser, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability
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(l) Authorization of the Shares . The Company Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale by the Company pursuant to this Agreement and, if and when Company Shares are issued and delivered by the Company upon payment and delivery in accordance with the terms of this Agreement at the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, such Company Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Company Shares is not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase such Company Shares.
A total of 11,500,000 authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock has been duly authorized and reserved by the Company for issuance under the Forward Sale Agreements and, when any such shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered by the Company to the applicable Forward Purchaser pursuant to the applicable Forward Sale Agreement against payment of the consideration, if any, required to be paid by such Forward Purchaser pursuant to the terms of such Forward Sale Agreement, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance thereof is not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase such shares.
The issuance, sale and delivery by the Company of Confirmation Shares to any Forward Purchaser in settlement of all or a portion of the Companys obligations under the applicable Forward Sale Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof and delivery by such Forward Purchaser of such Confirmation Shares, during the term of and at any settlement of such Forward Sale Agreement, to close out open borrowings of Common Stock created in the course of hedging activities by such Forward Purchaser or any of its affiliates relating to such Forward Purchasers exposure under such Forward Sale Agreement, do not and will not require registration under the Securities Act.
(m) No Transfer Taxes . There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the Forward Sale Agreements, the issuance or sale of the Shares, or the issuance, sale or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any of the Forward Sale Agreements, by the Company.
(n) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights . There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale under the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company or the Operating Partnership under the Securities Act, except in each case for such rights as have been disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or to have any equity or debt securities included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
(o) No Material Adverse Change . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties or operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a Material Adverse Change ); (ii) the
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Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction or agreement (other than debt incurred in the ordinary course of business); and (iii) except for regular quarterly dividends on the Common Stock in amounts consistent with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.
(p) Independent Accountants . Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement and included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and the Operating Partnership as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(q) Preparation of the Financial Statements . The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and of the Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their respective operations and the changes in their respective cash flows for the periods specified. The supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein. Such financial statements and supporting schedules comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. No other financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. The financial data under the captions or sub-captions, as the case may be, Selected Financial Data (or under any similar captions or sub-captions) contained in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus is presented in accordance with Item 301 of Regulation S-K and derived from the Companys and the Operating Partnerships audited and unaudited, as applicable, financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or included in annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and, if applicable, current reports on Form 8-K (in each case including any amendments thereto) filed by the Company and, if applicable, the Operating Partnership with the Commission. Any pro forma financial statements and related notes included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus fairly present in all material respects the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the basis 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; and any pro forma financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or
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the Prospectus has been derived therefrom. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.
(r) [Intentionally omitted.]
(s) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has power and authority as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, to own or lease, as the case may be, and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, in the case of the Company and the Operating Partnership, to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or on the earnings, business, properties or operations, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (a Material Adverse Effect ). All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company that is a corporation, all of the issued and outstanding limited and general partnership interests of each subsidiary of the Company that is a limited partnership and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests (or other similar interests) of each subsidiary of the Company that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and (except for general partnership and limited liability company membership interests) nonassessable and, to the extent such shares or interests are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, such shares and interests are owned free and clear of any Lien (as defined herein). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company is, and, as of the Closing Date and at any Subsequent Closing Date, the Company will be, the sole general partner (the General Partner ) of the Operating Partnership, and as of the date of this Agreement, the Company does, and, as of the Closing Date and at any Subsequent Closing Date, the Company will own at least a majority of the common units of limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership (the Common Units ).
(t) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company as of June 30, 2018 was as set forth in the line items appearing under the caption Stockholders Equity in the Companys unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2018 appearing in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, and, since June 30, 2018, the Company has not issued, repurchased or cancelled any capital stock (other than subsequent issuances or share repurchases or cancellations, if any, (i) described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) pursuant to any underwritten public offerings, at-the-market offering
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programs, or any employee benefit plans or dividend reinvestment plans described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iii) upon exercise of outstanding options issued pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (iv) upon the redemption of Common Units pursuant to the Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership and any amendments or supplements thereto whether before or after the date of this Agreement (as so amended and supplemented, if applicable, the Partnership Agreement )). The Common Stock (including the Shares, the Forward Shares and the Confirmation Shares), the authorized Preferred Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of outstanding Preferred Stock conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. The Company has duly reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the common units of partnership interest of the Operating Partnership. If any preferred units of limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership are outstanding, the Company has duly reserved a sufficient number of shares of the Companys preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock ), for issuance upon exchange of such preferred units of partnership interest. All of the Companys outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, if any, have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, if any, was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than such as may have been issued under employee benefit plans that are accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or otherwise as accurately described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The description of the Companys stock option, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately and fairly presents the terms and conditions of such plans, arrangements, options and rights in all material respects.
(u) [Intentionally omitted.]
(v) Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further Authorizations or Approvals Required . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation or in default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in default) ( Default ) under its charter or bylaws, limited partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or similar organizational documents, as the case may be, (ii) in Default under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement, deed of trust, note, contract, franchise, lease or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an Existing Instrument ) or (iii) in violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency,
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governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such Defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Companys and the Operating Partnerships execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, by the Disclosure Package and by the Prospectus (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and partnership action and will not result in any Default under the charter or bylaws or other organizational documents (including, without limitation, the Partnership Agreement) of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or Default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any Existing Instrument, and (iii) will not result in any violation of any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) only, for such conflicts, breaches, Defaults, Liens, consents or violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency is required for the Companys and the Operating Partnerships execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company or the Operating Partnership and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and such as may be required under applicable state securities or blue sky laws and from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ( FINRA ).
(w) No Material Actions or Proceedings . There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or (ii) which has as the subject thereof any property owned or leased by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships knowledge, any of their respective officers or directors, where in any such case (A) there is a reasonable possibility that such action, suit or proceeding might be determined adversely to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries, or any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries and (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(x) Labor Matters . No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships knowledge, is threatened or imminent, and neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(y) Intellectual Property Rights . Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the Intellectual Property ) necessary for the conduct of the Companys and its subsidiaries business as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted.
(z) All Necessary Permits, etc . The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess such valid and current licenses, certificates, authorizations or permits (collectively, the Permits ) issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses except for such Permits where the failure to so possess would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such Permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Title to Properties . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries referred to above in the paragraph of this Section 1 captioned Preparation of the Financial Statements or acquired subsequent to the period covered by such financial statements, in each case free and clear of any Liens and other defects, except such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any such subsidiary. To the Companys and the Operating Partnerships knowledge, the real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are held under valid and enforceable leases, 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, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company or any such subsidiary. All Liens on or affecting any of the properties and assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are disclosed therein. Each of the properties owned by the Company and its subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including, without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to such properties), except for such failures to comply that are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and the Operating Partnership have no knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation or zoning change that could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the size of, use of, improvements of, construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, except for such condemnations or zoning changes that are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and the Operating Partnership have no knowledge of any pending or threatened proceeding or action that will in any manner materially adversely
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affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on, or access to any of the properties of the Company or its subsidiaries, except for such proceedings or actions that are described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Tax Law Compliance . The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and except to the extent a failure to so file or pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made provisions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (to the extent so required) in the applicable financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries referred to above in the paragraph of this Section 1 captioned Preparation of the Financial Statements in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise taxes for all current or prior periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
(cc) Company Not an Investment Company. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has been advised of the rules and requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act ). Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is, and after giving effect to the receipt of payment for any Company Shares sold on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date and any consideration received by the Company pursuant to any Forward Sale Agreement on any settlement date pursuant to such Forward Sale Agreement, and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any other subsidiary of the Company will be, an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(dd) Insurance . The Company and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction and acts of vandalism. All policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds, if any, insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for where the failure to obtain such insurance coverage would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ee) No Restrictions on Dividends . No subsidiary of the Company is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to the extent such limitation would not impair the Companys ability to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the Code (as defined below).
(ff) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation . Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(gg) Related Party Transactions . There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company, the Operating Partnership or any other subsidiary of the Company or any other person required to be described in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that have not been described as required.
(hh) Internal Controls and Procedures . The Company and the Operating Partnership maintain (i) effective internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (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; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.
(ii) No Material Weakness in Internal Controls . Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any document incorporated by reference therein, since the end of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Companys or the Operating Partnerships internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Companys or the Operating Partnerships internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys or the Operating Partnerships internal control over financial reporting.
(jj) [Intentionally omitted.]
(kk) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, any director,
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officer, agent, employee or affiliate 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 FCPA (as defined below), 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, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, 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. FCPA means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(ll) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws . To the Companys and the Operating Partnerships knowledge, 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 agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws ) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened.
(mm) No Conflict with OFAC Laws . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department ( OFAC ); and none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries will directly or indirectly use the proceeds, if any, it receives from the sale of Company Shares or Confirmation Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(nn) Compliance with Environmental Laws . Except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus: (i) each property owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Environment (as defined below) associated with such property, is free of any Hazardous Substance (as defined below) in violation of any Environmental Law (as defined below) applicable to such property, except for Hazardous Substances that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have not caused or suffered to occur any Release (as defined below) of any Hazardous Substance into the Environment on, in, under or from any property owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no condition exists on, in, under or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, adjacent to any such property that could result in the incurrence of liabilities by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any violations by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any Environmental
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Law applicable to such property, give rise to the imposition of any Lien under any Environmental Law, or cause or constitute a health, safety or environmental hazard to any property, person or entity, except in each case that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) neither the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any tenant of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries has received any written notice of a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law applicable to such property or under common law pertaining to Hazardous Substances on or originating from such property, except for any such claims which would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) neither the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, any tenant of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries has received any written notice from any governmental authority claiming any violation of any Environmental Law applicable to such property that is uncured or unremediated as of the date hereof, except for any such violations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) no property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries is included or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA ), nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written notice from the EPA or any other governmental authority proposing the inclusion of any such property on such list; (vi) the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, each tenant at any of the properties owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries (a) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (b) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except in each case where such noncompliance, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
As used herein: Hazardous Substance shall include, without limitation, any hazardous substance, hazardous waste, toxic or dangerous substance, pollutant, solid waste or similarly designated materials, including, without limitation, oil, petroleum or any petroleum-derived substance or waste, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, pesticides, explosives, radioactive materials, dioxins, urea formaldehyde insulation or any constituent of any such substance, pollutant or waste, including any such substance, pollutant or waste identified or regulated under any Environmental Law (including, without limitation, materials listed in the United States Department of Transportation Optional Hazardous Material Table, 49 C.F.R. Section 172.101, as heretofore amended, or in the EPAs List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities, 40 C.F.R. Part 302, as heretofore amended); Environment shall mean any surface water, drinking water, ground water, land surface, subsurface strata, river sediment, buildings, structures, and ambient, workplace and indoor air; Environmental Law shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) ( CERCLA ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.), the Clean Air Act, as
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amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq.), the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1251, et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended (29 U.S.C. Section 651, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.), and all other applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, rules, orders, decisions and permits relating to the protection of the environment or of human health from environmental effects; Lien shall mean, with respect to any securities, assets or other property owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, lien, encumbrance, penalty, fine, charge, assessment, judgment or other liability in, on or affecting such securities, assets or other property; and Release shall mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, emanating or disposing of any Hazardous Substance into the Environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discard of barrels, containers, tanks (including, without limitation, underground storage tanks) or other receptacles containing or previously containing any Hazardous Substance or any release, emission, discharge or similar term, as those terms are defined or used in any Environmental Law.
Except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(oo) [Intentionally omitted.]
(pp) ERISA Compliance . None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ( ERISA ), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its affiliates that could have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its affiliates that could have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, is reasonably likely to occur: (i) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Companys most recently completed fiscal year; (ii) a material increase in the Companys accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Companys most recently completed fiscal year; (iii) any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) the filing of a claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries related to their
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employment that could have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Plan means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its affiliates may have any liability.
(qq) Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance . The Company and the Operating Partnership and all of their respective directors or officers, in their capacities as such, have complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(rr) Lending Relationship . Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) has any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser or (ii) intends to use any of the proceeds from the sale of any Company Shares or Confirmation Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement or any Forward Sale Agreement to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser.
(ss) Statistical and Market Related Data . Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or the Operating Partnership that has caused either the Company or the Operating Partnership to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(tt) REIT Status . The Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust ( REIT ) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ) for all taxable years commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997. The Company has filed an election to be taxable as a REIT for its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, and such election has not been terminated. The Companys proposed method of operation will permit it to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT under the Code. The Company intends to continue to operate in a manner which would permit it to qualify as a REIT under the Code.
(uu) [Intentionally omitted.]
(vv) Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement dated October 2, 1998 of the Company (the Rights Agreement ) has expired and is of no force and effect; no Rights (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) or other rights are outstanding in respect of any outstanding shares of Common Stock and no rights will be issued in respect of the Shares issued by the Company and sold to the Underwriters; as of the date hereof, there is no rights agreement or similar agreement in force and effect applicable to the outstanding shares of Common Stock or the Shares.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Operating Partnership and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters after the date of this Agreement and prior to or on any Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date or in connection with the offering, delivery or sale of any Shares, shall be deemed a joint and several representation and warranty by the Company and the Operating Partnership to each Underwriter, Forward Seller, and Forward Purchaser as to the matters covered thereby.
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SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the Forward Sellers .
Each Forward Seller, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company, the Operating Partnership and each Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Underwriting Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Forward Seller, and, as of the Closing Date and each Subsequent Closing Date, if any, such Forward Seller will have the full right, power and authority to sell, transfer and deliver the Forward Shares it is required to deliver on such date, to the extent it is required to transfer and deliver such Forward Shares hereunder.
(b) Forward Sale Agreements . The Forward Sale Agreement entered into by such Forward Seller or its affiliate, as applicable, as Forward Purchaser has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Forward Purchaser, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of such Forward Sale Agreement by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Forward Purchaser, enforceable against such Forward Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except his enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
(c) No Restrictions to Transfer. At the Closing Date and each Subsequent Closing Date, if any, such Forward Seller will have the full power, right and authority to sell and deliver to the several Underwriters and will have the free and unqualified right to transfer the number of Forward Shares that it is required to deliver on such date to the extent that it is required to transfer such Forward Shares hereunder, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party other than restrictions arising under or pursuant to the Companys charter or by-laws or Maryland law; and upon delivery of such Forward Shares and payment of the purchase price therefor as herein contemplated, assuming each of the Underwriters has no notice of any adverse claim, each of the Underwriters will have the free and unqualified right to transfer any such Forward Shares purchased by it from such Forward Seller, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party other than restrictions arising under or pursuant to the Companys charter or by-laws or Maryland law.
SECTION 3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares .
(a) The Forward Shares .
(i) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, each Forward Seller (with respect to the number of Forward Underwritten Shares to be sold by such Forward Seller as set forth opposite its name under the caption Number of Forward Underwritten Shares to be Sold in the second table on Schedule A hereto) and the
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Company (with respect to any Company Top-Up Underwritten Shares), severally and not jointly, agree to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from each Forward Seller (with respect to the Forward Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Forward Seller under the caption Number of Forward Underwritten Shares to be Sold in the second table on Schedule A hereto) and the Company (with respect to any Company Top-Up Underwritten Shares) the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth in Schedule A hereto set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule A hereto at a purchase price of $71.68 per share (the Purchase Price ). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Forward Sellers to sell Forward Shares under this Agreement are several and not joint. Each Forward Sellers obligations extend solely to the number of Forward Underwritten Shares and the maximum number of Forward Optional Shares set forth opposite its name in the second table on Schedule A hereto.
(ii) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, each Forward Seller (with respect to any Forward Optional Shares to be sold by such Forward Seller) and the Company (with respect to any Company Top-Up Optional Shares), severally and not jointly, hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to the number of Forward Optional Shares set forth opposite the name of such Forward Seller under the caption Maximum Number of Forward Optional Shares to be Sold in the second table on Schedule A hereto at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared, paid or payable by the Company on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on any Optional Shares (the Option Purchase Price ). The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time and one or more times upon written notice by the Representatives to the Forward Sellers and the Company (an exercise notice ), which notice may be given at any time within 30 days after the date of this Agreement and which shall set forth (i) the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which the Underwriters are exercising the option, and (ii) the time, date and place at which and to whom such Optional Shares will be delivered, which shall not be earlier than two nor later than five full business days after delivery of such exercise notice, unless otherwise agreed by the Company, the Representatives, and the Forwards Sellers (each such time and date of delivery of Optional Shares, a Subsequent Closing Date , and which time and date may be simultaneous with, but not earlier than, the Closing Date; and in the case of any such simultaneous closing of Underwritten Shares and Optional Shares, the term Closing Date shall also refer to the time and date of delivery of the Underwritten Shares and such Optional Shares). On each Subsequent Closing Date, if any, (A) each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, to purchase, at the Option Purchase Price, the number of Optional Shares that bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Optional Shares being purchased on such Subsequent Closing Date as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule A hereto bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine), and (B) each Forward Seller (with respect to any Forward Optional Shares) and the Company (with respect to any
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Company Top-Up Optional Shares), severally and not jointly, agrees, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, to sell, at the Option Purchase Price, the number of Optional Shares that bears the same proportion to the aggregate number of Optional Shares being purchased by the Underwriters on such Subsequent Closing Date as the number of Optional Shares set forth opposite the name of such Forward Seller under the caption Maximum Number of Forward Optional Shares to be Sold in the second table on Schedule A hereto bears to the aggregate maximum number of Optional Shares that may be sold by the Forward Sellers (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representatives may determine).
(b) The Closing Date . Payment of the Purchase Price for, and delivery of, the Underwritten Shares shall be made at the offices of Sidley Austin LLP , 555 California Street, San Francisco, California 94104 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York time, on August 13, 2018, or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York time, on August 20, 2018, as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing is called the Closing Date ).
(c) Conditions to Borrow . If with respect to the Forward Shares (i) any of the conditions to effectiveness of a Forward Sale Agreement set forth therein have not been satisfied at the Closing Date or the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be; (ii) the Company and the Operating Partnership have not performed all of their respective obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be; or (iii) any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof have not been satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date or the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be (clauses (i) through (iii), together, the Conditions ), each Forward Seller, in its sole discretion, may elect not to borrow and deliver for sale to the Underwriters the Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by such Forward Seller hereunder. In addition, in the event that a Forward Purchaser determines in good faith, after using commercially reasonable efforts, that (A) it or its affiliate, as Forward Seller, is unable to borrow and deliver, on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, for sale under this Agreement a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by such Forward Seller hereunder or (B) such Forward Seller would incur a stock loan cost of more than a rate equal to 200 basis points per annum to do so, then, in each case, such Forward Seller shall only be required to deliver for sale to the Underwriters on such date the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Forward Seller is able to so borrow at or below such cost. If a Forward Seller elects pursuant to this paragraph not to borrow and deliver for sale to the Underwriters at the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date any or all of the Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by it hereunder, then such Forward Seller shall notify the Company and the Operating Partnership no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be.
(d) Public Offering of the Shares . The Representatives hereby advise the Company and each Forward Seller that the Underwriters propose to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Shares as soon after the Transaction Documents have been executed as the Representatives, in their sole judgment, have determined is advisable and practicable.
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(e) Payment for the Shares . Payment for the Shares to be purchased and sold on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date shall be made to the applicable Forward Seller (with respect to the applicable Forward Shares) and, if applicable, to the Company (with respect to any Company Shares) by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the applicable Forward Seller or the Company, as applicable, to the Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates (or book-entry credits) for the Shares to be purchased by them on such date. Certificates (or book-entry credits) for the Shares shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice to the Company and the Forward Sellers. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for their own and such Underwriters account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase on such Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., individually and not as a Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Delivery of the Shares . Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Underwriters.
(g) Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters . Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the second business day following the date Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered, copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives shall request.
SECTION 4. Covenants of the Company and the Operating Partnership . The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with each Underwriter, each Forward Seller and each Forward Purchaser as follows:
(a) Representatives Review of Proposed Amendments and Supplements . During the period beginning at the Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of the Underwriters, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the Prospectus Delivery Period ), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report or amendments to any report filed under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file or use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
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(b) Securities Act Compliance . After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representatives in writing (i) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, shall have become effective, (ii) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (iii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, (iv) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective and (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order or notice preventing, suspending or terminating the use of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or notice of prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or issue any such notice at any time, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or reversal of such order or notice at the earliest possible moment, or, subject to Section 4(a), will file an amendment to the Registration Statement or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b) and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) were received in a timely manner by the Commission.
(c) Exchange Act Compliance . During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act in the manner and within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(d) Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus and Other Securities Act Matters . If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Representatives it is otherwise reasonably necessary or advisable to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or to file a new registration statement containing the Prospectus, in order to comply with law, including in connection with the delivery of the Prospectus, the Company agrees to (i) notify the Representatives of any such event or condition and (ii) subject to Section 4(a) and 4(e) hereof promptly prepare, file with the Commission and use its best efforts to have declared effective any amendment to the Registration Statement or any new registration statement, and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the
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Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any new registration statement, necessary in order to make the statements in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or so that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(e) Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make, any offer relating to the Shares that constitutes or would constitute an issuer free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act) or that otherwise constitutes or would constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule C hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Securities Act), and (ii) has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(f) Copies of the Prospectus, any Amendments and Supplements and the Disclosure Package . The Company agrees to furnish the Representatives, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and the Disclosure Package as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(g) Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus . The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplement thereto and the Disclosure Package as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(h) Blue Sky Compliance . The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters to qualify or register the Shares for offer and sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the securities or blue sky laws of those jurisdictions designated by the Representatives, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation in any such jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Shares for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
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(i) Use of Proceeds . The Company and the Operating Partnership will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(j) Transfer Agent . The Company shall engage and maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(k) Earnings Statement . As soon as reasonably practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2019 that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(l) Filing Fees . The Company agrees to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the Securities Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.
(m) Periodic Reporting Obligations . During the Prospectus Delivery Period the Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the Exchange ) all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act.
(n) Listing . The Company will use its reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Company Shares and the Confirmation Shares on the Exchange.
(o) Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Shares . During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 45th day following the date of the Prospectus (the Lock-up Period ), neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any shares of Common Stock or Common Units, options or warrants to acquire shares of the Common Stock or Common Units or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or Common Units, or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, other than
(i) the issuance and sale, if any, of Company Shares to the Underwriters as contemplated by this Agreement,
(ii) the issuance of Common Units by the Operating Partnership to the Company in return for the Companys contribution to the Operating Partnership of the net proceeds received from the Underwriters for the sale of any Company Shares as contemplated by this Agreement,
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(iii) the issuance of Common Stock or options, restricted stock units or other equity awards to purchase Common Stock pursuant to, and the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of options, restricted stock units or other equity awards issued under, any stock option, stock bonus or other stock plan or similar arrangement described in the Prospectus, and the issuance of Common Stock upon the redemption of Common Units pursuant to the Partnership Agreement,
(iv) the issuance of Common Units in connection with an acquisition of real property so long as (A) the Common Units are issued directly to the entity or the securityholders or other equity owners of the applicable entity from which such real property is acquired, and (B) the recipients of such Common Units agree in writing delivered to the Representatives not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise transfer any shares of Common Stock issuable upon redemption of such Common Units during the Lock-up Period without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of the Representatives), or
(v) transactions under or pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements, including the issuance and transfer, if any, of shares of Common Stock to the applicable Forward Purchasers and the issuance of Common Units by the Operating Partnership to the Company in return for the Companys contribution to the Operating Partnership of any net proceeds received upon the sale of any Confirmation Shares pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements.
(p) Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act . During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company and the Operating Partnership will comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and use their reasonable efforts to cause the Companys respective directors and officers, as applicable, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(q) Investment Limitation . The Company and the Operating Partnership shall not invest or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any Company Shares or Confirmation Shares in such a manner as would require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
(r) No Stabilization . Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares and neither will take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act in connection with the distribution of the Shares contemplated hereby.
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The Representatives, on behalf of the several Underwriters, may, in their sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or the Operating Partnership of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
SECTION 5. Payment of Expenses . The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Shares and Confirmation Shares (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Common Stock, (iii) all issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to the Underwriters and the issuance, sale and delivery of the Confirmation Shares to the Forward Purchasers, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, this Agreement and each Forward Sale Agreement, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriters in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any of the Shares or Confirmation Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing and printing a Blue Sky Survey or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Underwriters of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (vii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, FINRAs review and approval of the Underwriters participation in the offering and distribution of the Shares, if any, or the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such counsels determination that a filing with FINRA is not required in connection with the offering of the Shares, (viii) the fees and expenses associated with listing of the Shares or Confirmation Shares on the Exchange, (ix) all transportation and other expenses incurred in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares, except that the Company and the Operating Partnership (jointly and severally), on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, will each pay 50% of the cost of privately chartered airplanes used for such purposes and (x) all other fees, costs and expenses referred to in or contemplated by Item 14 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Except as provided in this Section 5, Section 7, Section 9 and Section 10 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
SECTION 6. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Underwritten Shares as provided herein on the Closing Date and the applicable Optional Shares as provided herein on any Subsequent Closing Date, and the obligations of the Forward Sellers to deliver and sell the Forward Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date and the applicable Forward Optional Shares on any Subsequent Closing Date, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Operating Partnership set forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made and, with respect to the Optional Shares, as of
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any Subsequent Closing Date as though then made, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the timely performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) Accountants Comfort Letter . On the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, a letter or letters dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of the Company, the Operating Partnership and certain financial information regarding the Company and the Operating Partnership contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than any electronic road show) and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.
(b) Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from FINRA . For the period from and after effectiveness of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) the Company shall have filed the Prospectus with the Commission (including the information required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act) in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to Rule 424(b)(8)); or the Company shall have filed a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement containing the information required by such Rule 430B, and such post-effective amendment shall have become effective;
(ii) all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (to the extent required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act) and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under such Rule 433;
(iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall have been instituted or threatened by the Commission and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form; and
(iv) FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(c) No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change . For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, any Subsequent Closing Date:
(i) in the judgment of the Representatives there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Change;
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(ii) there shall not have been any change, increase or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 6 which is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and
(iii) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (A) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded to any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and (B) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to its rating of, any securities of or guaranteed by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership . On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers shall have received (i) the opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A and (ii) the opinion or opinions of Latham & Watkins LLP, special corporate and tax counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers . On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received the letter of Sidley Austin LLP , counsel for the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to, and addressed to, the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package and other related matters as the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(f) Officers Certificate . On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of the Company (i) on behalf of the Company itself and (ii) in the Companys capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, dated as of such Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and this Agreement, to the effect set forth in subsection (c)(iii) of this Section 6 (which certification may be to the knowledge of such signers), and further to the effect that:
(i) for the period from and after the date of this Agreement through the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, there has not occurred any Material Adverse Change;
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(ii) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Operating Partnership set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of such Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be;
(iii) each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has complied with all the agreements hereunder and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be; and
(iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of such signers, threatened.
(g) Bring-down Comfort Letter . On the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, a letter or letters dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter or letters furnished by them pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be.
(h) Lock-Up Agreement from Certain Securityholders of the Company . On or prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives agreements in the form of Exhibit C hereto from the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto, and each such agreement shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date.
(i) Forward Sale Agreements . The Forward Sale Agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date.
(j) Listing of Shares . The Shares, the Company Shares and the Confirmation Shares shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the Exchange (subject, in the case of Company Shares and Confirmation Shares, to official notice of issuance), and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Representatives.
(k) Additional Documents . On or before the Closing Date and any Subsequent Closing Date, the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained.
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If any condition specified in this Section 6 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and, with respect to the Optional Shares, at any time prior to the applicable Subsequent Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 5, Section 7, Section 9 and Section 10 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 6, Section 8 or Section 12(i), or if the sale to the Underwriters of the Shares on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Operating Partnership to perform any agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Representatives, Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers (or such Underwriters, Forward Sellers or Forward Purchasers as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon demand for all documented out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred by the Representatives, Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the offering, sale and delivery of the Shares and the Confirmation Shares, including but not limited to fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges.
SECTION 8. Effectiveness of this Agreement . This Agreement shall not become effective until the later of, as applicable, (i) the execution of this Agreement and the Forward Sale Agreements by the parties hereto and (ii) notification by the Commission to the Company and the Representatives of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act.
Prior to such effectiveness, this Agreement may be terminated by any party by notice to each of the other parties hereto, and any such termination shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company and the Operating Partnership to any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser, except that the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Representatives and the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers pursuant to Sections 5 and 7 hereof or (b) of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser to the Company and the Operating Partnership.
SECTION 9. Indemnification .
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters . The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each Forward Seller and each Forward Purchaser and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Underwriter,
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Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser or such affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, 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 (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact, in each case, necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and to reimburse each Underwriter, each Forward Seller and each Forward Purchaser and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and each such controlling person for any and all documented and reasonably incurred expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) as such expenses are incurred by such Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser or their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents or such controlling persons in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership by any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) as set forth in Section 9(b) of this Agreement. The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby acknowledge that the only information the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers have furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership for the uses set forth in the preceding sentence are the statements set forth in the penultimate sentence of Section 9(b). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 9(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company and the Operating Partnership may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification of the Company, the Operating Partnership, and its General Partner . Each Underwriter and each Forward Seller, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Operating Partnership, the general partner of the Operating Partnership (the General Partner ), each of the Companys directors, each of the Companys officers who signed the Registration Statement on behalf of the Company or the General Partner and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the General Partner, any such director or officer or any such controlling person may become subject, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
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therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership by such Underwriter or such Forward Seller (or such Forward Sellers affiliated Forward Purchaser) through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, the Operating Partnership, the General Partner, any such director or officer or any such controlling person for any and all documented and reasonably incurred expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Company) as such expenses are incurred by the Company, the Operating Partnership, the General Partner, any such director or officer or any such controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby acknowledge that the only information that the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers have furnished to the Company and the Operating Partnership expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth (a) in the first full paragraph under the subcaption Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) Commissions and Discounts in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus concerning the public offering price and concession, (b) under the subcaption Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) Price Stabilization and Short Positions in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, but only insofar as concerns the Representatives and the Underwriters, regarding stabilization, overallotments and short positions, and (c) under the subcaption Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) Electronic Distribution in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, but only insofar as concerns the Representatives and the Underwriters. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 9(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 9 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 9, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party under this Agreement other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in, and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in
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conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying partys election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 9 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel), reasonably approved by the Company and the Operating Partnership, in the case of Section 9(a), or by the Representatives; in the case of Section 9(b), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
(d) Settlements . The indemnifying party under this Section 9 shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have provided the indemnifying party with the proposed terms of settlement and shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 9(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding 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 and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
SECTION 10. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 9 is for any reason unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and
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Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or inaccuracies in the representations and warranties herein which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as (x) in the case of the Company and the Operating Partnership, the net proceeds from the offering of the Shares (before deducting expenses) received by the Company (which net proceeds shall include the proceeds that would be received by the Company pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements assuming full Physical Settlement (as such term is defined in the Forward Sale Agreements) of the Forward Sale Agreements), (y) in the case of the Underwriters, the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters from the offering of the Shares as set forth on the front cover page of the Prospectus and (z) in the case of the Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, the aggregate Spread (as defined in the Forward Sale Agreements) retained by the Forward Purchasers under the Forward Sale Agreements, net of any costs associated therewith, as reasonably determined by the Forward Sellers, bear to an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set forth in (x), (y) and (z) above. The relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, or the Underwriters, Forward Sellers or Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9(c), any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.
The Company, the Operating Partnership, the Underwriters, the Forward Sellers and the Forward Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 10 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 10.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue statements or omissions or alleged untrue statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, and no Forward Seller shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the Spread (as defined in the applicable
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Forward Sale Agreement) retained by its affiliated Forward Purchaser under the applicable Forward Sale Agreement, net of any costs associated therewith, as reasonably determined by such Forward Seller, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Forward Seller has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue statements or omissions or alleged untrue statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses. 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 obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are joint and several. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 10 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective underwriting commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 10, each affiliate, director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser, as the case may be, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, the General Partner and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be.
SECTION 11. Default of One or More of the Several Underwriters . If, on the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the several Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in the proportions that the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Representatives with the consent of the non-defaulting Underwriters, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Shares are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party, except that the provisions of Section 5, Section 9 and Section 10 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or a Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter under this Section 11. Any action taken under this Section 11 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
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SECTION 12. Termination of this Agreement . Prior to the payment for, and delivery to the Underwriters of, the Shares on the Closing Date this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or quotation in any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the Exchange; (ii) trading in securities generally on the Exchange shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or FINRA; (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States has occurred; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change in United States or international political, financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares in the manner and on the terms described in the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the sale of securities. Except as provided in Section 7 hereof, any termination pursuant to this Section 12 shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company or the Operating Partnership to any Underwriter or (b) any Underwriter to the Company or the Operating Partnership.
SECTION 13. Issuance and Sale by the Company.
(a) In the event that (i) a Forward Seller elects not to borrow Shares pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3(c) hereof, or (ii) a Forward Purchaser determines in good faith, after using commercially reasonable efforts, that (A) it or its affiliate, as Forward Seller, is unable to borrow and deliver, on the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for sale under this Agreement a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by such Forward Seller hereunder or (B) such Forward Seller would incur a stock loan cost of more than a rate equal to 200 basis points per annum to do so, then, in each case, upon notice by such Forward Seller to the Company and the Operating Partnership (which notice shall be delivered no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be), the Company shall issue and sell to the Underwriters, pursuant to Section 3 hereof, on the Closing Date or such Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by the applicable Forward Seller hereunder that such Forward Seller is not required to so deliver and sell to the Underwriters. In connection with any such issuance and sale by the Company, the Company or the Representatives shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, for one business day in order to effect any required changes in any documents or arrangements. Any shares of Common Stock sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 13(a) in lieu of any Forward Underwritten Shares are referred to herein as the Company Top-Up Underwritten Shares , and (ii) any shares of Common Stock sold by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Section 13(a) in lieu of Forward Optional Shares are referred to herein as the Company Top-Up Optional Shares .
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(b) A Forward Seller shall not have any liability whatsoever for any Forward Shares that the Forward Seller does not deliver and sell to the Underwriters or any other party if (i) all of the relevant Conditions are not satisfied on or prior to the Closing Date or any Subsequent Closing Date, as the case may be, and such Forward Seller validly elects pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3(c) hereof not to deliver and sell to the Underwriters the Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by such Forward Seller hereunder, or (ii) the relevant Forward Purchaser determines in good faith, after using commercially reasonable efforts, that (A) such Forward Seller is unable to borrow or deliver for sale under this Agreement a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Forward Shares otherwise deliverable on such date by such Forward Seller hereunder or (B) such Forward Seller would incur a stock loan cost of more than a rate equal to 200 basis points per annum to do so (it being understood that the foregoing exclusion of liability shall not apply in the case of fraud and/or any intentional misconduct).
SECTION 14. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . The Company and the Operating Partnership acknowledge and agree, jointly and severally, that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the issuance, sale and delivery of Confirmation Shares pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements, including the determination of the public offering price of the Shares and any related discounts and commissions and the price to be paid for any Confirmation Shares, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company and the Operating Partnership are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter, Forward Seller and Forward Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors, limited or general partners, or employees or any other party; (iii) no Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Operating Partnership with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Operating Partnership on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or the Operating Partnership with respect to the offering contemplated hereby except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Operating Partnership and that the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and the Company and the Operating Partnership have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
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This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Operating Partnership and the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and the Operating Partnership hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Operating Partnership may have against the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.
SECTION 15. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, of its officers, of the Operating Partnership, of its officers and of the General Partner and of the several Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement (i) will remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any (A) investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, Forward Seller, or Forward Purchaser, or the officers or employees of any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser, or any person controlling any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser, the Company, the officers or employees of the Company, or any person controlling the Company, the Operating Partnership, the officers or employees of the Operating Partnership, any person controlling the Operating Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may be or (B) acceptance of the Shares and payment for them hereunder and (ii) will survive delivery of and payment for the Shares sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 16. Notices . All communications hereunder or under the lock-up agreements referred to in Section 6(h) hereof shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the parties hereto or to the persons who signed such lock-up agreements, as the case may be, as follows:
If to the Representatives:
Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Syndicate Registration
Facsimile: (646) 834-8133
and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York, 10013
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (646) 291-1469
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If to the Forward Sellers:
Barclays Bank PLC
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Syndicate Registration
Facsimile: (646) 834-8133
and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York, 10013
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (646) 291-1469
If to the Forward Purchasers:
Barclays Bank PLC
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Syndicate Registration
Facsimile: (646) 834-8133
and
Citibank, N.A.
390 Greenwich Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Dustin Sheppard
If to the Company:
Kilroy Realty Corporation
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
Facsimile: (310) 481-6540
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the Operating Partnership:
Kilroy Realty, L.P.
c/o Kilroy Realty Corporation
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
Facsimile: (310) 481-6540
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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If to any person who signed a lock-up agreement referred to in Section 6(h), to the address, email address or facsimile number set forth in such agreement or, if no such address or number is set forth therein, to such person in care of the Company at the address or facsimile number set forth above.
Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.
SECTION 17. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, including any substitute Underwriters pursuant to Section 11 hereof, and to the benefit of (i) the Company, its directors, any person who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and any officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, (ii) the Operating Partnership, any person who controls the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any officer of the General Partner who signed the Registration Statement on behalf of the Operating Partnership and the General Partner, (iii) the Underwriters, Forward Sellers and Forward Purchasers and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter, Forward Seller or Forward Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act , and (iv) the respective successors and assigns of any of the above, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term successors and assigns shall not include a purchaser of any of the Shares from any of the several Underwriters merely because of such purchase.
SECTION 18. Partial Unenforceability . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof and, if any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
SECTION 19. Governing Law Provisions . THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 20. General Provisions . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
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Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that it is a sophisticated business person who was adequately represented by counsel during negotiations regarding the provisions hereof, including, without limitation, the indemnification provisions of Section 9 and the contribution provisions of Section 10, and is fully informed regarding said provisions. Each of the parties hereto further acknowledges that the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereto fairly allocate the risks in light of the ability of the parties to investigate the Company and the Operating Partnership, their affairs and their business in order to assure that adequate disclosure has been made in the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and any amendments and supplements thereto), as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
SECTION 21. Bail-In. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other agreements, arrangements, or understanding between any of the parties to this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement, severally and not jointly, acknowledges and agrees that a BRRD Liability arising under this Agreement may be subject to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the effect of the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority in relation to any BRRD Liability of a BRRD Party under this Agreement, that (without limitation) may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof:
(i) the reduction of all, or a portion, of the relevant BRRD Liability or outstanding amounts due thereon;
(ii) the conversion of all, or a portion, of the relevant BRRD Liability into shares, other securities or other obligations of such BRRD Party or another person (and the issue to or conferral on such party to this Agreement of such shares, securities or obligations), including by means of an amendment, modification or variation of the terms of this Agreement;
(iii) the cancellation of the relevant BRRD Liability; and
(iv) the amendment or alteration of any interest, if applicable, thereon, the maturity or the dates on which any payments are due, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and
(b) the variation of the terms of this Agreement, as deemed necessary by the Relevant Resolution Authority, to give effect to the exercise of Bail-in Powers by the Relevant Resolution Authority.
For the purposes of this Section 21:
Bail-in Legislation means in relation to a member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented, or which at any time implements, the BRRD, the relevant implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement as described in the EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule from time to time;
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Bail-in Powers means any write-down, conversion, transfer, modification, suspension or similar or related power existing from time to time under, and exercised in compliance with, any applicable laws, regulations, rules or requirements pursuant to the applicable Bail-in Legislation;
BRRD means Directive 2014/59/EU (as amended from time to time) establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms;
BRRD Liability means a liability in respect of which the relevant Bail-in Powers in the applicable Bail-in Legislation may be exercised;
BRRD Party means any party to this Agreement that is subject to Bail-in Powers;
EU Bail-in Legislation Schedule means the document described as such, then in effect, and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person) from time to time at http://www.lma.eu.com/pages.aspx?p=499 ; and
Relevant Resolution Authority means the resolution authority with the ability to exercise any Bail-in Powers in relation to the relevant BRRD Party.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company and the Operating Partnership the enclosed copies hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Tyler H. Rose | |||
Name: Tyler H. Rose | ||||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||||
By: | /s/ Michelle Ngo | |||
Name: Michelle Ngo | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer | ||||
KILROY REALTY, L.P. | ||||
By: Kilroy Realty Corporation, as General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Tyler H. Rose | |||
Name: Tyler H. Rose | ||||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial officer and Secretary | ||||
By: | /s/ Michelle Ngo | |||
Name: Michelle Ngo | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Representatives as of the date first above written.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Victoria Hale | |
Name: Victoria Hale | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Ayone Raichaudhuri | |
Name: Ayone Raichaudhuri | ||
Title: Managing Director |
For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule A hereto.
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, in its capacity as Forward Seller | ||
By: | /s/ Paul Robinson | |
Name: Paul Robinson | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., in its capacity as Forward Seller | ||
By: | /s/ Ayone Raichaudhuri | |
Name: Ayone Raichaudhuri | ||
Title: Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE A
Underwriters |
Number of
Underwritten Shares to be Purchased |
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Barclays Capital Inc. |
2,500,000 | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
2,500,000 | |||
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Total |
5,000,000 | |||
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Forward Sellers |
Number of
Forward Underwritten Shares to be Sold |
Maximum
Number of Forward Optional Shares to be Sold |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
2,500,000 | 375,000 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
2,500,000 | 375,000 | ||||||
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Total |
5,000,000 | 750,000 | ||||||
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Forward Purchasers |
Initial
Number of Forward Shares to be Purchased |
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Barclays Bank PLC |
2,500,000 | |||
Citibank, N.A. |
2,500,000 | |||
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Total |
5,000,000 | |||
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SCHEDULE B
List of Individuals Delivering Lock-Up Agreements
pursuant to Section 6(h)
John Kilroy
Jeffrey C. Hawken
Tyler H. Rose
Steve Rosetta
Justin W. Smart
Heidi R. Roth
Edward F. Brennan, PhD
Jolie Hunt
Scott S. Ingraham
Gary R. Stevenson
Peter B. Stoneberg
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SCHEDULE C
Schedule of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package
None.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland.
2. The Company has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to act as general partner of the Operating Partnership, to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, to perform its obligations and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, those of the Operating Partnership under the Transaction Documents, to issue Company Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and Confirmation Shares pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements and to consummate, on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, on behalf of the Operating Partnership, the transactions described in the Transaction Documents.
3. The authorized capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2018 appearing in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018.
4. The Company Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when Company Shares are issued and delivered in exchange for payment of the consideration therefor, as provided in and in accordance with, the Underwriting Agreement, such Company Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance and sale of such Company Shares to the Underwriters are not and will not be subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights arising by operation of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL) or under the Charter or Bylaws of the Company.
5. The Confirmation Shares issuable pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements have been duly authorized for such issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and when Confirmation Shares are issued, sold and delivered by the Company to a Forward Purchaser in exchange for the consideration therefor, as provided in, and in accordance with the terms of, the applicable Forward Sale Agreement and the Transaction Resolutions, such Confirmation Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance, sale and delivery of such Confirmation Shares to the applicable Forward Purchasers are not and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights arising by operation of the MGCL or under the Charter or Bylaws of the Company.
6. A duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions reserving 11,500,000 authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for issuance by the Company as Confirmation Shares pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements.
7. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Transaction Documents by the Company on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating
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Partnership (in the case of the Underwriting Agreement), on behalf of the Operating Partnership have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action required under the Charter and Bylaws of the Company and the MGCL, each Transaction Document has been duly executed and delivered by the Company on its own behalf and, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership (in the case of the Underwriting Agreement), on behalf of the Operating Partnership.
8. The execution, delivery and performance of, compliance with the terms of, and consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction Documents by the Company on its own behalf and in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership (in the case of the Underwriting Agreement), on behalf of the Operating Partnership, and the issuance and sale of Company Shares by the Company as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement and the issuance, sale and delivery of Confirmation Shares by the Company as contemplated by the Forward Sale Agreements, do not and will not (a) contravene any provision of the MGCL, (b) conflict with, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (or constitute an event which with notice, lapse of time, or both would constitute a breach of or default under) any provisions of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company or (c) to our knowledge, result in any violation of any order, rule, regulation or decree of any court or governmental agency or authority of the State of Maryland issued under or pursuant to the MGCL and applicable to the properties, assets or business owned or proposed to be owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership.
9. The authorized capital stock of the Company (including the Common Stock and the Confirmation Shares) conform as to legal matters, in all material respects, to the descriptions set forth under the caption Description of Capital Stock in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in each case as supplemented by the information in the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2017.
10. No stockholder of the Company or any other person has any preemptive right or other similar right to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company arising by operation of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company or the MGCL.
11. The statements set forth in (a) the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Description of Capital Stock, as supplemented by the information in the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 23, 2017, and Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and the Companys Charter and Bylaws, in each case as supplemented by the information in the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 1, 2017, and (b) the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 under the captions Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure There are restrictions on the ownership of the Companys capital stock that limit the opportunities for a change of control at a premium to existing security holders and Risk Factors Risks Related to our Organizational Structure The Companys charter contains provisions that may delay, deter, or prevent a change of control transaction, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the Charter or Bylaws of the Company or the MGCL, constitute fair and accurate summaries thereof.
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12. No consent, approval, authorization, order of or qualification with any court or governmental agency or authority of the State of Maryland (other than as may be required under Maryland securities, blue sky or real estate syndication laws, as to which no opinion is expressed) is required to be obtained by the Company under the MGCL in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company on its own behalf or, in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership (in the case of the Underwriting Agreement), on behalf of the Operating Partnership, the offering, issuance or sale of Company Shares under the Underwriting Agreement or the issuance, sale and delivery of the Confirmation Shares pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements, except for such as have been obtained or waived.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that Latham & Watkins LLP, in rendering its opinions pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, may rely upon such opinion of special Maryland counsel as if it were addressed to them as to all matters arising under or governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. In addition, in rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. In the event that Latham & Watkins LLP, in rendering the Tax Opinions (as defined in Exhibit B to the Underwriting Agreement), assumes the accuracy of the conclusions reached in a separate opinion (the Separate Opinion) of such special Maryland counsel, such Separate Opinion of special Maryland counsel shall also be addressed to the Representatives and the Underwriters or shall contain a statement to the effect the Representatives and the Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them and shall also comply with the other applicable requirements set forth in the last paragraph of Exhibit B to the Underwriting Agreement. Such opinion shall state that all references to the Charter of the Company include, without limitation, all articles supplementary with respect to any class or series of preferred stock.
Such opinions may assume that upon issuance of any Confirmation Shares deliverable to any Forward Purchasers pursuant to the applicable Forward Sale Agreements, the total number of shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding, after giving effect to such issuance of such Confirmation Shares to the such Forward Purchasers pursuant to such Forward Sale Agreements, will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is authorized to issue under its Charter at such time.
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
1. Each of the Operating Partnership and Kilroy Realty Finance Partnership (the Finance Partnership) is a limited partnership organized under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the DRULPA), with limited partnership power and authority to own and lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, with respect to the Operating Partnership, to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and perform its obligations thereunder. With your consent based solely on certificates from public officials, we confirm that each of the Operating Partnership and the Finance Partnership is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing under the laws of the State of California and is qualified to do business in the State of California.
2. With your consent based solely on certificates from public officials, we confirm that the Company is in good standing under the laws of the State of California and is qualified to do business in the State of California.
3. Assuming the due authorization of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company by all necessary corporate action required under the charter and bylaws of the Company and the Maryland General Corporation Law to act in its capacity as general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action of the Operating Partnership and has been duly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership.
4. Assuming the due authorization of each Forward Sale Agreement by the Company by all necessary corporate action required under the charter and by-laws of the Company and the Maryland General Corporation Law, each Forward Sale Agreement is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
5. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective under the Securities Act. With your consent, based solely on our review of the list of stop orders contained on the Commissions website at http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml on the date hereof, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings therefor have been initiated by the Commission. The Pre-Pricing Prospectus has been filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) under the Securities Act) and the Prospectus has been filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)) and Rule 430B under the Securities Act.
6. The Registration Statement, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, including the information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement, each appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable form requirements for registration statements on Form S-3 under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
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Commission thereunder; it being understood, however, that we express no view with respect to Regulation S-T or the financial statements, schedules or other financial data included in, incorporated by reference in, or omitted from, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. For purposes of this paragraph, we have assumed that the statements made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are correct and complete.
7. Each document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (the Incorporated Documents), as of its respective filing date, appeared on its face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable form requirements for reports on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, registration statements on Form 8-A or proxy statements under Regulation 14A, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; it being understood, however, that we express no view with respect to Regulation S-T or the financial statements, schedules or other financial data included in, incorporated by reference in, or omitted from the Incorporated Documents. For purposes of this paragraph, we have assumed that the statements made in the Incorporated Documents are correct and complete.
8. With your consent, based solely on a certificate of an officer of the Company as to factual matters, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is, and immediately after giving effect to the sale of Top-Up Shares by the Company in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the sale and delivery of the Confirmation Shares in accordance with the Forward Sale Agreements, and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Use of Proceeds neither will be, required to be registered as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
9. The statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Description of Material Provisions of the Partnership Agreement of Kilroy Realty, L.P. and Plan Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) insofar as they purport to describe or summarize certain provisions of the Forward Sale Agreements, the other documents or the DRULPA referred to therein, are accurate descriptions or summaries in all material respects.
10. The execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the Operating Partnership and the Forward Sale Agreements by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Company Shares by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, and the issuance and delivery of the Confirmation Shares to the Forward Purchasers pursuant to the Forward Sale Agreements, do not on the date hereof:
(i) violate the Partnership Agreement;
(ii) violate the DRULPA, or any federal, New York or California statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the Operating Partnership; or
(iii) result in the breach of, or a default under, any indentures, notes, loan or credit agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements or other written agreements or instruments creating, evidencing or securing indebtedness of the Company or the Operating Partnership for borrowed money, or any other agreements identified to us by an officer of the Company or the Operating Partnership, in each case, as material to the Company or the Operating Partnership and listed in Exhibit A to this opinion (the Specified Agreements); or
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(iv) require any consents, approvals, or authorizations to be obtained by the Company or the Operating Partnership from, or any registrations, declarations or filings to be made by the Company or the Operating Partnership with, any governmental authority under the DRULPA or any New York, California or federal statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or the Operating Partnership that have not been obtained or made.
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may limit its opinions to the DRULPA, the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the States of California and New York and matters specifically governed thereby. In rendering such opinions, such counsel may also rely, as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Operating Partnership and public officials. A separate letter dated the same date as such opinion to the following effect shall also be delivered:
The primary purpose of our professional engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters or financial or quantitative information. Therefore, we are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the information set forth on Schedule D to the Underwriting Agreement (the Pricing Information Annex), or the Prospectus (or the Incorporated Documents) (except to the extent expressly set forth in the numbered paragraph 8 in our letter to you of even date (regarding the content of paragraph 8 above) and in the numbered paragraph 2 in our letter to you of even date with respect to certain tax matters (regarding the content of the second bullet below of the Tax Opinions)), and have not made an independent check or verification thereof (except as aforesaid). However, in the course of acting as special counsel to the Company and the Operating Partnership in connection with the preparation by the Company and the Operating Partnership of the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Information Annex, and the Prospectus, we reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Information Annex, the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents, and participated in conferences and telephone conversations with officers and other representatives of the Company, counsel for the Company, the independent public accountants for the Company and the Operating Partnership, your representatives and your counsel, during which conferences and conversations the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Information Annex, and the Prospectus (and portions of the Incorporated Documents) and related matters were discussed. We also reviewed and relied upon certain corporate and partnership records and documents, letters from counsel and accountants, and oral and written statements of officers and other representatives of the Company and Operating Partnership and others as to the existence and consequence of certain factual and other matters.
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Based on our participation, review and reliance as described above, we advise you that no facts came to our attention that caused us to believe that:
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the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective on August 8, 2018, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act (together with the Incorporated Documents at that time), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; |
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the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, as of 4:04 p.m. New York City Time on August 8, 2018 (together with the Incorporated Documents at that time), when taken together with the Pricing Information Annex, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or |
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the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement or as of the date hereof (together with the Incorporated Documents as of those respective dates), contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; |
it being understood that we express no belief with respect to the financial statements, schedules or other financial data included or incorporated by reference in, or omitted from, the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Pricing Information Annex, the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents.
In addition, a separate letter to the following effect shall be delivered (collectively, the Tax Opinions):
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Commencing with the Companys taxable year ending December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust ( REIT ) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ), and its proposed method of operation will enable the Company to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code; and |
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The statements in Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 13, 2018 under the caption United States Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar such statements purport to constitute summaries of United States federal income tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects. |
The Tax Opinions may be subject to such assumptions, limitations and qualifications as shall be satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters. In particular, the Tax Opinions may be conditioned upon certain representations made by the Company as to factual matters through a certificate of an officer of the Company (the Officers Certificate). In rendering the Tax Opinions, Latham & Watkins LLP may assume the accuracy of an opinion of Ballard Spahr
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LLP, special Maryland counsel to the Company, with respect to the enforceability of the stock ownership limits set forth in the Companys charter, so long as such opinion of special Maryland counsel (i) is dated the same date as such opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP, (ii) is addressed to the Representatives and the Underwriters or contains a statement to the effect that the Representatives and the Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them and (iii) is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and a copy of such opinion of special Maryland counsel is delivered to the Representatives together with such opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP. In addition, the Tax Opinions may be based upon the factual representations of the Company concerning its business and properties as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Tax Opinions may state that they relate only to the federal income tax laws of the United States and such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of other federal laws, the laws of any state or other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies within any state. The Tax Opinions may state that they are based on various statutory provisions, regulations promulgated thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue Service and the courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change either prospectively or retroactively, that any such change may affect the conclusions stated therein, and that any variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Officers Certificate may affect the conclusions stated therein. Moreover, the Tax Opinions may state that the Companys qualification and taxation as a REIT depends upon the Companys ability to meet the various qualification tests imposed under the Code, including through actual annual operating results, asset composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by such counsel, and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Companys operation for any particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements. In addition, the Tax Opinions may state that the opinion set forth therein does not foreclose the possibility that the Company may have to pay a deficiency dividend, or an excise or penalty tax, which could be significant in amount, in order to maintain its REIT qualification. Such opinion shall state that references therein to subsidiaries of the Company shall include, without limitation, the Operating Partnership.
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Lock-up Agreement
June 22, 2018
Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
Re: |
Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the Company) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or units representing common limited partnership interest (Common Units) of Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership). The Company proposes to carry out a public offering of Common Stock (the Offering) for which you will act as representatives (the Representatives) of the underwriters. The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company. The undersigned acknowledges that you and the other underwriters, if any, are relying on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this agreement in carrying out the Offering and in entering into an underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) with the Company, the Operating Partnership and any other parties thereto with respect to the Offering.
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will not (and will cause any spouse and immediate family member of the undersigned or any spouse of the undersigned living in the undersigneds household not to), without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld in their sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition of), including the filing (or participation in the filing of) of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, any shares of Common Stock or Common Units or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or Common Units currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) by the undersigned (or any such spouse or family member), or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading (or, if the relevant day is not a day on which the Common Stock is being traded on the New York Stock Exchange, through 5:00 p.m. New York City time) on the date 45 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Offering (the Lock-Up Period). The restrictions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall not apply to:
(i) the surrender of Common Units to the Company or the Operating Partnership in connection with the redemption of such Common Units pursuant to the Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time (the Partnership Agreement),
(ii) transfers of shares of Common Stock or Common Units or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock to family members of the undersigned or for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary or to a charitable foundation (so long as such transfers are not for value),
(iii) pledges of shares of Common Stock or Common Units or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock to a lending institution as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and
(iv) transfers of shares of Common Stock or Common Units or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock to the Company pursuant to the Companys incentive stock plan in connection with the exercise of stock options or the satisfaction of withholding or other obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock grants;
provided, however, that the undersigned agrees that shares of Common Stock and any securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock and any other securities issued upon redemption of Common Units pursuant to clause (i) shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this agreement; and provided, further, that it shall be a condition to any transfer or pledge pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above that the transferee or pledgee, as the case may be, executes and delivers to the Representatives, not later than one business day prior to such transfer or pledge, as the case may be, a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, in substantially the form of this agreement, including, among other provisions, a provision to the effect that the shares of Common Stock or Common Units or securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock transferred or pledged pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this agreement. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or Common Units or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or Common Units and waives any right to receive notice of the Offering.
The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys and the Operating Partnerships transfer agents and registrars against the transfer of shares of Common Stock or Common Units or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or Common Units held by the undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
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If an Underwriting Agreement is not executed and delivered by the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Representatives and the other parties thereto on or prior to August 15, 2018, this agreement shall automatically terminate.
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This agreement is irrevocable and will be binding on the undersigned and the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the undersigned. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Exhibit 1.2
Date: August 8, 2018
To: |
Kilroy Realty Corporation
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From: |
Barclays Bank PLC
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Barclays Bank PLC ( Dealer ), acting through its agent Barclays Capital Inc. (the Agent ), and Kilroy Realty Corporation (the Counterparty ) on the Trade Date specified below (the Transaction ). This letter agreement constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement specified below. Dealer is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Dealer is authorized by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions ), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern.
Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.
1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the Agreement ) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule but (i) with the elections set forth in this Confirmation and (ii) with the election that the Cross Default provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer as if (a) the phrase , or becoming capable at such time of being declared, were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (b) the Threshold Amount with respect to Dealer were three percent of the shareholders equity of Dealer, (c) the following language were added to the end of Section 5(a)(vi): Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (x) the default was
caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (y) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (z) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such partys receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.; and (d) the term Specified Indebtedness had meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a partys banking business). In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that, other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, no Transaction shall be governed by the Agreement. For purposes of the Equity Definitions, this Transaction is a Share Forward Transaction.
2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
General Terms:
Trade Date: |
August 8, 2018 |
Effective Date: |
August 13, 2018, or such later date on which the conditions set forth in Paragraph 7 of this Confirmation have been satisfied. |
Seller: |
Counterparty |
Buyer: |
Dealer |
Shares: |
The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: KRC) |
Number of Shares: |
Initially, 2,500,000 Shares (the Initial Number of Shares ); provided that the Number of Shares shall be increased on each Subsequent Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below)) by the product of (i) the related number of Optional Shares (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in respect of which the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) have exercised their option pursuant to Section 3 of the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) the Applicable Percentage (the Additional Number of Shares ); provided, further , that the Number of Shares is subject to reduction as provided in Paragraph 7(a) below. |
In addition, on each Settlement Date, the Number of Shares shall be reduced by the number of Settlement Shares settled on such date. |
Applicable Percentage: |
50% |
Forward Price: |
(a) | On the Effective Date, the Initial Forward Price; and |
(b) | On each calendar day thereafter, (i) the Forward Price as of the immediately preceding calendar day multiplied by (ii) the sum of 1 and the Daily Rate for such day; provided that, on each Forward Price Reduction Date, the Forward Price in effect on such date shall be the Forward Price otherwise in effect on such date, minus the Forward Price Reduction Amount for such Forward Price Reduction Date; provided , further , that if the Number of Shares is increased in respect of any Optional Shares, the Forward Price shall be adjusted by the Calculation Agent on the Subsequent Closing Date for such Optional Shares to account for the fact that the application of the Daily Rate under this clause (b) shall not apply prior to such Subsequent Closing Date with respect to the applicable Additional Number of Shares. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Counterparty delivers Shares hereunder on or after a Forward Price Reduction Date and at or before the record date for an ordinary cash dividend with an ex-dividend date corresponding to such Forward Price Reduction Date, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Forward Price to the extent it determines, in good faith and its commercially reasonable discretion, that such an adjustment is practicable and appropriate to preserve the economic intent of the parties (taking into account Dealers commercially reasonable Hedge Positions in respect of the Transaction). |
Initial Forward Price: |
USD 71.68 per Share |
Daily Rate: |
For any day, a rate (which may be positive or negative) equal to (i) (a) USD-Federal Funds Rate for such day minus (b) the Spread divided by (ii) 360. |
USD-Federal Funds Rate: |
For any day, the rate set forth for such day opposite the caption Federal funds, as such rate is displayed on Bloomberg Screen OBFR01<Index><GO>, or any successor page; provided that, if no rate appears for a particular day on such page, the rate for the immediately preceding day for which a rate does so appear shall be used for such day. |
Spread: |
basis points |
Prepayment: |
Not Applicable |
Variable Obligation: |
Not Applicable |
Forward Price Reduction Dates: |
As set forth on Schedule I |
Forward Price Reduction Amounts: |
For each Forward Price Reduction Date, the Forward Price Reduction Amount set forth opposite such date on Schedule I. |
Exchange: |
The New York Stock Exchange |
Related Exchange(s): |
All Exchanges |
Clearance System: |
The Depository Trust Company |
Market Disruption Event: |
Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the first sentence in its entirety with the following: Market Disruption Event means in respect of a Share or an Index, the occurrence or existence of (i) a Trading Disruption, (ii) an Exchange Disruption, (iii) an Early Closure or (iv) a Regulatory Disruption, in each case that the Calculation Agent determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, is material. |
Early Closure: |
Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term Scheduled Closing Time in the fourth line thereof. |
Regulatory Disruption: |
Any event that Dealer, based on the advice of counsel, determines makes it reasonably necessary or appropriate with regard to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures that generally apply to transactions of a nature and kind similar to the Transaction and have been adopted in good faith by Dealer for Dealer to refrain from or decrease any market activity in connection with the Transaction. |
Settlement:
Settlement Currency: |
USD (all amounts shall be converted to the Settlement Currency in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent) |
Settlement Date: |
Any Scheduled Trading Day following the Effective Date and up to and including the Final Date that is either: |
(a) | designated by Counterparty as a Settlement Date by a written notice (a Settlement Notice ) that satisfies the Settlement Notice Requirements, if applicable, and is delivered to Dealer no less than (i) two Scheduled Trading Days prior to such Settlement Date, which may be the Final Date, if Physical Settlement applies, and (ii) 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to such Settlement Date, which may be the Final Date, if Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies; provided that, if Dealer shall fully unwind its hedge with respect to the portion of the Number of Shares to be settled during an Unwind Period by a date that is more than three Scheduled Trading Days prior to a Settlement Date specified above, Dealer may, by written notice to Counterparty, no fewer than two Scheduled Trading Days prior thereto, specify any Scheduled Trading Day prior to such original Settlement Date as the Settlement Date; or |
(b) | designated by Dealer as a Settlement Date pursuant to the Termination Settlement provisions of Paragraph 7(g) below; |
provided that the Final Date will be a Settlement Date if on such date the Number of Shares for which a Settlement Date has not already been designated is greater than zero, and provided further that, following the occurrence of at least five consecutive Disrupted Days during an Unwind Period and while such Disrupted Days are continuing, Dealer may designate any subsequent Scheduled Trading Day as the Settlement Date with respect to the portion of the Settlement Shares, if any, for which Dealer has determined an Unwind Purchase Price during such |
Unwind Period, it being understood that the Unwind Period with respect to the remainder of such Settlement Shares shall recommence on the next succeeding Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day in whole. |
Final Date: |
August 1, 2019 (or if such day is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day). |
Settlement Shares: |
(a) | With respect to any Settlement Date other than the Final Date, the number of Shares designated as such by Counterparty in the relevant Settlement Notice or designated by Dealer pursuant to the Termination Settlement provisions of Paragraph 7(g) below, as applicable; provided that the Settlement Shares so designated shall, in the case of a designation by Counterparty, (i) not exceed the Number of Shares at that time and (ii) be at least equal to the lesser of 100,000 and the Number of Shares at that time, in each case with the Number of Shares determined taking into account pending Settlement Shares; and |
(b) | with respect to the Settlement Date on the Final Date, a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares at that time; |
in each case with the Number of Shares determined taking into account pending Settlement Shares. |
Settlement Method Election: |
Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement, or Net Share Settlement, at the election of Counterparty as set forth in a Settlement Notice that satisfies the Settlement Notice Requirements; provided that Physical Settlement shall apply (i) if no Settlement Method is validly selected, (ii) with respect to any Settlement Shares in respect of which Dealer is unable, in good faith and in its commercially reasonable discretion, to unwind its hedge by the end of the Unwind Period (taking into account any restrictions on Dealer resulting from any Overlap Unwind Period (as defined below)) (A) in a manner that, in the reasonable discretion of Dealer, based on advice of counsel, is consistent with the requirements |
for qualifying for the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 ( Rule 10b-18 ) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) or (B) in its commercially reasonable judgment, due to the occurrence of five or more Disrupted Days or to the lack of sufficient liquidity in the Shares on any Exchange Business Day during the Unwind Period, (iii) to any Termination Settlement Date (as defined under Termination Settlement in Paragraph 7(g) below) and (iv) if the Final Date is a Settlement Date other than as the result of a valid Settlement Notice, in respect of such Settlement Date; provided further that, if Physical Settlement applies under clause (ii) immediately above, Dealer shall provide written notice to Counterparty at least two Scheduled Trading Days prior to the applicable Settlement Date. |
Settlement Notice Requirements: |
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, a Settlement Notice delivered by Counterparty that specifies Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement will not be effective to establish a Settlement Date or require Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement unless Counterparty delivers to Dealer with such Settlement Notice a representation, dated as of the date of such Settlement Notice and signed by Counterparty, containing the provisions set forth in clause (i) under the heading Additional Representations and Agreements of Counterparty in Paragraph 7(e) below. |
Physical Settlement: |
If Physical Settlement is applicable, then Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer through the Clearance System a number of Shares equal to the Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date, and Dealer shall pay to Counterparty, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Counterparty, an amount equal to the Physical Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date, on a delivery versus payment basis. If, on any Settlement Date, the Shares to be delivered by Counterparty to Dealer hereunder are not so delivered (the Deferred Shares ), and a Forward Price Reduction Date occurs during the period from, and including, such Settlement Date to, but excluding, the date such Shares are actually delivered to Dealer, then the portion of the Physical Settlement |
Amount payable by Dealer to Counterparty in respect of the Deferred Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Forward Price Reduction Amount for such Forward Price Reduction Date, multiplied by the number of Deferred Shares. |
Physical Settlement Amount: |
For any Settlement Date for which Physical Settlement is applicable, an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the Forward Price in effect on the relevant Settlement Date multiplied by (b) the Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date. |
Cash Settlement: |
On any Settlement Date in respect of which Cash Settlement applies, if the Cash Settlement Amount is a positive number, Dealer will pay the Cash Settlement Amount to Counterparty. If the Cash Settlement Amount is a negative number, Counterparty will pay the absolute value of the Cash Settlement Amount to Dealer. Such amounts shall be paid on such Settlement Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds. |
Cash Settlement Amount: |
An amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to: |
(a) | (i)(A) the weighted average (weighted on the same basis as clause (B)) of the Forward Prices on each day during the applicable Unwind Period (calculated assuming no reduction to the Forward Price for any Forward Price Reduction Date that occurs during such Unwind Period, which is accounted for in clause (b) below), minus USD 0.02, minus (B) the weighted average price (the Unwind Purchase Price ) at which Dealer purchases Shares during the Unwind Period to unwind its hedge with respect to the portion of the Number of Shares to be settled during the Unwind Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, purchases on any Disrupted Day in part), taking into account Shares anticipated to be delivered or received if Net Share Settlement applies, and the restrictions of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act agreed to hereunder, multiplied by (ii) the Settlement Shares for the relevant Settlement Date; minus |
(b) | the product of (i) the Forward Price Reduction Amount for any Forward Price Reduction Date that occurs during such Unwind Period, and (ii) the number of Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date with respect to which Dealer has not unwound its hedge, including the settlement of such unwinds, as of such Forward Price Reduction Date. |
Net Share Settlement: |
On any Settlement Date in respect of which Net Share Settlement applies, if the Cash Settlement Amount is a (i) positive number, Dealer shall deliver a number of Shares to Counterparty equal to the Net Share Settlement Shares, or (ii) negative number, Counterparty shall deliver a number of Shares to Dealer equal to the Net Share Settlement Shares; provided that, if Dealer determines in its reasonable judgment that it would be required to deliver Net Share Settlement Shares to Counterparty, Dealer may elect to deliver a portion of such Net Share Settlement Shares on one or more dates prior to the applicable Settlement Date. |
Net Share Settlement Shares: |
With respect to a Settlement Date, the absolute value of the Cash Settlement Amount divided by the Unwind Purchase Price, with the number of Shares rounded up in the event such calculation results in a fractional number. |
Unwind Period: |
The period from and including the first Exchange Business Day following the date Counterparty validly elects Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement in respect of a Settlement Date through the second Scheduled Trading Day preceding such Settlement Date, subject to Termination Settlement as described in Paragraph 7(g) below. |
Failure to Deliver: |
Applicable if Dealer is required to deliver Shares hereunder; otherwise, Not Applicable. |
Share Cap: |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, in no event will Counterparty be required to deliver to Dealer on any Settlement Date, whether pursuant to Physical Settlement, Net Share Settlement or any Private Placement Settlement, a number of Shares in excess of (i) two times the sum |
of (x) the Initial Number of Shares and (y) the aggregate Additional Number of Shares, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions minus (ii) the aggregate number of Shares delivered by Counterparty to Dealer hereunder prior to such Settlement Date. |
Adjustments:
Method of Adjustment: |
Calculation Agent Adjustment. Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting clauses (iii) and (v) thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the declaration or payment of a cash dividend will not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event. |
Additional Adjustment: |
If, in Dealers commercially reasonable judgment, the actual cost to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer), over any 15 consecutive day period, of borrowing a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure to this Transaction exceeds a weighted average rate equal to 25 basis points per annum, the Calculation Agent shall reduce the Forward Price in order to compensate Dealer for the amount by which such cost exceeded a weighted average rate equal to 25 basis points per annum during such period. The Calculation Agent shall notify Counterparty prior to making any such adjustment to the Forward Price. Extraordinary Events: |
Extraordinary Events: |
In lieu of the applicable provisions contained in Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, the consequences of any Extraordinary Event (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Merger Event, Tender Offer, Nationalization, Insolvency, Delisting, or Change In Law) shall be as specified below under the headings Acceleration Events and Termination Settlement in Paragraphs 7(f) and 7(g), respectively. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions, no Additional Disruption Event will be applicable except to the extent expressly referenced in Paragraph 7(f)(iv) below. The definition of Tender Offer in Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing 10% with 15%. |
Non-Reliance: |
Applicable |
Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities: |
Applicable |
Additional Acknowledgments: |
Applicable |
Transfer: |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Dealer may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies of Dealer under this Transaction, in whole or in part, to (A) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dealer, whose obligations hereunder are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Dealer, or (B) any other wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of Dealer with a long-term issuer rating equal to or better than the credit rating of Dealer at the time of transfer without the consent of Counterparty; provided that, at all times, Dealer or any transferee or assignee or other recipient of rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies shall be eligible to provide a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8ECI with respect to any payments or deliveries under the Agreement. |
3. Calculation Agent: |
Dealer whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner; provided that, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement with respect to which Dealer is the sole Defaulting Party, if the Calculation Agent fails to timely make any calculation, adjustment or determination required to be made by the Calculation Agent hereunder or to perform any obligation of the Calculation Agent hereunder and such failure continues for five (5) Exchange Business Days following notice to the Calculation Agent by Counterparty of such failure, Counterparty shall have the right to designate a nationally recognized third-party dealer in over-the-counter corporate equity derivatives to act, during the period commencing on the date such Event of Default occurred and ending on the Early Termination Date with respect to such Event of Default, as the Calculation Agent. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation |
Agent hereunder, upon a request by Counterparty, the Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Scheduled Trading Days) provide to Counterparty by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Counterparty in such request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination or calculation (including any assumptions used in making such determination or calculation), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary or confidential models or other proprietary or confidential information used by it for such determination or calculation. |
4. Account Details:
(a) Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer: |
To be furnished |
(b) Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty: |
To be furnished |
(c) Account for payments to Counterparty: |
To be advised under separate cover or telephone confirmed prior to each Settlement Date |
(d) Account for payments to Dealer: |
To be advised under separate cover or telephone confirmed prior to each Settlement Date |
5. Offices:
The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party
The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York
6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:
(a) |
Address for notices or communications to Counterparty: |
Kilroy Realty Corporation
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
Fax No.: (310) 481-6540
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(b) |
Address for notices or communications to Dealer: |
Barclays Bank PLC
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Fax No.: (+1) 917-522-0458
Attention: Paul Robinson
7. Other Provisions:
(a) Conditions to Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Confirmation on the Effective Date or with respect to the relevant Additional Number of Shares on a Subsequent Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Dealer of the following conditions: (i) the condition that the representations and warranties of Counterparty contained in the Underwriting Agreement dated the date hereof between Counterparty, the representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto, and the Forward Sellers (as such term is defined therein) (the Underwriting Agreement ) and any certificate delivered pursuant thereto by Counterparty are true and correct on such date as if made as of such date, (ii) the condition that Counterparty has performed all of the obligations required to be performed by it under the Underwriting Agreement on or prior to such date, (iii) the condition that Counterparty has delivered to Dealer an opinion of counsel dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance as previously agreed between Counterparty and Dealer; provided that any such opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, (iv) all of the conditions set forth in Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement and (v) the condition, as determined by Dealer in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, that neither of the following has occurred (A) Dealer is unable to borrow and deliver for sale a number of Shares equal to the Initial Number of Shares or such Additional Number of Shares, as the case may be, or (B) in Dealers commercially reasonable judgment either it is impracticable to do so or Dealer would incur a stock loan cost of more than a rate equal to 200 basis points to do so (in which event this Confirmation shall be effective but the Number of Shares for this Transaction shall be the number of Shares Dealer (or its affiliated Forward Seller) is required to deliver in accordance with Section 3(a) of the Underwriting Agreement).
(b) Underwriting Agreement Representations, Warranties and Covenants . On the Trade Date and on each date on which Dealer or its affiliates makes a sale pursuant to a prospectus in connection with a hedge of this Transaction, Counterparty repeats and reaffirms as of such date all of the representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement. Counterparty hereby agrees to comply with its covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement as if such covenants were made in favor of Dealer.
(c) Interpretive Letter . Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that this Transaction is being entered into in accordance with the October 9, 2003 interpretive letter from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the Interpretive Letter ) and agrees to take all actions, and to omit to take any actions,
reasonably requested by Dealer for this Transaction to comply with the Interpretive Letter. Without limiting the foregoing, Counterparty agrees that neither it nor any affiliated purchaser (as defined in Regulation M ( Regulation M ) promulgated under the Exchange Act) will, directly or indirectly, bid for, purchase or attempt to induce any person to bid for or purchase, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares during any restricted period as such term is defined in Regulation M. In addition, Counterparty represents that it is eligible to conduct a primary offering of Shares on Form S-3, the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement complies with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), and the Shares are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M.
(d) Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Shares .
(i) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that, in respect of any Shares delivered to Dealer hereunder, such Shares shall be newly issued (unless mutually agreed otherwise by the parties) and, upon such delivery, duly and validly authorized, issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free of any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights and shall, upon such issuance, be accepted for listing or quotation on the Exchange.
(ii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) will hedge its exposure to this Transaction by selling Shares borrowed from third party securities lenders or other Shares pursuant to a registration statement, and that, pursuant to the terms of the Interpretive Letter, the Shares (up to the sum of (x) the Initial Number of Shares and (y) the Additional Number of Shares) delivered, pledged or loaned by Counterparty to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) in connection with this Transaction may be used by Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) to return to securities lenders without further registration or other restrictions under the Securities Act, in the hands of those securities lenders, irrespective of whether such securities loan is effected by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer. Accordingly, subject to Paragraph 7(h) below, Counterparty agrees that the Shares that it delivers, pledges or loans to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) on or prior to the final Settlement Date will not bear a restrictive legend and that such Shares will be deposited in, and the delivery thereof shall be effected through the facilities of, the Clearance System.
(iii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that it has reserved and will keep available at all times, free from preemptive or similar rights and free from any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance, authorized but unissued Shares at least equal to the Share Cap, solely for the purpose of settlement under this Transaction.
(iv) Unless the provisions set forth below under Private Placement Procedures are applicable, Dealer agrees to use any Shares delivered by Counterparty hereunder on any Settlement Date to return to securities lenders to close out open securities loans created by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer in the course of Dealers or such affiliates hedging activities related to Dealers exposure under this Transaction.
(v) In connection with bids and purchases of Shares in connection with any Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement of this Transaction, Dealer shall use its good faith efforts to conduct its activities, or cause its affiliates to conduct their activities, in a manner consistent with the requirements of the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, as if such provisions were applicable to such purchases, taking into account any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission no action letters, as appropriate.
(e) Additional Representations and Agreements of Counterparty . Counterparty represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
(i) Counterparty represents to Dealer on the Trade Date and on any date that Counterparty notifies Dealer that Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies to this Transaction, that (A) Counterparty is not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares, (B) each of its filings under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other applicable securities laws that are required to be filed have been filed and that, as of the date of this representation, when considered as a whole (with the more recent such filings deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such filings), there is no misstatement of material fact contained therein or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (C) Counterparty is not entering into this Confirmation nor making any election hereunder to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act. In addition to any other requirement set forth herein, Counterparty agrees not to designate, or to appropriately rescind or modify a prior designation of, any Settlement Date if it is notified by Dealer that, in the reasonable determination of Dealer, based on advice of counsel, such settlement or Dealers related market activity in respect of such date would result in a violation of any applicable federal or state law or regulation, including the U.S. federal securities laws.
(ii) It is the intent of Dealer and Counterparty that following any election of Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement by Counterparty, the purchase of Shares by Dealer during any Unwind Period comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-l(c)(l)(i)(B) of the Exchange Act and that this Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-l(c). Counterparty acknowledges that (i) during any Unwind Period Counterparty shall not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any influence over how, when or whether to effect purchases of Shares by Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) in connection with this Confirmation and (ii) Counterparty is entering into the Agreement and this Confirmation in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with federal securities laws including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(iii) Counterparty shall, at least one day prior to the first day of any Unwind Period, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception contained in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) by or for Counterparty or any of its affiliated purchasers during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the first day of the Unwind Period and during the calendar week in which the first day of the Unwind Period occurs ( Rule 10b-18 purchase , blocks and affiliated purchaser each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18).
(iv) During any Unwind Period, Counterparty shall (i) notify Dealer prior to the opening of trading in the Shares on any day on which Counterparty makes, or reasonably expects in advance of the opening to be made, any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving a recapitalization relating to Counterparty (other than any such transaction in which the consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period), (ii) promptly notify Dealer following any such announcement that such announcement has been made, and (iii) promptly deliver to Dealer following the making of any such announcement information indicating (A) Counterpartys average daily Rule 10b-18 purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months preceding the date of the announcement of such transaction and (B) Counterpartys block purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 during the three full calendar months preceding the date of the announcement of such transaction. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.
(v) Neither Counterparty nor any of its affiliated purchasers (within the meaning of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) shall take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, any direct purchases by Counterparty or any of its affiliates, or any purchases by a party to a derivative transaction with Counterparty or any of its affiliates), either under this Confirmation, under an agreement with another party or otherwise, that Counterparty reasonably believes to cause any purchases of Shares by Dealer or any of its affiliates in connection with any Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement of this Transaction not to meet the requirements of the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 determined as if all such foregoing purchases were made by Counterparty.
(vi) Counterparty will not engage in any distribution (as defined in Regulation M), other than a distribution meeting, in each case, the requirements of an exception set forth in each of Rules 101(b) and 102(b) of Regulation M that would cause a restricted period (as defined in Regulation M) to occur during any Unwind Period.
(vii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, required to register as an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(viii) Counterparty is not insolvent, nor will Counterparty be rendered insolvent as a result of this Transaction or its performance of the terms hereof.
(ix) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of this Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entitys Own Equity (or any successor issue statements) or under FASBs Liabilities & Equity Project.
(x) Counterparty understands no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
(xi) To Counterpartys actual knowledge, no federal, state or local (including non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of Dealer or its affiliates owning or holding (however defined) Shares, other than Sections 13 and 16 under the Exchange Act or Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty, as amended and supplemented; provided that Counterparty makes no representation or warranty regarding any such requirement that is applicable generally to the ownership of equity securities by Dealer or its affiliates solely as a result of their being a financial institution or broker-dealer.
(xii) No filing with, or approval, authorization, consent, license, registration, qualification, order or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the execution, delivery and performance by Counterparty of this Confirmation and the consummation of this Transaction (including, without limitation, the issuance and delivery of Shares on any Settlement Date) except (i) such as have been obtained under the Securities Act and (ii) as may be required to be obtained under state securities laws.
(xiii) Counterparty (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business affairs as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of entering into this Transaction; (ii) has consulted with its own legal, financial, accounting and tax advisors in connection with this Transaction; and (iii) is entering into this Transaction for a bona fide business purpose.
(xiv) Counterparty will, by the next succeeding Scheduled Trading Day notify Dealer upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any event that would constitute an Event of Default, a Potential Event of Default or a Potential Adjustment Event.
(xv) Ownership positions of Counterpartys common stock held by Dealer or any of its affiliates solely in its capacity as a nominee or fiduciary (where Dealer and such affiliates have no economic interest in such positions) do not constitute ownership by Dealer, and Dealer shall not be deemed or treated as the beneficial or constructive owner of such positions, in each case, for purposes of Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty, as amended and supplemented, except for purposes of Section E.6 thereof.
(xvi) Counterparty (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (iii) has total assets of at least USD 50 million as of the date hereof.
(f) Acceleration Events . Each of the following events shall constitute an Acceleration Event :
(i) Stock Borrow Event . In the commercially reasonable judgment of Dealer (A) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) is not able to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure under this Transaction because insufficient Shares are made available for borrowing by securities lenders or (B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) would incur a cost to borrow (or to maintain a borrow of) Shares to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure under this Transaction that is greater than a rate equal to 200 basis points per annum (each, a Stock Borrow Event );
(ii) Dividends and Other Distributions . On any day occurring after the Trade Date, Counterparty declares a distribution, issue or dividend to existing holders of the Shares of (A) any cash dividend (other than an Extraordinary Dividend) to the extent all cash dividends having an ex-dividend date during the period from, and including, any Forward Price Reduction Date (with the Trade Date being a Forward Price Reduction Date for purposes of this paragraph (ii) only) to, but excluding, the next subsequent Forward Price Reduction Date exceeds, on a per Share basis, the Forward Price Reduction Amount set forth opposite the first date of any such period on Schedule I, (B) any Extraordinary Dividend, (C) any share capital or other securities of another issuer acquired or owned (directly or indirectly) by Counterparty as a result of a spin-off or other similar transaction or (D) any other type of securities (other than Shares), rights or warrants or other assets, in any case for payment (cash or other consideration) at less than the prevailing market price, as determined in a commercially reasonable manner by Dealer; Extraordinary Dividend means any dividend or distribution (that is not
an ordinary cash dividend) declared by the Issuer with respect to the Shares that, in the commercially reasonable determination of Dealer, is (1) a dividend or distribution declared on the Shares at a time at which the Issuer has not previously declared or paid dividends or distributions on such Shares for the prior four quarterly periods, (2) a payment or distribution by the Issuer to holders of Shares that the Issuer announces will be an extraordinary or special dividend or distribution, (3) a payment by the Issuer to holders of Shares out of the Issuers capital and surplus or (4) any other special dividend or distribution on the Shares that is, by its terms or declared intent, outside the normal course of operations or normal dividend policies or practices of the Issuer;
(iii) ISDA Termination . Either Dealer or Counterparty has the right to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, in which case, except as otherwise specified herein and except as a result of an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) of the Agreement, the provisions of Section 7(g) below shall apply in lieu of the consequences specified in Section 6 of the Agreement;
(iv) Other ISDA Events . An Announcement Date occurs in respect of any Merger Event, Tender Offer, Nationalization, Insolvency, Delisting or the occurrence of any Hedging Disruption or Change in Law; provided that, in case of a Delisting, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); provided further that (i) the definition of Change in Law provided in Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (A) replacing the phrase the interpretation in the third line thereof with the phrase or announcement or statement of the formal or informal interpretation and (B) immediately following the word Transaction in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase in the manner contemplated by Dealer on the Trade Date and (ii) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, any tax law) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in or announcement or statement of the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a Change in Law shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (the WSTAA ) or any similar provision in any legislation enacted on or after the Trade Date; or
(v) Ownership Event . In the good faith judgment of Dealer, on any day, the Share Amount for such day exceeds the Post-Effective Limit for such day (if any applies) (each, an Ownership Event ). For purposes of this clause (v), the Share Amount as of any day is the number of Shares that Dealer and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer (Dealer or any such person, a Dealer Person ) under any law, rule, regulation or regulatory order
or Counterparty constituent document that for any reason is, or after the Trade Date becomes, applicable to ownership of Shares ( Applicable Provisions ), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership of under the Applicable Provisions, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion. The Post-Effective Limit means (x) the minimum number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filing requirements on Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act, in each case, as in effect on the Trade Date) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a Dealer Person, or would result in an adverse effect on a Dealer Person, under the Applicable Provisions, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion, minus (y) 1.0% of the number of Shares outstanding.
(g) Termination Settlement . Upon the occurrence of any Acceleration Event, Dealer shall have the right to designate, upon at least one Scheduled Trading Days notice, any Scheduled Trading Day following such occurrence to be a Settlement Date hereunder (a Termination Settlement Date ) to which Physical Settlement shall apply, and to select the number of Settlement Shares relating to such Termination Settlement Date; provided that (i) in the case of an Acceleration Event arising out of an Ownership Event, the number of Settlement Shares so designated by Dealer shall not exceed the number of Shares necessary to reduce the Share Amount to reasonably below the Post-Effective Limit and (ii) in the case of an Acceleration Event arising out of a Stock Borrow Event, the number of Settlement Shares so designated by Dealer shall not exceed the number of Shares as to which such Stock Borrow Event exists. If, upon designation of a Termination Settlement Date by Dealer pursuant to the preceding sentence, Counterparty fails to deliver the Settlement Shares relating to such Termination Settlement Date when due or otherwise fails to perform obligations within its control in respect of this Transaction, it shall be an Event of Default with respect to Counterparty and Section 6 of the Agreement shall apply. If an Acceleration Event occurs during an Unwind Period relating to a number of Settlement Shares to which Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies, then on the Termination Settlement Date relating to such Acceleration Event, notwithstanding any election to the contrary by Counterparty, Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement shall apply to the portion of the Settlement Shares relating to such Unwind Period as to which Dealer has unwound its hedge and Physical Settlement shall apply in respect of (x) the remainder (if any) of such Settlement Shares and (y) the Settlement Shares designated by Dealer in respect of such Termination Settlement Date. If an Acceleration Event occurs after Counterparty has designated a Settlement Date to which Physical Settlement applies but before the relevant Settlement Shares have been delivered to Dealer, then Dealer shall have the right to cancel such Settlement Date and designate a Termination Settlement Date in respect of such Shares pursuant to the first sentence hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Nationalization or Merger Event, if at the time of the related Relevant Settlement Date the Shares have changed into cash or any other property or the right to receive cash or any other property, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the nature of the Shares as it determines appropriate to account for such change such that the nature of the Shares is consistent with what shareholders receive in such event.
(h) Private Placement Procedures . If Counterparty is unable to comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph (ii) of Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Shares above because of a change in law or a change in the policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff, or Dealer otherwise determines that in its reasonable opinion any Shares to be delivered to Dealer by Counterparty may not be freely returned by Dealer or its affiliates to securities lenders as described under such sub-paragraph (ii) or otherwise constitute restricted securities as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, then delivery of any such Shares (the Restricted Shares ) shall be effected as provided below, unless waived by Dealer.
(i) If Counterparty delivers the Restricted Shares pursuant to this clause (i) (a Private Placement Settlement ), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Counterparty shall be effected in accordance with private placement procedures customary for private placements of equity securities of substantially similar size with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to Dealer; provided that Counterparty may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Counterparty to Dealer (or any affiliate designated by Dealer) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) or Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate of Dealer), and if Counterparty fails to deliver the Restricted Shares when due or otherwise fails to perform obligations within its control in respect of a Private Placement Settlement, it shall be an Event of Default with respect to Counterparty and Section 6 of the Agreement shall apply. The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by Dealer), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer. In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, Dealer shall, in its good faith discretion, adjust the amount of Restricted Shares to be delivered to Dealer hereunder in a commercially reasonable manner to reflect the fact that such Restricted Shares may not be freely returned to securities lenders by Dealer and may only be saleable by Dealer at a discount to reflect the lack of liquidity in Restricted Shares. Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Clearance System Business Day following notice by Dealer to Counterparty of the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the date that would otherwise be applicable.
(ii) If Counterparty delivers any Restricted Shares in respect of this Transaction, Counterparty agrees that (A) such Shares may be transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates and (B) after the minimum holding period within the meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed, Counterparty shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for the Shares to remove, any legends
referring to any transfer restrictions from such Shares upon delivery by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Counterparty or such transfer agent of any sellers and brokers representation letters customarily delivered by Dealer or its affiliates in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, each without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer).
(i) Indemnity . Counterparty agrees to indemnify Dealer and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons (Dealer and each such affiliate or person being an Indemnified Party ) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint and several, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Party arising out of, in connection with, or relating to, any breach of any covenant or representation made by Counterparty in this Confirmation or the Agreement and will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) as they are incurred in connection with the investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto, except to the extent determined in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from Dealers negligence, fraud, bad faith and/or willful misconduct or from a breach of any representation or covenant of Dealer contained in this Confirmation or the Agreement. The foregoing provisions shall survive any termination or completion of the Transaction.
(j) Waiver of Trial by Jury . COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(k) Governing Law/Jurisdiction . This Confirmation and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Confirmation shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without reference to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. The parties hereto irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with all matters relating hereto and waive any objection to the laying of venue in, and any claim of inconvenient forum with respect to, these courts.
(l) Designation by Dealer . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty only to the extent of any such performance.
(m) Insolvency Filing . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the Agreement or in the Equity Definitions, upon any Insolvency Filing or other proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in respect of the Issuer, this Transaction shall automatically terminate on the date thereof without further liability of either party to this Confirmation to the other party (except for any liability in respect of any breach of representation or covenant by a party under this Confirmation prior to the date of such Insolvency Filing or other proceeding), it being understood that this Transaction is a contract for the issuance of Shares by the Issuer.
(n) Disclosure . Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, each of Dealer and Counterparty and each of their employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(o) Right to Extend . Dealer may postpone any Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery, with respect to some or all of the relevant Settlement Shares, if Dealer determines, based on advice of counsel, that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Dealer to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging activity hereunder in a manner that would, if Dealer were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
(p) Counterparty Share Repurchases . Counterparty agrees not to repurchase, directly or indirectly, any Shares if, immediately following such purchase, the Outstanding Share Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.5%. The Outstanding Share Percentage as of any day is the fraction (1) the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Number of Shares for this Transaction and (2) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.
(q) Limit on Beneficial Ownership . Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer shall not have the right to acquire Shares hereunder and Dealer shall not be entitled to take delivery of any Shares hereunder (in each case, whether in connection with the purchase of Shares on any Settlement Date or any Termination Settlement Date, any Private Placement Settlement or otherwise) to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares hereunder, (i) the Share Amount would exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) Dealer and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with Dealer under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder (the Dealer Group ) would directly or indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.9% of the then outstanding Shares (the Threshold Number of Shares ), (iii) Dealer would hold 5% or more of the number of Shares of Counterpartys outstanding common stock or 5% or more of Counterpartys outstanding
voting power (the Exchange Limit ) or (iv) such acquisition would result in a violation of any restriction on ownership or transfer set forth in Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty (the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions ). Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery, (i) the Share Amount would exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) the Dealer Group would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of the Threshold Number of Shares, (iii) Dealer would directly or indirectly hold in excess of the Exchange Limit or (iv) such delivery would result in a violation of the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterpartys obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Scheduled Trading Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that, after such delivery, (i) the Share Amount would not exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) the Dealer Group would not directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of the Threshold Number of Shares, (iii) Dealer would not directly or indirectly hold in excess of the Exchange Limit and (iv) such delivery would not result in a violation of the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restriction.
In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the immediately preceding paragraph, Dealer shall be permitted to make any payment due in respect of such Shares to Counterparty in two or more tranches that correspond in amount to the number of Shares delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph.
Dealer represents and warrants that, as of the Trade Date, if Dealer received the maximum number of Shares hereunder assuming both (i) Physical Settlement applies and (ii) no restrictions on the delivery of Shares hereunder were applicable, then the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions would not apply so as to limit the number of Shares that Dealer could receive hereunder.
(r) Commodity Exchange Act . Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract participant as defined in Section 1a(18) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the CEA ), the Agreement and this Transaction are subject to individual negotiation by the parties and have not been executed or traded on a trading facility as defined in Section 1a(51) of the CEA.
(s) Bankruptcy Status . Subject to Paragraph 7(m) above, Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby that are senior to the claims of Counterpartys common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided , however , that nothing herein shall be deemed to limit Dealers right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to this Confirmation and the Agreement; and provided , further , that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealers rights in respect of any transaction other than this Transaction.
(t) No Collateral or Setoff . Notwithstanding Section 6(f) or any other provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations in respect of this Transaction shall not be set off against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be set off against obligations in respect of this Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, except that set-off solely with respect to amounts payable under this Transaction shall be permissible.
(u) Tax Matters .
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For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the Agreement: |
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Dealer makes the following representations: |
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Each payment received or to be received by it in connection with the Agreement is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business within the United States; and |
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It is a foreign person (as that term is used in section 1.6041-4(a)(4) of United States Treasury Regulations) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
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Counterparty makes the following representations: |
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It is a U.S. person (as that term is used in section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
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It is a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, and is an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)(J). |
(ii) Withholding Tax imposed on payments to non-US counterparties under the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act . Tax and Indemnifiable Tax, each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement, shall not include any FATCA Withholding Tax. For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement.
Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
FATCA Withholding Tax means any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any
current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
(iii) HIRE Act . To the extent that either party to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction is not an adhering party to the ISDA 2015 Section 871(m) Protocol published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. on November 2, 2015 and available at www.isda.org , as may be amended, supplemented, replaced or superseded from time to time (the 871(m) Protocol), the parties agree that the provisions and amendments contained in the Attachment to the 871(m) Protocol are incorporated into and apply to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction as if set forth in full herein. The parties further agree that, solely for purposes of applying such provisions and amendments to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction, references to each Covered Master Agreement in the 871(m) Protocol will be deemed to be references to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction, and references to the Implementation Date in the 871(m) Protocol will be deemed to be references to the Trade Date of this Transaction. For greater certainty, if there is any inconsistency between this provision and the provisions contained in any other agreement between the parties with respect to this Transaction, this provision shall prevail unless such other agreement expressly overrides the provisions of the Attachment to the 871(m) Protocol.
(iv) Tax documentation . For the purposes of Sections 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, Counterparty shall provide to Dealer a valid and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or any successor thereto, with the C Corporation box checked on line 3 thereof (i) on or before the date of execution of this Confirmation; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Dealer; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by Counterparty has become inaccurate or incorrect. Additionally, Counterparty shall, promptly upon request by Dealer, provide, to the extent it is permitted by law to do so without material prejudice, such other tax forms and documents reasonably requested by Dealer.
For the purposes of Sections 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, Dealer shall provide to Counterparty a valid and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8ECI, or any successor thereto, with the C Corporation or Corporation box checked on line 3 or line 4, respectively, thereof, (i) on or before the date of execution of this Confirmation; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Counterparty; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by Dealer has become inaccurate or incorrect. Additionally, Dealer shall, promptly upon request by Counterparty, provide, to the extent it is permitted by law to do so without material prejudice, such other tax forms and documents reasonably requested by Counterparty.
(v) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 . The parties hereby agree that none of (i) Section 739 of the WSTAA, (ii) any similar legal certainty provision included in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, (iii) the enactment of the WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, (iv) any requirement under the WSTAA or (v) any amendment made by the WSTAA shall limit or otherwise impair either partys right to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased cost, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, any right arising from any Acceleration Event).
(w) Other Forwards / Dealers . Dealer acknowledges that Counterparty has entered into a substantially identical forward transaction for the Shares (the Other Forward ) with Citibank, N.A. Dealer and Counterparty agree that if Counterparty designates a Settlement Date with respect to the Other Forward for which Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement is applicable, and the resulting Unwind Period for such Other Forward coincides for any period of time with an Unwind Period for this Transaction (the Overlap Unwind Period ), Counterparty shall notify Dealer at least one Scheduled Trading Day prior to the commencement of such Overlap Unwind Period of the first Scheduled Trading Day and length of such Overlap Unwind Period, and Dealer shall be permitted to purchase Shares to unwind its hedge in respect of this Transaction only on alternating Scheduled Trading Days during such Overlap Unwind Period, commencing on the first Scheduled Trading Day of such Overlap Unwind Period.
(x) Delivery of Cash . For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to deliver cash in respect of the settlement of this Transaction, except in circumstances where the required cash settlement thereof is permitted for classification of the contract as equity by ASC 815-40 (formerly EITF 00-19) as in effect on the Trade Date (including, without limitation, where Counterparty so elects to deliver cash or fails timely to elect to deliver Shares in respect of such settlement). For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall not be construed as limiting (i) Paragraph 7(i) hereunder or (ii) any damages that may be payable by Counterparty as a result of breach of this Confirmation.
(y) Forward Price and Upper Limit . Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, (i) the Forward Price shall in no event be less than USD 0.01 per Share and (ii) the aggregate proceeds payable to Counterparty for Shares pursuant to the Transaction shall be subject to the Upper Limit. Upper Limit means the product of (A) USD 600 million and (B) the Applicable Percentage, subject to reduction by an amount equal to the product of (x) any proceeds payable to Counterparty in respect of any Company Shares (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (y) the Applicable Percentage.
(z) Role of Agent. Each of Dealer and Counterparty acknowledges to and agrees with the other party hereto and to and with the Agent that (i) the Agent is acting as agent for Dealer under the Transaction pursuant to instructions from such party, (ii) the Agent is not a principal or party to the Transaction, and may transfer its rights and
obligations with respect to the Transaction, (iii) the Agent shall have no responsibility, obligation or liability, by way of issuance, guaranty, endorsement or otherwise in any manner with respect to the performance of either party under the Transaction, (iv) Dealer and the Agent have not given, and Counterparty is not relying (for purposes of making any investment decision or otherwise) upon, any statements, opinions or representations (whether written or oral) of Dealer or the Agent, other than the representations expressly set forth in this Confirmation or the Agreement, and (v) each party agrees to proceed solely against the other party, and not the Agent, to collect or recover any money or securities owed to it in connection with the Transaction. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Agent is an intended third party beneficiary hereunder. Counterparty acknowledges that the Agent is an affiliate of Dealer. Dealer will be acting for its own account in respect of this Confirmation and the Transaction contemplated hereunder.
(aa) Regulatory Provisions. The time of dealing for the Transaction will be confirmed by Dealer upon written request by Counterparty. The Agent will furnish to Counterparty upon written request a statement as to the source and amount of any remuneration received or to be received by the Agent in connection with a Transaction.
(bb) Method of Delivery. Whenever delivery of funds or other assets is required hereunder by or to Counterparty, such delivery shall be effected through the Agent. In addition, all notices, demands and communications of any kind relating to the Transaction between Dealer and Counterparty shall be transmitted exclusively through the Agent.
(cc) 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol. The parties agree that the terms of the 2013 EMIR Portfolio Reconciliation, Dispute Resolution and Disclosure Protocol published by ISDA on July 19, 2013 (Protocol) apply to the Agreement as if the parties had adhered to the Protocol without amendment. In respect of the Attachment to the Protocol, (i) the definition of Adherence Letter shall be deemed to be deleted and references to Adherence Letter shall be deemed to be to this section (and references to such partys Adherence Letter and its Adherence Letter shall be read accordingly), (ii) references to adheres to the Protocol shall be deemed to be enters into the Agreement, (iii) references to Protocol Covered Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement (and each Protocol Covered Agreement shall be read accordingly), and (iv) references to Implementation Date shall be deemed to be references to the date of this Confirmation. For the purposes of this section:
(i) |
Dealer is a Portfolio Data Sending Entity and Counterparty is a Portfolio Data Receiving Entity; |
(ii) |
Dealer and Counterparty may use a Third Party Service Provider, and each of Dealer and Counterparty consents to such use including the communication of the relevant data in relation to Dealer and Counterparty to such Third Party Service Provider for the purposes of the reconciliation services provided by such entity. |
(iii) |
The Local Business Days for such purposes in relation to Dealer and Counterparty is New York, New York, USA. |
(iv) |
The following are the applicable email addresses. |
Portfolio Data: |
Dealer: MarginServicesPortRec@barclays.com |
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Counterparty: trose@kilroyrealty.com | ||
Notice of discrepancy: |
Dealer: PortRecDiscrepancy@barclays.com |
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Counterparty: trose@kilroyrealty.com | ||
Dispute Notice: |
Dealer: EMIRdisputenotices@barclays.com |
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Counterparty: trose@kilroyrealty.com |
(dd) NFC Representation Protocol. The parties agree that the provisions set out in the Attachment to the ISDA 2013 EMIR NFC Representation Protocol published by ISDA on March 8, 2013 (the NFC Representation Protocol ) shall apply to the Agreement as if each party were an Adhering Party under the terms of the NFC Representation Protocol. In respect of the Attachment to the NFC Representation Protocol, (i) the definition of Adherence Letter shall be deemed to be deleted and references to Adherence Letter shall be deemed to be to this section (and references to the relevant Adherence Letter and its Adherence Letter shall be read accordingly), (ii) references to adheres to the Protocol shall be deemed to be enters into the Agreement, (iii) references to Covered Master Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement (and each Covered Master Agreement shall be read accordingly), and (iv) references to Implementation Date shall be deemed to be references to the date of this Confirmation. Counterparty confirms that it enters into this Confirmation as a party making the NFC Representation (as such term is defined in the NFC Representation Protocol). Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of any change to its status as a party making the NFC Representation.
(ee) Acknowledgment regarding certain UK Resolution Authority Powers .
(i) |
Dealer is authorized by the Prudential Regulation Authority ( PRA ) and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA, and is subject to the Bank of Englands resolution authority powers, as contained in the EU Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, and transposed in the UK by the Banking Act 2009. The powers include the ability to (a) suspend temporarily the termination and security enforcement rights of parties to a qualifying contract, and/or (b) bail-in certain liabilities owed by Dealer including the |
writing-down of the value of certain liabilities and/or the conversion of such liabilities into equity holdings (as described in further detail below). Pursuant to PRA requirements, Dealer is required to ensure that counterparties to certain agreements it enters into which are governed by non-EEA law contractually recognize the validity and applicability of the above-mentioned resolution powers, in order to ensure their effectiveness in cross border scenarios. |
(ii) |
The terms of this section apply only to the Transaction and constitute our entire agreement in relation to the matters contained in this section, and do not extend or amend the resolution authority powers of the Bank of England or any replacement authority. The terms of this section may not be amended by any other agreements, arrangements or understandings between Dealer and Counterparty. By signing the Transaction, Counterparty acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law of the Transaction, the Transaction is subject to, and Counterparty will be bound by the effect of an application of, the Bank of Englands (or replacement resolution authoritys) powers to (a) stay termination and/or security enforcement rights, and (b) bail-in liabilities. |
Please confirm your agreement to be bound by the terms stated herein by executing the copy of this Confirmation enclosed for that purpose and returning it to Paul Robinson at Barclays Bank PLC (email paul.robinson1@barclays.com).
Yours sincerely, | ||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Paul Robinson | |
Name: Paul Robinson |
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Title: Managing Director |
Confirmed as of the date first above written:
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Tyler H. Rose | |
Name: Tyler H. Rose | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
By: | /s/ Michelle Ngo | |
Name: Michelle Ngo | ||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
Exhibit 1.3
Date: August 8, 2018
To: |
Kilroy Realty Corporation |
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
Fax No.: (310) 481-6540
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
From: |
Citibank, N.A. |
390 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Dustin Sheppard
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Citibank, N.A. ( Dealer ) and Kilroy Realty Corporation (the Counterparty ) on the Trade Date specified below (the Transaction ). This letter agreement constitutes a Confirmation as referred to in the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement specified below.
The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the Equity Definitions ), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern.
Each party is hereby advised, and each such party acknowledges, that the other party has engaged in, or refrained from engaging in, substantial financial transactions and has taken other material actions in reliance upon the parties entry into the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates on the terms and conditions set forth below.
1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between Dealer and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement (the Agreement ) as if Dealer and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule but (i) with the elections set forth in this Confirmation and (ii) with the election that the Cross Default provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to Dealer as if (a) the phrase , or becoming capable at such time of being declared, were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (b) the Threshold Amount with respect to Dealer were three percent of the shareholders equity of Citigroup Inc. ( Dealer Parent ), (c) the following language were added to the end of Section 5(a)(vi): Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (x) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (y) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (z) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such partys receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.; and (d) the term Specified Indebtedness had meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term shall not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a partys banking business). In the event of any
inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that, other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, no Transaction shall be governed by the Agreement. For purposes of the Equity Definitions, this Transaction is a Share Forward Transaction.
2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:
General Terms:
Trade Date: |
August 8, 2018 |
Effective Date: |
August 13, 2018, or such later date on which the conditions set forth in Paragraph 7 of this Confirmation have been satisfied. |
Seller: |
Counterparty |
Buyer: |
Dealer |
Shares: |
The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per share (Ticker Symbol: KRC) |
Number of Shares: |
Initially, 2,500,000 Shares (the Initial Number of Shares ); provided that the Number of Shares shall be increased on each Subsequent Closing Date (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below)) by the product of (i) the related number of Optional Shares (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) in respect of which the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) have exercised their option pursuant to Section 3 of the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) the Applicable Percentage (the Additional Number of Shares ); provided, further , that the Number of Shares is subject to reduction as provided in Paragraph 7(a) below. |
In addition, on each Settlement Date, the Number of Shares shall be reduced by the number of Settlement Shares settled on such date. |
Applicable Percentage: |
50% |
Forward Price: |
(a) | On the Effective Date, the Initial Forward Price; and |
(b) | On each calendar day thereafter, (i) the Forward Price as of the immediately preceding calendar day multiplied by (ii) the sum of 1 and the Daily Rate for such day; provided that, on each Forward Price Reduction Date, the Forward Price in effect on such date shall be the Forward Price otherwise in effect on such date, minus the Forward Price Reduction Amount for such Forward Price Reduction Date; provided , further , that if the Number of Shares is increased in respect of any Optional Shares, the Forward Price shall be adjusted by the Calculation Agent on the Subsequent Closing Date for such Optional Shares to account for the fact that the application of the Daily Rate under this clause (b) shall not apply prior to such Subsequent Closing Date with respect to the applicable Additional Number of Shares. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Counterparty delivers Shares hereunder on or after a Forward Price Reduction Date and at or before the record date for an ordinary cash dividend with an ex-dividend date corresponding to such Forward Price Reduction Date, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Forward Price to the extent it determines, in good faith and its commercially reasonable discretion, that such an adjustment is practicable and appropriate to preserve the economic intent of the parties (taking into account Dealers commercially reasonable Hedge Positions in respect of the Transaction). |
Initial Forward Price: |
USD 71.68 per Share |
Daily Rate: |
For any day, a rate (which may be positive or negative) equal to (i) (a) USD-Federal Funds Rate for such day minus (b) the Spread divided by (ii) 360. |
USD-Federal Funds Rate: |
For any day, the rate set forth for such day opposite the caption Federal funds, as such rate is displayed on Bloomberg Screen OBFR01<Index><GO>, or any successor page; provided that, if no rate appears for a particular day on such page, the rate for the immediately preceding day for which a rate does so appear shall be used for such day. |
Spread: |
basis points |
Prepayment: |
Not Applicable |
Variable Obligation: |
Not Applicable |
Forward Price Reduction Dates: |
As set forth on Schedule I |
Forward Price Reduction Amounts: |
For each Forward Price Reduction Date, the Forward Price Reduction Amount set forth opposite such date on Schedule I. |
Exchange: |
The New York Stock Exchange |
Related Exchange(s): |
All Exchanges |
Clearance System: |
The Depository Trust Company |
Market Disruption Event: |
Section 6.3(a) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing the first sentence in its entirety with the following: Market Disruption Event means in respect of a Share or an Index, the occurrence or existence of (i) a Trading Disruption, (ii) an Exchange Disruption, (iii) an Early Closure or (iv) a Regulatory Disruption, in each case that the Calculation Agent determines, in its commercially reasonable judgment, is material. |
Early Closure: |
Section 6.3(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the provision following the term Scheduled Closing Time in the fourth line thereof. |
Regulatory Disruption: |
Any event that Dealer, based on the advice of counsel, determines makes it reasonably necessary or appropriate with regard to any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures that generally apply to transactions of a nature and kind similar to the Transaction and have been adopted in good faith by Dealer for Dealer to refrain from or decrease any market activity in connection with the Transaction. |
Settlement:
Settlement Currency: |
USD (all amounts shall be converted to the Settlement Currency in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner by the Calculation Agent) |
Settlement Date: |
Any Scheduled Trading Day following the Effective Date and up to and including the Final Date that is either: |
(a) | designated by Counterparty as a Settlement Date by a written notice (a Settlement Notice ) that satisfies the Settlement Notice Requirements, if applicable, and is delivered to Dealer no less than (i) two Scheduled Trading Days prior to such Settlement Date, which may be the Final Date, if Physical Settlement applies, and (ii) 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to such Settlement Date, which may be the Final Date, if Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies; provided that, if Dealer shall fully unwind its hedge with respect to the portion of the Number of Shares to be settled during an Unwind Period by a date that is more than three Scheduled Trading Days prior to a Settlement Date specified above, Dealer may, by written notice to Counterparty, no fewer than two Scheduled Trading Days prior thereto, specify any Scheduled Trading Day prior to such original Settlement Date as the Settlement Date; or |
(b) | designated by Dealer as a Settlement Date pursuant to the Termination Settlement provisions of Paragraph 7(g) below; |
provided that the Final Date will be a Settlement Date if on such date the Number of Shares for which a Settlement Date has not already been designated is greater than zero, and provided further that, following the occurrence of at least five consecutive Disrupted Days during an Unwind Period and while such Disrupted Days are continuing, Dealer may designate any subsequent Scheduled Trading Day as the Settlement Date with respect to the portion of the Settlement Shares, if any, for which Dealer has determined an Unwind Purchase Price during such Unwind Period, it being understood that the Unwind Period with respect to the remainder of such Settlement Shares shall recommence on the next succeeding Exchange Business Day that is not a Disrupted Day in whole. |
Final Date: |
August 1, 2019 (or if such day is not a Scheduled Trading Day, the next following Scheduled Trading Day). |
Settlement Shares: |
(a) | With respect to any Settlement Date other than the Final Date, the number of Shares designated as such by Counterparty in the relevant Settlement Notice or designated by Dealer pursuant to the Termination Settlement provisions of Paragraph 7(g) below, as applicable; provided that the Settlement Shares so designated shall, in the case of a designation by Counterparty, (i) not exceed the Number of Shares at that time and (ii) be at least equal to the lesser of 100,000 and the Number of Shares at that time, in each case with the Number of Shares determined taking into account pending Settlement Shares; and |
(b) | with respect to the Settlement Date on the Final Date, a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares at that time; |
in each case with the Number of Shares determined taking into account pending Settlement Shares. |
Settlement Method Election: |
Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement, or Net Share Settlement, at the election of Counterparty as set forth in a Settlement Notice that satisfies the Settlement Notice Requirements; provided that Physical Settlement shall apply (i) if no Settlement Method is validly selected, (ii) with respect to any Settlement Shares in respect of which Dealer is unable, in good faith and in its commercially reasonable discretion, to unwind its hedge by the end of the Unwind Period (taking into account any restrictions on Dealer resulting from any Overlap Unwind Period (as defined below)) (A) in a manner that, in the reasonable discretion of Dealer, based on advice of counsel, is consistent with the requirements for qualifying for the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 ( Rule 10b-18 ) under the Securities |
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) or (B) in its commercially reasonable judgment, due to the occurrence of five or more Disrupted Days or to the lack of sufficient liquidity in the Shares on any Exchange Business Day during the Unwind Period, (iii) to any Termination Settlement Date (as defined under Termination Settlement in Paragraph 7(g) below) and (iv) if the Final Date is a Settlement Date other than as the result of a valid Settlement Notice, in respect of such Settlement Date; provided further that, if Physical Settlement applies under clause (ii) immediately above, Dealer shall provide written notice to Counterparty at least two Scheduled Trading Days prior to the applicable Settlement Date. |
Settlement Notice Requirements: |
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, a Settlement Notice delivered by Counterparty that specifies Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement will not be effective to establish a Settlement Date or require Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement unless Counterparty delivers to Dealer with such Settlement Notice a representation, dated as of the date of such Settlement Notice and signed by Counterparty, containing the provisions set forth in clause (i) under the heading Additional Representations and Agreements of Counterparty in Paragraph 7(e) below. |
Physical Settlement: |
If Physical Settlement is applicable, then Counterparty shall deliver to Dealer through the Clearance System a number of Shares equal to the Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date, and Dealer shall pay to Counterparty, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Counterparty, an amount equal to the Physical Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date, on a delivery versus payment basis. If, on any Settlement Date, the Shares to be delivered by Counterparty to Dealer hereunder are not so delivered (the Deferred Shares ), and a Forward Price Reduction Date occurs during the period from, and including, such Settlement Date to, but excluding, the date such Shares are actually delivered to Dealer, then the portion of the Physical Settlement Amount payable by Dealer to Counterparty in respect of the Deferred Shares shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Forward Price Reduction Amount for such Forward Price Reduction Date, multiplied by the number of Deferred Shares. |
Physical Settlement Amount: |
For any Settlement Date for which Physical Settlement is applicable, an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the Forward Price in effect on the relevant Settlement Date multiplied by (b) the Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date. |
Cash Settlement: |
On any Settlement Date in respect of which Cash Settlement applies, if the Cash Settlement Amount is a positive number, Dealer will pay the Cash Settlement Amount to Counterparty. If the Cash Settlement Amount is a negative number, Counterparty will pay the absolute value of the Cash Settlement Amount to Dealer. Such amounts shall be paid on such Settlement Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds. |
Cash Settlement Amount: |
An amount determined by the Calculation Agent equal to: |
(a) | (i)(A) the weighted average (weighted on the same basis as clause (B)) of the Forward Prices on each day during the applicable Unwind Period (calculated assuming no reduction to the Forward Price for any Forward Price Reduction Date that occurs during such Unwind Period, which is accounted for in clause (b) below), minus USD 0.02, minus (B) the weighted average price (the Unwind Purchase Price ) at which Dealer purchases Shares during the Unwind Period to unwind its hedge with respect to the portion of the Number of Shares to be settled during the Unwind Period (including, for the avoidance of doubt, purchases on any Disrupted Day in part), taking into account Shares anticipated to be delivered or received if Net Share Settlement applies, and the restrictions of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act agreed to hereunder, multiplied by (ii) the Settlement Shares for the relevant Settlement Date; minus |
(b) | the product of (i) the Forward Price Reduction Amount for any Forward Price Reduction Date that occurs during such Unwind Period, and (ii) the number of Settlement Shares for such Settlement Date with respect to which Dealer has not unwound its hedge, including the settlement of such unwinds, as of such Forward Price Reduction Date. |
Net Share Settlement: |
On any Settlement Date in respect of which Net Share Settlement applies, if the Cash Settlement Amount is a (i) positive number, Dealer shall deliver a number of Shares to Counterparty equal to the Net Share Settlement Shares, or (ii) negative number, Counterparty shall deliver a number of Shares to Dealer equal to the Net Share Settlement Shares; provided that, if Dealer determines in its reasonable judgment that it would be required to deliver Net Share Settlement Shares to Counterparty, Dealer may elect to deliver a portion of such Net Share Settlement Shares on one or more dates prior to the applicable Settlement Date. |
Net Share Settlement Shares: |
With respect to a Settlement Date, the absolute value of the Cash Settlement Amount divided by the Unwind Purchase Price, with the number of Shares rounded up in the event such calculation results in a fractional number. |
Unwind Period: |
The period from and including the first Exchange Business Day following the date Counterparty validly elects Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement in respect of a Settlement Date through the second Scheduled Trading Day preceding such Settlement Date, subject to Termination Settlement as described in Paragraph 7(g) below. |
Failure to Deliver: |
Applicable if Dealer is required to deliver Shares hereunder; otherwise, Not Applicable. |
Share Cap: |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation, in no event will Counterparty be required to deliver to Dealer on any Settlement Date, whether pursuant to Physical Settlement, Net Share Settlement or any Private Placement Settlement, a number of Shares in excess of (i) two times the sum |
of (x) the Initial Number of Shares and (y) the aggregate Additional Number of Shares, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Confirmation or the Equity Definitions minus (ii) the aggregate number of Shares delivered by Counterparty to Dealer hereunder prior to such Settlement Date. |
Adjustments:
Method of Adjustment: |
Calculation Agent Adjustment. Section 11.2(e) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by deleting clauses (iii) and (v) thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the declaration or payment of a cash dividend will not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event. |
Additional Adjustment: |
If, in Dealers commercially reasonable judgment, the actual cost to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer), over any 15 consecutive day period, of borrowing a number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure to this Transaction exceeds a weighted average rate equal to 25 basis points per annum, the Calculation Agent shall reduce the Forward Price in order to compensate Dealer for the amount by which such cost exceeded a weighted average rate equal to 25 basis points per annum during such period. The Calculation Agent shall notify Counterparty prior to making any such adjustment to the Forward Price. Extraordinary Events: |
Extraordinary Events: |
In lieu of the applicable provisions contained in Article 12 of the Equity Definitions, the consequences of any Extraordinary Event (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Merger Event, Tender Offer, Nationalization, Insolvency, Delisting, or Change In Law) shall be as specified below under the headings Acceleration Events and Termination Settlement in Paragraphs 7(f) and 7(g), respectively. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Equity Definitions, no Additional Disruption Event will be applicable except to the extent expressly referenced in Paragraph 7(f)(iv) below. The definition of Tender Offer in Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing 10% with 15%. |
Non-Reliance: |
Applicable |
Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities: |
Applicable |
Additional Acknowledgments: |
Applicable |
Transfer: |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Agreement, Dealer may assign, transfer and set over all rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies of Dealer under this Transaction, in whole or in part, to (A) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dealer Parent, whose obligations hereunder are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Dealer or Dealer Parent, or (B) any other wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of Dealer Parent with a long-term issuer rating equal to or better than the credit rating of Dealer at the time of transfer without the consent of Counterparty; provided that, at all times, Dealer or any transferee or assignee or other recipient of rights, title and interest, powers, privileges and remedies shall be eligible to provide a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8ECI with respect to any payments or deliveries under the Agreement. |
3. Calculation Agent: |
Dealer whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner; provided that, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(vii) of the Agreement with respect to which Dealer is the sole Defaulting Party, if the Calculation Agent fails to timely make any calculation, adjustment or determination required to be made by the Calculation Agent hereunder or to perform any obligation of the Calculation Agent hereunder and such failure continues for five (5) Exchange Business Days following notice to the Calculation Agent by Counterparty of such failure, Counterparty shall have the right to designate a nationally recognized third-party dealer in over-the-counter corporate equity derivatives to act, during the period commencing on the date such Event of Default occurred and ending on the Early Termination Date with respect to such Event of Default, as the Calculation Agent. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation |
Agent hereunder, upon a request by Counterparty, the Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Scheduled Trading Days) provide to Counterparty by e-mail to the e-mail address provided by Counterparty in such request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination or calculation (including any assumptions used in making such determination or calculation), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary or confidential models or other proprietary or confidential information used by it for such determination or calculation. |
4. Account Details:
(a) Account for delivery of Shares to Dealer: |
To be furnished |
(b) Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty: |
To be furnished |
(c) Account for payments to Counterparty: |
To be advised under separate cover or telephone confirmed prior to each Settlement Date |
(d) Account for payments to Dealer: |
To be advised under separate cover or telephone confirmed prior to each Settlement Date |
5. Offices:
The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party
The Office of Dealer for the Transaction is: New York
6. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:
(a) Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:
Kilroy Realty Corporation
12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90064
Fax No.: (310) 481-6540
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(b) Address for notices or communications to Dealer:
Citibank, N.A.
390 Greenwich Street, 6th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Dustin Sheppard
Phone: 212 723 5770
Email: dustin.c.sheppard@citi.com
7. Other Provisions:
(a) Conditions to Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Confirmation on the Effective Date or with respect to the relevant Additional Number of Shares on a Subsequent Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by Dealer of the following conditions: (i) the condition that the representations and warranties of Counterparty contained in the Underwriting Agreement dated the date hereof between Counterparty, the representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto, and the Forward Sellers (as such term is defined therein) (the Underwriting Agreement ) and any certificate delivered pursuant thereto by Counterparty are true and correct on such date as if made as of such date, (ii) the condition that Counterparty has performed all of the obligations required to be performed by it under the Underwriting Agreement on or prior to such date, (iii) the condition that Counterparty has delivered to Dealer an opinion of counsel dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance as previously agreed between Counterparty and Dealer; provided that any such opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, (iv) all of the conditions set forth in Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement and (v) the condition, as determined by Dealer in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner, that neither of the following has occurred (A) Dealer is unable to borrow and deliver for sale a number of Shares equal to the Initial Number of Shares or such Additional Number of Shares, as the case may be, or (B) in Dealers commercially reasonable judgment either it is impracticable to do so or Dealer would incur a stock loan cost of more than a rate equal to 200 basis points to do so (in which event this Confirmation shall be effective but the Number of Shares for this Transaction shall be the number of Shares Dealer (or its affiliated Forward Seller) is required to deliver in accordance with Section 3(a) of the Underwriting Agreement).
(b) Underwriting Agreement Representations, Warranties and Covenants . On the Trade Date and on each date on which Dealer or its affiliates makes a sale pursuant to a prospectus in connection with a hedge of this Transaction, Counterparty repeats and reaffirms as of such date all of the representations and warranties contained in the Underwriting Agreement. Counterparty hereby agrees to comply with its covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement as if such covenants were made in favor of Dealer.
(c) Interpretive Letter . Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that this Transaction is being entered into in accordance with the October 9, 2003 interpretive letter from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the Interpretive Letter ) and agrees to take all actions, and to omit to take any actions,
reasonably requested by Dealer for this Transaction to comply with the Interpretive Letter. Without limiting the foregoing, Counterparty agrees that neither it nor any affiliated purchaser (as defined in Regulation M ( Regulation M ) promulgated under the Exchange Act) will, directly or indirectly, bid for, purchase or attempt to induce any person to bid for or purchase, the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares during any restricted period as such term is defined in Regulation M. In addition, Counterparty represents that it is eligible to conduct a primary offering of Shares on Form S-3, the offering contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement complies with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), and the Shares are actively traded as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M.
(d) Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Shares .
(i) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that, in respect of any Shares delivered to Dealer hereunder, such Shares shall be newly issued (unless mutually agreed otherwise by the parties) and, upon such delivery, duly and validly authorized, issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free of any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance and not subject to any preemptive or similar rights and shall, upon such issuance, be accepted for listing or quotation on the Exchange.
(ii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) will hedge its exposure to this Transaction by selling Shares borrowed from third party securities lenders or other Shares pursuant to a registration statement, and that, pursuant to the terms of the Interpretive Letter, the Shares (up to the sum of (x) the Initial Number of Shares and (y) the Additional Number of Shares) delivered, pledged or loaned by Counterparty to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) in connection with this Transaction may be used by Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) to return to securities lenders without further registration or other restrictions under the Securities Act, in the hands of those securities lenders, irrespective of whether such securities loan is effected by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer. Accordingly, subject to Paragraph 7(h) below, Counterparty agrees that the Shares that it delivers, pledges or loans to Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) on or prior to the final Settlement Date will not bear a restrictive legend and that such Shares will be deposited in, and the delivery thereof shall be effected through the facilities of, the Clearance System.
(iii) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that it has reserved and will keep available at all times, free from preemptive or similar rights and free from any lien, charge, claim or other encumbrance, authorized but unissued Shares at least equal to the Share Cap, solely for the purpose of settlement under this Transaction.
(iv) Unless the provisions set forth below under Private Placement Procedures are applicable, Dealer agrees to use any Shares delivered by Counterparty hereunder on any Settlement Date to return to securities lenders to close out open securities loans created by Dealer or an affiliate of Dealer in the course of Dealers or such affiliates hedging activities related to Dealers exposure under this Transaction.
(v) In connection with bids and purchases of Shares in connection with any Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement of this Transaction, Dealer shall use its good faith efforts to conduct its activities, or cause its affiliates to conduct their activities, in a manner consistent with the requirements of the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, as if such provisions were applicable to such purchases, taking into account any applicable Securities and Exchange Commission no action letters, as appropriate.
(e) Additional Representations and Agreements of Counterparty . Counterparty represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
(i) Counterparty represents to Dealer on the Trade Date and on any date that Counterparty notifies Dealer that Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies to this Transaction, that (A) Counterparty is not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares, (B) each of its filings under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other applicable securities laws that are required to be filed have been filed and that, as of the date of this representation, when considered as a whole (with the more recent such filings deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such filings), there is no misstatement of material fact contained therein or omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (C) Counterparty is not entering into this Confirmation nor making any election hereunder to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act. In addition to any other requirement set forth herein, Counterparty agrees not to designate, or to appropriately rescind or modify a prior designation of, any Settlement Date if it is notified by Dealer that, in the reasonable determination of Dealer, based on advice of counsel, such settlement or Dealers related market activity in respect of such date would result in a violation of any applicable federal or state law or regulation, including the U.S. federal securities laws.
(ii) It is the intent of Dealer and Counterparty that following any election of Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement by Counterparty, the purchase of Shares by Dealer during any Unwind Period comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-l(c)(l)(i)(B) of the Exchange Act and that this Confirmation shall be interpreted to comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-l(c). Counterparty acknowledges that (i) during any Unwind Period Counterparty shall not have, and shall not attempt to exercise, any influence over how, when or whether to effect purchases of Shares by Dealer (or its agent or affiliate) in connection with this Confirmation and (ii) Counterparty is entering into the Agreement and this Confirmation in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade compliance with federal securities laws including, without limitation, Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(iii) Counterparty shall, at least one day prior to the first day of any Unwind Period, notify Dealer of the total number of Shares purchased in Rule 10b-18 purchases of blocks pursuant to the once-a-week block exception contained in Rule 10b-18(b)(4) by or for Counterparty or any of its affiliated purchasers during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the first day of the Unwind Period and during the calendar week in which the first day of the Unwind Period occurs ( Rule 10b-18 purchase , blocks and affiliated purchaser each being used as defined in Rule 10b-18).
(iv) During any Unwind Period, Counterparty shall (i) notify Dealer prior to the opening of trading in the Shares on any day on which Counterparty makes, or reasonably expects in advance of the opening to be made, any public announcement (as defined in Rule 165(f) under the Securities Act) of any merger, acquisition, or similar transaction involving a recapitalization relating to Counterparty (other than any such transaction in which the consideration consists solely of cash and there is no valuation period), (ii) promptly notify Dealer following any such announcement that such announcement has been made, and (iii) promptly deliver to Dealer following the making of any such announcement information indicating (A) Counterpartys average daily Rule 10b-18 purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) during the three full calendar months preceding the date of the announcement of such transaction and (B) Counterpartys block purchases (as defined in Rule 10b-18) effected pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 10b-18 during the three full calendar months preceding the date of the announcement of such transaction. In addition, Counterparty shall promptly notify Dealer of the earlier to occur of the completion of such transaction and the completion of the vote by target shareholders.
(v) Neither Counterparty nor any of its affiliated purchasers (within the meaning of Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) shall take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, any direct purchases by Counterparty or any of its affiliates, or any purchases by a party to a derivative transaction with Counterparty or any of its affiliates), either under this Confirmation, under an agreement with another party or otherwise, that Counterparty reasonably believes to cause any purchases of Shares by Dealer or any of its affiliates in connection with any Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement of this Transaction not to meet the requirements of the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 determined as if all such foregoing purchases were made by Counterparty.
(vi) Counterparty will not engage in any distribution (as defined in Regulation M), other than a distribution meeting, in each case, the requirements of an exception set forth in each of Rules 101(b) and 102(b) of Regulation M that would cause a restricted period (as defined in Regulation M) to occur during any Unwind Period.
(vii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, required to register as an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(viii) Counterparty is not insolvent, nor will Counterparty be rendered insolvent as a result of this Transaction or its performance of the terms hereof.
(ix) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that Dealer is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of this Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share, ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Contracts in Entitys Own Equity (or any successor issue statements) or under FASBs Liabilities & Equity Project.
(x) Counterparty understands no obligations of Dealer to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of Dealer or any governmental agency.
(xi) To Counterpartys actual knowledge, no federal, state or local (including non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of Dealer or its affiliates owning or holding (however defined) Shares, other than Sections 13 and 16 under the Exchange Act or Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty, as amended and supplemented; provided that Counterparty makes no representation or warranty regarding any such requirement that is applicable generally to the ownership of equity securities by Dealer or its affiliates solely as a result of their being a financial institution or broker-dealer.
(xii) No filing with, or approval, authorization, consent, license, registration, qualification, order or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the execution, delivery and performance by Counterparty of this Confirmation and the consummation of this Transaction (including, without limitation, the issuance and delivery of Shares on any Settlement Date) except (i) such as have been obtained under the Securities Act and (ii) as may be required to be obtained under state securities laws.
(xiii) Counterparty (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business affairs as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of entering into this Transaction; (ii) has consulted with its own legal, financial, accounting and tax advisors in connection with this Transaction; and (iii) is entering into this Transaction for a bona fide business purpose.
(xiv) Counterparty will, by the next succeeding Scheduled Trading Day notify Dealer upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any event that would constitute an Event of Default, a Potential Event of Default or a Potential Adjustment Event.
(xv) Ownership positions of Counterpartys common stock held by Dealer or any of its affiliates solely in its capacity as a nominee or fiduciary (where Dealer and such affiliates have no economic interest in such positions) do not constitute ownership by Dealer, and Dealer shall not be deemed or treated as the beneficial or constructive owner of such positions, in each case, for purposes of Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty, as amended and supplemented, except for purposes of Section E.6 thereof.
(xvi) Counterparty (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating the recommendations of any broker-dealer or its associated persons, unless it has otherwise notified the broker-dealer in writing; and (iii) has total assets of at least USD 50 million as of the date hereof.
(f) Acceleration Events . Each of the following events shall constitute an Acceleration Event :
(i) Stock Borrow Event . In the commercially reasonable judgment of Dealer (A) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) is not able to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure under this Transaction because insufficient Shares are made available for borrowing by securities lenders or (B) Dealer (or an affiliate of Dealer) would incur a cost to borrow (or to maintain a borrow of) Shares to hedge in a commercially reasonable manner its exposure under this Transaction that is greater than a rate equal to 200 basis points per annum (each, a Stock Borrow Event );
(ii) Dividends and Other Distributions . On any day occurring after the Trade Date, Counterparty declares a distribution, issue or dividend to existing holders of the Shares of (A) any cash dividend (other than an Extraordinary Dividend) to the extent all cash dividends having an ex-dividend date during the period from, and including, any Forward Price Reduction Date (with the Trade Date being a Forward Price Reduction Date for purposes of this paragraph (ii) only) to, but excluding, the next subsequent Forward Price Reduction Date exceeds, on a per Share basis, the Forward Price Reduction Amount set forth opposite the first date of any such period on Schedule I, (B) any Extraordinary Dividend, (C) any share capital or other securities of another issuer acquired or owned (directly or indirectly) by Counterparty as a result of a spin-off or other similar transaction or (D) any other type of securities (other than Shares), rights or warrants or other assets, in any case for payment (cash or other consideration) at less than the prevailing market price, as determined in a commercially reasonable manner by Dealer; Extraordinary Dividend means any dividend or distribution (that is not
an ordinary cash dividend) declared by the Issuer with respect to the Shares that, in the commercially reasonable determination of Dealer, is (1) a dividend or distribution declared on the Shares at a time at which the Issuer has not previously declared or paid dividends or distributions on such Shares for the prior four quarterly periods, (2) a payment or distribution by the Issuer to holders of Shares that the Issuer announces will be an extraordinary or special dividend or distribution, (3) a payment by the Issuer to holders of Shares out of the Issuers capital and surplus or (4) any other special dividend or distribution on the Shares that is, by its terms or declared intent, outside the normal course of operations or normal dividend policies or practices of the Issuer;
(iii) ISDA Termination . Either Dealer or Counterparty has the right to designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, in which case, except as otherwise specified herein and except as a result of an Event of Default under Section 5(a)(i) of the Agreement, the provisions of Section 7(g) below shall apply in lieu of the consequences specified in Section 6 of the Agreement;
(iv) Other ISDA Events . An Announcement Date occurs in respect of any Merger Event, Tender Offer, Nationalization, Insolvency, Delisting or the occurrence of any Hedging Disruption or Change in Law; provided that, in case of a Delisting, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it will also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); provided further that (i) the definition of Change in Law provided in Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (A) replacing the phrase the interpretation in the third line thereof with the phrase or announcement or statement of the formal or informal interpretation and (B) immediately following the word Transaction in clause (X) thereof, adding the phrase in the manner contemplated by Dealer on the Trade Date and (ii) any determination as to whether (A) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, any tax law) or (B) the promulgation of or any change in or announcement or statement of the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a Change in Law shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (the WSTAA ) or any similar provision in any legislation enacted on or after the Trade Date; or
(v) Ownership Event . In the good faith judgment of Dealer, on any day, the Share Amount for such day exceeds the Post-Effective Limit for such day (if any applies) (each, an Ownership Event ). For purposes of this clause (v), the Share Amount as of any day is the number of Shares that Dealer and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer (Dealer or any such person, a Dealer Person ) under any law, rule, regulation or regulatory order
or Counterparty constituent document that for any reason is, or after the Trade Date becomes, applicable to ownership of Shares ( Applicable Provisions ), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership of under the Applicable Provisions, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion. The Post-Effective Limit means (x) the minimum number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filing requirements on Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act, in each case, as in effect on the Trade Date) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval from any person or entity) of a Dealer Person, or would result in an adverse effect on a Dealer Person, under the Applicable Provisions, as determined by Dealer in its reasonable discretion, minus (y) 1.0% of the number of Shares outstanding.
(g) Termination Settlement . Upon the occurrence of any Acceleration Event, Dealer shall have the right to designate, upon at least one Scheduled Trading Days notice, any Scheduled Trading Day following such occurrence to be a Settlement Date hereunder (a Termination Settlement Date ) to which Physical Settlement shall apply, and to select the number of Settlement Shares relating to such Termination Settlement Date; provided that (i) in the case of an Acceleration Event arising out of an Ownership Event, the number of Settlement Shares so designated by Dealer shall not exceed the number of Shares necessary to reduce the Share Amount to reasonably below the Post-Effective Limit and (ii) in the case of an Acceleration Event arising out of a Stock Borrow Event, the number of Settlement Shares so designated by Dealer shall not exceed the number of Shares as to which such Stock Borrow Event exists. If, upon designation of a Termination Settlement Date by Dealer pursuant to the preceding sentence, Counterparty fails to deliver the Settlement Shares relating to such Termination Settlement Date when due or otherwise fails to perform obligations within its control in respect of this Transaction, it shall be an Event of Default with respect to Counterparty and Section 6 of the Agreement shall apply. If an Acceleration Event occurs during an Unwind Period relating to a number of Settlement Shares to which Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement applies, then on the Termination Settlement Date relating to such Acceleration Event, notwithstanding any election to the contrary by Counterparty, Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement shall apply to the portion of the Settlement Shares relating to such Unwind Period as to which Dealer has unwound its hedge and Physical Settlement shall apply in respect of (x) the remainder (if any) of such Settlement Shares and (y) the Settlement Shares designated by Dealer in respect of such Termination Settlement Date. If an Acceleration Event occurs after Counterparty has designated a Settlement Date to which Physical Settlement applies but before the relevant Settlement Shares have been delivered to Dealer, then Dealer shall have the right to cancel such Settlement Date and designate a Termination Settlement Date in respect of such Shares pursuant to the first sentence hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Nationalization or Merger Event, if at the time of the related Relevant Settlement Date the Shares have changed into cash or any other property or the right to receive cash or any other property, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the nature of the Shares as it determines appropriate to account for such change such that the nature of the Shares is consistent with what shareholders receive in such event.
(h) Private Placement Procedures . If Counterparty is unable to comply with the provisions of sub-paragraph (ii) of Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Shares above because of a change in law or a change in the policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff, or Dealer otherwise determines that in its reasonable opinion any Shares to be delivered to Dealer by Counterparty may not be freely returned by Dealer or its affiliates to securities lenders as described under such sub-paragraph (ii) or otherwise constitute restricted securities as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, then delivery of any such Shares (the Restricted Shares ) shall be effected as provided below, unless waived by Dealer.
(i) If Counterparty delivers the Restricted Shares pursuant to this clause (i) (a Private Placement Settlement ), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Counterparty shall be effected in accordance with private placement procedures customary for private placements of equity securities of substantially similar size with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to Dealer; provided that Counterparty may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Counterparty to Dealer (or any affiliate designated by Dealer) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) or Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by Dealer (or any such affiliate of Dealer), and if Counterparty fails to deliver the Restricted Shares when due or otherwise fails to perform obligations within its control in respect of a Private Placement Settlement, it shall be an Event of Default with respect to Counterparty and Section 6 of the Agreement shall apply. The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to Dealer, due diligence rights (for Dealer or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by Dealer), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements of equity securities of a substantially similar size, all reasonably acceptable to Dealer. In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, Dealer shall, in its good faith discretion, adjust the amount of Restricted Shares to be delivered to Dealer hereunder in a commercially reasonable manner to reflect the fact that such Restricted Shares may not be freely returned to securities lenders by Dealer and may only be saleable by Dealer at a discount to reflect the lack of liquidity in Restricted Shares. Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Clearance System Business Day following notice by Dealer to Counterparty of the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the date that would otherwise be applicable.
(ii) If Counterparty delivers any Restricted Shares in respect of this Transaction, Counterparty agrees that (A) such Shares may be transferred by and among Dealer and its affiliates and (B) after the minimum holding period within the meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed, Counterparty shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for the Shares to remove, any legends
referring to any transfer restrictions from such Shares upon delivery by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer) to Counterparty or such transfer agent of any sellers and brokers representation letters customarily delivered by Dealer or its affiliates in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, each without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by Dealer (or such affiliate of Dealer).
(i) Indemnity . Counterparty agrees to indemnify Dealer and its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons (Dealer and each such affiliate or person being an Indemnified Party ) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, joint and several, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Party arising out of, in connection with, or relating to, any breach of any covenant or representation made by Counterparty in this Confirmation or the Agreement and will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) as they are incurred in connection with the investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto, except to the extent determined in a final and nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from Dealers negligence, fraud, bad faith and/or willful misconduct or from a breach of any representation or covenant of Dealer contained in this Confirmation or the Agreement. The foregoing provisions shall survive any termination or completion of the Transaction.
(j) Waiver of Trial by Jury . COUNTERPARTY AND DEALER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF DEALER OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
(k) Governing Law/Jurisdiction . This Confirmation and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Confirmation shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without reference to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. The parties hereto irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and the United States Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with all matters relating hereto and waive any objection to the laying of venue in, and any claim of inconvenient forum with respect to, these courts.
(l) Designation by Dealer . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing Dealer to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, Dealer may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such Shares or other securities and otherwise to perform Dealer obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. Dealer shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty only to the extent of any such performance.
(m) Insolvency Filing . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the Agreement or in the Equity Definitions, upon any Insolvency Filing or other proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code in respect of the Issuer, this Transaction shall automatically terminate on the date thereof without further liability of either party to this Confirmation to the other party (except for any liability in respect of any breach of representation or covenant by a party under this Confirmation prior to the date of such Insolvency Filing or other proceeding), it being understood that this Transaction is a contract for the issuance of Shares by the Issuer.
(n) Disclosure . Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, each of Dealer and Counterparty and each of their employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(o) Right to Extend . Dealer may postpone any Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery, with respect to some or all of the relevant Settlement Shares, if Dealer determines, based on advice of counsel, that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Dealer to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging activity hereunder in a manner that would, if Dealer were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
(p) Counterparty Share Repurchases . Counterparty agrees not to repurchase, directly or indirectly, any Shares if, immediately following such purchase, the Outstanding Share Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.5%. The Outstanding Share Percentage as of any day is the fraction (1) the numerator of which is the aggregate of the Number of Shares for this Transaction and (2) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.
(q) Limit on Beneficial Ownership . Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, Dealer shall not have the right to acquire Shares hereunder and Dealer shall not be entitled to take delivery of any Shares hereunder (in each case, whether in connection with the purchase of Shares on any Settlement Date or any Termination Settlement Date, any Private Placement Settlement or otherwise) to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt of any Shares hereunder, (i) the Share Amount would exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) Dealer and each person subject to aggregation of Shares with Dealer under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder (the Dealer Group ) would directly or indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.9% of the then outstanding Shares (the Threshold Number of Shares ), (iii) Dealer would hold 5% or more of the number of Shares of Counterpartys outstanding common stock or 5% or more of Counterpartys outstanding
voting power (the Exchange Limit ) or (iv) such acquisition would result in a violation of any restriction on ownership or transfer set forth in Article IV of the Articles of Restatement of Counterparty (the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions ). Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery, (i) the Share Amount would exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) the Dealer Group would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of the Threshold Number of Shares, (iii) Dealer would directly or indirectly hold in excess of the Exchange Limit or (iv) such delivery would result in a violation of the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions. If any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterpartys obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Scheduled Trading Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that, after such delivery, (i) the Share Amount would not exceed the Post-Effective Limit, (ii) the Dealer Group would not directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of the Threshold Number of Shares, (iii) Dealer would not directly or indirectly hold in excess of the Exchange Limit and (iv) such delivery would not result in a violation of the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restriction.
In addition, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any delivery owed to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the immediately preceding paragraph, Dealer shall be permitted to make any payment due in respect of such Shares to Counterparty in two or more tranches that correspond in amount to the number of Shares delivered by Counterparty to Dealer pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph.
Dealer represents and warrants that, as of the Trade Date, if Dealer received the maximum number of Shares hereunder assuming both (i) Physical Settlement applies and (ii) no restrictions on the delivery of Shares hereunder were applicable, then the Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions would not apply so as to limit the number of Shares that Dealer could receive hereunder.
(r) Commodity Exchange Act . Each of Dealer and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an eligible contract participant as defined in Section 1a(18) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the CEA ), the Agreement and this Transaction are subject to individual negotiation by the parties and have not been executed or traded on a trading facility as defined in Section 1a(51) of the CEA.
(s) Bankruptcy Status . Subject to Paragraph 7(m) above, Dealer acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to Dealer rights with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby that are senior to the claims of Counterpartys common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided , however , that nothing herein shall be deemed to limit Dealers right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to this Confirmation and the Agreement; and provided , further , that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit Dealers rights in respect of any transaction other than this Transaction.
(t) No Collateral or Setoff . Notwithstanding Section 6(f) or any other provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations in respect of this Transaction shall not be set off against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be set off against obligations in respect of this Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff, except that set-off solely with respect to amounts payable under this Transaction shall be permissible.
(u) Tax Matters .
(i) For the purpose of Section 3(f) of the Agreement:
(1) |
Dealer makes the following representations: |
a. |
It is a U.S. person (as that term is used in section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
(2) |
Counterparty makes the following representations: |
a. |
It is a U.S. person (as that term is used in section 1.1441-4(a)(3)(ii) of United States Treasury Regulations) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
b. |
It is a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and is organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, and is an exempt recipient under Treasury Regulation Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii)(J). |
(ii) Withholding Tax imposed on payments to non-US counterparties under the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act . Tax and Indemnifiable Tax, each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement, shall not include any FATCA Withholding Tax. For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement.
Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
FATCA Withholding Tax means any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
(iii) HIRE Act . To the extent that either party to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction is not an adhering party to the ISDA 2015 Section 871(m) Protocol published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. on November 2, 2015 and available at www.isda.org , as may be amended, supplemented, replaced or superseded from time to time (the 871(m) Protocol), the parties agree that the provisions and amendments contained in the Attachment to the 871(m) Protocol are incorporated into and apply to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction as if set forth in full herein. The parties further agree that, solely for purposes of applying such provisions and amendments to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction, references to each Covered Master Agreement in the 871(m) Protocol will be deemed to be references to the Agreement with respect to this Transaction, and references to the Implementation Date in the 871(m) Protocol will be deemed to be references to the Trade Date of this Transaction. For greater certainty, if there is any inconsistency between this provision and the provisions contained in any other agreement between the parties with respect to this Transaction, this provision shall prevail unless such other agreement expressly overrides the provisions of the Attachment to the 871(m) Protocol.
(iv) Tax documentation . For the purposes of Sections 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, Counterparty shall provide to Dealer a valid and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or any successor thereto, with the C Corporation box checked on line 3 thereof (i) on or before the date of execution of this Confirmation; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Dealer; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by Counterparty has become inaccurate or incorrect. Additionally, Counterparty shall, promptly upon request by Dealer, provide, to the extent it is permitted by law to do so without material prejudice, such other tax forms and documents reasonably requested by Dealer.
For the purposes of Sections 4(a)(i) and 4(a)(ii) of the Agreement, Dealer shall provide to Counterparty a valid and duly executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8ECI, or any successor thereto, with the C Corporation or Corporation box checked on line 3 or line 4, respectively, thereof, (i) on or before the date of execution of this Confirmation; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Counterparty; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such tax form previously provided by Dealer has become inaccurate or incorrect. Additionally, Dealer shall, promptly upon request by Counterparty, provide, to the extent it is permitted by law to do so without material prejudice, such other tax forms and documents reasonably requested by Counterparty.
(v) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 . The parties hereby agree that none of (i) Section 739 of the WSTAA, (ii) any similar legal certainty provision included in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, (iii) the enactment of the WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, (iv) any requirement under the WSTAA or (v) any amendment made by the WSTAA shall limit or otherwise impair either partys right to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or
supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased cost, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, any right arising from any Acceleration Event).
(w) Other Forwards / Dealers . Dealer acknowledges that Counterparty has entered into a substantially identical forward transaction for the Shares (the Other Forward ) with Barclays Bank PLC. Dealer and Counterparty agree that if Counterparty designates a Settlement Date with respect to the Other Forward for which Cash Settlement or Net Share Settlement is applicable, and the resulting Unwind Period for such Other Forward coincides for any period of time with an Unwind Period for this Transaction (the Overlap Unwind Period ), Counterparty shall notify Dealer at least one Scheduled Trading Day prior to the commencement of such Overlap Unwind Period of the second Scheduled Trading Day and length of such Overlap Unwind Period, and Dealer shall be permitted to purchase Shares to unwind its hedge in respect of this Transaction only on alternating Scheduled Trading Days during such Overlap Unwind Period, commencing on the second Scheduled Trading Day of such Overlap Unwind Period.
(x) Delivery of Cash . For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Confirmation shall be interpreted as requiring Counterparty to deliver cash in respect of the settlement of this Transaction, except in circumstances where the required cash settlement thereof is permitted for classification of the contract as equity by ASC 815-40 (formerly EITF 00-19) as in effect on the Trade Date (including, without limitation, where Counterparty so elects to deliver cash or fails timely to elect to deliver Shares in respect of such settlement). For the avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall not be construed as limiting (i) Paragraph 7(i) hereunder or (ii) any damages that may be payable by Counterparty as a result of breach of this Confirmation.
(y) Forward Price and Upper Limit . Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, (i) the Forward Price shall in no event be less than USD 0.01 per Share and (ii) the aggregate proceeds payable to Counterparty for Shares pursuant to the Transaction shall be subject to the Upper Limit. Upper Limit means the product of (A) USD 600 million and (B) the Applicable Percentage, subject to reduction by an amount equal to the product of (x) any proceeds payable to Counterparty in respect of any Company Shares (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (y) the Applicable Percentage.
Please confirm your agreement to be bound by the terms stated herein by executing the copy of this Confirmation enclosed for that purpose and returning it to Dustin Sheppard at Citibank, N.A. (email dustin.c.sheppard@citi.com).
Yours sincerely, | ||
CITIBANK, N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Herman Hirsch | |
Name: Herman Hirsch | ||
Title: Authorized Representative |
Confirmed as of the date first above written:
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Tyler H. Rose | |
Name: Tyler H. Rose | ||
Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
By: | /s/ Michelle Ngo | |
Name: Michelle Ngo | ||
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer |
Exhibit 5.1
300 East Lombard Street, 18th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202-3268
TEL 410.528.5600
FAX 410.528.5650
www.ballardspahr.com
August 13, 2018
Kilroy Realty Corporation
Suite 200
12200 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90064
Re: |
Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the Company) Registration of up to 5,750,000 shares (the Shares) of common stock, par value one cent ($0.01) per share (the Common Stock), of the Company to be sold to the public (the Offering) pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-213864 and 333-213864-01) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on September 29, 2016 (the Registration Statement) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Maryland corporate counsel to the Company in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act) pursuant to the Registration Statement. You have requested our opinion with respect to the matters set forth below.
In our capacity as Maryland corporate counsel to the Company and for the purposes of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the Documents):
(a) |
the corporate charter of the Company (the Charter) consisting of Articles of Amendment and Restatement filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the Department) on January 21, 1997, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on February 6, 1998, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on April 20, 1998, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on October 15, 1998, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on November 25, 1998, Certificate of Correction filed with the Department on March 4, 1999, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on December 10, 1999, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on December 30, |
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1999, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on October 23, 2003, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on March 11, 2004, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on March 11, 2004, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on December 3, 2004, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on December 3, 2004, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on October 2, 2008, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on October 2, 2008, Articles of Amendment filed with the Department on May 27, 2009, Articles of Restatement filed with the Department on February 2, 2010, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on March 23, 2012, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on May 23, 2012, Articles of Restatement filed with the Department on May 23, 2012 (the Articles of Restatement), Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on August 14, 2012, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on December 19, 2012, Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on August 23, 2017, and Articles Supplementary filed with the Department on August 23, 2017; |
(b) |
the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted as of December 11, 2008, as amended by the Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted as of May 27, 2009, and the Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted as of May 22, 2014, as amended and restated by the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted as of December 9, 2014, as further amended and restated by the Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted as of February 23, 2016 and as further amended and restated by the Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted as of January 30, 2017 (collectively, the Bylaws); |
(c) |
the Written Organizational Action of the Board of Directors of the Company, dated as of September 13, 1996 (the Organizational Minutes); |
(d) |
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, or a committee thereof, December 12, 2017 and August 8, 2018 (collectively, the Directors Resolutions); |
(e) |
the Registration Statement, including all amendments thereto if any, filed by the Company with the Commission under the Act, the related preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2018, the related final prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2018, and the final base prospectus, dated September 29, 2016, and; |
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(f) |
a status certificate of the Department, dated as of a recent date, to the effect that the Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland and is duly authorized to transact business in the State of Maryland; |
(g) |
a fully executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement dated as of August 8, 2018 (the Underwriting Agreement), by and among the Company, Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (Citigroup) for themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A of the Underwriting Agreement and Barclays Bank PLC and Citigroup, as Forward Sellers (as defined therein); |
(h) |
a certificate of Tyler H. Rose, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company and Michelle Ngo, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the Officers Certificate), to the effect that, among other things, the Charter, the Bylaws, the Organizational Minutes and the Directors Resolutions are true, correct and complete, and that the Charter, the Bylaws, the Organizational Minutes and the Directors Resolutions have not been rescinded or modified and are in full force and effect as of the date of the Officers Certificate and certifying as to the form, approval, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement; and |
(i) |
such other laws, records, documents, certificates, opinions and instruments as we have deemed necessary and appropriate to render the opinions set forth in this letter, subject to the limitations, assumptions, and qualifications noted below. |
In reaching the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the following:
(i) |
each person executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so; |
(ii) |
each natural person executing any of the Documents is legally competent to do so; |
(iii) |
any of the Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic; the form and content of any Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not, and will not, differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such documents as executed and delivered; any of the Documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies conform to the original documents; all signatures on all Documents are genuine; all public records reviewed or relied upon by us |
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or on our behalf are true and complete; all statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete; there has been no modification of, or amendment to, any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents by action or omission of the parties or otherwise; and |
(iv) |
none of the Shares will be issued or transferred in violation of the provisions of Article IV of Article SECOND of the Articles of Restatement relating to restrictions on ownership and transfer of capital stock of the Company. |
Based on our review of the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date of this letter:
1) |
The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland. |
2) |
The Shares to be issued in the Offering have been duly authorized for issuance by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and when such Shares are issued and delivered by the Company in exchange for payment of the consideration therefor, as provided in, and in accordance with, the Underwriting Agreement and the Directors Resolutions, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
The opinions presented in this letter are limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinions herein concerning any laws other than the laws of the State of Maryland. We express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any federal or state securities laws, including securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter.
This letter is issued as of the date hereof and the opinions presented herein are necessarily limited to laws now in effect and facts and circumstances presently existing and brought to our attention. We assume no obligation to supplement the opinions presented herein if any applicable laws change after the date hereof or if we become aware of any facts or circumstances which now exist or which occur or arise in the future that may change the opinions presented herein after the date hereof.
We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Shares, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and further consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the applications to securities commissioners for the various states of the United States for
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registration of the Shares. We also consent to the identification of our firm as Maryland corporate counsel to the Company in the section of the Registration Statement entitled Legal Matters. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ballard Spahr LLP