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): June 10, 2019
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland Maryland |
001-32336 000-54023 |
26-0081711 20-2402955 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3200 San Francisco, California |
94111 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(415) 738-6500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Common Stock | DLR | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock | DLR Pr C | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | DLR Pr G | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | DLR Pr I | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | DLR Pr J | New York Stock Exchange | ||
Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock | DLR Pr K | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.: |
Emerging growth company ☐ |
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Digital Realty Trust, L.P.: |
Emerging growth company ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.: ☐
Digital Realty Trust, L.P.: ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On June 14, 2019, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (we, us, or our) completed an underwritten public offering of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.600% Notes due 2029, or the Notes. The Notes were offered at 99.823% of the principal amount thereof. The Notes are Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s general unsecured senior obligations and rank equally in right of payment with all of its other unsecured senior indebtedness. However, the Notes are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s existing and future secured indebtedness from time to time outstanding and to all existing and future liabilities and preferred equity of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s subsidiaries. The Notes bear interest at 3.600% per annum. Interest on the Notes is payable on January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning on January 1, 2020, until the maturity date of July 1, 2029. Our obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. The terms of the Notes are governed by a base indenture, dated as of June 23, 2015, by and among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., as issuer, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, dated as of June 14, 2019, by and among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and the trustee. The base indenture and the supplemental indenture contain various restrictive covenants, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness and requirements to maintain a pool of unencumbered assets. Copies of the base indenture and the supplemental indenture, including the form of the Notes and the guarantee, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, are attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The base indenture as supplemented by the supplemental indenture is referred to herein collectively as the indenture.
At any time up to, but not including, April 1, 2029, the Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part from time to time, at our option and in our sole discretion, at a redemption price equal to the sum of:
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100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date; and |
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a make-whole premium. |
We will calculate the make-whole premium with respect to any Notes redeemed before the 90th day prior to the maturity date of the Notes as the excess, if any, of:
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the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption had been made on the 90th day prior to the maturity date, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis, such principal and interest at the reinvestment rate (determined on the third business day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption had been made on the 90th day prior to the maturity date; over |
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the principal amount of such note. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Notes are redeemed on or after April 1, 2029, the redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the respective Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date.
Certain events are considered events of default, which may result in the accelerated maturity of the Notes, including:
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default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; |
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default in the payment of the principal amount or redemption price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; |
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our failure to comply with any of our other agreements in the Notes or the indenture upon receipt by us of notice of such default by the trustee or by holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and our failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within 60 days after we receive such notice; |
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failure to pay any indebtedness that is (a) of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Digital Realty Trust, Inc., any subsidiary in which Digital Realty Trust, L.P. has invested at least $75,000,000 in capital or any entity in which Digital Realty Trust, L.P. is the general partner, and (b) in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $75,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within 60 days after written notice to us from the trustee (or to us and the trustee from holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); |
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default in the performance or breach of any other covenant or warranty by Digital Realty Trust, L.P. or Digital Realty Trust, Inc. in the indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of debt securities other than the Notes), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after Digital Realty Trust, L.P. receives written notice from the trustee (or Digital Realty Trust, L.P. and the trustee receive written notice from the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes) as provided in the indenture; and |
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certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Digital Realty Trust, Inc. or any significant subsidiary (as defined in the indenture) or any substantial part of their respective property. |
The descriptions of the indenture and the supplemental indenture in this Current Report on 8-K are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the indenture and supplemental indenture, respectively.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 10, 2019, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. and Digital Realty Trust, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement, dated June 10, 2019, with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the registered public offering of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. A copy of the underwriting agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
On June 14, 2019, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. completed such underwritten public offering of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2017 (Registration Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01), a base prospectus, dated September 22, 2017, included as part of the registration statement, and a prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In connection with the filing of the prospectus supplement, we are filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of our counsel, Venable LLP, regarding certain Maryland law issues, and as Exhibit 5.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of our counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, regarding the validity of the Notes and related guarantee.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 14, 2019
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua A. Mills |
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Joshua A. Mills | ||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
Digital Realty Trust, L.P. | ||
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Its general partner |
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By: |
/s/ Joshua A. Mills |
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Joshua A. Mills | ||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.
$900,000,000 3.600% Notes due 2029
Underwriting Agreement
June 10, 2019
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10179
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
listed on Schedule I hereto
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10179
c/o Mizuho Securities USA LLC
320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
c/o MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the Operating Partnership ), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters ), for whom you are acting as representatives (the Representatives ), $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.600% Notes due 2029 (the Securities ). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as the Underwriters. The Securities are to be issued under an indenture, dated as of June 23, 2015, by and among the Operating Partnership, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (the Company ), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee ) (the Base Indenture ), as amended and supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture thereto to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture ). The Base Indenture as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture is referred to herein as the Indenture . The Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the Company (the Guarantee ). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be included or incorporated by reference therein. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties . Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each Underwriter, and agrees with each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (File Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01) on Form S-3, including a related base prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of certain securities including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more Preliminary Prospectuses, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a Prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such Prospectus shall contain all information required by the Act, and, except for modifications to which the Representatives do not reasonably object, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Applicable Time or, to the extent not completed at the Applicable Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other substantive changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Applicable Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act; on the Effective Date and at the Applicable Time, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Closing Date, the Indenture will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act; and as of and, on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplements thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee and (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company or the Operating Partnership by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriters consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(c) The Disclosure Package, when taken together as a whole as of the Applicable Time, does not contain 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. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted by the Commission or by the state securities authority of any jurisdiction.
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(d) (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 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company, the Operating Partnership or any person acting on either of their behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
(e) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company, the Operating Partnership or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), each of the Company and the Operating Partnership was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company or the Operating Partnership be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(f) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its date of issue, did not, does not or will not (i) include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document included or incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified and (ii) when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, contain 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. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
(g) Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the respective dates as of which information is disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(h) All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 12, 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act, when they became or, prior to the Closing Date, become effective or were or, prior to the Closing Date, are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable.
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Guarantee and as general partner of the Operating Partnership, to cause the Operating Partnership to enter into and perform the Operating Partnerships obligations under this Agreement, the Eighteenth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (as amended, the Operating Partnership Agreement ), the Indenture and the Securities and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business (a Material Adverse Effect ).
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(j) The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland with full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Each subsidiary (as defined in Section 21 hereof) of the Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized with full power and authority (corporate or other) to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule V contains a complete list of all subsidiaries of the Company that constitute significant subsidiaries within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X other than the Operating Partnership as of March 31, 2019 (the Significant Subsidiaries ).
(l) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each subsidiary (other than the Operating Partnership) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, as of the Closing Date, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of the subsidiaries (other than the Operating Partnership) will be owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, mortgages, pledges, liens, encumbrances or other restrictions of any kind (collectively, Liens), except for Liens securing indebtedness as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where such Liens would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for capital stock or other ownership interests of any subsidiary (other than the Operating Partnership).
(m) The Operating Partnerships authorized capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; no one is entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities, and, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding.
(n) All of the issued and outstanding units of limited partnership ( Units ) of the Operating Partnership have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the Operating Partnership and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. None of the Units was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Operating Partnership or any other person or entity. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof under the First Amended and Restated Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Digital Services, Inc. and Digital Realty Trust, L.P. 2004 Incentive Award Plan or the Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Digital Services, Inc. and Digital Realty Trust, L.P. 2014 Incentive Award Plan, each as amended and as in effect as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities or interests for, Units or other ownership interests of the Operating Partnership. The Units owned by the Company (including all outstanding Series C preferred limited partnership units, Series G preferred limited partnership units, Series I preferred limited partnership units, Series J preferred limited partnership units and Series K preferred limited partnership units in the Operating Partnership) are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens securing indebtedness as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except where such Liens would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) There is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; and the statements included or incorporated by reference (i) in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (A) under the headings Supplemental United States Federal Income Tax Considerations, Description of Notes, and Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest), and (B) in Exhibit 99.1 to the combined Companys and Operating Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2019 under the heading United States Federal Income Tax Considerations and (ii) in the Base Prospectus under the headings General Description of Securities, Description of Debt Securities and Related Guarantees, Description of the Partnership Agreement of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of the Charter and Bylaws of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and Plan of Distribution, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings. The Securities, the Guarantee and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(p) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Representatives, is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law or policies underlying such law.
(q) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity; the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity; the Securities have been duly authorized by the Operating Partnership, and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Indenture, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity and except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law or policies underlying such law; the Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when the Securities have been executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Indenture, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights and general principles of equity.
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(r) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is required to be registered as, nor, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be required to be registered as an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(s) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, in the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee except (i) such as have been obtained or made under the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act, (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or (iii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, filings or orders that will be obtained or completed on or prior to the Closing Date or the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prohibit or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.
(t) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture nor the issuance and sale of the Securities or the Guarantee, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) any provision of the charter or bylaws of the Company or the organizational or other governing documents of any of the Operating Partnership or the Significant Subsidiaries, (ii) any provision of the charter, bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of any subsidiary of the Company (other than the Operating Partnership and the Significant Subsidiaries), (iii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iv) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, for such conflicts, breaches, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or the Operating Partnership and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or the Operating Partnership to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company or the Operating Partnership owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company or the Operating Partnership to include such securities with any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company or the Operating Partnership under the Act.
(v) The financial statements and schedules, including the notes thereto, filed with the Commission as part of or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and the Operating Partnership as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 under the caption Selected Financial Data incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly present in all material respects, on the basis stated therein, the information included therein. All non-GAAP financial information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, complies in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation G and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Act. No other financial statements or schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly present the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(w) Except as stated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, 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 or its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee, or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(x) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) the Company or its subsidiaries have fee simple title to or leasehold interest in, and have acquired title insurance with respect to, all of the properties described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as owned or leased by them and the improvements (exclusive of improvements owned by tenants) located thereon (the Properties ), in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests, restrictions and defects, except such as are disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of any condemnation which is threatened and which if consummated would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) each of the Properties complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the Properties), except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except for such failures to comply that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) there are no uncured events of default, or events that with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an event of default by any tenant under any of the terms and provisions of any lease described in the Properties section of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 where the tenant has been specifically identified; and (B) no tenant under any of the leases at the Properties has a right of first refusal to purchase the premises demised under such lease.
(y) 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 ) reasonably necessary for the conduct of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships business as now conducted or as proposed in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) to the Companys and the Operating Partnerships best knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property and (ii) there is no pending or, to the Companys or the Operating Partnerships best knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or the Operating Partnership infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company and the Operating Partnership are unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.
(z) None of the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) any provision of the charter, bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary, (ii) any provision of the charter, the bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of any subsidiary (other than the Operating Partnership and the Significant Subsidiaries), (iii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iv) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, for such violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(aa) KPMG LLP ( KPMG ), who has delivered its audit report with respect to the Companys consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule III (properties and accumulated depreciation) included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ) and as required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the PCAOB ).
(bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and local income tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto)) and has paid all income taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(cc) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no labor disruption or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is threatened.
(dd) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, 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; neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(ee) No subsidiary of the Operating Partnership is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends or distributions to the Operating Partnership, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock or equity interests, from repaying to the Operating Partnership any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Operating Partnership or from transferring any of such subsidiarys property or assets to the Operating Partnership or any other subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, except pursuant to the terms of any indebtedness set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, except for such licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
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(gg) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain, on a consolidated basis, a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as defined under Rules 13-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, 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 internal control over financing 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.
(hh) Neither the Operating Partnership nor any affiliate of the Operating Partnership has taken, nor will the Operating Partnership or any such affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(ii) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants ( Environmental Laws ), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Laws, except where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of the subsidiaries has been notified that it has been named as a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. Except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there have been no and are no (i) aboveground or underground storage tanks; (ii) polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) or PCB-containing equipment; (iii) asbestos or asbestos-containing materials; (iv) lead-based paints; (v) mold or other airborne contaminants; or (vi) dry-cleaning facilities in, on, under, or about any Property owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership or their subsidiaries.
(jj) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (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). On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or contributes to any pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ( ERISA )) that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). Each pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ), has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service that such plan is so qualified, and, to the knowledge of the Company, nothing has
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occurred, whether by action or failure to act, that would reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. Except for as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries maintains or is required to contribute to a welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which is subject to ERISA and provides retiree or other post-employment welfare benefits or insurance coverage (other than continuation coverage (as defined in Section 602 of ERISA) or as otherwise required by applicable law). Each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) sponsored or maintained by the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries is in compliance with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA, except for such failures to comply that would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including, without limitation, Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(mm) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that could result in a violation or a sanction for violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA ), or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, as may be amended (the U.K. Bribery Act ), or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance therewith. To the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, no part of the proceeds of the sale of the Securities will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of the FCPA or the U.K. Bribery Act, each as may be amended, or similar law of any other relevant jurisdiction, or the rules or regulations thereunder.
(nn) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any applicable 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 best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(oo) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) is, or is controlled or 50% or more owned by or is acting on behalf of, an individual or entity that is currently the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States (including any administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or enforced by Her Majestys Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions ), (ii) is located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealings with that country or territory or (iii) will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities hereunder or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by such individual or entity. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has engaged in any dealings or transactions prohibited by the Sanctions in the preceding three years, nor will the Company or any of its subsidiaries engage in any transactions prohibited by the Sanctions, that at the time of the transaction is known to the Company to be prohibited by such Sanctions.
(pp) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, free and clear of all encumbrances and defects, and all personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, except as, in each case, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(qq) (i) To the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there has been no security breach, unauthorized access or disclosure of the Companys or its controlled subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its controlled subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its controlled subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data); (ii) neither the Company nor its controlled subsidiaries have been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would result in, any security breach, unauthorized access or disclosure to their IT Systems and Data and (iii) the Company and its controlled subsidiaries have implemented controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards consistent with industry practice to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards, except with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), for any such security breach, unauthorized access or disclosure, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or with respect to clause (iii), where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its controlled subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.
(rr) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or its subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, or shareholders of the Company on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and which is not so described.
(ss) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a REIT ) under the Code, and its proposed method of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. Each of the Companys corporate subsidiaries is either a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or qualifies as a taxable REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code.
(tt) The Operating Partnership is and has been at all times classified as a partnership or disregarded entity, and not as an association or partnership taxable as a corporation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(uu) The Company and the Operating Partnership and each of their subsidiaries (including any predecessor entities) have not distributed, and prior to the later of the Closing Date and the completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other materials, if any, permitted by the Act. Any certificate signed by any officer or other authorized signatory of the Company or the Operating Partnership and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Operating Partnership agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Operating Partnership, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule II hereto, the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule II hereto, or at such time on such later date not more than two Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Operating Partnership or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the Closing Date ). Delivery of the Securities shall be
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made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Operating Partnership by wire transfer payable in same day funds to an account specified by the Operating Partnership. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
4. Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell the Securities to or through any Affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such Affiliate may offer and sell the Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
5. Agreements . Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form to which the Representatives do not reasonably object with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company or the Operating Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities or the Guarantee for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(b) If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package, taken as a whole, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would 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 Company and the Operating Partnership will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, at the expense of the Company and the Operating Partnership, the Disclosure Package to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission and the Company and the Operating Partnership shall cease to use the Disclosure Package until it is so amended or supplemented.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary 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 the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, including in connection with use or delivery of the Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
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(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
(e) The Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies (which may be electronic copies) of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(f) The Company and the Operating Partnership will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities and the Guarantee for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company or the Operating Partnership be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) Until and including the Closing Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Companys directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(h) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or sell, bid for, purchase or pay any person (other than as contemplated by this Agreement) any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Securities.
(i) The Company and the Operating Partnership agree to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the fees of the Trustee; (ii) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities and the Guarantee, including any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantee; (v) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the closing documents pursuant to this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantee; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities and the Guarantee for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and any other jurisdictions specified in Section 5(f) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ( FINRA ) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company and the Operating Partnership; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations hereunder.
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(j) The Company and the Operating Partnership will use the net proceeds received by the Operating Partnership from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds .
(k) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus . Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify, for the taxable year ending December 31, 2019, for taxation as a REIT under the Code.
(m) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership will use its best efforts to ensure that the Company and its subsidiaries will not be an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(n) The Company and the Operating Partnership will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in a form approved by the Representatives and substantially attached as Schedule IV hereto and to file such term sheet with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be subject to (i) the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, (ii) the performance by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership of its respective obligations hereunder, (iii) the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof and (iv) the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus and any supplements thereto have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(n) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company or the Operating Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company and the Operating Partnership shall have requested and caused Latham & Watkins LLP, special counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) With your consent, based solely on certificates from public officials, such counsel confirms that the Company is qualified to do business in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts and New Jersey;
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(ii) With your consent, based solely on certificates from public officials, such counsel confirms that the Operating Partnership is qualified to do business in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia;
(iii) With your consent, based solely on certificates from public officials, such counsel confirms that each of the entities formed in the State of Delaware listed on Schedule V is (A) validly existing as a limited liability company under the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, (B) in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (C) qualified to do business in the states listed opposite its name, if any, under the heading Foreign Qualifications;
(iv) Assuming its due authorization, execution and delivery, the Indenture is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms;
(v) Assuming their due authorization, the Securities, when executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with their terms;
(vi) Assuming the due authorization of the Guarantee, when executed and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and when the Securities have been executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee included in the Indenture, will be the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms;
(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act. With your consent, based solely on a review of a list of stop orders on the Commissions website at http://www.sec.gov/litigation/stoporders.shtml on the Closing Date, such counsel confirms that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act and no proceedings therefor have been initiated by the Commission. The Prospectus has been filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Act;
(viii) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(ix) The Registration Statement, as of June 10, 2019, including the information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement and as of the date hereof, 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 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; it being understood, however, that such counsel need express no view with respect to any Form T-1 relating to the Indenture, 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, such counsel may assume that the statements made in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are correct and complete;
(x) The statements set forth under the heading Description of Notes in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantee, are accurate summaries or descriptions in all material respects;
(xi) With your consent, based solely on a certificate of an officer of the Company and the Operating Partnership as to factual matters, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership is not, and immediately after giving effect to the sale of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the application of the proceeds as described in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption Use of Proceeds, will not be, required to be registered as an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
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(xii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company and the Operating Partnership and the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantee by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement on the date hereof do not:
(A) result in the breach of or a default under any of the Specified Agreements (as defined in such counsels opinion); or
(B) violate any federal, New York or California statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Significant Subsidiaries; or
(C) require any consents, approvals or authorizations to be obtained by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary from, or any registrations, declarations or filings to be made by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary with, any governmental authority under any federal, New York or California statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary, that have not been obtained or made; and
(xiii) Each of the Incorporated Documents (as defined in such counsels opinion), 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 Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, the applicable schedule requirements for proxy statements under Regulation 14A and the applicable form requirements for registration statements on Form 8-A, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; it being understood, however, that such counsel expresses 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 such reports, proxy statements and registration statements. For purposes of this paragraph, such counsel may assume that the statements made in the Incorporated Documents are correct and complete.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, may rely on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and public officials. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
In addition, such counsel shall in a separate letter state that no facts came to such counsels attention that caused such counsel to believe that:
1. the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective on June 10, 2019, including the information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act (together with the Incorporated Documents (as defined in such letter) 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;
2. the Disclosure Package, when taken together as a whole, as of the Applicable Time (together with the Incorporated Documents at that date and the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto) 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
3. the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement or as of the Closing Date (together with the Incorporated Documents at those 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 such counsel need express no belief with respect to any Form T-1 relating to the Indenture, or the financial statements, schedules, or other financial data included or incorporated by reference in, or omitted from, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III hereto, the Prospectus or the Incorporated Documents.
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(c) The Company and the Operating Partnership shall have requested and caused Latham & Watkins LLP, tax counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and its proposed method of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code;
(ii) The statements set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to the combined Companys and Operating Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2019 under the heading United States Federal Income Tax Considerations, as supplemented by the statements in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Supplemental United States Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the statutes or regulations referred to therein, are accurate summaries in all material respects; and
(iii) The statements in the Base Prospectus under the heading Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain United States federal income tax statutes or regulations referred to therein are accurate summaries in all material respects.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and public officials. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(d) The Company and the Operating Partnership shall have requested and caused Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) the Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the SDAT ), with full corporate power to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Prospectus Supplement Summary Digital Realty Trust, L.P and in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Combined Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 under the captions Item 1. Business and Item 2. Properties;
(ii) Digital Services, Inc. is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT, with full corporate power to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business;
(iii) the Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly formed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT, with full limited partnership power to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Prospectus Supplement Summary Digital Realty Trust, L.P. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Operating Partnership and the Company; the issuance of the Securities has been duly authorized by the Operating Partnership and the Securities, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters under this Agreement, will be validly issued; and the Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(v) based solely on a certificate executed by an officer of the Company and upon any facts otherwise known to such counsel, and except as set forth in the Prospectus, including the Base Prospectus (including, without limitation, under the caption Description of the Partnership Agreement of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.Redemption/Exchange Rights), no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other
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obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for common Units or any other ownership interests in the Operating Partnership are outstanding; the terms of the common Units conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Base Prospectus under the caption Description of the Partnership Agreement of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.;
(vi) the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus under the headings Description of the Partnership Agreement of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of the Charter and Bylaws of Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer, Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Organizational StructureDigital Realty Trust, Inc.s duty to its stockholders may conflict with the interests of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s unitholders, Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Organizational StructureDigital Realty Trust, Inc.s charter, Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s partnership agreement and Maryland law contain provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a change of control transaction and Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Organizational StructureDigital Realty Trust Inc.s rights and the rights of its stockholders to take action against its directors and officers are limited, insofar as such statements purport to summarize or describe matters of or legal conclusions relating to Maryland law, the charter or bylaws of the Company, or the Operating Partnership Agreement, are accurate summaries of such matters, legal conclusions, the charter or bylaws of the Company, or the Operating Partnership Agreement in all material respects;
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership; the Operating Partnership Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms;
(viii) no consent, approval or authorization of, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body in the State of Maryland is required in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained or made; and
(ix) neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Indenture, nor the issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantee, nor the consummation of any other transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of (A) the charter or bylaws of the Company or the Operating Partnership Agreement or (B) any Maryland statute or law or any rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or the Operating Partnership of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, or other authority of the State of Maryland having jurisdiction over the Company or the Operating Partnership or any of their properties.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and public officials. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (d) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(f) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate on behalf of the Company and not personally, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or General Counsel and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company and as general partner of the Operating Partnership, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and any amendments or supplements thereto, this Agreement and the Indenture and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company and the Operating Partnership have complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(g) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG to have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial information of the Company for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2019 and as at March 31, 2019, as specified by PCAOB AU 4105, Interim Financial Information (updated for and as of such periods as may be applicable at the date of the letter), and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act;
(ii) on the basis of (A) a reading of the latest unaudited consolidated financial statements made available by the Company and the Operating Partnership, (B) their limited review, pursuant to PCAOB AU 4105, of (1) the Companys unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated income statements for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated statement of equity for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 and (2) the Operating Partnerships unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated income statements for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, condensed consolidated statement of capital for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, each incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; (C) carrying out certain specific procedures which would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with respect to the comments set forth in such letter; (D) a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors and the board committees of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Companys stockholders; and (E) inquiries of certain officials of the Company and the Operating Partnership who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters, nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that: (x) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in (B) for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, (y) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to in (B) did not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as it applies to Form 10-Q and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and (z) the information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary and the Prospectus in response to Items 301, 302, and 503(d) of Regulation S-K is not in conformity with the applicable disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K;
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(iii) on the basis of inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the Company and its subsidiaries as to transactions and events subsequent to March 31, 2019, with respect to the period subsequent to March 31, 2019, there were, at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the letter, any changes in the capital stock of the Company or partnership units of the Operating Partnership, or increases in the global revolving credit facility, unsecured term loan facility, Yen revolving credit facility, unsecured senior notes, mortgage loans and other secured loans of the Company and its subsidiaries or decreases in the total assets or shareholders equity of the Company or partners equity of the Operating Partnership, as compared with the amounts shown on the March 31, 2019 consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, or for the period from April 1, 2019 to such specified date there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in revenues, operating or net income of the Company and its subsidiaries and income from continuing operations, except in all instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter, in which case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed necessary by the Representatives; and
(iv) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries) set forth in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and in the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Combined Annual Report on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Companys definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 1, 2019, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and any information appearing in a Current Report on Form 8-K incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus agrees with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any questions of legal interpretation.
References to the Preliminary Prospectus and to the Prospectus in this paragraph (g) include any supplements thereto at the date of the letter.
(h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is disclosed in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(i) The Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee shall have entered into the Indenture and the Underwriters shall have received evidence thereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(j) The Company shall have executed the Guarantee of the Securities in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and the Underwriters shall have received evidence thereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Operating Partnership shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(l) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Companys or the Operating Partnerships debt securities or preferred stock by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
(m) FINRA, upon review of the terms of the public offering of the Securities, if required, shall not have objected to such offering, such terms or the Underwriters participation in same.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Operating Partnership in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Goodwin Procter LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters Expenses . If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated (i) because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, (ii) because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof, or (iii) because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company or the Operating Partnership to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
8. Indemnification and Contribution .
(a) The Company and the Operating Partnership jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company and the Operating Partnership will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Written Information (as defined below). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Operating Partnership may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Partnership, each of the Companys directors, each of the Companys officers who signs the Registration Statement, each of the Companys and the Operating Partnerships Affiliates, and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Operating Partnership within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership by or on
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behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company and the Operating Partnership acknowledge that the following statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus: (i) the last paragraph on the cover page related to the delivery of the Securities; (ii) the list of Underwriters under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) and their respective participation in the sale of the Securities; (iii) the third paragraph of text under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) related to the public offering price, discounts and concessions; (iv) the third sentence of the fourth paragraph of text under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) related to market making activities; and (v) the seventh and eighth paragraphs of text under the heading Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest) related to short sales, purchases to cover short positions, stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids (together, the Underwriter Written Information).
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to 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 other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying partys choice at the indemnifying partys expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided , however , that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying partys election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that the Company and the Operating Partnership shall, in connection with any action or related actions in the same jurisdiction, bear the fees, costs and expenses of only one such separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all the Underwriters, the directors, officers, employees and agents of the Underwriters and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act (collectively, the Underwriter Indemnified Parties ), provided , however , the Company and the Operating Partnership shall bear the fees, costs and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) if the use of only one separate counsel for all the Underwriter Indemnified Parties would present such counsel with a conflict of interest with respect to one or more of the Underwriter Indemnified Parties. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (B) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each indemnifying party shall agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively Losses ) to which such
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indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying person on the one hand and by the indemnified person on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided , however , that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission, as the case may be, applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and by the Operating Partnership shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by each of them, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company or by the Operating Partnership on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Operating Partnership, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d). The Underwriters respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this paragraph (d) are several in proportion to the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto and not joint.
9. Default by an Underwriter . If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided , however , that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter, the Company or the Operating Partnership. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Company, the Operating Partnership and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
10. Termination . This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Operating Partnership prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in the Companys common stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by federal or New York state authorities, (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war,
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or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), or (iv) there shall have occurred a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services.
11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive . The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company, the Operating Partnership or officers of the Company or the Operating Partnership, and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk (fax no.: (212) 834-6081); Mizuho Securities USA LLC at 320 Park Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Debt Capital Markets (fax no.: (212) 205-7812); and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10020, Attention: Capital Markets Group (fax no.: (646) 434-3455); and in each case with a copy to Goodwin Procter LLP, Attention: Ettore A. Santucci (fax no.: (617) 801-8807) and confirmed to it at Goodwin Procter LLP, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: Ettore A. Santucci; or, if sent to the Company or the Operating Partnership, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (fax no.: (415) 738-6501) and confirmed to it at Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3200, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy to Latham & Watkins LLP, Attention: Julian Kleindorfer (fax no.: (213) 891-8763) and confirmed to it at Latham & Watkins LLP, 355 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071, Attention: Julian Kleindorfer. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company and the Operating Partnership, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
13. Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. No Fiduciary Duty . Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any Affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company or the Operating Partnership and (c) the engagement of the Underwriters by the Company and the Operating Partnership in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company or the Operating Partnership on related or other matters). Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that it will not claim that any of the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company or the Operating Partnership, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
15. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
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(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 15, a BHC Act Affiliate has the meaning assigned to the term affiliate in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). Covered Entity means any of the following: (i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). Default Right has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
16. Integration . This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Applicable Law . This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.
18. Waiver of Jury Trial . Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
19. Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
20. Headings . The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
21. Definitions . The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Affiliates shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Act.
Agreement shall mean this Underwriting Agreement.
Applicable Time shall mean 2:58 p.m., New York City time, on June 10, 2019 or such other time as agreed by the Operating Partnership and the Representatives.
Base Prospectus shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
Commission shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented (including the Preliminary Prospectus) to the Applicable Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule III.A hereto, and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
Effective Date shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Execution Time shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
Free Writing Prospectus shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.
Preliminary Prospectus shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.
Prospectus shall mean the Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus.
Prospectus Supplement shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time.
Regulation S-X shall mean Regulation S-X under the Act.
Registration Statement shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and the Prospectus Supplement deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended at the Applicable Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.
Rule 158 , Rule 163 , Rule 164 , Rule 172 , Rule 405 , Rule 415 , Rule 424 , Rule 430B , Rule 433 , Rule 456 and Rule 457 refer to such rules under the Act.
subsidiary shall mean each direct and indirect subsidiary of the Company, including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership.
Trust Indenture Act shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Well-Known Seasoned Issuer shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the Operating Partnership and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours, | ||
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Andrew P. Power |
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Name: | Andrew P. Power | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P. | ||
By: |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., its General Partner |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew P. Power |
|
Name: | Andrew P. Power | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first written above.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Robert Bottamedi |
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Name: | Robert Bottamedi | |
Title: | Executive Director | |
MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Bob Fahrbach |
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Name: | Bob Fahrbach | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
MUFG SECURITIES AMERICAS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Richard Testa |
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Name: | Richard Testa | |
Title: | Managing Director |
For themselves and the other several Underwriters, named in Schedule I to the foregoing Agreement.
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE I
Underwriters |
Principal Amount of
Securities to be Purchased |
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
$ | 117,000,000 | ||
Mizuho Securities USA LLC |
$ | 99,000,000 | ||
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. |
$ | 99,000,000 | ||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
Jefferies LLC |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
RBC Capital Markets, LLC |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
$ | 49,500,000 | ||
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC |
$ | 18,000,000 | ||
BBVA Securities Inc. |
$ | 18,000,000 | ||
Capital One Securities, Inc. |
$ | 13,500,000 | ||
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. |
$ | 13,500,000 | ||
Lloyds Securities Inc. |
$ | 13,500,000 | ||
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
$ | 13,500,000 | ||
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TOTAL |
$ | 900,000,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE II
Underwriting Agreement dated June 10, 2019
Registration Statement Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01
Representatives: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: 3.600% Notes Due 2029
Principal amount: $900,000,000
Purchase price (include accrued interest or amortization, if any): 99.173%
Sinking fund provisions: Not applicable.
Redemption provisions: At any time up to, but not including, April 1, 2029 (90 days prior to the maturity date), at a make-whole redemption price based on U.S. Treasury + 25 basis points. At any time on or after April 1, 2029 (90 days prior to the maturity date), at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date.
Closing Date, Time and Location: June 14, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., New York City time at Goodwin Procter LLP, 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
Type of Offering: Non-delayed.
SCHEDULE III
A. Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package.
The term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(n) of the Agreement in substantially the form of Schedule IV to the Agreement
B. Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Disclosure Package.
The Net Roadshow presentation relating to the offering of the Securities dated June 10, 2019
SCHEDULE IV
FINAL TERM SHEET
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 10, 2019
to Prospectus dated September 22, 2017
Registration Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01
PRICING TERM SHEET
$900,000,000 3.600% Notes due 2029
Dated: June 10, 2019
Issuer: | Digital Realty Trust, L.P. | |
Guarantor: | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | |
Offering Format: | SEC registered | |
Size: | $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount | |
Maturity Date: | July 1, 2029 | |
Coupon (Interest Rate): | 3.600% | |
Benchmark Treasury: | UST 2.375% due May 15, 2029 | |
Benchmark Treasury Price and Yield: | 102-02+ / 2.141% | |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | +148 basis points | |
Yield to Maturity: | 3.621% | |
Price to Public: | 99.823% | |
Interest Payment Dates: | January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2020 | |
Optional Redemption Provisions: | At any time up to, but not including, April 1, 2029 (90 days prior to the maturity date), at a make-whole redemption price based on U.S. Treasury + 25 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date. At any time on or after April 1, 2029 (90 days prior to the maturity date), at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date. |
Trade Date: | June 10, 2019 | |
Settlement Date: | June 14, 2019 (T+4)* | |
CUSIP/ISIN: | 25389J AU0 / US25389JAU07 | |
Anticipated Ratings**: | Baa2 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc., BBB by Standard & Poors Ratings Services and BBB by Fitch Ratings | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA LLC MUFG Securities Americas Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. BMO Capital Markets Corp. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Jefferies LLC RBC Capital Markets, LLC Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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Co-Managers: |
BBVA Securities Inc. BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC Capital One Securities, Inc.
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
* |
We expect that the notes will be delivered to investors in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company on or about June 14, 2019, which will be the fourth business day following the date of pricing of the notes (this settlement cycle is being referred to as T+4). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, trades in the secondary market are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on the date of pricing or the next succeeding business day will be required to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to make such trades should consult their own advisors. |
** |
A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time. |
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and other documents the Issuer and the Guarantor have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer, the Guarantor and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy of the final prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, telephone collect at: 1-212-834-4533; Mizuho Securities USA LLC, telephone: 1-866-271-7403; or MUFG Securities Americas Inc., telephone: 1-877-649-6848.
SCHEDULE V
SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
Name |
Jurisdiction of Formation/Incorporation |
Foreign Qualifications |
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DuPont Fabros Technology, L.P. |
Maryland | None | ||
Telx, LLC |
Delaware | None |
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.,
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC., AS G UARANTOR ,
AND
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS T RUSTEE
S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURE N O . 4
D ATED AS OF J UNE 14, 2019
TO I NDENTURE DATED J UNE 23, 2015
$900,000,000
3.600% N OTES DUE 2029
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Relation to Base Indenture. |
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Section 1.2 |
Definitions. |
2 | ||||||
ARTICLE II TERMS OF THE SECURITIES |
8 | |||||||
Section 2.1 |
Title of the Securities. |
8 | ||||||
Section 2.2 |
Price. |
8 | ||||||
Section 2.3 |
Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances. |
8 | ||||||
Section 2.4 |
Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes. |
8 | ||||||
Section 2.5 |
Method of Payment. |
8 | ||||||
Section 2.6 |
Currency. |
10 | ||||||
Section 2.7 |
Additional Notes. |
10 | ||||||
Section 2.8 |
Redemption. |
10 | ||||||
Section 2.9 |
No Sinking Fund. |
10 | ||||||
Section 2.10 |
Registrar and Paying Agent. |
10 | ||||||
ARTICLE III FORM OF THE SECURITIES |
10 | |||||||
Section 3.1 |
Global Form. |
10 | ||||||
Section 3.2 |
Transfer and Exchange. |
11 | ||||||
Section 3.3 |
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges. |
14 | ||||||
ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
16 | |||||||
Section 4.1 |
Optional Redemption of Notes. |
16 | ||||||
Section 4.2 |
Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes. |
16 | ||||||
Section 4.3 |
Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company. |
17 | ||||||
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE |
18 | |||||||
Section 5.1 |
Note Guarantee. |
18 | ||||||
Section 5.2 |
Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee. |
20 | ||||||
Section 5.3 |
Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events. |
20 | ||||||
Section 5.4 |
Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor. |
20 | ||||||
ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
21 | |||||||
Section 6.1 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency. |
21 | ||||||
Section 6.2 |
Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. |
21 | ||||||
Section 6.3 |
Reports. |
22 | ||||||
Section 6.4 |
Limitations on Incurrence of Debt. |
22 | ||||||
Section 6.5 |
Maintenance of Properties. |
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Section 6.6 |
Insurance. |
24 | ||||||
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
24 | |||||||
Section 7.1 |
Events of Default. |
24 | ||||||
Section 7.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. |
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Section 9.1 |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. |
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Section 9.2 |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. |
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Section 9.3 |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. |
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Section 9.4 |
Quorum; Action. |
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Section 9.5 |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee. |
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Section 10.2 |
No Recourse Against Others. |
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Section 10.3 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls. |
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Section 10.4 |
Governing Law and Waiver of Jury Trial. |
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Section 10.5 |
Counterparts. |
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Section 10.6 |
Successors. |
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Section 10.8 |
Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. |
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Section 10.9 |
Ratifications. |
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Section 10.10 |
Effectiveness. |
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The Trustee. |
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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4 is entered into as of June 14, 2019 (the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), among Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the Company), Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2015 (the Base Indenture), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of Securities in one or more Series;
WHEREAS, Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any Series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Guarantor desires to execute this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and to provide for the issuance of a Series of its senior notes designated as its 3.600% Notes due 2029 (the Notes), in an initial aggregate principal amount of $900,000,000;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Guarantor, the general partner of the Company, has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Company and the Guarantor to execute and deliver this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all of the other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Series of Securities provided for herein by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Securities of such Series, as follows:
ARTICLE I
RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture.
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes.
Section 1.2 Definitions.
For all purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture; and
(2) All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as they amend or supplement the Base Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document.
Acquired Indebtedness means Indebtedness of a person (a) existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary or (b) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such person, in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any person or the date the acquired person becomes a Subsidiary.
Additional Notes means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under the Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.3, 2.7 and 6.4 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Authentication Order means a written order of the Company to the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes, signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer of the Guarantor or any Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
Benefited Party shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.1.
Capitalization Rate means 8.25%.
Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme .
Consolidated EBITDA means, for any period of time, without duplication, consolidated net income (loss) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted and minus amounts which have been added for, without duplication, (a) Interest Expense, (b) depreciation and amortization and other non-cash items deducted or added in arriving at net income (loss), (c) provision for taxes based on income or profits, (d) non-recurring or other unusual items, as determined by the Company in good faith (including, without limitation, all prepayment penalties and all costs or fees incurred in connection with any
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debt financing or amendment thereto, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or similar transaction (regardless of whether such transaction is completed)), (e) extraordinary items, (f) noncontrolling interests, (g) the income or expense attributable to transactions involving derivative instruments that do not qualify for hedge accounting in accordance with GAAP, and (h) gains or losses on dispositions of depreciable real estate investments, property valuation losses and impairment charges; provided, however , that in no event will Consolidated EBITDA include (x) net income (loss) (whether pursuant to the equity method of accounting or otherwise) on account of any of the Companys or its Consolidated Subsidiaries unconsolidated subsidiaries and other partially owned entities or (y) net income (loss) generated from the Companys or its Consolidated Subsidiaries real property under construction or Redevelopment Properties; provided, further , that all amounts for such period shall be reasonably determined by the Company in accordance with GAAP to the extent GAAP is applicable. Consolidated EBITDA will be adjusted, without duplication, to give pro forma effect: (i) in the case of any assets having been placed in service or removed from service from the beginning of the period to the date of determination, to include or exclude, as the case may be, any Consolidated EBITDA earned or eliminated as a result of the placement of the assets in service or removal of the assets from service as if the placement of the assets in service or removal of the assets from service occurred at the beginning of the period; and (ii) in the case of any acquisition or disposition of any asset or group of assets from the beginning of the period to the date of determination, including, without limitation, by merger, or stock or asset purchase or sale, to include or exclude, as the case may be, any Consolidated EBITDA earned or eliminated as a result of the acquisition or disposition of those assets as if the acquisition or disposition occurred at the beginning of the period.
Consolidated Financial Statements means, with respect to any person, collectively, the consolidated financial statements and notes to those financial statements, of that person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Subsidiary means each Subsidiary of Digital Realty Trust, L.P. that is consolidated in the Consolidated Financial Statements of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
Defaulted Interest shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5.
Definitive Note means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Depository means, with respect to the Notes, the Depository Trust Company and any successor thereto.
Euroclear means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
Event of Default shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.
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Global Note means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes in the form of a Global Security issued to the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
Guarantee Obligations shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.1.
Holders shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Incur means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any person, to create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of the Indebtedness or other obligation, and Incurrence and Incurred have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company will be deemed to be Incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof. Indebtedness or other obligation of a Subsidiary of the Company existing prior to the time it became a Subsidiary of the Company will be deemed to be Incurred upon such Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary of the Company; and Indebtedness or other obligation of a person existing prior to a merger or consolidation of such person with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in which such person is the successor to the Company or such Subsidiary will be deemed to be Incurred upon the consummation of such merger or consolidation. Any issuance or transfer of capital stock that results in Indebtedness constituting Intercompany Indebtedness being held by a person other than the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary or any sale or other transfer of any Indebtedness constituting Intercompany Indebtedness to a person that is not the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary, will be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is not Intercompany Indebtedness at the time of such issuance, transfer or sale, as the case may be.
Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary means, without duplication, any of the Companys indebtedness or that of any Consolidated Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of: (a) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments whether or not such indebtedness is secured by any lien existing on property owned by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary; (b) indebtedness for borrowed money of a person other than the Company, the Guarantor or a Consolidated Subsidiary which is secured by any lien on property owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary, to the extent of the lesser of (i) the amount of indebtedness so secured, and (ii) the fair market value of the property subject to such lien; (c) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or (d) any lease of property by the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the Companys consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP. Indebtedness also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Company, the Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another person (other than the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary) of the type described in clauses (a)-(d) of this definition.
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Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and as further supplemented, amended or restated.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the first $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.
Intercompany Indebtedness means Indebtedness to which the only parties are any of the Company, the Guarantor and any Consolidated Subsidiary; provided, however , that with respect to any such Indebtedness of which the Company or the Guarantor is the borrower, such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes.
Interest Expense means, for any period of time, consolidated interest expense for such period of time, whether paid, accrued or capitalized, without deduction of consolidated interest income, of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, including, without limitation or duplication, or, to the extent not so included, with the addition of (a) the portion of any rental obligation in respect of any capital lease obligation allocable to interest expense in accordance with GAAP and (b) the amortization of Indebtedness discounts, but excluding prepayment penalties, in all cases as reflected in the applicable Consolidated Financial Statements.
Interest Payment Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Make-Whole Premium means, with respect to any Note redeemed before April 1, 2029, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption of each dollar of principal of the Note being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption had been made on April 1, 2029, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis, such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given) from the respective dates on which such principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption had been made on April 1, 2029; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by the Guarantor of the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to the Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Participant means, with respect to the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and with respect to the Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
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person means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.
Prospectus means the base prospectus, dated September 22, 2017, included as part of a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, filed by the Company and the Guarantor with the SEC on September 22, 2017 (Registration Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01), as supplemented by a prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2019, filed by the Company and the Guarantor with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
Record Date shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.4.
Redemption Date means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof.
Redemption Price shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1.
Redevelopment Property means a property owned by the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary (a) where the commenced leased square footage is less than 60% of the sum of net rentable square feet and redevelopment space, with reasonable adjustments to leased square footage determined in good faith by the Company, including adjustments for available power, required support space and common area and (b) that the Company reasonably characterizes as held in whole or in part for redevelopment.
Reinvestment Rate means 0.25 percent (0.25%) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields for the immediately one preceding week published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 that has become publicly available prior to the date of determining the make-whole premium (or if such statistical release is no longer published, any such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated by the Company) for the maturity most nearly equal to April 1, 2029. If no maturity exactly corresponds to April 1, 2029, the applicable Reinvestment Rate will be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such date.
Secured Debt means, as of any date, that portion of Total Outstanding Debt as of that date that is secured by a mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust, deeds to secure Indebtedness, pledge, security interest, assignment for collateral purposes, deposit arrangement, or other security agreement, excluding any right of setoff but including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and any other like agreement granting or conveying a security interest.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
Significant Subsidiary shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1.
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Total Assets as of any date means the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent quarterly period covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to Holders or filed with the SEC, as the case may be and in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof, prior to such time, annualized (i.e., multiplied by four (4)), capitalized at the Capitalization Rate, (b) the undepreciated cost basis of the real property of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries under construction and Redevelopment Property as of the end of the quarterly period used for purposes of clause (a) above, in each case as determined by the Company in good faith, and (c) for all assets of the Company and the Consolidated Subsidiaries other than the assets referred to in (a) and (b) above, the undepreciated book value as determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and intangible assets).
Total Outstanding Debt means, as of any date, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company as of that date, excluding Intercompany Indebtedness, and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of that date, excluding Intercompany Indebtedness.
Total Unencumbered Assets means, as of any time, the sum of (a) Unencumbered Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent quarterly period covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to Holders or filed with the SEC, as the case may be and in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof, prior to such time, annualized (i.e., multiplied by four (4)), capitalized at the Capitalization Rate, and (b) to the extent not subject to any Secured Debt, the value of the assets described in clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of Total Assets; provided, however, that all investments by the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in unconsolidated joint ventures, unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets to the extent that such investments would have otherwise been included.
Unencumbered Consolidated EBITDA means, for any quarter, Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent quarterly period covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to Holders or filed with the SEC, as the case may be and in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof, prior to the time of determination, less any portion thereof attributable to any properties or assets subject to any Secured Debt, as determined in good faith by the Company.
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent conveyance legislation and any successor legislation.
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act means any applicable federal, provincial or state fraudulent transfer legislation and any successor legislation.
Unsecured Debt means that portion of Total Outstanding Debt that is not Secured Debt.
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ARTICLE II
TERMS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Title of the Securities.
There shall be a Series of Securities designated the 3.600% Notes due 2029.
Section 2.2 Price.
The Initial Notes shall be issued at a public offering price of 99.823% of the principal amount thereof, other than any offering discounts pursuant to the initial offering and resale of the Notes.
Section 2.3 Limitation on Initial Aggregate Principal Amount; Further Issuances.
The aggregate principal amount of the Notes initially shall be limited to $900,000,000. The Company may, without notice to or consent of the Holders, issue Additional Notes from time to time in the future in an unlimited principal amount, subject to compliance with the terms of the Indenture.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 or elsewhere in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Company or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of Notes under the circumstances contemplated by Sections 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.4 Interest and Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of Notes.
(a) The Notes shall bear interest at 3.600% per annum, from and including June 14, 2019 or the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid (if any) on any Notes, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2020 (each, an Interest Payment Date), to the persons (the Holders) in whose name the applicable Notes are registered at the close of business on the December 15 or June 15 immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether such day is a Business Day) (each, a Record Date). Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
(b) If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Maturity, as the case may be.
(c) The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be July 1, 2029.
Section 2.5 Method of Payment.
Interest shall be payable at the office of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Company shall pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto; provided, however , that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the
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aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice (which account shall be within the United States), or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depository or its nominee. Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any January 1 or July 1 (herein called Defaulted Interest) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be sent by electronic transmission or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date (unless, the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.5.
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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Section 2.6 Currency.
Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in United States Dollars.
Section 2.7 Additional Notes.
The Company will be entitled, upon delivery of an Officers Certificate, Opinion of Counsel and Authentication Order and without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, subject to its compliance with Section 6.4, to issue Additional Notes under the Indenture that will have identical terms to the Initial Notes issued on the date of the Indenture other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price.
With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company will set forth in a resolution of its Board of Directors and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each of which will be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:
(i) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Indenture; and
(ii) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number of such Additional Notes.
Section 2.8 Redemption.
The Notes may be redeemed at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity as provided in Article IV hereof.
Section 2.9 No Sinking Fund.
The provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
Section 2.10 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Trustee shall initially serve as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes.
ARTICLE III
FORM OF THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Global Form.
The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Notes. The Notes shall not be issuable in definitive form except as provided in Section 3.2(a) of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and hold each Global Note as custodian for the Depository. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the
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aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 3.2 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or to another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee written notice from the Depository that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depository or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depository; or
(ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.2 or Section 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 3.2(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 3.2(c) or (d) hereof.
(b) Legend . Any Global Note issued under this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
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TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 3.2(c)(1).
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(2) All Other Transfers of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.2(c)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar both:
(i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
(ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in the Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 3.2(g) hereof.
(d) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2(c)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.2(g) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 3.2(d) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes.
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If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to the previous paragraph at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(f) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.2(f), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder will present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
Section 3.3 General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(b) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11 and 9.6 of the Base Indenture and Section 4.3 hereof).
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(c) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(d) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(i) to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before any selection of Notes for redemption under Article IV hereof and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Notes to be so redeemed; or
(ii) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(iii) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(f) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(g) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture.
(h) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 3.3 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(i) The transferor of any Note shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045. The Trustee may rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
(j) In connection with any proposed transfer outside the book entry system, there shall be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to
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comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045. The Trustee may rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
The provisions of Article III of the Base Indenture, as amended by the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.
Section 4.1 Optional Redemption of Notes.
The Company may redeem on any one or more occasions some or all of the Notes before they mature. The redemption price (the Redemption Price) will equal the sum of (1) an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the Redemption Date and (2) a Make-Whole Premium; provided that, the Company will not redeem the Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Notes are redeemed on or after April 1, 2029, the Redemption Price will not include a Make-Whole Premium; provided further that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such interest payment date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date (instead of the Holder surrendering its Notes for redemption) and the Redemption Price shall not include accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Section 4.2 Notice of Optional Redemption, Selection of Notes.
(a) In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.1, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be sent, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed, or sent by electronic transmission a notice of such redemption not fewer than fifteen (15) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Register; provided that if the Company makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee, provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Company. Such mailing shall be by first class mail or sent by electronic transmission. The notice, if sent in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such
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notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Concurrently with the sending of any such notice of redemption, the Company shall issue a press release announcing such redemption, the form and content of which press release shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion. The failure to issue any such press release or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the redemption notice or any of the proceedings for the redemption of any Note called for redemption.
(b) Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(c) On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.2, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Company shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 4.2 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price.
(d) If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Notes or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate in accordance with the Applicable Procedures. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.
Section 4.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Company.
(a) If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.2, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become
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due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date and, on and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under the Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with interest accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
(b) Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
This Article V shall replace Article XII of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 5.1 Note Guarantee.
By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of a Guarantee. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article IV), premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Stated Maturity, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Stated Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in this Article (collectively, the Guarantee Obligations).
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Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each, a Benefited Party) to proceed against the Company or any other person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured partys power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other person or persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by the Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Company, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Company or on the part of any other person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Partys election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under the Indenture.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Company or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI of the Base Indenture for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI of the Base Indenture, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.
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Section 5.2 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee.
(a) To evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 5.1 hereof, the Guarantor agrees that a Notation of Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit B hereto shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee set forth in this Article V shall remain in full force and effect and apply to all the Notes notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of the Guarantee.
(c) If an Officer whose facsimile signature is on a Note or a notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
(d) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
Section 5.3 Limitation of Guarantors Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events.
(a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article V shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(b) The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, the Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Note Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution, whether under Section 362 or 105 of the Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.
Section 5.4 Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor.
(a) For purposes of any provision of the Indenture which provides for the delivery by the Guarantor of an Officers Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.2 hereof shall apply to the Guarantor as if references therein to the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, were references to the Guarantor.
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(b) Any notice or demand which by any provision of the Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to or on the Guarantor may be given or served as described in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture as if references therein to the Company were references to the Guarantor.
(c) Upon any demand, request or application by the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Section 10.1 hereof as if all references therein to the Company were references to the Guarantor.
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Notes so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding:
Section 6.1 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain an office or agency in the United States where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served. As of the date of the Indenture, such office shall be the Corporate Trust Office and, at any other time, at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and the Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Company for each of the aforesaid purposes.
Section 6.2 Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.8 of the Base Indenture, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
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Section 6.3 Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations:
(i) all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports; and
(ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements by its independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Company shall file a copy of each of the reports referred to above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the SEC will not accept such a filing) and will make the reports available on the Companys website within those time periods. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 6.3 is for informational purposes only and the information and the Trustees receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein, or determinable from information contained therein including the Companys compliance with any of their covenants thereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers Certificate). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Guarantor may satisfy their obligation to furnish reports pursuant to this Section 6.3 by furnishing, or filing with the SEC for public availability, reports of the Company and the Guarantor within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations.
(b) If the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding paragraph with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Companys filings for any reason, the Company will make the reports referred to in the preceding paragraph available on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC.
Section 6.4 Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness, other than Intercompany Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof, Total Outstanding Debt would be greater than 60% of Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to Holders of the Notes or filed with the SEC, as the case may be.
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(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any Secured Debt, other than guarantees of Secured Debt Incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture, if, immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Secured Debt would be greater than 40% of Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to Holders of the Notes or filed with the SEC, as the case may be.
(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries will at all times maintain Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Unsecured Debt.
(d) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Incur any Indebtedness other than Intercompany Indebtedness and guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the Indenture, if the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Expense for the most recent quarterly period covered in the Companys annual or quarterly report most recently furnished to holders of the Notes or filed with the SEC, as the case may be and in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof, prior to such time, annualized (i.e., multiplied by four (4)) prior to the date on which such additional Indebtedness is to be Incurred shall have been less than 1.50:1.00 on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that:
(i) such Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such quarterly period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period;
(ii) the repayment or retirement of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness repaid or retired with the proceeds of any other Indebtedness, which repayment or retirement shall be calculated pursuant to the preceding clause (i)) by the Company and its Subsidiaries since the first day of such quarterly period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such period);
(iii) in the case of Acquired Indebtedness or Indebtedness Incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such quarterly period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and
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(iv) in the case of any acquisition or disposition of any asset or group of assets or the placement of any assets in service or removal of any assets from service by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from the first day of such quarterly period to the date of determination, including, without limitation, by merger, or stock or asset purchase or sale, the acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service had occurred as of the first day of such period, with appropriate adjustments to Interest Expense with respect to the acquisition, disposition, placement in service or removal from service being included in that pro forma calculation.
Section 6.5 Maintenance of Properties.
The Company shall cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order, casualty and condemnation excepted (and the Company may take out of service for a period of time, any of its properties that have been condemned or suffered any loss due to casualty in order to make such repairs, betterments and improvements), all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however , notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Company may discontinue the maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Consolidated Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders, and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of any of their properties for value in the ordinary course of business.
Section 6.6 Insurance.
The Company shall cause each of its properties and each of the properties of its Subsidiaries to be insured against loss of damage with insurers of recognized responsibility, in commercially reasonable amounts and types as determined by the Company and with insurers of recognized responsibility.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof shall replace Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of
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law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal amount or Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable; or
(c) each of the Company and the Guarantor fails to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or the Indenture upon receipt by the Company of notice of such default by the Trustee or by Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, fails to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default within sixty (60) days after the Company receives such notice; or
(d) failure to pay any Indebtedness that is (a) of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary in which the Company has invested at least $75,000,000 in capital (a Significant Subsidiary) or any entity in which the Company is the general partner, and (b) in an outstanding principal amount in excess of $75,000,000 at final maturity or upon acceleration after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which Indebtedness is not discharged, or such default in payment or acceleration is not cured or rescinded, within sixty (60) days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee (or to the Company and the Trustee from Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes); or
(e) the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or its debts or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; or
(ii) consents to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; or
(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) calendar days; or
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(g) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that
(i) is for relief against the Company, the Guarantor or any of Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding;
(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary;
and, in each case in this clause (g), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for thirty (30) calendar days.
The term Bankruptcy Law means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 7.1(e), 7.1(f) or 7.1(g)), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(e), 7.1(f) or 7.1(g) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after the principal amount of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture, if: (a) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived; and
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(b) the Company or the Guarantor has deposited with the Trustee all required payments of the principal of and interest on, the Notes, plus the reasonable compensation and reimbursement for the Trustees expenses, disbursements and advances pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. The Company shall notify in writing a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any Event of Default, as provided in Section 4.3 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 hereof shall replace Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 8.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, the Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental without the consent of the Holders of the Notes hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture; provided that this action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect;
(b) to evidence a successor to the Company as obligor or to the Guarantor as guarantor under the Indenture;
(c) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes then outstanding;
(d) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture;
(e) to provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one Trustee;
(f) to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA;
(g) to reflect the release of the Guarantor as guarantor, in accordance with the Indenture;
(h) to secure the Notes;
(i) to add guarantors with respect to the Notes; and
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(j) to conform the text of the Indenture, the Guarantee or the Notes to any provision of the description thereof set forth in the Prospectus to the extent that such provision in the Prospectus was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, such Note Guarantee or the Notes (as certified in an Officers Certificate).
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by the Guarantors Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 8.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.2.
Section 8.2 With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of each Holder so affected:
(a) reduce the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on the Notes;
(c) reduce the principal of or premium, if any, on or change the Stated Maturity of the Notes;
(d) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(e) make the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes payable in any currency other than that stated in the Notes;
(f) make any change in Section 6.8 of the Base Indenture, 6.13 of the Base Indenture or Section 8.2(f) hereof (this sentence);
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(g) waive a redemption payment with respect to the Notes; or
(h) release the Guarantor other than as provided in the Indenture or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by the Guarantors Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.
ARTICLE IX
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES
Section 9.1 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article IX to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act provided by the Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders.
Section 9.2 Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1 hereof, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders for any purpose specified in Section 9.1 hereof, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor, if applicable, or the Holders in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the City of New York, New York, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section.
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Section 9.3 Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders; provided, that none of the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Company shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders or be counted for purposes of determining a quorum at any such meeting in respect of any Notes owned by such persons. The only persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, any representatives of the Guarantor and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.4 Quorum; Action.
The persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders ; provided, however , that if any action is to be taken at the meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the persons holding or representing the specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within thirty (30) minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than ten (10) days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 9.2 hereof, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five (5) days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2 hereof, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided, however , that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 8.2 hereof, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which the Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.
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Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders duly held in accordance with this Section 9.4 shall be binding on all the Holders, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 9.5 Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.2(b) hereof, in which case the Company, the Guarantor or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting, each Holder or proxy shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him; provided, however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 9.6 Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two (2) inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 9.2 hereof and, if applicable, Section 9.4 hereof. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one (1) such copy shall be delivered to the Company and the Guarantor, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.1 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee.
This Section 10.1 shall replace Sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in the Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in the Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided , however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers Certificate or certificates of public officials.
Section 10.2 No Recourse Against Others.
This Section 10.2 shall replace Section 10.8 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article V of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article IV hereof) or premium, if any, or interest on any Note or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor, the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Guarantor, the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the issue of the Notes.
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Section 10.3 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.4 Governing Law and Waiver of Jury Trial.
THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEE OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 10.5 Counterparts.
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Fourth Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 10.6 Successors.
All agreements of the Company and the Guarantor in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 10.7 Severability.
In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 10.8 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10.9 Ratifications.
The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed. The Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument. All provisions included in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes supersede any conflicting provisions included in the Base Indenture unless not permitted by law. The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Section 10.10 Effectiveness.
The provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective as of the date hereof.
Section 10.11 The Trustee.
The Trustee accepts the trusts created by the Indenture, and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions of the Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Company. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of the claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and this Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first written above.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P., as the Company |
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Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Its Sole General Partner |
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/s/ Andrew Power |
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Name: | Andrew Power | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC., as the Guarantor |
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By: |
/s/ Andrew Power |
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Name: | Andrew Power | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Fourth Supplemental Indenture]
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Trustee |
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By: |
/s/ Maddy Hughes |
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Name: | Maddy Hughes | |||
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Fourth Supplemental Indenture]
EXHIBIT A
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.
THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.2 OF THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.
3.600% NOTES DUE 2029
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Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] MILLION DOLLARS ($[ ])[, or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note on the other side of this Note,] on July 1, 2029 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2020, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 3.600%, from January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, in which case from June 14, 2019, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. The Company shall pay interest to Holders of record on the December 15 or June 15 immediately preceding the applicable January 1 or July 1 interest payment date, respectively, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. The Company shall pay interest on any Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto; provided, however, that a Holder of any Notes in certificated form in the aggregate principal amount of more than $2,000,000 may specify by written notice to the Company that it pay interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder in such notice, or on any Global Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depository or its nominee.
The Company promises to pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) interest at the rate of 1% per annum above the rate borne by the Notes.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof and the Indenture governing this Note. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or by facsimile by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated: [ ], 20[ ]
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, L.P.
3.600% NOTES DUE 2029
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company, designated as its 3.600% Notes due 2029 (herein called the Notes), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 23, 2015 (herein called the Base Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (herein called the Trustee), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of June 14, 2019 (herein called the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(e), 7.1(f) and 7.1(g) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(e), 7.1(f) and 7.1(g) of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 8.2 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default, subject to exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Company and the Holder of the Notes, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency prescribed herein and in the Indenture.
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. At the office or agency of
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the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.
The Company shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Section 4.1, Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund.
Except as expressly provided in Article V of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price (as defined in Section 4.1 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) upon redemption pursuant to Article IV of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture) or any premium, if any, or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor, the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Guarantor, the Company or any of the Companys subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issue of this Note.
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S CHEDULE OF E XCHANGES OF I NTERESTS IN THE G LOBAL N OTE *
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE]
The Guarantor listed below (hereinafter referred to as the Guarantor, which term includes any successors or assigns under the Indenture, dated June 23, 2015, among the Guarantor, the Company (defined below) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated the date hereof (the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in Section 5.1 of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture), which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the 3.600% Notes due 2029 (the Notes) of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the Company), whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on any interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article V of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article V of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee.
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Guarantor (or any such successor entity), as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, the benefit of discussion, protest or notice with respect to the Notes and all demands whatsoever.
This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Companys obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collectability.
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This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual or facsimile signature of one of its authorized officers.
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.
THE TERMS OF ARTICLE V OF THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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Exhibit 5.1
[LETTERHEAD OF VENABLE LLP]
June 14, 2019
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
Suite 3200
Four Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California 94111
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as Maryland counsel to Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), and Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the registration of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnerships 3.600% Notes due 2029 (the Notes), and the guarantee by the Company of the obligations of the Operating Partnership under the Notes (the Guarantee). The Notes and the Guarantees are covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the Registration Statement), filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act).
In connection with our representation of the Company and the Operating Partnership, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Documents):
1. The Registration Statement;
2. The Prospectus, dated September 22, 2017, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement, dated June 10, 2019, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the 1933 Act;
3. The charter of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the SDAT);
4. The Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
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5. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;
6. The Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, certified by the SDAT;
7. The Eighteenth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
8. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Operating Partnership, dated as of a recent date;
9. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, in its own capacity and in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, or by a duly authorized committee thereof, relating to, among other matters, (a) the sale and issuance of the Notes, (b) the Guarantees and (c) the authorization of the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of the Indenture (as defined herein), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
10. The Indenture, dated as of June 23, 2015 (the Base Indenture), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee);
11. Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of the date hereof (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee;
12. The Guarantee contained in the Indenture;
13. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and
14. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
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In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company or the Operating Partnership) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Company or the Operating Partnership) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such partys obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT. The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly formed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
2. The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and all necessary limited partnership action of the Operating Partnership. The Notes have been duly authorized for issuance by the Operating Partnership. The Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Company.
3. The Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership.
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The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning United States federal law or the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to compliance with any federal or state securities laws, including the 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. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Notes and the Guarantees (the Current Report), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Company and the Operating Partnership, may rely on this opinion in connection with any opinions to be delivered by it in connection with the Notes and the Guarantees. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and the said incorporation by reference and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Venable LLP
Exhibit 5.2
June 14, 2019 |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3200
San Francisco, California 94111
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Registration Statement on Form S-3 and Prospectus Supplement; $900,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Digital Realty Trust, L.P.s 3.600% Notes Due 2029 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Guarantor ), and Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the Operating Partnership ), in connection with the issuance of $900,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnerships 3.600% Notes due 2029 (the Notes ) and the guarantee of the Notes (the Guarantee ) by the Guarantor, under an indenture, dated June 23, 2015 (the Base Indenture ), among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee ), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated June 14, 2019, among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and the Trustee (the Supplemental Indenture , and together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture ), and pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act ), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) on September 22, 2017 (Registration Nos. 333-220576 and 333-220576-01) (as so filed and as amended, the Registration Statement ), a base prospectus, dated September 22, 2017, included as part of the Registration Statement (the Base Prospectus ), a preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2019, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, a prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2019, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus ), and an underwriting agreement, dated June 10, 2019 (the Underwriting Agreement ), among the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. This opinion is being furnished in
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connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Notes and Guarantee.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various issues concerning Maryland law are addressed in the opinion of Venable LLP, which has been separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Notes have been duly executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes and the Guarantee will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable against the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms.
Our opinion is subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought and (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion as to (a) any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Sections 4.4, 6.13, 12.1(d) and 12.3 of the Base Indenture (except, with respect to Section 12.3, to the extent such waiver is limited to the fullest extent that the Guarantor may do so under applicable law), (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) any provision permitting, upon acceleration of the Notes, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon, (f) the creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (g) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (h) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (i) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights
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or remedies, (j) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (k) grants of setoff rights, (l) proxies, powers and trusts, (m) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (n) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety, (o) provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (p) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, (q) provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety and provisions purporting to waive modifications of any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation and (r) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.
We express no opinion or confirmation as to federal or state securities laws, tax laws, antitrust or trade regulation laws, insolvency or fraudulent transfer laws, antifraud laws, compliance with fiduciary duty requirements, pension or employee benefit laws, usury laws, environmental laws, margin regulations, FINRA rules or stock exchange rules (without limiting other laws excluded by customary practice).
With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Indenture, the Guarantee and the Notes (collectively, the Documents ) will be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, (b) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (c) that the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (d) that the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Guarantors and the Operating Partnerships Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 14, 2019, and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading Legal Matters. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP