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) March 23, 2016

 

Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland   001-15409   39-6594066

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

10011 Valley Forge Drive

Houston, Texas

  77042
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (440) 283-6319

 

N/A

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

 

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

 

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Item 5.03 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year

 

Amendment to Articles of Incorporation - Name Change

 

At the Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on March 23, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”), the shareholders approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Declaration of Trust, as amended, to (a) amend and restate Article VII thereof related to the restriction on transfer and ownership of shares of the Company, and (b) change the name of the Company to Pillarstone Capital REIT and make conforming and other immaterial modifications, each as more fully described in the Proxy Statement (defined below) (collectively, the “ Charter Amendments ”).

 

In accordance with the foregoing, on March 28, 2016, the Company filed Articles of Amendment and Restatement with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation reflecting the Charter Amendments. A copy of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following proposals: (i) to elect to the Board of Trustees two Class I trustees each to serve a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify, two Class II trustees each to serve a two-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify, and two Class III trustees each to serve a one-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify; (ii) to approve the Charter Amendments; (iii) to approve the 2016 Equity Plan; (iv) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the executive officer compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement, dated February 19, 2016, as filed on Schedule 14A on February 19, 2016 (the “ Proxy Statement ”); and (v) to recommend, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency with which the Company’s shareholders would like to cast a non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s named executive officer compensation. The five proposals are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.

 

Proposals 4 and 5 were non-binding advisory votes. All of the other proposals were approved by the Registrant’s shareholders by the requisite vote necessary for approval. The votes with respect to each of the proposals are set forth below.

 

Proposal 1 . To elect to the Board of Trustees two Class I trustees each to serve a three-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2019 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify, two Class II trustees each to serve a two-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify, and two Class III trustees each to serve a one-year term ending at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 and until their respective successors, if any, are elected and qualify:

 

Nominee   Class     Shares For     Shares Withheld     Broker Non-Votes  
James C. Mastandrea     I       2,584,122       658       0  
John J. Dee     II       2,584,133       647       0  
Daryl J. Carter     III       2,584,133       647       0  
Daniel G. DeVos     I       2,584,133       647       0  
Paul T. Lambert     II       2,584,133       647       0  
                                 
Michael T. Oliver*     III       2,584,133       647       0  

 

* On March 9, 2016, Michael T. Oliver passed away. Mr. Oliver was listed as a Class III trustee nominee for reelection to the Board of Trustees in the Proxy Statement that was filed on February 19, 2016. The Board of Trustees chose not to submit a substitute nominee for Mr. Oliver’s Class III trustee position, and has reduced the size of the Board to five members.

 

Proposal 2(a) . To amend and restate the Declaration of Trust of the Company, as amended, to amend and restate Article VII thereof related to the restriction on transfer and ownership of shares of the Company:

 

Shares For     Shares Against     Shares Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  2,584,645       70       65       0  

 

 
 

 

Proposal 2(b) . To amend and restate the Declaration of Trust of the Company, as amended, to change the name of the Company to Pillarstone Capital REIT and make conforming and other immaterial modifications, each as more fully described in the Proxy Statement:

 

Shares For     Shares Against     Shares Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  2,584,670       94       16       0  

 

Proposal 3 . To approve the 2016 Equity Plan:

 

Shares For     Shares Against     Shares Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  2,584,228       59       493       0  

 

Proposal 4 . To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the executive officer compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement:

 

Shares For     Shares Against     Shares Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  2,584,063       122       595       0  

 

Proposal 5 . To recommend, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency with which the Company’s shareholders would like to cast a non-binding advisory vote on the Company’s named executive officer compensation:

 

Every 3 Years     Every 2 Years     Every Year     Shares Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  2,558,785       108       25,455       432       0  

 

Based on the results of this vote and other factors, the Company’s Board of Trustees decided at a meeting held on March 28, 2016, that the Company will include a non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation every three years in the Company’s future proxy materials until a future non-binding advisory vote of the shareholders regarding the frequency of such votes on named executive officer compensation results in a different determination by the Company’s Board of Trustees. Therefore, the next non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation will be held at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2019. Under Section 14A(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company will hold another non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of the non-binding advisory vote regarding named executive officer compensation no later than the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2022.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

3.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company as filed March 28, 2016.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 29, 2016   PILLARSTONE CAPITAL REIT
   
  /s/ John J. Dee
  John J. Dee
  Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President

 

 
 

 

 

PARAGON REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT TRUST

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT

 

FIRST: Paragon Real Estate Equity and Investment Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Trust”) formed under Title 8 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (“Title 8”), desires to amend and restate its Declaration of Trust (as so amended and restated, the “Declaration of Trust”). The amendment to and restatement of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust as herein set forth has been duly approved and advised by the Board of Trustees and approved by the shareholders of the Trust as required by law.

 

SECOND: The following provisions are all the provisions of the Declaration of Trust as hereby amended and restated:

 

ARTICLE I
FORMATION

 

The Trust is a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Title 8. The Trust shall not be deemed to be a general partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, joint stock company or a corporation (but nothing herein shall preclude the Trust from being treated for tax purposes as an association under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)).

 

ARTICLE II
NAME

 

The name of the Trust is: Pillarstone Capital REIT.

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees” or “Board”) may change the name of the Trust without approval of the shareholders. Under circumstances in which the Board determines that the use of the name of the Trust is not practicable, the Trust may use any other designation or name for the Trust.

 

ARTICLE III
PURPOSE AND POWERS

 

Section 3.1 Purpose . The purpose for which the Trust is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a real estate investment trust may be organized under the general laws of the State of Maryland as now or hereafter in force, including, without limitation or obligation, engaging in business as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Code.

 

Section 3.2 Powers . The Trust shall have all of the powers granted to real estate investment trusts by Title 8 and all other powers set forth in the Declaration of Trust that are not inconsistent with law and are appropriate to promote or attain the purpose set forth in the Declaration of Trust.

 

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ARTICLE IV
PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN STATE AND RESIDENT AGENT

 

The name of the resident agent of the Trust in the State of Maryland is CSC-Lawyers Incorporating Service Company, 7 St. Paul Street, Suite 820, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The resident agent is a Maryland corporation. The Trust may have such offices or places of business within or outside the State of Maryland as the Board of Trustees may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE V
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

Section 5.1 Powers . Subject to any express limitations contained in the Declaration of Trust or in the Bylaws, (a) the business and affairs of the Trust shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Trustees and (b) the Board shall have full, exclusive and absolute power, control and authority over any and all property of the Trust. The Board may take any action as in its sole judgment and discretion is necessary or appropriate to conduct the business and affairs of the Trust. The Declaration of Trust shall be construed with the presumption in favor of the grant of power and authority to the Board. Any construction of the Declaration of Trust or determination made in good faith by the Board concerning its powers and authority hereunder shall be conclusive. The enumeration and definition of particular powers of the Trustees included in the Declaration of Trust or in the Bylaws of the Trust (the “Bylaws”) shall in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of this or any other provision of the Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws or construed or deemed by inference or otherwise in any manner to exclude or limit the powers conferred upon the Board or the Trustees under the general laws of the State of Maryland or any other applicable laws.

 

If the Board determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Trust to continue to be qualified as a REIT under the Code, the Board may revoke or otherwise terminate the Trust’s REIT election pursuant to Section 856(g) of the Code.

 

The Board, without any action by the shareholders of the Trust, shall have and may exercise, on behalf of the Trust, without limitation, the power to determine that compliance with any restriction or limitations on ownership and transfers of shares of the Trust’s beneficial interest set forth in Article VII of the Declaration of Trust is no longer required in order for the Trust to qualify as a REIT under the Code; to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws; to elect officers in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws; to solicit proxies from holders of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust; and to do any other acts and deliver any other documents necessary or appropriate to the foregoing powers.

 

Section 5.2 Number and Classification . The number of Trustees (hereafter, the “Trustees”) shall be six (6), which number may be increased or decreased pursuant to the Bylaws. The Trustees shall be classified, with respect to the terms for which they severally hold office, into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, as nearly equal in number as possible. Initially, the Class I Trustees shall be James C. Mastandrea and Daniel G. DeVos; the Class II Trustees shall be John J. Dee and Paul T. Lambert; and the Class III Trustees shall be Daryl J. Carter and Michael T. Oliver. The Class I Trustees shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2019; the Class II Trustees shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2018; and the Class III Trustees shall serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2017. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the successor or successors of the class of Trustees whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected in accordance with the Bylaws, and shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders held in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. The Trustees elected to each class shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until their earlier removal or resignation. It shall not be necessary to list in the Declaration of Trust the names and addresses of any Trustees hereinafter elected.

 

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At such time, if any, that the Trust is no longer subject to Section 3-803 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), each Trustee shall be elected annually and shall serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies.

 

Section 5.3 Resignation, Removal or Death . Any Trustee may resign by written notice to the Board, effective upon execution and delivery to the Trust of such written notice or upon any future date specified in the notice. Subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of Preferred Shares to elect or remove one or more Trustees, a Trustee may be removed at any time, but only with cause, at a meeting of the shareholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the Shares then outstanding and entitled to vote generally in the election of Trustees. For the purpose of this Section 5.3, “cause” shall mean, with respect to any particular Trustee, conviction of a felony or a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holding that such Trustee caused demonstrable, material harm to the Trust through bad faith or active and deliverable dishonesty.

 

Section 5.4 Determinations by Board . The determination as to any of the following matters, made in good faith by or pursuant to the direction of the Board of Trustees consistent with the Declaration of Trust, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Trust and every holder of Shares, as hereinafter defined: the amount of the net income of the Trust for any period and the amount of assets at any time legally available for the payment of dividends, redemption of Shares or the payment of other distributions on Shares; the amount of paid-in surplus, net assets, other surplus, annual or other cash flow, funds from operations, net profit, net assets in excess of capital, undivided profits or excess of profits over losses on sales of assets; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Shares; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Trust or of any Shares; the number of Shares of any class of the Trust; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Trust; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Trust or required or permitted by applicable law, the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws or otherwise to be determined by the Board of Trustees.

 

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ARTICLE VI
SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

Section 6.1 Authorized Shares . The beneficial interest of the Trust shall be divided into shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”). The total number of Shares of all classes that the Trust has authority to issue is 450,000,000 shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share. 400,000,000 Shares are classified as common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Shares”), and 50,000,000 Shares are classified as preferred shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Shares”), of which 1,518,000 shares shall be designated as Class A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Class A Preferred Shares”) and 300,000 shares shall be designated as Class C Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Class C Preferred Shares”). If shares of one class are classified or reclassified into shares of another class of shares pursuant to this Article VI, the number of authorized shares of the former class shall be automatically decreased and the number of shares of the latter class shall be automatically increased, in each case by the number of shares so classified or reclassified, so that the aggregate number of Shares of all classes that the Trust has authority to issue shall not be more than the total number of Shares set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph. The Board of Trustees, with the approval of a majority of the entire Board and without any action by the shareholders of the Trust, may amend the Declaration of Trust from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of Shares or the number of Shares of any class or series that the Trust has authority to issue.

 

Section 6.2 Common Shares . Subject to the provisions of Article VII and except as may otherwise be specified in the terms of any class or series of Common Shares, each Common Share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on each matter upon which holders of Common Shares are entitled to vote. The Board of Trustees may reclassify any unissued Common Shares from time to time in one or more classes or series of common shares or preferred shares.

 

Section 6.3 Preferred Shares . The Board of Trustees may classify any unissued Preferred Shares and reclassify any previously classified but unissued Preferred Shares of any series from time to time, in one or more series of common shares or preferred shares.

 

Section 6.4 Class A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares .

 

Section 6.4.1 Dividends . The Board of Trustees may from time to time declare and pay to holders of the Class A Preferred Shares such dividends or distributions in cash, property or other assets of the Trust or in securities of the Trust or from any other sources as the Trustees in their discretion shall determine.

 

Section 6.4.2 Voting Rights .

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the holders of the Class A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Trust, voting together with holders of every other class or series of shares of the Trust as a single class. Each Class A Preferred Share shall entitle its holder to the number of votes equal to the number of Common Shares into which such Class A Preferred Share is convertible on the applicable record date.

 

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(b) So long as any Class A Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the approval of the holders of the Class A Preferred Shares, voting as a single class shall be required to approve any amendment of the Declaration of Trust that would curtail or diminish the rights or preferences of the holders of the Class A Preferred Shares as provided herein.

 

Section 6.4.3 Liquidation Preference . Subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Shares ranking senior to the Class A Preferred Shares upon liquidation, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Trust, the holders of the Class A Preferred Shares then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to its shareholders, an amount in cash equal to $10.00, plus an amount equal to all dividends on such Class A Preferred Shares accrued but unpaid on the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of any other class or series of the Trust’s shares. After such payment, the holders of Class A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to no other payments in respect of their Class A Preferred Shares. If the assets of the Trust are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation payments due to the holders of the Class A Preferred Shares hereunder, the holders of all Class A Preferred Shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in proportion to the amount that would be payable on such distribution if the amounts to which the holders of outstanding Class A Preferred Shares are entitled were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 6.4.3, a consolidation or merger of the Trust with or into any other entity or a sale, lease or other conveyance, whether for cash, securities or other property, of all or any part of the assets of the Trust shall not be deemed or construed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust.

 

Section 6.4.4 Conversion .

 

(a) Each Class A Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance thereof and without the payment of any additional consideration therefor, into that number of Common Shares as is determined by dividing the sum of $10.00 and any dividends then accrued but unpaid on the Class A Preferred Shares by a conversion price (the “Class A Conversion Price”) in effect at the time of conversion. The Class A Conversion Price shall initially be 110% of the average closing bid price of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market over the ten trading days immediately preceding the effective date of the Trust’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 covering the Class A Preferred Shares.

 

(b) In the event that, at any time after the initial closing of the public offering of the Class A Preferred Shares, the Trust shall pay any dividend or make any other distribution on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan), or effect a subdivision of the Common Shares, then the Class A Conversion Price shall be proportionately decreased. Likewise, in the event that the outstanding Common Shares shall be combined or consolidated, then the Class A Conversion Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

(c) Before any holder of Class A Preferred Shares shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Shares, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the principal office of the Trust or the transfer agent for the Class A Preferred Shares, and shall give written notice to the Trust at its principal office that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state therein such holder’s name or the name or names of the nominees of such holder in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Shares to be issued, together with the applicable federal tax identification numbers of such nominee(s). The Trust shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at such office, to such holder or its nominee or nominees, a certificate or certificates representing the number of Common Shares to which such holder or nominee(s) is entitled.

 

(d) The Trust shall, at all times when any of the Class A Preferred Shares are outstanding, reserve such number of its Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Class A Preferred Shares and Class A Preferred Shares subject to outstanding purchase rights.

 

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(e) All Class A Preferred Shares that shall have been surrendered for conversion as provided herein shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately be terminated, except the right to receive Common Shares in exchange therefor. Any Class A Preferred Shares so converted shall be retired and shall not be reissued. The Trust may, from time to time, take appropriate action to reduce the number of Class A Preferred Shares that the Trust is authorized to issue.

 

Section 6.4.5 Redemption . At any time, the Trust may, at the option of the Board of Trustees, redeem the Class A Preferred Shares at a per-share price equal to $10.00, plus any dividends on the Class A Preferred Shares then accrued but unpaid; provided, however, that the Trust must first give the registered holders of the Class A Preferred Shares written notice of its intent to redeem the Class A Preferred Shares no less than 30 days prior to the scheduled date of the redemption. All Class A Preferred Shares that have been redeemed as provided herein shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately be terminated, except the right to receive the cash redemption price in exchange therefore. Any Class A Preferred Shares so redeemed shall be retired and shall not be reissued

 

Section 6.5 Class C Convertible Preferred Shares .

 

Section 6.5.1 Dividends . The Board of Trustees may from time to time declare and pay to holders of the Class C Preferred Shares such dividends or distributions in cash, property or other assets of the Trust or in securities of the Trust or from any other sources as the Trustees in their discretion shall determine.

 

Section 6.5.2 Voting Rights .

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the holders of the Class C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Trust, voting together with holders of every other class or series of shares of the Trust as a single class. Each Class C Preferred Share shall entitle its holder to the number of votes equal to the number of Common Shares into which such Class C Preferred Share is convertible on the applicable record date.

 

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(b) So long as any Class C Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the approval of the holders of the Class C Preferred Shares, voting as a single class shall be required to approve any amendment of the Declaration of Trust that would curtail or diminish the rights or preferences of the holders of the Class C Preferred Shares as provided herein.

 

Section 6.5.3 Liquidation Preference . Subject to the rights of any class or series of Preferred Shares ranking senior to the Class C Preferred Shares upon liquidation, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Trust, the holders of the Class C Preferred Shares then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to its shareholders, an amount in cash equal to $10.00, plus an amount equal to all dividends on such Class C Preferred Shares accrued but unpaid on the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of any other class or series of the Trust’s shares. After such payment, the holders of Class C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to no other payments in respect of their Class C Preferred Shares. If the assets of the Trust are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation payments due to the holders of the Class C Preferred Shares hereunder, the holders of all Class C Preferred Shares shall share ratably in such distribution of assets in proportion to the amount that would be payable on such distribution if the amounts to which the holders of outstanding Class C Preferred Shares are entitled were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 6.5.3, a consolidation or merger of the Trust with or into any other entity or a sale, lease or other conveyance, whether for cash, securities or other property, of all or any part of the assets of the Trust shall not be deemed or construed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust.

 

Section 6.5.4 Conversion .

 

(a) Each Class C Preferred Share shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance thereof and without the payment of any additional consideration therefor, into that number of Common Shares as is determined by dividing the sum of $10.00 and any dividends then accrued but unpaid on the Class C Preferred Shares by a conversion price (the “Class C Conversion Price”) in effect at the time of conversion. The Class C Conversion Price shall initially be $1.00.

 

(b) In the event that, at any time after September 29, 2006, the Trust shall pay any dividend or make any other distribution on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares (other than pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan), or effect a subdivision of the Common Shares, then the Class C Conversion Price shall be proportionately decreased. Likewise, in the event that the outstanding Common Shares shall be combined or consolidated, then the Class C Conversion Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

(c) Before any holder of Class C Preferred Shares shall be entitled to convert the same into Common Shares, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the principal office of the Trust or the transfer agent for the Class C Preferred Shares, and shall give written notice to the Trust at its principal office that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state therein such holder’s name or the name or names of the nominees of such holder in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Shares to be issued, together with the applicable federal tax identification numbers of such nominee(s). The Trust shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at such office, to such holder or its nominee or nominees, a certificate or certificates representing the number of Common Shares to which such holder or nominee(s) is entitled.

 

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(d) The Trust shall, at all times when any of the Class C Preferred Shares are outstanding, reserve such number of its Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Class C Preferred Shares and Class C Preferred Shares subject to outstanding purchase rights.

 

(e) All Class C Preferred Shares that shall have been surrendered for conversion as provided herein shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately be terminated, except the right to receive Common Shares in exchange therefor. Any Class C Preferred Shares so converted shall be retired and shall not be reissued. The Trust may, from time to time, take appropriate action to reduce the number of Class C Preferred Shares that the Trust is authorized to issue.

 

Section 6.5.5 Redemption . At any time, the Trust may, at the option of the Board of Trustees, redeem the Class C Preferred Shares at a per-share price equal to $10.00, plus any dividends on the Class C Preferred Shares then accrued but unpaid; provided, however, that the Trust must first give the registered holders of the Class C Preferred Shares written notice of its intent to redeem the Class C Preferred Shares no less than 30 days prior to the scheduled date of the redemption. All Class C Preferred Shares that have been redeemed as provided herein shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall immediately be terminated, except the right to receive the cash redemption price in exchange therefore. Any Class C Preferred Shares so redeemed shall be retired and shall not be reissued.

 

Section 6.6 Classified or Reclassified Shares . Prior to issuance of classified or reclassified Shares of any class or series, the Board of Trustees by resolution shall: (a) designate that class or series to distinguish it from all other classes and series of Shares; (b) specify the number of Shares to be included in the class or series; (c) set, subject to the provisions of Article VII and subject to the express terms of any class or series of Shares outstanding at the time, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series; and (d) cause the Trust to file articles supplementary with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the “SDAT”). Any of the terms of any class or series of Shares set pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 6.6 may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside the Declaration of Trust (including the occurrence of any event, including a determination or action by the Trust or any other person or body) and may vary among holders thereof, provided that the manner in which such facts or variations shall operate upon the terms of such class or series of Shares is clearly and expressly set forth in the articles supplementary filed with the SDAT.

 

Section 6.7 Authorization by Board of Share Issuance . The Board of Trustees may authorize, without approval of any shareholder, the issuance from time to time of Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities or rights convertible into Shares of any class or series, whether now or hereafter authorized, for such consideration (whether in cash, property, past or future services, obligation for future payment or otherwise) as the Board of Trustees may deem advisable (or without consideration in the case of a share dividend or share split), subject to such restrictions or limitations, if any, as may be set forth in the Declaration of Trust or the Bylaws.

 

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Section 6.8 Dividends and Distributions . The Board of Trustees may from time to time authorize and the Trust may declare to shareholders such dividends or distributions as the Board of Trustees in its discretion shall determine. The Board of Trustees shall endeavor to authorize, and the Trust shall endeavor to declare and pay, such dividends and distributions as shall be necessary for the Trust to qualify as a REIT under the Code; however, shareholders shall have no right to any dividend or distribution unless and until authorized by the Board and declared and publicly disclosed by the Trust. The exercise of the powers and rights of the Board of Trustees pursuant to this Section 6.8 shall be subject to the preferences of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding.

 

Section 6.9 Transferable Shares; Preferential Dividends . Notwithstanding any other provision in the Declaration of Trust, no determination shall be made by the Board of Trustees nor shall any transaction be entered into by the Trust that would cause any Shares or other beneficial interest in the Trust not to constitute “transferable shares” or “transferable certificates of beneficial interest” under Section 856(a)(2) of the Code or that would cause any distribution to constitute a preferential dividend as described in Section 562(c) of the Code.

 

Section 6.10 General Nature of Shares . All Shares shall be personal property entitling the shareholders only to those rights provided in the Declaration of Trust. The shareholders shall have no interest in the property of the Trust and shall have no right to compel any partition, division, dividend or distribution of the Trust or of the property of the Trust. The death of a shareholder shall not terminate the Trust. The Trust is entitled to treat as shareholders only those persons in whose names Shares are registered as holders of Shares on the share ledger of the Trust.

 

Section 6.11 Fractional Shares . The Trust may, without the consent or approval of any shareholder, issue fractional Shares, eliminate a fraction of a Share by rounding up or down to a full Share, arrange for the disposition of a fraction of a Share by the person entitled to it, or pay cash for the fair value of a fraction of a Share.

 

Section 6.12 Divisions and Combinations of Shares . Subject to an express provision to the contrary in the terms of any class or series of beneficial interest hereafter authorized, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to divide or combine the outstanding shares of any class or series of beneficial interest, without a vote of shareholders so long as the number of shares combined into one share in any such combination or series of combinations within any period of twelve months is not greater than ten.

 

Section 6.13 Declaration of Trust and Bylaws . The rights of all shareholders and the terms of all Shares are subject to the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF SHARES

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Charitable Beneficiary . The term “Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Charitable Trust as determined pursuant to Section 7.3.7, provided that each such organization must be described in Sections 501(c)(3), 170(b)(1)(A) and 170(c)(2) of the Code.

 

Charitable Trust . The term “Charitable Trust” shall mean any trust provided for in Section 7.2.1(b)(i) and Section 7.3.1.

 

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

 

Constructive Ownership. The term “Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Shares by a Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Shares either actually or constructively through the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Own,” “Constructively Owns” and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

Designated Investment Entity . The term “Designated Investment Entity” shall mean either (i) a pension trust that qualifies for look-through treatment under Section 856(h) of the Code, (ii) an entity that qualifies as a regulated investment company under Section 851 of the Code, or (iii) a Qualified Investment Manager; provided that each beneficial owner of such entity would satisfy the Ownership Limit if such beneficial owner owned directly its proportionate share of the Shares that are held by such Designated Investment Entity.

 

Designated Investment Entity Limit . The term “Designated Investment Entity Limit” shall mean with respect to the Common Shares, 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding Common Shares.

 

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

 

Excepted Holder Limit . The term “Excepted Holder Limit” shall mean, provided that the affected Excepted Holder agrees to comply with the requirements established by the Charter or by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7.2.7 and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 7.2.8, the percentage limit established for an Excepted Holder by the Board pursuant to Section 7.2.7.

 

Initial Date . The term “Initial Date” shall mean the date upon which these Articles of Amendment and Restatement are filed with and accepted for record by the SDAT.

 

Market Price . The term “Market Price” on any date shall mean, with respect to any class or series of outstanding Shares, the Closing Price for such Shares on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date shall mean the last sale price for such Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such Shares, in either case, as reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if such Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Shares selected by the Board of Trustees or, in the event that no trading price is available for such Shares, the fair market value of Shares, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees.

 

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

 

Ownership Limit . The term “Ownership Limit” shall mean (i) with respect to the Common Shares, 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding Common Shares; and (ii) with respect to any class or series of Preferred Shares, 9.8% (in value or number of Shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of such class or series of Preferred Shares.

 

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

 

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

 

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Qualified Investment Manager . The term “Qualified Investment Manager” shall mean an entity (i) who for compensation engages in the business of advising others as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities; (ii) who purchases securities in the ordinary course of its business and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the Trust, nor in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, including any transaction subject to Rule 13d-3(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and (iii) who has or shares voting power and investment power within the meaning of Rule 13d-3(a) under the Exchange Act. A Qualified Investment Manager shall be deemed to beneficially own all Common Shares beneficially owned by each of its affiliates, after application of the beneficial ownership rules under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act; provided such affiliate meets the requirements set forth in the preceding clause (ii).

 

Restriction Termination Date . The term “Restriction Termination Date” shall mean the first day after the Initial Date on which the Board of Trustees determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Trust to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT under the Code or that compliance with the restrictions and limitations on Beneficial Ownership and Transfers of Shares set forth herein is no longer required in order for the Trust to qualify as a REIT under the Code.

 

Transfer . The term “Transfer” shall mean any issuance, sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition, as well as any other event that causes any Person to acquire Beneficial Ownership or any agreement to take any such actions or cause any such events, of Shares or the right to vote or receive dividends or distributions on Shares, including (a) a change in the capital structure of the Trust, (b) a change in the relationship between two or more Persons which causes a change in ownership of Shares by application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h) of the Code, (c) the granting or exercise of any option or warrant (or any disposition of any option or warrant), pledge, security interest, or similar right to acquire Shares, (d) any disposition of any securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Shares or any interest in Shares or any exercise of any such conversion or exchange right and (e) Transfers of interests in other entities that result in changes in Beneficial Ownership of Shares; in each case, whether voluntary or involuntary, whether owned of record, Beneficially Owned and whether by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferring” and “Transferred” shall have the correlative meanings.

 

TRS . The term “TRS” shall mean a taxable REIT subsidiary (as defined in Section 856(l) of the Code) of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.2 Shares .

 

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

 

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(a) Basic Restrictions .

 

(i) (1) Except as provided in Section 7.2.7 hereof, no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit, other than a Designated Investment Entity, which shall not Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of the Designated Investment Entity Limit; and

 

(2) Except as provided in Section 7.2.7 hereof, no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Preferred Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit.

 

(ii) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares to the extent that (1) such Beneficial Ownership of Shares would result in the Trust being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year), or (2) such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares would result in the Trust otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code.

 

(iii) No Person shall Transfer any Shares if, as a result of the Transfer, the Shares would be beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (determined without reference to the rules of attribution under Section 544 of the Code). Any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in Shares being beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio , and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares.

 

(iv) Except as provided in Section 7.2.7 hereof, no Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock to the extent such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership would cause the Corporation to Constructively Own ten percent (10%) or more of the ownership interests in a tenant (other than a TRS) of the Corporation’s real property within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code.

 

(v) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Capital Stock to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership would otherwise cause the Corporation to fail to qualify as a REIT under the Code.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(a) every Person who Beneficially Owns more than five percent (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding Shares, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, shall give written notice to the Trust stating the name and address of such owner, the number of Shares Beneficially Owned and a description of the manner in which such Shares are held; provided, that a shareholder of record who holds outstanding Shares as nominee for another Person, which other Person is required to include in gross income the dividends or distributions received on such Shares (an “Actual Owner”), shall give written notice to the Trust stating the name and address of such Actual Owner and the number of Shares of such Actual Owner with respect to which the shareholder of record is nominee. Each owner shall provide to the Trust such additional information as the Trust may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Beneficial Ownership on the Trust’s status as a REIT under the Code and to ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit, Designated Investment Entity Limit or Excepted Holder Limit applicable to such owner; and

 

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

 

Section 7.2.5 Remedies Not Limited . Subject to Sections 5.1 and 7.4 of the Declaration of Trust, nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall limit the authority of the Board of Trustees to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Trust and the interests of its shareholders in preserving the Trust’s status as a REIT under the Code.

 

Section 7.2.6 Ambiguity . In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of this Section 7.2, Section 7.3 or any definition contained in Section 7.1, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. If Section 7.2 or 7.3 requires an action by the Board of Trustees and the Declaration of Trust fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Sections 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3.

 

Section 7.2.7 Exemptions from the Ownership Limit .

 

(a) The Board, in its sole discretion, may exempt, prospectively or retroactively, a Person from the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit, as the case may be, and may establish or increase an Excepted Holder Limit for such Person if: (i) such Person submits to the Board information satisfactory to the Board, in its reasonable discretion, demonstrating that such Person is not an individual for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code (determined taking into account Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code); (ii) such Person submits to the Board information satisfactory to the Board, in its reasonable discretion, demonstrating that no Person who is an individual for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code (determined taking into account Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code) would be considered to Beneficially Own Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit by reason of such Person’s ownership of Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit pursuant to the exemption granted under this subparagraph (a); (iii) such Person submits to the Board information satisfactory to the Board, in its reasonable discretion, demonstrating that clause (2) of subparagraph (a)(ii) of Section 7.2.1 will not be violated by reason of such Person’s ownership of Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit pursuant to the exemption granted under this subparagraph (a); and (iv) such Person provides to the Board such representations and undertakings, if any, as the Board may, in its reasonable discretion, require to ensure that the conditions in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof are satisfied and will continue to be satisfied throughout the period during which such Person owns Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit pursuant to any exemption thereto granted under this subparagraph (a), and such Person agrees that any violation of such representations and undertakings or any attempted violation thereof will result in the application of the remedies set forth in Section 7.2 with respect to Shares held in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit with respect to such Person (determined without regard to the exemption granted such Person under this subparagraph (a)).

 

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(b) Prior to granting any exemption pursuant to subparagraph (a), the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require a ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Trust’s status as a REIT under the Code; provided , however , that the Board shall not be obligated to require obtaining a favorable ruling or opinion in order to grant an exception hereunder.

 

(c) Subject to Section 7.2.1(a)(ii), an underwriter that participates in a public offering or a private placement of Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) may Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) in excess of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit, but only to the extent necessary to facilitate such public offering or private placement.

 

(d) The Board may only reduce the Excepted Holder Limit for an Excepted Holder: (1) with the written consent of such Excepted Holder at any time, or (2) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreements and undertakings entered into with such Excepted Holder in connection with the establishment of the Excepted Holder Limit for that Excepted Holder. No Excepted Holder Limit shall be reduced to a percentage that is less than the then existing Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit.

 

Section 7.2.8 Change in Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit . The Board of Trustees may increase the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit for one or more Persons and decrease the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Ownership Limit for all other Persons subject to the limitations provided in this Section 7.2.8.

 

(a) The decreased Ownership Limit and/or Designated Investment Entity Ownership Limit will not be effective for any Person whose percentage ownership of Shares is in excess of such decreased Ownership Limit and/or Designated Investment Entity Ownership Limit until such time as such Person’s percentage of Shares equals or falls below the decreased Ownership Limit and/or Designated Investment Entity Ownership Limit, but any further acquisition of Shares in excess of such percentage ownership of Shares will be in violation of the Ownership Limit and/or Designated Investment Entity Ownership Limit.

 

(b) The Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit may not be increased if, after giving effect to such increase, five Persons who are considered individuals pursuant to Section 542 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(3) of the Code, could Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 49% of the value of the outstanding Shares.

 

(c) Prior to the modification of the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit pursuant to this Section 7.2.8, the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require such opinions of counsel, affidavits, undertakings or agreements as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the Trust’s status as a REIT under the Code if the modification in the Ownership Limit or Designated Investment Entity Limit were to be made.

 

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Section 7.2.9 Legend . Each certificate, if any, or any notice in lieu of any certificate for Shares shall bear a legend summarizing the restrictions on ownership and transfer contained herein. Instead of a legend, the certificate, if any, may state that the Trust will furnish a full statement about certain restrictions on transferability to a shareholder on request and without charge.

 

Section 7.3 Transfer of Shares in Trust .

 

Section 7.3.1 Ownership in Trust . Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7.2.1(b) that would result in a transfer of Shares to a Charitable Trust, such Shares shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Charitable Trustee as trustee of a Charitable Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Charitable Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 7.2.1(b). The Charitable Trustee shall be appointed by the Trust and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Trust and any Prohibited Owner. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Trust as provided in Section 7.3.7.

 

Section 7.3.2 Status of Shares Held by the Charitable Trustee . Shares held by the Charitable Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Shares of the Trust. The Prohibited Owner shall have no rights in the Shares held by the Charitable Trustee. The Prohibited Owner shall not benefit economically from ownership of any Shares held in trust by the Charitable Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends or other distributions and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the Shares held in the Charitable Trust. The Prohibited Owner shall have no claim, cause of action, or any other recourse whatsoever against the purported transferor of such Shares.

 

Section 7.3.3 Dividend and Voting Rights . The Charitable Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends or other distributions with respect to Shares held in the Charitable Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or other distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Trust that Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trustee shall be paid with respect to such Shares to the Charitable Trustee upon demand and any dividend or other distribution authorized but unpaid shall be paid when due to the Charitable Trustee. Any dividends or distributions so paid over to the Charitable Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary. The Prohibited Owner shall have no voting rights with respect to Shares held in the Charitable Trust and, subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trustee, the Charitable Trustee shall have the authority (at the Charitable Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by a Prohibited Owner prior to the discovery by the Trust that Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Charitable Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided , however , that if the Trust has already taken irreversible action, then the Charitable Trustee shall not have the power to rescind and recast such vote. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article VII, until the Trust has received notification that Shares have been transferred into a Charitable Trust, the Trust shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other shareholder records for purposes of preparing lists of shareholders entitled to vote at meetings, determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of shareholders.

 

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Section 7.3.4 Rights Upon Liquidation . Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of or any distribution of the assets of the Trust, the Charitable Trustee shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of Shares of the class or series of Shares that is held in the Charitable Trust, that portion of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to the holders of such class or series (determined based upon the ratio that the number of Shares or such class or series of Shares held by the Charitable Trustee bears to the total number of Shares of such class or series of Shares then outstanding). The Charitable Trustee shall distribute any such assets received in respect of the Shares held in the Charitable Trust in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or distribution of the assets of the Trust, in accordance with Section 7.3.5.

 

Section 7.3.5 Sale of Shares by Charitable Trustee . Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Trust that Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trust, the Charitable Trustee of the Charitable Trust shall sell the Shares held in the Charitable Trust to a person, designated by the Charitable Trustee, whose ownership of the Shares will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section 7.2.1(a). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 7.3.5. The Prohibited Owner shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Prohibited Owner for the Shares or, if the Prohibited Owner did not give value for the Shares in connection with the event causing the Shares to be held in the Charitable Trust ( e.g. , in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the Market Price of the Shares on the day of the event causing the Shares to be held in the Charitable Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Charitable Trustee from the sale or other disposition of the Shares held in the Charitable Trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Owner shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. If, prior to the discovery by the Trust that Shares have been transferred to the Charitable Trustee, such Shares are sold by a Prohibited Owner, then (i) such Shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the Charitable Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Prohibited Owner received an amount for such Shares that exceeds the amount that such Prohibited Owner was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7.3.5, such excess shall be paid to the Charitable Trustee upon demand. The Charitable Trustee shall have the right and power (but not the obligation) to offer any Share held in trust for sale to the Trust on such terms and conditions as the Charitable Trustee shall deem appropriate.

 

Section 7.3.6 Purchase Right in Shares Transferred to the Charitable Trustee . Shares transferred to the Charitable Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Trust, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Charitable Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Trust, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Trust shall have the right to accept such offer until the Charitable Trustee has sold the Shares held in the Charitable Trust pursuant to Section 7.3.5. Upon such a sale to the Trust, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Shares sold shall terminate and the Charitable Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Prohibited Owner.

 

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Section 7.3.7 Designation of Charitable Beneficiaries . By written notice to the Charitable Trustee, the Trust shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Charitable Trust such that (i) Shares held in the Charitable Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7.2.1(a) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (ii) each such organization must be described in Sections 501(c)(3), 170(b)(1)(A) or 170(c)(2) of the Code.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

ARTICLE VIII
SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 8.1 Meetings . There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders, to be held on proper notice at such time (after the delivery of the annual report) and convenient location as shall be determined by or in the manner prescribed in the Bylaws, for the election of the Trustees, and for the transaction of any other business within the powers of the Trust. Except as otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust, special meetings of shareholders may be called in the manner provided in the Bylaws. If there are no Trustees, the officers of the Trust shall promptly call a special meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote for the election of successor Trustees. Any meeting may be adjourned and reconvened as the Trustees determine or as provided in the Bylaws.

 

Section 8.2 Voting Rights . Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares then outstanding or as otherwise required by law, the shareholders shall be entitled to vote only on the following matters: (a) election of Trustees as provided in Section 5.2 and the removal of Trustees as provided in Section 5.3; (b) amendment of the Declaration of Trust as provided in Article X; (c) termination of the Trust as provided in Section 12.2; (d) merger or consolidation of the Trust, or the sale or disposition of substantially all of the property of the Trust, as provided in Article XI; (e) such other matters with respect to which the Board of Trustees has adopted a resolution declaring that a proposed action is advisable and directing that the matter be submitted to the shareholders for approval or ratification; and (f) such other matters as may be properly brought before a meeting by a shareholder pursuant to the Bylaws. Except with respect to the matters described in clauses (a) through (e) above, no action taken by the shareholders at any meeting shall in any way bind the Board of Trustees.

 

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Section 8.3 Preemptive and Appraisal Rights . Except as may be provided by the Board of Trustees in setting the terms of classified or reclassified Shares pursuant to Section 6.6, or as may otherwise be provided by contract approved by the Board of Trustees, no holder of Shares shall, as such holder, have any preemptive right to purchase or subscribe for any additional Shares or any other security of the Trust which it may issue or sell. Holders of Shares shall not be entitled to exercise any rights of an objecting shareholder provided for under Title 8 and Title 3, Subtitle 2 of the MGCL or any successor statute unless the Board of Trustees, upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees, shall determine that such rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of Shares, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders of such Shares would otherwise be entitled to exercise such rights.

 

Section 8.4 Extraordinary Actions . Except as specifically provided in Section 5.3 (relating to removal of Trustees) and in Article X, notwithstanding any provision of law permitting or requiring any action to be taken or authorized by the affirmative vote of the holders of a greater number of votes, any such action shall be effective and valid if taken or approved by the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

Section 8.5 Board Approval . The submission of any action of the Trust to the shareholders for their consideration shall first be recommended, approved or declared advisable by the Board of Trustees.

 

Section 8.6 Action by Shareholders without a Meeting . No action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders may be taken without a meeting by less than unanimous written or electronic consent of the shareholders of the Trust.

 

ARTICLE IX
LIABILITY LIMITATION, INDEMNIFICATION
AND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE TRUST

 

Section 9.1 Limitation of Shareholder Liability . No shareholder shall be liable for any debt, claim, demand, judgment or obligation of any kind of, against or with respect to the Trust by reason of his being a shareholder, nor shall any shareholder be subject to any personal liability whatsoever, in tort, contract or otherwise, to any person in connection with the property or the affairs of the Trust by reason of his being a shareholder.

 

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Section 9.2 Limitation of Trustee and Officer Liability . To the maximum extent that Maryland law in effect from time to time permits limitation of the liability of trustees and officers of a Maryland real estate investment trust or directors or officers of a Maryland corporation, no Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder for money damages. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Section 9.2, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Declaration of Trust inconsistent with this Section 9.2, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding sentence with respect to any act or failure to act that occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption. No Trustee or officer of the Trust shall be liable to the Trust or to any shareholder for money damages except to the extent that (a) the Trustee or officer actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property, or services actually received; or (b) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the Trustee or officer is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the Trustee’s or officer’s action or failure to act was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding.

 

Section 9.3 Indemnification . The Trust shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to obligate itself to indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to, (a) any individual who is a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust and (b) any individual who, while a Trustee or officer of the Trust and at the request of the Trust, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise) from and against any claim or liability to which he or she may become subject by reason of his or her status as a present or former shareholder, Trustee or officer of the Trust or service in any such capacity. The Trust shall have the power, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, to provide such indemnification or advancement of expenses to any present or former Trustee or officer who served a predecessor of the Trust, and to any employee or agent of the Trust or a predecessor of the Trust. Any amendment of this section shall be prospective only and shall not affect the applicability of this section with respect to any act or failure to act that occurred prior to such amendment.

 

Section 9.4 Transactions Between the Trust and its Trustees, Officers, Employees and Agents . Subject to any express restrictions in the Declaration of Trust or adopted by the Trustees in the Bylaws or by resolution, the Trust may enter into any contract or transaction of any kind with any person, including any Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust or any person affiliated with a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust, whether or not any of them has a financial interest in such transaction, provided, however, that in the case of any contract or transaction in which any Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust (or any person affiliated with such person) has a material financial interest in such transaction, then: (a) the fact of the interest shall be disclosed or known to: (i) the Board of Trustees, and the Board of Trustees shall approve or ratify the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested Trustees, even if the disinterested Trustees constitute less than a quorum, or (ii) the shareholders entitled to vote, and the contract or transaction shall be authorized, approved or ratified by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders entitled to vote other than the votes of shares owned of record or beneficially by the interested party; or (b) the contract or transaction is fair and reasonable to the Trust.

 

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Section 9.5 Express Exculpatory Clauses in Instruments . The Board of Trustees may cause to be inserted in every written agreement, undertaking or obligation made or issued on behalf of the Trust, an appropriate provision to the effect that neither the shareholders nor the Trustees, officers, employees or agents of the Trust shall be liable under any written instrument creating an obligation of the Trust, and all Persons shall look solely to the property of the Trust for the payment of any claim under or for the performance of that instrument. The omission of the foregoing exculpatory language from any instrument shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such instrument and shall not render any shareholder, Trustee, officer, employee or agent liable thereunder to any third party nor shall the Trustees or any officer, employee or agent of the Trust be liable to anyone for such omission.

 

ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS

 

Section 10.1 General . The Trust reserves the right from time to time to make any amendment to the Declaration of Trust, now or hereafter authorized by law, including, without limitation, any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set forth in the Declaration of Trust, of any Shares. All rights and powers conferred by the Declaration of Trust on shareholders, Trustees and officers are granted subject to this reservation. The Trust shall file Articles of Amendment as required by Maryland law. All references to the Declaration of Trust shall include all amendments thereto.

 

Section 10.2 By Trustees . The Trustees may amend the Declaration of Trust from time to time, in the manner provided by Title 8, without any action by the shareholders: (i) to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Code or under Title 8, (ii) in any respect in which the charter of a Maryland corporation may be amended without stockholder approval, and (iii) as otherwise provided by Title 8 or in the Declaration of Trust.

 

Section 10.3 By Shareholders . Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration of Trust, any amendment to the Declaration of Trust shall be valid only after the Board of Trustees has adopted a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and declaring such amendment advisable, and such amendment has been approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. However, any amendment to Section 5.3 or to this sentence of the Declaration of Trust shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Trustees and approved by the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast not less than two-thirds (2/3) of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

Section 10.4 Bylaws . The Board of Trustees shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of the Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE XI
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF TRUST PROPERTY

 

Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding, the Trust may (a) merge the Trust with or into another entity or merge another entity into the Trust, (b) consolidate the Trust with one or more other entities into a new entity or (c) sell, lease, exchange or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the property of the Trust. The Board of Trustees proposing such action shall adopt a resolution that declares the proposed transaction is advisable on substantially the terms and conditions set forth or referred to in the resolutions, and, except as otherwise permitted by Maryland law, direct that the proposed transaction be submitted for consideration by the shareholders. If submitted for consideration by the shareholders, the transaction must be approved by the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

ARTICLE XII
DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST

 

Section 12.1 Duration . The Trust shall continue perpetually unless terminated pursuant to Section 12.2 or pursuant to any applicable provision of Title 8.

 

Section 12.2 Termination.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of any class or series of Shares at the time outstanding, adoption of a resolution by the Board of Trustees declaring that the termination of the Trust is advisable and submission of the matter by the Board of Trustees to the shareholders for approval, the Trust may be terminated at any meeting of shareholders, by the affirmative vote of holders of Shares entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Upon the termination of the Trust:

 

(i) The Trust shall carry on no business except for the purpose of winding up its affairs.

 

(ii) The Trustees shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Trust and all of the powers of the Trustees under the Declaration of Trust shall continue, including the powers to fulfill or discharge the Trust’s contracts, collect its assets, sell, convey, assign, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the remaining property of the Trust to one or more persons at public or private sale for consideration which may consist in whole or in part of cash, securities or other property of any kind, discharge or pay its liabilities and do all other acts appropriate to liquidate its business. The Trustees may appoint any officer of the Trust or any other person to supervise the winding up of the affairs of the Trust and delegate to such officer or such person any or all powers of the Trustees in this regard.

 

(iii) After paying or adequately providing for the payment of all liabilities, and upon receipt of such releases, indemnities and agreements as they deem necessary for their protection, the Trust may distribute the remaining property of the Trust among the shareholders so that after payment in full or the setting apart for payment of such preferential amounts, if any, to which the holders of any Shares at the time outstanding shall be entitled, the remaining property of the Trust shall, subject to any participating or similar rights of Shares at the time outstanding, be distributed ratably among the holders of Common Shares at the time outstanding.

 

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(b) After termination of the Trust, the liquidation of its business and the distribution to the shareholders as herein provided, a majority of the Trustees shall execute and file with the Trust’s records a document certifying that the Trust has been duly terminated, and the Trustees shall be discharged from all liabilities and duties hereunder, and the rights and interests of all shareholders shall cease.

 

ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 13.1 Governing Law . The Declaration of Trust is executed by the undersigned Trustees and delivered in the State of Maryland with reference to the laws thereof, and the rights of all parties and the validity, construction and effect of every provision hereof shall be subject to and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to conflicts of laws provisions thereof.

 

Section 13.2 Reliance by Third Parties . Any certificate shall be final and conclusive as to any person dealing with the Trust if executed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Trust or a Trustee, and if certifying to: (a) the number or identity of Trustees, officers of the Trust or shareholders; (b) the due authorization of the execution of any document; (c) the action or vote taken, and the existence of a quorum, at a meeting of the Board of Trustees or shareholders; (d) a copy of the Declaration of Trust or of the Bylaws as a true and complete copy as then in force; (e) an amendment to the Declaration of Trust; (f) the termination of the Trust; or (g) the existence of any fact relating to the affairs of the Trust. No purchaser, lender, transfer agent or other person shall be bound to make any inquiry concerning the validity of any transaction purporting to be made by the Trust on its behalf or by any officer, employee or agent of the Trust.

 

Section 13.3 Severability.

 

(a) The provisions of the Declaration of Trust are severable, and if the Board of Trustees shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any one or more of such provisions (the “Conflicting Provisions”) are in conflict with the Code, Title 8 or other applicable federal or state laws, the Conflicting Provisions, to the extent of the conflict, shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of the Declaration of Trust, even without any amendment of the Declaration of Trust pursuant to Article X and without affecting or impairing any of the remaining provisions of the Declaration of Trust or rendering invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination. No Trustee shall be liable for making or failing to make such a determination. In the event of any such determination by the Board of Trustees, the Board shall amend the Declaration of Trust in the manner provided in Section 10.2.

 

(b) If any provision of the Declaration of Trust shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such holding shall apply only to the extent of any such invalidity or unenforceability and shall not in any manner affect, impair or render invalid or unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of the Declaration of Trust in any jurisdiction.

 

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Section 13.4 Construction . In the Declaration of Trust, unless the context otherwise requires, words used in the singular or in the plural include both the plural and singular and words denoting any gender include all genders. The title and headings of different parts are inserted for convenience and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of the Declaration of Trust. In defining or interpreting the powers and duties of the Trust and its Trustees and officers, reference may be made by the Trustees or officers, to the extent appropriate and not inconsistent with the Code or Title 8, to the MGCL.

 

Section 13.5 Recordation . The Declaration of Trust and any articles of amendment hereto or articles supplementary hereto shall be filed for record with the SDAT and may also be filed or recorded in such other places as the Trustees deem appropriate, but failure to file for record the Declaration of Trust or any articles of amendment hereto in any office other than in the State of Maryland shall not affect or impair the validity or effectiveness of the Declaration of Trust or any amendment hereto. A restated Declaration of Trust shall, upon filing, be conclusive evidence of all amendments contained therein and may thereafter be referred to in lieu of the original Declaration of Trust and the various articles of amendments thereto.

 

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

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused these Articles of Amendment and Restatement to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary on this 23rd day of March , 2016.

 

ATTEST:   PARAGON REAL ESTATE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT TRUST
         
  /s/ John J. Dee     /s/ James C. Mastandrea
Name: John J. Dee   Name: James C. Mastandrea
Title: Secretary   Title Chief Executive Officer and President

 

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