Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate, shall be a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Agent that as of the date hereof, as of each Representation Date (as defined below) on which a certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7(q), and as of the time of each sale of any Placement Shares pursuant to this Agreement: (a) No order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date of any amendment or supplement and on any Settlement Date, did not, does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information (as defined in Section 9(a) hereof). (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act, and (D) as of the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (“Rule 405”)). (c) The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on such automatic shelf registration statement. The Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Placement Shares has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement, as of the date hereof, and any post-effective amendment thereto, as of its applicable effective date and at each deemed effective date with respect to Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and at each Settlement Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information. The documents incorporated, or to be incorporated, by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time filed with the Commission, complied or will comply, in all respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act. (d) Other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Agents in their capacity as such) has not prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (other than as referred to in clause (i) below) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Agent. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby), and did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified and, when taken together with the Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Partnership make no representation and warranty with respect to any Agent Information. (e) The Company was not an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405) as of the eligibility determination date for purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Placement Shares contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (f) The Placement Shares have been authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance and the Company is in material compliance with the rules of the NYSE, including, without limitation, the requirements for continued listing of the Common Stock, the Company's 9.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), the Company's 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), the Company's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”), and the Series D Preferred Stock on the NYSE, and there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, threatened or contemplated, and the Company has not received any notice from the NYSE regarding the revocation of such listing or otherwise regarding the delisting of shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock or Series D Preferred Stock from the NYSE. (g) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no contracts or documents of a character which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement other than those that are so filed. (h) To the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, there are no affiliations or associations between (i) any member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and (ii) the Company or any of the Company’s officers, directors, or 5% or greater security holders or any beneficial owner of the Company’s unregistered equity securities that were acquired at any time on or after the 180th day immediately preceding the date of the Prospectus, except as has been disclosed to the Representatives in writing. (i) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, has the corporate power and authority to own and lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not (i) have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, properties, management, results of operations or prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries (as hereinafter defined), taken as a whole, or (ii) prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (the occurrence of any such effect, prevention, interference or result described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) being herein referred to as a “Material Adverse Effect”). (j) The Operating Partnership has been duly organized, is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware has the full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. (k) Each “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the Company other than the Operating Partnership (each a “Subsidiary” and collectively the “Subsidiaries”) has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the full power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, its property and to operate its property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the issued shares of capital stock, units of limited partnership interest and units of membership interest of each Subsidiary of the Company or the Operating Partnership have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with applicable securities laws and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, units of limited partnership interest and units of membership interest of each Subsidiary are owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership directly or indirectly, free and clear of all security interests, liens, mortgages, encumbrances, pledges, claims or other defects of any kind (collectively, “Liens”). Schedule 3 hereto specifically identifies all subsidiaries of the Company that are “significant subsidiaries” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X. (l) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and all corporate action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly taken. (m) The Operating Partnership has the partnership power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and all limited partnership action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly taken. (n) The Articles Supplementary to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation setting forth the terms of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Articles Supplementary”) have been duly authorized and duly executed by the Company and accepted for record with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (the “SDAT”). (o) The statements in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common and Preferred Stock,” “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and Our Charter and Bylaws,” “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations,” and “Plan of Distribution” insofar as such statements summarize agreements, documents or governmental proceedings discussed therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries of such agreements, documents or governmental proceedings in all material respects. (p) The authorized and outstanding capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to (i) this Agreement, (ii) pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans or dividend reinvestment or stock purchase plans referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (iii) pursuant to the exercise, redemption, or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities, options or warrants referred to in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including OP Units or (iv) unregistered issuances not required to be disclosed pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder). The authorized capital stock of the Company conforms and will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common and Preferred Stock.” (q) The Common Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock conform and will conform as to legal matters to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common and Preferred Stock.” (r) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) or other ownership interests in the Operating Partnership are outstanding. (s) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding. (t) The Placement Shares to be sold by the Company have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Placement Shares will not be subject to or in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. Upon payment of the purchase price and issuance and delivery of the Placement Shares to be issued and sold by the Company in accordance herewith, the purchasers thereof will receive good, valid and marketable title to such Placement Shares, free and clear of all Liens. The certificates, if any, to be used to evidence the Placement Shares will be in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement and will be in proper form and will comply in all material respects with all applicable legal requirements, the requirements of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended or supplemented through the date hereof (the “Charter”), and Bylaws, as amended, of the Company and the requirements of the NYSE. (u) The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when issued upon conversion of the Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Articles Supplementary, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock will not be subject to
Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2 hereof, except as required by operation of law, the Partnership shall not be obligated for any purposes whatsoever to recognize the assignment by any Limited Partner of its Partnership Interest until the Partnership has received notice thereof. (b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partnership Interest, but does not become a Substitute Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited Partnership Interest, shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 9 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of its Limited Partnership Interest.
Redemption of Partnership Interests of Non-citizen Assignees (a) If at any time a Limited Partner or Assignee fails to furnish a Citizenship Certification or other information requested within the 30-day period specified in Section 4.9(a), or if upon receipt of such Citizenship Certification or other information the General Partner determines, with the advice of counsel, that a Limited Partner or Assignee is not an Eligible Citizen, the Partnership may, unless the Limited Partner or Assignee establishes to the satisfaction of the General Partner that such Limited Partner or Assignee is an Eligible Citizen or has transferred his Partnership Interests to a Person who is an Eligible Citizen and who furnishes a Citizenship Certification to the General Partner prior to the date fixed for redemption as provided below, redeem the Partnership Interest of such Limited Partner or Assignee as follows: (i) The General Partner shall, not later than the 30th day before the date fixed for redemption, give notice of redemption to the Limited Partner or Assignee, at his last address designated on the records of the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be deemed to have been given when so mailed. The notice shall specify the Redeemable Interests, the date fixed for redemption, the place of payment, that payment of the redemption price will be made upon surrender of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Interests and that on and after the date fixed for redemption no further allocations or distributions to which the Limited Partner or Assignee would otherwise be entitled in respect of the Redeemable Interests will accrue or be made. (ii) The aggregate redemption price for Redeemable Interests shall be an amount equal to the Current Market Price (the date of determination of which shall be the date fixed for redemption) of Limited Partner Interests of the class to be so redeemed multiplied by the number of Limited Partner Interests of each such class included among the Redeemable Interests. The redemption price shall be paid, in the discretion of the General Partner, in cash or by delivery of a promissory note of the Partnership in the principal amount of the redemption price, bearing interest at the rate of 10% annually and payable in three equal annual installments of principal together with accrued interest, commencing one year after the redemption date. (iii) Upon surrender by or on behalf of the Limited Partner or Assignee, at the place specified in the notice of redemption, of the Certificate evidencing the Redeemable Interests, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by an assignment duly executed in blank, the Limited Partner or Assignee or his duly authorized representative shall be entitled to receive the payment therefor. (iv) After the redemption date, Redeemable Interests shall no longer constitute issued and Outstanding Limited Partner Interests. (b) The provisions of this Section 4.10 shall also be applicable to Limited Partner Interests held by a Limited Partner or Assignee as nominee of a Person determined to be other than an Eligible Citizen. (c) Nothing in this Section 4.10 shall prevent the recipient of a notice of redemption from transferring his Limited Partner Interest before the redemption date if such transfer is otherwise permitted under this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such a transfer, the General Partner shall withdraw the notice of redemption, provided the transferee of such Limited Partner Interest certifies to the satisfaction of the General Partner in a Citizenship Certification delivered in connection with the Transfer Application that he is an Eligible Citizen. If the transferee fails to make such certification, such redemption shall be effected from the transferee on the original redemption date.
Registration and Transfer of Limited Partner Interests (a) The General Partner shall maintain, or cause to be maintained by the Transfer Agent in whole or in part, the Partnership Register on behalf of the Partnership. (b) The General Partner shall not recognize any transfer of Limited Partner Interests evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Limited Partner Interests are duly endorsed and surrendered for registration of transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the General Partner for such transfer; provided, however, that as a condition to the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 4.5, the General Partner may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. Upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of transfer of any Limited Partner Interests evidenced by a Certificate, and subject to the provisions of this Section 4.5(b), the appropriate officers of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Certificates evidencing Limited Partner Interests for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Limited Partner Interests as was evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered. Upon the proper surrender of a Certificate, such transfer shall be recorded in the Partnership Register. (c) Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the Record Holder of uncertificated Partnership Interests, such transfer shall be recorded in the Partnership Register. (d) Except as provided in Section 4.9, by acceptance of any Limited Partner Interests pursuant to a transfer in accordance with this Article IV, each transferee of a Limited Partner Interest (including any nominee, or agent or representative acquiring such Limited Partner Interests for the account of another Person or Group) (i) shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner with respect to the Limited Partner Interests so transferred to such Person when any such transfer or admission is reflected in the Partnership Register and such Person becomes the Record Holder of the Limited Partner Interests so transferred, (ii) shall become bound, and shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound, by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) represents that the transferee has the capacity, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, (iv) makes the consents, acknowledgements and waivers contained in this Agreement, all with or without execution of this Agreement by such Person and (v) shall be deemed to certify that the transferee is not an Ineligible Holder. The transfer of any Limited Partner Interests and the admission of any new Limited Partner shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. (e) Subject to (i) the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.5, (ii) Section 4.3, (iii) Section 4.8, (iv) with respect to any class or series of Limited Partner Interests, the provisions of any statement of designations or an amendment to this Agreement establishing such class or series, (v) any contractual provisions binding on any Limited Partner and (vi) provisions of applicable law including the Securities Act, Limited Partner Interests shall be freely transferable. (f) The General Partner and its Affiliates shall have the right at any time to transfer their Common Units to one or more Persons.
