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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): JANUARY 13, 1998
THE PRICE REIT, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
MARYLAND 1-13432 52-1746059
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) (IRS EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
7979 IVANHOE AVENUE 92037
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA (ZIP CODE)
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (619) 551-2320
NONE
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
Attached and incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 99,
respectively, to this report on Form 8-K are (a) the Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of January 13, 1998, among Kimco
Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation ("Kimco"), REIT Sub, Inc., a
Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Kimco ("REIT Sub"),
and The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Price REIT"), pursuant to
which Price REIT will merge with and into REIT Sub and (b) the joint press
release, dated January 14, 1998, of Kimco and Price REIT announcing the
signing of the Merger Agreement.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this report on Form 8-K:
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Exhibit No. Description
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3(ii) Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Price REIT, Inc.
10.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 13,
1998, among Kimco Realty Corporation, REIT Sub, Inc. and
The Price REIT, Inc.
10.2 Form of Articles Supplementary of 7.5% Class D
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Kimco Realty
Corporation.
99 Joint Press Release of Kimco Realty Corporation and The
Price REIT, Inc. dated January 14, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE PRICE REIT, INC.
Date: January 21, 1998 By: /s/ GEORGE M. JEZEK
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George M. Jezek
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description
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3(ii) Amended and Restated Bylaws of The Price REIT, Inc.
10.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 13,
1998, among Kimco Realty Corporation, REIT Sub, Inc. and
The Price REIT, Inc.
10.2 Form of Articles Supplementary of 7.5% Class D
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock of Kimco Realty
Corporation.
99 Joint Press Release of Kimco Realty Corporation and The
Price REIT, Inc. dated January 14, 1998.
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EXHIBIT 3(ii)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
THE PRICE REIT, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation
in the state of Maryland shall be at 307 Dolphin Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21217.
SECTION 2. PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE. The principal executive office
for the transaction of business of the corporation shall be at such place as the
board of directors shall determine.
SECTION 3. OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time
establish other offices at any place or places where the corporation is
qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at
any place within or outside the State of Maryland designated by the board of
directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall
be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
SECTION 2. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall
be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the board of directors.
At each annual meeting directors shall be elected, and any other proper business
may be transacted.
SECTION 3. SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the stockholders may
be held at any time by a majority of the board of directors or by a majority of
the Independent Directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president,
or by one or more stockholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast
not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the votes at the meeting.
If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the
board of directors the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such
meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and
shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or
other facsimile transmission to the chairman of the board, the president, any
vice president, or the secretary of the corporation. The officer receiving the
request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the stockholders entitled to
vote, in accordance with the provisions of
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Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held at the time
requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than
thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request.
If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request,
the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing
contained in this paragraph of this Section 3 shall be construed as limiting,
fixing, affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of
the board of directors may be held.
SECTION 4. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. All notices of meetings of
stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of
this Article II not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the
meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting the general nature of the
business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted, or (ii) in
the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at
the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the
stockholders. The notice of meeting at which directors are to be elected shall
include the name of any nominee or nominees whom, at the time of the notice, the
board intends to present for election.
SECTION 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE, AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any
meeting of stockholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail
or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the
stockholder at the address of that stockholder appearing on the books of the
corporation or given by the stockholder to the corporation for the purpose of
notice. If no such address appears on the corporation's books or is given,
notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent to that stockholder by
first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication to the
corporation's principal executive office or if published at least once in a
newspaper of general circulation in the county where that office is located.
Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally
or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means of written
communication.
If any notice addressed to a stockholder at the address of that
stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the
corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the
United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the stockholder
at that address all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly
given without further mailing if these shall be available to the stockholder on
written demand of the stockholder at the principal executive office of the
corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice
to all other stockholders.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any
stockholders' meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant secretary,
or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie
evidence of the giving of the notice, and shall be filed and maintained in the
minute book of the corporation.
SECTION 6. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of
a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The stockholders present at
a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do
business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal
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of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other
than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to
constitute a quorum.
SECTION 7. ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. Any stockholders' meeting, annual
or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to
time by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting,
either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business
may be transacted at that meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this
Article II.
When any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special is adjourned
to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if
the time and place are announced at a meeting at which the adjournment is taken,
unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the
adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days, in which case notice shall be
given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Such notice
of any adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with the provisions of
Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting the corporation
may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original
meeting.
SECTION 8. VOTING. The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11
of this Article II. The stockholders' vote may be by voice vote or by ballot;
provided, however, that any election for directors must be by ballot if demanded
by any stockholder before the voting has begun. On any matter other than
elections of directors, any stockholder may vote part of the shares in favor of
the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against
the proposal, but, if the stockholder fails to specify the number of shares
which the stockholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed
that the stockholder's approving vote is with respect to all shares that the
stockholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of
the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on
any matter (other than the election of directors) shall be the act of the
stockholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is
required by the General Laws of the State of Maryland or by the articles of
incorporation.
SECTION 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT STOCKHOLDERS. The
transactions of any meeting of stockholders, either annual or special, however
called and noticed, and wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting
duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person
or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each person entitled to
vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of
notice or a consent to the holding of the meeting, or an approval of the
minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to
be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of stockholders,
except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any of
those matters specified in the second paragraph of Section 4 of this Article II,
the waiver of notice or consent shall state the general nature of the proposal.
All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate
records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
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Attendance of a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of
notice of that meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the
meeting, to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened, and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of
any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in the notice
of the meeting if that objection is expressly made at the meeting.
SECTION 10. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT MEETING. Any
action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may
be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding
shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary
to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote on that action were present and voted. In the case of election of
directors, such a consent shall be effective only if it is a unanimous written
consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided,
however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the
board of directors that has not been filled by the directors, by the written
consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote
for the election of directors. All such consents shall be filed with the
secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records.
Any stockholder giving a written consent, or the stockholder's proxyholders, or
a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the stockholder or
their respective proxyholders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by
the corporation before written consents of the number of shares required to
authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary of the
corporation, but may not do so thereafter. Such revocation is effective upon its
receipt by the secretary of the corporation.
If the consents of all stockholders entitled to vote have not been
solicited in writing, and if the unanimous written consent of all such
stockholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt
notice of the corporate action approved by the stockholders without a meeting.
This notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article
II.
SECTION 11. RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE, VOTING, AND GIVING
CONSENTS. For purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a meeting
or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the
board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more
than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such
meeting nor more than sixty (60) days before any other action. Stockholders of
record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote or to receive the
dividend, distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights or to
give consents, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on
the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided
in the articles or by agreement or in the General Laws of the State of Maryland.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the
business day next preceding the
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day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business
on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to give
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action
by the board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent
is given.
(c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose
shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the
resolution relating to that action, or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date
of such other action, whichever is later.
SECTION 12. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on
any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or
more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with
the secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the
stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature,
typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the stockholder or the
stockholder's attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state
that it is irrevocable continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by
the person executing it, before the vote pursuant to that proxy, by a writing
delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by a
subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person
by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or
incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the corporation before the
vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall
be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from date of the proxy,
unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
SECTION 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of stockholders,
the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to
act as inspectors of election at the meeting and any adjournment thereof. If no
inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on
the request of any stockholder or a stockholder's proxy shall, appoint
inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either
one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of
one or more stockholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or
their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one (1) or three
(3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails
to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon
the request of any stockholder or a stockholder's proxy shall, appoint a person
to fill that vacancy.
These inspectors shall:
(a) Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of
each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the
authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(b) Receive votes, ballots, or consents;
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(c) Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising
in connection with the right to vote;
(d) Count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(e) Determine when the polls shall close;
(f) Determine the result; and
(g) Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or
vote with fairness to all stockholders.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the General Laws of the
State of Maryland and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these
bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the
outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed
and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the
board of directors.
SECTION 2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors of
the corporation shall not be less than 3 and not more than 8. The exact number
of directors within this range shall be fixed and may from time to time be
changed by a resolution adopted by the board of directors. At least a majority
of the entire board of directors and a majority of every committee of the board
of directors shall be "Independent Directors." An Independent Director shall
mean a director who is unaffiliated with, and does not receive compensation from
(other than as a result of his or her status as a director of the corporation),
the corporation, any advisor, Price or the Property Manager (or any subsidiaries
of any of the foregoing).
SECTION 3. EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTORS. A director shall have had at least
three years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience
required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets being acquired by
the corporation. At least some of the Independent Directors shall have three
years of relevant real estate experience.
SECTION 4. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. Commencing with
the annual meeting for the year 1992, all directors shall be elected at each
annual meeting of the stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting.
Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office
until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has
been elected and qualified
SECTION 5. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled
by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, by
unanimous written consent of the directors then in office, or by a sole
remaining director; provided, however, that any vacancy that must be filled by
an Independent Director shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining
Independent Directors, if any, though less than a quorum. A vacancy created by
the removal of a
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director by the vote or written consent of the stockholders or by court order
may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote
represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the
written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to
vote. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting
of the shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
A vacancy or vacancies in the board of directors shall be deemed to
exist in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of any director, or if
the board of directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director
who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a
felony, or if the authorized number of directors is increased or if stockholders
fail, at any meeting of stockholders at which any director or directors are
elected, to elect the number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.
The stockholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill
any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by
written consent other than to fill a proxy created by removal shall require the
consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the
chairman of the board, the president, the secretary, or the board of directors
unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the
board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation
becomes effective.
Any reduction of the authorized number of directors does not remove any
director before that director's term of office expires.
SECTION 6. REMOVAL. A director may be removed by the vote or written
consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares and can be
removed at a special meeting, called pursuant to Section 10 of this Article III,
subject to the provisions of the General Laws of the State of Maryland as in
effect at the time of such removal.
SECTION 7. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. Regular
meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside
the State of Maryland that has been designated from time to time by resolution
of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be
held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of
the board shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Maryland
that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the
notice or there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the
corporation. Members of the board may participate in any meeting, regular or
special, through use of conference telephone or similar communication equipment,
so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another, and
all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
SECTION 8. ANNUAL MEETING. Immediately following or prior to each
annual meeting of stockholders, the board of directors shall hold a regular
meeting for the purpose of organization, any desired election of officers, and
the transaction of other business. Notice of this meeting shall not be required.
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SECTION 9. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the board
of directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time
be fixed by the board of directors. Such regular meetings may be held without
notice.
SECTION 10. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of
directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman
of the board or the president or any vice president or the secretary or any two
directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or
telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at the director's address
as it is shown on the records of the corporation. In case the notice is mailed,
it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before
the time of the holding of the meeting. In case the notice is delivered
personally or by telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by
telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the
time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by
telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the
office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe
will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify the
purpose of the meeting nor the place of the meeting is to be held at the
principal executive office of the corporation.
SECTION 11. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized and fixed number of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to
adjourn as provided in Section 13 of this Article III. Except as otherwise
provided in these bylaws, the articles of incorporation or by applicable law,
every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a
meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of
the board of directors. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may
continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if
any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for
that meeting.
SECTION 12. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of the
board of directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as
valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a
quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the
directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the
meeting or an approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not
specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals
shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the
meeting. Notice of a meeting shall be deemed given to any director who attends
the meeting without protesting, before or at its commencement, the lack of
notice to that director.
SECTION 13. ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors present, whether
or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
SECTION 14. NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. Notice of the time and place of
holding an adjourned meeting need not be given unless the meeting is adjourned
for more than twenty-four hours, in which case notice of the time and place
shall be given before the time of the
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adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in Section 10 of this Article III, to
the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment
SECTION 15. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to
be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all
members of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to
that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect
as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent or consents
shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
SECTION 16. FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members
of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and
such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of
the board of directors. This Section 16 shall not be construed to preclude any
director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer,
agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for those services.
SECTION 17. APPROVAL BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. For all purposes, a
transaction which is subject to approval by a majority of the Independent
Directors shall be approved if such transaction is approved by a majority of the
directors present and entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is
present, provided that the Independent Directors voting to approve the
transaction constitute an absolute majority of all Independent Directors serving
at such time.
SECTION 18. DUTIES OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS. The Independent Directors
of the corporation shall have the special duties described in this Section.
(a) A majority of Independent Directors must approve the transactions
referenced in Article IX, Section 3.
(b) The Independent Directors shall supervise the relationship of the
corporation with the Property Manager and shall evaluate the capability and
performance of the Property Manager before entering into or renewing any
management agreement ("Management Agreement").
(c) The independent Directors shall determine, from time to time as
required, that any payments to the Property Manager for goods or services shall
not exceed the customary or prevailing rates for services or fair market value
for goods.
(d) The Independent Directors shall determine whether and to what
extent the corporation's proceeds of any sale or financing of property will be
reinvested or distributed to stockholders. Distributions shall be paid to the
stockholders at the discretion of the Independent Directors, after taking into
account such considerations as the Independent Directors may deem relevant at
the time any proceeds become available.
SECTION 19. ADVISOR AGREEMENTS. In the event that the corporation shall
enter into any advisory contract providing for an advisor or advisors to direct
or perform the day-to-day business affairs of the corporation, the directors
shall comply with such requirements and follow
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such guidelines as set forth in the NASAA Statement of Policy Regarding Real
Estate Investment Trusts regarding evaluation and compensation and reimbursement
of fees for such advisor.
SECTION 20. MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. The board of directors may delegate
the duty of operating the corporation's real property investments to a property
manager (the "Property Manager") pursuant to a written Management Agreement or
any renewal thereof. The board of directors, including all of the Independent
Directors, must approve the initial terms of such Management Agreement as being
fair and reasonable to the corporation.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors may, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors,
designate one or more committees, including an Audit Committee and an Executive
Committee, each consisting of three or more directors, to serve at the pleasure
of the board, provided the majority of the members of each committee except the
Executive Committee are Independent Directors. The board may designate one or
more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent
member at any meeting of the committee. Any committee, to the extent provided in
the resolution of the board, shall have all the authority of the board, except
with respect to:
(a) the approval of any action which, under the General Laws of the
State of Maryland, also requires stockholders, approval or approval of the
outstanding shares;
(b) the filling of vacancies on the board of directors or in any
committee;
(c) the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the
board or on any committee;
(d) the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws;
(e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board of directors
which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;
(f) the declaration of dividends or distributions on stock of the
corporation;
(g) the issuance of stock other than as authorized to be undertaken by
a committee under the General Laws of the State of Maryland;
(h) the recommendation to the stockholders of any action which requires
stockholder approval; or
(i) the approval of any merger or share exchange which does not require
stockholder approval.
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SECTION 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and action of
committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the
provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Sections 7 (place of meetings), 9
(regular meetings), 10 (special meetings and notice), 11 (quorum), 12 (waiver of
notice), 13 (adjournment), 14 (notice of adjournment), and 15 (action without
meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to
substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its
members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be
determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of
the committee; special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution
of the board of directors; and notice of special meetings of committees shall
also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all
meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the
government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these
bylaws.
SECTION 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Audit Committee shall select and engage
on behalf of the corporation, subject to the consent of the stockholders, and
fix the compensation of, a firm of certified public accountants whose duty it
shall be to audit the books and accounts of the corporation and its subsidiaries
for the fiscal year in which they are appointed, and who shall confer with the
auditors and shall determine, and from time to time shall report to the board of
directors upon the scope of the auditing of the books and accounts of the
corporation and its subsidiaries. The Audit Committee shall also be responsible
for determining that the business practices and conduct of employees and other
representatives of the corporation and its subsidiaries comply with the policies
and procedures of the corporation. None of the members of the Audit Committee
shall be officers or employees of the corporation.
SECTION 4. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Executive Committee shall engage in
transactions on behalf of the corporation that arise in the ordinary course of
business, subject to the duties of the Independent Directors and to the
limitations set forth in Section 1 of this Article IV.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a
president, a secretary, and a treasurer, who may also be known as the chief
financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board
of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents, one or more
assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers
as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this
Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person except that no
person shall serve concurrently as both president and vice president of the
corporation.
SECTION 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation,
except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3 or Section 5 of Article V, shall be chosen by the board of directors,
and each shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to all rights, if
any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
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SECTION 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The board of directors may appoint,
and may empower the president to appoint, such other officers as the business of
the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period,
have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the bylaws or as
the board of directors may from time to time determine.
SECTION 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Subject to the rights,
if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be
removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors, at any regular
or special meeting of the board, or except in case of an officer chosen by the
board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be
conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise
specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the
rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a
party.
SECTION 5. VACANCIES IN OFFICES. A vacancy in any office because of
death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled
in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to that
office.
SECTION 6. PRESIDENT. The president shall be the general manager and
chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of
the board of directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the
business and the officers of the corporation. He or she preside at all meetings
of the stockholders and at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she
shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
office of president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws.
SECTION 7. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the
president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the
board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board
of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting
shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the
president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the
board of directors or the bylaws, and the president, or the chairman of the
board.
SECTION 8. SECRETARY. The secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall
keep or cause to be kept at the principal executive office or such other place
as the board of directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and
actions of directors, committees of directors, and stockholders, with the time
and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how
authorized, the notice given, the names of those present at directors' meetings
or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at
stockholders, meetings, and the proceedings.
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The secretary or an assistant secretary shall keep or cause to be kept
at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporation's transfer
agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a
share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all
stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each,
the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date
of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary or an assistant secretary shall give, or cause to be
given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors
required by the bylaws or by law to be given, shall keep the seal of the
corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such other
powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or by the bylaws.
SECTION 9. TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The treasurer/chief
financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained,
adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and
business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets,
liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings,
and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to
inspection by any director.
The treasurer/chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and
other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such
depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. He or she shall
disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of
directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request
it, an account of all of his or her transactions as treasurer/chief financial
officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other
powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or the bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AND OTHER AGENTS
SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each director or officer of the
corporation who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is
involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
"proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or
she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the
corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceedings is alleged action
in an official capacity or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the General Laws of the State of
Maryland, as the same exist or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any
such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment
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permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law
permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all
costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement or ERISA
excise taxes) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased
to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors and administrators. The corporation may, by action of its Board of
Directors, either on a general basis or as designated by the Board of Directors,
provide indemnification to employees and agents of the corporation, and to
directors, officers, employees and agents of the corporation's subsidiaries,
with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and
officers. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, no person
shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section on account of any
suit in which judgment is rendered against such person and where (i) it is
established that the act or omission of the person was material to the matter
giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the
result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the person actually received an
improper personal benefit in money, property, or services, (iii) in the case of
any criminal proceeding, the person had reasonable cause to believe that the act
or omission was unlawful, or (iv) the judgment is for an accounting of profits
made from the purchase and sale by such person of securities of the corporation
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
SECTION 2. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The right to indemnification and
the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute,
provision of the articles of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Each person who is or
becomes a director or officer of the corporation shall be deemed to have served
or to have continued to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the indemnity
provided in this Article.
SECTION 3. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Any indemnification of, or advance
of expenses to, a director in accordance with this Article, if arising out of a
proceeding by or in The right of the corporation, shall be reported in writing
to the stockholders with the notice of the next stockholders meeting or prior to
the meeting.
SECTION 4. EXPENSES AS A WITNESS. To the extent that any director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation is by reason of such position, or
a position with another entity at the request of the corporation, a witness in
any action, suit or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against all costs
and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her on his or her behalf
in connection therewith.
SECTION 5. INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS. The corporation any enter into
indemnity agreements with the persons who are members of it board of directors
from time to time, and with such officers, employees, and agents of the
corporation and with such officers, directors, employees and agents of
subsidiaries as the board may designate, such indemnity agreements to provide in
substance that the corporation will indemnify such persons as contemplated by
this Article, and to include any other substantive or procedural provisions
regarding indemnification as are not inconsistent with the General Laws of the
State of Maryland. The provisions of such
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indemnity agreements shall prevail to the extent that they limit or condition or
differ from the provisions of this Article.
SECTION 6. DEFINITION OF CORPORATION. For purposes of this Article VI
reference to "the corporation" includes all constituent corporations absorbed in
a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so
that any person who is or was a director or officer of such a constituent
corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation in the same
capacity.
SECTION 7. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding may be advanced by this corporation before the final disposition of
the proceeding on receipt of (i) a written affirmation by the agent of the
agent's good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification as set forth in this Article and the General Laws of the State
of Maryland has been met; and (ii) an undertaking by or on behalf of the agent
to repay that amount if it shall be determined ultimately that the agent is not
entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article and the General Laws of
the State of Maryland.
SECTION 8. OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this Article
shall affect any right to indemnification to which persons other than directors
and officers of this corporation or any subsidiary hereof may be entitled by
contract or otherwise.
SECTION 9. LIMITATIONS. No indemnification or advance shall be made
under this Article, except as provided in Section 4 or Section 5(d), in any
circumstance where it appears:
(a) That it would be inconsistent with a provision of the articles, a
resolution of the stockholders, or an agreement in effect at the time of the
accrual of the alleged cause of action asserted in the proceeding in which the
expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid, which prohibits or otherwise
limits indemnification; or
(b) That it would be inconsistent with any condition expressly imposed
by a court in approving a settlement.
SECTION 10. INSURANCE. Upon and in the event of a determination by the
board of directors of this corporation to purchase such insurance, this
corporation shall purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any agent of the
corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by the agent in
that capacity or arising out of the agent's status as such whether or not this
corporation would have the power to indemnify the agent against that liability
under this Article.
SECTION 11. FIDUCIARIES OF CORPORATE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN. This
Article does not apply to any proceeding against any trustee, investment
manager, or other fiduciary of an employee benefit plan in that person's
capacity as such, even though the person may also be an agent of the corporation
as defined in Section 1 of this Article. This corporation shall have the power
to indemnify such a trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary to the
extent permitted by applicable law other than this Article.
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ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
SECTION 1. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER. The
corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of
its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by
resolution of the board of directors, a record of its stockholders, giving the
names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares held
by each stockholder.
A stockholder or stockholders of the corporation holding at least five
percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of stock of any
class of the corporation may (i) present to any officer or resident agent of the
corporation a written request for a statement of the corporation's affairs; (ii)
inspect and copy the records of stockholders, names and addresses and
shareholdings during usual business hours on five (5) days' prior written demand
on the corporation, and (iii) obtain from the transfer agent of the corporation,
on written demand and on tender of such transfer agent's usual charges for such
list, a list of the stockholders, names and addresses who are entitled to vote
for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent
record date for which that list has been compiled or as of a date specified by
the stockholder after the date of demand. This list shall be made available to
any such stockholder by the transfer agent on or before the later of five (5)
days after the demand is received or the date specified in the demand as the
date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of stockholders shall
also be open to inspection on the written demand of any stockholder or holder of
a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual business hours, for a
purpose reasonably related to the holder's interests as a stockholder or as the
holder of a voting trust certificate. With respect to a request for a statement
of affairs, such a statement, prepared in accordance with the General Laws of
the State of Maryland, shall be prepared and placed on file at the corporation's
principal executive office within twenty (20) days after such a request is made.
Any inspection and copying under this Section 1 may be made in person or by an
agent or attorney of the stockholder or holder of a voting trust certificate
making the demand.
SECTION 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall
keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is
not in the State of Maryland, at its principal business office in this state,
the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to
inspection by the stockholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If
the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of
Maryland and the corporation has no principal business office in this state, the
Secretary shall, upon the written request of any stockholder, furnish to that
stockholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date.
SECTION 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE RECORDS. The
accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the stockholders and
the board of directors and any committee or committees of the board of directors
shall be kept at such place or places designated by the board of directors, or,
in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the
corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books
and records shall be kept either in written form or in any
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other form capable of being converted into written form. The minutes and
accounting books and records shall be open to inspection upon the written demand
of any stockholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable
time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the
holder's interests as a stockholder or as the holder of a voting trust
certificate. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney,
and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of
inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary corporation of the
corporation.
SECTION 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the right
at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every
kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary
corporations. This inspection by a director may be made in person or by an agent
or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make
extracts of documents.
SECTION 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. The board of directors shall
cause an annual report to be sent to the stockholders not later than one hundred
twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal year adopted by the corporation.
This report shall be delivered at least thirty (30) days before the annual
meeting of stockholders to be held during the next fiscal year and in the manner
specified in Section 5 of Article II of these bylaws for giving notice to
stockholders of the corporation. The annual report shall contain a balance sheet
as of the end of the fiscal year and an income statement and statement of cash
flows for the fiscal year, accompanied by a report of independent accountants.
The corporation shall include in its annual report the ratio of the
costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised. The
corporation shall also include in its annual report full disclosure of all
material terms, factors, and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions
involving the corporation and the directors and/or Affiliates thereof occurring
in the year for which the annual report is made.
SECTION 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. A copy of any annual financial
statement and any income statement of the corporation for each quarterly period
of each fiscal year, and any accompanying balance sheet of the corporation as of
the end of each such period, that has been prepared by the corporation shall be
kept on file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve
(12) months from the date of its execution, and each such statement shall be
exhibited at all reasonable times to any stockholder demanding an examination of
any such statement or a copy shall be made to any such stockholder.
If a stockholder or stockholders holding at least five percent (5%) of
the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation makes a written
request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the
three-month, six-month or nine-month period of the then current fiscal year
ended more than thirty (30) days before the date of the request, and a balance
sheet of the corporation at the end of that period, the chief financial officer
shall cause that statement to be prepared, if not already prepared, and shall
deliver personally or mail that statement or statements to the person making the
request within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the request. If the
corporation has not sent to the stockholders its annual report for the last
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fiscal year, this report shall likewise be delivered or mailed to the
stockholder or stockholders within thirty (30) days after the request.
The corporation shall also, on the written request of any stockholder,
mail to the stockholders a copy of the last annual, semi-annual, or quarterly
income statement which it has prepared, and a balance sheet as of the end of
that period.
The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this
Section shall be accompanied by the report, if any, of any independent
accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized
officer of the corporation that the financial statements were prepared without
audit from the books and records of the corporation.
SECTION 7. DISCLOSURE ON DISTRIBUTION. Any distribution to stockholders
of income or capital assets of the corporation shall be accompanied by a written
statement disclosing the source of the funds distributed. If such information is
not available at the time of distribution, a written explanation of the relevant
circumstances will accompany the distribution and the written statement
disclosing the source of funds distributed will be sent to the stockholders not
later than 60 days after the close of the fiscal year in which distribution was
made.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS
SECTION 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For
purposes of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to
vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
other lawful action (other than action by stockholders by written consent
without a meeting), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty (60) days or less than ten (10) days before
any such action, and in that case only stockholders of record on the date so
fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights
or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of
any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed,
except as otherwise provided in the General Laws of the State of Maryland.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record
date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of
business on the date on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto,
or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later.
SECTION 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. All checks,
drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of
indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be
signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as from time to
time, shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors.
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SECTION 3. CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED. The board
of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any
instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and this authority
may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or
ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of any officer, no
officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the
corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render
it liable for any purpose or to any amount.
SECTION 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for
shares of capital stock will be issued to each stockholder, upon such
stockholder's written request, when any of these shares are fully paid, and the
board of directors may authorize the issuance of certificates and/or shares as
partly paid provided that these certificates shall state the amount of the
consideration to be paid for them and the amount paid. Each certificate shall
include on its face the name of the corporation, the name of the stockholder or
other person to whom it is issued, and a signature in the name of the
corporation by the chairman of the board or vice chairman of the board or the
president or a vice president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant
treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the number of
shares and the class or series of shares owned by the stockholder. Any or all of
the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has
been placed on a certificate has ceased to be that officer, transfer agent, or
registrar before that certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation
with the same effect as if that person were an officer, transfer agent, or
registrar at the date of issue. All shares shall be non-assessable.
SECTION 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this Section 5, no
new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace an old certificate unless
the latter is surrendered to the corporation and canceled at the same time. The
board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any
other security is lost, stolen, or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a
replacement certificate on such terms and conditions as the board may require,
including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or
other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim
that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of
the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of
the replacement certificate.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The chairman
of the board, the president, or any vice president, or any other person
authorized by resolution of the board of directors or by any of the foregoing
designated officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the corporation any and
all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic,
standing in the name of the corporation. The authority granted to these officers
to vote or represent on behalf of the corporation any and all shares held by the
corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised by any of
these officers in person or by any person authorized to do so by proxy elected
by any of these officers.
SECTION 7. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires
otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the
General Laws of the
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State of Maryland shall govern the construction of these bylaws without limiting
the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the
plural number includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a
corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE IX
INVESTMENT POLICY
SECTION 1. GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the general policy of the
corporation that the assets of the corporation be invested principally in
investments which will conserve and protect the corporation's invested capital,
produce cash distributions, and offer the potential for capital appreciation to
be realized upon the sale, refinancing or other disposition of investments,
consistent in all respects with the corporation's intention that the corporation
qualify as a real estate investment trust under the applicable provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code.
SECTION 2. PROHIBITED INVESTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES. Notwithstanding
Section 1 and subject to other limitations and restrictions as may be imposed by
the directors from time to time, the corporation shall not engage in any of the
following investment practices or activities:
(a) Invest more than ten percent (10%) of Total Assets in Unimproved
Real Property, or in Mortgage Loans secured by Unimproved Real Property.
(b) Invest in commodities, or in commodity future contracts or effect
short sales of commodities or securities. Such limitation is not intended to
apply to investments in interest rate futures or short sales when implemented
solely for "bona fide hedging purposes" within the meaning and intent of ss.
1.3(z)(1) of the Regulations issued under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended
from time to time.
(c) Invest in or make Mortgage Loans unless (i) in cases in which the
Independent Directors so determine, and in any case of a transaction to which a
director, any advisor or Affiliates thereof are a party, the corporation shall
have first obtained an appraisal as to the value of the underlying Real Property
prepared by an independent, qualified appraiser of Real Property, (ii) the
corporation shall have first obtained a mortgagee's or owner's title insurance
policy or commitment therefore as to the priority of the corresponding Mortgage
or the condition of title to the underlying Real Property; and (iii) the
aggregate amount of all Mortgage Loans outstanding on a single parcel of Real
Property, including the amount of the Mortgage Loan in which the corporation has
invested, is not greater than eighty-five percent (85%) of the appraised value
of such Real Property as determined by appraisal, unless substantial
justification exists because of the presence of other Mortgage Loan underwriting
criteria. Any appraisal obtained by the corporation pursuant to this
subparagraph shall be maintained in the corporation's records for a period of
not less than five years and shall be available for inspection and duplication
(during normal business hours) by any stockholder.
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(d) Invest in or make any Junior Mortgage Loan unless (i) the capital
invested in such Junior Mortgage Loan is adequately secured on the basis of the
equity of the borrower in the property underlying such investment and the
ability of the borrower to repay such Junior Mortgage Loan; (ii) the senior
mortgage is held by a Person other than any director, advisor or one of their
Affiliates; and (iii) the total Junior Mortgage Loans will not exceed
twenty-five (25%) of the corporation's assets.
(e) Invest in the equity securities of any non-governmental issuer,
including other real estate investment trusts or limited partnerships, for a
period in excess of 18 months.
(f) Engage in trading of Securities, as compared with investment
activities.
(g) Issue equity Securities redeemable at the option of the holders
thereof.
(h) Engage in underwriting or the agency distribution of Securities
issued by others.
(i) Issue options or warrants to purchase shares at an exercise price,
or for consideration which consists of services or is otherwise than for cash,
that in the judgment of the directors (including a majority of the Independent
Directors in the case of the grant of any option or warrant to any director,
advisor or employee of the corporation or an Affiliate thereof) is less than the
fair market value of such shares on the date of grant, or which are for a number
of shares that (when added to the number of other shares issuable pursuant to
all then outstanding options and warrants) is in excess of 10% of the number of
shares on the date of grant. Warrants, options or share purchase rights that are
issued ratably to the holders of all shares or another class of Securities are
not prohibited by, or to be included within the limitations of, the preceding
sentence of this subparagraph.
(j) Issue debt Securities unless the historical debt service coverage
(in the most recently completed fiscal year), and as amended from time to time,
as adjusted for known changes, is or will be sufficient to properly service that
higher level of debt.
(k) Invest in contracts for the sale of Real Property, unless such
contracts are in recordable form and are appropriately recorded in the chain of
title.
(l) Issue shares which are assessable, or issue shares on a deferred
basis.
(m) Incur Indebtedness which would result, after giving effect thereto,
in aggregate indebtedness of the corporation, secured and unsecured, exceeding
three hundred percent (300%) of the Net Assets of the corporation, in the
absence of a satisfactory showing that a higher level of indebtedness is
appropriate. The aggregate indebtedness of the corporation, secured and
unsecured, shall in all respects be reasonable in relation to the Net Assets of
the corporation, and the level of such aggregate indebtedness shall be reviewed
by the directors at least quarterly.
(n) The total of all Acquisition fees and Acquisition expenses paid by
the corporation in connection with a purchase or refinancing of a Real Estate
Investment by the corporation shall be reasonable and shall not exceed an amount
equal to six percent (6%) of the Contract Price for the Real Property, or, in
the case of a Mortgage Loan, six percent (6%) of the funds advanced,
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unless, in each case, a majority of the directors (including a majority of the
Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the
transaction as being commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to the
corporation. For purposes hereof, "Contract Price for the Real Property" shall
mean the amount actually paid or allocated to the purchase, development,
construction or improvement of such Real Property, exclusive of applicable
acquisition fees and acquisition expenses.
(o) Acquire Securities in any company holding investments or engaging
in activities prohibited by this Section 2
SECTION 3. AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. Subject to other limitations and
restrictions as may be imposed by the directors from time to time, the
corporation shall not engage in any of the following investment practices or
activities:
(a) Make loans to or borrow from, or enter into any contract, joint
venture or transaction with, any director of the corporation, Price, any advisor
or any Affiliate of the foregoing unless a majority of the directors (including
a majority of the Independent Directors) not parties to or having a financial
interest in such contract or transaction have determined that the transaction is
fair and reasonable to the corporation.
(b) Purchase Real Property from, or invest in any Real Estate
Investment pursuant to a transaction with Price, any director, any advisor or
any Affiliate of any of the foregoing unless a majority of the directors
(including a majority of the Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in
such transaction determines that such transaction is fair and reasonable to the
corporation and that such transaction is at a price to the corporation not in
excess of its then current fair market value of such Real Property or Real
Estate Investment as determined by independent appraisers of real estate assets;
provided, however, that (i) the transactions contemplated by the corporation's
initial Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed in August 1991 and (ii)
sale-leaseback transactions with Price involving Price Club retail warehouses
shall be exempted from the provisions of this subsection.
(c) Sell property to Price, any director, any advisor, or any Affiliate
of the foregoing, other than the sale of all or part of the corporation's
interest in a venture to a party who is already a party to the venture or
pursuant to the provision of any lease with Price.
(d) If any director or an Affiliate thereof provides a substantial
amount of the services in the effort to sell Real Property of the corporation,
then such Person may receive up to one-half of the brokerage commission paid in
connection with such transaction, but in no event shall such Person receive an
amount exceeding three percent (3%) of the contracted for sales price. In
addition, the amount paid, when added to the sums paid to unaffiliated parties
in such capacity, shall not exceed the lesser of the Competitive Real Estate
Commission or an amount equal to six percent (6%) of the contracted for sales
price.
SECTION 4. DEFINITIONS. The terms defined in this Section 4 whenever
used in these bylaws shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the
respective meanings hereinafter
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specified in this Section 4. In these bylaws, the masculine and feminine gender
and the singular and plural number shall be interchangeable, as the context
requires.
4.1 Act. The "Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time.
4.2. Acquisition Fees; acquisition expenses. "Acquisition fees" shall
mean the total of all fees and commissions paid by any party in connection with
the making of or investing in Mortgage Loans or the purchase or development of
Real Property by the corporation. "Acquisition fees" shall include any real
estate commission, selection fee, development fee, non-recurring management fee
or any fee of a similar nature, however designated. "Acquisition expenses" shall
mean and include legal fees and expenses, travel and communication expenses,
costs or appraisals, non-refundable option payments on Real Property not
acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance and miscellaneous
expenses, in each case related to the selection and acquisition of properties,
whether or not acquired.
4.3 Affiliate. "Affiliate" shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with such Person or (ii) any other Person that owns or controls ten percent
(10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities or beneficial interests of
such Person.
4.4 Average Invested Assets. "Average Invested Assets" for any period
shall mean the average of the aggregate book value of the assets of the
corporation invested, directly or indirectly, in equity interests in and loans
secured by real estate, before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other
similar non-cash reserves computed by taking the average of such values at the
end of each month during such period.
4.5 Competitive Real Estate Commission. "Competitive Real Estate
Commission" shall mean that real estate or brokerage commission paid for the
purchase or sale of a property which is reasonable, customary and competitive in
light of the size, type and location of such property.
4.6 First Mortgage. "First Mortgage" shall mean a Mortgage which takes
priority or precedence over all other charges or liens upon the same Real
Property, other than a lessee's interest therein, and which must be satisfied
before such other charges are entitled to participate in the proceeds of any
sale. Such Mortgage may be upon a lessee's interest in Real Property. Such
priority shall not be deemed abrogated by liens for taxes, assessments which are
not delinquent or remain payable without penalty, contracts (other than
contracts for repayment of borrowed moneys) or leases, mechanics' and
materialmen's liens for work performed and materials furnished which are not in
default or are in good faith being contested, and other claims normally deemed
in the local jurisdiction not to abrogate the priority of a First Mortgage.
4.7 First Mortgage Loan. "First Mortgage Loan" shall mean a Mortgage
Loan secured or collateralized by a First Mortgage.
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4.8 Indebtedness. "Indebtedness" shall mean the amount of all
obligations of the corporation, secured and unsecured, for money borrowed,
including all obligations issued or assumed by the corporation as full or
partial payment for property, in each case except to the extent money shall have
been set aside or deposited for the payment thereof. "Indebtedness" shall be
computed without any discount or premium due to the fact that the interest rate
on financing associated with one or more property acquisitions of the
corporation is below or above a market rate of interest at the time of any such
acquisition.
4.9 Junior Mortgage. Junior Mortgage shall mean a Mortgage which is not
a First Mortgage.
4.10 Junior Mortgage Loan. "Junior Mortgage Loan" shall mean a Mortgage
Loan secured or collateralized by a Junior Mortgage, and also includes any
Subordinated Land Purchase-Leaseback.
4.11 Land Purchase-Leaseback; Subordinated Land Purchase-Leaseback.
"Land Purchase-Leaseback" shall mean a transaction involving the purchase of the
land on which improvements are or are to be constructed, and the lease,
generally to the seller, of the land pursuant to a land or ground lease. In a
"Subordinated Land Purchase-Leaseback" transaction, the corporation's interest
in the land will be subject to a First Mortgage and other liens or security
interests which are liens on the entire Real Property, including the land.
4.12 Mortgage. "Mortgage" shall mean the security interest in Real
Property granted to secure a Mortgage Loan.
4.13 Mortgage Loan. "Mortgage Loan" shall mean a note, bond or other
evidence of indebtedness or obligation which is secured or collateralized by an
interest in Real Property.
4.14 Net Income. "Net Income" for any period shall mean total revenues
applicable to such period, less the expenses applicable to such period other
than additions to reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar
noncash reserves.
4.15 Person. "Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a business trust, an
unincorporated organization, or any other entity.
4.16 Price. "Price" shall mean The Price Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
4.17 Real Estate Investment. "Real Estate Investment" shall mean any
direct or indirect investment in any interest in Real Property (including Land
Purchase-Leaseback transactions) or in any Mortgage Loan, or in any entity,
partnership or venture whose principal purpose is to make any such investment or
investments.
4.18 Real Property. "Real Property" shall mean and include land, rights
and interests in land, leasehold interests (including but not limited to
interests of a lessor or lessee therein), and any buildings, structures,
improvements, fixtures and equipment located on or to be located on or
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used or to be used in connection with land, leasehold interests and rights in
land or interests in land, but does not include Mortgages, Mortgage Loans, or
interests therein.
4.19 Securities. "Securities" shall mean any stock, shares, voting
trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
or in general any instruments commonly known as "securities" or any certificates
of interest, shares or participations in, temporary or interim certificates for,
receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe to,
purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
4.20 Total Assets; Invested Assets; Net Assets. "Total Assets" shall
mean the total invested assets of the corporation, without deducting therefrom
any liabilities of the corporation and including depreciable assets therein at
the cost of such assets on the books of the corporation before deducting
depreciation or other non-cash reserves. "Invested Assets" shall mean the
aggregate book values of the Real Estate Investments of the corporation. "Net
Assets" shall mean Total Assets (other than intangibles) less total liabilities,
calculated at least on a quarterly basis consistently applied.
4.21 Total Operating Expenses. "Total Operating Expenses" shall mean
all operating, general, and administrative expenses of the corporation as
determined under generally accepted accounting principles except the expenses of
raising capital, interest payments, taxes, noncash expenditures (e.g.,
depreciation, amortization, bad debt reserve), and the costs related directly to
asset acquisition, operation, and disposition.
4.22 Unimproved Real Property. "Unimproved Real Property" shall mean an
investment in Real Property which (a) is an equity interest in Real Property
which has not been acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other
operating income and (b) relates to land on which (i) no development or
construction is in progress, and (ii) no development or construction is planned
in good faith to commence within one year.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT BY STOCKHOLDERS. New bylaws may be adopted or
these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided,
however, that if the articles of incorporation of the corporation set forth the
number of authorized directors of the corporation, the authorized number of
directors may be changed only by an amendment of the articles of incorporation.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the
stockholders as provided in Section 1 of this Article X and the General Laws of
the State of Maryland, bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the board
of directors.
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ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
OF
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
Kimco Realty Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Maryland (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") in accordance with
Article IV.D. of the charter of the Corporation, including these Articles
Supplementary (the "Charter"), the Board of Directors, at a meeting held on
January 13, 1998, adopted resolutions reclassifying 700,000 shares (the
"Shares") of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Charter) as a separate class of
stock, 7.5% Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share ("Class D Preferred Stock"), and reclassifying 700,000 shares (the "Class
D Excess Shares") of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Charter) as a separate
class of stock, Class D Excess Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share
("Class D Excess Preferred Stock"), each with the preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other
distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption set forth
below:
7.5% Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
A. Certain Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this
paragraph (A) shall have, for all purposes of the provisions of the Charter in
respect of the Class D Preferred Stock, the meanings herein specified (with
terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the
plural).
Beneficial Ownership. The term "Beneficial Ownership" shall mean
ownership of Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Class D Preferred Stock or
Class D Excess Preferred Stock either directly or constructively through the
application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of
the
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Code. The terms "Beneficial Owner," "Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned"
shall have the correlative meanings.
Beneficiary. The term "Beneficiary" shall mean the beneficiary of the
Trust as determined pursuant to subparagraph (11)(e)(1) of paragraph (G) below.
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 The City of New York are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
Class A Preferred Stock. The term "Class A Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 7 3/4% Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Class B Preferred Stock. The term "Class B Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 8 1/2% Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Class C Preferred Stock. The term "Class C Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 8 3/8% Class C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Code. The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
Common Equity. The term "Common Equity" shall mean all shares now or
hereafter authorized of any class of common stock of the Corporation, including
the Common Stock, and any other stock of the Corporation, howsoever designated,
authorized after the Initial Issue Date, which has the right (subject always to
prior rights of any class or series of preferred stock) to participate in the
distribution of the assets and earnings of the Corporation without limit as to
per share amount.
Common Stock. The term "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
Constructive Ownership. The term "Constructive Ownership" shall mean
ownership of Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Class D Preferred Stock or
Class D Excess Preferred Stock either directly 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 Owns" and "Constructively
Owned" shall have the correlative meanings.
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Conversion Price. The term "Conversion Price" shall mean a conversion
price of $402.50 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth
in paragraph E.
Depositary Shares. The term "Depositary Shares" shall mean the
Depositary Shares each representing 1/10 of a share of Class D Preferred Stock.
Dividend Payment Date. The term "Dividend Payment Date" shall have the
meaning set forth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (B) below.
Dividend Period. The term "Dividend Period" shall mean the period from,
and including, the Initial Issue Date to, but not including, the first Dividend
Payment Date, and thereafter each quarterly period from, and including, the
Dividend Payment Date to, but not including, the next Dividend Payment Date.
Initial Issue Date. The term "Initial Issue Date" shall mean the date
that shares of Class D Preferred Stock are first issued by the Corporation.
Junior Stock. The term "Junior Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) the Common Equity and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation
which is not entitled to receive any dividends in any Dividend Period unless all
dividends required to have been paid or declared and set apart for payment on
the Class D Preferred Stock shall have been so paid or declared and set apart
for payment or (ii) the Common Equity and any other class or series of stock of
the Corporation which is not entitled to receive any assets upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation until the Class D
Preferred Stock shall have received the entire amount to which such Class D
Preferred Stock is entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
IRS. The term "IRS" shall mean the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
Liquidation Preference. The term "Liquidation Preference" shall mean
$250.00 per share of Class D Preferred Stock, plus any accumulated, accrued and
unpaid dividends.
Market Price. The term "Market Price" shall mean the price of the Class
D Preferred Stock (i) as determined by multiplying by ten the last reported
sales price of the Depositary Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date or, (ii) if
the Depositary Shares are not then traded on the NYSE, as determined by the last
reported sales price of the Depositary Shares on the trading day immediately
preceding the relevant date as reported on any exchange or quotation system over
which the Depositary Shares may be traded, or
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(iii) if the Depositary Shares are not then traded over any exchange or
quotation system, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
Ownership Limit. The term "Ownership Limit" shall mean not more than
9.8% of the outstanding shares of Preferred Equity Stock.
Parity Stock. The term "Parity Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) any class or series of stock of the Corporation which is entitled to receive
payment of dividends on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock or (ii) any
class or series of stock of the Corporation which is entitled to receive assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation on
a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock. The term "Parity Stock" shall include
the Class A Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the Class C
Preferred Stock.
Person. The term "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation,
partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 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; but does not include an underwriter which participates in a
public offering of the Class D Preferred Stock or any interest therein, provided
that such ownership by such underwriter would not result in the Corporation
being "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, or
otherwise result in the Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT.
Preferred Equity Stock. The term "Preferred Equity Stock" shall mean
shares of stock that are either Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess
Preferred Stock.
Press Release. The term "Press Release" shall mean the press release
issued pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (D).
Purported Beneficial Transferee. The term "Purported Beneficial
Transferee" shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer which results in
Class D Excess Preferred Stock, the purported beneficial transferee or owner for
whom the Purported Record Transferee would have acquired or owned shares of
Class D Preferred Stock if such Transfer had been valid under subparagraph (1)
of paragraph (G) below.
Purported Record Transferee. The term "Purported Record Transferee"
shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer which results in Class D
Excess Preferred Stock, the record holder
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of the Preferred Equity Stock if such Transfer had been valid under subparagraph
(1) of paragraph (G) below.
REIT. The term "REIT" shall mean a real estate investment trust under
Section 856 of the Code.
Record Date. The term "Record Date" shall mean the date designated by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the time a dividend is declared;
provided, however, that such Record Date shall be the first day of the calendar
month in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls or such other date
designated by the Board of Directors for the payment of dividends that is not
more than thirty (30) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to such Dividend
Payment Date.
Redemption Date. The term "Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (D) below.
Redemption Shares. The term "Redemption Shares" shall mean such number
of shares of Common Stock into which Class D Preferred Stock is convertible at
the Conversion Price as of the opening of business on the Redemption Date.
Senior Stock. The term "Senior Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) any class or series of stock of the Corporation created after the Initial
Issue Date in accordance with subparagraph (1) of paragraph (F) ranking senior
to the Class D Preferred Stock in respect of the right to receive dividends or
(ii) any class or series of stock of the Corporation created after the Initial
Issue Date in accordance with subparagraph (1) of paragraph (F) ranking senior
to the Class D Preferred Stock in respect of the right to participate in any
distribution upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation.
Trading Day. The term "Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the
securities in question are traded on the NYSE.
Transfer. The term "Transfer" shall mean any sale, transfer, gift,
assignment, devise or other disposition of Preferred Equity Stock, including (i)
the granting of any option or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer
or other disposition of Preferred Equity Stock or (ii) the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of any securities (or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for Preferred Equity Stock), whether voluntary or involuntary,
whether of record or beneficially or Beneficially or Constructively (including
but not limited to transfers of interests in other entities which result in
changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Preferred Equity Stock), and
whether by operation of law or otherwise.
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Trust. The term "Trust" shall mean the trust created pursuant to
subparagraph (11)(a) of paragraph (G).
Trustee. The term "Trustee" shall mean the Corporation as trustee for
the Trust, and any successor trustee appointed by the Corporation.
100. Dividends.
(a) The record holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive dividends, when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, out of funds legally available for payment of dividends. Such
dividends shall be payable by the Corporation in cash at the rate per share
equal to the greater of (i) $18.75 per annum or (ii) the cash dividends
(determined on each Dividend Payment Date referred to in subsection (2) of this
paragraph (B)) on the shares of Common Stock (or portion thereof) into which a
share of the Class D Preferred Stock is convertible, plus $0.275 per quarter.
(b) Dividends on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall accrue and be
cumulative from the Initial Issue Date. Dividends shall be payable quarterly in
arrears when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on
January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year (each, a "Dividend
Payment Date"), commencing, with respect to the period commencing on the Initial
Issue Date and ending on June 30, 1998, on July 15, 1998. If any Dividend
Payment Date occurs on a day that is not a Business Day, any accrued dividends
otherwise payable on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the next
succeeding Business Day. The amount of dividends payable on Class D Preferred
Stock for each full Dividend Period shall be computed by dividing by four (4)
the annual dividend rate set forth in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (B)
above. Dividends payable in respect of the first Dividend Period and any
subsequent Dividend Period which is less than a full Dividend Period in length
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. Dividends shall be paid to the holders of record of the Class D
Preferred Stock as their names shall appear on the stock transfer records of the
Corporation at the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend.
Dividends in respect of any past Dividend Periods that are in arrears may be
declared and paid at any time to holders of record on the Record Date therefor.
Any dividend payment made on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be first
credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due which remains
payable. Upon issuance, the Class D Preferred Stock will rank on parity as to
dividends with the Class A Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the
Class C Preferred Stock.
(c) If any shares of Class D Preferred Stock are outstanding, no full
dividends shall be declared or paid or set
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apart for payment on any other class or series of Preferred Stock ranking junior
to or on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends for any
period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set
apart for such payment on the Class D Preferred Stock for all past Dividend
Periods and the then current Dividend Period. When dividends are not paid in
full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the
shares of the Class D Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Preferred
Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Class D Preferred Stock, all
dividends declared upon the shares of the Class D Preferred Stock and any other
such class or series of Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the
amount of dividends declared per share on the Class D Preferred Stock and such
class or series of Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the
same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the
Class D Preferred Stock and such class or series of Preferred Stock bear to each
other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in
respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Class D Preferred Stock which
may be in arrears.
(d) Except as provided in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (B), unless
full cumulative dividends on the Class D Preferred Stock have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods and the then
current Dividend Period, no dividends (other than in common stock or other stock
ranking junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the affairs of the Corporation) shall
be declared or paid or set apart for payment or other distribution shall be
declared or made upon any Junior Stock or Parity Stock nor shall any Junior
Stock or Parity Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any
consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for
the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by
conversion into or exchange for other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to
the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up).
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
dividends on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be authorized or declared
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or paid or set apart for payment by
the Corporation at such time as the terms and provisions of any agreement of the
Corporation, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits
such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or
provides that such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for
payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder, or to the
extent such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, dividends
on the Class D Preferred Stock, if not paid on the applicable Dividend Payment
Date, will accrue whether or not dividends are authorized or declared for such
Dividend Payment Date, whether or not the Corporation has earnings and whether
or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends.
(g) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as
"capital gain dividends" (as defined in Section 857 of the Code) any portion
(the "Capital Gains Amount") of the dividends (as determined for federal income
tax purposes) paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of
stock (the "Total Dividends"), then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that
shall be allocable to holders of the Class D Preferred Stock shall be the amount
that the total dividends paid or made available to the holders of the Class D
Preferred Stock for the year bears to the Total Dividends.
101. Distributions Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, subject to the prior preferences
and other rights of any class or series of stock ranking senior to the Class D
Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, but before any distribution or
payment shall be made to the holders of any class or series of stock ranking
junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the
holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the
assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders
liquidating distributions in cash or property at its fair market value as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in the amount of the
Liquidation Preference per share plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued
and unpaid thereon to the date of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they
are entitled, the holders of Class D Preferred Stock will have no right or claim
to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to
any other distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the legally available assets of the
Corporation are insufficient to pay the amount of the Liquidation Preference per
share plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on the Class D
Preferred Stock
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and the corresponding amounts payable on each class or series of stock ranking
on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation,
then the holders of the Class D Preferred Stock and all such stock shall share
ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating
distributions to which they otherwise would be respectively entitled. Upon
issuance, the Class D Preferred Stock will rank on parity with the Class A
Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the Class C Preferred Stock as
to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation. Neither the consolidation or merger of the
Corporation into or with another corporation or corporations nor the sale,
lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation to another corporation or any other entity shall be deemed a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation within
the meaning of this paragraph (C).
102. Redemption by the Corporation.
(a) The Class D Preferred Stock may be redeemed for Redemption Shares,
in whole or from time to time in part, on any date on or after the third
anniversary of the Initial Issue Date (or if such date is not a Business Day, on
the first Business Day after such date) at the option of the Corporation if for
any 20 Trading Days within any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, including
the last Trading Day of such period, the average closing price per share of the
Common Stock exceeds 12% of the Conversion Price. In order to exercise its
redemption option, the Corporation shall issue a press release announcing the
redemption (the "Press Release") prior to the opening of business on the fifth
Trading Day after the condition in the preceding sentence has, from time to
time, been met. The Press Release shall announce the redemption and set forth
the number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock that the Corporation intends to
redeem. The redemption date shall be selected by the Corporation, shall be
specified in the notice of the redemption and shall not be less than 30 days or
more than 60 days after the date on which the Corporation issues the Press
Release (the "Redemption Date").
(b) Upon any redemption of the Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall pay in cash any accrued and unpaid dividends in arrears for any Dividend
Period ending on or prior to the redemption Date. If the Redemption Date falls
after a Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, then
each holder of Class D Preferred Stock at the close of business on such Record
Date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the
redemption of such shares of Class D Preferred Stock before such Dividend
Payment Date. Except as
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provided above, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid
dividends, whether or not in arrears, on such shares of Class D Preferred Stock
to be redeemed or on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such redemption.
(c) If the Corporation shall redeem shares of Class D Preferred Stock
pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (D), notice of such redemption
shall be given not more than five Business Days after the date on which the
Corporation issues the Press Release to each holder of record of the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Notice shall be by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, such publication to be
made once a week for two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. A similar notice will be mailed by
the Corporation, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the Redemption Date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the
Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addressees as they
appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. No failure to give such
notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity
of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Class D Preferred Stock
except as to any holder to whom the Corporation has failed to give notice or
except as to any holder to whom notice was defective or not given. In addition
to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange
upon which Class D Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, such
notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the Conversion Price; (iii)
the number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than
all shares held by the particular holder are to be redeemed, the number of such
shares to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such
shares are to be surrendered in exchange for certificates evidencing the
Redemption Shares; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will
cease to accrue on the Redemption Date.
(d) Notice having been published or mailed in accordance with
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (D), from and after the Redemption Date
(unless the Corporation shall fail to make available a number of shares of
Common Stock or amount of cash necessary to effect such redemption), (i) except
as otherwise provided herein, dividends on the shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, (ii) said shares shall no longer
be deemed to be outstanding and (iii) all rights of the holders thereof as
holders of Class D Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall cease (except the
rights to receive the shares of Common Stock and cash payable upon such
redemption, without interest thereon, upon surrender and endorsement of their
certificates if so required and to receive any dividends payable thereon). The
Corporation's obligation to provide Common Stock and cash in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall be deemed
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fulfilled if, on or before the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit
with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the Corporation) that
has an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, or in Baltimore,
Maryland and that has, or is an affiliate of a bank or trust company that has, a
capital and surplus of a least $50,000,000, Common Stock and any cash necessary
for such redemption, in trust, with irrevocable instructions that such Common
Stock and cash be applied to the redemption of the shares of Class D Preferred
Stock so called for redemption. At the close of business on the Redemption Date,
each holder of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed (unless the
Corporation defaults in the delivery of the Common Stock or cash payable on such
Redemption Date) shall be deemed to be the record holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock into which such shares of Class D Preferred Stock is to be
redeemed, regardless of whether such holder has surrendered the certificates
representing the shares of Class D Preferred Stock. No interest shall accrue for
the benefit of the holder of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed on
any cash so set aside by the Corporation. Subject to applicable escheat laws,
any such cash unclaimed at the end of two years from the Redemption Date shall
revert to the general funds of the Corporation, after which reversion the
holders of such shares so called for redemption shall look only to the general
funds of the Corporation for the payment of such cash.
(e) As promptly as practicable after the surrender in accordance with
said notice of the certificates for any such shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation
shall so require and if the notice shall so state), such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall be exchanged for certificates representing shares of
Common Stock and any cash (without interest thereon) for which such shares of
Class D Preferred Stock have been redeemed. In case of redemption of less than
all shares of Class D Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Corporation pro rata from the holders of
record of such shares in proportion to the number of shares held by such holders
(with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional shares) or by any other
equitable method determined by the Corporation that will not result in the
issuance of any Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If fewer than all the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock represented by any certificate are redeemed, than new
certificates representing the unredeemed shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall
be issued without cost to the holder thereof.
(f) No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the redemption of Class D Preferred
Stock. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be
issuable upon redemption of Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay
to the holder of
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the shares of Class D Preferred Stock which were mandatorily converted a cash
adjustment in respect of such fractional shares in an amount equal to the same
fraction of the market price per share of the Common Stock (as determined in a
reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of Directors at the close of business
on the Redemption Date).
(g) Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and
a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past
Dividend Periods and the then current Dividend Period, no shares of any Class D
Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Class D
Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms
to holders of all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock, and, unless
full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock
have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past Dividend
Periods and the then current Dividend Period, the Corporation shall not purchase
or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Class D Preferred
Stock (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation
ranking junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up).
(h) All shares of Class D Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this
paragraph (D) shall be retired and shall be reclassified as authorized and
unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to class or series
and may thereafter be reissued as shares of any class or series of Preferred
Stock.
103. Conversion.
(a) Subject to paragraph (D), each holder of shares of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have the right, at his or her option at any time, to convert all or
a portion of such shares (including fractions of such shares so long as such
fractions are in integral multiples of 1/10 of a share), unless previously
redeemed, into Common Stock at the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall
be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided. For purposes
of such conversion, each share of Class D Preferred Stock shall be valued at
$250.00. However, the right to convert shares of Class D Preferred Stock called
for redemption pursuant to paragraph (D) hereof shall terminate at the close of
business on the Redemption Date fixed for such redemption, unless the
Corporation shall default in making of payment of the Common Stock and any cash
payable upon redemption under paragraph (D) hereof.
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(b) The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i) If the Corporation shall pay or make a dividend or other
distribution on Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in
effect at the opening of business on the date following the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other
distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of
shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to
become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following
the date fixed for such determination. For purposes of this subparagraph (2)(a),
the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include
shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable
in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common
Stock. The Corporation will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on
shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the corporation.
(ii) If the Corporation shall issue additional rights or warrants to
all holders of its shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the then current
market price per share (determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this
paragraph (E)) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants (other than pursuant to
a dividend reinvestment plan), the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be
reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares
of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of
shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at
such current market price (determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this
paragraph (E)) and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination
plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or
purchase, such reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the
purposes of this subparagraph (2)(b), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the
Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares
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of Common Stock. The Corporation will not issue any rights or warrants in
respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Corporation during
the period so held.
(iii) If outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into
a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at
the opening of business on the date following the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely,
if outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of
shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes
effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the
case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on
the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes
effective.
(iv) If the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
to all holders of its shares of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness,
assets or securities of the Corporation or other Persons (but excluding (i) any
rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (2)(b) of this paragraph (E),
(ii) any dividend or distribution referred to in subparagraph (2)(e) of this
paragraph (E), (iii) any cash dividend or cash distribution out of current or
accumulated funds from operations (as determined by the Board of Directors) and
(iv) any dividend or distribution referred to in subparagraph (2)(a) of this
paragraph (E)), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share
(determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this paragraph (E)) of a share
of Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair
market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall
be conclusive and shall be described in a statement filed with the transfer
agent for the Class D Preferred Stock) of the portion of the evidences of the
indebtedness, assets or securities so distributed applicable to a share of
Common Stock and the denominator shall be such current market price of a share
of Common Stock, such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the
opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event of a distribution to all holders of shares of Common
Stock of rights to subscribe for additional shares of the Corporation's capital
stock (other than rights described in subparagraph (2)(b) of this paragraph
(E)), the Corporation may, instead of making the adjustment in the Conversion
Price set forth in this subparagraph (2)(d), provide that each holder of shares
of Class D Preferred Stock who converts such shares shall be entitled
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to receive upon such conversion, in addition to the applicable number of shares
of Common Stock, the number of such rights such holder would have been entitled
to receive had such holder converted such shares immediately prior to the record
date applicable to such distribution of rights.
(v) If the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
to all holders of its shares of Common Stock securities of one of its
subsidiaries that is (i) organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust
under applicable federal tax laws and regulations and (ii) identified in any
informational materials distributed to stockholders as being intended to operate
on a leveraged basis, then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the
same shall equal the price determined by subtracting from the Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution (the
"Determination Date") the per share amount of the distribution for tax purposes,
as determined by the Board of Directors. The Corporation will publish notice of
such distribution to holders of Class D Preferred Stock in a newspaper of
general circulation at least ten business days prior to the Determination Date.
(vi) For the purposes of this subparagraph (2), the reclassification
of shares of Common Stock into securities including securities other than shares
of Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger
to which subparagraph (6) of this paragraph (E) applies) shall be deemed to
involve (i) a distribution of such securities other than shares of Common Stock
to all holders of shares of Common Stock (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution" and the "date fixed for such
determination" within the meaning of subparagraph (2)(d) of this paragraph (E)),
and (ii) a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification
into the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter
(and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day
upon which such subdivision became effective" and "the day upon which such
subdivision or combination becomes effective," as the case may be, within the
meaning of subparagraph (2)(c) of this paragraph (E)).
(vii) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraphs (2)(b)
and 2(d) of this paragraph (E), the current market price of a share of Common
Stock on any day shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices
for the 30 consecutive trading days commencing 45 trading days before the day in
question. The closing price for each day shall be the reported last sale price
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on
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such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asking prices, in either
case on the NYSE, or, if the shares of Common Stock are no longer quoted on such
exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of
Common Stock are then listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common
Stock are not quoted on any national securities exchange, the closing sale price
of the shares of Common Stock or, in case no reported sale takes place, average
of the shares of Common Stock or, in case no reported sale takes place, average
of the closing bid and asked prices on the Nasdaq National Market or any
comparable system, or if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market or any comparable system, the closing sale price, or, in case no
reported sale takes place, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, as
furnished by any NYSE member firm selected from time to time by the Board of
Directors for that purpose.
(viii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment in the
Conversion Price for the Class D Preferred Stock shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price;
provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph (h)
are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this subparagraph (2)(h) shall
be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the
case may be.
(ix) In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to paragraph (E), the holder of any shares of Class D Preferred Stock thereafter
surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any capital stock
other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of shares of such
capital stock so received shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms equivalent as nearly as practicable to the provisions
relating to the Class D Preferred Stock contained in subparagraph (2) of this
paragraph (E).
(c) Upon the occurrence of a conversion as specified in this paragraph
(E), the holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall, upon notice from the
Corporation, surrender the certificates representing shares of Class D Preferred
Stock at the office of the Corporation or of its transfer agent for the Common
Stock. Thereupon, there shall be issued and delivered to such holder a
certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which
the shares of Class D Preferred Stock surrendered were convertible on the date
on which such conversion occurred. The Corporation shall not be obligated to
issue such certificates unless certificates evidencing such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock being converted are either delivered to the Corporation or any
such transfer agent, or the holder notifies the Corporation or any such transfer
agent that such certificates have been lost,
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stolen or destroyed and executes an agreement satisfactory to the Corporation to
indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection therewith.
(d) Holders of shares of Class D Preferred Stock at the close of
business on a Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on
the shares of Class D Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Record Date and prior to
such Dividend Payment Date. However, shares of Class D Preferred Stock
surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on
any Record Date and the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend
Payment Date (except shares of Class D Preferred Stock converted after the
issuance of a notice of redemption with respect to a Redemption Date during such
period or coinciding with such Dividend Payment Date, the Class D Preferred
Stock being entitled to such dividend on the Dividend Payment Date) must be
accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such Class
D Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock on a Record Date who (or whose transferees) tenders any such
shares of Class D Preferred Stock for conversion into shares of Common Stock on
such Dividend Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Corporation
on such Class D Preferred Stock on such date, and the converting holder need not
include payment of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of Class
D Preferred Stock for conversion. Except as provided above, the Corporation
shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in
arrears, on converted shares of Class D Preferred Stock or for dividends on the
shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion.
(e) If the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Class D
Preferred Stock shall be changed into the same or different number of shares of
any class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization,
reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares
provided for elsewhere in this paragraph (E), or the sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's properties and assets to any other
person), then and in each such event the holder of each share of Class D
Preferred Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such share into the
kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable
upon such reorganization, reclassification or other change by holders of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Class D Preferred
Stock might have been converted immediately prior to such reorganization,
reclassification or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided
herein.
(f) If at any time or from time to time there shall be a capital
reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a
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subdivision, combination, reclassification or exchange of shares provided for
elsewhere in this paragraph (E)) or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation
with or into another corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with or
transfer of assets to the Corporation by any subsidiary), or the sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's properties and assets to any other
person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, or consolidation or
sale, provision shall be made so that the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Class D Preferred
Stock, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
Corporation, or of the successor corporation resulting from such merger,
consolidation or sale, to which such holder would have been entitled if such
holder had converted its shares of Class D Preferred Stock immediately prior to
such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale.
(g) In each case of an adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion
Price for the Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation at its expense will
furnish each holder of Class D Preferred Stock with a certificate, prepared by
independent public accountants of recognized standing certified by the chief
financial officer of the Corporation, showing such adjustment or readjustment,
and stating in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based.
(h) To exercise its conversion privilege, a holder of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing the
shares being converted to the Corporation at its principal office in accordance
with subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (E), and shall give written notice to
the Corporation at that office that such holder elects to convert such shares.
Such notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in
which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such conversion shall be issued. The certificate or certificates for shares of
Class D Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by
proper assignment thereof to the Corporation or in blank. The date when such
written notice is received by the Corporation, together with the certificated or
certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock being converted, shall
be the "Conversion Date." As promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date,
the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver to the holder of the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock being converted, or on its written order, such
certificate or certificates as it may request for the number of whole shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares of Class D Preferred
Stock as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph
(8), cash in the amount of all accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of
Class D Preferred Stock, up to and including the Conversion Date, and cash, as
provided in subparagraph (9) of this
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paragraph (E), in respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock issuable
upon such conversion. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the Conversion Date, and at such
time the rights of the holder as holder of the converted shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall cease and the person or persons in whose name or names any
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon
such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record
of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby.
(i) No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of Class D Preferred
Stock. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be
issuable upon conversion of shares of Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall pay to the holder of the shares of Class D Preferred Stock which were
converted a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional shares in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the market price per share of the Common Stock (as
determined in a reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of Directors at the
close of business on the Conversion Date).
(j) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
effecting the conversion of the Class D Preferred Stock such number of its
shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
conversion of all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock, and if at any
time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Class D
Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take such corporate action as may be
necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such
number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.
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104. Voting Rights.
(a) The holders of record of shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall not
be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this
paragraph (F). The Corporation shall not, without either (a) the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the Class D
Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, at a
meeting (such Class D Preferred Stock voting separately as a class) or (b) the
unanimous written consent of all of the holders of shares of Class D Preferred
Stock, (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of,
any class or series of Senior Stock, or reclassify any authorized stock into
Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security
convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such Senior Stock; or
(ii) amend or repeal the provisions of the Charter in respect of the Class D
Preferred Stock so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference,
privilege or voting power of the Class D Preferred Stock or the holders thereof;
provided, however, that any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred
Stock or the creation or issuance of any other class or series of Preferred
Stock, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of the Class D
Preferred Stock, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class D
Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends and the distribution of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to
materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting
powers.
(b) If and whenever dividends payable on Class D Preferred Stock shall
be in arrears for six (6) or more quarterly periods, regardless of whether such
quarterly periods are consecutive, then the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
(voting separately as a class with such other class or series as provided in
subparagraph (6) of this paragraph (F)) shall be entitled at the next annual
meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting to elect two (2)
additional directors. Upon election, such directors shall become directors of
the Corporation and the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall
thereupon be automatically increased by such number of directors.
(c) Whenever such voting right shall have vested, such right may be
exercised initially either at a special meeting of the holders of Class D
Preferred Stock, called as hereinafter provided, or at any annual meeting of
stockholders held for the purpose of electing directors, and thereafter at such
annual meetings or by the written consent of the holders of Class D Preferred
Stock. Such right of the holders of Class D Preferred Stock to elect directors
may be exercised until all dividends to which the holders of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have been entitled for (i) all previous Dividend Periods and (ii)
the current Dividend Period
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shall have been paid in full or declared and a sum of money sufficient for the
payment thereof set aside for payment, at which time the right of the holders of
Class D Preferred Stock to elect such number of directors shall cease, the term
of such directors previously elected shall, upon the resignation thereof,
thereupon terminate, and the authorized number of directors of the Corporation
shall thereupon return to the number of authorized directors otherwise in
effect, but subject always to the same provisions for the renewal and divestment
of such special voting rights in the case of any such future dividend default or
defaults.
(d) At any time when such voting right shall have vested in the holders
of Class D Preferred Stock and if such right shall not already have been
initially exercised, a proper officer of the Corporation shall, upon the written
request of any holder of record of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding,
addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation, call a special meeting of holders
of Class D Preferred Stock. Such meeting shall be held on the earliest
practicable date upon the notice required for annual meetings of stockholders at
the place for holding annual meetings of stockholders of the Corporation or, if
none, at a place designated by the Secretary of the Corporation. If such meeting
shall not be called by the proper officers of the Corporation within thirty (30)
days after the personal service of such written request upon the Secretary of
the Corporation, or within thirty (30) days after mailing the same within the
United States, by registered mail, addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation
at its principal office (such mailing to be evidenced by the registry receipt
issued by the postal authorities), then the holders of record of ten percent
(10%) of the shares of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding may designate in
writing a holder of Class D Preferred Stock to call such meeting at the expense
of the Corporation, and such meeting may be called by such person so designated
upon the notice required for annual meetings of stockholders and shall be held
at the place for holding annual meetings of the Corporation or, if none, at a
place designated by such holder. Any holder of Class D Preferred Stock that
would be entitled to vote at such meeting shall have access to the stock
transfer records of the Corporation for the purpose of causing a meeting of
stockholders to be called pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (F).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (F), however, no such special
meeting shall be called if any such request is received less than ninety (90)
days before the date fixed for the next ensuing annual or special meeting of
stockholders.
(e) If a director so elected by the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
shall cease to serve as a director before his/her term shall expire, the holders
of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding may, at a special meeting of the
holders called as
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provided above, elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the
director whose place shall be vacant.
(f) If, at any time when the holders of Class D Preferred Stock are
entitled to elect directors pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph (F), the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred
Stock are entitled to elect directors by reason of any default or event
specified in the Charter, as in effect at the time, and if the terms for such
classes or series of Preferred Stock so provide, then the voting rights of the
Class D Preferred Stock and the one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock
then entitled to vote shall be combined (with each having a number of votes
proportional to the aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding shares).
In such case, the holders of Class D Preferred Stock and of all such classes or
series of Preferred Stock then entitled so to vote, voting together as a class,
shall elect such directors. If the holders of any such classes or series of
Preferred Stock have elected such directors prior to the happening of the
default or event providing for the election of directors by the holders of Class
D Preferred Stock, or prior to a written request for the holding of a special
meeting being received by the Secretary of the Corporation as elsewhere required
in subparagraph (4) of paragraph (F) above, then a new election shall be held
with all such classes or series of Preferred Stock and the Class D Preferred
Stock voting together as a single class for such directors, resulting in the
termination of the term of such previously elected directors upon the election
of such new directors. If the holders of any such classes or series of Preferred
Stock are entitled to elect in excess of two directors, the Class D Preferred
Stock shall not participate in the election of more than two such directors, and
those directors whose terms first expire shall be deemed to be the directors
elected by the holders of Class D Preferred Stock; provided that if at the
expiration of such terms the holders of Class D Preferred Stock are entitled to
vote in the election of directors pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph
(F), then the Secretary of the Corporation shall call a meeting (which meeting
may be the annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders referred to in
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (F)) of holders of Class D Preferred Stock
for the purpose of electing replacement directors (in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph (F)) to be held at or prior to the time of
expiration of the expiring terms referred to above.
105. Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer to Preserve Tax Benefit; Conversion
and Exchange for Class D Excess Preferred Stock; and Terms of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock.
(a) Restriction on Ownership and Transfer.
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(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G), no
Person shall Beneficially own or Constructively Own Class D Preferred Stock in
excess of the Ownership Limit;
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G),
any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction
entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) that, if effective, would
result in any Person Beneficially Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of
the Ownership Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of such Class D
Preferred Stock which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Person in
excess of the Ownership Limit; and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Class D Preferred Stock;
(iii) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G),
any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction
entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) that, if effective, would
result in any Person Constructively Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of
the Ownership Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of such Class D
Preferred Stock which would be otherwise Constructively Owned by such Person in
excess of the Ownership Limit; and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Class D Preferred Stock; and
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this
paragraph (G), any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a
transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) or other event
that, if effective, would result in the Corporation being "closely held" within
the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, or would otherwise result in the
Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, a
Transfer or other event that would result in the Corporation owning (directly or
Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section
856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived by the Corporation from such
tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy any of the gross income
requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code) shall be void ab initio as to the
Transfer of the Class D Preferred Stock or other event which would cause the
Corporation to be "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the
Code or would otherwise result in the Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT;
and the intended transferee or owner or Constructive or Beneficial owner shall
acquire or retain no rights in such Class D Preferred Stock.
(b) Conversion Into and Exchange For Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If,
notwithstanding the other provisions contained in this paragraph (G), at any
time after the date of the Initial Issue Date, there is a purported Transfer
(whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into
through the facilities of the NYSE), change in the capital structure of the
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Corporation or other event such that one or more of the restrictions on
ownership and transfers described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G),
above, has been violated, then the Class D Preferred Stock being Transferred (or
in the case of an event other than a Transfer, the Class D Preferred Stock owned
or Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned or, if the next sentence applies,
the Class D Preferred Stock identified in the next sentence) which would cause
one or more of the restrictions on ownership or transfer to be violated (rounded
up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically converted into an equal
number of shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If at any time of such
purported Transfer any of the shares of the Class D Preferred Stock are then
owned by a depositary to permit the trading of beneficial interests in
fractional shares of Class D Preferred Stock, then shares of Class D Preferred
Stock that shall be converted to Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be first
taken from any Class D Preferred Stock that is not in such depositary that is
Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by the Person whose Beneficial
Ownership or Constructive Ownership would otherwise violate the restrictions of
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) prior to converting any shares in such
depositary. Any conversion pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective as
of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of such Transfer
or other event.
(c) Remedies For Breach. If the Board of Directors or its designees
shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has
taken place in violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) or that a
Person intends to acquire, has attempted to acquire or may acquire direct
ownership, beneficial ownership (determined without reference to any rules of
attribution), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any shares of
the Corporation in violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G), the
Board of Directors or its designees shall take such action as it deems advisable
to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event,
including, but not limited to, causing the Corporation to purchase such shares
upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion, refusing to give effect to such Transfer or other event on the books
of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other
event; provided, however, that any Transfer (or, in the case of events other
than a Transfer, ownership or Constructive Ownership or Beneficial Ownership) in
violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) shall automatically result
in the conversion described in subparagraph (ii), irrespective of any action (or
non-action) by the Board of Directors.
(d) Notice of Restricted Transfer. Any Person who acquires or attempts
to acquire Class D Preferred Stock or other securities in violation of
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G), or any
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Person who owns or will own Class D Excess Preferred Stock as a result of an
event under subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G), shall immediately give
written notice to the Corporation of such event and shall provide to the
Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to
determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or attempted Transfer or other
event on the Corporation's status as a REIT.
(e) Owners Required To Provide Information. From and after the Initial
Issue Date, each Person who is a beneficial owner or Beneficial Owner or
Constructive Owner of Class D Preferred Stock and each Person (including the
stockholder of record) who is holding Class D Preferred Stock for a Beneficial
Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation such information
that the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to determine the
Corporation's status as a REIT.
(f) Remedies Not Limited. Nothing contained in this paragraph (G) (but
subject to subparagraph (12) of this paragraph (G)) shall limit the authority of
the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or
advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders by
preservation of the Corporation's status as a REIT.
(g) Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of
the provisions of this paragraph (G), including any definition contained in
paragraph (A), the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the
application of the provisions of this paragraph (G) with respect to any
situation based on the facts known to it (subject, however, to the provisions of
paragraph (12) of this paragraph (G)).
(h) Exceptions.
(i) Subject to subparagraph (1)(d) of this paragraph (G), the Board
of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, with the advice of the
Corporation's tax counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on a Person
Beneficially owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit if
such Person is not an individual for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code
and the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from
such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual's
Beneficial Ownership of such Class D Preferred Stock will violate the Ownership
Limit and such Person agrees that any violation of such representations or
undertaking (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in
this paragraph (G)) or attempted violation will result in such Class D Preferred
Stock being exchanged for Class D Excess Preferred Stock in accordance with
subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G).
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(ii) Subject to subparagraph (1)(d) of this paragraph (G), the Board
of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, with advice of the
Corporation's tax counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on a Person
Constructively Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit
if such Person does not and represents that it will not own, directly or
constructively (by virtue of the application of Section 318 of the Code, as
modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code), more than a 9.8% interest (as set
forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in a tenant of the Corporation and
the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such
Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact and such Person agrees
that any violation or attempted violation will result in such Class D Preferred
Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit being exchanged for Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in accordance with subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G).
(iii) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to subparagraph
(8)(a) or (8)(b) of this paragraph (G), the Board of Directors may require a
ruling from the IRS, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and
substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion as it
may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the
Corporation's status as a REIT; provided, however, that obtaining a favorable
ruling or opinion shall not be required for the Board of Directors to grant an
exception hereunder.
(i) Legend. Each certificate for Class D Preferred Stock shall bear
substantially the following legend:
"The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without
charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the
Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with
respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other
distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemptions of the
stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the
Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i)
the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of
each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors
to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary
does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety
by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), a copy of which
will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request
must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office.
"The securities represented by this certificate are subject to
restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of the
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Corporation's maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Except as otherwise provided
pursuant to the Charter of the Corporation, no Person may Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own shares of Class D Preferred Stock in excess of 9.8% of the
outstanding Class D Preferred Stock and any Class D Excess Preferred Stock of
the Corporation. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially own or Constructively
Own shares of Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the above limitation must
immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend have
the meanings defined in the Charter of the Corporation, a copy of which,
including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent to any stockholder on
request and without charge. Transfers in violation of the restrictions described
above shall be void ab initio. If the restrictions on ownership and transfer are
violated, the securities represented hereby will be designated and treated as
shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock which will be held in trust by the
Corporation. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is
subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter, a copy of
which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to
each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of
the Corporation at its principal office."
(j) Severability. If any provision of this paragraph (G) or any
application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or
state court having jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining provisions shall
not be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected only
to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.
(k) Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
(i) Ownership In Trust. Upon any purported Transfer (whether or not
such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into through the facilities
of the NYSE) that results in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
pursuant to subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G), such Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Corporation, as
Trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of such Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries to whom an interest in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock may
later be transferred pursuant to subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G).
Class D Excess Preferred Stock so held in trust shall be issued and outstanding
shares of stock of the Corporation. The Purported Record Transferee shall have
no rights in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock except the right to designate a
transferee of such Class D Excess Preferred Stock upon the terms specified in
subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G). The Purported Beneficial Transferee
shall have no rights in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock except as provided
in subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G).
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(ii) Dividend Rights. Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to any dividends or other distribution (except as provided in
subparagraph (11)(d) of this paragraph (G). Any dividend or distribution paid
prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares of Class D Preferred Stock
have been converted into Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be repaid to the
Corporation upon demand.
(iii) Conversion Rights. Holders of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to convert any shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock. Any conversion made prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that shares of Class D Preferred Stock have been
converted into Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be void ab initio and the
Purported Record Transferee shall return the shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so converted to the Corporation upon demand.
(iv) Rights Upon Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any distribution of
the assets of, the Corporation, each holder of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of
shares of Preferred Equity Stock, that portion of the assets of the Corporation
available for distribution to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock as the
number shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock held by such holder bears to the
total number of shares of Preferred Equity Stock then outstanding. The
Corporation, as holder of the Class D Excess Preferred Stock in trust, or if the
Corporation shall have been dissolved, any trustee appointed by the Corporation
prior to its dissolution, shall distribute ratably to the Beneficiaries of the
Trust, when and if determined in accordance with subparagraph (11)(e) of this
paragraph (G), any such assets received in respect of the Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any
distribution of the assets of the Corporation.
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(v) Restrictions On Transfer; Designation of Beneficiary.
(A) Shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall not be
transferable. Subject to the last sentence of this clause (1), the Purported
Record Transferee may freely designate a Beneficiary of an interest in the Trust
(representing the number of shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock held by the
Trust attributable to a purported Transfer that resulted in the issuance of
Class D Excess Preferred Stock), if (i) the Class D Excess Preferred stock held
in the Trust would not be Class D Excess Preferred Stock in the hands of such
Beneficiary and (ii) the Purported Beneficial Transferee does not receive a
price from such Beneficiary that reflects a price per share for such Class D
Excess Preferred Stock that exceeds (x) the price per share such Purported
Beneficial Transferee paid for the Class D Preferred Stock in the purported
Transfer that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock, or (y)
if the Transfer or other event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock was not a transaction in which the Purported Beneficial
Transferee gave full value for such Class D Excess Preferred Stock, a price per
share equal to the Market Price on the date of the purported Transfer or other
event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock. Upon such
transfer of an interest in the Trust, the corresponding shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in the Trust shall be automatically exchanged for an equal
number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock and such Class D Preferred Stock
shall be transferred of record to the transferee of the interest in the Trust if
such Class D Preferred Stock would not be Class D Excess Preferred Stock in the
hands of such transferee. Prior to any transfer of any interest in the Trust,
the Purported Record Transferee must give advance notice to the Corporation of
the intended transfer and the Corporation must have waived in writing its
purchase rights under subparagraph (11)(g) of this paragraph (G).
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Purported Beneficial
Transferee receives a price for designating a Beneficiary of an interest in the
Trust that exceeds the amounts allowable under subparagraph (11)(e)(1) of this
paragraph (G), such Purported Beneficial Transferee shall pay, or cause such
Beneficiary to pay, such excess to the Corporation.
(vi) Voting and Notice Rights. The holders of shares of Class D
Excess Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights and shall have no rights to
receive notice of any meetings.
(vii) Purchase Rights in Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G),
shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been offered
for sale to the Corporation, or its
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designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in
the transaction that required the issuance of such Class D Excess Preferred
Stock (or, if the Transfer or other event that resulted in the issuance of Class
D Excess Preferred Stock was not a transaction in which the Purported Beneficial
Transferee gave full value for such Class D Excess Preferred Stock, a price per
share equal to the Market Price on the date of the purported Transfer or other
event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock) and (ii)
the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such
offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer for a period of
ninety (90) days after the later of (i) the date of the Transfer or other event
which resulted in the issuance of such shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
and (ii) the date the Board of Directors determines in good faith that a
Transfer or other event resulting in the issuance of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock has occurred, if the Corporation does not receive a notice of
such Transfer or other event pursuant to subparagraph (4) of this paragraph (G).
The Corporation may appoint a special trustee of the Trust for the purpose of
consummating the purchase of Class D Excess Preferred Stock by the Corporation.
In the event that the Corporation's actions cause a reduction in the number of
shares of Class D Preferred Stock outstanding and such reduction results in the
issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock, the Corporation is required to
exercise its option to repurchase such shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
if the Beneficial Owner notifies the Corporation that it is unable to sell its
rights to such Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
(l) Settlement. Nothing in this paragraph (G) shall preclude the
settlement of any transaction entered into through facilities of the NYSE.
106. Exclusion of Other Rights.
Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall not have any preferences, conversion or other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions,
qualifications or terms or conditions of conversion or redemption other than
those specifically set forth in the Charter. The shares of Class D Preferred
Stock and Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive or
subscription rights.
107. Headings of Subdivisions.
The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.
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108. Severability of Provisions.
If any preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications
or terms or conditions of conversion or redemption of the Class D Preferred
Stock set forth in the Charter is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being
enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other preferences,
conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of
conversion or redemption of Class D Preferred Stock set forth in the Charter
which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable
provision thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or
conditions of conversion or redemption of Class D Preferred Stock herein set
forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other provision thereof unless so
expressed therein.
K. Registration as Depositary Shares.
Shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be registered in the form of
Depositary Shares representing a one-tenth fractional interest in a share of
Class D Preferred Stock on such terms and conditions as may be provided for in
any agreement binding upon the Corporation (whether directly or through merger
with any other corporation).
SECOND:The Shares and the Class D Excess Shares have been
reclassified by the Board of Directors under a power contained in the Charter.
THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the
Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.
FOURTH: The undersigned President of the corporation acknowledges
these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as
to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned
President acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this
statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles
Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and
attested to by its Secretary on this ____ day of __________________, 1998.
ATTEST: KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
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Robert P. Schulman Michael J. Flynn
Secretary President
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EXHIBIT 10
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION,
REIT SUB, INC.
and
THE PRICE REIT, INC.
Dated as of January 13, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
THE MERGER................................................................................. 1
1.1. The Merger.................................................................. 1
1.2. The Closing................................................................. 2
1.3. Effective Time.............................................................. 2
ARTICLE 2
CHARTER AND BYLAWS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION............................................ 2
2.1. Charter..................................................................... 2
2.2. Bylaws...................................................................... 2
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION........................................ 3
3.1. Directors................................................................... 3
3.2. Officers.................................................................... 3
ARTICLE 4
PRICE REIT STOCK........................................................................... 3
4.1. Conversion of the Price REIT Stock.......................................... 3
4.2. Exchange of Certificates Representing Price REIT
Common Stock................................................................ 5
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PRICE REIT............................................... 8
5.1. Existence; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance
With Law................................................................... 8
5.2. Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreements........................... 9
5.3. Capitalization............................................................. 9
5.4. Subsidiaries............................................................... 10
5.5. Other Interests............................................................ 10
5.6. No Violation............................................................... 10
5.7. SEC Documents.............................................................. 11
5.8. Litigation................................................................. 12
5.9. Absence of Certain Changes................................................. 12
5.10. Taxes........................................................................ 13
5.11. Books and Records............................................................ 14
5.12. Properties................................................................... 14
5.13. Environmental Matters........................................................ 16
5.14. Employee Benefit Plans....................................................... 16
5.15. Labor Matters................................................................ 17
5.16. No Brokers................................................................... 17
5.17. Opinion of Financial Advisor................................................. 18
5.18. Kimco Stock Ownership........................................................ 18
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5.19. Related Party Transactions................................................... 18
5.20. Contracts and Commitments.................................................... 18
5.21. Leases....................................................................... 19
5.22. Investment Company Act of 1940............................................... 19
5.23. Development Rights........................................................... 19
5.24. Certain Payments Resulting From Transactions................................. 19
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF KIMCO AND MERGER SUB ................................... 20
6.1. Existence; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance
With Law................................................................... 20
6.2. Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreements........................... 21
6.3. Capitalization............................................................. 22
6.4. Subsidiaries............................................................... 22
6.5. Other Interests............................................................ 23
6.6. No Violation............................................................... 23
6.7. SEC Documents.............................................................. 23
6.8. Litigation................................................................. 24
6.9. Absence of Certain Changes................................................. 25
6.10. Taxes........................................................................ 25
6.11. Books and Records............................................................ 26
6.12. Properties................................................................... 26
6.13. Environmental Matters........................................................ 28
6.14. Employee Benefit Plans....................................................... 28
6.15. Labor Matters................................................................ 29
6.16. No Brokers................................................................... 29
6.17. Opinion of Financial Advisor................................................. 30
6.18. Price REIT Stock Ownership................................................... 30
6.19. Related Party Transactions................................................... 30
6.20. Contracts and Commitments.................................................... 30
6.21. Leases....................................................................... 30
6.22. Investment Company Act of 1940............................................... 31
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS.................................................................................. 31
7.1. No Solicitation by Price REIT.............................................. 31
7.2. No Solicitation by Kimco................................................... 33
7.3. Conduct of Businesses...................................................... 35
7.4. Meetings of Stockholders................................................... 39
7.5. Filings; Other Action...................................................... 41
7.6. Inspection of Records...................................................... 41
7.7. Publicity.................................................................. 41
7.8. Registration Statement..................................................... 41
7.9. Listing Application........................................................ 42
7.10. Assumption of Debt and Leases................................................ 43
7.11. Affiliates of Price REIT..................................................... 43
7.12. Expenses..................................................................... 44
7.13. Indemnification.............................................................. 44
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7.14. Employees.................................................................... 45
7.15. Reorganization............................................................... 46
7.16. Advice of Changes............................................................ 47
7.17. Disqualifying Event.......................................................... 47
7.18. Governance................................................................... 47
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS................................................................................. 47
8.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to
Effect the Merger.......................................................... 47
8.2. Conditions to Obligations of Price REIT to
Effect the Merger.......................................................... 48
8.3. Conditions to Obligation of Kimco and Merger
Sub to Effect the Merger................................................... 49
ARTICLE 9
TERMINATION................................................................................ 51
9.1. Termination by Mutual Consent.............................................. 51
9.2. Termination by Either Kimco or Price REIT.................................. 51
9.3. Termination by Price REIT.................................................. 51
9.4. Termination by Kimco....................................................... 52
9.5. Certain Fees and Expenses Upon Effect
of Termination and Abandonment............................................. 52
9.6. Extension; Waiver.......................................................... 56
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL PROVISIONS......................................................................... 56
10.1. Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties
and Agreements............................................................. 56
10.2. Notices...................................................................... 56
10.3. Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit.......................................... 57
10.4. Entire Agreement............................................................. 57
10.5. Confidentiality.............................................................. 57
10.6. Amendment.................................................................... 59
10.7. Governing Law................................................................ 59
10.8. Counterparts................................................................. 59
10.9. Headings..................................................................... 59
10.10. Interpretation.............................................................. 59
10.11. Extension; Waiver. ........................................................ 60
10.12. Incorporation............................................................... 60
10.13. Severability................................................................ 60
10.14. Enforcement of Agreement.................................................... 60
10.15. Definitions................................................................. 60
SCHEDULE 6.2...............................................................................S-1
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Exhibit A FORM OF ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
Exhibit B FORM OF AFFILIATE LETTER
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Exhibit C FORM OF OPINION OF BROWN & WOOD LLP
Exhibit D FORM OF OPINION OF GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement"), dated as of January 13,
1998, among Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation ("Kimco"), REIT
Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Kimco
("Merger Sub"), and The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Price REIT").
RECITALS
A. The Board of Directors of Kimco and the Board of Directors of Price
REIT have both determined that a business combination between Kimco and Price
REIT is in the best interests of their respective companies and stockholders and
presents an opportunity for their respective companies to achieve long-term
strategic and financial benefits, and accordingly have agreed to effect the
merger provided for herein upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
B. For federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the merger
provided for herein shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
and for financial accounting purposes shall be accounted for as a "purchase."
C. Each of Kimco and Price REIT has received a fairness opinion relating
to the transactions contemplated hereby as more fully described herein.
D. Kimco, Merger Sub and Price REIT desire to make certain
representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE MERGER
2.1. The Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), Price REIT shall be merged
with and into Merger Sub in accordance with this Agreement and the separate
corporate existence of Price REIT shall thereupon cease (the "Merger"). Merger
Sub shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter
referred to as the "Surviving Corporation"). The Merger shall have the
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effects specified in Section 3-114 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the
"MGCL").
2.2. The Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the closing of the Merger (the "Closing") shall take place (a) at the offices of
Brown & Wood llp, One World Trade Center, New York, New York, at 9:00 a.m.,
local time, on the third business day immediately following the day on which the
last to be fulfilled or waived of the conditions set forth in Article 8 shall be
fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith or (b) at such other time, date or
place as Kimco and Price REIT may agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is
hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date." As used herein, "business day"
shall mean a day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in The
City of New York.
2.3. Effective Time. If all the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article 8 shall have been fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith and this
Agreement shall not have been terminated as provided in Article 9, the parties
hereto shall cause Articles of Merger meeting the requirements of the MGCL to be
properly executed, verified and delivered for filing in accordance with the MGCL
on the Closing Date. The Merger shall become effective upon the later of the
acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the "SDAT") in accordance with the MGCL or
at such later time which the parties hereto shall have agreed upon and
designated in the Articles of Merger in accordance with the MGCL as the
effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time").
ARTICLE 2
CHARTER AND BYLAWS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
2.4. Charter. The Charter of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the Charter of the Surviving Corporation, until duly
amended in accordance with applicable law; provided that, as of the Effective
Time, Article Second of such Charter shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows: "The name of the corporation (which is hereinafter called the
"Corporation") is: The Price REIT, Inc."
2.5. Bylaws. The Bylaws of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until duly
amended in accordance with applicable law.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
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2.6. Directors. The directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation as of the
Effective Time.
2.7. Officers. The officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation as of the
Effective Time.
ARTICLE 4
PRICE REIT STOCK
2.8. Conversion of the Price REIT Stock.
(a) At the Effective Time, each share of the Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall remain outstanding and shall represent one share of Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) At the Effective Time, each share of common stock, par value $.01
per share, of Price REIT (the "Price REIT Common Stock"), issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the
right to receive, upon surrender of the certificate formerly representing such
share (a "Certificate") in accordance with Section 4.2: (A) in the event that
the sum of (i) the Kimco Average Closing Price (as hereinafter defined) and (ii)
$10.00 (the sum being referred to herein as the "Notional Value") is less than
or equal to $45.00: one share of Kimco Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Kimco Common Stock"), plus a number of depositary shares (the "Kimco
Depositary Shares"), each of which represents an interest in one-tenth of a
share of Kimco Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00
per share, having the terms and conditions specified on Exhibit A hereto (the
"Kimco Class D Preferred Stock"), equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is
$45.00 less the Kimco Average Closing Price and the denominator of which is
$25.00; provided, however, that if the Kimco Average Closing Price is less than
$33.75, each share of Price REIT Common Stock shall be converted into the right
to receive 0.45 Kimco Depositary Shares plus a number of shares of Kimco Common
Stock equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is $33.75 and the denominator
of which is the Kimco Average Closing Price; and (B) if the Notional Value is
greater than $45.00: one share of Kimco Common Stock plus a number of Kimco
Depositary Shares equal to 0.4 minus a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Notional Value less $45.00 and the denominator of which is $50.00; provided,
however, that in no event shall the aggregate fractional number of Kimco
Depositary Shares
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issued in respect of one share of Price REIT Common Stock be less than 0.36. As
used herein, the "Kimco Average Closing Price" shall be the average of the
closing sales prices of the Kimco Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
(the "NYSE") as reported in The Wall Street Journal, or, if not reported
thereby, by another authoritative source, during the twenty (20) consecutive
trading days ending on and including the third trading day immediately preceding
the date of the special meeting of Kimco's stockholders contemplated by Section
7.4 hereof. The Kimco Common Stock and the Kimco Depositary Shares to be
received as consideration pursuant to the Merger by each holder of Price REIT
Common Stock are referred to herein as the "Merger Consideration."
(c) As a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
holder thereof, all shares of Price REIT Common Stock shall cease to be
outstanding and shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and
each holder of a certificate (a "Certificate") representing any shares of Price
REIT Common Stock shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to such
shares of Price REIT Common Stock, except the right to receive, without
interest, the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares of
Kimco Common Stock and/or Kimco Depositary Shares in accordance with Sections
4.1(b) and 4.2(e) hereto upon the surrender of such Certificate.
(d) Each share of Price REIT Common Stock issued and held in Price
REIT's treasury at the Effective Time, if any, shall, by virtue of the Merger,
cease to be outstanding and shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to
exist without payment of any consideration therefor.
(e) Each option (a "Price REIT Stock Option") to purchase shares of
Price REIT Common Stock granted under the stock option agreements and under the
Price REIT 1993 Stock Option Plan or the Price REIT 1996 Directors' Stock Option
Plan (the "Price REIT Stock Option Plans") as set forth on Schedule 4.1(e) of
the Price REIT Disclosure Letter (as hereinafter defined), which is outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then exercisable or
vested, shall be satisfied and cancelled, at the Effective Time, and, in the
case of each such satisfied and cancelled Price REIT Stock Option, each holder
thereof shall be entitled to receive from Kimco and Kimco shall deliver or shall
cause to be delivered to such holder, as soon as practicable but in no event
later than five business days following the Effective Time, a number of shares
of the Kimco Common Stock and Kimco Depositary Shares in the same proportion as
such stock is issued as Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 4.1(b) (the
"Option Consideration") (and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Option
Consideration) having a value equal to (A) the product of (i) the amount by
which the value of the Merger Consideration payable per share of Price REIT
Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.1(b),
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assuming such Price REIT Stock Option had been exercised immediately prior to
the Effective Time, exceeds the per share exercise price of such Price REIT
Stock Option and (ii) the number of shares subject to such Price REIT Stock
Option (the product of (i) and (ii) being the "Option Spread"), minus (B) the
product of (i) the Option Spread and (ii) the sum of the Federal Withholding
Rate and the State Withholding Rate set forth opposite the name of such holder
on Schedule 4.1(e) of the Price REIT Disclosure Letter (which sum will be
provided to Kimco at least ten (10) business days prior to the Closing Date).
The parties understand, acknowledge and agree that the reduction in the Option
Consideration, described in Clause (B) of the previous sentence, is in full
satisfaction of all federal and state employment and withholding tax
requirements applicable to such holder, and that there shall be no reduction of
any other compensation payable to such holder as a result of the cancellation of
such Price REIT Stock Option. For each holder, Kimco shall remit to the Internal
Revenue Service, in the manner required by the applicable withholding
requirements, the product of (x) the Option Spread for such holder and (y) the
percentage set forth under "Federal Withholding Rate" opposite the name of such
holder on Schedule 4.1(e) of the Price REIT Disclosure Letter. For each holder,
Kimco shall remit to the California Franchise Tax Board (or such other
appropriate state authority) in the manner required by the applicable
withholding requirements, the product of (x) the Option Spread for such holder
and (y) the percentage set forth under "State Withholding Rate" opposite the
name of such holder on Schedule 4.1(e) of the Price REIT Disclosure Letter.
(f) Prior to the Effective Time, Price REIT shall use its best efforts
to (i) obtain any requisite consents or releases from holders of Price REIT
Stock Options and (ii) make any amendments to the terms of the Price REIT Stock
Option Plans or any award granted thereunder that are necessary to give effect
to the transactions contemplated by Section 4.1(e). Notwithstanding any other
provision of Section 4.1(e), delivery of the Option Consideration may be
withheld in respect of any option or award contemplated by Section 4.1(e) until
any necessary consents are obtained.
2.9. Exchange of Certificates Representing Price REIT Common Stock.
(a) As of the Effective Time, Kimco shall deposit, or shall cause to be
deposited, with an exchange agent selected by Kimco, which shall be Kimco's
transfer agent or such other party reasonably satisfactory to Price REIT (the
"Exchange Agent"), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Price REIT Common
Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article 4, certificates representing
the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Merger
Consideration to be issued pursuant to Section 4.1 and paid pursuant to this
Section 4.2 in exchange for outstanding shares of Price Common Stock.
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(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Kimco shall cause the Exchange
Agent to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Certificates (i) a
letter of transmittal which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and
risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates to the Exchange Agent and shall be in such form and have such other
provisions as Kimco may reasonably specify and (ii) instructions for use in
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates
representing the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares of
the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to
the Exchange Agent together with such letter of transmittal, duly executed and
completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (x) certificates
representing the number of whole shares of the Merger Consideration and (y) a
check representing the amount of cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Merger
Consideration, if any, and unpaid dividends and distributions, if any, which
such holder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate surrendered
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 4, after giving effect to any
required withholding tax, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be
cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash in lieu of fractional
shares of the Merger Consideration and unpaid dividends and distributions, if
any, payable to holders of Certificates. In the event of a transfer of ownership
of Price REIT Common Stock which is not registered in the transfer records of
Price REIT, certificates representing the proper number of shares of the Merger
Consideration, together with a check for the cash to be paid in lieu of
fractional shares of the Merger Consideration, may be issued to such a
transferee if the Certificate representing shares of such Price REIT Common
Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required
to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock
transfer taxes have been paid.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, no dividends
or other distributions on the Merger Consideration shall be paid with respect to
any shares of Price REIT Common Stock represented by a Certificate until such
Certificate is surrendered for exchange as provided herein. Subject to the
effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there
shall be paid to the holder of the certificates representing whole shares of the
Merger Consideration issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the
time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a
record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to such
whole shares of the Merger Consideration and not paid, less the amount of any
withholding taxes which may be required thereon, and (ii) at the appropriate
payment date, the amount of dividends or other
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distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender
and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole
shares of the Merger Consideration, less the amount of any withholding taxes
which may be required thereon.
(d) At and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the
stock transfer books of Price REIT of the shares of Price REIT Common Stock
which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they
shall be cancelled and exchanged for certificates for whole shares of the Merger
Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Merger Consideration,
if any, and unpaid dividends and distributions deliverable in respect thereof
pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Article 4. Certificates surrendered for exchange by any person constituting an
"affiliate" of Price REIT for purposes of Rule 145(c) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), shall not be exchanged until Kimco
has received a written agreement from such person as provided in Section 7.11.
(e) No fractional shares of the Merger Consideration shall be issued
pursuant hereto. In lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares of the Merger
Consideration pursuant to Section 4.1(b) cash adjustments will be paid to
holders in respect of any fractional shares of the Merger Consideration that
would otherwise be issuable, and the amount of such cash adjustment shall be
equal to such fractional proportion of the Kimco Average Closing Price per share
of Kimco Common Stock and of the liquidation preference per depositary share of
Kimco Class D Preferred Stock, as applicable.
(f) Any portion of the Merger Consideration held by the Exchange Agent
(together with any cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Merger Consideration
and the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the
former stockholders of Price REIT one year after the Effective Time shall be
delivered to the Surviving Corporation. Any former stockholders of Price REIT
who have not theretofore complied with this Article 4 shall thereafter look only
to the Surviving Corporation for payment of their shares constituting the Merger
Consideration, cash in lieu of fractional shares of the Merger Consideration and
unpaid dividends and distributions on the Merger Consideration deliverable in
respect of each share of Price REIT Common Stock such stockholder holds as
determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest
thereon.
(g) None of Kimco, Price REIT, the Exchange Agent or any other person
shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Price REIT Common Stock for
any amount properly delivered to a
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public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
laws.
(h) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the
Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable
amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim
that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent
or the Surviving Corporation will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional
shares of Kimco Class D Preferred Stock, and unpaid dividends and distributions
on shares of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 4.2(c), deliverable
in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
(i) The holders of shares of Price REIT Common Stock shall not be
entitled to appraisal rights as a result of the Merger.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PRICE REIT
Except as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered at or prior to
the execution hereof to Kimco, which shall refer to the relevant Sections of
this Agreement (the "Price REIT Disclosure Letter"), Price REIT represents and
warrants to Kimco as follows:
2.10. Existence; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance With Law. Price
REIT is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Maryland. Price REIT is duly licensed or qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of any
other state of the United States in which the character of the properties owned
or leased by it therein or in which the transaction of its business makes such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, results of operations or
condition (financial or otherwise) of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole (a "Price REIT Material Adverse Effect"). Price REIT has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, operate, lease and encumber its properties
and carry on its business as now conducted. Each of Price REIT's Subsidiaries is
a corporation, limited liability company or partnership duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization, has the corporate, company or partnership power
and authority to own its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted, and is duly qualified
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to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership of its property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for jurisdictions in which such failure to be so qualified
or to be in good standing would not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect.
Neither Price REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any order of
any court, governmental authority or arbitration board or tribunal, or any law,
ordinance, governmental rule or regulation to which Price REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is subject, where
such violation would have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge
of the executive officers of Price REIT, Price REIT and its Subsidiaries have
obtained all licenses, permits and other authorizations and have taken all
actions required by applicable law or governmental regulations in connection
with their business as now conducted, where the failure to obtain any such item
or to take any such action would have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect.
Copies of Price REIT's and its Subsidiaries' charter, bylaws, organization
documents and partnership and joint venture agreements have been previously
delivered or made available to Kimco and such documents are listed in the Price
REIT Disclosure Letter and are true and correct. For the purposes of the
immediately preceding sentence, the term "Subsidiary" shall include the entities
set forth on Schedule 5.5 of the Price REIT Disclosure Letter.
2.11. Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreements. Price REIT has
the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the transactions
contemplated hereby and to execute and deliver this Agreement. Subject only to
the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the
affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Price
REIT Common Stock, the consummation by Price REIT of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of Price REIT. This Agreement constitutes the valid
and legally binding obligations of Price REIT, enforceable against Price REIT in
accordance with its respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors' rights and
general principles of equity.
2.12. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Price REIT
consists of 25,000,000 shares of Price REIT Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Price REIT Preferred Stock"). As
of January 12, 1998, there were 11,700,793 shares of Price REIT Common Stock
issued and outstanding and no shares of Price REIT Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding. Price REIT has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other
obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are
convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with
the stockholders of Price REIT on any matter. All such issued and outstanding
shares of Price REIT Common Stock are
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duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive rights. Other than the Price REIT Stock Options, there are not at the
date of this Agreement any existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions,
convertible securities, or other rights, agreements or commitments which
obligate Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any
shares of capital stock of Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries. After the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will have no obligation to issue,
transfer or sell any shares of capital stock or other equity interest of Price
REIT or the Surviving Corporation pursuant to any Price REIT Benefit Plan (as
defined in Section 5.14).
2.13. Subsidiaries. Price REIT owns directly or indirectly each of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or all of the partnership or other equity
interests of each of Price REIT's Subsidiaries. Each of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of or other equity interests in each of Price REIT's
Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and is owned, directly or indirectly, by Price REIT free and clear of all liens,
pledges, security interests, claims or other encumbrances other than liens
imposed by local law which are not material. The following information for each
Subsidiary of Price REIT is set forth on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, if
applicable: (i) its name and jurisdiction of incorporation or organization; (ii)
its authorized capital stock or share capital; and (iii) the name of each
stockholder or owner of an equity interest and the number of issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock or share capital or percentage ownership for
non-corporate entities held by it.
2.14. Other Interests. Except for interests in the Price REIT
Subsidiaries, neither Price REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries owns directly or
indirectly any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or entity (other than
investments in short-term investment securities).
2.15. No Violation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 of the Price
REIT Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery by Price REIT of this
Agreement nor the consummation by Price REIT of the transactions contemplated
hereby in accordance with the terms hereof, will (i) conflict with or result in
a breach of any provisions of the charter or bylaws of Price REIT, (ii) result
in a breach or violation of, a default under, or the triggering of any payment
or other material obligations pursuant to, or, except as otherwise contemplated
by Section 4.1(e), accelerate vesting under, any of the Price REIT Stock Option
Plans, or any grant or award made under any of the foregoing, (iii) violate, or
conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a
default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default) under, or result
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in the termination or in a right of termination or cancellation of, or
accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any lien,
security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties of Price
REIT or its Subsidiaries under, or result in being declared void, voidable or
without further binding effect, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of
any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust or any license, franchise,
permit, lease, contract, agreement or other instrument, commitment or obligation
to which Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or by which Price
REIT or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties is bound or affected,
except for any of the foregoing matters which, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect, or (iv) require any
consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration
with, any domestic governmental or regulatory authority, other than the filings
provided for in Article 1, any filings required by the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Securities Act or applicable state
securities and "Blue Sky" laws (collectively, the "Regulatory Filings") and
filings with the NYSE, or such other filings which, if not obtained or made,
would not prevent or delay in any material respect the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise prevent Price REIT
from performing its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
2.16. SEC Documents. Price REIT has delivered or made available to Kimco
each registration statement, report, proxy statement or information statement
and all exhibits thereto prepared by it or relating to its properties (including
registration statements covering mortgage pass-through certificates) since
January 1, 1995, which are set forth on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, each
in the form (including exhibits and any amendments thereto) filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (collectively, the
"Price REIT Reports"). The Price REIT Reports, which were filed with the SEC in
a timely manner, constitute all forms, reports and documents required to be
filed by Price REIT under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Securities Laws"). As of their
respective dates, the Price REIT Reports (i) complied as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and (ii) did
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. Each of the consolidated balance sheets of Price REIT included in or
incorporated
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by reference into the Price REIT Reports (including the related notes and
schedules) fairly presents the consolidated financial position of Price REIT and
its Subsidiaries as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of
income, retained earnings and cash flows of Price REIT included in or
incorporated by reference into the Price REIT Reports (including any related
notes and schedules) fairly presents the results of operations, retained
earnings or cash flows, as the case may be, of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries
for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal year-end audit adjustments which would not be material in amount or
effect), in each case in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be
noted therein and except, in the case of the unaudited statements, as permitted
by Form 10-Q of the SEC. Except as and to the extent set forth on the
consolidated balance sheet of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries at September 30,
1997, including all notes thereto, or as set forth in the Price REIT Reports,
neither Price REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or
obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise)
that would be required to be reflected on, or reserved against in, a balance
sheet of Price REIT or in the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied other than any
such liabilities or obligations that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect.
2.17. Litigation. There are (i) no continuing orders, injunctions or
decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority to which Price REIT
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of its properties or
assets are bound or, to the knowledge of Price REIT, to which any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents is a party or by which any of their
properties or assets are bound and (ii) no actions, suits or proceedings pending
against Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Price
REIT, against any of its directors, officers, employees or agents or, to the
knowledge of Price REIT, threatened in writing against Price REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, at
law or in equity, or before or by any federal or state commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, that in the case of clauses (i) or (ii) above
are reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Price REIT
Material Adverse Effect.
2.18. Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in the Price REIT
Reports filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof, since September 30, 1997,
Price REIT and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the
ordinary course of such business and there has not been (i) any Price REIT
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) as of the date hereof, any declaration, setting
aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with respect to the Price
REIT Common Stock, (iii) any commitment, contractual obligation, borrowing,
capital expenditure or transaction (each, a "Commitment") entered into by Price
REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Commitments made in the ordinary
course of business none of which exceed $250,000 individually or $1,000,000
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in the aggregate, or (iv) any material change in Price REIT's accounting
principles, practices or methods.
2.19. Taxes. (a) Price REIT and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has timely
filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by
any of them for tax years ended prior to the date of this Agreement or requests
for extensions have been timely filed and any such request has been granted and
has not expired and all such returns are complete in all material respects, (ii)
has paid or accrued all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or
which have become due and payable pursuant to any assessment, deficiency notice,
30-day letter or other notice received by it and (iii) has properly accrued all
such taxes for such periods subsequent to the periods covered by such returns.
The federal, state or local income or franchise tax returns of Price REIT and
each of its Subsidiaries, have not been examined by the appropriate taxing
authority, except for such examinations that, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect. Neither Price REIT nor any
of its Subsidiaries has executed or filed with the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") or any other taxing authority any agreement now in effect extending the
period for assessment or collection of any income or other taxes. Neither Price
REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any pending action or proceeding
by any governmental authority for assessment or collection of taxes, and no
claim for assessment or collection of taxes has been asserted against it. True,
correct and complete copies of all federal, state and local income or franchise
tax returns filed by Price REIT and each of its Subsidiaries and all
communications relating thereto have been delivered to Kimco or made available
to representatives of Kimco. The most recent audited financial statements
contained in the Price REIT Reports reflect an adequate reserve for all material
Taxes payable by Price REIT and the Price REIT Subsidiaries for all taxable
periods and portions thereof through the date of such financial statements.
Since the date of such financial statements, Price REIT has incurred no
liability for taxes under Sections 857(b), 860(c) or 4981 of the Code, including
without limitation, any tax arising from a prohibited transaction described in
Section 857(b)(6) of the Code, and neither Price REIT nor any Price REIT
Subsidiary has incurred any liability for Taxes other than in the ordinary
course of business. As used in this Agreement, "Taxes" shall include all
federal, state, local and foreign income, property, sales, franchise,
employment, excise and other taxes, tariffs or governmental charges of any
nature whatsoever, together with penalties, interest or additions to Tax with
respect thereto.
(b) Price REIT (i) has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment
trust (a "REIT") within the meaning of the Code commencing with its taxable year
ended December 31, 1991, (ii) has been subject to taxation as a REIT within the
meaning of Section
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856 of the Code and has satisfied all requirements to qualify as a REIT for all
taxable years commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1991 through
its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, (iii) has operated since December 31,
1997 to the date of this representation, and intends to continue to operate, in
such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending the Closing
Date, and (iv) has not taken or omitted to take any action which would
reasonably be expected to result in a challenge to its status as a REIT, and to
the knowledge of the executive officers of Price REIT, no such challenge is
pending or threatened. Price REIT represents that each of its corporate
Subsidiaries is a Qualified REIT Subsidiary as defined in Section 856(i) of the
Code (as in effect prior to the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997),
and that each partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
legal entity in which Price REIT (either directly or indirectly) owns any of the
capital stock or other equity interests thereof has been treated since its
formation and continues to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation.
2.20. Books and Records.
(a) The books of account and other financial records of Price REIT and
its Subsidiaries are in all material respects true, complete and correct, have
been maintained in accordance with good business practices, and are accurately
reflected in all material respects in the financial statements included in the
Price REIT Reports.
(b) The minute books and other records of Price REIT and its
Subsidiaries, have been made available to Kimco, contain in all material
respects accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect in all material
respects all other corporate action of the stockholders, members and directors
and any committees of the Board of Directors of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries.
2.21. Properties. Price REIT and its Subsidiaries own fee simple title
to, or hold ground leases in, each of the real properties identified in the
Price REIT Disclosure Letter (the "Price REIT Properties"), which are all of the
real estate properties owned or leased by them. The Price REIT Properties are
not subject to any rights of way, written agreements (other than leases), laws,
ordinances and regulations affecting building use or occupancy, or reservations
of an interest in title (collectively, "Property Restrictions"), except for (i)
liens, mortgages or deeds of trust, claims against title, charges which are
liens, security interests or other encumbrances on title ("Encumbrances") and
Property Restrictions set forth in the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, (ii)
Property Restrictions imposed or promulgated by law or any governmental body or
authority with respect to real property, including zoning regulations, provided
such Property Restrictions
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do not adversely affect in any material respect the current use of the
applicable property, (iii) Encumbrances and Property Restrictions disclosed on
existing title reports or current surveys (in either case copies of which title
reports and surveys have been delivered or made available to Kimco), and (iv)
mechanics', carriers', workmen's, repairmen's liens and other Encumbrances,
Property Restrictions and other limitations of any kind, if any, which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of or
materially interfere with the present use of any of the Price REIT Properties
subject thereto or affected thereby, and do not otherwise materially impair
business operations conducted by Price REIT and its Subsidiaries and which have
arisen or been incurred only in the ordinary course of business. Valid policies
of title insurance have been issued insuring Price REIT's or any of its
Subsidiaries' fee simple title to the Price REIT Properties in amounts at least
equal to the purchase price thereof, subject only to the matters set forth
therein or disclosed above and on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, and such
policies are, at the date hereof, in full force and effect and there are no
pending claims against any such policy. Any material certificate, permit or
license from any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of the
Price REIT Properties and any agreement, easement or other right which is
necessary to permit the material lawful use and operation of the buildings and
improvements on any of the Price REIT Properties or which is necessary to permit
the lawful use and operation of all driveways, roads and other means of egress
and ingress, which Price REIT has rights to, to and from any of the Price REIT
Properties which are currently occupied has been obtained and is in full force
and effect, and, to the best knowledge of Price REIT, there exists no pending
threat of modification or cancellation of any of same. Price REIT is not in
receipt of any written notice of any violation of any material federal, state or
municipal law, ordinance, order, regulation or requirement affecting any portion
of any of the Price REIT Properties issued by any governmental authority other
than such violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a Price REIT
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Price REIT, (A) there are no
material structural defects relating to the Price REIT Properties, (B) there are
no Price REIT Properties whose building systems are not in working order in any
material respect (except for temporary and routine maintenance and operating
systems failures which in any event are the subject of adequate pending repair
procedures), (C) there is no physical damage to any Price REIT Property in
excess of $100,000 for which there is no insurance in effect covering the cost
of the restoration as of the date hereof, or (D) no current renovation or
restoration to any Price REIT Property is underway or is being contemplated the
cost of which exceeds $100,000, except as set forth in Schedule 5.12 of the
Price REIT Disclosure Letter. Neither Price REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries
have received any written notice to the effect that (x) any condemnation or
material rezoning proceedings are pending
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or threatened with respect to any of the Price REIT Properties or (y) any
zoning, building or similar law, code, ordinance, order or regulation is or will
be violated in any material respect by the continued maintenance, operation or
use of any buildings or other improvements on any of the Price REIT Properties
as currently maintained, used or operated or by the continued maintenance,
operation or use of the parking areas as currently maintained, used or operated.
All work to be performed, payments to be made and actions to be taken by Price
REIT or its Subsidiaries prior to the date hereof pursuant to any agreement
entered into with a governmental body or authority in connection with a site
approval, zoning reclassification or other similar action relating to the Price
REIT Properties (e.g., Local Improvement District, Road Improvement District,
Environmental Mitigation) has been performed, paid or taken, as the case may be,
and Price REIT is not aware of any planned or proposed work, payments or actions
that may be required after the date hereof pursuant to such agreements.
2.22. Environmental Matters. To the actual knowledge of the executive
officers of Price REIT, none of Price REIT, any of its Subsidiaries or any other
person has caused or permitted (a) the unlawful presence of any Hazardous
Materials on any of the Price REIT Properties, or (b) any unlawful spills,
releases, discharges or disposal of Hazardous Materials to have occurred or be
presently occurring on or from the Price REIT Properties as a result of any
construction on or operation and use of such properties, which presence or
occurrence would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Price REIT Material
Adverse Effect; and in connection with the construction on or operation and use
of the Price REIT Properties, Price REIT and its Subsidiaries have not failed to
comply with all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws,
regulations, ordinances and administrative and judicial orders relating to the
generation, recycling, reuse, sale, storage, handling, transport and disposal of
any Hazardous Materials, except where the failure to so comply would not
reasonably be expected to have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect.
2.23. Employee Benefit Plans. All employee benefits plans and other
benefit programs, policies and arrangements covering employees of Price REIT and
the Price REIT Subsidiaries (the "Price REIT Benefit Plans") are listed in the
Price REIT Disclosure Letter. True and complete copies of the Price REIT Benefit
Plans have been made available to Kimco. To the extent applicable, the Price
REIT Benefit Plans comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and
the Code, and any Price REIT Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified. No Price
REIT Benefit Plan is or has been covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code. Neither any Price REIT Benefit Plan nor any fiduciary thereof nor
Price REIT has incurred any material
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liability or penalty under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA.
Each Price REIT Benefit Plan has been maintained and administered in all
material respects in compliance with its terms and with ERISA and the Code to
the extent applicable thereto. To the knowledge of the executive officers of
Price REIT, there are no pending or anticipated claims against or otherwise
involving any of the Price REIT Benefit Plans and no suit, action or other
litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of
Price REIT Benefit Plan activities) has been brought against or with respect to
any such Price REIT Benefit Plan, except for any of the foregoing which would
not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect. All material contributions
required to be made as of the date hereof to the Price REIT Benefit Plans have
been timely made or provided for. Neither Price REIT nor any entity under
"common control" with Price REIT within the meaning of ERISA Section 4001 has
contributed to, or been required to contribute to, any "multiemployer plan" (as
defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). Price REIT does not maintain
or contribute to any plan, program, policy or arrangement which provides or has
any liability to provide life insurance, medical or other employee welfare
benefits or supplemental pension benefits to any employee or former employee
upon his retirement or termination of employment, except as required under
Section 4890B of the Code, and Price REIT has never represented, promised or
contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any employee or former employee
that such benefits would be provided. Except as disclosed in the Price REIT
Reports, the execution of, and performance of the transactions contemplated in,
this Agreement will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional
subsequent events) constitute an event under any benefit plan, program, policy,
arrangement or agreement or any trust or loan that will or may result in any
payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of
indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligations to fund
benefits with respect to any employee, director or consultant of Price REIT or
any of its Subsidiaries.
2.24. Labor Matters. Neither Price REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other
agreement or understanding with a labor union or labor union organization. There
is no unfair labor practice or labor arbitration proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of Price REIT, threatened against Price REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries relating to their business, except for any such proceeding which
would not have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the
executive officers of Price REIT, there are no organizational efforts with
respect to the formation of a collective bargaining unit presently being made or
threatened involving employees of Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.25. No Brokers. Price REIT has not entered into any contract,
arrangement or understanding with any person or firm
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which may result in the obligation of Price REIT or Kimco to pay any finder's
fees, brokerage or agent's commissions or other like payments in connection with
the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except that Price REIT has retained Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") as its financial
advisor, pursuant to an engagement letter dated November 20, 1997, a true and
correct copy of which has been delivered to Kimco prior to the date hereof.
Other than the foregoing arrangements, Price REIT is not aware of any claim for
payment of any finder's fees, brokerage or agent's commissions or other like
payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.26. Opinion of Financial Advisor. Price REIT has received the opinion
of Merrill Lynch to the effect that, as of the date hereof, the Merger
Consideration to be received by the holders of Price REIT Common Stock pursuant
to the Merger is fair to such holders from a financial point of view.
2.27. Kimco Stock Ownership. Neither Price REIT nor any of its
Subsidiaries owns any shares of Kimco Common Stock or other securities
convertible into any shares of Kimco Common Stock.
2.28. Related Party Transactions. Set forth in the Price REIT Disclosure
Letter is a list of all arrangements, agreements and contracts entered into by
Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries with any executive officer, director or
family members or affiliates of such persons required to be disclosed in the
Price REIT Reports (including reports and filings analogous to the Price REIT
Reports prior to January 1, 1995) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
SEC. The copies of such documents, all of which have previously been delivered
or made available to Kimco, are listed on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter and
are true and correct.
2.29. Contracts and Commitments. The Price REIT Disclosure Letter or the
Price REIT Reports set forth (i) all notes, debentures, bonds and other evidence
of indebtedness which are secured or collateralized by mortgages, deeds of trust
or other security interests in the Price REIT Properties or personal property of
Price REIT and its Subsidiaries and (ii) each Commitment entered into by Price
REIT or any of its Subsidiaries which may result in total payments or liability
in excess of $500,000, excluding tenant reimbursements and leases entered into
in the ordinary course. Copies of the foregoing have been previously delivered
or made available to Kimco, are listed on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter or
included in the Price REIT Reports and are true and correct. Each of the
contracts and Commitments described in the preceding sentence is in full force
and effect; none of Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries has received any
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notice of a default that has not been cured under any of the contracts and
Commitments described in the preceding sentence or is in default respecting any
payment obligations thereunder beyond any applicable grace periods; and, to
Price REIT's knowledge, none of the other parties to such contracts and
Commitments are in default with respect to any obligations, which individually
or in the aggregate are material, thereunder. All joint venture agreements to
which Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries is a party are set forth on the
Price REIT Disclosure Letter and Price REIT or its Subsidiaries are not in
default with respect to any obligations, which individually or in the aggregate
are material, thereunder.
2.30. Leases.
(a) The Price REIT Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Price REIT
Properties that are subject to or encumbered by any non-residential lease
accounting for 1% or more of Price REIT's rental revenues for the most recent
period reflected in the financial statements included in the Price REIT Reports
(a "Material Price REIT Lease") and, with respect to each such Material Price
REIT Lease, sets forth the following information:
(i) the name of the lessee;
(ii) the expiration date of the lease;
(iii) the amount (or method of determining the amount) of monthly
rentals due under the lease; and
(iv) with respect to any Material Price REIT Lease with a remaining
term of less than 24 months, whether the lessee has notified Price REIT
in writing of any intention not to renew, or seek to renew, the lease.
(b) Except as set forth in the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, (i) all
rental payments due under each Material Price REIT Lease have been paid during
the period January 1, 1997 through November 30, 1997, and (ii) to Price REIT's
knowledge, no lessee is in material default, and no condition or event exists
which with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would
constitute a material default by any lessee, under any Material Price REIT
Lease.
2.31. Investment Company Act of 1940. Neither Price REIT nor any of its
Subsidiaries is, or at the Effective Time will be, required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
2.32. Development Rights. Set forth in the Price REIT Disclosure Letter
is a list of all agreements entered into by Price REIT or any of its
Subsidiaries relating to the development or
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construction of retail shopping center or other real estate properties. The
copies of such agreements, all of which have previously been delivered or made
available to Kimco, are listed on the Price REIT Disclosure Letter and are true
and correct.
2.33. Certain Payments Resulting From Transactions. Except as set forth
in the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, the execution of, and performance of the
transactions contemplated by, this Agreement will not (either alone or upon the
occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) (i) constitute an event under
any Price REIT Benefit Plan, policy, practice, agreement or other arrangement or
any trust or loan (the "Employee Arrangements") that will or may result in any
payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of
indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund
benefits with respect to any employee, director or consultant of Price REIT or
any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) result in the triggering or imposition of any
restrictions or limitations on the right of Price REIT, Merger Sub or Kimco to
amend or terminate any Employee Arrangement and receive the full amount of any
excess assets remaining or resulting from such amendment or termination, subject
to applicable taxes. Except as set forth in the Price REIT Disclosure Letter, no
payment or benefit which will be required to be made pursuant to the terms of
any agreement, commitment or Price REIT Benefit Plan, as a result of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to any officer, director or
employee of Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, will be characterized as an
"excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(l) of the Code.
2.34. State Takeover Statutes. Assuming that presently or at any time
within two years prior to the date hereof (i) neither Kimco nor Merger Sub is or
has been an "interested stockholder" of Price REIT, and (ii) neither Kimco nor
Merger Sub has been an "affiliate of an interested stockholder" of Price REIT,
all within the meaning of Section 3-601 of the MGCL, Price REIT has taken all
action necessary to exempt the transactions contemplated by this Agreement from
the operation of any applicable "fair price," "moratorium," "control share
acquisition" or any other applicable anti-takeover statute or similar statute
enacted under the state or federal laws of the United States or similar statute
or regulation.
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF KIMCO AND MERGER SUB
Except as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered at or prior to
the execution hereof to Price REIT, which shall refer to the relevant Sections
of this Agreement (the "Kimco Disclosure Letter"), Kimco and Merger Sub
represent and warrant to Price REIT as follows:
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2.35. Existence; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance With Law. Kimco
and Merger Sub are corporations, and each is duly incorporated, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation. Kimco
is duly licensed or qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of any other state of the United States in which
the character of the properties owned or leased by it therein or in which the
transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of
Kimco and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Kimco Material Adverse Effect").
Kimco has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate, lease and
encumber its properties and carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
Each of Kimco's Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability company or
partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, has the corporate, company
or partnership power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for
jurisdictions in which such failure to be so qualified or to be in good standing
would not have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect. Neither Kimco nor any or its
Subsidiaries is in violation of any order of any court, governmental authority
or arbitration board or tribunal, or any law, ordinance, governmental rule or
regulation to which Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets is subject, where such violation would have a Kimco
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the executive officers of Kimco,
Kimco and its Subsidiaries have obtained all licenses, permits and other
authorizations and have taken all actions required by applicable law or
governmental regulations in connection with their business as now conducted,
where the failure to obtain any such item or to take any such action would have
a Kimco Material Adverse Effect. True and correct copies of Kimco's and its
Subsidiaries' charter, bylaws, organization documents, and partnership and joint
venture agreements have been previously delivered or made available to Price
REIT.
2.36. Authorization, Validity and Effect of Agreements. Each of Kimco
and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into the
transactions contemplated hereby and to execute and deliver this Agreement and
the agreements listed on Schedule 6.2 attached hereto (the "Ancillary
Agreements") to which it is a party. Subject only to the approval of the
issuance of the Merger Consideration pursuant to the Merger contemplated hereby
by the holders of a majority of the shares of Kimco Common Stock
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present and voting thereon, the consummation by Kimco and Merger Sub of this
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreement to which they are parties and the
transactions contemplated hereby has been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of Kimco and Merger Sub. This Agreement
constitutes, and the Ancillary Agreements to which they are parties (when
executed and delivered pursuant hereto for value received) will constitute, the
valid and legally binding obligations of Kimco and Merger Sub, enforceable
against Kimco and Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating
to creditors' rights and general principles of equity.
2.37. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Kimco consists of
100,000,000 shares of Kimco Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, 345,000 shares of Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the
"Class A Preferred Stock"), 230,000 shares of Class B Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Stock, (the "Class B Preferred Stock") and 460,000 Class C Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock (the "Class C Preferred Stock"), each par value $1.00
per share (collectively, the "Kimco Preferred Stock"). As of the date hereof,
there were 40,394,805 shares of Kimco Common Stock issued and outstanding and
300,000 shares of Class A Preferred Stock, 200,000 shares of Class B Preferred
Stock, 400,000 shares of Class C Preferred Stock and no shares of Preferred
Stock of Kimco issued and outstanding. Kimco has no outstanding bonds,
debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to
vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the
right to vote) with the stockholders of Kimco on any matter. All such issued and
outstanding shares of Kimco Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. There are not at the
date of this Agreement any existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions,
convertible securities, or other rights, agreements or commitments which
obligate Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, transfer or sell any shares
of stock or other equity interest of Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries, other
than the issuance after the date hereof by Kimco of Kimco Common Stock,
consistent with prior practice, upon the exercise of stock options issued to
employees and directors. As of the date hereof, options to purchase an aggregate
number of 1,879,841 shares of Kimco Common Stock are outstanding, of which
options to purchase 1,069,485 are exercisable.
2.38. Subsidiaries.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.4 of the Kimco Disclosure Letter,
as of the date hereof, Kimco owns directly or indirectly each of the outstanding
shares of capital stock or all of the partnership or other equity interests of
each of Kimco's Subsidiaries. Each of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
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or other equity interests in each of Kimco's Subsidiaries is duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and is owned, directly or
indirectly, by Kimco free and clear of all liens, pledges, security interests,
claims or other encumbrances other than liens imposed by local law which are not
material. The following information for each Subsidiary of Kimco is set forth on
the Kimco Disclosure Letter, if applicable: (i) its name and jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization; (ii) its authorized capital stock or share
capital; and (iii) the percentage ownership in each Subsidiary.
(b) The authorized stock of Merger Sub consists of one hundred (100)
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, which shares are issued and
outstanding and owned by Kimco. Kimco has owned and, as of the Closing Date,
will own 100% of the stock of Merger Sub at all times since Merger Sub's
formation. Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities other than in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.39. Other Interests. Except for interests in the Kimco Subsidiaries
and as otherwise set forth in the Kimco Disclosure Letter, neither Kimco nor any
of its Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any interest or investment
(whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
business, trust or entity (other than investments in short-term investment
securities).
2.40. No Violation. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.6 of the Kimco
Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery by Kimco and Merger Sub of
this Agreement nor the consummation by Kimco and Merger Sub of the transactions
contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof, will (i) conflict with
or result in a breach of any provisions of the charter of Kimco, the Articles of
Incorporation of Merger Sub or their respective bylaws, (ii) result in a breach
or violation of, a default under, or the triggering of any payment or other
material obligations pursuant to, or accelerate vesting under, any of Kimco's
stock option plans, or any grant or award under any of the foregoing, (iii)
violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or
constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute a default) under, or result in the termination or in a right of
termination or cancellation of, or accelerate the performance required by, or
result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance
upon any of the properties of Kimco or its Subsidiaries under, or result in
being declared void, voidable, or without further binding effect, any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust or any license, franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement or other
instrument, commitment or obligation to which Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party, or by which Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
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properties is bound or affected, except for any of the foregoing matters which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect
or (iv) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration,
filing or registration with, any domestic governmental or regulatory authority,
other than the Regulatory Filings and filings with the NYSE, or such other
filings which, if not obtained or made, would not prevent or delay in any
material respect the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or otherwise prevent Kimco from performing its obligations under
this Agreement in any material respect.
2.41. SEC Documents. Kimco has delivered or made available to Price REIT
each registration statement, report, proxy statement or information statement
and all exhibits thereto prepared by it or relating to its properties since
January 1, 1995, which are set forth on the Kimco Disclosure Letter, each in the
form (including exhibits and any amendments thereto) filed with the SEC
(collectively, the "Kimco Reports"). The Kimco Reports, which were filed with
the SEC in a timely manner, constitute all forms, reports and documents required
to be filed by Kimco under the Securities Laws. As of their respective dates,
the Kimco Reports (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Securities Laws and (ii) did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the
consolidated balance sheets of Kimco included in or incorporated by reference
into the Kimco Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly
presents the consolidated financial position of Kimco and its Subsidiaries as of
its date and each of the consolidated statements of income, retained earnings
and cash flows of Kimco included in or incorporated by reference into the Kimco
Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents the results
of operations, retained earnings or cash flows, as the case may be, of Kimco and
its Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of
unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which would not be
material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied during the periods involved,
except as may be noted therein and except, in the case of the unaudited
statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC. Except as and to the extent
set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of Kimco and its Subsidiaries at
September 30, 1997, including all notes thereto, or as set forth in the Kimco
Reports, neither Kimco nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or
obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise)
that would be required to be reflected on, or reserved against in, a balance
sheet of Kimco or in the notes thereto, prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting
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principles consistently applied, other than any such liabilities or obligations
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Kimco Material Adverse
Effect.
2.42. Litigation. There are (i) no continuing orders, injunctions or
decrees of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority to which Kimco or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of its properties or assets are
bound or, to the best knowledge of Kimco, to which any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents is a party or by which any of their properties or
assets are bound and (ii) no actions, suits or proceedings pending against Kimco
or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Kimco, against any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents or, to the knowledge of Kimco,
threatened in writing against Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of
its directors, officers, employees or agents, at law or in equity, or before or
by any federal or state commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
that in the case of clauses (i) or (ii) above are reasonably likely,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect.
2.43. Absence of Certain Changes. Except as disclosed in the Kimco
Reports filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof or in Schedule 6.9 of the
Kimco Disclosure Letter, since September 30, 1997, Kimco and its Subsidiaries
have conducted their business only in the ordinary course of such business
(which, for purposes of this section only, shall include all acquisitions of
real estate properties and financing arrangements made in connection therewith)
and there has not been (i) any Kimco Material Adverse Effect, (ii) as of the
date hereof, any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other
distribution with respect to the Kimco Common Stock or (iii) any material change
in Kimco's accounting principles, practices or methods.
2.44. Taxes. (a) Kimco and each of its Subsidiaries (i) has timely filed
all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by any of
them for tax years ended prior to the date of this Agreement or requests for
extensions have been timely filed and any such request has been granted and has
not expired and all such returns are complete in all material respects, (ii) has
paid or accrued all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or which
have become due and payable pursuant to any assessment, deficiency notice,
30-day letter or other notice received by it and (iii) has properly accrued all
such taxes for such periods subsequent to the periods covered by such returns.
The federal, state or local income or franchise tax returns of Kimco and each of
its Subsidiaries have not been examined by the appropriate taxing authority,
except for such examinations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect. Neither Kimco nor any of its Subsidiaries
has executed or filed with the IRS or any other taxing authority any
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agreement now in effect extending the period for assessment or collection of any
income or other taxes. Neither Kimco nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to
any pending action or proceeding by any governmental authority for assessment or
collection of taxes, and no claim for assessment or collection of taxes has been
asserted against it. True, correct and complete copies of all federal, state and
local income or franchise tax returns filed by Kimco and each of its
Subsidiaries and all communications relating thereto have been delivered to
Price REIT or made available to representatives of Price REIT. The most recent
audited financial statements contained in the Kimco Reports reflect an adequate
reserve for all material Taxes payable by Kimco and the Kimco Subsidiaries for
all taxable periods and portions thereof through the date of such financial
statements. Since the date of such financial statements, Kimco has incurred no
liability for taxes under Sections 857(b), 860(c) or 4981 of the Code, including
without limitation, any tax arising from a prohibited transaction described in
Section 857(b)(6) of the Code, and neither Kimco nor any Kimco Subsidiary has
incurred any liability for Taxes other than in the ordinary course of business.
(a) Kimco (i) has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust
(a "REIT") within the meaning of the Code commencing with its taxable year ended
December 31, 1992, (ii) has been subject to taxation as a REIT within the
meaning of Section 856 of the Code and has satisfied all requirements to qualify
as a REIT for all taxable years commencing with its taxable year ended December
31, 1992 through its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, (iii) has operated
since December 31, 1997 to the date of this representation, and intends to
continue to operate in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for its taxable
year ending December 31, 1998, and (iv) has not taken or omitted to take any
action which would reasonably be expected to result in a challenge to its status
as a REIT, and to the knowledge of the executive officers of Kimco, no such
challenge is pending or threatened. Kimco represents that each of its corporate
Subsidiaries is a Qualified REIT Subsidiary as defined in Section 856(i) of the
Code (as in effect prior to the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997),
and that each partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
legal entity in which Kimco (either directly or indirectly) owns any of the
capital stock or other equity interests thereof has been treated since its
formation and continues to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation.
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2.45. Books and Records.
(a) The books of account and other financial records of Kimco and its
Subsidiaries are in all material respects true, complete and correct, have been
maintained in accordance with good business practices, and are accurately
reflected in all material respects in the financial statements included in the
Kimco Reports.
(b) The minute books and other records of Kimco and its Subsidiaries,
have been made available to Price REIT, contain in all material respects
accurate records of all meetings and accurately reflect in all material respects
all other trust and corporate action of the stockholders, members and directors
and any committees of the Board of Directors of Kimco and its Subsidiaries.
2.46. Properties. Kimco and its Subsidiaries own fee simple title to, or
hold ground leases in, each of the real properties identified in the Kimco
Disclosure Letter (the "Kimco Properties"), which are all the real estate
properties owned or leased by them. The Kimco Properties are not subject to any
Property Restrictions, except for (i) Encumbrances and Property Restrictions set
forth in the Kimco Disclosure Letter, (ii) Property Restrictions imposed or
promulgated by law or any governmental body or authority with respect to real
property, including zoning regulations, provided such Property Restrictions do
not adversely affect in any material respect the current use of the applicable
property, (iii) Encumbrances and Property Restrictions disclosed on existing
title reports or current surveys (in either case copies of which title reports
and surveys have been delivered or made available to Price REIT) and (iv)
mechanics', carriers', workmen's, repairmen's liens and other Encumbrances,
Property Restrictions and other limitations of any kind, if any, which,
individually or in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of or
materially interfere with the present use of any of the Kimco Properties subject
thereto or affected thereby, and do not otherwise materially impair business
operations conducted by Kimco and its Subsidiaries and which have arisen or been
incurred only in the ordinary course of business. Valid policies of title
insurance have been issued insuring Kimco's or any of its Subsidiaries' fee
simple title to the Kimco Properties in amounts at least equal to the purchase
price thereof, subject only to the matters set forth therein or disclosed above
and on the Kimco Disclosure Letter, and such policies are, at the date hereof,
in full force and effect and there are no pending claims against such policy.
Any material certificate, permit or license from any governmental authority
having jurisdiction over any of the Kimco Properties and any agreement, easement
or other right which is necessary to permit the material lawful use and
operation of the buildings and improvements on any of the Kimco Properties or
which is necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of all driveways,
roads and other means of egress and ingress, which Kimco has rights to, to and
from any of
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the Kimco Properties which are currently occupied has not been obtained and is
not in full force and effect, and, to the best knowledge of Kimco, there exists
no pending threat of modification or cancellation of any of same. Kimco is not
in receipt of any written notice of any violation of any material federal, state
or municipal law, ordinance, order, regulation or requirement affecting any
portion of any of the Kimco Properties issued by any governmental authority,
other than such violations which would not reasonably be expected to have a
Kimco Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Kimco (A) there are no
material structural defects relating to the Kimco Properties, (B) there are no
Kimco Properties whose building systems are not in working order in any material
respect (except for temporary and routine maintenance and operating systems
failures which in any event are the subject of adequate pending repair
procedures), (C) there is no physical damage to any Kimco Property in excess of
$500,000 for which there is no insurance in effect covering the cost of the
restoration as of the date hereof or (D) no current renovation or restoration to
any Kimco Property is under way or is being contemplated the cost of which
exceeds $500,000, except as set forth on Schedule 6.12 of the Kimco Disclosure
Letter. Neither Kimco nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any written
notice to the effect that (x) any condemnation or material rezoning proceedings
are pending or threatened with respect to any of the Kimco Properties or (y) any
zoning, building or similar law, code, ordinance, order or regulation is or will
be violated in any material respect by the continued maintenance, operation or
use of any buildings or other improvements on any of the Kimco Properties as
currently maintained, used or operated or by the continued maintenance,
operation or use of the parking areas as currently maintained, used or operated.
2.47. Environmental Matters. To the actual knowledge of the executive
officers of Kimco, none of Kimco, any of its Subsidiaries or any other person
has caused or permitted (a) the unlawful presence of any Hazardous Materials on
any of the Kimco Properties or (b) any unlawful spills, releases, discharges or
disposal of Hazardous Materials to have occurred or be presently occurring on or
from the Kimco Properties as a result of any construction on or operation and
use of such properties, which presence or occurrence would, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect; and in connection with the
construction on or operation and use of the Kimco Properties, Kimco and its
Subsidiaries have not failed to comply with all applicable local, state and
federal environmental laws, regulations, ordinances and administrative and
judicial orders relating to the generation, recycling, reuse, sale, storage,
handling, transport and disposal of any Hazardous Materials, except where the
failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Kimco Material
Adverse Effect.
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2.48. Employee Benefit Plans. All employee benefits plans and other
benefit programs, policies and arrangements covering employees of Kimco and its
Subsidiaries (the "Kimco Benefit Plans") are listed in the Kimco Disclosure
Letter. True and complete copies of the Kimco Benefit Plans have been made
available to Price REIT. To the extent applicable, the Kimco Benefit Plans
comply, in all material respects, with the requirements of ERISA and the Code,
and any Kimco Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code has been determined by the IRS to be so qualified. No Kimco Benefit Plan is
or has been covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. Neither any
Kimco Benefit Plan nor any fiduciary thereof nor Kimco has incurred any material
liability or penalty under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA.
Each Kimco Benefit Plan has been maintained and administered in all material
respects in compliance with its terms and with ERISA and the Code to the extent
applicable thereto. To the knowledge of the executive officers of Kimco, there
are no pending or anticipated claims against or otherwise involving any of the
Kimco Benefit Plans and no suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims
for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Kimco Benefit Plan activities)
has been brought against or with respect to any such Kimco Benefit Plan, except
for any of the foregoing which would not have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect.
All material contributions required to be made as of the date hereof to the
Kimco Benefit Plans have been timely made or provided for. Neither Kimco nor any
entity under "common control" with Kimco within the meaning of ERISA Section
4001 has contributed to, or been required to contribute to, any "multiemployer
plan" (as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). Kimco does not
maintain or contribute to any plan, program, policy or arrangement which
provides or has any liability to provide life insurance, medical or other
employee welfare benefits or supplemental pension benefits to any employee or
former employee upon his retirement or termination of employment, except as
required under Section 4890B of the Code, and Kimco has never represented,
promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any employee or
former employee that such benefits would be provided. Except as disclosed in the
Kimco Reports, the execution of, and performance of the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of
any additional subsequent events) constitute an event under any benefit plan,
program, policy, arrangement or agreement or any trust or loan that will or may
result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration,
forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or
obligations to fund benefits with respect to any employee, director or
consultant of Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.49. Labor Matters. Neither Kimco nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or other
agreement or understanding with a
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labor union or labor union organization. There is no unfair labor practice or
labor arbitration proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Kimco, threatened
against Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries relating to their business, except for
any such proceeding which would not have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect. To the
knowledge of the executive officers of Kimco, there are no organizational
efforts with respect to the formation of a collective bargaining unit presently
being made or threatened involving employees of Kimco or any of its
Subsidiaries.
2.50. No Brokers. Kimco has not entered into any contract, arrangement
or understanding with any person or firm which may result in the obligation of
Price REIT or Kimco to pay any finder's fees, brokerage or agent's commissions
or other like payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except
that Kimco has retained Jefferies & Company, Inc. ("Jefferies") as its financial
advisor, pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 16, 1997, a true and
correct copy of which has been delivered to Price REIT prior to the date hereof.
Other than the foregoing arrangements, Kimco is not aware of any claim for
payment of any finder's fees, brokerage or agent's commissions or other like
payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.51. Opinion of Financial Advisor. Kimco has received the opinion of
Jefferies to the effect that, as of the date hereof, the Merger Consideration to
be paid by Kimco pursuant to the Merger is fair to the holders of Kimco Common
Stock from a financial point of view.
2.52. Price REIT Stock Ownership. Neither Kimco nor any of its
Subsidiaries owns any shares of capital stock of Price REIT or other securities
convertible into capital stock of Price REIT.
2.53. Related Party Transactions. Set forth in the Kimco Disclosure
Letter is a list of all arrangements, agreements and contracts entered into by
Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries with any executive officer, director or family
members of affiliates of such persons required to be disclosed in the Kimco
Reports (including reports and filings analogous to the Kimco Reports prior to
January 1, 1995) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The copies of
such documents, all of which have been previously delivered or made available to
Price REIT, are listed on the Kimco Disclosure Letter and are true and correct.
2.54. Contracts and Commitments. The Kimco Disclosure Letter or the
Kimco Reports set forth, as of the date hereof, (i) all notes, debentures, bonds
and other evidence of indebtedness which are secured or collateralized by
mortgages, deeds of trust or other
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security interests in the Kimco Properties or personal property of Kimco and its
Subsidiaries and (ii) each Commitment entered into by Kimco or any of its
Subsidiaries which may result in total payments or liability in excess of
$500,000, excluding tenant reimbursements and leases entered into in the
ordinary course. Copies of the foregoing have been previously delivered or made
available to Price REIT, are listed on the Kimco Disclosure Letter or included
in the Kimco Reports and are true and correct. None of Kimco or any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice of a default that has not been cured under
any of the documents described in clause (i) above or is in default respecting
any payment obligations thereunder beyond any applicable grace periods. All
joint venture agreements to which Kimco or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
are set forth on the Kimco Disclosure Letter and Kimco or its Subsidiaries are
not in default with respect to any obligations, which individually or in the
aggregate are material, thereunder.
2.55. Leases.
(a) The Kimco Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Kimco
Properties that are subject to or encumbered by any non-residential lease
accounting for 1% or more of Kimco's rental revenues for the most recent period
reflected in the financial statements included in the Kimco Reports (a "Material
Kimco Lease") and, with respect to each such Material Kimco Lease, sets forth
the following information:
(i) the name of the lessee;
(ii) the expiration date of the lease;
(iii) the amount (or method of determining the amount) of monthly
rentals due under the lease; and
(iv) with respect to any Material Kimco Lease with a remaining term
of less than 24 months, whether the lessee has notified Kimco in writing
of any intention not to renew, or seek to renew, the lease.
(b) Except as set forth in the Kimco Disclosure Letter, (i) all rental
payments due under each Material Kimco Lease have been paid during the period
January 1, 1997 through November 30, 1997 and (ii) to Kimco's knowledge, no
lessee is in material default, and no condition or event exists which with the
giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a material
default by any lessee, under any Material Kimco Lease.
2.56. Investment Company Act of 1940. Neither Kimco nor any of its
Subsidiaries is, or at the Effective Time will be, required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS
2.57. No Solicitation by Price REIT. (a) Price REIT shall not, nor shall
it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any of
its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial
advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of
its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person, (i) solicit,
initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information), or take any
other action designed to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal
which constitutes any Price REIT Takeover Proposal (as defined below) or (ii)
participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Price REIT Takeover
Proposal; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors of Price REIT
determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that it is
necessary to do so in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to Price REIT's
stockholders under applicable law, Price REIT may, in response to a Price REIT
Takeover Proposal which was not solicited by it or which did not otherwise
result from a breach of this Section 7.1(a), and subject to providing prior
written notice of its decision to take such action to Kimco and compliance with
Section 7.1(c), (x) furnish information with respect to Price REIT and its
Subsidiaries to any person making a Price REIT Takeover Proposal pursuant to a
customary confidentiality agreement (as determined by Price REIT after
consultation with its outside counsel) and (y) participate in discussions or
negotiations regarding such Price REIT Takeover Proposal. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Price REIT Takeover Proposal" means any proposal made by a third
party to acquire, directly or indirectly, including pursuant to a tender offer,
exchange offer, merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction, for consideration consisting of
cash and/or securities, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the shares
of Price REIT Common Stock then outstanding or all or substantially all the
assets of Price REIT.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.1, neither the Board
of Directors of Price REIT nor any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw or
modify, or propose publicly to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Kimco,
the approval or recommendation by such Board of Directors or such committee of
the Merger or this Agreement, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to
approve or recommend, any Price REIT Takeover Proposal or (iii) cause Price REIT
to enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition
agreement or other similar agreement (each, a "Price REIT Acquisition
Agreement") related to any Price REIT Takeover Proposal. Notwithstanding the
foregoing,
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in the event that a majority of the Board of Directors of Price REIT determines
in good faith (A) (based on the advice of a financial advisor of nationally
recognized reputation) that a pending Price REIT Takeover Proposal is more
favorable to Price REIT's stockholders than the Merger, (B) that such Price REIT
Takeover Proposal is reasonably capable of being consummated and (C) that there
is a substantial probability that the adoption of this Agreement by holders of
Price REIT Common Stock will not be obtained due to the pending Price REIT
Takeover Proposal, the Board of Directors of Price REIT may (subject to this and
the following sentences and in compliance with Section 9.3(a)) approve and
recommend such Price REIT Takeover Proposal and, in connection therewith,
withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and the
Merger and terminate this Agreement (and concurrently with or after such
termination, if it so chooses, cause Price REIT to enter into any Price REIT
Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Price REIT Takeover Proposal), but
only at a time that is after the fifth business day following Kimco's receipt of
written notice advising Kimco that the Board of Directors of Price REIT is
prepared to accept a Price REIT Takeover Proposal, specifying the material terms
and conditions of such Price REIT Takeover Proposal and identifying the person
making such Price REIT Takeover Proposal.
(c) In addition to the obligations of Price REIT set forth in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section 7.1, Price REIT shall immediately advise Kimco
orally and in writing of any request for information or of any Price REIT
Takeover Proposal, the material terms and conditions of such request or Price
REIT Takeover Proposal and the identity of the person making such request or
Price REIT Takeover Proposal. Price REIT will keep Kimco reasonably informed of
the status and details (including amendments or proposed amendments) of any such
request or Price REIT Takeover Proposal.
(d) Nothing contained in this Section 7.1 shall prohibit Price REIT from
taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9
and Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or from making any
disclosure to Price REIT's stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors of Price REIT, after consultation with outside counsel,
failure so to disclose would be inconsistent with its obligations under
applicable law; provided, however, that neither Price REIT nor its Board of
Directors nor any committee thereof shall withdraw or modify, or propose
publicly to withdraw or modify, its position with respect to this Agreement or
the Merger or approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend,
a Price REIT Takeover Proposal, except in accordance with this Section 7.1.
2.58. No Solicitation by Kimco. (a) Kimco shall not, nor shall it permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize
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or permit any of its directors, officers or employees or any investment banker,
financial advisor, attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it
or any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person,
(i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information),
or take any other action designed to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of
any proposal which constitutes any Kimco Takeover Proposal (as defined below) or
(ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding any Kimco Takeover
Proposal; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors of Kimco determines
in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that it is necessary to
do so in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to Kimco's stockholders under
applicable law, Kimco may, in response to a Kimco Takeover Proposal which was
not solicited by it or which did not otherwise result from a breach of this
Section 7.2(a), and subject to providing prior written notice of its decision to
take such action to Price REIT and compliance with Section 7.2(c), (x) furnish
information with respect to Kimco and its Subsidiaries to any person making a
Kimco Takeover Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (as
determined by Kimco after consultation with its outside counsel) and (y)
participate in discussions or negotiations regarding such Kimco Takeover
Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Kimco Takeover Proposal" means any
proposal made by a third party to acquire, directly or indirectly, including
pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer, merger, consolidation, business
combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction,
for consideration consisting of cash and/or securities, more than 50% of the
combined voting power of the shares of Kimco Common Stock then outstanding or
all or substantially all the assets of Kimco.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.2, neither the Board
of Directors of Kimco nor any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw or modify, or
propose publicly to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Price REIT, the
approval or recommendation by such Board of Directors or such committee of the
Merger, this Agreement or the issuance of Kimco Common Stock and Kimco Preferred
Stock in connection with the Merger, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose
publicly to approve or recommend, any Kimco Takeover Proposal or (iii) cause
Kimco to enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition
agreement or other similar agreement (each, a "Kimco Acquisition Agreement")
related to any Kimco Takeover Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event that a majority of the Board of Directors of Kimco determines in good
faith (A) (based on the advice of a financial advisor of nationally recognized
reputation) that a pending Kimco Takeover Proposal is more favorable to Kimco's
stockholders than the Merger, (B) that such Price REIT Takeover Proposal is
reasonably capable of being consummated and (C) that there is a substantial
probability that the adoption of this Agreement by holders of Kimco Common Stock
will not be obtained due
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to the existence of the pending Kimco Takeover Proposal, the Board of Directors
of Kimco may (subject to this and the following sentences) approve and recommend
such Kimco Takeover Proposal and, in connection therewith, withdraw or modify
its approval or recommendation of this Agreement and the Merger and terminate
this Agreement (and concurrently with or after such termination, if it so
chooses, cause Kimco to enter into any Kimco Acquisition Agreement with respect
to such Kimco Takeover Proposal), but only at a time that is after the fifth
business day following Price REIT's receipt of written notice advising Price
REIT that the Board of Directors of Kimco is prepared to accept a Kimco Takeover
Proposal, specifying the material terms and conditions of such Kimco Takeover
Proposal and identifying the person making such Kimco Takeover Proposal.
(c) In addition to the obligations of Kimco set forth in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section 7.2, Kimco shall immediately advise Price REIT orally
and in writing of any request for information or of any Kimco Takeover Proposal,
the material terms and conditions of such request or Kimco Takeover Proposal and
the identity of the person making such request or Kimco Takeover Proposal. Kimco
will keep Price REIT reasonably informed of the status and details (including
amendments or proposed amendments) of any such request or Kimco Takeover
Proposal.
(d) Nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall prohibit Kimco from
taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9
and Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or from making any
disclosure to Kimco's stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Board
of Directors of Kimco, after consultation with outside counsel, failure so to
disclose would be inconsistent with its obligations under applicable law;
provided, however, that neither Kimco nor its Board of Directors nor any
committee thereof shall withdraw or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw or
modify, its position with respect to this Agreement, the Merger, the issuance of
Kimco Common Stock and Kimco Preferred Stock in connection with the Merger, or
approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, a Kimco
Takeover Proposal, except in accordance with this Section 7.2.
2.59. Conduct of Businesses.
(i) Prior to the Effective Time, except as set forth in the
Price REIT Disclosure Letter or the Kimco Disclosure Letter or as contemplated
by this Agreement, unless the other party has consented in writing thereto,
Kimco and Price REIT:
(a) shall use their reasonable efforts, and shall cause each of
their respective Subsidiaries to use their reasonable efforts, to
preserve intact their business organizations and
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goodwill and keep available the services of their respective officers
and employees;
(b) shall confer on a regular basis with one or more representatives
of the other to report material operational matters and, subject to
Sections 7.1 and 7.2, respectively, any proposals to engage in material
transactions;
(c) shall promptly notify the other of any material emergency or
other material change in the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, properties, assets, liabilities, prospects or the normal
course of their businesses or in the operation of their properties, any
material governmental complaints, investigations or hearings (or
communications indicating that the same may be contemplated), or the
breach in any material respect of any representation or warranty
contained herein;
(d) shall set the record date for the quarterly dividend payable
with respect to the Kimco Common Stock and Kimco Preferred Stock and
Price REIT Common Stock, respectively, for the first calendar quarter of
1998 to a date no later than April 1; and
(e) shall promptly deliver to the other true and correct copies of
any report, statement or schedule filed with the SEC subsequent to the
date of this Agreement.
(ii) Prior to the Effective Time, except (1) as disclosed in the
Price REIT Two-Year Projection and the Price REIT Development Pipeline, copies
of which have been previously provided to Kimco, (2) as set forth in the Price
REIT Disclosure Letter, unless Kimco has consented in writing thereto, Price
REIT:
(a) shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, conduct its
operations according to their usual, regular and ordinary course in
substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, subject to clause
(b) below;
(b) shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, acquire,
enter into an option to acquire or exercise an option or contract to
acquire additional real property, encumber assets or commence
construction of, or enter into any agreement or commitment to develop or
construct, retail shopping center properties or other real estate
projects, except in the case of any of the foregoing in an amount not to
exceed $150,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c) shall not amend its charter or bylaws;
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(d) shall not (1) except pursuant to the exercise of options,
warrants, conversion rights and other contractual rights existing on the
date hereof and disclosed pursuant to this Agreement, issue any shares
of its capital stock, effect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction other than a
private placement or a sale pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act
under an effective Price REIT registration statement of capital stock of
Price REIT for an amount not to exceed $75,000,000, the proceeds of
which shall be applied to pay down outstanding borrowings under Price
REIT's existing credit facilities or to the matters specified in Section
7.3(ii)(b), in each case in a manner consistent with Price REIT's past
practice, (2) grant, confer or award any option, warrant, conversion
right or other right not existing on the date hereof to acquire any
shares of its capital stock, (3) increase any compensation or enter into
or amend any employment agreement with any of its present or future
officers or directors or (4) adopt any new employee benefit plan
(including any stock option, stock benefit or stock purchase plan) or
amend any existing employee benefit plan in any material respect, except
for changes which are required by applicable law or are less favorable
to participants in such plans;
(e) shall not declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any
other distribution or payment with respect to any shares of its capital
stock, except (1)(x) a dividend in an amount not to exceed $0.75 per
share of Price REIT Common Stock for the last quarter of the year ending
December 31, 1997 and (y) a dividend in an amount equal to the greater
of (I) $0.75 per quarter pro-rated for the period from January 1, 1998
up to and including the Closing Date and (II) the sum of (A) Price
REIT's estimated undistributed real estate investment trust taxable
income (calculated without regard to the dividends paid deductions as
defined in Section 561 of the Code and by excluding net capital gain)
within the meaning of Section 857(b)(2) of the Code for Price REIT's
1998 taxable year ending on the Closing Date and (B) Price REIT's
estimated undistributed net capital gain within the meaning of Section
857(b)(3) of the Code for Price REIT's 1998 taxable year ending on the
Closing Date, and except (2) in connection with the use of shares of
capital stock to pay the exercise price or tax withholding in connection
with stock-based employee benefit plans of Price REIT, directly or
indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its
capital stock or capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, or make any
commitment for any such action;
(f) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, shall not, and shall not permit
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any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease, mortgage or otherwise encumber
or subject to any Encumbrances or otherwise dispose of (i) any Price
REIT Properties or any of its capital stock of or other interests in its
Subsidiaries or (ii) any of its other assets which are material,
individually or in the aggregate;
(g) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i)
incur, assume or prepay any indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount
in excess of $100,000,000, which amounts shall be applied to pay down
outstanding borrowings under Price REIT's existing credit facilities or
to the matters specified in Section 7.3(ii)(b), in each case in a manner
consistent with Price REIT's past practice, (ii) assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly,
contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any third party or
(iii) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or (except
as permitted by Section 7.3(ii)(l)) investments in, any other person,
other than loans, advances and capital contributions to Subsidiaries;
(h) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, pay,
discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute,
accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than
the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their
terms, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in, or contemplated
by, the most recent consolidated financial statements (or the notes
thereto) of Price REIT included in the Price REIT Reports or incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(i) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
enter into any Commitment which may result in total payments or
liability by or to it in excess of $200,000, except (1) tenant
reimbursements and leases entered into in the ordinary course consistent
with past practice and (2) capital expenditures disclosed in the Price
REIT Project Pipeline for 1998 and 1999, a copy of which has been
previously provided to Kimco;
(j) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
enter into any Commitment with any officer, director, consultant or
affiliate of Price REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a payment
to each of the three individuals entering into the Ancillary Agreements,
of an amount equal to the respective 1997 bonus awards paid to such
individuals by Price REIT pro-rated for the period from January 1, 1998
up to and including the Effective Time;
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(k) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take
any other action that would cause the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 5.9 (with each reference therein to "ordinary course of
business" being deemed for purposes of this Section 7.3(ii)(k) to be
immediately followed by "consistent with past practice") to no longer be
true and correct;
(l) shall not acquire, or announce any proposed acquisition of, 50%
or more of the Voting Securities, or all or substantially all of the
assets, of another entity which has net assets in excess of $25,000,000.
As used in this Section 7.3(ii)(l), "Voting Securities" shall mean any
capital stock or partnership or membership interests having the right
generally to vote in the election of directors, in the case of a
corporation, or to otherwise generally select the governing body, in the
case of any other entity; and
(m) shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
authorize, or commit or agree to take, any of the foregoing actions.
(iii) Prior to the Effective Time, unless Price REIT has
consented in writing thereto, Kimco:
(a) shall not declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any
other distribution or payment with respect to any shares of its capital
stock (including any dividend distribution payable in, or otherwise make
a distribution of, shares of capital stock of any existing or
subsequently formed subsidiary of Kimco), except (1)(v) (subject to
Section 7.3(i)(d)) a dividend in an amount not to exceed $0.48 per share
of Kimco Common Stock for the last calendar quarter of 1997, (w) a
dividend in the amount of $0.484375 per depositary share representing
the Class A Preferred Stock, (x) a dividend in the amount of $0.53125
per depositary share representing the Class B Preferred Stock, (y) a
dividend in the amount of $0.52345 per depositary share representing the
Class C Preferred Stock and (z) a dividend in an amount equal to the
greater of (I) $0.48 per quarter pro-rated for the period from January
1, 1998 up to and including the Closing Date and (II) the sum of (A)
Kimco's estimated undistributed real estate investment trust taxable
income (calculated without regard to dividends paid deductions as
defined in Section 561 of the Code and by excluding net capital gain)
within the meaning of Section 857(b)(2) of the Code for Kimco's 1998
taxable year ending on the Closing Date and (B) Kimco's estimated
undistributed net capital gain within the meaning of Section 857(b)(3)
of the Code for Kimco's 1998 taxable year ending on the Closing Date and
except (2) in connection with the use of
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shares of its capital stock to pay the exercise price or tax withholding
in connection with stock-based employee benefit plans of Kimco, directly
or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of its
capital stock or capital stock of any of its Subsidiaries, or make any
commitment for any such action; and
(b) shall not amend its charter or bylaws.
(iv) If Kimco enters into negotiations with another Person who
has a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act regarding the
acquisition of such Person (whether effected through a merger, consolidation,
share exchange, tender offer or other form), then at least three business days
prior to executing any definitive agreement with such Person, Kimco shall notify
Price REIT of such transaction and consult with Price REIT with respect thereto,
it being understood, however, that Price REIT shall have no approval rights with
respect thereto. As used in this Section 7.3(iv), "Person" means an individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.
(v) Except as required by law, Kimco and Price REIT shall not,
and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, voluntarily take
any action that would, or that could reasonably be expected to, result in (a)
any of the representations and warranties of such party set forth in this
Agreement that are qualified as to materiality becoming untrue at the Effective
Time, (b) any of such representations and warranties that are not qualified as
to materiality becoming untrue in any material respect at the Effective Time or
(c) except as contemplated by Sections 7.1 and 7.2, any of the conditions to the
Merger set forth in Article 8 not being satisfied.
2.60. Meetings of Stockholders. Each of Kimco and Price REIT will take
all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and its charter and
bylaws to convene a meeting of its stockholders as promptly as practicable to
consider and vote upon (a) in the case of Kimco, the approval of the issuance of
the Kimco Common Stock constituting a part of the Merger Consideration pursuant
to the Merger contemplated hereby and (b) in the case of Price REIT, the
approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Board
of Directors of Kimco and the Board of Directors of Price REIT shall each
recommend such approval and Kimco and Price REIT shall each take all lawful
action to solicit such approval, including, without limitation, timely mailing
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (as defined in Section 7.8); provided, however,
that such recommendation or solicitation is subject to any action taken by, or
upon authority of, the Board of Directors of Kimco or the Board of Directors of
Price REIT, as the case may be, in the exercise of its good faith judgment as to
its fiduciary
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duties to its stockholders imposed by law. Kimco and Price REIT shall coordinate
and cooperate with respect to the timing of such meetings and shall use their
best efforts to hold such meetings on the same day. If on the date of the
stockholder meetings of Kimco and Price REIT established pursuant to this
paragraph, either Kimco or Price REIT has respectively received less than a
majority of the shares of the Kimco Common Stock present and voting at the
meeting of the holders of Kimco Common Stock in favor of the issuance of the
Kimco Common Stock constituting part of the Merger Consideration or a majority
of the outstanding shares of Price REIT Common Stock at the meeting of the
holders of Price REIT Common Stock in favor of the Merger and neither a Price
REIT Takeover Proposal nor a Kimco Takeover Proposal has been publicly disclosed
and not withdrawn prior to the date of such meeting, then both parties shall
recommend the adjournment of their respective stockholder meetings until the
first to occur of (i) the date (10) days after the originally scheduled date of
the stockholder meetings or (ii) the date on which duly executed proxies for the
requisite number of votes approving the Merger or the issuance of the Kimco
Common Stock constituting a part of the Merger Consideration, as applicable,
shall have been obtained. It shall be a condition to the mailing of the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus that (i) Kimco shall have received a "comfort" letter from
Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants for Price REIT, dated as of a
date within two business days before the date on which the Form S-4 (as defined
in Section 7.8) shall become effective, with respect to the financial statements
of Price REIT included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Kimco, and customary in scope and substance for
"comfort" letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with
registration statements and proxy statements similar to the Form S-4 and the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and (ii) Price REIT shall have received a "comfort"
letter from Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P., independent public accountants for Kimco,
dated as of a date within two business days before the date on which the Form
S-4 shall become effective, with respect to the financial statements of Kimco
included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Price REIT, and customary in scope and substance for "comfort"
letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with
registration statements and proxy statements similar to the Form S-4 and the
Proxy Statement/ Prospectus.
2.61. Filings; Other Action. Subject to the terms and conditions herein
provided, Price REIT and Kimco shall: (a) to the extent required, promptly make
their respective filings with respect to the Merger; (b) use all reasonable
efforts to cooperate with one another in (i) determining which filings are
required to be made prior to the Effective Time with, and which consents,
approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be obtained prior to the
Effective Time from, governmental or regulatory
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authorities of the United States, the several states and foreign jurisdictions
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) timely making all
such filings and timely seeking all such consents, approvals, permits or
authorizations; (c) use all reasonable efforts to obtain in writing any consents
required from third parties in form reasonably satisfactory to Price REIT and
Kimco necessary to effectuate the Merger; and (d) use all reasonable efforts to
take, or cause to be taken, all other action and do, or cause to be done, all
other things necessary, proper or appropriate to consummate and make effective
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If, at any time after the
Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the
purpose of this Agreement, the proper officers and directors of Kimco and Price
REIT shall take all such necessary action.
2.62. Inspection of Records. From the date hereof to the Effective Time,
each of Price REIT and Kimco shall allow all designated officers, attorneys,
accountants and other representatives of the other access at all reasonable
times to the records and files, correspondence, audits and properties, as well
as to all information relating to commitments, contracts, titles and financial
position, or otherwise pertaining to the business and affairs, of Price REIT and
Kimco and their respective Subsidiaries.
2.63. Publicity. The initial press release relating to this Agreement
shall be a joint press release and thereafter Price REIT and Kimco shall,
subject to their respective legal obligations (including requirements of stock
exchanges and other similar regulatory bodies), consult with each other, and use
reasonable efforts to agree upon the text of any press release, before issuing
any such press release or otherwise making public statements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and in making any filings with any federal or
state governmental or regulatory agency or with any national securities exchange
with respect thereto.
2.64. Registration Statement. Kimco and Price REIT shall cooperate and
promptly prepare and Kimco shall file with the SEC as soon as practicable a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Form S-4") under the Securities Act,
with respect to the Merger Consideration issuable in the Merger and the Option
Consideration deliverable pursuant to Section 4.1(e), a portion of which
Registration Statement shall also serve as the joint proxy statement with
respect to the meetings of the stockholders of Price REIT and of Kimco in
connection with the Merger (the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus"). The respective
parties will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 to comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Kimco
shall use all reasonable efforts, and Price REIT
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will cooperate with Kimco, to have the Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC as
promptly as practicable. Kimco shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain, prior
to the effective date of the Form S-4, all necessary state securities law or
"Blue Sky" permits or approvals required to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and will pay all expenses incident thereto. Kimco
agrees that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto at the time of mailing thereof and at the time of the respective
meetings of stockholders of Kimco and Price REIT, or, in the case of the Form
S-4 and each amendment or supplement thereto, at the time it is filed or becomes
effective, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the
extent that any such untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a
material fact was made by Kimco in reliance upon and in conformity with
information concerning Price REIT furnished to Kimco by Price REIT specifically
for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Price REIT agrees that the
information provided by it for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and
each amendment or supplement thereto, at the time of mailing thereof and at the
time of the respective meetings of stockholders of Kimco and Price REIT, or, in
the case of information provided by Price REIT for inclusion in the Form S-4 or
any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time it is filed or becomes
effective, will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Kimco will advise Price REIT, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or
amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the
qualification of the Kimco Class D Preferred Stock issuable in connection with
the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC
for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 or comments
thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
2.65. Listing Application. Kimco shall promptly prepare and submit to
the NYSE a listing application covering the Kimco Common Stock and the Kimco
Depositary Shares issuable in the Merger, and shall use its reasonable efforts
to obtain, prior to the Effective Time, approval for the listing of such Kimco
Common Stock and the Kimco Depositary Shares, subject to official notice of
issuance.
2.66. Assumption of Debt and Leases. Without limiting the generality of
Section 7.5, with respect to debt issued by Price REIT under that certain
Indenture by and between Price REIT and First Trust of California, National
Association (the "Trustee"),
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dated as of October 27, 1995 (the "Indenture"), to the extent the provisions of
the Indenture so require, Kimco shall execute and deliver to the Trustee (a) a
Supplemental Indenture, in form and substance as required by the Indenture (the
"Supplemental Indenture"), expressly assuming the obligations of Price REIT with
respect to the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on all debt securities issued by Price REIT under the
Indenture and the due and punctual performance of all the terms, covenants and
conditions of the Indenture to be kept or performed by Price REIT and (b) such
other customary documents as the Trustee may request in accordance with the
Indenture with respect to the Supplemental Indenture.
2.67. Affiliates of Price REIT.
(a) At least 30 days prior to the Closing Date, Price REIT shall deliver
to Kimco a list of names and addresses of those persons who were, in Price
REIT's reasonable judgment, at the record date for its stockholders' meeting to
approve the Merger, "affiliates" (each such person, an "Affiliate") of Price
REIT within the meaning of Rule 145 of the rules and regulations promulgated
under the Securities Act ("Rule 145"). Price REIT shall provide Kimco such
information and documents as Kimco shall reasonably request for purposes of
reviewing such list. Price REIT shall use all reasonable efforts to deliver or
cause to be delivered to Kimco, prior to the Closing Date, from each of the
Affiliates of Price REIT identified in the foregoing list, an Affiliate Letter
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. Kimco shall be entitled to place
legends as specified in such Affiliate Letters on the certificates evidencing
any shares of the Merger Consideration to be received by such Affiliates
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and to issue appropriate stop transfer
instructions to the transfer agent for the Merger Consideration, consistent with
the terms of such Affiliate Letters.
(b) Kimco shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder, and it
will take such further action as any Affiliate of Price REIT may reasonably
request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Affiliate
to sell the Merger Consideration received by such Affiliate in the Merger
without registration under the Securities Act pursuant to (i) Rule 145(d)(1)
under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or (ii)
any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC.
2.68. Expenses. Subject to Section 9.5, all costs and expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be paid by the party incurring such expenses, except that (a) the filing fee in
connection with the filing of the Form S-4 or Proxy
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Statement/Prospectus with the SEC and (b) the expenses incurred in connection
with printing and mailing the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, shall
be shared equally by Price REIT and Kimco.
2.69. Indemnification. (a) From and after the Effective Time, Kimco
shall cause the Surviving Corporation to keep in effect provisions in its
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws providing for exculpation of director
liability and indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents at
least to the extent that such persons are entitled thereto under the charter and
bylaws of Price REIT on the date hereof, subject to Maryland law, which
provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of
six years after the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the
rights thereunder of individuals who at any time prior to the Effective Time
were directors, officers, employees or agents of Price REIT (the "Indemnified
Parties") in respect of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the
Effective Time (including, without limitation, the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement), unless such modification is required by law; provided, that in
the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six year period,
all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall
continue until disposition of any and all such claims; provided, further, that
from and after the Effective Time, Kimco shall guaranty the obligations of the
Surviving Corporation under the indemnification provisions of the charter and
bylaws of Price REIT existing on the date hereof to the directors, officers,
employees or agents of Price REIT who at any time prior to the Effective Time
were entitled to indemnification thereunder in respect of actions or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement).
(b) For a period of two years after the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect the current policies of
directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by Price REIT (provided
that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the
same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less
advantageous) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred
before the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the
Surviving Corporation be required to expend pursuant to this Section 7.13(b)
more than an amount equal to 200% of current annual premiums paid by Price REIT
for such insurance (which annual premiums Price REIT represents and warrants to
be $130,000 in the aggregate).
(c) In the event that the Surviving Corporation or any of its respective
successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and
shall not be the continuing or
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surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii)
transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any person,
then, and in each such case the successors and assigns of such entity shall
assume the obligations set forth in this Section 7.13, which obligations are
expressly intended to be for the irrevocable benefit or, and shall be
enforceable by, each Indemnified Party.
(d) This Section 7.13 is intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be
enforceable by, the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and personal
representatives and shall be binding on the Surviving Corporation and its
representatives, successors and assigns.
2.70. Employees.
(a) Subject to considerations relating to the particular geographic
region in which the employee is located, it is the intent of the parties hereto
that the employees of Price REIT employed by the Surviving Corporation after the
Effective Time (the "Former Price REIT Employees") shall in general receive
compensation and benefits on the same basis and subject to the same standards as
the employees of Kimco; provided, that, for a period of one year after the
Closing Date the standards of compensation and benefits received by such
employees shall be substantially similar to, but not less than, those received
from Price REIT immediately prior to the Closing Date. In addition, all Former
Price REIT Employees shall, at the option of the Surviving Corporation, either
(i) continue to be eligible to participate in any "employee benefit plan," as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, and any other benefit programs, policies and
arrangements of Price REIT which are, at the option of the Surviving
Corporation, continued by the Surviving Corporation, or alternatively shall be
eligible to participate in the same manner as other similarly situated employees
of the Surviving Corporation who were formerly employees of Kimco in any
"employee benefit plan," as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, and any other
benefit programs, policies and arrangements sponsored or maintained by the
Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time. With respect to each such
employee benefit plan, program, policy or arrangement, service with Price REIT
or any of its Subsidiaries (as applicable) shall be included for purposes of
determining eligibility to participate, vesting (if applicable) and entitlement
to benefits. The medical plan or plans maintained by the Surviving Corporation
after the Effective Time shall waive all limitations as to pre-existing
conditions, exclusions and waiting periods with respect to participation and
coverage requirements applicable to Former Price REIT Employees. With respect to
vacation benefits provided by the Surviving Corporation, the vacation benefit of
each Former Price REIT Employee shall include all hours of accrued but unused
vacation hours with Price REIT or its affiliates. Nothing in this Section
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7.14 shall require Kimco to continue the employment of any particular Price REIT
employee from and after the Closing Date.
(b) For purposes of this Section 7.14, the term "employees" shall mean
all current employees of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries (including those on
disability or approved leave of absence, paid or unpaid).
(c) As of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall adopt a
retention and severance program (the "Retention and Severance Program"). With
respect to the Covered Employees (as defined below), the Surviving Corporation
shall issue to such Covered Employees a letter substantially in the form
previously agreed upon by the parties. The Surviving Corporation shall maintain
the Retention and Severance Program in accordance with the terms thereof. Both
(i) the employees of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries who will participate in the
Retention and Severance Program (the "Covered Employees") and (ii) the aggregate
obligation of the Surviving Corporation under the Retention and Severance
Program shall be determined in the discretion of Joseph K. Kornwasser, subject
to the approval of Kimco, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Kimco will enter into an employment agreement in the forms attached hereto with
each of Joseph K. Kornwasser, Jerald Friedman and Lawrence M. Kronenberg, each
of which shall become effective at, and only upon the occurrence of, the
Effective Time.
(e) Kimco agrees that options to purchase an aggregate of 60,000 shares
of Kimco Common Stock shall be available for grant on the Closing date, pursuant
to Kimco's Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan, to be allocated to
individuals in the discretion of Joseph K. Kornwasser, subject to the approval
of Kimco, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The exercise price
of each such option shall be the closing price of a share of Kimco Common Stock
on the Closing Date, as reported by the NYSE.
2.71. Reorganization. From and after the date hereof and until the
Effective Time, neither Kimco nor Price REIT nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries or other affiliates shall (i) knowingly take any action, or
knowingly fail to take any action that would jeopardize qualification of the
Merger as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; or
(ii) enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect
to the foregoing.
2.72. Advice of Changes. Kimco and Price REIT shall each promptly advise
the other party orally and in writing to the extent it has knowledge of (i) any
representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement that is
qualified as to materiality
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becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or
warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material
respect, (ii) the failure by it to comply in any material respect with or
satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be
complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, and (iii) any change or
event having, or which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on such party or on the truth of
their respective representations and warranties or the ability of the conditions
set forth in Article 8 to be satisfied; provided, however, that no such
notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or
agreements of the parties (or remedies with respect thereto) or the conditions
to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.
2.73. Disqualifying Event. In connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Merger, the Board of Directors of Price REIT shall not
exercise any power, and shall waive any right at any time, to take any action to
declare a Disqualifying Event (as such term is defined in Price REIT's charter)
under Article IX of Price REIT's charter or to redeem or to refuse to transfer
shares of Price REIT Common Stock pursuant thereto.
2.74. Governance. Kimco's Board of Directors shall take all action
necessary to cause the directors comprising the full Board of Directors of Kimco
at the Effective Time to be increased by one Director and shall take all such
action necessary to cause Joseph K. Kornwasser to be selected as a Director of
Kimco for a term expiring at the 1999 annual meeting of shareholders following
the Effective Time, in order to fill the vacancy resulting from such newly
created directorship; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
the 1998 annual meeting of Kimco is held after the Effective Time, Joseph K.
Kornwasser shall be among the nominees submitted to the stockholders of Kimco at
the 1998 annual meeting of shareholders to vote on the election of directors for
the term set forth above in accordance with Maryland law.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS
2.75. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger. The
respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been approved in the manner required by applicable law or by applicable
regulations of any stock exchange or other
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regulatory body by the holders of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of Price REIT and Kimco entitled to vote thereon.
(b) Neither of the parties hereto shall be subject to any order or
injunction of a court of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In the event any such order
or injunction shall have been issued, each party agrees to use its reasonable
efforts to have any such injunction lifted.
(c) The Form S-4 shall have become effective and all necessary state
securities law or "Blue Sky" permits or approvals required to carry out the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained and no stop
order with respect to any of the foregoing shall be in effect.
(d) Kimco shall have obtained the approval for the listing of the Kimco
Common Stock and Kimco Depositary Shares issuable in the Merger on the NYSE,
subject to official notice of issuance.
(e) All consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of (or filings or
registrations with) any governmental commission, board, other regulatory body or
third parties required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement shall have been obtained or made, except for
filings in connection with the Merger and any other documents required to be
filed after the Effective Time and except where the failure to have obtained or
made any such consent, authorization, order, approval, filing or registration
would not have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations
or financial condition of Kimco and Price REIT (and their respective
Subsidiaries), taken as a whole, following the Effective Time.
2.76. Conditions to Obligations of Price REIT to Effect the Merger. The
obligation of Price REIT to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions, unless
waived by Price REIT:
(a) Kimco shall have performed its agreements contained in this
Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and the
representations and warranties of Kimco and Merger Sub contained in this
Agreement that are qualified as to materiality or as to a Kimco Material Adverse
Effect shall be true and correct and any of such representations and warranties
that are not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in
each case, as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date (except to the
extent that the representation or warranty is expressly limited by its terms to
another date), and Price REIT shall have received a certificate of the President
or a Vice President of Kimco, dated the Closing Date, certifying to such effect.
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(b) Price REIT shall have received the opinion dated the Closing Date of
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP or another nationally recognized law firm selected
by Price REIT, based upon certificates and letters, which certificates and
letters are in the form agreed upon by the parties and are dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that the Merger will be treated for Federal income tax
purposes as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code,
and that Price REIT and Kimco will each be a party to that reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(b) of the Code.
(c) Price REIT shall have received the opinion of Brown & Wood LLP in
the form attached as Exhibit C hereto (based upon customary representations in
the form attached thereto), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that,
commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1992, Kimco was organized in
conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under
Section 856 of the Code, and its method of operation has enabled it and will
enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a REIT under the Code.
(d) Price REIT shall have received the opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews
& Ingersoll, which is acting as Maryland counsel to Price REIT, to the effect
that all requisite approvals of the Merger by the stockholders of Price REIT
have been obtained, that assuming due authorization and approval of the Merger
and the Articles of Merger by Kimco and its stockholders, upon filing of the
Articles of Merger with the SDAT, the Merger will be effective, and as to such
other matters of Maryland law as are customary in a transaction such as the
Merger.
(e) Price REIT shall have received a "comfort" letter from Coopers &
Lybrand, L.L.P., dated the Closing Date, with respect to the financial
statements of Kimco included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, substantially in
the form described in Section 7.4.
(f) From the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, there
shall not have occurred any change in the financial condition, business or
operations of Kimco and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would have or
would be reasonably likely to have a Kimco Material Adverse Effect other than
any such change that results from a decline or deterioration in general economic
conditions or in conditions in the real estate markets in which either Price
REIT or Kimco operate and that affects both Price REIT and Kimco in a
substantially similar manner.
2.77. Conditions to Obligation of Kimco and Merger Sub to Effect the
Merger. The obligations of Kimco and Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be
subject to the fulfillment at or prior
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to the Closing Date of the following conditions, unless waived by Kimco:
(a) Price REIT shall have performed its agreements contained in this
Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the Closing Date and the
representations and warranties of Price REIT contained in this Agreement that
are qualified as to materiality or as to a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect
shall be true and correct and any such representations and warranties that are
not so qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each
case, as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date (except to the
extent that the representation or warranty is expressly limited by its terms to
another date), and Kimco shall have received a certificate of the President or a
Vice President of Price REIT, dated the Closing Date, certifying to such effect.
(b) Kimco shall have received the opinion dated the Closing Date of
Brown & Wood LLP or another nationally recognized law firm selected by Kimco,
based upon certificates and letters, which certificates and letters are in the
form agreed to by the parties and are dated the Closing Date, to the effect that
the Merger will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that Kimco and Price REIT
will each be a party to that reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(b)
of the Code.
(c) Kimco shall have received the opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto (based upon customary representations
in the form attached thereto), dated the Closing Date, to the effect that,
commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1991, Price REIT was
organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a REIT under Section 856 of the Code, and its method of operation has enabled it
and will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and
taxation as a REIT under the Code.
(d) Kimco shall have received the opinion of Brown & Wood LLP, which is
acting as Maryland counsel to Kimco, to the effect that this Agreement is
enforceable under New York law, that all requisite approvals of the Merger by
the stockholders of Kimco have been obtained, that assuming due authorization
and approval of the Merger and the Articles of Merger by Price REIT and its
stockholders, upon filing of the Articles of Merger with the SDAT, the Merger
will be effective, and as to such other matters as are customary in a
transaction such as the Merger.
(e) Kimco shall have received a "comfort" letter from Ernst & Young LLP,
dated the Closing Date, with respect to the financial statements of Price REIT
included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, substantially in the form described
in Section 7.4.
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(e) From the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, there
shall not have occurred any change in the financial condition, business or
operations of Price REIT and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would have
or would be reasonably likely to have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect other
than any such change that results from a decline or deterioration in general
economic conditions or in conditions in the real estate markets in which either
Price REIT or Kimco operate and that affects both Price REIT and Kimco in a
substantially similar manner.
ARTICLE 9
TERMINATION
2.78. Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated
and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, before
or after the approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of Price REIT or
Kimco, by the mutual written consent of Kimco and Price REIT.
2.79. Termination by Either Kimco or Price REIT. This Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by action of the Board of Directors
of Price REIT or the Board of Directors of Kimco if (a) the Merger shall not
have been consummated by June 30, 1998 or (b) a meeting of Price REIT's
stockholders shall have been duly convened and held and the approval of Price
REIT's stockholders required by Section 8.1(a) shall not have been obtained at
such meeting or at any adjournment thereof, or (c) a meeting of Kimco's
stockholders shall have been duly convened and held and the approval of Kimco's
stockholders required by Section 8.1(a) shall not have been obtained at such
meeting or at any adjournment thereof, or (d) a United States federal or state
court of competent jurisdiction or United States federal or state governmental,
regulatory or administrative agency or commission shall have issued an order,
decree or ruling or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such
order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and
non-appealable, provided, that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this clause (d) shall have used all reasonable efforts to remove
such order, decree, ruling or injunction; and provided, in the case of a
termination pursuant to clause (a) above, that the terminating party shall not
have breached in any material respect its obligations under this Agreement in
any manner that shall have proximately contributed to the occurrence of the
failure referred to in said clause.
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2.80. Termination by Price REIT. This Agreement may be terminated and
the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, before or
after the adoption and approval by the stockholders of Price REIT referred to in
Section 8.1(a), by action of the Board of Directors of Price REIT, (a) in
accordance with Section 7.1(b); provided, however, that in order for the
termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.3(a) to be deemed
effective, Price REIT shall have complied with all provisions contained in
Section 7.1, including the notice provisions therein, and with applicable
requirements, including the payment of all amounts due under Section 9.5 or (b)
if Kimco or any of its directors or officers shall participate in discussions or
negotiations in breach of Section 7.2, or (c) if there has been a breach by
Kimco or Merger Sub of any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement which would have or would be reasonably likely to have a Kimco
Material Adverse Effect, which breach is not curable by June 29, 1998, or (d) if
there has been a material breach of any of the covenants or agreements set forth
in this Agreement on the part of Kimco, which breach is not curable or, if
curable, is not cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach is
given by Price REIT to Kimco. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any termination
pursuant to Section 9.3(a) shall only be effective if, simultaneously with such
termination, all sums that Price REIT is required to pay to Kimco or deposit
with the escrow agent pursuant to Section 9.5 have been paid or deposited in
immediately available funds.
2.81. Termination by Kimco. This Agreement may be terminated and the
Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, before or after
the approval by the stockholders of Kimco referred to in Section 8.1(a), by
action of the Board of Directors of Kimco, (a) in accordance with Section
7.2(b); provided, however, that in order for the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 9.4(a) to be deemed effective, Kimco shall have
complied with all provisions contained in Section 7.2, including the notice
provisions therein, or (b) if Price REIT or any of its directors or officers
shall participate in discussions or negotiations in breach of Section 7.1, or
(c) if there has been a breach by Price REIT of any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement which would have or would be reasonably likely to
have a Price REIT Material Adverse Effect, which breach is not curable by June
29, 1998, (d) there has been a material breach of any of the covenants or
agreements set forth in this Agreement on the part of Price REIT, which breach
is not curable or, if curable, is not cured within 30 days after written notice
of such breach is given by Kimco to Price REIT or (e) in the event the Kimco
Average Closing Price or the closing price of Kimco Common Stock on the date
scheduled for the Closing or on either of the two immediately preceding business
days is less than $32.00.
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2.82. Certain Fees and Expenses Upon Effect of Termination and
Abandonment. (a) If this Agreement shall be terminated (i) pursuant to Section
9.3(a), 9.4(b) or 9.4(d) (to the extent such termination pursuant to Section
9.4(d) results from a material breach by Price REIT of the covenants set forth
in Sections 7.3(i)(a), 7.3(i)(c), 7.3(ii) (other than 7.3(ii)(c), 7.3(ii)(j) and
7.3(ii)(m) as it applies to Sections 7.3(ii)(c) and 7.3(ii)(j)), 7.5, 7.8 or
7.17; provided, that, the Board of Directors of Kimco makes a good faith
determination that such breach materially impairs either the ability to
consummate the Merger on the terms contemplated herein as of the date hereof or
the economic benefit of the Merger to Kimco anticipated at the date hereof),
then Price REIT will pay Kimco (provided Price REIT was not entitled to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.3(c) or 9.3(d) at the time of
such termination) a fee equal to the Break-up Fee (as defined below) or (ii)
pursuant to Section 9.4(c), 9.4(d) (to the extent such termination pursuant to
Section 9.4(d) results from a material breach by Price REIT of any of its
covenants in this Agreement other than those enumerated in clause (i) of this
Section 9.5(a) to the extent that the Board of Directors of Kimco has made the
determination set forth in the first proviso of said clause (i)) or 9.2(b), then
Price REIT will pay Kimco (provided Price REIT was not entitled to terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.3(c) or 9.3(d) at the time of such
termination) an amount equal to the Break-Up Expenses (as defined below).
(b) If this Agreement shall be terminated (i) pursuant to Section
9.4(e), then Kimco will pay Price REIT (provided Kimco was not entitled to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.4(b) or 9.4(c) at the time of
such termination) an amount equal to $6,250,000, (ii) pursuant to Section 9.4(a)
or 9.3(b), then Kimco will pay to Price REIT (provided Kimco was not entitled to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.4(c) or 9.4(d) at the time of
such termination) a fee equal to the Break-up Fee or (iii) pursuant to Section
9.3(c), 9.3(d) or 9.2(c), then Kimco will pay Price REIT (provided Kimco was not
entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.4(c) or 9.4(d) at the
time of such termination) an amount equal to the Break-Up Expenses.
(c) If the Merger is not consummated (other than due to the termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1 or 9.2(c) or Kimco's failure to
perform its obligations under this Agreement in such a manner so as to entitle
Price REIT to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.3(c) or 9.3(d)) and
at the time of the termination of this Agreement a Price REIT Takeover Proposal
has been received by Price REIT, and either prior to the termination of this
Agreement or within twelve (12) months thereafter Price REIT enters into any
written Price REIT Acquisition Agreement which is subsequently consummated
(whether or not such Price REIT Acquisition Agreement is related to the Price
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REIT Takeover Proposal which had been received at the time of the termination of
this Agreement), then Price REIT shall pay the Break-Up Fee to Kimco. If the
Merger is not consummated (other than due to the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.1 or 9.2(b) or Price REITs's failure to perform its
obligations under this Agreement in such a manner so as to entitle Kimco to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.4(c) or 9.4(d)) and at the time
of the termination of this Agreement a Kimco Takeover Proposal has been received
by Kimco, and either prior to the termination of this Agreement or within twelve
(12) months thereafter Kimco enters into any written Kimco Acquisition Agreement
which is subsequently consummated (whether or not such Kimco Acquisition
Agreement is related to the Kimco Takeover Proposal which had been received at
the time of the termination of this Agreement), then Kimco shall pay the
Break-Up Fee to Price REIT. Any and all amounts to be paid pursuant to this
Section 9.5, shall be paid, by Price REIT to Kimco or Kimco to Price REIT (as
applicable), in immediately available funds within three days of termination
(except as otherwise provided in Section 9.3).
(d) As used in this Agreement, "Break-Up Fee" shall be an amount equal
to the lesser of (i) $12,500,000 plus Break-Up Expenses (the "Base Amount") and
(ii) the maximum amount that can be paid to Kimco without causing it to fail to
meet the requirements of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code determined as if
the payment of such amount did not constitute income described in Sections
856(c)(2)(A)-(H) and 856(c)(3)(A)-(I) of the Code ("Qualifying Income"), as
determined by independent accountants to the party hereto which becomes entitled
to the Break-Up Fee (the "Fee Recipient"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event the Fee Recipient receives a letter from outside counsel (the "Break-Up
Fee Tax Opinion") indicating that the Fee Recipient has received a ruling from
the IRS holding that the Fee Recipient's receipt of the Base Amount would either
constitute Qualifying Income or would be excluded from gross income within the
meaning of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code (the "REIT Requirements"), the
Break-Up Fee shall be an amount equal to the Base Amount. The obligation of the
party required to pay the Break-Up Fee to pay any unpaid portion of the Break-Up
Fee shall terminate five years from the date of this Agreement. In the event
that the Fee Recipient is not able to receive the full Base Amount, the other
party shall place the unpaid amount in escrow by wire transfer within three days
of termination (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.3) and shall not
release any portion thereof to the Fee Recipient unless and until the other
party receives either one or a combination of the following: (i) a letter from
the Fee Recipient's independent accountants indicating the maximum amount that
can be paid at that time to the Fee Recipient without causing the Fee Recipient
to fail to meet the REIT Requirements or (ii) a Break-Up Fee Tax Opinion, in
either of which events the other party shall pay to the Fee Recipient the lesser
of the unpaid
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Base Amount or the maximum amount stated in the letter referred to in (i) above.
Each of Price REIT and Kimco agrees to amend this Section 9.5 at the request of
the Fee Recipient in order to (x) maximize the portion of the Break-Up Fee that
may be distributed to the Fee Recipient hereunder without causing the Fee
Recipient to fail to meet the requirements of Sections 856 (c)(2) and (3) of the
Code or (y) improve the Fee Recipient's chances of securing a favorable ruling
described in this Section 9.5(b), provided that no such amendment may result in
any additional cost or expense to the other party. Amounts remaining in escrow
after the obligation of a party to pay the Break-Up Fee terminates shall be
released to the party making such escrow deposit.
(e) The "Break-Up Expenses" payable to Kimco or Price REIT, as the case
may be (the "Expenses Recipient"), shall be an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$2,000,000, (ii) the Expenses Recipient's out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(including, without limitation, all attorneys', accountants and investment
bankers' fees and expenses) and (iii) the maximum amount that can be paid to the
Expenses Recipient without causing it to fail to meet the requirements of
Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code determined as if the payment of such
amount did not constitute Qualifying Income, as determined by independent
accountants to the Expenses Recipient. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
event the Expenses Recipient receives a letter from outside counsel (the
"Break-Up Fee Tax Opinion") indicating that the Expenses Recipient has received
a ruling from the IRS holding that the Expenses Recipient's receipt of the
Break-Up Expenses would either constitute Qualifying Income or would be excluded
from gross income within the meaning of the REIT Requirements, the Break-Up
Expenses shall be determined without regard to clause (iii) above. The
obligation of Kimco or Price REIT, as applicable ("Payor"), to pay any unpaid
portion of the Break-Up Expenses shall terminate five years from the date of
this Agreement. In the event that the Expenses Recipient is not able to receive
the full Break-Up Expenses, the Payor shall place the unpaid amount in escrow
and shall not release any portion thereof to the Expenses Recipient unless and
until the Payor receives any one or combination of the following: (i) a letter
from the Expenses Recipient's independent accountants indicating the maximum
amount that can be paid at the time to the Expenses Recipient without causing
the Expenses Recipient to fail to meet the REIT Requirements or (ii) a Break-Up
Expense Tax Opinion, in either of such events the Payor shall pay to the
Expenses Recipient the lesser of the unpaid Break-Up Expenses or the maximum
amount stated in the letter referred to in (i) above. Amounts remaining in
escrow after the obligation of a party to pay the Break-Up Expenses terminates
shall be released to the party making such escrow deposit.
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(f) In the event of termination of this Agreement and the abandonment of
the Merger pursuant to this Article 9, all obligations of the parties hereto
shall terminate, except the obligations of the parties pursuant to this Section
9.5 and Section 7.12 and except for the provisions of Section 10.3, 10.4, 10.5,
10.6, 10.7, 10.9, 10.10, 10.13, 10.14 and 10.15. In the event either party is
required to file suit to seek all or a portion of Break-up Fee and/or Break-up
Expenses, and it ultimately succeeds, it shall be entitled to all expenses,
including attorneys' fees and expenses, which it has incurred in enforcing its
rights hereunder.
2.83. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any
party hereto, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may, to the extent
legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance
with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained
herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or
waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on
behalf of such party.
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL PROVISIONS
2.84. Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations, warranties and agreements in this Agreement or in any
instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall not survive the Merger,
provided, however, that the agreements contained in Article 4, the last sentence
of Section 7.5 and Sections 7.11, 7.13 and 7.14, and this Article 10 shall
survive the Merger.
2.85. Notices. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be sent by facsimile transmission (confirmed by any of the
methods that follow), courier service (with proof of service), hand delivery or
certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage
prepaid) and addressed as follows:
If to Kimco or Merger Sub:
Milton Cooper
Kimco Realty Corporation
3333 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, NY 11042-0020
Facsimile: (516) 869-7117
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With a copy to:
Joseph W. Armbrust, Esq.
Brown & Wood LLP
One World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
Facsimile: (212) 839-5599
If to Price REIT:
Joseph K. Kornwasser
The Price REIT, Inc.
145 South Fairfax Avenue
Fourth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Facsimile: (213) 937-8175
With a copy to:
Kenneth M. Doran, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Facsimile: (213) 229-7520
or to such other address as any party shall specify by written notice so given,
and such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date so
delivered.
2.86. Assignment; Binding Effect; Benefit. Neither this Agreement nor
any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any
of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the
prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence,
this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except for the provisions
of Sections 7.13 and 7.14(e) (collectively, the "Third Party Provisions"),
nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any
person other than the parties hereto or their respective heirs, successors,
executors, administrators and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement. The Third Party Provisions may
be enforced by the beneficiaries thereof.
2.87. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits, the Price REIT
Disclosure Letter and the Kimco Disclosure Letter and any documents delivered by
the parties in connection herewith constitute the entire agreement among the
parties with respect to
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the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties with respect thereto. No addition to or modification of any
provision of this Agreement shall be binding upon any party hereto unless made
in writing and signed by all parties hereto.
2.88. Confidentiality. (a) Except to the extent that any of the
provisions of that certain confidentiality agreement dated December 9, 1997
between Kimco and Price REIT (the "Confidentiality Agreement") are inconsistent
with this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Agreement shall govern and
supersede such provisions, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the
Confidentiality Agreement remains in full force and effect and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
(a) Each party hereto further agrees that if this Agreement is
terminated in accordance with its terms, until June 30, 1998, (1) it will not
offer to hire or hire any person currently or formerly employed by the other
party with whom such party has had contact prior hereto other than persons whose
employment shall have been terminated by such other party prior to the date of
such offer to hire or hiring and (2) neither it nor its Affiliates shall,
directly or indirectly, (A) (w) solicit, seek or offer to effect or effect, (x)
negotiate with or provide any information to the Board of Directors of the other
party, any director or officer of the other party or any stockholder of the
other party with respect to, (y) make any statement or proposal, whether written
or oral, either alone or in concert with others, to the Board of Directors of
the other party, any director or officer of the other party or any stockholder
of the other party or any other person with respect to, or (z) make any public
announcement (except as required by law in respect of actions permitted hereby)
or proposal or offer whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any
"solicitation" of "proxies" as such terms are defined or used in Regulation 14A
of the Exchange Act) with respect to, (i) any form of business combination or
similar or other extraordinary transaction involving the other party or any
Affiliate thereof, including, without limitation, a merger, tender or exchange
offer or liquidation of the other party's assets, (ii) any form of
restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction with respect to the other
party or any Affiliate thereof, (iii) any purchase of any securities or assets,
or rights or options to acquire any securities or assets (through purchase,
exchange, conversion or otherwise), of the other party or any Affiliate thereof,
(iv) any proposal to seek representation on the Board of Directors of the other
party or otherwise to seek to control or influence the management, Board of
Directors or policies of the other party or any Affiliate thereof, (v) any
request or proposal to waive, terminate or amend the provisions of this Section
10.5, or (vi) any proposal or other statement inconsistent with the terms of
this Section 10.5 or (B) instigate, encourage, join, act in concert with
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or assist (including, but not limited to, providing or assisting in any way in
the obtaining of financing for, or acting as a joint or co-bidder for the other
party with) any third party to do any of the foregoing, unless and until such
party has received the prior written invitation or approval of a majority of the
Board of Directors of the other party to do any of the foregoing; provided that
without such invitation or approval, either party may at any time, on a
confidential, non-public basis, submit to the Chief Executive Officer or, if
none, the President of the other party a proposal to (I) amend any of the
provisions of this Section 10.5(e) or (II) effect a business combination or
other extraordinary transaction with the other party providing for the
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or the securities of the
other party, including, without limitation, a merger, tender offer or exchange
offer. Each party hereto agrees that it will not agree with any third party not
to waive its rights under this Section 10.5.
2.89. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, by
action taken by their respective Boards of Directors, at any time before or
after approval of matters presented in connection with the Merger by the
stockholders of Price REIT and Kimco and prior to the filing of the Articles of
Merger with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland;
provided, however, that after any such stockholder approval is obtained, no
amendment shall be made which by law requires the further approval of
stockholders without obtaining such further approval. The parties agree to amend
this Agreement in the manner provided in the immediately preceding sentence to
the extent required to (a) continue the status of the parties as REITs or (b)
preserve the Merger as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.
This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on
behalf of each of the parties hereto.
2.90. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its rules
of conflict of laws, except that the validity of the Merger shall be governed by
the MGCL. Each of Price REIT and Kimco hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
consents to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York and of the United States of America located in the State of New York
(the "New York Courts") for any litigation arising out of or relating to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agrees not to commence
any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), waives any objection to
the laying of venue of any such litigation in the New York Courts and agrees not
to plead or claim in any New York Court that such litigation brought therein has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.
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2.91. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto
in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each
signed by less than all, but together signed by all of the parties hereto.
2.92. Headings. Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement
are for the convenience of the parties only, and shall be given no substantive
or interpretive effect whatsoever.
2.93. Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, words describing the singular number shall include the plural and vice
versa, and words denoting any gender shall include all genders and words
denoting natural persons shall include corporations and partnerships and vice
versa.
2.94. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the
parties may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or
other acts of the other party, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations
or warranties of the other party contained in this Agreement or in any document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) subject to the proviso of Section
10.6, waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions of the other
party contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a party to any
such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in
writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any party to this
Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall
not constitute a waiver of those rights.
2.95. Incorporation. The Price REIT Disclosure Letter, the
Confidentiality Agreement and the Kimco Disclosure Letter and all Exhibits
attached hereto and thereto and referred to herein and therein are hereby
incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes as if fully set
forth herein.
2.96. Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without
rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this
Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this
Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted
to be only so broad as is enforceable.
2.97. Enforcement of Agreement. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Agreement was not performed in accordance with
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its specific terms or was otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of
this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in
any New York Court, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are
entitled at law or in equity.
2.98. Definitions. As used in this Agreement: (a) "Subsidiary" when used
with respect to any party means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, business trust or other entity, of which such party
directly or indirectly owns or controls at least a majority of the securities or
other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to
such corporation or other organization; and (b) "knowledge" or "best knowledge"
of any person means the actual knowledge of such person or of such person's
directors and executive officers after reasonable inquiry.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement and caused
the same to be duly delivered on their behalf on the day and year first written
above.
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
ATTEST:
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
REIT SUB, INC.
ATTEST:
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
THE PRICE REIT, INC.
ATTEST:
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
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SCHEDULE 6.2
1. Executive Employment Agreement dated January 13, 1998 between Kimco and
Joseph K. Kornwasser.
2. Executive Employment Agreement dated January 13, 1998 between Kimco and
Jerald Friedman.
3. Executive Employment Agreement dated January 13, 1998 between Kimco and
Lawrence M. Kronenberg.
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EXHIBIT A
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
OF
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
Kimco Realty Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Maryland (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: Pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of
Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") in accordance with
Article IV.D. of the charter of the Corporation, including these Articles
Supplementary (the "Charter"), the Board of Directors, at a meeting held on
January 13, 1998, adopted resolutions reclassifying 700,000 shares (the
"Shares") of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Charter) as a separate class of
stock, 7.5% Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share ("Class D Preferred Stock"), and reclassifying 700,000 shares (the "Class
D Excess Shares") of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Charter) as a separate
class of stock, Class D Excess Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share
("Class D Excess Preferred Stock"), each with the preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other
distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption set forth
below:
7.5% Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock
2.99. Certain Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this
paragraph (A) shall have, for all purposes of the provisions of the Charter in
respect of the Class D Preferred Stock, the meanings herein specified (with
terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the
plural).
Beneficial Ownership. The term "Beneficial Ownership" shall mean
ownership of Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Class D Preferred Stock or
Class D Excess Preferred Stock either directly or constructively through the
application of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of
the
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Code. The terms "Beneficial Owner," "Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned"
shall have the correlative meanings.
Beneficiary. The term "Beneficiary" shall mean the beneficiary of the
Trust as determined pursuant to subparagraph (11)(e)(1) of paragraph (G) below.
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 The City of New York are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
Class A Preferred Stock. The term "Class A Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 7 3/4% Class A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Class B Preferred Stock. The term "Class B Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 8 1/2% Class B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Class C Preferred Stock. The term "Class C Preferred Stock" shall mean
the 8 3/8% Class C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value per
share, of the Corporation.
Code. The term "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
Common Equity. The term "Common Equity" shall mean all shares now or
hereafter authorized of any class of common stock of the Corporation, including
the Common Stock, and any other stock of the Corporation, howsoever designated,
authorized after the Initial Issue Date, which has the right (subject always to
prior rights of any class or series of preferred stock) to participate in the
distribution of the assets and earnings of the Corporation without limit as to
per share amount.
Common Stock. The term "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
Constructive Ownership. The term "Constructive Ownership" shall mean
ownership of Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Class D Preferred Stock or
Class D Excess Preferred Stock either directly 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 Owns" and "Constructively
Owned" shall have the correlative meanings.
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Conversion Price. The term "Conversion Price" shall mean a conversion
price of $402.50 per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth
in paragraph E.
Depositary Shares. The term "Depositary Shares" shall mean the
Depositary Shares each representing 1/10 of a share of Class D Preferred Stock.
Dividend Payment Date. The term "Dividend Payment Date" shall have the
meaning set forth in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (B) below.
Dividend Period. The term "Dividend Period" shall mean the period from,
and including, the Initial Issue Date to, but not including, the first Dividend
Payment Date, and thereafter each quarterly period from, and including, the
Dividend Payment Date to, but not including, the next Dividend Payment Date.
Initial Issue Date. The term "Initial Issue Date" shall mean the date
that shares of Class D Preferred Stock are first issued by the Corporation.
Junior Stock. The term "Junior Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) the Common Equity and any other class or series of stock of the Corporation
which is not entitled to receive any dividends in any Dividend Period unless all
dividends required to have been paid or declared and set apart for payment on
the Class D Preferred Stock shall have been so paid or declared and set apart
for payment or (ii) the Common Equity and any other class or series of stock of
the Corporation which is not entitled to receive any assets upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation until the Class D
Preferred Stock shall have received the entire amount to which such Class D
Preferred Stock is entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
IRS. The term "IRS" shall mean the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
Liquidation Preference. The term "Liquidation Preference" shall mean
$250.00 per share of Class D Preferred Stock, plus any accumulated, accrued and
unpaid dividends.
Market Price. The term "Market Price" shall mean the price of the Class
D Preferred Stock (i) as determined by multiplying by ten the last reported
sales price of the Depositary Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant date or, (ii) if
the Depositary Shares are not then traded on the NYSE, as determined by the last
reported sales price of the Depositary Shares on the trading day immediately
preceding the relevant date as reported on any exchange or quotation system over
which the Depositary Shares may be traded, or
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(iii) if the Depositary Shares are not then traded over any exchange or
quotation system, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
Ownership Limit. The term "Ownership Limit" shall mean not more than
9.8% of the outstanding shares of Preferred Equity Stock.
Parity Stock. The term "Parity Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) any class or series of stock of the Corporation which is entitled to receive
payment of dividends on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock or (ii) any
class or series of stock of the Corporation which is entitled to receive assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation on
a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock. The term "Parity Stock" shall include
the Class A Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the Class C
Preferred Stock.
Person. The term "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation,
partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 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; but does not include an underwriter which participates in a
public offering of the Class D Preferred Stock or any interest therein, provided
that such ownership by such underwriter would not result in the Corporation
being "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, or
otherwise result in the Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT.
Preferred Equity Stock. The term "Preferred Equity Stock" shall mean
shares of stock that are either Class D Preferred Stock or Class D Excess
Preferred Stock.
Press Release. The term "Press Release" shall mean the press release
issued pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (D).
Purported Beneficial Transferee. The term "Purported Beneficial
Transferee" shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer which results in
Class D Excess Preferred Stock, the purported beneficial transferee or owner for
whom the Purported Record Transferee would have acquired or owned shares of
Class D Preferred Stock if such Transfer had been valid under subparagraph (1)
of paragraph (G) below.
Purported Record Transferee. The term "Purported Record Transferee"
shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer which results in Class D
Excess Preferred Stock, the record holder
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of the Preferred Equity Stock if such Transfer had been valid under subparagraph
(1) of paragraph (G) below.
REIT. The term "REIT" shall mean a real estate investment trust under
Section 856 of the Code.
Record Date. The term "Record Date" shall mean the date designated by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the time a dividend is declared;
provided, however, that such Record Date shall be the first day of the calendar
month in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls or such other date
designated by the Board of Directors for the payment of dividends that is not
more than thirty (30) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to such Dividend
Payment Date.
Redemption Date. The term "Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (D) below.
Redemption Shares. The term "Redemption Shares" shall mean such number
of shares of Common Stock into which Class D Preferred Stock is convertible at
the Conversion Price as of the opening of business on the Redemption Date.
Senior Stock. The term "Senior Stock" shall mean, as the case may be,
(i) any class or series of stock of the Corporation created after the Initial
Issue Date in accordance with subparagraph (1) of paragraph (F) ranking senior
to the Class D Preferred Stock in respect of the right to receive dividends or
(ii) any class or series of stock of the Corporation created after the Initial
Issue Date in accordance with subparagraph (1) of paragraph (F) ranking senior
to the Class D Preferred Stock in respect of the right to participate in any
distribution upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Corporation.
Trading Day. The term "Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the
securities in question are traded on the NYSE.
Transfer. The term "Transfer" shall mean any sale, transfer, gift,
assignment, devise or other disposition of Preferred Equity Stock, including (i)
the granting of any option or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer
or other disposition of Preferred Equity Stock or (ii) the sale, transfer,
assignment or other disposition of any securities (or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for Preferred Equity Stock), whether voluntary or involuntary,
whether of record or beneficially or Beneficially or Constructively (including
but not limited to transfers of interests in other entities which result in
changes in Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Preferred Equity Stock), and
whether by operation of law or otherwise.
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Trust. The term "Trust" shall mean the trust created pursuant to
subparagraph (11)(a) of paragraph (G).
Trustee. The term "Trustee" shall mean the Corporation as trustee for
the Trust, and any successor trustee appointed by the Corporation.
100. Dividends.
(a) The record holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive dividends, when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, out of funds legally available for payment of dividends. Such
dividends shall be payable by the Corporation in cash at the rate per share
equal to the greater of (i) $18.75 per annum or (ii) the cash dividends
(determined on each Dividend Payment Date referred to in subsection (2) of this
paragraph (B)) on the shares of Common Stock (or portion thereof) into which a
share of the Class D Preferred Stock is convertible, plus $0.275 per quarter.
(b) Dividends on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall accrue and be
cumulative from the Initial Issue Date. Dividends shall be payable quarterly in
arrears when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on
January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year (each, a "Dividend
Payment Date"), commencing, with respect to the period commencing on the Initial
Issue Date and ending on June 30, 1998, on July 15, 1998. If any Dividend
Payment Date occurs on a day that is not a Business Day, any accrued dividends
otherwise payable on such Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the next
succeeding Business Day. The amount of dividends payable on Class D Preferred
Stock for each full Dividend Period shall be computed by dividing by four (4)
the annual dividend rate set forth in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (B)
above. Dividends payable in respect of the first Dividend Period and any
subsequent Dividend Period which is less than a full Dividend Period in length
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months. Dividends shall be paid to the holders of record of the Class D
Preferred Stock as their names shall appear on the stock transfer records of the
Corporation at the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend.
Dividends in respect of any past Dividend Periods that are in arrears may be
declared and paid at any time to holders of record on the Record Date therefor.
Any dividend payment made on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be first
credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due which remains
payable. Upon issuance, the Class D Preferred Stock will rank on parity as to
dividends with the Class A Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the
Class C Preferred Stock.
(c) If any shares of Class D Preferred Stock are outstanding, no full
dividends shall be declared or paid or set
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apart for payment on any other class or series of Preferred Stock ranking junior
to or on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends for any
period unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set
apart for such payment on the Class D Preferred Stock for all past Dividend
Periods and the then current Dividend Period. When dividends are not paid in
full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the
shares of the Class D Preferred Stock and any other class or series of Preferred
Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Class D Preferred Stock, all
dividends declared upon the shares of the Class D Preferred Stock and any other
such class or series of Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the
amount of dividends declared per share on the Class D Preferred Stock and such
class or series of Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the
same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the
Class D Preferred Stock and such class or series of Preferred Stock bear to each
other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in
respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Class D Preferred Stock which
may be in arrears.
(d) Except as provided in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (B), unless
full cumulative dividends on the Class D Preferred Stock have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the
payment thereof set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods and the then
current Dividend Period, no dividends (other than in common stock or other stock
ranking junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the affairs of the Corporation) shall
be declared or paid or set apart for payment or other distribution shall be
declared or made upon any Junior Stock or Parity Stock nor shall any Junior
Stock or Parity Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any
consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for
the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by
conversion into or exchange for other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to
the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up).
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no
dividends on shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be authorized or declared
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or paid or set apart for payment by
the Corporation at such time as the terms and provisions of any agreement of the
Corporation, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits
such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or
provides that such authorization, declaration, payment or setting apart for
payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder, or to the
extent such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
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(f) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, dividends
on the Class D Preferred Stock, if not paid on the applicable Dividend Payment
Date, will accrue whether or not dividends are authorized or declared for such
Dividend Payment Date, whether or not the Corporation has earnings and whether
or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends.
(g) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as
"capital gain dividends" (as defined in Section 857 of the Code) any portion
(the "Capital Gains Amount") of the dividends (as determined for federal income
tax purposes) paid or made available for the year to holders of all classes of
stock (the "Total Dividends"), then the portion of the Capital Gains Amount that
shall be allocable to holders of the Class D Preferred Stock shall be the amount
that the total dividends paid or made available to the holders of the Class D
Preferred Stock for the year bears to the Total Dividends.
101. Distributions Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(a) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, subject to the prior preferences
and other rights of any class or series of stock ranking senior to the Class D
Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, but before any distribution or
payment shall be made to the holders of any class or series of stock ranking
junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, the
holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the
assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders
liquidating distributions in cash or property at its fair market value as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in the amount of the
Liquidation Preference per share plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued
and unpaid thereon to the date of such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they
are entitled, the holders of Class D Preferred Stock will have no right or claim
to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation and shall not be entitled to
any other distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation.
(b) In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the legally available assets of the
Corporation are insufficient to pay the amount of the Liquidation Preference per
share plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid on the Class D
Preferred Stock
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and the corresponding amounts payable on each class or series of stock ranking
on a parity with the Class D Preferred Stock as to the distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation,
then the holders of the Class D Preferred Stock and all such stock shall share
ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating
distributions to which they otherwise would be respectively entitled. Upon
issuance, the Class D Preferred Stock will rank on parity with the Class A
Preferred Stock, the Class B Preferred Stock and the Class C Preferred Stock as
to the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Corporation. Neither the consolidation or merger of the
Corporation into or with another corporation or corporations nor the sale,
lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation to another corporation or any other entity shall be deemed a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation within
the meaning of this paragraph (C).
102. Redemption by the Corporation.
(a) The Class D Preferred Stock may be redeemed for Redemption Shares,
in whole or from time to time in part, on any date on or after the third
anniversary of the Initial Issue Date (or if such date is not a Business Day, on
the first Business Day after such date) at the option of the Corporation if for
any 20 Trading Days within any period of 30 consecutive Trading Days, including
the last Trading Day of such period, the average closing price per share of the
Common Stock exceeds 12% of the Conversion Price. In order to exercise its
redemption option, the Corporation shall issue a press release announcing the
redemption (the "Press Release") prior to the opening of business on the fifth
Trading Day after the condition in the preceding sentence has, from time to
time, been met. The Press Release shall announce the redemption and set forth
the number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock that the Corporation intends to
redeem. The redemption date shall be selected by the Corporation, shall be
specified in the notice of the redemption and shall not be less than 30 days or
more than 60 days after the date on which the Corporation issues the Press
Release (the "Redemption Date").
(b) Upon any redemption of the Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall pay in cash any accrued and unpaid dividends in arrears for any Dividend
Period ending on or prior to the redemption Date. If the Redemption Date falls
after a Record Date and prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, then
each holder of Class D Preferred Stock at the close of business on such Record
Date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the
redemption of such shares of Class D Preferred Stock before such Dividend
Payment Date. Except as
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provided above, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid
dividends, whether or not in arrears, on such shares of Class D Preferred Stock
to be redeemed or on the shares of Common Stock issued upon such redemption.
(c) If the Corporation shall redeem shares of Class D Preferred Stock
pursuant to subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (D), notice of such redemption
shall be given not more than five Business Days after the date on which the
Corporation issues the Press Release to each holder of record of the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Notice shall be by publication in a
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York, such publication to be
made once a week for two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. A similar notice will be mailed by
the Corporation, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the Redemption Date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the
Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addressees as they
appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. No failure to give such
notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity
of the proceedings for the redemption of any shares of Class D Preferred Stock
except as to any holder to whom the Corporation has failed to give notice or
except as to any holder to whom notice was defective or not given. In addition
to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange
upon which Class D Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, such
notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the Conversion Price; (iii)
the number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than
all shares held by the particular holder are to be redeemed, the number of such
shares to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such
shares are to be surrendered in exchange for certificates evidencing the
Redemption Shares; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will
cease to accrue on the Redemption Date.
(d) Notice having been published or mailed in accordance with
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (D), from and after the Redemption Date
(unless the Corporation shall fail to make available a number of shares of
Common Stock or amount of cash necessary to effect such redemption), (i) except
as otherwise provided herein, dividends on the shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, (ii) said shares shall no longer
be deemed to be outstanding and (iii) all rights of the holders thereof as
holders of Class D Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall cease (except the
rights to receive the shares of Common Stock and cash payable upon such
redemption, without interest thereon, upon surrender and endorsement of their
certificates if so required and to receive any dividends payable thereon). The
Corporation's obligation to provide Common Stock and cash in accordance with the
preceding sentence shall be deemed
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fulfilled if, on or before the Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit
with a bank or trust company (which may be an affiliate of the Corporation) that
has an office in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, or in Baltimore,
Maryland and that has, or is an affiliate of a bank or trust company that has, a
capital and surplus of a least $50,000,000, Common Stock and any cash necessary
for such redemption, in trust, with irrevocable instructions that such Common
Stock and cash be applied to the redemption of the shares of Class D Preferred
Stock so called for redemption. At the close of business on the Redemption Date,
each holder of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed (unless the
Corporation defaults in the delivery of the Common Stock or cash payable on such
Redemption Date) shall be deemed to be the record holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock into which such shares of Class D Preferred Stock is to be
redeemed, regardless of whether such holder has surrendered the certificates
representing the shares of Class D Preferred Stock. No interest shall accrue for
the benefit of the holder of shares of Class D Preferred Stock to be redeemed on
any cash so set aside by the Corporation. Subject to applicable escheat laws,
any such cash unclaimed at the end of two years from the Redemption Date shall
revert to the general funds of the Corporation, after which reversion the
holders of such shares so called for redemption shall look only to the general
funds of the Corporation for the payment of such cash.
(e) As promptly as practicable after the surrender in accordance with
said notice of the certificates for any such shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation
shall so require and if the notice shall so state), such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall be exchanged for certificates representing shares of
Common Stock and any cash (without interest thereon) for which such shares of
Class D Preferred Stock have been redeemed. In case of redemption of less than
all shares of Class D Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be
redeemed shall be selected by the Corporation pro rata from the holders of
record of such shares in proportion to the number of shares held by such holders
(with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional shares) or by any other
equitable method determined by the Corporation that will not result in the
issuance of any Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If fewer than all the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock represented by any certificate are redeemed, than new
certificates representing the unredeemed shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall
be issued without cost to the holder thereof.
(f) No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the redemption of Class D Preferred
Stock. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be
issuable upon redemption of Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay
to the holder of
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the shares of Class D Preferred Stock which were mandatorily converted a cash
adjustment in respect of such fractional shares in an amount equal to the same
fraction of the market price per share of the Common Stock (as determined in a
reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of Directors at the close of business
on the Redemption Date).
(g) Unless full cumulative dividends on all shares of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and
a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past
Dividend Periods and the then current Dividend Period, no shares of any Class D
Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of Class D
Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms
to holders of all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock, and, unless
full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock
have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past Dividend
Periods and the then current Dividend Period, the Corporation shall not purchase
or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Class D Preferred
Stock (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation
ranking junior to the Class D Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up).
(h) All shares of Class D Preferred Stock redeemed pursuant to this
paragraph (D) shall be retired and shall be reclassified as authorized and
unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to class or series
and may thereafter be reissued as shares of any class or series of Preferred
Stock.
103. Conversion.
(a) Subject to paragraph (D), each holder of shares of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have the right, at his or her option at any time, to convert all or
a portion of such shares (including fractions of such shares so long as such
fractions are in integral multiples of 1/10 of a share), unless previously
redeemed, into Common Stock at the Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall
be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided. For purposes
of such conversion, each share of Class D Preferred Stock shall be valued at
$250.00. However, the right to convert shares of Class D Preferred Stock called
for redemption pursuant to paragraph (D) hereof shall terminate at the close of
business on the Redemption Date fixed for such redemption, unless the
Corporation shall default in making of payment of the Common Stock and any cash
payable upon redemption under paragraph (D) hereof.
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(b) The Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(i) If the Corporation shall pay or make a dividend or other
distribution on Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in
effect at the opening of business on the date following the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other
distribution shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of
shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to
become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following
the date fixed for such determination. For purposes of this subparagraph (2)(a),
the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include
shares held in the treasury of the Corporation but shall include shares issuable
in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common
Stock. The Corporation will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on
shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the corporation.
(ii) If the Corporation shall issue additional rights or warrants to
all holders of its shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the then current
market price per share (determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this
paragraph (E)) of the Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants (other than pursuant to
a dividend reinvestment plan), the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be
reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close
of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares
of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of
shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at
such current market price (determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this
paragraph (E)) and the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination
plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or
purchase, such reduction to become effective immediately after the opening of
business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. For the
purposes of this subparagraph (2)(b), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the
Corporation but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates
issued in lieu of fractions of shares
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of Common Stock. The Corporation will not issue any rights or warrants in
respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Corporation during
the period so held.
(iii) If outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided into
a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at
the opening of business on the date following the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely,
if outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a smaller number of
shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes
effective shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the
case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on
the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes
effective.
(iv) If the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
to all holders of its shares of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness,
assets or securities of the Corporation or other Persons (but excluding (i) any
rights or warrants referred to in subparagraph (2)(b) of this paragraph (E),
(ii) any dividend or distribution referred to in subparagraph (2)(e) of this
paragraph (E), (iii) any cash dividend or cash distribution out of current or
accumulated funds from operations (as determined by the Board of Directors) and
(iv) any dividend or distribution referred to in subparagraph (2)(a) of this
paragraph (E)), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share
(determined as provided in subparagraph (2)(g) of this paragraph (E)) of a share
of Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair
market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall
be conclusive and shall be described in a statement filed with the transfer
agent for the Class D Preferred Stock) of the portion of the evidences of the
indebtedness, assets or securities so distributed applicable to a share of
Common Stock and the denominator shall be such current market price of a share
of Common Stock, such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the
opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event of a distribution to all holders of shares of Common
Stock of rights to subscribe for additional shares of the Corporation's capital
stock (other than rights described in subparagraph (2)(b) of this paragraph
(E)), the Corporation may, instead of making the adjustment in the Conversion
Price set forth in this subparagraph (2)(d), provide that each holder of shares
of Class D Preferred Stock who converts such shares shall be entitled
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to receive upon such conversion, in addition to the applicable number of shares
of Common Stock, the number of such rights such holder would have been entitled
to receive had such holder converted such shares immediately prior to the record
date applicable to such distribution of rights.
(v) If the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute
to all holders of its shares of Common Stock securities of one of its
subsidiaries that is (i) organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust
under applicable federal tax laws and regulations and (ii) identified in any
informational materials distributed to stockholders as being intended to operate
on a leveraged basis, then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the
same shall equal the price determined by subtracting from the Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution (the
"Determination Date") the per share amount of the distribution for tax purposes,
as determined by the Board of Directors. The Corporation will publish notice of
such distribution to holders of Class D Preferred Stock in a newspaper of
general circulation at least ten business days prior to the Determination Date.
(vi) For the purposes of this subparagraph (2), the reclassification
of shares of Common Stock into securities including securities other than shares
of Common Stock (other than any reclassification upon a consolidation or merger
to which subparagraph (6) of this paragraph (E) applies) shall be deemed to
involve (i) a distribution of such securities other than shares of Common Stock
to all holders of shares of Common Stock (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution" and the "date fixed for such
determination" within the meaning of subparagraph (2)(d) of this paragraph (E)),
and (ii) a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification
into the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter
(and the effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day
upon which such subdivision became effective" and "the day upon which such
subdivision or combination becomes effective," as the case may be, within the
meaning of subparagraph (2)(c) of this paragraph (E)).
(vii) For the purpose of any computation under subparagraphs (2)(b)
and 2(d) of this paragraph (E), the current market price of a share of Common
Stock on any day shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices
for the 30 consecutive trading days commencing 45 trading days before the day in
question. The closing price for each day shall be the reported last sale price
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on
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such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asking prices, in either
case on the NYSE, or, if the shares of Common Stock are no longer quoted on such
exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of
Common Stock are then listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common
Stock are not quoted on any national securities exchange, the closing sale price
of the shares of Common Stock or, in case no reported sale takes place, average
of the shares of Common Stock or, in case no reported sale takes place, average
of the closing bid and asked prices on the Nasdaq National Market or any
comparable system, or if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market or any comparable system, the closing sale price, or, in case no
reported sale takes place, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, as
furnished by any NYSE member firm selected from time to time by the Board of
Directors for that purpose.
(viii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment in the
Conversion Price for the Class D Preferred Stock shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in such price;
provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this subparagraph (h)
are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this subparagraph (2)(h) shall
be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the
case may be.
(ix) In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to paragraph (E), the holder of any shares of Class D Preferred Stock thereafter
surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive any capital stock
other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of shares of such
capital stock so received shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a
manner and on terms equivalent as nearly as practicable to the provisions
relating to the Class D Preferred Stock contained in subparagraph (2) of this
paragraph (E).
(c) Upon the occurrence of a conversion as specified in this paragraph
(E), the holders of Class D Preferred Stock shall, upon notice from the
Corporation, surrender the certificates representing shares of Class D Preferred
Stock at the office of the Corporation or of its transfer agent for the Common
Stock. Thereupon, there shall be issued and delivered to such holder a
certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Common Stock into which
the shares of Class D Preferred Stock surrendered were convertible on the date
on which such conversion occurred. The Corporation shall not be obligated to
issue such certificates unless certificates evidencing such shares of Class D
Preferred Stock being converted are either delivered to the Corporation or any
such transfer agent, or the holder notifies the Corporation or any such transfer
agent that such certificates have been lost,
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stolen or destroyed and executes an agreement satisfactory to the Corporation to
indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection therewith.
(d) Holders of shares of Class D Preferred Stock at the close of
business on a Record Date shall be entitled to receive the dividend payable on
the shares of Class D Preferred Stock on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date
notwithstanding the conversion thereof following such Record Date and prior to
such Dividend Payment Date. However, shares of Class D Preferred Stock
surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business on
any Record Date and the opening of business on the corresponding Dividend
Payment Date (except shares of Class D Preferred Stock converted after the
issuance of a notice of redemption with respect to a Redemption Date during such
period or coinciding with such Dividend Payment Date, the Class D Preferred
Stock being entitled to such dividend on the Dividend Payment Date) must be
accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the dividend payable on such Class
D Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment Date. A holder of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock on a Record Date who (or whose transferees) tenders any such
shares of Class D Preferred Stock for conversion into shares of Common Stock on
such Dividend Payment Date will receive the dividend payable by the Corporation
on such Class D Preferred Stock on such date, and the converting holder need not
include payment of the amount of such dividend upon surrender of shares of Class
D Preferred Stock for conversion. Except as provided above, the Corporation
shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in
arrears, on converted shares of Class D Preferred Stock or for dividends on the
shares of Common Stock issued upon such conversion.
(e) If the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Class D
Preferred Stock shall be changed into the same or different number of shares of
any class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization,
reclassification or otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares
provided for elsewhere in this paragraph (E), or the sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's properties and assets to any other
person), then and in each such event the holder of each share of Class D
Preferred Stock shall have the right thereafter to convert such share into the
kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable
upon such reorganization, reclassification or other change by holders of the
number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Class D Preferred
Stock might have been converted immediately prior to such reorganization,
reclassification or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided
herein.
(f) If at any time or from time to time there shall be a capital
reorganization of the Common Stock (other than a
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subdivision, combination, reclassification or exchange of shares provided for
elsewhere in this paragraph (E)) or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation
with or into another corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with or
transfer of assets to the Corporation by any subsidiary), or the sale of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's properties and assets to any other
person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, or consolidation or
sale, provision shall be made so that the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of the Class D Preferred
Stock, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
Corporation, or of the successor corporation resulting from such merger,
consolidation or sale, to which such holder would have been entitled if such
holder had converted its shares of Class D Preferred Stock immediately prior to
such capital reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale.
(g) In each case of an adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion
Price for the Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation at its expense will
furnish each holder of Class D Preferred Stock with a certificate, prepared by
independent public accountants of recognized standing certified by the chief
financial officer of the Corporation, showing such adjustment or readjustment,
and stating in detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is
based.
(h) To exercise its conversion privilege, a holder of shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing the
shares being converted to the Corporation at its principal office in accordance
with subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (E), and shall give written notice to
the Corporation at that office that such holder elects to convert such shares.
Such notice shall also state the name or names (with address or addresses) in
which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock issuable upon
such conversion shall be issued. The certificate or certificates for shares of
Class D Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion shall be accompanied by
proper assignment thereof to the Corporation or in blank. The date when such
written notice is received by the Corporation, together with the certificated or
certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock being converted, shall
be the "Conversion Date." As promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date,
the Corporation shall issue and shall deliver to the holder of the shares of
Class D Preferred Stock being converted, or on its written order, such
certificate or certificates as it may request for the number of whole shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of such shares of Class D Preferred
Stock as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph
(8), cash in the amount of all accrued and unpaid dividends on such shares of
Class D Preferred Stock, up to and including the Conversion Date, and cash, as
provided in subparagraph (9) of this
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paragraph (E), in respect of any fraction of a share of Common Stock issuable
upon such conversion. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the Conversion Date, and at such
time the rights of the holder as holder of the converted shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall cease and the person or persons in whose name or names any
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable upon
such conversion shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record
of the shares of Common Stock represented thereby.
(i) No fractional shares of Common Stock or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of Class D Preferred
Stock. Instead of any fractional shares of Common Stock which would otherwise be
issuable upon conversion of shares of Class D Preferred Stock, the Corporation
shall pay to the holder of the shares of Class D Preferred Stock which were
converted a cash adjustment in respect of such fractional shares in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the market price per share of the Common Stock (as
determined in a reasonable manner prescribed by the Board of Directors at the
close of business on the Conversion Date).
(j) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
effecting the conversion of the Class D Preferred Stock such number of its
shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
conversion of all outstanding shares of Class D Preferred Stock, and if at any
time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock shall not be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Class D
Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall take such corporate action as may be
necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock to such
number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.
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104. Voting Rights.
(a) The holders of record of shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall not
be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this
paragraph (F). The Corporation shall not, without either (a) the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of the Class D
Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, at a
meeting (such Class D Preferred Stock voting separately as a class) or (b) the
unanimous written consent of all of the holders of shares of Class D Preferred
Stock, (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of,
any class or series of Senior Stock, or reclassify any authorized stock into
Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security
convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such Senior Stock; or
(ii) amend or repeal the provisions of the Charter in respect of the Class D
Preferred Stock so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference,
privilege or voting power of the Class D Preferred Stock or the holders thereof;
provided, however, that any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred
Stock or the creation or issuance of any other class or series of Preferred
Stock, or any increase in the amount of authorized shares of the Class D
Preferred Stock, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Class D
Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends and the distribution of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to
materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting
powers.
(b) If and whenever dividends payable on Class D Preferred Stock shall
be in arrears for six (6) or more quarterly periods, regardless of whether such
quarterly periods are consecutive, then the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
(voting separately as a class with such other class or series as provided in
subparagraph (6) of this paragraph (F)) shall be entitled at the next annual
meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting to elect two (2)
additional directors. Upon election, such directors shall become directors of
the Corporation and the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall
thereupon be automatically increased by such number of directors.
(c) Whenever such voting right shall have vested, such right may be
exercised initially either at a special meeting of the holders of Class D
Preferred Stock, called as hereinafter provided, or at any annual meeting of
stockholders held for the purpose of electing directors, and thereafter at such
annual meetings or by the written consent of the holders of Class D Preferred
Stock. Such right of the holders of Class D Preferred Stock to elect directors
may be exercised until all dividends to which the holders of Class D Preferred
Stock shall have been entitled for (i) all previous Dividend Periods and (ii)
the current Dividend Period
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shall have been paid in full or declared and a sum of money sufficient for the
payment thereof set aside for payment, at which time the right of the holders of
Class D Preferred Stock to elect such number of directors shall cease, the term
of such directors previously elected shall, upon the resignation thereof,
thereupon terminate, and the authorized number of directors of the Corporation
shall thereupon return to the number of authorized directors otherwise in
effect, but subject always to the same provisions for the renewal and divestment
of such special voting rights in the case of any such future dividend default or
defaults.
(d) At any time when such voting right shall have vested in the holders
of Class D Preferred Stock and if such right shall not already have been
initially exercised, a proper officer of the Corporation shall, upon the written
request of any holder of record of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding,
addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation, call a special meeting of holders
of Class D Preferred Stock. Such meeting shall be held on the earliest
practicable date upon the notice required for annual meetings of stockholders at
the place for holding annual meetings of stockholders of the Corporation or, if
none, at a place designated by the Secretary of the Corporation. If such meeting
shall not be called by the proper officers of the Corporation within thirty (30)
days after the personal service of such written request upon the Secretary of
the Corporation, or within thirty (30) days after mailing the same within the
United States, by registered mail, addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation
at its principal office (such mailing to be evidenced by the registry receipt
issued by the postal authorities), then the holders of record of ten percent
(10%) of the shares of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding may designate in
writing a holder of Class D Preferred Stock to call such meeting at the expense
of the Corporation, and such meeting may be called by such person so designated
upon the notice required for annual meetings of stockholders and shall be held
at the place for holding annual meetings of the Corporation or, if none, at a
place designated by such holder. Any holder of Class D Preferred Stock that
would be entitled to vote at such meeting shall have access to the stock
transfer records of the Corporation for the purpose of causing a meeting of
stockholders to be called pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (F).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (F), however, no such special
meeting shall be called if any such request is received less than ninety (90)
days before the date fixed for the next ensuing annual or special meeting of
stockholders.
(e) If a director so elected by the holders of Class D Preferred Stock
shall cease to serve as a director before his/her term shall expire, the holders
of Class D Preferred Stock then outstanding may, at a special meeting of the
holders called as
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provided above, elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term of the
director whose place shall be vacant.
(f) If, at any time when the holders of Class D Preferred Stock are
entitled to elect directors pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph (F), the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred
Stock are entitled to elect directors by reason of any default or event
specified in the Charter, as in effect at the time, and if the terms for such
classes or series of Preferred Stock so provide, then the voting rights of the
Class D Preferred Stock and the one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock
then entitled to vote shall be combined (with each having a number of votes
proportional to the aggregate liquidation preference of its outstanding shares).
In such case, the holders of Class D Preferred Stock and of all such classes or
series of Preferred Stock then entitled so to vote, voting together as a class,
shall elect such directors. If the holders of any such classes or series of
Preferred Stock have elected such directors prior to the happening of the
default or event providing for the election of directors by the holders of Class
D Preferred Stock, or prior to a written request for the holding of a special
meeting being received by the Secretary of the Corporation as elsewhere required
in subparagraph (4) of paragraph (F) above, then a new election shall be held
with all such classes or series of Preferred Stock and the Class D Preferred
Stock voting together as a single class for such directors, resulting in the
termination of the term of such previously elected directors upon the election
of such new directors. If the holders of any such classes or series of Preferred
Stock are entitled to elect in excess of two directors, the Class D Preferred
Stock shall not participate in the election of more than two such directors, and
those directors whose terms first expire shall be deemed to be the directors
elected by the holders of Class D Preferred Stock; provided that if at the
expiration of such terms the holders of Class D Preferred Stock are entitled to
vote in the election of directors pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph
(F), then the Secretary of the Corporation shall call a meeting (which meeting
may be the annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders referred to in
subparagraph (3) of this paragraph (F)) of holders of Class D Preferred Stock
for the purpose of electing replacement directors (in accordance with the
provisions of this paragraph (F)) to be held at or prior to the time of
expiration of the expiring terms referred to above.
105. Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer to Preserve Tax Benefit; Conversion
and Exchange for Class D Excess Preferred Stock; and Terms of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock.
(a) Restriction on Ownership and Transfer.
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(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G), no
Person shall Beneficially own or Constructively Own Class D Preferred Stock in
excess of the Ownership Limit;
(ii) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G),
any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction
entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) that, if effective, would
result in any Person Beneficially Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of
the Ownership Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of such Class D
Preferred Stock which would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such Person in
excess of the Ownership Limit; and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Class D Preferred Stock;
(iii) Except as provided in subparagraph (8) of this paragraph (G),
any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction
entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) that, if effective, would
result in any Person Constructively Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of
the Ownership Limit shall be void ab initio as to the Transfer of such Class D
Preferred Stock which would be otherwise Constructively Owned by such Person in
excess of the Ownership Limit; and the intended transferee shall acquire no
rights in such Class D Preferred Stock; and
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this
paragraph (G), any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of a
transaction entered into through the facilities of the NYSE) or other event
that, if effective, would result in the Corporation being "closely held" within
the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, or would otherwise result in the
Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, a
Transfer or other event that would result in the Corporation owning (directly or
Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section
856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if the income derived by the Corporation from such
tenant would cause the Corporation to fail to satisfy any of the gross income
requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code) shall be void ab initio as to the
Transfer of the Class D Preferred Stock or other event which would cause the
Corporation to be "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the
Code or would otherwise result in the Corporation failing to qualify as a REIT;
and the intended transferee or owner or Constructive or Beneficial owner shall
acquire or retain no rights in such Class D Preferred Stock.
(b) Conversion Into and Exchange For Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If,
notwithstanding the other provisions contained in this paragraph (G), at any
time after the date of the Initial Issue Date, there is a purported Transfer
(whether or not such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into
through the facilities of the NYSE), change in the capital structure of the
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Corporation or other event such that one or more of the restrictions on
ownership and transfers described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G),
above, has been violated, then the Class D Preferred Stock being Transferred (or
in the case of an event other than a Transfer, the Class D Preferred Stock owned
or Constructively Owned or Beneficially Owned or, if the next sentence applies,
the Class D Preferred Stock identified in the next sentence) which would cause
one or more of the restrictions on ownership or transfer to be violated (rounded
up to the nearest whole share) shall be automatically converted into an equal
number of shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock. If at any time of such
purported Transfer any of the shares of the Class D Preferred Stock are then
owned by a depositary to permit the trading of beneficial interests in
fractional shares of Class D Preferred Stock, then shares of Class D Preferred
Stock that shall be converted to Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be first
taken from any Class D Preferred Stock that is not in such depositary that is
Beneficially Owned or Constructively Owned by the Person whose Beneficial
Ownership or Constructive Ownership would otherwise violate the restrictions of
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) prior to converting any shares in such
depositary. Any conversion pursuant to this subparagraph shall be effective as
of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of such Transfer
or other event.
(c) Remedies For Breach. If the Board of Directors or its designees
shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has
taken place in violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) or that a
Person intends to acquire, has attempted to acquire or may acquire direct
ownership, beneficial ownership (determined without reference to any rules of
attribution), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of any shares of
the Corporation in violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G), the
Board of Directors or its designees shall take such action as it deems advisable
to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other event,
including, but not limited to, causing the Corporation to purchase such shares
upon the terms and conditions specified by the Board of Directors in its sole
discretion, refusing to give effect to such Transfer or other event on the books
of the Corporation or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or other
event; provided, however, that any Transfer (or, in the case of events other
than a Transfer, ownership or Constructive Ownership or Beneficial Ownership) in
violation of subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G) shall automatically result
in the conversion described in subparagraph (ii), irrespective of any action (or
non-action) by the Board of Directors.
(d) Notice of Restricted Transfer. Any Person who acquires or attempts
to acquire Class D Preferred Stock or other securities in violation of
subparagraph (1) of this paragraph (G), or any
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Person who owns or will own Class D Excess Preferred Stock as a result of an
event under subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G), shall immediately give
written notice to the Corporation of such event and shall provide to the
Corporation such other information as the Corporation may request in order to
determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or attempted Transfer or other
event on the Corporation's status as a REIT.
(e) Owners Required To Provide Information. From and after the Initial
Issue Date, each Person who is a beneficial owner or Beneficial Owner or
Constructive Owner of Class D Preferred Stock and each Person (including the
stockholder of record) who is holding Class D Preferred Stock for a Beneficial
Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Corporation such information
that the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to determine the
Corporation's status as a REIT.
(f) Remedies Not Limited. Nothing contained in this paragraph (G) (but
subject to subparagraph (12) of this paragraph (G)) shall limit the authority of
the Board of Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or
advisable to protect the Corporation and the interests of its stockholders by
preservation of the Corporation's status as a REIT.
(g) Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of
the provisions of this paragraph (G), including any definition contained in
paragraph (A), the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the
application of the provisions of this paragraph (G) with respect to any
situation based on the facts known to it (subject, however, to the provisions of
paragraph (12) of this paragraph (G)).
(h) Exceptions.
(i) Subject to subparagraph (1)(d) of this paragraph (G), the Board
of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, with the advice of the
Corporation's tax counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on a Person
Beneficially owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit if
such Person is not an individual for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code
and the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from
such Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain that no individual's
Beneficial Ownership of such Class D Preferred Stock will violate the Ownership
Limit and such Person agrees that any violation of such representations or
undertaking (or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in
this paragraph (G)) or attempted violation will result in such Class D Preferred
Stock being exchanged for Class D Excess Preferred Stock in accordance with
subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G).
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(ii) Subject to subparagraph (1)(d) of this paragraph (G), the Board
of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, with advice of the
Corporation's tax counsel, may exempt a Person from the limitation on a Person
Constructively Owning Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit
if such Person does not and represents that it will not own, directly or
constructively (by virtue of the application of Section 318 of the Code, as
modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code), more than a 9.8% interest (as set
forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in a tenant of the Corporation and
the Board of Directors obtains such representations and undertakings from such
Person as are reasonably necessary to ascertain this fact and such Person agrees
that any violation or attempted violation will result in such Class D Preferred
Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit being exchanged for Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in accordance with subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G).
(iii) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to subparagraph
(8)(a) or (8)(b) of this paragraph (G), the Board of Directors may require a
ruling from the IRS, or an opinion of counsel, in either case in form and
substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion as it
may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the
Corporation's status as a REIT; provided, however, that obtaining a favorable
ruling or opinion shall not be required for the Board of Directors to grant an
exception hereunder.
(i) Legend. Each certificate for Class D Preferred Stock shall bear
substantially the following legend:
"The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without
charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the
Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland with
respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other
distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemptions of the
stock of each class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the
Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i)
the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of
each series to the extent set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors
to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary
does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety
by reference to the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), a copy of which
will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such request
must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office.
"The securities represented by this certificate are subject to
restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of the
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Corporation's maintenance of its status as a real estate investment trust under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Except as otherwise provided
pursuant to the Charter of the Corporation, no Person may Beneficially Own or
Constructively Own shares of Class D Preferred Stock in excess of 9.8% of the
outstanding Class D Preferred Stock and any Class D Excess Preferred Stock of
the Corporation. Any Person who attempts to Beneficially own or Constructively
Own shares of Class D Preferred Stock in excess of the above limitation must
immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend have
the meanings defined in the Charter of the Corporation, a copy of which,
including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent to any stockholder on
request and without charge. Transfers in violation of the restrictions described
above shall be void ab initio. If the restrictions on ownership and transfer are
violated, the securities represented hereby will be designated and treated as
shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock which will be held in trust by the
Corporation. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is
subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Charter, a copy of
which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to
each stockholder who so requests. Such request must be made to the Secretary of
the Corporation at its principal office."
(j) Severability. If any provision of this paragraph (G) or any
application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or
state court having jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining provisions shall
not be affected and other applications of such provision shall be affected only
to the extent necessary to comply with the determination of such court.
(k) Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
(i) Ownership In Trust. Upon any purported Transfer (whether or not
such Transfer is the result of a transaction entered into through the facilities
of the NYSE) that results in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
pursuant to subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (G), such Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the Corporation, as
Trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of such Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries to whom an interest in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock may
later be transferred pursuant to subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G).
Class D Excess Preferred Stock so held in trust shall be issued and outstanding
shares of stock of the Corporation. The Purported Record Transferee shall have
no rights in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock except the right to designate a
transferee of such Class D Excess Preferred Stock upon the terms specified in
subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G). The Purported Beneficial Transferee
shall have no rights in such Class D Excess Preferred Stock except as provided
in subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G).
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(ii) Dividend Rights. Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall not be
entitled to any dividends or other distribution (except as provided in
subparagraph (11)(d) of this paragraph (G). Any dividend or distribution paid
prior to the discovery by the Corporation that shares of Class D Preferred Stock
have been converted into Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be repaid to the
Corporation upon demand.
(iii) Conversion Rights. Holders of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to convert any shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock. Any conversion made prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that shares of Class D Preferred Stock have been
converted into Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be void ab initio and the
Purported Record Transferee shall return the shares of Class D Preferred Stock
so converted to the Corporation upon demand.
(iv) Rights Upon Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any distribution of
the assets of, the Corporation, each holder of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, ratably with each other holder of
shares of Preferred Equity Stock, that portion of the assets of the Corporation
available for distribution to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock as the
number shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock held by such holder bears to the
total number of shares of Preferred Equity Stock then outstanding. The
Corporation, as holder of the Class D Excess Preferred Stock in trust, or if the
Corporation shall have been dissolved, any trustee appointed by the Corporation
prior to its dissolution, shall distribute ratably to the Beneficiaries of the
Trust, when and if determined in accordance with subparagraph (11)(e) of this
paragraph (G), any such assets received in respect of the Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or any
distribution of the assets of the Corporation.
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(v) Restrictions On Transfer; Designation of Beneficiary.
(A) Shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall not be
transferable. Subject to the last sentence of this clause (1), the Purported
Record Transferee may freely designate a Beneficiary of an interest in the Trust
(representing the number of shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock held by the
Trust attributable to a purported Transfer that resulted in the issuance of
Class D Excess Preferred Stock), if (i) the Class D Excess Preferred stock held
in the Trust would not be Class D Excess Preferred Stock in the hands of such
Beneficiary and (ii) the Purported Beneficial Transferee does not receive a
price from such Beneficiary that reflects a price per share for such Class D
Excess Preferred Stock that exceeds (x) the price per share such Purported
Beneficial Transferee paid for the Class D Preferred Stock in the purported
Transfer that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock, or (y)
if the Transfer or other event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock was not a transaction in which the Purported Beneficial
Transferee gave full value for such Class D Excess Preferred Stock, a price per
share equal to the Market Price on the date of the purported Transfer or other
event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock. Upon such
transfer of an interest in the Trust, the corresponding shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock in the Trust shall be automatically exchanged for an equal
number of shares of Class D Preferred Stock and such Class D Preferred Stock
shall be transferred of record to the transferee of the interest in the Trust if
such Class D Preferred Stock would not be Class D Excess Preferred Stock in the
hands of such transferee. Prior to any transfer of any interest in the Trust,
the Purported Record Transferee must give advance notice to the Corporation of
the intended transfer and the Corporation must have waived in writing its
purchase rights under subparagraph (11)(g) of this paragraph (G).
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Purported Beneficial
Transferee receives a price for designating a Beneficiary of an interest in the
Trust that exceeds the amounts allowable under subparagraph (11)(e)(1) of this
paragraph (G), such Purported Beneficial Transferee shall pay, or cause such
Beneficiary to pay, such excess to the Corporation.
(vi) Voting and Notice Rights. The holders of shares of Class D
Excess Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights and shall have no rights to
receive notice of any meetings.
(vii) Purchase Rights in Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (11)(e) of this paragraph (G),
shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been offered
for sale to the Corporation, or its
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designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in
the transaction that required the issuance of such Class D Excess Preferred
Stock (or, if the Transfer or other event that resulted in the issuance of Class
D Excess Preferred Stock was not a transaction in which the Purported Beneficial
Transferee gave full value for such Class D Excess Preferred Stock, a price per
share equal to the Market Price on the date of the purported Transfer or other
event that resulted in the issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock) and (ii)
the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such
offer. The Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer for a period of
ninety (90) days after the later of (i) the date of the Transfer or other event
which resulted in the issuance of such shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
and (ii) the date the Board of Directors determines in good faith that a
Transfer or other event resulting in the issuance of shares of Class D Excess
Preferred Stock has occurred, if the Corporation does not receive a notice of
such Transfer or other event pursuant to subparagraph (4) of this paragraph (G).
The Corporation may appoint a special trustee of the Trust for the purpose of
consummating the purchase of Class D Excess Preferred Stock by the Corporation.
In the event that the Corporation's actions cause a reduction in the number of
shares of Class D Preferred Stock outstanding and such reduction results in the
issuance of Class D Excess Preferred Stock, the Corporation is required to
exercise its option to repurchase such shares of Class D Excess Preferred Stock
if the Beneficial Owner notifies the Corporation that it is unable to sell its
rights to such Class D Excess Preferred Stock.
(l) Settlement. Nothing in this paragraph (G) shall preclude the
settlement of any transaction entered into through facilities of the NYSE.
106. Exclusion of Other Rights.
Except as may otherwise be required by law, the shares of Class D
Preferred Stock shall not have any preferences, conversion or other rights,
voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions,
qualifications or terms or conditions of conversion or redemption other than
those specifically set forth in the Charter. The shares of Class D Preferred
Stock and Class D Excess Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive or
subscription rights.
107. Headings of Subdivisions.
The headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions
hereof.
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108. Severability of Provisions.
If any preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications
or terms or conditions of conversion or redemption of the Class D Preferred
Stock set forth in the Charter is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being
enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other preferences,
conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of
conversion or redemption of Class D Preferred Stock set forth in the Charter
which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable
provision thereof shall, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no
preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or
conditions of conversion or redemption of Class D Preferred Stock herein set
forth shall be deemed dependent upon any other provision thereof unless so
expressed therein.
K. Registration as Depositary Shares.
Shares of Class D Preferred Stock shall be registered in the form of
Depositary Shares representing a one-tenth fractional interest in a share of
Class D Preferred Stock on such terms and conditions as may be provided for in
any agreement binding upon the Corporation (whether directly or through merger
with any other corporation).
SECOND:The Shares and the Class D Excess Shares have been
reclassified by the Board of Directors under a power contained in the Charter.
THIRD: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the
Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.
FOURTH: The undersigned President of the corporation acknowledges
these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as
to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned
President acknowledges that to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this
statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles
Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and
attested to by its Secretary on this ____ day of __________________, 1998.
ATTEST: KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
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Robert P. Schulman Michael J. Flynn
Secretary President
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF AFFILIATE LETTER
Kimco Realty Corporation
3333 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, NY 11042-0020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have been advised that as of the date of this letter I may be deemed
to be an "affiliate" of The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Price
REIT"), as the term "affiliate" is (i) defined for purposes of paragraphs (c)
and (d) of Rule 145 of the rules and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations")
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (ii) used in and for the
purposes of Accounting Series, Releases 130 and 135, as amended, of the
Commission. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as
of January 13, 1998 (the "Agreement"), among Kimco Realty Corporation, a
Maryland corporation ("Kimco"), REIT Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Kimco ("Merger Sub"), and Price REIT, Price REIT will
be merged with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger").
As a result of the Merger, I may receive Common Stock, par value $.01
per share, and depositary shares each of which represents an interest in
one-tenth of a share of Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par
value $1.00 per share, of Kimco (the "Merger Consideration") in exchange for
shares owned by me of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Price REIT
("Price REIT Common Stock").
I represent, warrant and covenant to Kimco that in the event I receive
any Merger Consideration as a result of the Merger:
(i) I shall not make any sale, transfer or other disposition of the
Merger Consideration in violation of the Act or the Rules and Regulations.
(ii) I have carefully read this letter and the Agreement and discussed
the requirements of such documents and other applicable limitations upon my
ability to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Merger Consideration to
the extent I felt necessary, with my counsel or counsel of Price REIT.
(iii) I have been advised that the issuance of Merger Consideration to
me pursuant to the Merger has been registered with
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the Commission under the Act on a Registration Statement on Form S-4. However, I
have also been advised that, since at the time the Merger was submitted for a
vote of the stockholders of Price REIT, I may be deemed to have been an
affiliate of Price REIT and any subsequent distribution by me of the Merger
Consideration has not been registered under the Act, I may not sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of the Merger Consideration issued to me in the Merger unless
(i) such sale, transfer or other disposition has been registered under the Act,
(ii) such sale, transfer or other disposition is made in conformity with Rule
145 promulgated by the Commission under the Act or (iii) in the opinion of
counsel reasonably acceptable to Kimco or a "no action" letter obtained by the
undersigned from the staff of the Commission, such sale, transfer or other
disposition is otherwise exempt from registration under the Act.
(iv) I understand that Kimco is under no obligation to register the
sale, transfer or other disposition of the Merger Consideration by me or on my
behalf under the Act, or except as expressly set forth in the Agreement, to take
any other action necessary in order to make compliance with an exemption from
such registration available.
(v) I do not own in excess of 1% of the outstanding Price REIT Common
Stock and, upon consummation of the Merger, will not own in excess of 1% of the
outstanding Kimco Common Stock.
Execution of this letter should not be considered an admission on my
part that I am an "affiliate" of Price REIT as described in the first paragraph
of this letter or as a waiver of any rights I may have to object to any claim
that I am such an affiliate on or after the date of this letter.
Very truly yours,
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Name:
Accepted this ____day of
___________, 1998 by
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
By:_____________________________
Name: _____________________
Title:_____________________
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EXHIBIT C
[Form of Opinion]
____________________, 1998
The Price REIT, Inc.
145 South Fairfax Avenue
Fourth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland
corporation ("Kimco"), in connection with the proposed merger (the "Merger") of
The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Price REIT"), with and into REIT
Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to an Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of January 13, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement"), among
Kimco, Price REIT and Merger Sub, under which each issued and outstanding share
of Price REIT common stock will be converted into Kimco common stock and
depositary shares representing preferred stock.
In that connection, you have requested our opinion regarding certain
Federal income tax matters as further set forth below. In providing our opinion,
we have examined the Merger Agreement, the joint proxy statement/prospectus of
Kimco and Price REIT to be dated as of ______________, 1998 (the "Proxy
Statement/ Prospectus"), and such other documents and corporate records as we
have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of our opinion. In addition,
we have assumed that (i) the Merger will be consummated in the manner
contemplated by the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and in accordance with the
provisions of the Merger Agreement and (ii) the representations made to us by
Kimco and Price REIT in a letter, dated ______________, 1998, and delivered to
us for purposes of this opinion (the "Kimco Representation Letter") are accurate
and complete.
Based on the foregoing information and representations, in our opinion,
commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 1992, Kimco was organized
in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT
under Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"),
and its method of operation has enabled it and will enable it to meet the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code.
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The opinions expressed herein are based upon existing statutory,
regulatory and judicial authority, any of which may be changed at any time with
retroactive effect. In addition, our opinions are based solely on the documents
that we have examined, the additional information that we have obtained, and the
statements contained in the Kimco Representation Letter, which we have assumed
will be true as of the effective time of the Merger. Our opinions cannot be
relied upon if any of the facts pertinent to the Federal income tax treatment of
the Merger stated in such documents or in such additional information is, or
later becomes, inaccurate, or if any of the statements contained in the Kimco
Representation Letter are, or later become, inaccurate. Finally, our opinions
are limited to the tax matters specifically covered hereby, and we have not been
asked to address, nor have we addressed, any other tax consequences in this
opinion
Furthermore, our opinion as to the status of Kimco as a REIT under the
Code is based upon the accuracy of the representations made by Kimco as to
factual matters relating to the organization, operation, income, assets,
distributions and stock ownership of Kimco. Kimco's qualification as a REIT
depends upon its having met and continuing to meet, through source of income,
nature of assets held, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the
various qualifications tests imposed under the Code and described in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and the Kimco Representation Letter, the results of which
have not been and will not be reviewed by Brown & Wood LLP. Accordingly, we give
no assurance that the actual results of Kimco's operations for any taxable year
have satisfied or will satisfy such requirements.
This opinion is being provided solely for the benefit of Price REIT. No
other person or party shall be entitled to rely on this opinion.
Very truly yours,
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Exhibit D
[Form of Opinion]
__________, 1998
(213) 229-7000
Kimco Realty Corporation
3333 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, NY 10142-0020
Re: Opinion Pursuant to Section 8.3(c) of Agreement and Plan of Merger
Gentlemen:
We are acting as special counsel to The Price REIT, Inc., a Maryland
corporation ("Price REIT"), in connection with (i) the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus, including the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.
____________) (the "Merger Registration Statement"), relating to the proposed
merger (the "Merger") of Price REIT with and into REIT Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"),
a Maryland corporation, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kimco Realty
Corporation ("Kimco"). You have requested our opinion as to certain federal
income tax matters described below.
The Merger will be effected pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") dated of January 13, 1998,
among Kimco, Price REIT and Merger Sub. This opinion is being rendered pursuant
to Section 8.3(c) of the Merger Agreement.
In rendering our opinion, we have with your permission, relied upon and
assumed as correct now and as of the effective time of the Merger, (i) the
factual information contained in the Merger Registration Statement, (ii) certain
factual representations made by Price REIT, which are attached as Exhibits
hereto and made a part hereof, and (iii) such other materials as we have deemed
necessary or appropriate as a basis for our opinion.
On the basis of the information and representations contained in the
foregoing materials, we are of the opinion that:
Commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 1991, Price REIT
was organized in conformity with the requirements for
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qualification as a real estate investment trust, and its method of operation has
enabled it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real
estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").
This opinion expresses our views as to federal income tax laws in effect
as of the date hereof, including the Code, applicable Treasury Regulations,
published rulings and administrative practices of the Internal Revenue Service
(the "Service") and court decisions. This opinion represents our best legal
judgment as to the matters addressed herein, but is not binding on the Service
or the courts. Furthermore, the legal authorities upon which we rely are subject
to change either prospectively or retroactively. Any change in such authorities
or any change in the facts or representations, or any past or future actions by
Price REIT or Kimco contrary to such representations might adversely affect the
conclusions stated herein.
Furthermore, our opinion as to the status of Price REIT as a REIT under
the Code is based upon the accuracy of the representations made by Price REIT as
to factual matters relating to the organization, operation, income, assets,
distributions and stock ownership of Price REIT. Price REIT's qualification as a
REIT depends on its having met and continuing to meet, through actual operating
results, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the various
qualifications tests imposed under the Code and described in the Merger
Registration Statement and the Exhibits attached thereto, the results of which
have not been and will not be reviewed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Accordingly, we give no assurance that the actual results of Price REIT's
operations for any taxable year have satisfied or will satisfy such
requirements.
This opinion is being delivered to you solely for your use pursuant to
Section 8.3(c) of the Merger Agreement.
Very truly yours,
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
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[STERN & CO. LETTERHEAD]
For Immediate Release: Contact: Michael V. Pappagallo, Kimco Realty,
January 14, 1998 516-869-7185
Joseph Kornwasser, Price REIT,
213-937-8200
Or
Christine Davies, Stern & Co.,
212-888-0044
KIMCO REALTY AND PRICE REIT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC MERGER
MERGER EXPANDS KIMCO'S REACH NATIONALLY, CREATES ONE OF THE NATION'S
LARGEST RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER REITS
January 14 -- Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) and the Price REIT, Inc.
(NYSE: RET) today announced that their respective boards have approved a
strategic merger, creating one of the nation's largest retail shopping center
REITs with a market capitalization of nearly $3 billion.
Under the terms of the definitive agreement entered into yesterday, Kimco will
acquire all the outstanding shares of Price REIT for aggregate consideration
having a value of at least $45 a share, for a total of approximately $535
million in stock. Price REIT's shares closed at $42.19 yesterday.
Price REIT will merge into a newly formed Kimco subsidiary and each share of
Price REIT common stock will be converted, on a tax-free basis to Price REIT
shareholders, into at least one share of Kimco common stock, which Kimco and
Price REIT mutually valued at $35 a share, and $10 of depositary shares of a
new issue of Kimco 7.5% Class D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. (See
Details of the Merger Terms below.)
Kimco will also assume all of Price REIT's outstanding liabilities, including
approximately $300 million of Price REIT debt, resulting in a total transaction
value of $835 million. The transaction is subject to customary conditions,
including the receipt of Kimco and Price REIT stockholder approvals.
"The strategic combination of Kimco Realty and Price REIT will create a company
with the skills and resources to pursue a wide variety of growth opportunities
by expanding our presence in key markets nationally, diversifying our tenant
base and giving us even greater management depth and breadth," said Kimco
chairman and Chief Executive Officer Milton Cooper.
"Price REIT is a successful pioneer in the development of retail power centers
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anchored by large national tenants, which complements our historical focus on
neighborhood and community shopping centers," Cooper said. "In addition, Price
REIT's expertise in property development combined with our construction
management capabilities will create new opportunities." He said the merger is
expected to close in the first half of 1998. Cooper indicated that the merger
is expected to be accretive to Kimco's funds from operations in 1998.
Price REIT's holdings will expand Kimco's presence in important western states,
including California, Arizona and Washington. The combined company will have
more than 50 million square feet under management. Price REIT's centers are
anchored by major national tenants, including its two largest tenants The Home
Depot and Costco.
Price REIT President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph Kornwasser said the
merger offers significant benefits to shareholders of both REITs. "With the
history of success and strong growth enjoyed by Kimco and Price REIT, we
believe shareholders will have an extraordinary opportunity to participate in
the future of a powerful combined company with excellent prospects for
continued growth," Kornwasser said.
Senior management of Price REIT, including Kornwasser, Senior Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer Jerald Friedman and Executive Vice
President of Finance Lawrence Kronenberg, will join Kimco's senior management
team. Cooper said that Kornwasser will become a member of Kimco's board as
well as senior executive vice president of Kimco and Friedman will become
executive vice president of Kimco.
Price REIT shareholders would also have the opportunity to participate in
Kimco's planned leveraged income REIT. Kimco previously announced its
intention to create a new REIT that would invest in properties characterized by
high-credit quality tenants under long-term leases and finance such investments
through non-recourse mortgages. The new REIT is expected to be established
after the merger is completed, Cooper said.
Cooper said that Kornwasser is expected to become chairman of the planned REIT
and Kronenberg the new REIT's chief financial officer.
Kimco, based in New Hyde Park, New York, is the nation's largest publicly
traded owner and operator of neighborhood and community shopping centers with
real estate assets of $1.4 billion. The company has interests in 330
properties, comprising approximately 40.6 million square feet of leasable area
located in 37 states, primarily in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois,
and manages additional properties with approximately 4 million square feet of
leasable area. Kimco, which went public in 1991, has specialized in shopping
center acquisitions, development and management for more than 30 years. In
1997, Kimco completed acquisitions totaling $276 million.
Price REIT, based in San Diego, is one of the nation's largest power center
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REITS. The company focuses on the acquisition, development and management and
redevelopment of retail power centers and community shopping centers. The
company currently has interests in 37 properties consisting of 33 power and
community centers, one stand-alone retail warehouse, one project under
development and two undeveloped parcels. Its properties are located in 15
states with a total of about 7.3 million square feet of leasable area and an
overall occupancy rate of approximately 98 percent. In 1997, Price REIT
completed acquisitions of 14 shopping centers totaling 2.3 million square feet
for $225 million.
Kimco's financial adviser on the merger was Jefferies & Company Inc. Price REIT
was advised by Merrill Lynch & Co.
Details of the Merger Terms
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The merger agreement provides for a pre-closing adjustment to the number of
shares of Kimco common stock and depositary shares issuable per share of Price
REIT common stock in order to ensure that Price REIT stockholders will receive
at least, and possibly more than, $45 in Kimco securities per Price REIT share.
Specifically, in the event that the 20-day average closing price of Kimco common
stock ending on and including the third day prior to Kimco's special meeting of
stockholders (the Average Price) plus $10 is less than $45, the amount of
depositary shares will be increased up to a maximum of $11.25 of depositary
shares (based on a liquidation preference of $25 per depositary share) to arrive
at a value of $45. To the extent that the issuance of $11.25 of depositary
shares would still result in less than $45 of combined value, the number of
shares of Kimco common stock issuable per Price REIT share will be increased in
order to arrive at a total value of $45 delivered in Kimco securities. However,
Kimco may elect to terminate the merger agreement in the event its average price
during a specified calculation period or the closing price on the scheduled
closing date or on either of the two days prior to the scheduled closing date is
less than $32.
In the event that the Average Price plus $10 is greater than $45, each share of
Price REIT common stock would continue to be converted into one share of Kimco
common stock and the amount of depositary shares will be decreased by 50% of
the amount by which the average closing price referred to above plus $10
exceeds $45. However, Price REIT stockholders will never receive less than $9
of depositary shares. Thus, as a result of the merger, Price REIT stockholders
will obtain the benefit of 50% of the increase in value of Kimco common stock
as reflected in the Average Price between $35 and $37, and 100% of any increase
above $37.
The dividend rate on the depositary shares will be 7.5% per annum or, if
greater, the dividend on the shares of Kimco common stock into which a
depositary share is convertible plus $0.0275 quarterly. The depositary shares
will be convertible into Kimco common stock at a conversion price of $40.25 per
share at any time by the holder and may be redeemed by Kimco at the conversion
price in shares of Kimco common stock at any time after the third anniversary
of the merger if for any 20
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trading days during a rolling 30-day consecutive trading-day period the Kimco
common stock closing price exceeds $48.30, subject to customary adjustments.
The depositary shares will be listed on the NYSE.
The merger agreement also provides that each party will be entitled to a
Break-Up Fee in the amount of $12,500,000 or reimbursement of expenses up to
$2,000,000 in the event the agreement is terminated under various
circumstances. Kimco has also agreed that if it elects to terminate the merger
agreement because its stock closes below $32 under circumstances described
above, Price REIT will be entitled to receive $6,250,000.
The Kimco Board has received the opinion of Jefferies & Company, Inc., its
financial adviser with respect to the merger, to the effect that the
consideration to be paid by Kimco pursuant to the merger, taken as a whole, is
fair to Kimco shareholders from a financial point of view. Similarly, the Price
REIT Board has received the opinion of Merrill Lynch & Co., its financial
adviser, to the effect that the consideration to be received by Price REIT
shareholders pursuant to the merger is fair to such shareholders from a
financial point of view.
Safe Harbor Statement: The statements in this release state the company's and
management's hopes, intentions, beliefs, expectations or projections of the
future and are forward-looking statements. It is important to note that the
company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from current expectations include general economic conditions, local
real estate conditions, increases in interest rates, increases in operating
costs and real estate taxes. Additional information concerning factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking
statements is contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings,
including but not limited to the company's report on Form 10K for the year ended
December 31, 1996. Copies of each filing may be obtained from the company or
the SEC.
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COMPANIES AT A GLANCE
KIMCO REALTY CORP.
Description: The largest publicly traded owner and operator of
neighborhood and community shopping centers, which are
generally anchored by discount department stores,
supermarkets or drugstores.
Financial Highlights:
- Market capitalization of $2.2 billion.
- Real estate assets (before depreciation) of $1.4 billion.
- Revenue from rental property: $141.3 million for first nine
months of 1997; $168.1 million for full-year 1996.
- Funds from Operations: In the third quarter, FFO rose 11.4%
to $24.1 million, or $0.66 a share, from the same quarter in
1996.
- Net income: In the third quarter, net income rose to $20.6
million, or $0.44 a share, from $19.8 million, or $0.42 a
share a year earlier.
Operations:
- Number of property interests: 330.
- Gross leasable area (square feet): 40.6 million
- Occupancy rate: 90%.
- Number of leases: 2700.
- Tenants include: Kohl's Department Stores, Kmart, Wal-Mart
Stores, TJX Cos., Kroger, Winn-Dixie Stores and CVS.
- Locations: 37 states; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Management:
Chairman and CEO: Milton Cooper
Vice Chairman, President and COO: Michael J. Flynn
Chief Financial Officer: Michael V. Pappagallo
Headquarters:
New Hyde Park, New York.
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THE PRICE REIT
Description: A pioneer in developing, managing, acquiring and
redeveloping retail power centers -- destination shopping
centers that are generally anchored by large national
warehouse or "category killer" tenants.
Financial Highlights:
- Market capitalization of $789 million.
- Real estate assets (before depreciation) of approximately
$641 million.
- Revenue from rental property: $17.7 million in the third
quarter of 1997; $51.3 million for full-year 1996.
- Funds from Operations: Third quarter FFO rose 42.7% to $10.4
million, or $0.93 a share, from the same quarter in 1996.
- Net income: Third quarter net income rose to $5.99 million,
or $0.53 a share, from $4.0 million, or $0.48 a share, in
the third quarter of 1996. The average number of shares rose
32% to 11.2 million.
Operations:
- Number of property interests: 37.
- Gross leasable area (square feet): 7.3 million.
- Occupancy rate: 98%.
- Number of leases: 540.
- Tenants include: The Home Depot, Costco, Home Base, the
Sports Authority, Office Max and Target.
- Locations: 15 states; Arizona, California, Connecticut,
Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas,
Virginia, Washington.
Management:
Chairman: Raymond E. Peet
President and CEO: Joseph K. Kornwasser
Sr. Executive VP and COO: Jerald Friedman
Executive VP of Finance: Lawrence M. Kronenberg
Headquarters:
San Diego, California
