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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 1997
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
MARYLAND 84-1259577
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(State of Incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Organization)
1873 SOUTH BELLAIRE STREET, 17TH FLOOR
DENVER, COLORADO 80222-4348
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(Address of principal executive offices)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of debt registration of a class of debt
securities and is effective upon securities and is to become effective
filing pursuant to General simultaneously with the effectiveness
Instruction A(c)(1) please check of a concurrent registration statement
the following box. [ ] under the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to General Instruction A(c)
(2) please check the following box. [ ]
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which
to be so Registered Each Class is to be Registered
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9% Class C Cumulative Preferred New York Stock Exchange
Stock, par value $.01 per share
(liquidation preference $25 per
share)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
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ITEM 1 DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
This Registration Statement relates to the registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of shares of 9% Class
C Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (liquidation
preference $25 per share) (the "Class C Preferred Stock"), of Apartment
Investment and Management Company, a Maryland corporation (the "Registrant").
The description of the Class C Preferred Stock to be registered hereunder is
set forth under the caption "Description of Class C Preferred Stock" in the
Registrant's final Prospectus Supplement, dated December 19, 1997, with
respect to the Class C Preferred Stock (the "Prospectus Supplement") to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, relating to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(No. 333-26415) filed with the Commission on May 22, 1997, as amended, which
final Prospectus Supplement is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2 EXHIBITS.
The Class C Preferred Stock to be registered on The New York Stock
Exchange, on which other securities of the Registrant are registered.
Accordingly, copies of the following exhibits will be filed with The New York
Stock Exchange, and are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
3.1 Charter of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 1997);
3.2 Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 1997);
3.3 Form of Articles Supplementary relating to the Class C Preferred
Stock;
3.4 Form of the Registrant's Class C Preferred Stock Certificate; and
99 Description of the Common Stock of the Registrant set forth under
the caption "Capital Stock of the Company" of the Registrant's
preliminary prospectus dated May 6, 1994, included in its
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.33-78672) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is incorporated herein by this
reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
By: /s/ TERRY CONSIDINE
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Name: Terry Considine
Title: Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
Date: December 19, 1997
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3.1 Charter of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 1997);
3.2 Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 1997);
3.3 Form of Articles Supplementary relating to the Class C Preferred
Stock. 5
3.4 Form of the Registrant's Class C Preferred Stock Certificate. 25
99 Description of the Common Stock of the Registrant set forth under the
caption "Capital Stock of the Company" of the Registrant's preliminary
prospectus dated May 6, 1994, included in its Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (No. 33-78672) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is incorporated herein by this reference.
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EXHIBIT 3.3
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CLASS C CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
(PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE)
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Maryland corporation
(hereinafter called the "Corporation"), having its principal office in Baltimore
City, Maryland, hereby certifies to the Department of Assessments and Taxation
of the State of Maryland that:
FIRST: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of
the Corporation by Section 1.2 of Article IV of the Charter of the Corporation,
the Board of Directors has duly divided and classified 2,760,000 authorized but
unissued shares of the capital stock of the Corporation into a class designated
as Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock and has provided for the issuance of such
class.
SECOND: The reclassification increases the number of shares classified as
Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, from no shares
immediately prior to the reclassification to 2,760,000 shares immediately after
the reclassification. The reclassification decreases the number of shares
classified as Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, from 9,250,000 shares
immediately prior to the reclassification to 6,490,000 shares immediately after
the reclassification. The number of shares classified as Class C Cumulative
Preferred Stock may be decreased pursuant to Section 6 of Article Third of these
Articles Supplementary upon reacquisition thereof in any manner, or by
retirement thereof, by the Corporation.
THIRD: The terms of the Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock (including the
preferences, conversions or other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, or terms or
conditions of redemption) as set by the Board of Directors are as follows:
1. NUMBER OF SHARES AND DESIGNATION.
This class of Preferred Stock shall be designated as Class C Cumulative
Preferred Stock (the "Class C Preferred Stock") and Two Million Seven Hundred
Sixty Thousand (2,760,000) shall be the authorized number of shares of such
Class C Preferred Stock constituting such class.
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2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of the Class C Preferred Stock, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
"ACT" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"AFFILIATE" of a Person means a Person that directly, or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Person specified.
"AGGREGATE VALUE" shall mean, with respect to any block of Equity Stock,
the sum of the products of (i) the number of shares of each class of Equity
Stock within such block multiplied by (ii) the corresponding Market Price of one
share of Equity Stock of such class.
"BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP" shall mean, with respect to any Person, ownership of
shares of Equity Stock equal to the sum of (i) the number of shares of Equity
Stock directly owned by such Person, (ii) the number of shares of Equity Stock
indirectly owned by such Person (if such Person is an "individual" as defined in
Section 542(a)(2) of the Code) taking into account the constructive ownership
rules of Section 544 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the
Code, and (iii) the number of shares of Equity Stock that such Person is deemed
to beneficially own pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act or that is
attributed to such Person pursuant to Section 318 of the Code, as modified by
Section 856(d)(5) of the Code, PROVIDED that when applying this definition of
Beneficial Ownership to the Initial Holder, clause (iii) of this definition, and
clause (ii) of the definition of "Person" shall be disregarded. The terms
"BENEFICIAL OWNER," "BENEFICIALLY OWNS" and "BENEFICIALLY OWNED" shall have the
correlative meanings.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation
or any committee authorized by such Board of Directors to perform any of its
responsibilities with respect to the Class C Preferred Stock.
"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which state or federally chartered banking institutions in New York, New York
are not required to be open.
"CHARITABLE BENEFICIARY" shall mean one or more beneficiaries of the Trust
as determined pursuant to Section 10.3 of this Article, each of which shall be
an organization described in Section 170(b)(1)(A), 170(c)(2) and 501(c)(3) of
the Code.
"CLASS C PREFERRED STOCK" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of
this Article.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor statute thereto. Reference to any provision of the
Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may
be amended, and any successor thereto, as interpreted by any applicable
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regulations or other administrative pronouncements as in effect from time to
time.
"COMMON STOCK" shall mean the Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of the Corporation or such shares of the Corporation's capital stock into
which outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be reclassified.
"DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE" shall mean January 15, April 15, July 15 and
October 15 of each year; provided, further, that if any Dividend Payment Date
falls on any day other than a Business Day, the dividend payment payable on such
Dividend Payment Date shall be paid on the Business Day immediately following
such Dividend Payment Date and no interest shall accrue on such dividend from
such date to such Dividend Payment Date.
"DIVIDEND PERIODS" shall mean the Initial Dividend Period and each
subsequent quarterly dividend period commencing on and including January 15,
April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year and ending on and including the
day preceding the first day of the next succeeding Dividend Period, other
than the Dividend Period during which any Class B Preferred Stock shall be
redeemed pursuant to Section 5 hereof, which shall end on and include the
Redemption Date with respect to the Class C Preferred Stock being redeemed.
"EQUITY STOCK" shall mean one or more shares of any class of capital stock
of the Corporation.
"EXCESS TRANSFER" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(A) of this
Article.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"ISSUE DATE" shall mean December 23, 1997(1).
"INITIAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" shall mean the period commencing on and including
the Issue Date and ending on and including April 14, 1998.
"INITIAL HOLDER" shall mean Terry Considine.
"INITIAL HOLDER LIMIT" shall mean a number of the Outstanding shares of
Class C Preferred Stock of the Corporation having an Aggregate Value not in
excess of the excess of (x) 15% of the Aggregate Value of all Outstanding shares
of Equity Stock over (y) the Aggregate Value of all shares of Equity Stock other
than Class B Preferred Stock that are Beneficially Owned by the Initial Holder.
From the Issue Date, the secretary of the Corporation, or such other person as
shall be designated by the Board of Directors, shall upon request make available
to the representative(s) of the Initial Holder and the Board of Directors, a
schedule that sets forth the then-current Initial Holder Limit applicable to the
Initial Holder.
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"JUNIOR STOCK" shall mean the Common Stock and any other class or series of
capital stock of the Corporation over which the shares of Class C Preferred
Stock have preference or priority in the payment of dividends or in the
distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation.
"LOOK-THROUGH ENTITY" shall mean a Person that is either (i) described in
Section 401(a) of the Code as provided under Section 856(h)(3) of the Code or
(ii) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
"LOOK-THROUGH OWNERSHIP LIMIT" shall mean, for any Look-Through Entity, a
number of the Outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock of the Corporation
having an Aggregate Value not in excess of the excess of (x) 15% of the
Aggregate Value of all Outstanding shares of Equity Stock over (y) by the
Aggregate Value of all shares of Equity Stock other than Class B Preferred Stock
that are Beneficially Owned by the Look-Through Entity.
"MARKET PRICE" on any date shall mean, with respect to any share of Equity
Stock, the Closing Price of share of that class of Equity Stock on the Trading
Day immediately preceding such date. The term "CLOSING PRICE" on any date shall
mean the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on
such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in
either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting
system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or,
if the Equity Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect
to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Equity Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Equity Stock is not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last
quoted price, or if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such system is no
longer in use, the principal other automated quotations system that may then be
in use or, if the Equity Stock is not quoted by any such organization, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market maker making a market in the Equity Stock selected by the Board of
Directors of the Company. The term "TRADING DAY" shall mean a day on which the
principal national securities exchange on which the Equity Stock is listed or
admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Equity
Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange,
shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
"NYSE" shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
"OUTSTANDING" shall mean issued and outstanding shares of Equity Stock of
the Corporation, PROVIDED that for purposes of the application of the Ownership
Limit, the Look-Through Ownership Limit or the Initial Holder Limit to any
Person, the term "OUTSTANDING" shall be deemed to include the number of shares
of Equity Stock that such Person alone, at that time, could acquire pursuant to
any options or convertible securities.
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"OWNERSHIP LIMIT" shall mean, for any Person other than the Initial Holder
or a Look-Through Entity, a number of the Outstanding shares of Class C
Preferred Stock of the Corporation having an Aggregate Value not in excess of
the excess of (x) 8.7% of the Aggregate Value of all Outstanding shares of
Equity Stock over (y) the Aggregate Value of all shares of Equity Stock other
than Class C Preferred Stock that are Beneficially Owned by the Person.
"OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS" shall mean collectively the Ownership Limit as
applied to Persons other than the Initial Holder or Look-Through Entities, the
Initial Holder Limit as applied to the Initial Holder and the Look-Through
Ownership Limit as applied to Look-Through Entities.
"PARITY STOCK" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (b) of Section
7 of this Article. The Class B Preferred Stock shall be a Parity Stock.
"PERSON" shall mean (a) for purposes of Section 10 of this Article, (i) an
individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust
qualifying under Section 401(a) or 501(c) of the Code), association, private
foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company
or other entity, and (ii) also includes a group as that term is used for
purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act and (b) for purposes of the
remaining Sections of this Article, any individual, firm, partnership,
corporation or other entity and shall include any successor (by merger or
otherwise) of such entity.
"PROHIBITED TRANSFEREE" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(A) of
this Article.
"REDEMPTION DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (b) of
Section 5 of this Article.
"REIT" shall mean a "real estate investment trust" as defined in Section
856 of the Code.
"SENIOR STOCK" shall have the meaning set forth in paragraph (a) of Section
7 of this Article.
"SET APART FOR PAYMENT" shall be deemed to include, without any action
other than the following, the recording by the Corporation in its accounting
ledgers of any accounting or bookkeeping entry which indicates, pursuant to a
declaration of dividends or other distribution by the Board of Directors, the
allocation of funds to be so paid on any series or class of capital stock of the
Corporation; provided, however, that if any funds for any class or series of
Junior Stock or any class or series of Parity Stock are placed in a separate
account of the Corporation or delivered to a disbursing, paying or other similar
agent, then "set apart for payment" with respect to the Class C Preferred Stock
shall mean placing such funds in a separate account or delivering such funds to
a disbursing, paying or other similar agent.
"TRADING DAY", as to any securities, shall mean any day on which such
securities are traded on the principal national securities exchange on which
such securities are listed or admitted or, if such securities are not listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the NASDAQ
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National Market or, if such securities are not listed or admitted for trading
on the NASDAQ National Market, in the securities market in which such
securities are traded.
"TRANSFER" shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or
other disposition of a share of Class C Preferred Stock (including (i) the
granting of an option or any series of such options or entering into any
agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Class C Preferred
Stock or (ii) the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any
securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Class C Preferred
Stock), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether of record or Beneficial
Ownership, and whether by operation of law or otherwise (including, but not
limited to, any transfer of an interest in other entities that results in a
change in the Beneficial Ownership of shares of Class C Preferred Stock).
The term "TRANSFERS" and "TRANSFERRED" shall have correlative meanings.
"TRANSFER AGENT" means such transfer agent as may be designated by the
Board of Directors or their designee as the transfer agent for the Class C
Preferred Stock; provided, that if the Corporation has not designated a transfer
agent then the Corporation shall act as the transfer agent for the Class C
Preferred Stock.
"TRUST" shall mean the trust created pursuant to Section 10.3 of this
Article.
"TRUSTEE" shall mean the Person unaffiliated with either the Corporation or
the Prohibited Transferee that is appointed by the Corporation to serve as
trustee of the Trust.
"VOTING PREFERRED STOCK" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 of
this Article.
3. DIVIDENDS.
(a) The holders of Class C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
available for that purpose, cumulative dividends payable in cash in an amount
per share of Class C Preferred Stock equal to $2.25 per annum. Such
dividends shall be cumulative from the Issue Date, whether or not in any
Dividend Period or Periods such dividends shall be declared or there shall be
funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such dividends,
and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date,
commencing on April 15, 1998. Each such dividend shall be payable in arrears
to the holders of record of the Class C Preferred Stock, as they appear on
the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on the January
1, April 1, July 1 or October 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding
such Dividend Payment Date. Accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends for
any past Dividend Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without
reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to holders of record on such
date, which date shall not precede by more than 45 days the payment date
thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.
(b) The amount of dividends payable per share of Class C Preferred
Stock for the Initial Dividend Period, or any other period shorter than a full
Dividend Period, shall be computed ratably on the basis of twelve 30-day months
and a 360-day
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year. Holders of Class C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any
dividends, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of
cumulative dividends, as herein provided, on the Class C Preferred Stock. No
interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of
any dividend payment or payments on the Class C Preferred Stock that may be
in arrears.
(c) So long as any of the shares of Class C Preferred Stock are
outstanding, except as described in the immediately following sentence, no
dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment by the
Corporation and no other distribution of cash or other property shall be
declared or made directly or indirectly by the Corporation with respect to
any class or series of Parity Stock for any period unless dividends equal to
the full amount of accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for
the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is set apart for such
payment on the Class C Preferred Stock for all Dividend Periods terminating
on or prior to the Dividend Payment Date with respect to such class or series
of Parity Stock. When dividends are not paid in full or a sum sufficient for
such payment is not set apart, as aforesaid, all dividends declared upon the
Class C Preferred Stock and all dividends declared upon any other class or
series of Parity Stock shall be declared ratably in proportion to the
respective amounts of dividends accumulated, accrued and unpaid on the Class
C Preferred Stock and accumulated, accrued and unpaid on such Parity Stock.
(d) So long as any of the shares of Class C Preferred Stock are
outstanding, no dividends (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares
of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of,
Junior Stock) shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment by the
Corporation and no other distribution of cash or other property shall be
declared or made, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation with respect to any
shares of Junior Stock, nor shall any shares of Junior Stock be redeemed,
purchased or otherwise acquired (other than a redemption, purchase or other
acquisition of Common Stock made for purposes of an employee incentive or
benefit plan of the Corporation or any subsidiary) 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), directly or indirectly, by the Corporation (except by
conversion into or exchange for shares of, or options, warrants or rights to
subscribe for or purchase shares of, Junior Stock), nor shall any other cash or
other property otherwise be paid or distributed to or for the benefit of any
holder of shares of Junior Stock in respect thereof, directly or indirectly, by
the Corporation unless in each case the full cumulative dividends (including
all accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends) on all outstanding shares of
Class C Preferred Stock shall have been paid or such dividends have been
declared and set apart for payment for all past Dividend Periods with respect to
the Class C Preferred Stock.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3(d), the Corporation
shall not be prohibited from (i) declaring or paying or setting apart for
payment any dividend or distribution on any shares of Parity Stock or (ii) or
redeeming, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Parity Stock, in each case, if
such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition is
necessary in order to maintain the continued qualification of the Corporation as
a REIT under Section 856 of the Code.
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4. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE.
(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or
distribution by the Corporation (whether of capital or surplus) shall be made to
or set apart for the holders of Junior Stock, the holders of shares of Class C
Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive Twenty-Five Dollars ($25) per share
of Class C Preferred Stock (the "Liquidation Preference"), plus an amount equal
to all dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated, accrued and
unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution to such holders; but such
holders shall not be entitled to any further payment. Until the holders of the
Class C Preferred Stock have been paid the Liquidation Preference in full, plus
an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or declared)
accumulated, accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution to
such holders, no payment will be made to any holder of Junior Stock upon the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. If, upon any
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the
Corporation, or proceeds thereof, distributable among the holders of Class C
Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount
aforesaid and liquidating payments on any other shares of any class or series of
Parity Stock, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed
among the holders of Class C Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock
ratably in the same proportion as the respective amounts that would be payable
on such Class C Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock if all amounts
payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 4, (i) a
consolidation or merger of the Corporation with one or more corporations, (ii) a
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets, or
(iii) a statutory share exchange shall not be deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Corporation.
(b) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, after payment shall have been made in full to the holders of Class
C Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, as provided in this Section 4, any other
series or class or classes of Junior Stock shall, subject to the respective
terms thereof, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or
distributed, and the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock
shall not be entitled to share therein.
5. REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE CORPORATION.
(a) Shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable by
the Corporation prior to December 23, 2002(2) except as set forth in Section
10.2 of this Article. On and after December 23, 2002(3), the Corporation, at
its option, may redeem shares of Class C Preferred Stock, in whole or from
time to time in part, at a redemption price payable in cash equal to 100% of
the Liquidation Preference thereof, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends to
the date fixed for redemption (the "Redemption Date"). In connection with any
redemption pursuant to this Section 5(a), the redemption price of the Class C
Preferred Stock (other than any portion thereof consisting of accrued and
unpaid dividends) shall be payable solely with the proceeds from the sale by
the Corporation or AIMCO Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(the "Operating Partnership") of other capital shares of the Corporation or
the Operating Partnership (whether or not such sale occurs concurrently with
such redemption). For purposes of the preceding sentence, 'capital shares'
means any common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, partnership or
other interests, participations or other ownership interests (however
designated) and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or
exchangeable at the option of the holder for equity securities (unless and to
the extent such debt securities are subsequently converted into capital
shares)) or options to purchase any of the foregoing of or in the Corporation
or the Operating Partnership.
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(b) The Redemption Date shall be selected by the Corporation, shall
be specified in the notice of redemption and shall be not less than 30 days nor
more than 60 days after the date notice of redemption is sent by the
Corporation.
(c) If full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of Class
C Preferred Stock have not been paid or declared and set apart for payment,
no shares of Class C Preferred Stock may be redeemed unless all outstanding
shares of Class C Preferred Stock are simultaneously redeemed and neither the
Corporation nor any affiliate of the Corporation may purchase or acquire
shares of Class C Preferred Stock, otherwise than pursuant to a purchase or
exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of shares of Class C
Preferred Stock.
(d) If the Corporation shall redeem shares of Class C Preferred
Stock pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, notice of such redemption
shall be given to each holder of record of the shares to be redeemed. Such
notice shall be provided by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such
holder's address as the same appears on the stock records of the Corporation.
Neither the failure to mail any notice required by this paragraph (d), nor
any defect therein or in the mailing thereof to any particular holder, shall
affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings for
redemption with respect to the other holders. Any notice which was mailed in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given on the date mailed whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each
such notice shall state, as appropriate: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the
number of shares of Class C Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if fewer than
all such shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such
shares to be redeemed from such holder; and (3) the place or places at which
certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for cash. Notice having
been mailed as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the
Corporation shall fail to make available the amount of cash necessary to
effect such redemption), (i) except as otherwise provided herein, dividends
on the shares of Class C Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease
to accumulate or accrue on the shares of Class C Preferred Stock called for
redemption (except that, in the case of a Redemption Date after a dividend
record date and prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, holders of Class
C Preferred Stock on the dividend record date will be entitled on such
Dividend Payment Date to receive the dividend payable on such shares), (ii)
said shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and (iii) all rights
of the holders thereof as holders of Class C Preferred Stock of the
Corporation shall cease (except the rights to receive the 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 make available the redemption
price in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be deemed fulfilled if,
on or before the Call Date, the Corporation shall deposit with a bank or
trust company (which may be an affiliate of the Corporation) that has, or is
an affiliate of a bank or trust company that has, a capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000, such amount of cash as is necessary for such redemption,
in trust, with irrevocable instructions that such cash be applied to the
redemption of the shares of Class C Preferred Stock so called for redemption.
No interest shall accrue for the benefit of the holders of shares of Class C
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 shares of Class C Preferred
Stock so called for redemption shall look only to the general funds of the
Corporation for the payment of such cash.
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As promptly as practicable after the surrender in accordance with such
notice of the certificates for any such shares of Class C Preferred Stock to
be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the
Corporation shall so require and the notice shall so state), such
certificates shall be exchanged for cash (without interest thereon) for which
such shares have been redeemed in accordance with such notice. If fewer than
all the outstanding shares of Class C Preferred Stock are to be redeemed,
shares to be redeemed shall be selected by the Corporation from outstanding
shares of Class C Preferred Stock not previously called for redemption by lot
or, with respect to the number of shares of Class C Preferred Stock held of
record by each holder of such shares, pro rata (as nearly as may be) or by
any other method as may be determined by the Board of Directors in its
discretion to be equitable. If fewer than all the shares of Class C
Preferred Stock represented by any certificate are redeemed, then a new
certificate representing the unredeemed shares shall be issued without cost
to the holders thereof.
6. STATUS OF REACQUIRED STOCK.
All shares of Class C Preferred Stock which shall have been issued and
reacquired in any manner by the Corporation shall be returned to the status of
authorized, but unissued shares of Class C Preferred Stock.
7. RANKING.
Any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to
rank:
(a) prior or senior to the Class C Preferred Stock, as to the payment
of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the
receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of
Class C Preferred Stock ("Senior Stock");
(b) on a parity with the Class C Preferred Stock, as to the payment
of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment dates or
redemption or liquidation prices per share thereof be different from those of
the Class C Preferred Stock, if the holders of such class of stock or series and
the Class C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends and of
amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up in proportion
to their respective amounts of accrued and unpaid dividends per share or
liquidation preferences, without preference or priority one over the other
("Parity Stock"); and
(c) junior to the Class C Preferred Stock, as to the payment of
dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, if such stock or series shall be Common Stock or if the holders of
Class C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receipt of dividends or of amounts
distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be,
in preference or priority to the holders of shares of such class or series
("Junior Stock").
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8. VOTING.
(a) If and whenever six quarterly dividends (whether or not
consecutive) payable on the Class C Preferred Stock or any series or class of
Parity Stock shall be in arrears (which shall, with respect to any such
quarterly dividend, mean that any such dividend has not been paid in full),
whether or not earned or declared, the number of directors then constituting
the Board of Directors shall be increased by two (if not already increased by
reason of similar types of provisions with respect to shares of Parity Stock
of any other class or series which is entitled to similar voting rights (the
"Voting Preferred Stock")) and the holders of shares of Class C Preferred
Stock, together with the holders of shares of all other Voting Preferred
Stock then entitled to exercise similar voting rights, voting as a single
class regardless of series, shall be entitled to elect the two additional
directors to serve on the Board of Directors at any annual meeting of
stockholders or special meeting held in place thereof, or at a special
meeting of the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and the Voting
Preferred Stock called as hereinafter provided. Whenever all arrears in
dividends on the Class C Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock then
outstanding shall have been paid and dividends thereon for the current
quarterly dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set apart for
payment, then the right of the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and the
Voting Preferred Stock to elect such additional two directors shall cease
(but subject always to the same provision for the vesting of such voting
rights in the case of any similar future arrearages), and the terms of office
of all Persons elected as directors by the holders of the Class C Preferred
Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock shall forthwith terminate and the number
of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be reduced
accordingly. At any time after such voting power shall have been so vested
in the holders of Class C Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock, if
applicable, the Secretary of the Corporation may, and upon the written
request of any holder of Class C Preferred Stock (addressed to the Secretary
at the principal office of the Corporation) shall, call a special meeting of
the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and of the Voting Preferred Stock
for the election of the two directors to be elected by them as herein
provided, such call to be made by notice similar to that provided in the
Bylaws of the Corporation for a special meeting of the stockholders or as
required by law. If any such special meeting required to be called as above
provided shall not be called by the Secretary within 20 days after receipt of
any such request, then any holder of Class C Preferred Stock may call such
meeting, upon the notice above provided, and for that purpose shall have
access to the stock books of the Corporation. The directors elected at any
such special meeting shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the
stockholders or special meeting held in lieu thereof if such office shall not
have previously terminated as above provided. If any vacancy shall occur
among the directors elected by the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and
the Voting Preferred Stock, a successor shall be elected by the Board of
Directors, upon the nomination of the then-remaining director elected by the
holders of the Class C Preferred Stock and the Voting Preferred Stock or the
successor of such remaining director, to serve until the next annual meeting
of the stockholders or special meeting held in place thereof if such office
shall not have previously terminated as provided above.
(b) So long as any shares of Class C Preferred Stock are
outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of stockholders
required by law or by the Charter of the Corporation, the affirmative vote of
at least 66-2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Class
C Preferred Stock voting as a single class
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with the holders of all other classes or series of Preferred Stock entitled
to vote on such matters, given in Person or by proxy, either in writing
without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be
necessary for effecting or validating:
(i) Any amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the
provisions of these Articles Supplementary, the Charter or the By-Laws of the
Corporation that materially adversely affects the voting powers, rights or
preferences of the holders of the Class C Preferred Stock; provided, however,
that the amendment of the provisions of the Charter so as to authorize or
create, or to increase the authorized amount of, or issue any Junior Stock or
any shares of any class of Parity Stock shall not be deemed to materially
adversely affect the voting powers, rights or preferences of the holders of
Class C Preferred Stock; or
(ii) The authorization, creation of, the increase in the
authorized amount of, or issuance of any shares of any class of Senior Stock
or any security convertible into shares of any class of Senior Stock (whether
or not such class of Senior Stock is currently authorized); provided,
however, that no such vote of the holders of Class C Preferred Stock shall be
required if, at or prior to the time when such amendment, alteration or
repeal is to take effect, or when the issuance of any such prior shares or
convertible security is to be made, as the case may be, provision is made for
the redemption of all shares of Class C Preferred Stock at the time
outstanding to the extent such redemption is authorized by Section 5 of this
Article.
For purposes of the foregoing provisions and all other voting rights
under these Articles Supplementary, each share of Class C Preferred Stock
shall have one (1) vote per share, except that when any other class or series
of preferred stock shall have the right to vote with the Class C Preferred
Stock as a single class on any matter, then the Class C Preferred Stock and
such other class or series shall have with respect to such matters one
quarter of one (.25) vote per $25 of stated liquidation preference. Except
as otherwise required by applicable law or as set forth herein, the Class C
Preferred Stock shall not have any relative, participating, optional or other
special voting rights and powers other than as set forth herein, and the
consent of the holders thereof shall not be required for the taking of any
corporate action.
9. RECORD HOLDERS.
The Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the record holder
of any share of Class C Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for
all purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Transfer Agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
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10.1 RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFERS.
(A) LIMITATION ON BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP. Except as provided in Section
10.8, from and after the Issue Date, no Person (other than the Initial Holder or
a Look-Through Entity) shall Beneficially Own shares of Class C Preferred Stock
in excess of the Ownership Limit, the Initial Holder shall not Beneficially Own
shares of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Initial Holder Limit and no
Look-Through Entity shall Beneficially Own shares of Class C Preferred Stock in
excess of the Look-Through Ownership Limit.
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(B) TRANSFERS IN EXCESS OF OWNERSHIP LIMIT. Except as provided in
Section 10.8, from and after the Issue Date (and subject to Section 10.12),
any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of transactions
entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or other securities exchange
or an automated inter-dealer quotation system) that, if effective, would
result in any Person (other than the Initial Holder or a Look-Through Entity)
Beneficially Owning shares of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the
Ownership Limit shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such shares of
Class C Preferred Stock that would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such
Person in excess of the Ownership Limit, and the intended transferee shall
acquire no rights in such shares of Class C Preferred Stock.
(C) TRANSFERS IN EXCESS OF INITIAL HOLDER LIMIT. Except as
provided in Section 10.8, from and after the Issue Date (and subject to
Section 10.12), any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of
transactions entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or other
securities exchange or an automated inter-dealer quotation system) that, if
effective, would result in the Initial Holder Beneficially Owning shares of
Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Initial Holder Limit shall be void
AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such shares of Class C Preferred Stock that
would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by the Initial Holder in excess of the
Initial Holder limit, and the Initial Holder shall acquire no rights in such
shares of Class C Preferred Stock.
(D) TRANSFERS IN EXCESS OF LOOK-THROUGH OWNERSHIP LIMIT. Except
as provided in Section 10.8 from and after the Issue Date (and subject to
Section 10.12), any Transfer (whether or not such Transfer is the result of
transactions entered into through the facilities of the NYSE or other
securities exchange or an automated inter-dealer quotation system) that, if
effective, would result in any Look-Through Entity Beneficially Owning shares
of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Look-Through Ownership limit
shall be void AB INITIO as to the Transfer of such shares of Class C
Preferred Stock that would be otherwise Beneficially Owned by such
Look-Through Entity in excess of the Look-Through Ownership Limit and such
Look-Through Entity shall acquire no rights in such shares of Class C
Preferred Stock.
(E) TRANSFERS RESULTING IN "CLOSELY HELD" STATUS. From and after
the Issue Date, any Transfer 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, without limitation, 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 shares of Class C
Preferred Stock that would cause the Corporation (i) to be "closely held"
within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code or (ii) otherwise fail to
qualify as a REIT, as the case may be, and the intended transferee shall
acquire no rights in such shares of Class C Preferred Stock.
(F) SEVERABILITY ON VOID TRANSACTIONS. A Transfer of a share of
Class C Preferred Stock that is null and void under Sections 10.1(B), (C),
(D), or (E) of this Article because it would, if effective, result in (i) the
ownership of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Initial Holder Limit,
the Ownership Limit, or the Look-Through Ownership Limit, (ii) the
Corporation being "closely held" within the
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meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code or (iii) the Corporation otherwise
failing to qualify as a REIT, shall not adversely affect the validity of the
Transfer of any other share of Class C Preferred Stock in the same or any
other related transaction.
10.2 REMEDIES FOR BREACH. If the Board of Directors or a committee
thereof shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other
event has taken place in violation of Section 10.1 of this Article or that a
Person intends to acquire or has attempted to acquire Beneficial Ownership of
any shares of Class C Preferred Stock in violation of Section 10.1 of this
Article (whether or not such violation is intended), the Board of Directors
or a committee thereof shall be empowered to take any action as it deems
advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such Transfer or other
event, including, but not limited to, refusing to give effect to such
Transfer or other event on the books of the Corporation, causing the
Corporation to redeem such shares at the then current Market Price and upon
such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Board of Directors in
its sole discretion (including, but not limited to, by means of the issuance
of long-term indebtedness for the purpose of such redemption), demanding the
repayment of any distributions received in respect of shares of Class C
Preferred Stock acquired in violation of Section 10.1 of this Article or
instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer or to rescind such Transfer
or attempted Transfer; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Transfers or attempted
Transfers (or in the case of events other than a Transfer, Beneficial
Ownership) in violation of Section 10.1 of this Article, regardless of any
action (or non-action) by the Board of Directors or such committee, (a) shall
be void AB INITIO or (b) shall automatically result in the transfer described
in Section 10.3 of this Article; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the provisions of
this Section 10.2 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10.12 of this
Article; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that neither the Board of Directors nor any
committee thereof may exercise such authority in a manner that interferes
with any ownership or transfer of Class C Preferred Stock that is expressly
authorized pursuant to Section 10.8(d) of this Article.
10.3. TRANSFER IN TRUST.
(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST. If, notwithstanding the other
provisions contained in this Article, at any time after the Issue Date there
is a purported Transfer (an "EXCESS TRANSFER") (whether or not such Transfer
is the result of transactions entered into through the facilities of the NYSE
or other securities exchange or an automated inter-dealer quotation system)
or other change in the capital structure of the Corporation (including, but
not limited to, any redemption of Preferred Stock) or other event (including,
but not limited to, any acquisition of any share of Equity Stock) such that
(a) any Person (other than the Initial Holder or a Look-Through Entity) would
Beneficially Own shares of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership
Limit, or (b) the Initial Holder would Beneficially Own shares of Class C
Preferred Stock in excess of the Initial Holder Limit, or (c) any Person that
is a Look-Through Entity would Beneficially Own shares of Class C Preferred
Stock in excess of the Look-Through Ownership Limit (in any such event, the
Person, Initial Holder or Look-Through Entity that would Beneficially Own
shares of Class C Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit, the
Initial Holder Limit or the Look-Through Entity Limit, respectively, is
referred to as a "PROHIBITED TRANSFEREE"), then, except as otherwise provided
in Section 10.8 of this Article, such shares of Class C Preferred Stock in
excess of the Ownership Limit, the Initial Holder Limit or the Look-Through
Ownership Limit, as the case may be, (rounded up to the nearest whole share)
shall be automatically transferred to a Trustee in his capacity as trustee of
a Trust for the
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exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to
the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on
the business day prior to the Excess Transfer, change in capital structure or
another event giving rise to a potential violation of the Ownership Limit,
the Initial Holder Limit or the Look Through Entity Ownership Limit.
(B) APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall be appointed by the
Corporation and shall be a Person unaffiliated with either the Corporation or
any Prohibited Transferee. The Trustee may be an individual or a bank or
trust company duly licensed to conduct a trust business.
(C) STATUS OF SHARES HELD BY THE TRUSTEE. Shares of Class C
Preferred Stock held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation. Except to the extent provided in Section
10.3(E), the Prohibited Transferee shall have no rights in the Class C
Preferred Stock held by the Trustee, and the Prohibited Transferee shall not
benefit economically from ownership of any shares held in trust by the
Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends and shall not possess any rights
to vote or other rights attributable to the shares held in the Trust.
(D) DIVIDEND AND VOTING RIGHTS. The Trustee shall have all voting
rights and rights to dividends with respect to shares of Class C Preferred
Stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the benefit of
the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or distribution paid prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that the shares of Class C Preferred Stock have
been transferred to the Trustee shall be repaid to the Corporation upon
demand, and any dividend or distribution declared but unpaid shall be
rescinded as void AB INITIO with respect to such shares of Class C Preferred
Stock. Any dividends or distributions so disgorged or rescinded shall be
paid over to the Trustee and held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary.
Any vote cast by a Prohibited Transferee prior to the discovery by the
Corporation that the shares of Class C Preferred Stock have been transferred
to the Trustee will be rescinded as void AB INITIO and shall be recast in
accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the
Charitable Beneficiary. The owner of the shares at the time of the Excess
Transfer, change in capital structure or other event giving rise to a
potential violation of the Ownership Limit, Initial Holder Limit or
Look-Through Entity Ownership Limit shall be deemed to have given an
irrevocable proxy to the Trustee to vote the shares of Class C Preferred
Stock for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.
(E) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The Trustee of the Trust may sell
the shares held in the Trust to a person, designated by the Trustee, whose
ownership of the shares will not violate the Ownership Restrictions. If such
a sale is made, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary shall terminate
and proceeds of the sale shall be payable to the Prohibited Transferee and to
the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section 10.3(E). The
Prohibited Transferee shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the
Prohibited Transferee for the shares or, if the Prohibited Transferee did not
give value for the shares (through a gift, devise or other transaction), the
Market Price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be
held in the Trust and (2) the price per share received by the Trustee from
the sale or other disposition of the shares held in the Trust. Any proceeds
in excess of the amount payable to the Prohibited Transferee shall be payable
to the Charitable Beneficiary. If any of the transfer restrictions set forth
in this Section 10.3(E) or any application thereof is determined in a final
judgment to be void, invalid or unenforceable by any court
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having jurisdiction over the issue, the Prohibited Transferee may be deemed,
at the option of the Corporation, to have acted as the agent of the
Corporation in acquiring the Class C Preferred Stock as to which such
restrictions would, by their terms, apply, and to hold such Class C Preferred
Stock on behalf of the Corporation.
(F) PURCHASE RIGHT IN STOCK TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUSTEE. Shares of
Class C Preferred Stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been offered for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per
share equal to the lesser of (i) the price per share in the transaction that
resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, in the case of a devise or gift,
the Market Price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the Market
Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The
Corporation shall have the right to accept such offer for a period of 90 days
after the later of (i) the date of the Excess Transfer or other event
resulting in a transfer to the Trust and (ii) the date that the Board of
Directors determines in good faith that an Excess Transfer or other event
occurred.
(G) DESIGNATION OF CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES. By written notice to
the Trustee, the Corporation shall designate one or more nonprofit
organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust
relating to such Prohibited Transferee if (i) the shares of Class C Preferred
Stock held in the Trust would not violate the Ownership Restrictions in the
hands of such Charitable Beneficiary and (ii) each Charitable Beneficiary is
an organization described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 170(c)(2) and 501(c)(3)
of the Code.
10.4 NOTICE OF RESTRICTED TRANSFER. Any Person that acquires or
attempts to acquire shares of Class C Preferred Stock in violation of Section
10.1 of this Article, or any Person that is a Prohibited Transferee such that
stock is transferred to the Trustee under Section 10.3 of this Article, 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.
Failure to give such notice shall not limit the rights and remedies of the
Board of Directors provided herein in any way.
10.5 OWNERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. From and after the Issue
Date certain record and Beneficial Owners and transferees of shares of Class
C Preferred Stock will be required to provide certain information as set out
below.
(A) ANNUAL DISCLOSURE. Every record and Beneficial Owner of more
than 5% (or such other percentage between 0.5% and 5%, as provided in the
applicable regulations adopted under the Code) of the number of Outstanding
shares of Class C Preferred Stock shall, within 30 days after January 1 of
each year, give written notice to the Corporation stating the name and
address of such record or Beneficial Owner, the number of shares of Class C
Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned, and a full description of how such shares
are held. Each such record or Beneficial Owner of Class C Preferred Stock
shall, upon demand by the Corporation, disclose to the Corporation in writing
such additional information with respect to the Beneficial Ownership of the
Class C Preferred Stock as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion,
deems appropriate or necessary to (i) comply with the provisions of the Code
regarding the qualification of the Corporation as a REIT under the Code and
(ii) ensure compliance with the Ownership Limit, the Initial Holder Limit or
the Look-Through Ownership Limit, as applicable. Each stockholder of record,
including
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without limitation any Person that holds shares of Class C Preferred Stock on
behalf of a Beneficial Owner, shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the
written notice described in this Section 10.5 from the Beneficial Owner.
(B) DISCLOSURE AT THE REQUEST OF THE CORPORATION. Any Person that
is a Beneficial Owner of shares of Class C Preferred Stock and any Person
(including the stockholder of record) that is holding shares of Class C
Preferred Stock for a Beneficial Owner, and any proposed transferee of
shares, shall provide such information as the Corporation, in its sole
discretion, may request in order to determine the Corporation's status as a
REIT, to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or other
governmental agency, to determine any such compliance or to ensure compliance
with the Ownership Limit, the Initial Holder Limit and the Look-Through
Ownership Limit, and shall provide a statement or affidavit to the
Corporation setting forth the number of shares of Class C Preferred Stock
already Beneficially Owned by such stockholder or proposed transferee and any
related persons specified, which statement or affidavit shall be in the form
prescribed by the Corporation for that purpose.
10.6 REMEDIES NOT LIMITED. Nothing contained in this Article shall
limit the authority of the Board of Directors to take such other action as it
deems necessary or advisable (subject to the provisions of Section 10.12 of
this Article) (i) to protect the Corporation and the interests of its
stockholders in the preservation of the Corporation's status as a REIT and
(ii) to insure compliance with the Ownership Limit, the Initial Holder Limit
and the Look-Through Ownership Limit.
10.7 AMBIGUITY. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any
of the provisions of Section 10 of this Article, or in the case of an
ambiguity in any definition contained in Section 10 of this Article, the
Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the
provisions of this Article with respect to any situation based on its
reasonable belief, understanding or knowledge of the circumstances.
10.8 EXCEPTIONS. The following exceptions shall apply or may be
established with respect to the limitations of Section 10.1 of this Article.
(A) WAIVER OF OWNERSHIP LIMIT. The Board of Directors, upon receipt of
a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an opinion of tax counsel or
other evidence or undertaking acceptable to it, may waive the application, in
whole or in part, of the Ownership Limit to a Person subject to the Ownership
Limit, if such person is not an individual for purposes of Section 542(a) of
the Code and is a corporation, partnership, estate or trust. In connection
with any such exemption, the Board of Directors may require such
representations and undertakings from such Person and may impose such other
conditions as the Board deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to determine
the effect, if any, of the proposed Transfer on the Corporation's status as a
REIT.
(B) PLEDGE BY INITIAL HOLDER. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Article, the pledge by the Initial Holder of all or any portion of the
Class C Preferred Stock directly owned at any time or from time to time shall
not constitute a violation of Section 10.1 of this Article and the pledgee
shall not be subject to the Ownership Limit with respect to the Class C
Preferred Stock so pledged to it either as a result of the pledge or upon
foreclosure.
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(C) UNDERWRITERS. For a period of 270 days following the purchase
of Class C Preferred Stock by an underwriter that (i) is a corporation or a
partnership and (ii) participates in an offering of the Class C Preferred
Stock, such underwriter shall not be subject to the Ownership Limit with
respect to the Class C Preferred Stock purchased by it as a part of or in
connection with such offering and with respect to any Class C Preferred Stock
purchased in connection with market making activities.
10.9 LEGEND. Each certificate for Class C Preferred Stock shall bear the
following legend:
"The shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock represented
by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer. No person
may Beneficially Own shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock in
excess of the Ownership Restrictions, as applicable, with certain further
restrictions and exceptions set forth in the Corporation's Charter
(including the Articles Supplementary setting forth the terms of the
Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock). Any Person that attempts to
Beneficially Own shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock in excess
of the applicable limitation must immediately notify the Corporation.
All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Corporation's Charter (including the Articles Supplementary
setting forth the terms of the Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock), as
the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which, including the
restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to each stockholder
that so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are violated, the
shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock represented hereby will be
either (i) void in accordance with the Certificate or (ii) automatically
transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more
Charitable Beneficiaries."
10.10 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Article or any application
of any such provision is determined in a final and unappealable judgment to
be void, invalid or unenforceable by any Federal or state court having
jurisdiction over the issues, the validity and enforceability 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.
10.11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCRETION. Anything in this Article to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Board of Directors shall be entitled to take or
omit to take such actions as it in its discretion shall determine to be
advisable in order that the Corporation maintain its status as and continue
to qualify as a REIT, including, but not limited to, reducing the Ownership
Limit, the Initial Holder Limit and the Look-Through Ownership Limit in the
event of a change in law.
10.12 SETTLEMENT. Nothing in this Section 10 of this Article shall be
interpreted to preclude the settlement of any transaction entered into
through the facilities of the NYSE or other securities exchange or an
automated inter-dealer quotation system.
FOURTH: The terms of the Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock set forth in
Article Third hereof shall become Article XIV of the Charter.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these presents to be
signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chairman and witnessed by its
Secretary on December 19, 1997.
WITNESS: APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
/s/ Leeann Morein /s/ Terry Considine
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Leeann Morein, Terry Considine
Secretary Chairman
THE UNDERSIGNED, Chairman of APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY,
who executed on behalf of the Corporation the Articles Supplementary of which
this Certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on
behalf of said Corporation the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the
corporate act of said Corporation and hereby certifies that the matters and
facts set forth herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof
are true in all material respects under the penalties of perjury.
/s/ Terry Considine
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Terry Considine
Chairman
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EXHIBIT 3.4
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Form of the Registrant's Class C Preferred Stock Certificate.
[front of Certificate]
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Incorporated under the laws of the state of Maryland
Number
Shares
Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock See reverse for certain definitions
This certificate is transferable in
Boston, MA or New York, NY CUSIP 03748 20 0
Countersigned and registered
Boston EquiServe Trust Company
(Signature)
This certifies that is the owner of fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock, $.01 par value
per share, of Apartment Investment and Management Company transferable only
on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly
authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and
registered by the Registrar.
Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile
signatures of its duly authorized officers.
Dated /s/ TERRY CONSIDINE
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Chief Executive Officer
/s/ LEEANN MOREIN /s/ PETER K. KOMPANIEZ
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Secretary President
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[back of Certificate]
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder on request and
without charge a full statement of the designations and any preferences,
conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the
stock of each class which the Corporation is authorized to issue, of the
differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each
series of a preferred or special class in series which the Corporation is
authorized to issue, to the extent they have been set, and of the authority
of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences of
subsequent series of a preferred or special class of stock. Such request may
be made to the secretary of the Corporation or to its transfer agent.
The shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock represented by
this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer. No person may
Beneficially Own shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock in excess of
the Ownership Restrictions, as applicable, with certain further restrictions
and exceptions set forth in the Corporation's Charter (including the Articles
Supplementary setting forth the terms of the Class C Cumulative Preferred
Stock). Any Person that attempts to Beneficially Own shares of Class C
Cumulative Preferred Stock in excess of the applicable limitation must
immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Corporation's Charter (including
the Articles Supplementary setting forth the terms of the Class C Cumulative
Preferred Stock), as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of
which, including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to
each stockholder that so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are
violated, the shares of Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock represented hereby
will be either (i) void in accordance with the Certificate or (ii)
automatically transferred to a Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or
more Charitable Beneficiaries.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the
face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out
in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of (State)
survivorship and not as tenants
in common
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For Value received Hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF TRANSFEREE SHOULD BE PRINTED OR TYPEWRITTEN)
Shares of the Class C Cumulative Preferred Stock
represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint Attorney to transfer the said stock on the
books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the
promises.
Dated: SIGNATURE
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH NAME(S) AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
By:
THE SIGNATURE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION,(Banks,
Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP
IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SEC RULE
17Ad-15.
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