UNITED STATES
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of beneficial interest, liquidation preference $25.00 per share | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
| Vornado Realty Trust | ||||||
Vornado Realty Trust |
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On May 24, 2021, Vornado Realty L.P. (the “Company”), the operating partnership through which Vornado Realty Trust, a fully integrated real estate investment trust organized under the laws of Maryland, conducts its business and owns substantially all of its interests in properties, issued and sold (i) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.150% Notes due 2026 and (ii) $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.400% Notes due 2031 (collectively, the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. Vornado Realty Trust is the sole general partner of, and owned approximately 92.7% of the common limited partnership interests in, Vornado Realty L.P. as of March 31, 2021. In connection with the Offering, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters of the Offering. A copy of that underwriting agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP with respect to the validity of the Notes and the opinion of Venable LLP with respect to certain matters relating to Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust and the sole general partner of the Company, are attached hereto as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
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.
| VORNADO REALTY TRUST | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco | |
| Name: | Matthew Iocco | |
| Title: | Chief Accounting Officer (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) | |
Date: May 24, 2021
SIGNATURE
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.
| VORNADO REALTY L.P. | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | VORNADO REALTY TRUST, | |
| Sole General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco | |
| Name: | Matthew Iocco | |
| Title: | Chief Accounting Officer of Vornado Realty Trust, sole General Partner of Vornado Realty L.P. (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) | |
Date: May 24, 2021
Exhibit 1.1
VORNADO REALTY L.P.
(a Delaware limited partnership)
$400,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 2.150% Notes due 2026
$350,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 3.400% Notes due 2031
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: May 13, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | |||
| SECTION 1. | Representations and Warranties | 3 | |
| (a) | Representations and Warranties by the Company | 3 | |
| (i) | Incorporated Documents | 3 | |
| (ii) | Compliance with Registration Requirements | 3 | |
| (iii) | Form S-3 Eligibility | 4 | |
| (iv) | Well-known Seasoned Issuer | 4 | |
| (v) | Not an Ineligible Issuer | 4 | |
| (vi) | No Material Adverse Change in Business | 4 | |
| (vii) | Good Standing of the Company | 5 | |
| (viii) | Good Standing of Subsidiaries | 5 | |
| (ix) | Capitalization | 6 | |
| (x) | Authorization and Description of the Securities | 6 | |
| (xi) | Absence of Conflicts and Defaults | 6 | |
| (xii) | Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement | 6 | |
| (xiii) | Authorization of the Indenture | 6 | |
| (xiv) | Absence of Proceedings | 7 | |
| (xv) | No Violations or Defaults | 7 | |
| (xvi) | Accuracy of Certain Descriptions | 7 | |
| (xvii) | Investment Company Act | 7 | |
| (xviii) | Independent Public Accountants | 7 | |
| (xix) | Financial Statements | 7 | |
| (xx) | Title to Property | 8 | |
| (xxi) | Environmental Laws | 8 | |
| (xxii) | No Stabilizing Actions | 9 | |
| (xxiii) | Disclosure and Accounting Controls | 9 | |
| (xxiv) | Compliance with OFAC | 9 | |
| (xxv) | No Unlawful Payments | 10 | |
| (xxvi) | Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws | 10 | |
| (xxvii) | Cybersecurity | 10 | |
| (b) | Officer’s Certificates | 10 | |
| SECTION 2. | Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing | 10 | |
| (a) | Securities | 10 | |
| (b) | Payment | 11 | |
| (c) | Denominations; Registration | 11 | |
| SECTION 3. | Covenants of the Company | 11 | |
| (a) | Delivery of Registration Statement | 11 | |
| (b) | Final Term Sheet | 11 | |
| (c) | Filing and Delivery of Pricing Prospectus and Final Prospectus | 12 | |
| (d) | Modification of Disclosure Package | 12 | |
| (e) | Continued Compliance with Securities Laws | 12 | |
| (f) | Rule 158 | 13 | |
| (g) | Use of Proceeds | 13 | |
| (h) | Limitation on Free Writing Prospectuses | 13 | |
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| (i) | Sale or Disposition of Debt Securities | 13 | |
| SECTION 4. | Payment of Expenses. | 13 | |
| (a) | Expenses | 13 | |
| (b) | Termination of Agreement | 14 | |
| SECTION 5. | Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations | 14 | |
| (a) | Effectiveness of Registration Statement | 14 | |
| (b) | Opinions of Counsel for the Company | 14 | |
| (c) | Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Trust | 14 | |
| (d) | Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters | 14 | |
| (e) | Officers’ Certificate | 15 | |
| (f) | Officer’s Certificate | 15 | |
| (g) | Accountants’ Comfort Letter | 15 | |
| (h) | Bring-down Comfort Letter | 15 | |
| (i) | Additional Documents | 15 | |
| (j) | Termination of Agreement | 16 | |
| SECTION 6. | Indemnification | 16 | |
| (a) | Indemnification of Underwriters | 16 | |
| (b) | Indemnification of Company, Trustees, Partners and Officers | 17 | |
| (c) | Actions against Parties; Notification | 17 | |
| (d) | Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse | 18 | |
| SECTION 7. | Contribution | 18 | |
| SECTION 8. | Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery | 19 | |
| SECTION 9. | Termination of Agreement | 19 | |
| (a) | Termination; General | 19 | |
| (b) | Liabilities | 20 | |
| SECTION 10. | Default by One or More of the Underwriters | 20 | |
| (a) | Substitution of Defaulting Underwriters | 20 | |
| (b) | Purchase by Non-Defaulting Underwriters | 20 | |
| (c) | Termination | 21 | |
| SECTION 11. | Notices | 21 | |
| SECTION 12. | No Fiduciary Duty | 21 | |
| SECTION 13. | Parties | 21 | |
| SECTION 14. | Miscellaneous | 22 | |
| SECTION 15. | Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regime | 22 | |
| SECTION 16. | Governing Law and Time | 23 | |
| SECTION 17. | Trial by Jury | 23 | |
| SECTION 18. | Effect of Headings | 23 | |
| SECTION 19. | Counterparts | 23 | |
| SCHEDULES | |||
| Schedule A - List of Underwriters | Sch A-1 | ||
| Schedule B - Terms of the Securities | Sch B-1 | ||
| Schedule C - Free Writing Prospectus | Sch C-1 | ||
| Schedule D - Final Term Sheet | Sch D-1 | ||
| EXHIBITS | |||
| Exhibit A - Form of Opinion of Company’s Counsel | A-1 | ||
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| Exhibit B - Form of Opinion of Maryland Counsel to the Company | B-1 |
| Exhibit C – Form of Officer’s Certificate of Chief Financial Officer of Vornado Realty L.P. | C-1 |
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VORNADO REALTY L.P.
(a Delaware limited partnership)
$400,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 2.150% Notes due 2026
$350,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 3.400% Notes due 2031
Underwriting Agreement
May 13, 2021
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
3 Times Square
New York, NY 10036
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10179
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.150% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Securities”) of the Company set forth above.
The Securities are to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to offer the Securities (the “Offering”) as set forth in the prospectus supplement as soon after the execution and delivery hereof as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable.
The Company has filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 ASR (File No. 333-254965) in respect of the Securities and other securities of the Company and the Trust (as defined below) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”). Such registration statement, in the form in which it became effective, as amended through the date hereof, including all exhibits thereto, all documents incorporated by reference therein through the date hereof and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the 1933 Act to be part of the Registration Statement, each as amended at the time such part of the Registration Statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement.”
The base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement relating to the Securities and other securities of the Company is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), including the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act, is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act in accordance with Section 3(c) hereof is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the 1933 Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.”
For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 4:45 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement and the “Disclosure Package” refers collectively to (i) the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the final term sheet, if any, prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, as of the Applicable Time, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule C hereto, and (iii) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall
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hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included,” “stated,” “described,” “discussed” or “set forth” in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b) hereof and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain 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 not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, in each case as amended or supplemented, relating to the Securities;
(ii) Compliance with Registration Requirements.
(1) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Final Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the Applicable Time and as of the applicable filing date as to the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain 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 not misleading, and in the case of the Final Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
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provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Securities;
(2) The Disclosure Package, when taken together as a whole, did not, as of the Applicable Time, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule C hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in the Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(iii) Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3, including a prospectus relating to the Securities and other securities of the Company for the registration of such securities under the 1933 Act and such registration statement became effective upon filing with the Commission;
(iv) Well-known Seasoned Issuer. The Company is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act. The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act objecting to the use of the Registration Statement;
(v) Not an Ineligible Issuer. (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the 1933 Act) and (ii) as of the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 under the 1933 Act that it is not necessary that the Company not be considered an Ineligible Issuer;
(vi) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final
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Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has not been any change in the capitalization or long-term debt of the Company or any material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings or business affairs (a “Material Adverse Effect”) of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;
(vii) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has partnership power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business substantially as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign organization to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; all of the issued and outstanding limited partnership interests in the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and (except for the general partner interest) nonassessable; Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Trust”) is the sole general partner of, and owned an approximately 92.7% common limited partnership interest in, the Company as of March 31, 2021;
(viii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has power and authority to own or lease, as applicable, and operate its properties and to conduct its business substantially as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign organization to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the subsidiaries that is a corporation has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable; all of the partnership interests in each subsidiary that is a partnership are validly issued and the Company has no obligation to make any further payments for the acquisition of such partnership interests or contributions to any subsidiary that is a partnership solely by reason of its ownership of the partnership interests in such subsidiary, and all of the limited liability company interests in each subsidiary that is a limited liability company are validly issued and the Company has no obligation to make any further payments for the acquisition of such limited liability company interests or contributions to any subsidiary that is a limited liability company solely by reason of its ownership of the limited liability company interests of such subsidiary. Except as otherwise disclosed in or contemplated by the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, all such shares and interests, as the case may be, are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except where such security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ix) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
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forth in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to the terms of reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans, including, without limitation, dividend reinvestment plans and employee or director stock option plans, the redemption of units of the Company or the exercise of options outstanding on the date hereof);
(x) Authorization and Description of the Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when the Securities are duly authenticated by the Trustee and executed and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement, such Securities will be duly and validly executed, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company; the Securities will conform to the description thereof contained in the Basic Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities of Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P.” and in the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Notes” and such description will conform to the rights set forth in the Indenture, in each case in all material respects;
(xi) Absence of Conflicts and Defaults. The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein have been duly authorized by all necessary trust action of the Trust, as general partner of the Company, and, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the certificate of limited partnership, as amended, of the Company, or (except where such violation would not cause a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or any adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby) any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental authority, agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Indenture and this Agreement, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Closing Time (as defined in Section 2(b) hereof), obtained under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(xii) Authorization of this Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action of the Company and has been executed and delivered by the Trust on behalf of the Company;
(xiii) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action of the Company, has been executed and delivered by the Trust on behalf of the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument against
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the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles);
(xiv) Absence of Proceedings. Other than as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others; and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations which have not been so filed, except where the failure to file such exhibit would not amount to an untrue statement of a material fact or omission of a statement of a material fact required to make the statements in the Registration Statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made;
(xv) No Violations or Defaults. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its organizational documents or bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, which default would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(xvi) Accuracy of Certain Descriptions. The statements set forth in the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Debt Securities of Vornado Realty Trust and Vornado Realty L.P.,” “Description of the Notes,” “Federal Income Tax Considerations,” “Plan of Distribution” and “Underwriting,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair summaries in all material respects;
(xvii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act;
(xviii) Independent Public Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has certified certain financial statements and financial statement schedules of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus is an independent public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations;
(xix) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the financial statement schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated, the results of their operations for the periods specified and
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the information required to be stated therein; and said financial statements and financial statement schedules have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
(xx) Title to Property. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole: (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all properties and assets described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus as owned by such party; (ii) all of the leases under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds or uses real property or assets as a lessee are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in material default in respect of any of the terms or provisions of any of such leases and no claim has been asserted by anyone adverse to any such party’s rights as lessee under any of such leases, or affecting or questioning any such party’s right to the continued possession or use of the leased property or assets under any such leases; (iii) all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims, or restrictions on or affecting the properties and assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus are disclosed therein; (iv) neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any lessee of any portion of any such party’s properties is in default under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries leases its properties to third parties and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows of any event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such leases; (v) no tenant under any lease pursuant to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries leases its properties has an option or right of first refusal to purchase the premises leased thereunder; (vi) to the best of its knowledge, each of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries complies with all applicable codes and zoning laws and regulations; and (vii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation, zoning change or other proceeding or action that will in any manner affect the size or use of, improvements or construction on or access to the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
(xxi) Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole:
A. each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws relating to pollution or the discharge of materials into the environment, including common law standards of conduct relating to damage to property or injury to persons caused by such materials (“Environmental Laws”), each of the Company and its subsidiaries currently holds all governmental authorizations required under Environmental Laws in order to conduct their businesses as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any basis to expect that any
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such governmental authorization will be modified, suspended or revoked, or cannot be renewed in the ordinary course of business;
B. there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, threatened release, or disposal of any material (including radiation and noise), that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of any claim (whether by a governmental authority or other person or entity) under Environmental Laws for cleanup costs, damages, penalties, fines, or otherwise, against any of the Company or its subsidiaries, or against any person or entity whose liability for such claim may have been retained by any of the Company or its subsidiaries, whether by contract or law; and
C. the Company and its subsidiaries have made available to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters all material studies, reports, assessments, audits and other information in their possession or control relating to any pollution or release, threatened release or disposal of materials regulated under Environmental Laws on, at, under, from or transported from any of their currently or formerly owned, leased or operated properties, including, without limitation, all information relating to underground storage tanks and asbestos containing materials;
(xxii) No Stabilizing Actions. Except as done in compliance with Regulation M, the Company has not taken, and the Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that might be reasonably expected to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities;
(xxiii) Disclosure and Accounting Controls. The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act) and such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter. The Company and each of its consolidated subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any material differences;
(xxiv) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department or any similar sanctions imposed by any other body, governmental or other, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject;
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(xxv) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment;
(xxvi) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti- Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened; and
(xxvii) Cybersecurity. The computer systems, networks, hardware, software, databases, websites, and equipment used to process, store, maintain and operate data, information, and functions used in connection with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform in all material respects as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable backup, security and disaster recovery technology, and to the Company’s knowledge there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the Company IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data), nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Officer’s Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representatives or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth and as set forth in the Indenture, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the prices to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule B, the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
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(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) of, the Securities shall be made at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, One Manhattan West, New York, New York 10001 or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and the Company, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on May 24, 2021 or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Time”).
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery through the facilities of DTC to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased by them.
(c) Denominations; Registration. The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book- entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with DTC or its designated custodian. The certificates for the Securities will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives in The City of New York not later than 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Delivery of Registration Statement. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Representatives will be identical, save for minor formatting differences, to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T of the Commission.
If the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) continues to be required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities, the Company will inform the Representatives of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any supplement to the Final Prospectus; will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable time in advance of filing; and will not file any such amendment or supplement in a form to which the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object (it being understood that the terms “amendment” and “supplement” do not include documents filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act).
(b) Final Term Sheet. The Company will prepare a final term sheet containing solely the final pricing terms of the Securities in a form approved by the Representatives and contained in Schedule D hereof and file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act within the time required by such rule.
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(c) Filing and Delivery of Pricing Prospectus and Final Prospectus.
(1) The Company will cause the Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will promptly advise the Representatives upon such filing.
(2) The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Pricing Prospectus, Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as such Underwriter has reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, for so long as the delivery of a Final Prospectus is required under the 1933 Act or 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Final Prospectus as such Underwriters may reasonably request. The Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical, save for minor formatting differences, to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T of the Commission.
(d) Modification of Disclosure Package. If there occurs an event or development as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except where the failure to comply will not adversely affect the distribution of the Securities. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary for the Company to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Final Prospectus in order that the Final Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time such Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the 1933 Act) is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Final Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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(f) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations relating thereto.
(g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Pricing Prospectus and Final Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”
(h) Limitation on Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, other than the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectus included in Schedule C hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) Sale or Disposition of Debt Securities. For the period beginning the date of this Agreement through and including the business day following the Closing Time, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, directly or indirectly, issue, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of, any debt securities substantially similar to the Securities.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation and printing of the Indenture, this Agreement and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to DTC or its designated custodian or the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (v) the qualification, if any, of the Securities under state securities laws, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of a Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto,
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if any, (vi) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Pricing Prospectus and of the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (viii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Securities, and (ix) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review, if any, by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) of the terms of the sale of the Securities. It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section and Section 6 hereof, each Underwriter will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel, stock or other transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by it, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers of the Securities such Underwriter may make.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Sections 9(a)(i) or 9(a)(v) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Trust or any subsidiary of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and shall continue to be in effect under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. The Pricing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by the 1933 Act Regulations, and the final term sheet contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433.
(b) Opinions of Counsel for the Company. At Closing Time, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received the opinion and letter, dated as of Closing Time, of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
(c) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for the Trust. At Closing Time, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received the opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for the Trust, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At Closing Time, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received the favorable opinion and letter, dated as of Closing Time, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the
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Underwriters, with respect to certain legal matters relating to this Agreement and such other related matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request. In giving such opinion such counsel may state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Trust and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(e) Officers’ Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received a certificate of the Chairman or President and the Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and shall be in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of such officers’ knowledge, are pending or are contemplated by the Commission.
(f) Officer’s Certificate. At the Closing Time, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received an officer’s certificate, dated as of the Closing Time, of Michael J. Franco, Chief Financial Officer and President of the Trust, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(g) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.
(i) Additional Documents. At Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained, and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.
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(j) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8 , 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and its respective officers or directors, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the investor presentation dated May 10, 2021, or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof (or in any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including, subject to Section 6(c) hereof, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the
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Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the investor presentation dated May 10, 2021, or the information contained in the final term sheet required to be prepared and filed pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof (or in any amendment or supplement thereto); and provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity agreement by the Company shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any losses, claims, damages or liabilities otherwise covered by this paragraph purchased Securities if the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters prior to the Applicable Time a copy of a Free Writing Prospectus, if any, or Pricing Prospectus (as then amended and supplemented), and such document was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person if required so to have been delivered, and if such Free Writing Prospectus, if any, or Pricing Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability or such loss, expense, claim, damage or liability arises from the continued use by such Underwriter of the Disclosure Package following its receipt of notice of an event or occurrence pursuant to Section 3(d).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Trustees, Partners and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its partners, each of the officers of the Trust who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, the investor presentation dated May 10, 2021, or in any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representatives, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. Subject to Section 6(d), no indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
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indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel in accordance with Section 6(a)(iii) hereof, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into, (iii) such indemnifying party, if it has not theretofore paid such reimbursement, is requested again to pay reimbursement at least five, but not more than ten, days prior to such settlement being entered into, and (iv) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Final Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
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The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each officer or director of each Underwriter and person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each partner and officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, each trustee of the Trust, each officer of the Trust who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Trust or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person of an Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company or any officer or trustee of the Trust or partner or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States, or any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or
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economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the offering of the Securities to the public or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange has been suspended or materially limited, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (v) if, since the time of execution of this Agreement, there shall have been any downgrading in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential downgrading in any such rating.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.
(a) Substitution of Defaulting Underwriters. If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase under this Agreement, the Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term “Underwriter” as used in the Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement.
(b) Purchase by Non-Defaulting Underwriters. If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives or the Company, or both, as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under this Agreement and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under this Agreement) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein
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shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) Termination. If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives or the Company, or both, as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non- defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the party of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters provided in Section 4 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Sections 6 and 7 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives as set forth in Schedule B; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 888 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, attention of the Chief Financial Officer.
SECTION 12. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Company and (c) the Company’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Company agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Company on related or other matters). The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
SECTION 13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company, and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers, trustees and partners referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers, trustees and partners and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
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SECTION 14. Miscellaneous. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
SECTION 15. Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regime.
(a) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(b) In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
For purposes of this Section 15, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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SECTION 16. Governing Law and Time. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 17. Trial by Jury. Each of the Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its partners and affiliates) and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 18. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts and delivered in electronic form, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| VORNADO REALTY L.P. | ||
| By: | Vornado Realty Trust, its General Partner | |
| By: | /s/ Steven Borenstein | |
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
| CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, | |||
| as of the date first above written. | |||
| By: | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Adam D. Bordner | ||
| Name: Adam D. Bordner | |||
| Title: Director | |||
| By: | BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Adrian Adduci | ||
| Name: Adrian Adduci | |||
| Title: Director | |||
| By: | J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert Bottamedi | ||
| Name: Robert Bottamedi | |||
| Title: Executive Director | |||
| By: | MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC | ||
| By | /s/ Robert Fahrbach | ||
| Name: Robert Fahrbach | |||
| Title: Managing Director | |||
| For themselves and the other several | |||
| Underwriters named in Schedule A | |||
| hereto | |||
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
| Aggregate Principal | Aggregate Principal | |||||||
| Amount of | Amount of | |||||||
| Name of Underwriter | 2026 Notes | 2031 Notes | ||||||
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $ | 54,000,000 | $ | 47,250,000 | ||||
| BMO Capital Markets Corp. | $ | 54,000,000 | $ | 47,250,000 | ||||
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $ | 54,000,000 | $ | 47,250,000 | ||||
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | $ | 54,000,000 | $ | 47,250,000 | ||||
| PNC Capital Markets LLC | $ | 30,000,000 | $ | 26,250,000 | ||||
| TD Securities (USA) LLC | $ | 30,000,000 | $ | 26,250,000 | ||||
| Barclays Capital Inc. | $ | 20,000,000 | $ | 17,500,000 | ||||
| BNP Paribas Securities Corp. | $ | 20,000,000 | $ | 17,500,000 | ||||
| Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. | $ | 20,000,000 | $ | 17,500,000 | ||||
| U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | $ | 20,000,000 | $ | 17,500,000 | ||||
| Academy Securities, Inc. | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| ING Financial Markets LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| R. Seelaus & Co., LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | $ | 4,000,000 | $ | 3,500,000 | ||||
| Total | $ | 400,000,000 | $ | 350,000,000 | ||||
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SCHEDULE B
VORNADO REALTY L.P.
Title of Securities:
2.150% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”)
3.400% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Securities”)
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:
$400,000,000 for the 2026 Notes
$350,000,000 for the 2031 Notes
Public Offering Price:
99.863% per 2026 Note
99.587% per 2031 Note
Purchase Price:
99.263% per 2026 Note
98.937% per 2031 Note
Form of Securities:
Book-Entry Only through DTC
Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
Wire transfer of same-day funds.
Time of Delivery:
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on May 24, 2021 (T+7)
Closing Location:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West, New York, New York 10001
Names and Addresses of Designated Representatives:
Designated Representatives: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC
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Address for Notices, etc.:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (646) 291-1469
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
3 Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Legal Department
Facsimile: (212) 702-1205
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk - 3rd Floor
Facsimile: (212) 834-6081
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Debt Capital Markets
Facsimile: (212) 205-7812
Record Dates:
May 15, 2021 and November 15, 2021
Interest Payment Dates:
June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2021
Maturity Date:
June 1, 2026 for the 2026 Notes
June 1, 2031 for the 2031 Notes
Ranking:
The Securities will be unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
Conversion Rights:
The Securities are not convertible or exchangeable for any property or other securities of
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the Company.
Redemption at Option of the Company:
The Company may redeem the 2026 Notes, as a whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would have been payable in respect of such Securities calculated as if the maturity date of such Securities was May 1, 2026 (the date that is one month prior to the stated maturity date) (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, as defined in the Disclosure Package, plus 20 basis points; plus, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
The Company may redeem the 2031 Notes, as a whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at the option of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities being redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would have been payable in respect of such Securities calculated as if the maturity date of such Securities was March 1, 2031 (the date that is three months prior to the stated maturity date) (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate, as defined in the Disclosure Package, plus 30 basis points; plus, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the 2026 Notes are redeemed on or after May 1, 2026 (the date that is one month prior to the stated maturity date), the redemption price will be 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes being redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest on those Securities to, but not including, the redemption date. Similarly, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the 2031 Notes are redeemed on or after March 1, 2031 (the date that is three months prior to the stated maturity date), the redemption price will be 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2031 Notes being redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest on those Securities to, but not including, the redemption date.
Sch B-3
SCHEDULE C
FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS
The Final Term Sheet attached hereto as Schedule D.
Sch C-1
SCHEDULE D
FINAL TERM SHEET
Sch D
Pricing Term Sheet
Vornado Realty L.P.
$400,000,000 2.150% Notes due 2026
$350,000,000 3.400% Notes due 2031
| Issuer: | Vornado Realty L.P. |
| Securities Offered: | 2.150% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) 3.400% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes”) |
| Expected Security Ratings* (Moody’s/Standard & Poor’s/Fitch): | Baa2 / BBB- / BBB |
| Principal Amount: | 2026 Notes: $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount 2031 Notes: $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount |
| Maturity Date: | 2026 Notes: June 1, 2026 2031 Notes: June 1, 2031 |
| Trade Date: | May 13, 2021 |
| Settlement Date: | May 24, 2021 (T+7) |
| Interest Payment Dates: | June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2021 |
| Coupon: | 2026 Notes: 2.150% per annum 2031 Notes: 3.400% per annum |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 2026 Notes: U.S. Treasury 0.750% due April 30, 2026 2031 Notes: U.S. Treasury 1.125% due February 15, 2031 |
| Benchmark Treasury Price: | 2026 Notes: 99-19 ¾ 2031 Notes: 95-09+ |
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 2026 Notes: 0.829% 2031 Notes: 1.649% |
| Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | 2026 Notes: + 135 bps 2031 Notes: + 180 bps |
| Yield to Maturity: | 2026 Notes: 2.179% 2031 Notes: 3.449% |
| Public Offering Price: | 2026 Notes: 99.863% per note 2031 Notes: 99.587% per note |
| Net Proceeds: | $743,331,500 (after deducting the underwriting discount and before expenses associated with the transaction) |
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| Redemption at Issuer Option: | We may redeem some or all of the 2026 Notes at any time and from time to time, at our option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes being redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would have been payable in respect of such notes calculated as if the maturity date of such notes was May 1, 2026 (the date that is one month prior to the stated maturity date) (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points; plus, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
We may redeem some or all of the 2031 Notes at any time and from time to time, at our option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes being redeemed, and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon that would have been payable in respect of such notes calculated as if the maturity date of such notes was March 1, 2031 (the date that is three months prior to the stated maturity date) (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the redemption date), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points; plus, in the case of each of (i) and (ii), accrued but unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the 2026 Notes are redeemed on or after May 1, 2026 (the date that is one month prior to the stated maturity date) or if the 2031 Notes are redeemed on or after March 1, 2031 (the date that is three months prior to the stated maturity date), the redemption price will be 100% of the aggregate principal amount of such notes being redeemed plus any accrued but unpaid interest on those notes to, but not including, the redemption date. |
| CUSIP/ISIN: | 2026 Notes: 929043AK3 / US929043AK39 2031 Notes: 929043AL1 / US929043AL12 |
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Joint Book-Running Managers:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. BMO Capital Markets Corp. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA LLC PNC Capital Markets LLC TD Securities (USA) LLC Barclays Capital Inc. BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
Co-Managers:
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Academy Securities, Inc. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. ING Financial Markets LLC Loop Capital Markets LLC R. Seelaus & Co., LLC Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC |
*A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
Vornado Realty L.P. has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement and the other documents Vornado Realty L.P. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Vornado Realty L.P. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you can request the prospectus by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 1-800-831-9146, BMO Capital Markets Corp. toll-free at 1-866-864-7760, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC collect at 1-212-834-4533 and Mizuho Securities USA LLC toll-free at 1-866-271-7403.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER ELECTRONIC MAIL SYSTEM.
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Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]
May 24, 2021
Vornado Realty L.P.,
888 Seventh Avenue,
New York, New York 10019.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.150% Notes due 2026 and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Notes due 2031 (collectively the “Securities”) of Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”) pursuant to the indenture, dated as of November 25, 2003 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as, The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”), we, as your counsel, have examined such partnership records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion, the Securities constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
As contemplated by the qualifications set forth above, in rendering the foregoing opinion, we are expressing no opinion as to Federal or state laws relating to fraudulent transfers and we are not passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, any disclosure in any registration statement or any related prospectus or other offering material relating to the offer and sale of the Securities.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States, the statutory laws of the States of New York and Maryland and the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware, and we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. With respect to all matters of the laws of the State of Maryland, we note that you have received and we have relied upon the opinion, dated May 24, 2021, of Venable LLP, and our opinion is subject to the same assumptions, qualifications and limitations with respect to such matters as are contained in such opinion of Venable LLP.
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Also, we have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have assumed, without independent verification, that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee thereunder, that the Securities conform to the specimens thereof examined by us, that the Trustee’s certificates of authentication of the Securities have been manually signed by one of the Trustee’s authorized officers, that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine and that the Securities have been delivered against payment as contemplated in the Registration Statement.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
Exhibit 5.2
[Letterhead of Venable LLP]
May 24, 2021
Vornado Realty Trust
888 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254965-01) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as Maryland counsel to Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Trust”), acting in its capacity as sole general partner of Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the sale and issuance of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.150% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”), covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Trust and the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
In connection with our representation of the Trust, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):
| 1. | The Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein; |
2. The Prospectus Supplement, dated May 13, 2021, substantially in the form filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act;
3. The Declaration of Trust of the Trust, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”);
4. The Bylaws of the Trust, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Trust;
5. Resolutions adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Trust, and a duly authorized committee thereof, relating to the sale and issuance of the Notes, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Trust;
6. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Trust, dated as of a recent date;
7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Trust, dated as of the date hereof; and
8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Trust) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Trust) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
1. The Trust is a real estate investment trust duly formed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
2. The issuance of the Notes by the Company has been duly authorized by all necessary trust action on the part of the Trust, acting in its capacity as general partner of the Company.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning federal law or the laws of any other state. We express no opinion as to compliance with any federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers, and we express no opinion with respect to the actions which may be required for the Company to authorize, execute, deliver or perform any document. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the issuance of the Notes (the “Current Report”). We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Current Report and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Venable LLP |