Exhibit 10.3

 

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

among

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL CORP.

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL LLC

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL TRUST I

 

and

TABERNA PREFERRED FUNDING III, LTD.

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Dated as of September 29, 2005

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PURCHASE AGREEMENT

($25,000,000 Trust Preferred Securities)

 

THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of September 29, 2005 (this “Purchase
Agreement”), is entered into among Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., a Maryland
corporation (the “Guarantor”), Deerfield Triarc Capital LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Company”), and Deerfield Triarc Capital Trust I, a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”, and together with the Guarantor and the
Company, the “Sellers”), and Taberna Preferred Funding III, Ltd. or its assignee
(the “Purchaser”).

 

W I T N E S S E TH:

 

WHEREAS, the Sellers propose to issue and sell 50,000 Floating Rate Preferred
Securities of the Trust, having a stated liquidation amount of $1,000 per
security, bearing a variable rate, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as defined
in the Indenture (as defined below)) plus 3.5% (the “Preferred Securities”);

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase 25,000 of the Preferred Securities;

 

WHEREAS, the entire proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Securities will be
combined with the proceeds from the sale by the Trust to the Company of its
common securities (the “Common Securities”), and will be used by the Trust to
purchase Fifty One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($51,550,000) in
principal amount of the unsecured junior subordinated notes of the Company (the
“Junior Subordinated Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities for the Trust will
be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”), dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, as depositor,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property Trustee”), Chase Bank USA,
National Association, a national banking association, as Delaware trustee (in
such capacity, the “Delaware Trustee”), the Administrative Trustees named
therein (in such capacities, the “Administrative Trustees”);

WHEREAS, the Junior Subordinated Notes will be issued pursuant to a Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Indenture”), between
the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking
association, as indenture trustee (in such capacity, the “Indenture Trustee”)
and;

WHEREAS, the Preferred Securities will be guaranteed on a subordinated basis by
the Guarantor as to the timely payment of distributions, and as to the timely
payments on liquidation and redemption, to the extent set forth in the Parent
Guarantee Agreement (the “Guarantee”) between the Guarantor and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as guarantee
trustee.

 

 

 

 

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.           Definitions. The Preferred Securities, the Common Securities and
the Junior Subordinated Notes are collectively referred to herein as the
“Securities.” This Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Guarantee and the Securities are collectively referred to herein as the
“Operative Documents.” All other capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Purchase Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.

2..          Purchase and Sale of the Preferred Securities.

(a)         The Trust agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser agrees
to purchase from the Trust the Preferred Securities for an amount (the “Purchase
Price”) equal to Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000). The Purchaser shall
be responsible for the rating agency costs and expenses. The Trust shall use the
Purchase Price, together with the proceeds from the sale of the Common
Securities and the proceeds from the sale of Preferred Securities purchased by
another purchaser, to purchase the Junior Subordinated Notes.

(b)         Delivery or transfer of, and payment for, the Preferred Securities
shall be made at 11:00 A.M. New York time, on September 29, 2005 or such later
date (but not later than October 23, 2005) as the parties may mutually agree
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Preferred Securities being
herein called the “Closing Date”). The Preferred Securities shall be transferred
and delivered to the Purchaser against the payment of the Purchase Price to the
Trust made by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the Closing Date
to a U.S. account designated in writing by the Company at least two business
days prior to the Closing Date.

(c)         Delivery of the Preferred Securities shall be made at such location,
and in such names and denominations, as the Purchaser shall designate at least
two business days in advance of the Closing Date. The Company and the Trust
agree to have the Preferred Securities available for inspection and checking by
the Purchaser in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M. New York time on
the business day prior to the Closing Date. The closing for the purchase and
sale of the Preferred Securities shall occur at the offices of Kelley Drye &
Warren LLP, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178, or such other place as
the parties hereto shall agree.

3.           Conditions. The obligations of the parties under this Purchase
Agreement are subject to the following conditions:

(a)         The representations and warranties contained herein shall be
accurate as of the date of delivery of the Preferred Securities.

(b)         Hunton & Williams LLP, counsel for the Guarantor, the Company and
the Trust (the “Company Counsel”), shall have delivered an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, in substantially the form set out in Annex A-I hereto and the
Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser a

 

 

 

 

 

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certificate signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, an
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser, in substantially
the form set out in Annex A-II hereto. In rendering their opinion, the Company
Counsel may rely as to factual matters upon certificates or other documents
furnished by officers, directors and trustees of the Guarantor, the Company and
the Trust and by government officials (provided, however, that copies of any
such certificates or documents are delivered to the Purchaser) and by and upon
such other documents as such counsel may, in their reasonable opinion, deem
appropriate as a basis for the Company Counsel’s opinion. The Company Counsel
may specify the jurisdictions in which they are admitted to practice and that
they are not admitted to practice in any other jurisdiction and are not experts
in the law of any other jurisdiction. Such Company Counsel Opinion shall not
state that they are to be governed or qualified by, or that they are otherwise
subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to legal
opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA
Section of Business Law (1991).

(c)         The Purchaser shall have been furnished the opinion of Kelley Drye &
Warren LLP, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, National Association, in substantially the form set out in Annex B
hereto.

(d)         The Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Richards, Layton &
Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel for the Delaware Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, the Delaware Trustee and the Company, in substantially the form set
out in Annex C hereto.

(e)         The Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Gardere Wynne
Sewell LLP, special counsel for the Property Trustee and the Indenture Trustee,
dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser, in substantially the form
set out in Annex D hereto.

(f)          The Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Richards, Layton &
Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel for the Delaware Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, in substantially the form set out in Annex E hereto.

(g)         Each of the Guarantor and the Company shall have furnished to the
Purchaser a certificate of the Guarantor and the Company, as applicable, signed
by its Chief Executive Officer, President or an Executive Vice President, and
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer and the Trust shall
have furnished to the Purchaser a certificate of the Trust, signed by an
Administrative Trustee of the Trust, in each case dated the Closing Date to the
effect that the representations and warranties of the Guarantor, the Company and
the Trust in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the
Closing Date, and the Company and the Trust have complied in all material
respects with all the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all the
conditions on either of their part to be performed or satisfied pursuant to the
Operative Documents at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

 

 

 

 

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(h)         The Guarantor and the Company shall have executed the Parent
Guarantee Agreement and delivered same to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, as Guarantee Trustee.

(i)          Prior to the Closing Date, the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust
shall have furnished to the Purchaser and its counsel such further information,
certificates and documents as the Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably
request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 3 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as provided in this Purchase Agreement, this Purchase
Agreement and all the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder may be canceled at, or
at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Purchaser. Notice of such
cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Trust in writing or by
telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

Notwithstanding any other condition contained herein, the obligations of the
Sellers to perform any obligations hereunder shall be conditioned on the
simultaneous execution, delivery and performance, as applicable, of that certain
purchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Sellers and Bear,
Stearns & Co. Inc.

Each certificate signed by any trustee of the Trust or any officer of the
Guarantor or the Company and delivered to the Purchaser or the Purchaser’s
counsel in connection with the Operative Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty of the Trust and/or the Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be,
and not by such trustee or officer in any individual capacity.

4.           Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor, the Company and
the Trust. The Guarantor or the Company and the Trust, as applicable, jointly
and severally represent and warrant to, and agree with the Purchaser, as
follows:

(a)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust, nor any of their
“Affiliates” (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) under
the Securities Act (as defined below) but not including Triarc Companies, Inc.
or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, nor any person acting on its or
their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security,
or solicited offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require
the registration of any of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”).

(b)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust, nor any of their
Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of
Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of any of the Securities.

(c)         The Securities (i) are not and have not been listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or quoted on a U.S. automated
inter-dealer quotation system and (ii) are not of an open-end investment
company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that are, or
are required to be, registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of
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amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and the Securities otherwise satisfy the
eligibility requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3) promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act (“Rule 144A(d)(3)”).

(d)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust, nor any of their
Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged, or will
engage, in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Regulation S
under the Securities Act with respect to the Securities.

(e)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust is, and, immediately
following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom, will not be, an “investment company”
or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company,” in each case within the
meaning of section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act.

(f)          None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust has paid or agreed
to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any of
the Securities, except for the preferred securities commission and/or the sales
commission the Company has agreed to pay to Cohen Bros. & Company in the total
amount of One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000) pursuant
to the letter agreement between the Company and Cohen Bros. & Company, dated
August 16, 2005.

(g)         The Trust has been duly created and is validly existing in good
standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C.
§3801, et seq. (the “Statutory Trust Act”) with all requisite power and
authority to own property and to conduct the business it transacts and proposes
to transact and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operative
Documents to which it is a party. The Trust is duly qualified to transact
business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to so qualify or
be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or otherwise), earnings, business or assets of the Trust, whether or
not occurring in the ordinary course of business. The Trust is not a party to or
otherwise bound by any agreement other than the Operative Documents. The Trust
is and will be, under current law, classified for federal income tax purposes as
a grantor trust and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable
as a corporation.

(h)         The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, on
the Closing Date specified in Section 2(b) hereof, will have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and the Administrative Trustees of the Trust, and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee, will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company and the Administrative Trustees, enforceable against them in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity. Each
of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust is an employee of the Company and
has been duly authorized by the Company to execute and deliver the Trust
Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

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(i)          The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Indenture Trustee,
will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles
of equity.

(j)          The Preferred Securities and the Common Securities have been duly
authorized by the Trust and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor
on the Closing Date in accordance with this Purchase Agreement, in the case of
the Preferred Securities, and in accordance with the Common Securities
Subscription Agreement, in the case of the Common Securities, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will represent undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust entitled to the benefits of the Trust
Agreement, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with their terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and to general principles of equity. The issuance of the
Securities is not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights. On the
Closing Date, all of the issued and outstanding Common Securities will be
directly owned by the Company free and clear of any pledge, security interest,
claim, lien or other encumbrance of any kind (each, a “Lien”).

(k)         The Junior Subordinated Notes have been duly authorized by the
Company and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered to
the Indenture Trustee for authentication in accordance with the Indenture and,
when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered to
the Trust against payment therefor in accordance with the certain Junior
Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement of even date herewith between the Company
and the Trust (the “Junior Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement”, will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

(l)          This Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trust.

(m)        The Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Guarantor and, on the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor, and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.

(n)         Neither the issue and sale of the Common Securities, the Preferred
Securities or the Junior Subordinated Notes, nor the purchase of the Junior
Subordinated Notes by the Trust, nor the execution and delivery of and
compliance with the Operative Documents by the Guarantor, the Company or the
Trust, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein,
(i) will conflict with or constitute a violation or breach of the Trust
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or the charter or bylaws of the Guarantor or any subsidiary of the Guarantor
(including the Company) or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, governmental authority,
agency or instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Trust or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the
Company) or their respective properties or assets (collectively, the
“Governmental Entities”), (ii) will conflict with or constitute a violation or
breach of, or a default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the
Trust, the Guarantor or any of the Guarantors’ subsidiaries (including the
Company) pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which (A) the Trust, the Guarantor or
any of its subsidiaries (including the Company) is a party or by which it or any
of them may be bound, or (B) to which any of the property or assets of any of
them is subject, or any judgment, order or decree of any court, Governmental
Entity or arbitrator, except, in the case of this clause (ii), for such
conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, Repayment Events (as defined below)
or Liens which (X) would not, singly or in the aggregate, materially adversely
affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents and (Y) would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, business, liabilities and assets (taken as a whole) of the Guarantor
and its subsidiaries (including the Company) taken as a whole, whether or not
occurring in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or
(iii) require the consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or
Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “Repayment Event” means any event or
condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require
the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness
by the Trust or the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including the Company)
prior to its scheduled maturity.

(o)         The Guarantor has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of Maryland, with all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
conduct the business it transacts and proposes to transact, and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction where the nature of its activities requires such
qualification, except where the failure of the Guarantor to be so qualified
would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

(p)         The Guarantor has no subsidiaries that are material to its business,
financial condition or earnings other than those Subsidiaries listed in Schedule
1 attached hereto (collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”). Each
Significant Subsidiary is a corporation, partnership or limited liability
company duly incorporated, organized or formed, as the case may be, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
chartered, organized or formed, with all requisite power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and conduct the business it transacts and
proposes to transact. Each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact
business as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as
applicable, and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of its
activities requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
No Significant Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under
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as required by applicable law, to which it is a party or is subject, from paying
any dividends to the Guarantor, from making any other distribution on such
Significant Subsidiary’s capital stock or other Equity Interests, from repaying
to the Guarantor any loans or advances to such Significant Subsidiary from the
Guarantor or from transferring any of such Significant Subsidiary’s properties
or assets to the Guarantor or any other subsidiary of the Guarantor.

(q)         Each of the Trust, the Guarantor and each of the Significant
Subsidiaries hold all necessary approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses,
consents, registrations, qualifications, certificates and permits (collectively,
the “Governmental Licenses”) of and from Governmental Entities necessary to
conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, and neither the
Trust, the Guarantor nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Government License, except where the failure to be so licensed or approved or
the receipt of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would not, singly or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all
of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except
where the invalidity or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full
force and effect, would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect; and the Guarantor and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, judgments, orders, decrees and consents,
except where the failure to be in compliance would not, singly or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r)          All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Guarantor
and each of its subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
except as disclosed in the Interim Financial Statements, all of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of each subsidiary of the Guarantor is owned by the
Guarantor, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any Lien, claim
or equitable right; and none of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
the Guarantor or any subsidiary was issued in violation of any preemptive or
similar rights arising by operation of law, under the charter, articles of
organization, certification of formation, certificate of limited partnership or
operating agreement (collectively, “Organizational Documents”) by-laws of such
entity or under any agreement to which the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries
is a party.

(s)          Neither the Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its respective Organizational Documents or (ii) in default in the
performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor or any such subsidiary is a
party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property
or assets of any of them is subject, except, in the case of clause (ii), where
such violation or default would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t)          There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any
Governmental Entity, or arbitrator, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the
knowledge of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust after due inquiry,
threatened against or affecting the Guarantor, the Trust or the Company or any
of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries, except for such actions, suits or proceedings
that, if adversely determined, would not, singly or in the aggregate, materially

 

 

 

 

 

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adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Operative Documents or have a Material Adverse Effect; and the aggregate of all
pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Guarantor, the Trust, the
Company or any of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries is a party or of which any of
their respective properties or assets is subject, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, are not expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.

(u)         The accountants of the Guarantor who certified the Financial
Statements (as defined below) are independent public accountants of the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) thereunder.

(v)         The audited consolidated financial statements (including the notes
thereto) and schedules of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (the “Financial Statements”) and the
interim unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (the “Interim
Financial Statements”) provided to the Purchaser are the most recent available
audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and its
consolidated subsidiaries, respectively, and fairly present in all material
respects, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, the
financial position of the Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the
results of operations and changes in financial condition as of the dates and for
the periods therein specified, subject, in the case of Interim Financial
Statements, to year-end adjustments (which are expected to consist solely of
normal recurring adjustments). Such consolidated financial statements and
schedules have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise noted therein).

(w)        None of the Trust, the Guarantor nor any of the Guarantor’s
subsidiaries has any material liability, whether known or unknown, whether
asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or
unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due,
including any liability for taxes (and there is no past or present fact,
situation, circumstance, condition or other basis for any present or future
action, suit, proceeding, hearing, charge, complaint, claim or demand against
the Guarantor or its subsidiaries that could give rise to any such liability),
except for (i) liabilities set forth in the Financial Statements or the Interim
Financial Statements and (ii) normal fluctuations in the amount of the
liabilities referred to in clause (i) above occurring in the ordinary course of
business of the Trust, the Guarantor and all of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries
since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in such Financial
Statements.

(x)         Since the respective dates of the Financial Statements and the
Interim Financial Statements, there has not been (A) material adverse change in
the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or assets of the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from
transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse
Change”) or (B) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made
by the Guarantor on any class of its capital stock other than regular quarterly
dividends on the Guarantor’s common stock.

 

 

 

 

 

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(y)         The documents of the Guarantor filed with the Commission in
accordance with the Exchange Act, from and including the commencement of the
fiscal year covered by the Guarantor’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K,
at the time they were filed by the Guarantor with the Commission (collectively,
the “1934 Act Reports”), complied in all material respects with the requirements
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(the “1934 Act Regulations”), and, at the date of this Purchase Agreement and on
the Closing Date, do not and will not include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; and other than such instruments, agreements,
contracts and other documents as are filed as exhibits to the Guarantor’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form
8-K, there are no instruments, agreements, contracts or documents of a character
described in Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Commission to which
the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is a party. The Guarantor is in
compliance with all currently applicable requirements of the Exchange Act that
were added by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

(z)         No labor dispute with the employees of the Trust, the Guarantor or
any of the Guarantor’s subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the executive
officers of the Trust or the Guarantor, is imminent, except those which would
not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

(aa)       No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity, other than
those that have been made or obtained, is necessary or required for the
performance by the Trust or the Guarantor of their respective obligations under
the Operative Documents, as applicable, or the consummation by the Trust and the
Guarantor of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents.

(bb)       Each of the Trust, the Guarantor and each subsidiary of the Guarantor
has good and marketable title to all of its respective real and personal
properties, in each case free and clear of all Liens and defects, except for
those that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases and subleases under which the
Trust, the Guarantor or any subsidiary of the Guarantor holds properties are in
full force and effect, except where the failure of such leases and subleases to
be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expect to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Trust, the Guarantor
or any subsidiary of the Guarantor has any notice of any claim of any sort that
has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Trust, the Guarantor or
any subsidiary of the Guarantor under any such leases or subleases, or affecting
or questioning the rights of such entity to the continued possession of the
leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease, except for such
claims that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc)       [Reserved].

(dd)       Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004 the
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Guarantor will continue to be, organized and operated in conformity with the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a
“REIT”) under sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), and the Guarantor’s proposed method of operation will
enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as
a REIT under the Code, and no actions have been taken (or not taken which are
required to be taken) which would cause such qualification to be lost. The
Guarantor expects to continue to be organized and to operate in a manner so as
to qualify as a REIT in the taxable year ending December 31, 2005 and succeeding
taxable years.

(ee)       The Company and each of the Significant Subsidiaries have timely and
duly filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by them or have obtained a valid
extension for such filing, and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and
complete in all material respects. The Company and each of the Significant
Subsidiaries have timely and duly paid in full all material Taxes required to be
paid by them (whether or not such amounts are shown as due on any Tax Return).
There are no federal, state, or other Tax audits or deficiency assessments
proposed or pending with respect to the Company or any of the Significant
Subsidiaries, and no such audits or assessments are threatened. As used herein,
the terms “Tax” or “Taxes” mean (i) all federal, state, local, and foreign
taxes, and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or
through withholding), including any interest, additions to tax, or penalties
applicable thereto, imposed by any Governmental Entity, and (ii) all liabilities
in respect of such amounts arising as a result of being a member of any
affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or similar group, as a successor to
another person or by contract. As used herein, the term “Tax Returns” means all
federal, state, local, and foreign Tax returns, declarations, statements,
reports, schedules, forms, and information returns and any amendments thereto
filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity.

(ff)        The Trust will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with
respect to income received or accrued on the Junior Subordinated Notes, interest
payable by the Company on the Junior Subordinated Notes will be deductible by
the Company, in whole or in part, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the
Trust is not, or will not be within ninety (90) days of the date hereof, subject
to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges. There are no rulemaking or similar proceedings before the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service or comparable federal, state, local or foreign government bodies
which involve or affect the Company or any subsidiary, which, if the subject of
an action unfavorable to the Company or any subsidiary, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg)       The books, records and accounts of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries
accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and
dispositions of, the assets of, and the results of operations of, the Guarantor
and its subsidiaries. The Guarantor, for itself and its subsidiaries, maintains
a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurances 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 accordance with GAAP and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the
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existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.

(hh)       The Guarantor and the Significant Subsidiaries are insured by
insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks
and in such amounts in all material respects as are customary in the businesses
in which they are engaged or propose to engage after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby including but not limited to, real or personal
property owned or leased against theft, damage, destruction, act of vandalism
and all other risks customarily insured against. All policies of insurance and
fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Guarantor or any of the Significant
Subsidiaries or the Guarantor’s or Significant Subsidiaries’ respective
businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and
effect. The Guarantor and each of the subsidiaries are in compliance with the
terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects. None of the
Guarantor, the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has reason to believe that
it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such
coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be
necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Within the past twelve months, none of the Guarantor, the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage
which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(ii)         None of the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries or any person
acting on behalf of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries including, without
limitation, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its
subsidiaries has , directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds; (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any other unlawful
payment.

(jj)         The information provided by the Guarantor, the Company and the
Trust pursuant to this Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby does not, as of the date hereof, and will not as of the Closing Date,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.

(kk)

The Guarantor and its subsidiaries do not own or lease any real property.

5.           Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Trust as
follows:

(a)         The Purchaser is aware that the Preferred Securities have not been
and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or
sold within the United States or to “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S
under the Securities Act) except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration
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(b)         The Purchaser is an “accredited investor,” as such term is defined
in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

(c)         Neither the Purchaser, nor any of the Purchaser’s affiliates, nor
any person acting on the Purchaser’s or the Purchaser’s Affiliate’s behalf has
engaged, or will engage, in any form of “general solicitation or general
advertising” (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in
connection with any offer or sale of the Preferred Securities.

(d)         The Purchaser understands and acknowledges that (i) no public market
exists for any of the Preferred Securities and that it is unlikely that a public
market will ever exist for the Securities, (ii) the Purchaser is purchasing the
Preferred Securities for its own account, for investment and not with a view to,
or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation
of the Securities Act or other applicable securities laws, subject to any
requirement of law that the disposition of its property be at all times within
its control and subject to its ability to resell such Preferred Securities
pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or
pursuant to an exemption therefrom or in a transaction not subject thereto, and
the Purchaser agrees to the legends and transfer restrictions applicable to the
Preferred Securities contained in the Indenture, and (iii) the Purchaser has had
the opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers and request additional
information from, the Company and is aware that it may be required to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Preferred Securities.

(e)         The Purchaser is a company with limited liability duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is organized with all requisite (i) power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform the Operative Documents to which it is a party, to make the
representations and warranties specified herein and therein and to consummate
the transactions contemplated herein and (ii) right and power to purchase the
Preferred Securities.

(f)          This Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Purchaser and no filing with, or authorization, approval,
consent, license, order registration, qualification or decree of, any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Purchaser, other
than those that have been made or obtained, is necessary or required for the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under this Purchase Agreement or
to consummate the transactions contemplated herein.

(g)         The Purchaser is a “Qualified Purchaser” as such term is defined in
section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.

6.          Covenants and Agreements of the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trust. The Company, the Guarantor and the Trust jointly and severally agree with
the Purchaser as follows:

(a)         During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing
Date, the Company and the Trust shall use their commercially reasonable efforts
and take all action necessary or appropriate to cause their representations and
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hereof to be true as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Purchase Agreement, as if made on and as of
the Closing Date.

(b)         The Company and the Trust will arrange for the qualification of the
Preferred Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Purchaser in writing may designate and will maintain such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the sale of the Preferred Securities. The Company
or the Trust, as the case may be, will promptly advise the Purchaser in writing
of the receipt by the Company or the Trust, as the case may be, of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Preferred Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(c)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust will, nor will any
of them permit any of its Affiliates to, nor will any of them permit any person
acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchaser) to, resell any
Securities that have been acquired by any of them.

(d)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust will, nor will any
of them permit any of their Affiliates or any person acting on their behalf to,
engage in any “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Regulation S
under the Securities Act with respect to the Securities.

(e)         None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust will, nor will any
of them permit any of their Affiliates or any person acting on their behalf to,
directly or indirectly, make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers
to buy any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of
any of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(f)          None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust will, nor any
either of them permit any of its Affiliates or any person acting on their behalf
to, engage in any form of “general solicitation or general advertising” (within
the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale of the any of
the Securities.

(g)         So long as any of the Securities are outstanding, (i) the Securities
shall not be listed on a national securities exchange registered under section 6
of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system
and (ii) none of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust shall be an open-end
investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company
that is, or is required to be, registered under section 8 of the Investment
Company Act, and, the Securities shall otherwise satisfy the eligibility
requirements of Rule 144A(d)(3).

(h)         Each of the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust shall furnish to
(i) the holders, and subsequent holders of the Preferred Securities, (ii)
Taberna Capital Management, LLC (at 450 Park Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, New
York 10022, or such other address as designated by Taberna Capital Management,
LLC) and (iii) any beneficial owner of the Securities reasonably identified to
the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust (which identification may be made by
either such beneficial owner or by Taberna Capital Management, LLC), a duly
completed and executed certificate in the form attached hereto as Annex F,
including the financial statements referenced in such Annex, which certificate
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five (45) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each
fiscal year of the Guarantor, and not later than ninety (90) days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Guarantor. The Company shall also furnish an
Officer’s Certificate to the parties identified in the first sentence of this
Section 6(h) hereof certifying that the Company is in compliance with the
covenant specified in Section 10.6(d) of the Indenture, which such certificate
shall be so furnished at the same time as the certificate specified in the first
sentence of this Section 6(h) is required to be furnished and within ten (10)
days after any such party makes a request for such certification.

(i)          Each of Guarantor, the Company and the Trust will, during any
period in which it is not subject to and in compliance with section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, or it is not exempt from such reporting requirements
pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, shall
provide to each holder of the Securities and to each prospective purchaser (as
designated by such holder) of the Securities, upon the request of such holder or
prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided by Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. If the Guarantor the Company and the Trust
are required to register under the Exchange Act, such reports filed in
compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b) shall be sufficient information as required
above. This covenant is intended to be for the benefit of the Purchaser, the
holders of the Securities, and the prospective purchasers designated by the
Purchaser and such holders, from time to time, of the Securities.

(j)          None of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust will, until one
hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date, without the Purchaser’s
prior written consent, offer, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, (i) any Preferred
Securities or other securities substantially similar to the Preferred Securities
other than as contemplated by this Purchase Agreement or (ii) any other
securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Preferred
Securities or other securities substantially similar to the Preferred
Securities, provided that such consent shall only be withheld if the Purchaser
determines, in its sole and absolute discretion exercised in good faith, that
there is a reasonable possibility that such issuance could be integrated with
the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities under the Securities Act. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that any preferred securities
issued by a statutory trust, other than the Trust, which such securities have an
interest rate, interest payment dates and maturity date that are different from
the Preferred Securities would not be deemed to be substantially similar to the
Preferred Securities and shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in
the first sentence of this Section 6(j).

(k)         The Guarantor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to meet
the requirements to qualify as a REIT under sections 856 through 860 of the
Code, effective for the taxable year ending December 31, 2005 (and each fiscal
quarter of such year) and succeeding taxable years.

(l)          The Purchaser is granted the right under the Indenture and the
Trust Agreement to request the substitution of new notes for all or a portion of
the Junior Subordinated Notes held by the Trust. The Trust is required under the
terms of the Indenture and the Trust Agreement to accept such newly issued notes
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amount of Junior Subordinated Notes to the Trust. The Replacement Notes shall
bear terms identical to the Junior Subordinated Notes with the sole exception of
interest payment dates (and corresponding redemption date and maturity date),
which will be specified by the Purchaser. In no event will the interest payment
dates (and corresponding redemption date and maturity date) on the Replacement
Notes vary by more than sixty (60) calendar days from the original interest
payment dates (and corresponding redemption date and maturity date) under the
Junior Subordinated Notes. Each of the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust
acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent of the principal amount of the
Replacement Notes issued to the Trust under the Indenture, the Purchaser (and
each successor to Purchaser’s interest in the Preferred Securities) will require
the Trust to issue a new series of Preferred Securities having a principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Replacement Notes (the “Replacement
Securities”) to designated holders of Preferred Securities, provided that any
such Replacement Securities, and any distributions from the Trust to the holders
of Replacement Securities, must relate solely to the Trust’s interest in the
Replacement Notes and in no event will the Preferred Securities other than the
Replacement Securities share in the returns from any Replacement Notes and in no
event will the Replacement Securities receive payments other than payments in
respect of the Replacement Notes. The Replacement Securities shall have payment
dates (and corresponding redemption date and maturity date) that correspond to
the payment dates and maturity dates of the Replacement Notes. Each of the
Guarantor, the Company and the Trust agrees to cooperate with all reasonable
requests of Purchaser in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no
action requested of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust in connection with
such cooperation shall materially increase the obligations or materially
decrease the rights of the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust pursuant to such
documents.

7.           Payment of Expenses. The Guarantor and the Company, as depositor of
the Trust, agree to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of
the obligations of the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust under this Purchase
Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated herein are consummated
or this Purchase Agreement is terminated, including all costs and expenses
incident to (i) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Preferred
Securities and any taxes payable in connection therewith; (ii) the fees and
expenses of qualifying the Preferred Securities under the securities laws of the
several jurisdictions as provided in Section 6(b) hereof; (iii) the fees and
expenses of the counsel, the accountants and any other experts or advisors
retained by the Guarantor, the Company or the Trust; (iv) the fees and all
reasonable expenses of the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee and any other trustee or paying agent appointed under the Operative
Documents, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for such trustees,
which fees shall not exceed a $2,000 acceptance fee, $3,500 for the fees and
expenses of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel retained
by the Delaware Trustee in connection with the Closing, and $4,000 in
administrative fees annually; (v) the reasonable and actual fees and expenses of
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, special counsel retained by Taberna Capital
Management, LLC not to exceed $35,000; and (vi) a due diligence fee in an amount
equal to $12,500 payable to Cohen Bros. & Company. Nothing in this Section 7
shall require duplication of the foregoing expenses in connection with a sale of
the Preferred Securities pursuant to any other purchase agreement.

If the sale of the Preferred Securities provided for in this Purchase Agreement
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Guarantor, the Company or the Trust is not satisfied, or because of any failure,
refusal or inability on the part of either of the Company or the Trust to
perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed
or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by the Purchaser, the
Company will reimburse the Purchaser upon demand for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable and actual fees and expenses of
each of the Purchaser’s counsel specified in subparagraphs (iv) and (v) of the
immediately preceding paragraph but not to exceed $35,000) that shall have been
incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of
the Preferred Securities. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the
Purchaser for the loss of anticipated profits from the transactions contemplated
by this Purchase Agreement.

8.           Indemnification.       (a)  The Sellers agree, jointly and
severally, to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s
affiliates, Taberna Capital Management, LLC, Cohen Bros. & Company, and their
respective affiliates (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) each person, if
any, who controls any of the Indemnified Parties within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the Indemnified Parties’ respective
directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls
the Indemnified Parties within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to
which the Indemnified Parties may become subject, under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common
law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any information or documents furnished
to the Purchaser by or on behalf of the Sellers, (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) the breach or
alleged breach of any representation, warranty or agreements of the Sellers
contained herein, and agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse each
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the
Indemnified Parties in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition
to any liability that any of the Sellers may otherwise have.

(b)         The Company agrees to indemnify the Trust against all loss,
liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever due from the Trust under
paragraph (a) above.

(c)         Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party under this Section 8
of notice of the commencement of any action, such Indemnified Party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 8, promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not
relieve the indemnifying party from liability under paragraph (a) above unless
and to the extent that such failure results in the forfeiture by the
indemnifying party of material rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any
event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any Indemnified
Party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) above.
Purchaser shall be entitled to appoint counsel to represent the Indemnified
Party in any action for which indemnification is sought. An indemnifying party
may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided,
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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,
unless an Indemnified Party in good faith believes that its interests are not
aligned with the interests of another Indemnified Party or that a conflict of
interest might result. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written
consent of the Indemnified Parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry
of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether
or not the Indemnified Parties are actual or potential parties to such claim,
action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.

9.           Termination; Representations and Indemnities to Survive. This
Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the reasonable discretion
of the Purchaser, exercised in good faith, by written notice given to the
Guarantor, the Company and the Trust prior to delivery of and payment for the
Preferred Securities, if prior to such time (i) a downgrading shall have
occurred in the rating accorded the Guarantor’s debt securities or preferred
stock by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that
term is used by the Commission in Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act, or such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of the
Guarantor’s debt securities or preferred stock, (ii) a suspension or material
limitation in trading in securities generally shall have occurred on the New
York Stock Exchange, (iii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in any
of the Guarantor’s securities shall have occurred on the exchange or quotation
system upon which the Guarantor’s securities are traded, if any, (iv) a general
moratorium on commercial business activities shall have been declared either by
federal authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation
of hostilities, or declaration by the United States of a national emergency or
war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such
as to make it, in the Purchaser’s reasonable judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Preferred
Securities. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities
and other statements of the Guarantor, the Company and the Trust or their
respective officers or trustees and of the Purchaser set forth in or made
pursuant to this Purchase Agreement will remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Purchaser, the
Guarantor, the Company or the Trust or any of the their respective officers,
directors, trustees or controlling persons, and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Sections 7, 8 and 9
hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Purchase Agreement.

10.         Amendments. This Purchase Agreement may not be modified, amended,
altered or supplemented, except upon the execution and delivery of a written
agreement by each of the parties hereto.

11.         Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Purchaser, will be mailed,
delivered by hand or courier or sent by facsimile and confirmed to the Purchaser
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Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Mitchell Kahn,
Facsimile: (212) 735-1499; with a copy to Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, 101 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10178, Attention: Gregory McKenzie, Facsimile: (212)
808-7897 or other address as the Purchaser shall designate for such purpose in a
notice to the Company and the Trust; and if sent to the Company or the Trust,
will be mailed, delivered by hand or courier or sent by facsimile and confirmed
to it at Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., 8700 West Bryn Mawr, 12th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60631, Attention: General Counsel, Facsimile: (773) 380-1601, with a
copy to Hunton & Williams, LLP, Riverfront Plaza, East Tower, 951 East Byrd
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; Facsimile: (804) 788-8218; Attention: Daniel
M. LeBey, or such other address as the Guarantor or the Company shall designate
for such purpose in a notice to the Purchaser.

12.         Successors and Assigns. This Purchase Agreement will inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Purchase Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person other
than the parties hereto and the affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
agents and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their
successors, assigns, heirs and legal representatives, any right or obligation
hereunder. None of the rights or obligations of the Guarantor, the Company or
the Trust under this Purchase Agreement may be assigned, whether by operation of
law or otherwise, without the Purchaser’s prior written consent. The rights and
obligations of the Purchaser under this Purchase Agreement may be assigned by
the Purchaser without the Guarantor’s, the Company’s or the Trust’s consent;
provided that the assignee assumes all of the obligations of the Purchaser under
this Purchase Agreement.

13.         Applicable Law. THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401
OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

14.         Submission To Jurisdiction. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR
AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR WITH RESPECT TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS PURCHASE
AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN OR REMOVED TO THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (IN EACH CASE SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF
MANHATTAN). BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY
ACCEPTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS (AND COURTS OF APPEALS
THEREFROM) FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

15.         Counterparts and Facsimile. This Purchase Agreement may be executed
by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same

 

 

 

 

 

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instrument. This Purchase Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto by facsimile.

 

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Purchase Agreement has been entered into as of the date
first written above.

 

 

 

 

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL LLC

 

By: 

/s/ Robert E. Armour

 

 

 

Name: Robert E. Armour
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL TRUST I

 

 

By: DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL LLC, as Depositor

 

 

By: 

 /s/ Robert E. Armour

 

 

 

 

Name: Robert E. Armour
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

DEERFIELD TRIARC CAPITAL CORP.

 

By: 

/s/ Robert E. Armour

 

 

 

Name: Robert E. Armour
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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TABERNA PREFERRED FUNDING III, LTD.

 

By: 

/s/ John Cullinane

 

 

 

Name: John Cullinane
Title: Director

 

 

 

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