-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OGKAEW2XwT7V+iYAK9W9kJINdIYn9rMjVcMJ8TVlnqfyFIAi5qwDKCgehiTO5+14 cmcXdb7ougC7fjdf4R3jtA== 0001104659-03-023684.txt : 20031024 0001104659-03-023684.hdr.sgml : 20031024 20031024141637 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-03-023684 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20031021 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20031024 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001003410 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 351898425 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20625 FILM NUMBER: 03956174 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 EAST 96TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46240 BUSINESS PHONE: 3178086000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 600 EAST 96TH STREET STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46240 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUKE WEEKS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990716 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951114 8-K 1 a03-4385_18k.htm 8-K

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 21, 2003

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

 

Indiana

 

0-20625

 

35-1898425

(State of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

Formation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

600 East 96th Street

Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN 46240

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 808-6000

 

 



 

Item 7.             Financial Statements and Other Exhibits

 

(c)  The following exhibits are filed with this Report pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601 in lieu of filing the otherwise required exhibits to the registration statement on Form S-3 of the Registrant, file no. 333-108557-01, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), and which, as this Form 8-K filing is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, are set forth in full in the Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

1

 

Terms Agreement dated October 21, 2003.

4

 

Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 24, 2003, including form of global note evidencing 3.5% Notes due 2007.

5

 

Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, including consent.

8

 

Tax opinion of Alston & Bird LLP, including consent.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Duke Realty Corporation, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Howard L. Feinsand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard L. Feinsand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and General
Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:  October 24, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EX-1 3 a03-4385_1ex1.htm EX-1

Exhibit 1

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

(an Indiana Corporation)

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(an Indiana Limited Partnership)

 

3.5% Notes due 2007

 

TERMS AGREEMENT

 

Dated: October 21, 2003

 

To:          Duke Realty Corporation

600 East 96th Street, Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN  46240

 

Attention:  Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We (the “Representatives”) understand that Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), proposes to issue and sell $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its unsecured debt securities (the “Debt Securities”) (such Debt Securities being collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Underwritten Securities”).  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriters named below (the “Underwriters”) offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the respective numbers of Underwritten Securities (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement referred to below) set forth below opposite their respective names at the purchase price set forth below.

 



 

Underwriter

 

Principal Amount
Of
Underwritten Securities

 

UBS Securities LLC.

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total:

 

$

100,000,000

 

 

The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:

 

 

 

Title of securities:  3.5% Notes due 2007.

 

Currency:  U.S. Dollars.

 

Principal amount to be issued:  $100,000,000.

 

Current ratings:  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc: Baa1; Standard & Poor’s Rating Service: BBB+.

 

Interest rate:  3.5%.

 

Interest payment dates:  May 1 and November 1, beginning May 1, 2004.

 

Stated maturity date:  November 1, 2007.

 

Redemption or repayment provisions:  None.

 

Delayed Delivery Contracts: Not authorized.

 

Initial public offering price:  99.573% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.

 

Purchase price:  99.078% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance (payable in same day funds).

 

Other terms:  The Underwritten Securities shall be in the form of Exhibit A to the Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of October 24, 2003 between Duke Realty Limited Partnership and Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The First National Bank of Chicago).

 

Closing date and location:  October 24, 2003 at the offices of Clifford Chance US LLP, 200 Park Avenue,  New York, New York  10166.

 

All the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex A hereto entitled “Duke Realty Corporation and Duke Realty Limited Partnership — Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities -  Underwriting Agreement”, as amended below, are incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.  Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined.  Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representatives, c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, One Wachovia Center, 301 South College Street, DC-8, Charlotte, NC 28288, Attention: Debt Capital Markets.

 

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Please accept this offer no later than 5 o’clock P.M. (New York City time) on October 21, 2003 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UBS SECURITIES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted:

 

 

 

 

 

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EX-4 4 a03-4385_1ex4.htm EX-4

Exhibit 4

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

ISSUER

 

TO

 

BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

TRUSTEE

 

 

FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2003

 

 

$100,000,000 3.5% NOTES DUE 2007

 

 

SUPPLEMENT TO INDENTURE,

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1995, BETWEEN

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND

BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago)

 

 

 



 

FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 24, 2003, between DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Issuer”), having its principal offices at 600 East 96th Street, Suite 100, Indianapolis, IN  46240 and BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (successor in interest to The First National Bank of Chicago), a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office at 14 Wall Street, Eighth Floor - Window 2, New York, New York 10005.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer executed and delivered its Indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of September 19, 1995, to the Trustee to issue from time to time for its lawful purposes debt securities evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.

 

WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that by means of a supplemental indenture, the Issuer may create one or more series of its debt securities and establish the form and terms and conditions thereof.

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer intends by this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture to (i) create a series of debt securities, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000, entitled “Duke Realty Limited Partnership 3.5% Notes due 2007” (the “Notes”); and (ii) establish the form and the terms and conditions of such Notes.

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Duke Realty Corporation, the general partner of the Issuer, acting through authority delegated to certain of its executive officers, has approved the creation of the Notes and the form, terms and conditions thereof.

 

WHEREAS, the consent of Holders to the execution and delivery of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is not required, and all other actions required to be taken under the Original Indenture with respect to this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture have been taken.

 

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED:

 

ARTICLE ONE
Definitions, Creation, Form and Terms and Conditions of the Debt Securities

 

SECTION 1.01.       Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Indenture.  In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined:

 

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

“Global Note” means a single fully-registered global note in book-entry form, without coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.

 



 

“Indenture” means the Original Indenture as supplemented by this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture.

 

“Notes” means the Issuer’s 3.5% Notes due November 1, 2007, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

SECTION 1.02.       Creation of the Debt Securities.  In accordance with Section 301 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its debt securities issued pursuant to the Indenture.  The Notes shall be issued in an aggregate principal amount initially limited to $100,000,000.

 

The Issuer may issue, in addition to the Notes originally issued on the date hereof, additional Notes.  The Notes originally issued on the date hereof and any additional Notes originally issued subsequent to the date hereof shall be a single series for all purposes under the Original Indenture.

 

SECTION 1.03.       Form of the Debt Securities.  The Notes will be represented by a single fully-registered global note in book-entry form, without coupons, registered in the name of the nominee of DTC.  The Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.  So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global Note, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under the Indenture.  Ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Note will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

 

SECTION 1.04.       Terms and Conditions of the Debt Securities.  The Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Original Indenture, as supplemented and modified by this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, and in particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Notes:

 

(a)           Payment of Principal and Interest.  Principal and interest payments on interests represented by a Global Note will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such Global Note.  All payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes will be made by the Issuer in immediately available funds.

 

(b)           Applicability of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  The provisions of Article 14 of the Original Indenture shall apply to the Notes.

 

(c)           Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.  (i)  The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than intercompany Debt (representing Debt to which the only parties are the General Partner, the Issuer and/or any of their Subsidiaries (but only so long as such Debt is held solely by any of the General Partner, the Issuer and any Subsidiary) that is subordinate in right of payment to the Securities) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the

 

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Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum of (x) the Total Assets as of the end of the calendar quarter covered in the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt and (y) any increase in the Total Assets since the end of such quarter including, without limitation, any increase in Total Assets resulting from the incurrence of such additional Debt (such increase together with the Total Assets being referred to as the “Adjusted Total Assets”).

 

(ii)           In addition to the limitation set forth in subsection (i) of this Section 1.04(c), the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if, for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred, the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for the Debt Service to the Annual Service Charge shall have been less than 1.5 to 1, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that (w) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period, (x) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been incurred, repaid or retained at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period), (y) any income earned as a result of any increase in Adjusted Total Assets since the end of such four-quarter period had been earned, on an annualized basis, for such period, and (z) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, including, without limitation, by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

 

(iii)          In addition to the limitations set forth in subsections (i)  and (ii) of this Section 1.04(c), the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance or security interest of any kind upon any of the property of the Issuer or any Subsidiary (the “Secured Debt”), whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Secured Debt of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis is greater than 40% of the Adjusted Total Assets.

 

(iv)          For purposes of this Section 1.04(c), Debt shall be deemed to be “incurred” by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis whenever the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

 

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(d)           Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets.  The Issuer will maintain Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Issuer.

 

ARTICLE TWO
Trustee

 

SECTION 2.01.       Trustee.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture or the due execution thereof by the Issuer.  The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

 

ARTICLE THREE
Miscellaneous Provisions

 

SECTION 3.01.       Ratification of Original Indenture.  This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be construed as an indenture supplemental to the Original Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Original Indenture and this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent any provision of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is inconsistent with any provision of the Original Indenture, the terms of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and apply to the Notes.

 

SECTION 3.02.       Effect of Headings.  The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

SECTION 3.03.       Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

SECTION 3.04.       Separability Clause.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

SECTION 3.05.       Governing Law.  This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.  This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, that are required to be part of this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

 

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SECTION 3.06.       Counterparts.  This Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

By:

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

    as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR.

 

 

REGISTERED

 

 

 

REGISTERED

 

 

 

 

 

NO. 1

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP NO. [         ]

 

 

 

$100,000,000

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

3.5% Notes due 2007

 

Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of One Hundred Million Dollars on November 1, 2007 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from October 24, 2003 (or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for), semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on May 1, 2004, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of 3.5% per annum, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for.

 

The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the “Record Date” for such payment, which will be 15 days (regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined below)) prior to such payment date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  Any interest not so

 



 

punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such record date, and shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date for the payment of such defaulted interest (which shall be not less than five Business Days (as defined below) prior to the date of the payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of the Notes not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. Interest on this Note will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid against presentation and surrender of this Note at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.  The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the City of New York as the office to be maintained by it where Notes may be presented for payment, registration of transfer, or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes or the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof may be served.

 

Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest accrued from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and including October 24, 2003 in the case of the initial Interest Payment Date) to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), the required payment of interest or principal or both, as the case may be, will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be.  “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, on which banking institutions in The City of New York are open for business.

 

Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof.  Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee under such Indenture.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed manually or by facsimile by its authorized officers.

 

Dated as of: October 24, 2003

 

 

 

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

 

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

DUKE REALTY CORPORATION,

 

 

 

as General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 



 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

 

BANK ONE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

 



 

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

 

DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

3.5% Notes due 2007

 

 

This security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of September 19, 1995 (hereinafter called the “Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to Bank One Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The First National Bank of Chicago), as Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a part), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this security reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  The Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto.  This security is one of a series designated as the 3.5% Notes due November 1, 2007 of the Issuer, limited in aggregate principal amount to $100,000,000.

 

In case an Event of Default with respect to this security shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, any Security or any premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults thereunder.  It is also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding the Securities of any series, the Holders of a majority

 



 

in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all series of Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences, prior to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or, subject to certain conditions, may rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with respect to such Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of the security and any securities that may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this security or such other securities.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

 

This security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.  Securities may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of securities of this series of other authorized denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan,  The City of New York, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of Securities at the office or agency of the Issuer in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, one or more new Securities of the same series of authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Issuer, the Trustee or any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this security is registered as the absolute owner of this security (whether or not this security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof, and subject to the provisions on the face hereof, interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such state, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto relating to this security.

 


EX-5 5 a03-4385_1ex5.htm EX-5

Exhibit 5

 

ALSTON&BIRD LLP

3201 Beechleaf Court, Suite 600

Raleigh, NC 27604-1062

 

919-862-2200

Fax: 919-862-2260

 

www.alston.com

 

 

Brad S. Markoff

 

Direct Dial: 919-862-2210

 

E-mail: bmarkoff@alston.com

 

October 24, 2003

 

Duke Realty Limited Partnership

600 East 96th Street, Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN 46240

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as counsel to Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), in connection with a registration statement on Form S-3, file no. 333-108557-01 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Operating Partnership and Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), to register, among other securities, $500 million of the Operating Partnership’s debt securities which may be offered from time to time by the Operating Partnership.  The Operating Partnership has filed a prospectus supplement relating to the offering of up to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 3.5% Notes due 2007 (the “Notes”).  This opinion letter is supplemental to the opinion letter filed as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.

 

We have examined copies of the indenture and supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued (collectively, the “Indenture”) and have made such further legal and factual examinations and investigations as we, in our professional judgment, have deemed appropriate to render the opinion contained herein.  As to various questions of fact material to our opinions, we have relied upon certificates of, or communications with, officers of the Company, which is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, including but not limited to a certificate of the secretary of the Company rendered in connection with the closing of the sale of the Notes as to actions taken by or on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies).  This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

 



 

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Indiana Business Corporation Law and the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.  We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations.

 

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, the issuance of the Notes has been duly authorized by the Company as general partner of the Partnership and when (a) the applicable provisions of the Act and such state “blue sky” or securities laws as may be applicable have been complied with and (b) the Notes have been issued and delivered for value as contemplated in the Registration Statement and duly authenticated by the trustee under the Indenture, such Notes will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Operating Partnership.

 

To the extent that the obligations of the Operating Partnership under the Indenture may be dependent upon such matters, we have assumed the following for purposes of this opinion: (i) the trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified to engage in the activities contemplated by the Indenture; (ii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the trustee enforceable in accordance with its terms; (iii) the trustee is in compliance, generally and with respect to acting as a trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws and regulations; and (iv) the trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.

 

The opinion set forth above is subject to the following exceptions, limitations and qualifications: (i) enforceability of the Notes may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) enforceability of the Notes may be limited by general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or law, in the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; (iii) provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy may be unenforceable; (iv) we express no opinion concerning the enforceability of the waiver of rights or defenses contained in the Indenture; and (v) we express no opinion with respect to whether acceleration of the Notes may affect the collectibility of any portion of the stated principal amount thereof that might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon.

 

The opinion expressed herein is as of the date hereof.  We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable law or other matters that may come to our attention after the date hereof that may affect our opinion expressed herein.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brad S. Markoff

 

 

 

Brad S. Markoff, Partner

 

 

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EX-8 6 a03-4385_1ex8.htm EX-8

Exhibit 8

 

ALSTON&BIRD LLP

601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

North Building, 10th Floor

Washington, DC 20004-2601

 

202-756-3300

Fax: 202-756-3333

www.alston.com

 

October 24, 2003

 

Duke Realty Corporation

600 East 96th Street, Suite 100

Indianapolis, IN 46240

 

Re:          Duke Realty Limited Partnership
$100 Million 3.5% Notes Due 2007

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are acting as counsel to Duke Realty Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the Prospectus Supplement, dated October 21, 2003 (collectively, the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, dated October 21, 2003 are referred to herein as the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the offer and sale of $100 million of 3.5% notes due 2007 of Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). The Prospectus is part of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-108557-01), which was originally filed with the Commission on September 5, 2003 (as amended and supplemented from time to time). This opinion letter is rendered pursuant to Item 16 of Form S-3 and Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K.

 

You have requested our opinion as to (i) the qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and (ii) the accuracy of the discussion of US federal income tax considerations contained under the caption “Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Prospectus.

 

In preparing this opinion, we have reviewed the Prospectus, the Company’s Articles and Bylaws, the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership and the amendments thereto.  We have also obtained representations made by the Company as to factual matters through a certificate of an officer of the Company (the “Officer’s Certificate”).  Our opinion is based on the information and representations in such documents and the Officer’s Certificate.  We have assumed, with your consent, that the representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate are true, accurate, and complete as of the date hereof.  While we are not aware

 

One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
404-881-7000
Fax: 404-881-7777

 

Bank of America Plaza
101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
704-444-1000
Fax: 704-444-1111

 

90 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-210-9400
Fax: 212-210-9444

 

3201 Beechleaf Court, Suite 600
Raleigh, NC 27604-1062
919-862-2200
Fax: 919-862-2260

 



 

of any facts inconsistent with the representations set forth in the Officer’s Certificate, we have not made an independent investigation or audit of the facts set forth in any of the above-referenced documents and the Officer’s Certificate.  Without limiting the foregoing, we have not undertaken to review the REIT status of Weeks Corporation at the time of its merger into the Company in 1999.  Instead, we have, with your consent, relied on the Company’s representations in the Officer’s Certificate.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures thereon, the legal capacity of natural persons executing such documents and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

(i)                                     Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1999, the Company has been organized, and has operated, in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation of the Company as a REIT under the Code, and the present and proposed method of operation (as described in the Prospectus and the Officer’s Certificate) of the Company will permit the Company to continue to so qualify.

 

(ii)                                  The statements in the Prospectus under the caption “Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent that they describe matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.

 

The Company’s qualification as a REIT depends on the Company’s ongoing satisfaction of the various requirements under the Code and described in the Prospectus under the caption “Federal Income Tax Considerations” relating to, among other things, the nature of the Company’s gross income, the composition of the Company’s assets, the level of distributions to the Company’s shareholders, and the diversity of the Company’s ownership.  Alston & Bird LLP will not review the Company’s compliance with these requirements on a continuing basis.  No assurances can be given that the Company will satisfy these requirements.

 

An opinion of counsel merely represents counsel’s best judgment with respect to the probable outcome on the merits and is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or the courts.  There can be no assurance that positions contrary to our opinion will not be taken by the Internal Revenue Service or that a court considering the issues would not hold contrary to such opinion.

 

The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof and are based upon the Code, the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, current administrative

 

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positions of the Internal Revenue Service, and existing judicial decisions, any of which could be changed at any time, possibly on a retroactive basis.  Any such changes could adversely affect the opinions rendered herein.  In addition, as noted above, our opinions are based solely on the documents that we have examined and the representations that have been made to us, and cannot be relied upon if any of the facts contained in such documents or in such additional information is, or later becomes, inaccurate or if any of the representations made to us is, or later becomes, inaccurate.  Finally, our opinion is limited to the US federal income tax matters specifically covered herein, and we have not opined on any other tax consequences to the Company or any other person, and we express no opinion with respect to other federal laws, the laws of any other jurisdiction, the laws of any state or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies within any state.

 

No opinion other than that expressly contained herein may be inferred or implied.  We have no obligation to update this opinion.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 8 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James E. Croker

 

 

James E. Croker, Partner

 

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