-----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, ONTCQz9klleN1qtBPIIHvbT1BKe4jynfhibjPhyzOka8asSZElbmsWf3LTYqpLTw eOfM55kz0JJZp+VtceiTxQ== 0000898430-96-004967.txt : 19961029 0000898430-96-004967.hdr.sgml : 19961029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898430-96-004967 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961028 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 19961028 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PUBLIC STORAGE INC /CA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000318380 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 953551121 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08389 FILM NUMBER: 96648884 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 WESTERN AVE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: GLENDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 91201-2397 BUSINESS PHONE: 8182448080 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 WESTERN AVE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: GLENDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 91201 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STORAGE EQUITIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 28, 1996 ---------------- Public Storage, Inc. -------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 1-8389 95-3551121 ---------- ------ ---------- (State or other juris- (Commission (IRS Employer diction of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California 91201-2397 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 244-8080 -------------- N/A --- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 5. Other Events ------------ On March 12, 1996, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-00965) of Public Storage, Inc. (the "Company"), which together with the securities previously registered pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-54755), permits the Company to issue an aggregate of $400,000,000 of preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock and warrants. Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits --------------------------------- (c) Exhibits. Exhibit 1.1 - Form of Underwriting Agreement relating to the Company's Depositary Shares Representing Shares of the Company's __% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I (the "Preferred Stock"). Exhibit 3.1 - Form of Certificate of Determination for the Preferred Stock. Exhibit 4.1 - Form of Deposit Agreement Relating to the Depositary Shares. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. By: /s/ DAVID GOLDBERG -------------------- David Goldberg Senior Vice President and General Counsel Date: October 28, 1996 EX-1.1 2 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 1.1 PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. 4,000,000 Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a Share of [ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I Liquidation Preference Equivalent to $25.00 Per Depositary Share UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT October 28, 1996 SMITH BARNEY INC. PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECURITIES CORPORATION PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED ROBERTSON, STEPHENS & COMPANY LLC THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, INC. As Representatives of the Several Underwriters c/o SMITH BARNEY INC. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 Ladies and Gentlemen: Public Storage, Inc., a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and a California corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares (the "Firm Shares") of its Depositary Shares (the "Depositary Shares") each representing 1/1,000 of a share of [ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I, stated value $25,000 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), to you and the other underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively the "Under- writers") for whom you are acting as Representatives (the "Representatives"). The Company also proposes to sell to the Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1 hereof, up to an additional 600,000 shares (the "Additional Shares") of Depositary Shares. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Shares." The shares of Preferred Stock represented by the Shares (the "Preferred Shares") will, when issued, be deposited by the Company against delivery of Depositary Receipts ("Depositary Receipts") to be issued by The First National Bank of Boston, as Depositary (the "Depositary"), under a Deposit Agreement (the "Deposit Agreement") among the Company, the Depositary, and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder. Each Depositary Receipt will represent one or more Depositary Shares. The Company wishes to confirm as follows its agreement with you and the other several Underwriters on whose behalf you are acting, in connection with the several purchases of the Shares by the Underwriters. 1. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. ------------------------------- (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $[ ] per share (the "purchase price per share"), the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof). (b) The Company also agrees, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, to sell to the Underwriters, and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters shall have the right to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share, pursuant to an option (the "over-allotment option") which may be exercised at any time and from time to time prior to 9:00 P.M., New York City time, on the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus (as defined in Section 4) (or, if such 30th day shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a holiday, on the next business day thereafter when the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading), up to an aggregate of 600,000 Additional Shares. Additional Shares may be purchased 2 only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. Upon any exercise of the over-allotment option, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the number of Additional Shares (subject to such adjustments as you may determine in order to avoid fractional shares) which bears the same proportion to the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or such number of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares. 2. Terms of Public Offering. ------------------------ The Company has been advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Shares as soon after this Agreement has been entered into and the Registration Statement (as defined herein), and, if necessary, any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, has become effective as in your judgment is advisable and initially to offer the Shares upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein). 3. Delivery of the Shares and Payment Therefor. ------------------------------------------- Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for the Firm Shares shall be made at the office of Smith Barney Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on November 1, 1996 (the "Closing Date"). The place of closing for the Firm Shares and the Closing Date may be varied by agreement between you and the Company. Delivery to the Underwriters of and payment for any Additional Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the aforementioned office of Smith Barney Inc. at such time on such date (the "Option Closing Date"), which may be the same as the Closing Date but shall in no event be earlier than the Closing Date nor earlier than three nor later than ten business days after the giving of the notice hereinafter referred to, as shall be specified in a written notice from you on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company of the Underwriters' determination to purchase a number, specified in such notice, of Additional Shares. The place of closing for any Additional Shares and the Option Closing Date for such Shares may be varied by agreement between you and the Company. 3 Certificates for the Firm Shares and for any Additional Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second business day preceding the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date, as the case may be. Such certificates shall be made available to you in New York City for inspection and packaging not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Shares and any Additional Shares to be purchased hereunder shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, against payment of the purchase price therefor by certified or official bank check or checks payable in New York Clearing House (next day) funds to the order of the Company. 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company --------------------------------------------- represents, warrants and covenants to the Underwriters as set forth below. Certain terms used in this Section 4 are defined in paragraph (ae) hereof. (a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement, registration number 333-00965 (the "Registration Statement"), on Form S-3, including the related prospectus included in the Registration Statement, for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of the offering and sale of, inter alia, the Shares. The Company may have filed one or more amendments - ----- ---- thereto, including each related prospectus, and one or more prospectus supplements thereto, each of which has previously been furnished to the Representatives. Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and, after such filing, the term "Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The Company has filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") specifically relating to the Shares pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act. The Company has included or will include in such Registration Statement, as amended at the Execution Time, and in the Prospectus Supplement all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder to be included therein with respect to the Shares and the offering thereof. As filed, such Registration Statement, as so amended, and form of final prospectus contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus Supplement, and such final prospectus and Prospectus Supplement, contains or will contain all required information with respect to the Shares and the offering thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive 4 respects in the form furnished to the Underwriters prior to the date hereof or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes as the Company has advised the Representatives, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. (b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and when the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (and any supplements thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and, on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or -------- ------- warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any supplement thereto). (c) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose are, to the knowledge of the Company, pending before or threatened by the Commission. (d) Each of the Incorporated Documents complied, as of the date such Incorporated Document was filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was filed), in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder. (e) The only subsidiaries of the Company are the Subsidiaries (as defined below). Each of the Company, SEI Arlington Acquisition Corporation ("SEI Arlington"), SEI Hypoluxo Acquisition Corporation ("Hypoluxo"), Arlington Acquisition Co. ("Arlington"), PSTI/SEI - North Bergen Acquisition Corporation ("PSTI"), SEI-Sandy Acquisition Corporation ("Sandy"), PS 5 Orangeco, Inc. ("Orangeco"), Public Storage Pick-Up & Delivery, Inc. ("PSPUD"), A-1 Easy Storage ("A-1"), PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc. ("PSIIA"), Public Storage Commercial Properties Group, Inc. ("PSCPG") and SEI - Firestone Acquisition Corporation ("SEI Firestone" and, together with SEI Arlington, Hypoluxo, Arlington, PSTI, Sandy, Orangeco, PSPUD, A-1, PSIIA, PSCPG and SEI Firestone, the "Subsidiaries") and PS Partners, Ltd. ("PSPI"), PS Partners II, Ltd. ("PSPII"), PS Partners III, Ltd. ("PSPIII"), PS Partners IV, Ltd. ("PSPIV"), PS Partners V, Ltd. ("PSPV"), PS Partners VI, Ltd. ("PSPVI"), PS Partners VII, Ltd. ("PSPVII") and PS Partners VIII, Ltd. ("PSPVIII" and, collectively, the "Partnerships") has been duly organized and is validly existing (in the case of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries, as a corporation) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, with full power and authority to own or lease and occupy its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, earnings, assets or financial condition of the Company (a "Material Adverse Effect"). All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable, and are owned by the Company (in the case of Orangeco, PSPUD, A-1, PSIIA and PSCPG, 95% owned), directly, or indirectly through another Subsidiary, free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity, or other encumbrance. The Company owns as of the date hereof approximately 70%, 73%, 50%, 42%, 51%, 51%, 51% and 50% of the limited partnership units of PSPI, PSPII, PSPIII, PSPIV, PSPV, PSPVI, PSPVII and PSPVIII, respectively. (f) The Company, each of the Subsidiaries and each Partnership have all requisite power and authority, and all necessary material authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals, to own or lease their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted and as described in the Prospectus; all such authorizations, approvals, licenses, certificates and permits are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership; and the Company, each of the Subsidiaries and each Partnership are complying with all applicable laws, the violation of which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be. 6 (g) The Company, each Subsidiary and each Partnership have good and marketable title to their properties, free and clear of all material liens, charges and encumbrances and equities of record, except as set forth or reflected in the Prospectus. (h) The Company, each Subsidiary and each Partnership maintains adequate insurance for the conduct of their respective business as described in the Prospectus. (i) The Company, either directly or through the Subsidiaries or Partnerships, owns or licenses or otherwise has the right to use all patents, trademarks, trade names and trade secrets material to the Company's business as described in the Prospectus; other than routine proceedings which if adversely determined would not materially affect the business (as described in the Prospectus) of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships taken as a whole, no claims have been asserted by any person with respect to the use of any such patents, trademarks, trade names or trade secrets or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any such patents, trademarks, trade names or trade secrets; to the best knowledge of the Company, the use, in connection with the business and operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships, of such patents, trademarks and trade names does not infringe on the rights of any person. (j) The Company's authorized capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents); the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), Class B common stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company (the "Class B Common Stock"), Series A Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), Series B Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C, stated value $25.00 per share, of the Company (the "Series C Preferred Stock"), 9.50% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D, stated value $25.00 per share, of the Company (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), 10% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E, stated value $25.00 per share, of the Company (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), 8.25% Convertible Preferred Stock, stated value $25.00 per share, of the Company (the "Convertible Preferred Stock"), 9.75% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F, stated value of $25.00 per share, of the Company (the "Series F Preferred Stock"), 8 7/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock, 7 Series G, stated value of $25,000 per share, of the Company (the "Series G Preferred Stock"), 8.45% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H, stated value of $25,000 per share, of the Company (the "Series H Preferred Stock ") and Convertible Preferred Stock, Series CC, of the Company ("Series CC Preferred Stock") have each been duly and validly authorized and issued in compliance with all federal and state securities laws, and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Shares and the Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and, in the case of the Shares, the Deposit Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; application has been made to list the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange; prior to the Closing Date, the form of certificate for the Shares will be in valid and sufficient form in compliance with New York Stock Exchange requirements; and the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Shares or the Preferred Stock. (k) There is no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, after due inquiry, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or investigation before any court, governmental agency, authority or body or arbitrator involving the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships or any of their respective officers or any of their respective properties, assets or rights of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus which is not adequately disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit, which is not described or filed as required. (l) The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Shares and to issue and deliver the Preferred Shares; and this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement have been duly authorized; and this Agreement has been, and the Deposit Agreement as of the Closing Date, will have been, duly executed and delivered by the Company. When so executed, the Deposit Agreement will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereinafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether a proceeding is considered at law or in equity). 8 (m) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency, authority or body is required (and has not been received) for the execution by the Company of this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, except such as are required under the state securities or the Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates is presently doing any business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba. (n) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of, in conflict with, in breach of or in default under (and none of them know of an event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would be reasonably likely to constitute a default under) its charter or by-laws, and none of the Partnerships is in violation of its respective partnership agreement (and none of them know of an event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would be reasonably likely to constitute a violation), and neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any Partnership is in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any loan, note or other evidence of indebtedness or in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any other material agreement by which it or its properties are bound, except for such defaults as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be. (o) Neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor any of the Partnerships has violated any environmental, safety or similar law or regulation applicable to its business relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, nor has the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor any of the Partnerships violated any Federal, state or local law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion, pay or terms or conditions of employees nor any applicable wage or hour laws, nor has the Company or any of the Partnerships engaged in any unfair labor practice, which in each case could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be. (p) Neither the issue and sale of the Shares nor the consummation of any of the other transactions herein contemplated (including without limitation the execution, delivery and performance of the Deposit Agreement, the issuance 9 and deposit of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein) nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or the charter or by-laws of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or the partnership agreement of any of the Partnerships or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships is a party or is bound or any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships. (q) The Company has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each "pension plan" (as defined in ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations) in which employees of the Company are eligible to participate and each such plan is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and such regulations and published interpretations (except for such failure to so comply that would not have, singularly or in the aggregate with all other such failures to comply, a Material Adverse Effect), and has not incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any such plan under Title IV of ERISA. (r) Other than as described in the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents) and other than the grant of options to purchase 810,000 shares of Common Stock in May 1996 and the grant of options to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock in October 1996, there are no outstanding warrants or options to purchase any shares of capital stock of the Company and there are no restrictions upon the voting or transfer of, or the declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Company pursuant to the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, any agreement or other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound, or any order, law, rule, regulation or determination of any court, governmental agency or body (including, without limitation, any banking or insurance regulatory agency or body), or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company. No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement. 10 (s) The Company is qualified, has been qualified since January 1, 1981, has been operating, since the beginning of the current fiscal year, in a manner that would continue to permit it to be qualified, and intends to operate so as to continue to be qualified, (i) as a REIT under Section 856 et seq. of -- ---- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and (ii) to be taxed on its "real estate investment trust income" pursuant to Section 857 of the Code. (t) No statement, representation, warranty or covenant made by the Company in this Agreement or made in any certificate or document required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Representatives is, or will be, when made, inaccurate, untrue or incorrect in any material respect. (u) Neither the Company nor any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons has taken, directly or indirectly, any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result, under the Act or otherwise, in, or which has constituted, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares in violation of the Act. (v) To the best of the Company's knowledge, the firm of accountants that have certified or shall certify the applicable financial statements and supporting schedules filed or to be filed with the Commission as part of (or incorporated by reference in) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and any other applicable entity, as required by the Act. The financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act. Such financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships at the respective dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the respective periods indicated, and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, except as otherwise expressly stated therein, as consistently applied throughout such periods. The pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto, and the other pro forma financial information, included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, in all material respects, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to 11 give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The other financial and statistical information and data included in the Prospectus and in the Registration Statement are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with applicable financial statements and the books and records of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships or, with respect to information and data relating to persons other than the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships, other information available to the Company. (w) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor any of the Partnerships has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships taken as a whole, and there has not been any material change in the capital stock, or material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt, of the Company, any Subsidiary or any of the Partnerships, or any material adverse change, or any development (that relates to the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships or to any of its respective properties or assets) which may reasonably be expected to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships taken as a whole. (x) The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the Act. (y) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that in all material respects (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. 12 (z) To the Company's knowledge, neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the Partnerships nor any employee or agent of the Company, any Partnership, any Subsidiary, or any Partnership has made any payment of funds of the Company, any Partnership or any Subsidiary or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation, which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus. (aa) The Company, each of the Subsidiaries and each of the Partnerships have filed all tax returns required to be filed (except to the extent extensions have been timely filed related thereto), which returns are complete and correct in all material respects, and neither the Company, any Partnership nor any Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto. (ab) Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Deposit Agreement by the Depositary, each Share will represent an interest in 1/1,000 of a share of a validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable share of Preferred Stock; assuming due execution and delivery of the Depositary Receipts by the Depositary pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary Receipts will entitle the holders thereof to the benefits provided therein and in the Deposit Agreement. (ac) To the best of the Company's knowledge, no labor disturbance by the employees of the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Partnerships exists or is imminent that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No collective bargaining agreement exists with any of the Company's employees and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such agreement is imminent. (ad) The Company has been advised concerning the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder, and has in the past conducted, and intends in the future to conduct, its affairs in such a manner as to ensure that it will not become an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" within the meaning of the 1940 Act and such rules and regulations. (ae) The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated. The term "the Effective Date" shall mean each date that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments 13 thereto became or become effective. "Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. "Preliminary Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement referred to in paragraph (a) above. "Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement relating to the Shares that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time. "Registration Statement" shall mean the Registration Statement referred to in paragraph (a) above, including exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended. "Rule 424" refers to such rule under the Act. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, a Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein either pursuant to the terms of the Registration Statement or pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be (collectively, the "Incorporated Documents"); and any reference herein to the terms "amend," "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, or the issue date of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. 5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the ------------------------- Underwriters as follows: (a) The Company will not, either prior to the Effective Date or thereafter during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or any dealer, file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b) under the Act) or the Prospectus, unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and the Representatives shall not have objected thereto in good faith. (b) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective, and will notify the Representatives promptly, and will confirm such advice in writing, (1) when the Rule 462(b) Registration 14 Statement and any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement become effective, (2) of the receipt of any comments from or any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information, (3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof, (4) of the happening of any event during the period mentioned in the second sentence of Section 5(e) that in the judgment of the Company makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, and (5) of receipt by the Company or any representative or attorney of the Company of any other communication from the Commission relating to the Company, the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. (c) The Company will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, four copies of the signed copies of the Registration Statement and of any post- effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto (including any document filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus) and will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, for transmittal to each of the other Underwriters, copies of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules but without exhibits. (d) The Company will comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained in the Registration Statement. (e) The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom the Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and for any period of time thereafter during which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. If during such period of time any event shall occur which in the judgment of the Company or counsel to the Underwriters should be set forth in the Prospectus in order to make any statement therein, in the light of the circum- 15 stances under which it was made, not misleading, or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with law, subject to the provisions of Section 5(a) hereof, the Company will forthwith prepare and duly file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto, and will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies thereof as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company shall not file any document under the Exchange Act before the termination of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which is not approved by the Representatives after reasonable notice thereof. (f) Prior to any public offering of the Shares by the Underwriters, the Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Shares and the Preferred Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do - -------- business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Company will inform the Florida Department of Banking and Finance if, at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, it commences engaging in business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba. Such information will be provided within 90 days after the commencement thereof or after a change occurs with respect to previously reported information. (g) During the period of five years commencing on the date hereof, the Company will furnish to each of the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and will furnish to each of the Representatives and each other Underwriter who may so request a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission. (h) The Company will make generally available to holders of its securities as soon as may be practicable but in no event later than the last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the Effective Date falls, an earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail), with respect to the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships, for a period of 12 months commencing after the Effective Date of 16 the Registration Statement, and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 thereunder) and will file such earnings statement as an exhibit to the next periodic report required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act covering the period when the earnings statement is released. (i) If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 9 hereof or by notice given by you terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or Section 10 hereof) or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Representatives for all out-of- pocket expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) reasonably incurred by you in connection herewith. (j) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares in violation of the Act. (k) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds." (l) The Company will use its best efforts to have the Shares listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange. 6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations --------------------------------------- of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares hereunder are subject to the following conditions: (a) The Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment thereto) shall have become effective not later than 5:00 P.M. (and, in the case of a registration statement filed under Rule 462(b) of the Act, not later than 10:00 p.m.), New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by the Representatives, and all filings, if any, required by Rules 424 and 430A under the Act shall have been timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, 17 threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Representatives. (b) Subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Partnerships not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in your opinion, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, would materially, adversely affect the market for the Shares, or (ii) any event or development relating to or involving the Company or any officer or director of the Company which makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel or the Underwriters and their counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development would, in your opinion, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, adversely affect the market for the Shares. (c) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date and, with respect to the Additional Shares, the Option Closing Date, and satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriters, from David Goldberg, counsel for the Company, to the effect that: (i) Each of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships has been duly organized and is validly existing (in the case of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries, as a corporation) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, with full power and authority to own or lease and occupy its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) All of the Company's ownership interests in the Partnerships are owned free and clear of any perfected security 18 interest and, to my knowledge, after due inquiry, any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances; (iii) The Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption "Description of Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares" and in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of Preferred Stock" and "Description of the Depositary Shares," insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the documents referred to therein, have been reviewed by such counsel and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects; the outstanding shares of Common Stock, Class B Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series G Preferred Stock, Series H Preferred Stock, Series CC Preferred Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and the deposit of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized; the Shares and the Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to the Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and, in the case of the Shares, paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Shares have been duly authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange; the forms of certificates for the Shares are in valid and sufficient form in compliance with New York Stock Exchange requirements; and the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Shares or the Preferred Stock; (iv) To the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or arbitrator involving the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character 19 required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit, which is not described or filed as required; and, to the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry, the statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Amendment No. 3) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, under Part II, Item 7 - "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - REIT Distribution Requirement" and Part III, Item 13 - "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions" (other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which I express no opinion) fairly summarize the matters therein described in all material respects; (v) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements for the use of Form S-3 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder and each of the Incorporated Documents (or, if any amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such document was filed), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder (other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion); (vi) The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreement and the Deposit Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Shares and to issue and deliver the Preferred Stock; and the Agreement has been, and the Deposit Agreement will have been as of the Closing Date, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency, authority or body is required for the execution by the Company of the Agreement or the Deposit 20 Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Exchange Act and such as may be required under the Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Shares; (viii) The Company, each Subsidiary and each Partnership have all requisite power and authority, and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, all necessary material authorizations, approvals, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all regulatory or governmental officials, bodies and tribunals, to own or lease their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted and as described in the Prospectus; and, to the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry, all such authorizations, approvals, licenses, certificates and permits are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, and the Company, each Subsidiary and each Partnership are complying with all applicable laws, the violation of which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be; (ix) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are not in violation of its articles of incorporation or by-laws, and each of the Partnerships is not in violation of its respective partnership agreement, and to the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry, neither the Company, the Subsidiaries nor any Partnership is in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any loan, note or other evidence of indebtedness or in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or any other material agreement by which it or its properties are bound, except for such defaults as could not, individually or the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be; (x) Neither the issue and sale of the Shares nor the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement (including without limitation the execution, delivery and 21 performance of the Deposit Agreement, the issuance and deposit of the Preferred Shares in accordance with the Deposit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein) nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof or thereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any law or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Subsidiaries or the partnership agreement of any of the Partnerships or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to me and to which the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships is a party or is bound or any judgment, order or decree known to me to be applicable to the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships; (xi) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement, except as provided therein; (xii) Any required filing of the Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of my knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; (xiii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, neither the Company, any of the Subsidiaries nor any of the Partnerships is in violation of any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, any of the Subsidiaries or any of the Partnerships, the violation of which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, such Subsidiary or such Partnership, as the case may be; (xiv) The statements in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, insofar as they are descriptions of contracts, 22 agreements or other legal documents, or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions, are accurate and present fairly the information required to be shown in all material respects; (xv) The Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships own or have the right to use all patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights described in the Prospectus as being owned by them or any of them or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses, and, other than routine proceedings which if adversely determined would not materially affect the business of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships taken as a whole as described in the Prospectus, such counsel is not aware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company, the Subsidiaries or the Partnerships with respect to the foregoing; (xvi) Except as described in the Prospectus and in Section 4(r) of the Agreement, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, and there are no commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company; (xvii) Except as described in the Prospectus and in Section 4(r) of the Agreement, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there is no holder of any security of the Company or any other person who has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to sell or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite the sale of, the Shares or the Preferred Shares or the right to have any Common Stock or other securities of the Company included in the Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement, to require registration under the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company; (xviii) Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Depositary, the Deposit Agreement constitutes the 23 valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that (i) enforcement thereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity and (regardless of whether a proceeding is considered at law or in equity); (xix) When the Shares evidenced by the Depositary Receipts are issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement against the deposit of duly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Preferred Stock, the Depositary Receipts will entitle the holders thereof to the benefits provided therein and in the Deposit Agreement. In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with representatives of the Underwriters, and with officers and other representatives of the Company and representatives of the independent certified public accountants of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel does not pass upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, on the basis of the foregoing (relying as to certain factual matters on the information provided to such counsel by the Company and not on an independent investigation, but in the absence of information to the contrary), no facts have come to such counsel's attention which leads such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date hereof, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such counsel need not express any comment with respect to the - -------- financial statements and other financial data included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus. (d) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date and, with respect to the Additional Shares, the Option Closing Date, and satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriters, from Hogan & Hartson, counsel for the Company, to the effect that: 24 (i) The statements in the Prospectus under the heading "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations" and "Risk Factors - Tax Risks" fairly summarize the federal income tax considerations likely to be material to a holder of the Shares. (ii) Based upon current law, including relevant statutes, regulations and judicial and administrative precedent (which law is subject to change on a retroactive basis), and subject to the limitations and qualifications set forth in our tax opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement, the Company will continue to qualify as a REIT under sections 856 through 860 of the Code following the Merger of Public Storage Management, Inc. ("PSMI") into the Company (the "Merger") so long -- ---- as (A) the Company has met at all times since the Merger and continues to -- meet the stock ownership and gross income requirements applicable to REITs and (B) either PSMI at the time of (and after giving effect to) the Merger was not considered to have any current or accumulated earnings and profits for tax purposes or the Company made distributions prior to the end of 1995 in an amount sufficient to eliminate such earnings and profits. You may rely upon our tax opinion filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement to the same extent as if it were set forth in full herein. (e) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date and, with respect to the Additional Shares, the Option Closing Date, from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and this Agreement, which opinion shall be satisfactory in all respects to the Representatives, and such counsel shall have been provided by the Company with such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass on such matters. (f) You shall have received letters addressed to you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, and dated the date hereof and the Closing Date from Ernst & Young, independent certified public accountants, substantially in the forms heretofore approved by you. (g) (i) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by 25 the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall not have been any material change in the capital stock of the Company nor any material increase in the short-term or long-term debt of the Company (other than in the ordinary course of business) from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (iii) there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), except as may otherwise be stated in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships taken as a whole; (iv) the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Partnerships shall not have any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of business), that are material to the Company, the Subsidiaries, and the Partnerships, taken as a whole, other than those reflected in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and (v) all the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, and you shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company (or such other officers as are acceptable to you), to the effect set forth in this Section 6(g) and in Section 6(h) hereof. (h) The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or complied with any of its agreements herein contained or contained in the Deposit Agreement and required to be performed or complied with by it hereunder or thereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. (i) Prior to the Closing Date the Shares shall have been listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange. (j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you such further certificates and documents as you shall have requested. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel. 26 Any certificate or document signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters, shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the statements made therein. The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the satisfaction on and as of any Option Closing Date of the conditions set forth in this Section 6, except that, if any Option Closing Date is other than the Closing Date, the certificates, opinions and letters referred to in paragraphs (c) through (g) shall be dated the Option Closing Date in question and the opinions called for by paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) shall be revised to reflect the sale of Additional Shares. 7. Indemnification and Contribution. -------------------------------- (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of you and each other Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation) arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus or in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission which has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity with the information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use in connection therewith; provided, however, that the indemnification contained in this paragraph (a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit of any person controlling such Underwriter) on account of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising from the sale of the Shares by such Underwriter to any person if a copy of the Prospectus shall not have been delivered or sent to such person within the time required by the Act and the regulations thereunder, and the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact contained in such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus, provided that the Company has delivered the Prospectus to the several 27 Underwriters in requisite quantity on a timely basis to permit such delivery or sending. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. (b) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company, such Underwriter or such controlling person shall promptly notify the Company and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all fees and expenses. Such Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person unless (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the Company has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company and such Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by its counsel that representation of such indemnified party and the Company by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of professional conduct (whether or not such representation by the same counsel has been proposed) due to actual or potential differing interests between them (in which case the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Underwriter or such controlling person). It is understood, however, that the Company shall, in connection with any one such action, suit or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions, suits or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of only one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Underwriters and controlling persons not having actual or potential differing interests with you or among themselves, which firm shall be designated in writing by Smith Barney Inc., and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Underwriter, to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, and any such controlling person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. 28 (c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement, and any person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with respect to information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto. If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, any of its directors, any such officer, or any such controlling person based on the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Company by paragraph (b) above (except that if the Company shall have assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at such Underwriter's expense), and the Company, its directors, any such officer, and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have. (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (c) hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Shares, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwrit- 29 ing discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other hand and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. (e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by a pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating any claim or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discount applicable to the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto (or such numbers of Firm Shares increased as set forth in Section 9 hereof) and not joint. (f) No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding. 30 (g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7. 8. Expenses. -------- The Company agrees to pay the following costs and expenses and all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by it of its obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Shares and the Preferred Shares, including any stamp taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Shares and the Preferred Shares; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda, the Deposit Agreement and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Shares and the Preferred Shares; (v) the fees and expenses of the Depositary, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Depositary, if any; (vi) the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange; (vii) the registration or qualification of the Shares and the Preferred Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states as provided in Section 5(f) hereof (including the reasonable fees, 31 expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and such registration and qualification); (viii) the filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; (ix) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Shares; and (x) the fees and expenses of the Company's accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company. 9. Effective Date of Agreement. --------------------------- This Agreement shall become effective: (i) upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto; or (ii) if, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a Rule 462 Registration Statement to be declared or become effective before the offering of the Shares may commence, when notification of the effectiveness of such post-effective amendment has been released by the Commission or, in the case of a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, upon filing thereof. Until such time as this Agreement shall have become effective, it may be terminated by the Company, by notifying you, or by you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, by notifying the Company. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters are obligated but fail or refuse to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares which the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportion as you may specify in accordance with Section 20 of the Master Agreement Among Underwriters of Smith Barney Inc., to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters are obligated, but fail or refuse, to purchase. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Shares which it or they are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Shares which 32 the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Shares by one or more non-defaulting Underwriters or other party or parties approved by you and the Company are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case which does not result in termination of this Agreement, either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any such default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement includes, for all purposes of this Agreement, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto who, with your approval and the approval of the Company, purchases Shares which a defaulting Underwriter is obligated, but fails or refuses, to purchase. Any notice under this Section 9 may be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed by letter. 10. Termination. ----------- This Agreement shall be subject to termination in your absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Company by notice to the Company, if prior to the Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the Closing Date and then only as to the Additional Shares), as the case may be, (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or California shall have been declared by either federal or state authorities, or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or economic conditions, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in your judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the offering of the Shares at the offering price to the public set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus or to enforce contracts for the resale of the Shares by the Underwriters. Notice of such termination may be given to the Company by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter. 33 11. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. ----------------------------------------- [The statements set forth in the last paragraph on the cover page, the stabilization legend on the inside front cover and the statements in the first three paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting" in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through you as such information is referred to in Sections 4(b) and 7 hereof.] 12. Miscellaneous. ------------- Except as otherwise provided in Sections 3, 9 and 10 hereof, notice given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered (i) if to the Company, at the office of the Company, Public Storage, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, 2nd Floor, Glendale, California 91201-2397, Attention: Legal Department, or (ii) if to you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, care of Smith Barney Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Manager, Investment Banking Division. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the Company, its directors and officers, and the other controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. Neither the term "successor" nor the term "successors and assigns" as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser from any Underwriter of any of the Shares in his status as such purchaser. 13. Applicable Law; Counterparts. ---------------------------- This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts which together constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this Agreement shall not become effective unless at least one counterpart hereof shall have been executed and delivered on behalf of each party hereto. 34 Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters. Very truly yours, PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. By ................................... Name: Title: Confirmed as of the date first above mentioned on behalf of themselves and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto. SMITH BARNEY INC. PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE SECURITIES CORPORATION PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED ROBERTSON, STEPHENS & COMPANY LLC THE ROBINSON-HUMPHREY COMPANY, INC. As Representatives of the Several Underwriters By: SMITH BARNEY INC. By ....................................... Name: Title: 35 SCHEDULE I PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. 4,000,000 Shares
Number of Underwriters Firm Shares - ------------ ----------- Smith Barney Inc................................ PaineWebber Incorporated........................ Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation......................... Prudential Securities Incorporated.............. Robertson, Stephens & Company LLC............... The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.............. ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ ................................................ Total.......................................... 4,000,000
EX-3.1 3 CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION EXHIBIT 3.1 CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION OF PREFERENCES OF [ ] % CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES I OF PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. -------------------- The undersigned, Harvey Lenkin and Sarah Hass, President and Secretary, respectively, of PUBLIC STORAGE, INC., a California corporation, do hereby certify: FIRST: The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation authorize the issuance of 50,000,000 shares of stock designated "preferred shares," issuable from time to time in one or more series, and authorize the Board of Directors to fix the number of shares constituting any such series, and to determine or alter the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, right and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), the redemption price or prices and the liquidation preference of any wholly unissued series of such preferred shares, and the number of shares constituting any such series. SECOND: The Board of Directors of the corporation did duly adopt the resolutions attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference authorizing and providing for the creation of a series of preferred shares to be known as "[ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I" consisting of 4,600 shares, none of the shares of such series having been issued. We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this certificate this [ ] day of October, 1996. -------------------------- Harvey Lenkin President -------------------------- Sarah Hass Secretary EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF [ ]% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES I RESOLVED that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by Article III of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation, there is hereby established a series of the authorized preferred shares of this Corporation having a par value of $.01 per share, which series shall be designated "[ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I," shall consist of 4,600 shares and shall have the following rights, preferences and privileges: (a) Dividend Rights. --------------- (1) Dividends shall be payable in cash on the shares of this Series when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor: (i) for the period (the "Initial Dividend Period") from the Deemed Original Issue Date (as defined below) to but excluding January 1, 1997, and (ii) for each quarterly dividend period thereafter (the Initial Dividend Period and each quarterly dividend period being hereinafter individually referred to as a "Dividend Period" and collectively referred to as "Dividend Periods"), which quarterly Dividend Periods shall be in four equal amounts and shall commence on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 in each year (each, a "Dividend Period Commencement Date"), commencing on January 1, 1997, and shall end on and include the day next preceding the next Dividend Period Commencement Date, at a rate per annum equal to [ ]% of the $25,000 per share stated value thereof (the "Dividend Rate"). Dividends on each share of this Series shall be cumulative from the Deemed Original Issue Date of such share and shall be payable, without interest thereon, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, on or before March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on December 31, 1996 or, in the case of shares of this Series with a Deemed Original Issue Date after December 31, 1996, the first such dividend payment date following such Deemed Original Issue Date; provided, that -------- if any such day shall be a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of California are authorized or obligated by law to close, or a day which is or is declared a national or a New York or California state holiday (any of the foregoing a "Non-Business Day"), then the 2 payment date shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Non-Business Day. Each such dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of this Series as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date, not more than 45 days nor less than 15 days preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular dividend payment date, to holders of record on such date, not more than 45 days nor less than 15 days preceding the payment date thereof, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. After full cumulative dividends on this Series have been paid or declared and funds therefor set aside for payment, including for the then current Dividend Period, the holders of shares of this Series will not be entitled to any further dividends with respect to that Dividend Period. "Deemed Original Issue Date" means (a) in the case of any share which is part of the first issuance of shares of this Series or part of a subsequent issuance of shares of this Series prior to January 1, 1997, the date of such first issuance or subsequent issuance, as the case may be, and (b) in the case of any share which is part of a subsequent issuance of shares of this Series on or after January 1, 1997, the later of (x) January 1, 1997 and (y) the latest Dividend Period Commencement Date which precedes the date of issuance of such share and which succeeds the last Dividend Period for which full cumulative dividends have been paid; provided that, in the case of any share which is part of a subsequent issuance, the date of issuance of which falls between (i) the record date for dividends payable on the first succeeding dividend payment date and (ii) such dividend payment date, the "Deemed Original Issue Date" means the date of the Dividend Period Commencement Date that immediately follows the date of issuance. (2) Dividends payable on shares of this Series for any period greater or less than a full Dividend Period, including the Initial Dividend Period, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. (3) The Corporation shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends on any series of preferred shares ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to the shares of this Series unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid, or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof is set apart for payment, for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of any such dividends on such other series of preferred shares. When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of this Series and any other series of preferred shares ranking on a parity therewith as to dividends (including, without limitation, the shares of the Corporation's 10% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), 9.20% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B (the "Series B 3 Preferred Stock"), 9.50% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), 10% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E (the "Series E Preferred Stock"), 9.75% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series F (the "Series F Preferred Stock"), 8 7/8% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G (the "Series G Preferred Stock"), 8.45% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series H (the "Series H Preferred Stock"), and Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series C (the "Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock")), all dividends declared upon shares of this Series and any other series of preferred shares ranking on a parity therewith as to dividends shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share on the shares of this Series and such other series of preferred shares shall in all cases bear to each other that same ratio that the accumulated dividends per share on the shares of this Series and such other series of preferred shares bear to each other. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, unless full cumulative dividends on the shares of this Series have been paid for all past Dividend Periods, no dividends (other than in shares of the Corporation's common stock, par value $.10 per share (together with any other shares of capital stock of the Corporation into which such shares shall be reclassified or changed ("Common Shares"), or another stock ranking junior to the shares of this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment nor shall any other distribution be made upon the Common Shares or on any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the shares of this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation. Unless full cumulative dividends on the shares of this Series have been paid for all past Dividend Periods, no Common Shares or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the shares of this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation shall be redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation or any subsidiary, except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the shares of this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation. (b) Liquidation. ----------- In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of this Series are entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to shareholders, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Shares or any other class or series of shares ranking junior to the shares of this Series upon liquidation, liquidating distributions in the amount of $25,000 per share plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared) for the then current and all past Dividend Periods. If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation the amounts payable with respect to the shares of this Series and any other shares of the Corporation ranking as to any such distribution on a parity with the 4 shares of this Series are not paid in full, the holders of shares of this Series and of such other shares (including the shares of Series A, Series B, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G and Series H Preferred Stock and Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock) will share ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are entitled, the holders of shares of this Series will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation. (1) Written notice of any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where the amounts distributable in such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage pre-paid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each record holder of the shares of this Series at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. (2) For purposes of liquidation rights, a reorganization (as defined in Section 181 of the California Corporations Code) or consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation shall be deemed not to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. (c) Redemption. ---------- (1) Except as provided in clause (9) below, the shares of this Series are not redeemable prior to October 31, 2001. On and after such date, the shares of this Series are redeemable at the option of the Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, in whole or in part, from time to time upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at a cash redemption price of $25,000 per share plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared) to the date of redemption. (2) If fewer than all the outstanding shares of this Series are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed will be determined by the Board of Directors, and such shares shall be redeemed pro rata from the holders of record of such shares in proportion to the number of such shares held by such holders (with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional shares) or by lot in a manner determined by the Board of Directors. (3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any dividends, including any accumulation, on the shares of this Series are in arrears, no shares of this Series shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of this Series are simultaneously redeemed, and the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise acquire, 5 directly or indirectly, any shares of this Series; provided, however, that the -------- ------- foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of this Series pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer provided such offer is made on the same terms to all holders of shares of this Series. (4) Immediately prior to any redemption of shares of this Series, the Corporation shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends through the redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a dividend payment record date and prior to the corresponding dividend payment date, in which case each holder of shares of this Series at the close of business on such dividend payment record date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on such shares on the corresponding dividend payment date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before such dividend payment date. Except as expressly provided hereinabove, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on shares of this Series called for redemption. (5) Notice of redemption shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Los Angeles and The City of New York, such publication to be made once a week for two successive weeks, commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof. A similar notice will be mailed by the Company by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to each record holder of the shares of this Series to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such redemption date, to the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. Each notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such redemption date. If fewer than all the shares of this Series held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed from such holder. (6) In order to facilitate the redemption of shares of this Series, the Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of the shares to be redeemed, such record date to be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such redemption. (7) Notice having been given as provided above, from and after the date fixed for the redemption of shares of this Series by the Corporation (unless the Corporation shall fail to make available the money necessary to effect such redemption), the holders of shares selected for redemption shall cease to be shareholders with respect to such shares and shall have no interest in or claim 6 against the Corporation by virtue thereof and shall have no voting or other rights with respect to such shares, except the right to receive the moneys payable upon such redemption from the Corporation, less any required tax withholding amount, without interest thereon, upon surrender (and endorsement or assignment of transfer, if required by the Corporation and so stated in the notice) of their certificates, and the shares represented thereby shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding. If fewer than all the shares represented by a certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued, without cost to the holder thereof, representing the unredeemed shares. The Corporation may, at its option, at any time after a notice of redemption has been given, deposit the redemption price for the shares of this Series designated for redemption and not yet redeemed, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption, with the transfer agent or agents for this Series, as a trust fund for the benefit of the holders of the shares of this Series designated for redemption, together with irrevocable instructions and authority to such transfer agent or agents that such funds be delivered upon redemption of such shares and to pay, on and after the date fixed for redemption or prior thereto, the redemption price of the shares to their respective holders upon the surrender of their share certificates. From and after the making of such deposit, the holders of the shares designated for redemption shall cease to be shareholders with respect to such shares and shall have no interest in or claim against the Corporation by virtue thereof and shall have no voting or other rights with respect to such shares, except the right to receive from such trust fund the moneys payable upon such redemption, without interest thereon, upon surrender (and endorsement, if required by the Corporation) of their certificates, and the shares represented thereby shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding. Any balance of such moneys remaining unclaimed at the end of the five-year period commencing on the date fixed for redemption shall be repaid to the Corporation upon its request expressed in a resolution of its Board of Directors. (8) Any shares of this Series that shall at any time have been redeemed shall, after such redemption, have the status of authorized but unissued preferred shares, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of Directors. (9) If the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall, at any time and in good faith, be of the opinion that ownership of securities of the Corporation has or may become concentrated to an extent that may prevent the Corporation from qualifying as a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, then the Board of Directors shall have the power, by lot or other means deemed equitable by them to prevent the transfer of and/or to call for redemption a number of shares of this Series sufficient, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to maintain or bring the direct or indirect ownership thereof into conformity with the requirements of such 7 a real estate investment trust under the REIT Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The redemption price to be paid for shares of this Series so called for redemption, on the date fixed for redemption, shall be the average of the highest bid and the lowest asked quotations on the last business day prior to the redemption date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or a similar organization selected from time to time by the Corporation or if there be no such bid and asked quotations, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith; provided that if interests in shares of this Series are represented by depositary shares, then the redemption price shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing, but with respect to one depositary share, multiplied by the number of depositary shares that together represent an interest in one share of this Series. From and after the date fixed for redemption by the Board of Directors, the holder of any shares of this Series so called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to any distributions, voting rights and other benefits with respect to such shares of this Series, other than the right to payment of the redemption price determined as aforesaid. "REIT Provisions of the Internal Revenue Code" shall mean Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In order to exercise the redemption option set forth in this clause (9), with respect to the shares of this Series, the Corporation shall give notice of redemption by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Los Angeles and The City of New York, such publication to be made once a week for two successive weeks, commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. A similar notice will be mailed by the Corporation by first class mail, postage pre-paid, to each record holder of the shares of this Series to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such redemption date, to the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock transfer records of the Corporation. Each notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such redemption date. If fewer than all the shares of this Series held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares of this Series to be redeemed from such holder. (d) Maintenance of Debt Ratio. Without the affirmative vote or the ------------------------- written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of this Series, the Corporation will not take any action that would result in a ratio of Debt to Assets (the "Debt Ratio") in excess of 50%. "Debt" means, as of any date of determination, all liabilities that should, in accordance with GAAP, be reflected as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as of such date of determination; provided, -------- however, that "Debt" shall not include liabilities included in the consolidated - ------- 8 balance sheet under the headings "accrued and other liabilities" or "minority interest" to the extent that the inclusion of such liabilities under such headings is consistent with the Corporation's past practice. "Assets" means, as of any date of determination, all assets that should, in accordance with GAAP, be reflected as an asset on the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation as of such date of determination. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America from time to time, consistently applied. (e) Voting Rights. The shares of this Series shall not have any ------------- voting powers either general or special, except as required by law, except as set forth in Section (d) hereof and except that: (1) (A) If the Corporation shall fail to pay full cumulative dividends on the shares of this Series or any other of its preferred shares for six quarterly dividend payment periods, whether or not consecutive (a "Dividend Default"), the holders of all outstanding preferred shares, voting as a single class without regard to series, will be entitled to elect two Directors until full cumulative dividends for all past dividend payment periods on all preferred shares have been paid or declared and funds therefor set apart for payment. Such right to vote separately as a class to elect Directors shall, when vested, be subject, always, to the same provisions for the vesting of such right to elect Directors separately as a class in the case of future Dividend Defaults. At any time when such right to elect Directors separately as a class shall have so vested, the Corporation may, and upon the written request of the holders of record of not less than 20% of the total number of preferred shares of the Corporation then outstanding shall, call a special meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors. In the case of such a written request, such special meeting shall be held within 90 days after the delivery of such request and, in either case, at the place and upon the notice provided by law and in the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided that the Corporation shall not be required to call such a special meeting if such request is received less than 120 days before the date fixed for the next ensuing Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation and the holders of all classes of outstanding preferred shares are afforded the opportunity to elect such Directors (or fill any vacancy) at such Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Directors elected as aforesaid shall serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation or until their respective successors shall be elected and qualified. If, prior to the end of the term of any Director elected as aforesaid, a vacancy in the office of such Director shall occur during the continuance of a Dividend Default by reason of death, resignation, or disability, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointment of a new Director for 9 the unexpired term of such former Director, such appointment to be made by the remaining Director elected as aforesaid. (B) In addition to the right to elect Directors set forth in clause (A) above, if, without the affirmative vote or the written consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of this Series, on the last day of two consecutive fiscal quarters of the Corporation, the Debt Ratio exceeds 50% (a "Debt Ratio Default"), the holders of all outstanding shares of this Series, voting as a single class, will be entitled to elect two Directors until the Debt Ratio as of the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Corporation is reduced to 50% or less. Such right to vote separately as a class to elect Directors shall, when vested, be subject, always, to the same provisions for the vesting of such right to elect Directors separately as a class in the case of future Debt Ratio Defaults. At any time when such right to elect Directors separately as a class shall have so vested, the Corporation may, and upon the written request of the holders of record of not less than 20% of the total number of shares of this Series then outstanding shall, call a special meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors. In the case of such a written request, such special meeting shall be held within 90 days after the delivery of such request and, in either case, at the place and upon the notice provided by law and in the Bylaws of the Corporation, provided that the corporation shall not be required to call such a special meeting if such request is received less than 120 days before the date fixed for the next ensuing Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation and the holders of shares of this Series are afforded the opportunity to elect such Directors (or fill any vacancy) at such Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Directors elected as aforesaid shall serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation or until their respective successors shall be elected and qualified. If, prior to the end of the term of any Director elected as aforesaid, a vacancy in the office of such Director shall occur during the continuance of a Debt Ratio Default by reason of death, resignation, or disability, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appointment of a new Director for the unexpired term of such former Director, such appointment to be made by the remaining Director elected as aforesaid. (2) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of this Series, voting separately as a class, will be required for any amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation that will adversely alter or change the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the shares of this Series, except as set forth below. The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding shares of this Series and any other series of preferred shares ranking on a parity with this Series as to dividends and upon liquidation (including the shares of Series A, Series B, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G and Series H Preferred Stock and Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock), voting as a single class without regard to series, will be required to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of any class or 10 series of shares ranking prior to this Series as to dividends or upon liquidation or to issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase any such security, but the Articles of Incorporation may be amended to increase the number of authorized preferred shares ranking on a parity with or junior to this Series or to create another class of preferred shares ranking on a parity with or junior to this Series without the vote of the holders of outstanding shares of this Series. (3) The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of this Series, voting separately as a class, will be required for any amendment or repeal of the following provisions of the Bylaws of the Corporation, which would be adverse to the interests of the holders of shares of this Series, and for any other changes to the Bylaws of the Corporation that affect these provisions in a manner which would be adverse to the interests of the holders of shares of this Series: Article IV, Section 2 (relating to the Corporation's permissible Asset Coverage), Article VIII, Section 2(g) and (h) (relating to the Corporation's investment policy) and each of the defined terms used in any of the foregoing provisions. (4) Except to the extent required pursuant to clause (3) above, nothing herein shall be taken to require a class vote or consent in connection with the authorization, designation, increase or issuance of any shares of any class or series (including additional preferred shares of any series) that rank junior to or on a parity with this Series as to dividends and liquidation rights or in connection with the authorization, designation, increase or issuance of any bonds, mortgages, debentures or other debt obligations of the Corporation. (5) The right to elect Directors set forth in clause (1)(B) above is not intended to be the exclusive remedy of holders of the shares of this Series in the event of a Debt Ratio Default. (f) Conversion. The shares of this Series are not convertible into ---------- shares of any other class or series of the capital stock of the Corporation. 11 EX-4.1 4 DEPOSIT AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 4.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, AS DEPOSITARY AND THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN RELATING TO SERIES I PREFERRED STOCK ------------------ DEPOSIT AGREEMENT ----------------- Dated as of October [ ], 1996 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ARTICLE II FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS SECTION 2.1 Form and Transfer of Receipts............................................. 2 SECTION 2.2 Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof... 4 SECTION 2.3 Registration of Transfer of Receipts...................................... 4 SECTION 2.4 Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock..................................................... 4 SECTION 2.5 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts.................................................... 6 SECTION 2.6 Lost Receipts, etc........................................................ 6 SECTION 2.7 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts...................... 6 SECTION 2.8 Redemption of Stock....................................................... 6 ARTICLE III CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY SECTION 3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information......................... 8 SECTION 3.2 Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges............................ 8 SECTION 3.3 Warranty as to Stock...................................................... 9 ARTICLE IV THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES SECTION 4.1 Cash Distributions...................................................... 9 SECTION 4.2 Distributions Other than Cash, Rights Preferences or Privileges......... 9 SECTION 4.3 Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges.......................... 10
i SECTION 4.4 Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts... 11 SECTION 4.5 Voting Rights........................................................... 11 SECTION 4.6 Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc................................................ 12 SECTION 4.7 Delivery of Reports..................................................... 12 SECTION 4.8 List of Receipt Holders................................................. 12 ARTICLE V THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY SECTION 5.1 Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar................................................ 13 SECTION 5.2 Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar or the Company.................... 14 SECTION 5.3 Obligation of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company...................................................... 14 SECTION 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary........................................................... 16 SECTION 5.5 Corporate Notices and Reports.......................................... 17 SECTION 5.6 Indemnification by the Company......................................... 17 SECTION 5.7 Charges and Expenses................................................... 17 SECTION 5.8 Tax Compliance......................................................... 17 ARTICLE VI AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION SECTION 6.1 Amendment.............................................................. 18 SECTION 6.2 Termination............................................................ 18 ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 7.1 Counterparts........................................................... 19 SECTION 7.2 Exclusive Benefit of Parties........................................... 19 SECTION 7.3 Invalidity of Provisions............................................... 19 SECTION 7.4 Notices................................................................ 19
ii SECTION 7.5 Appointment of Registrar............................................... 20 SECTION 7.6 Holders of Receipts are Parties........................................ 20 SECTION 7.7 Governing Law.......................................................... 20 SECTION 7.8 Inspection of Deposit Agreement........................................ 20 SECTION 7.9 Headings............................................................... 20 FORM OF DEPOSITARY SHARES Form of Face of Receipt ........................................................... A-1 Form of Reverse of Receipt......................................................... A-3
iii DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October [ ], 1996, among PUBLIC STORAGE, INC., a California corporation (the "Company"), The First National Bank of Boston, a national banking association (the "Depositary"), and the holders from time to time of the Receipts described herein. WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of Series I Preferred Stock of the Company with the Depositary for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in respect of the Stock so deposited; and WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS The following definitions shall, for all purposes, unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement: "Certificate" shall mean the Certificate of Determination filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California establishing the Stock as a series of preferred stock of the Company. "Deposit Agreement" shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or supplemented from time to time. "Depositary" shall mean The First National Bank of Boston and any successor as Depositary hereunder. "Depositary Shares" shall mean Depositary Shares, each representing 1/1,000 of a share of Stock and evidenced by a Receipt. "Depositary's Agent" shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to Section 5.1 and shall include the Registrar if such Registrar is not the Depositary. "Depositary's Office" shall mean the principal office of the Depositary at which at any particular time its depositary receipt business shall be administered. "Receipt" shall mean one of the Depositary Receipts, substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto, issued hereunder, whether in definitive or temporary form and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares held of record by the record holder of such Depositary Shares. "record holder" or "holder" as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose. "Registrar" shall mean the Depositary or such other bank or trust company which shall be appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided. "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "Stock" shall mean shares of the Company's [ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I, $.01 par value per share. ARTICLE II FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS SECTION 2.1 Form and Transfer of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall be engraved or printed or lithographed on steel-engraved borders, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided, if and to the extent required by any securities exchange on which the Receipts are listed. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts or if definitive Receipts are not required by any securities exchange on which the Receipts are listed, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company or any holder of Stock, as the case may be, delivered in compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at the 2 Depositary's Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the Company's expense and without any charge to the holder therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive Receipts. Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual and/or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall have been executed in accordance with the foregoing sentence. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided. Receipts shall be in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the Depositary to perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement. Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Receipts are subject. Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt, which is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Receipt shall be -------- ------- registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.3, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes. SECTION 2.2 Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Company or, subject to Section 2.4, any holder of Stock may from time to time deposit shares of Stock under this Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for the Stock 3 to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied, if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a written order of the Company or such holder, as the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of Depositary Shares representing such deposited Stock. Deposited Stock shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary's Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine. Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of the Stock on the books of the Company in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, to or upon the order of the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts for the whole number of Depositary Shares representing, in the aggregate, the Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary's Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such delivery. SECTION 2.3 Registration of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto. SECTION 2.4 Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as it may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of such Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered; provided, -------- however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional - ------- Depositary Share. 4 Any holder of a Receipt or Receipts representing any number of whole shares of Stock may (unless the related Depositary Shares have previously been called for redemption) withdraw the Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for such withdrawals and paying any unpaid amount due the Depositary. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder or to the person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Stock hereunder or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver to such holder, or upon his order, a new Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares, provided, however, that the Depositary -------- ------- shall not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share. Delivery of the Stock and money and other property being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate which, if required by the Depositary, shall be properly endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer. If the Stock and the money and other property being withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock, such holders shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in blank. Delivery of the Stock and the money and other property, if any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the Depositary at the Depositary's Office, except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder. SECTION 2.5 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, 5 the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant to Sections 3.2 and 5.7, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature, and may also require compliance with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement. The deposit of Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed, or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement. SECTION 2.6 Lost Receipts, etc. In case any receipt shall be mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its reasonable discretion may execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the holder thereof with the Depositary of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his or her ownership thereof, (ii) the furnishing of the Depositary with indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it and the Company and (iii) the payment of any reasonable expense (including reasonable fees, charges and expenses of the Depositary) in connection with such execution and delivery. SECTION 2.7 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's Agent shall be cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or regulation, the Company is authorized to destroy all Receipts so cancelled. SECTION 2.8 Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall be permitted and shall elect to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, it shall (unless otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause to be given to the Depositary not less than 60 days' notice of the date of such proposed redemption or exchange of Stock and of the number of such shares held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price, as set forth in the Certificate, which notice shall be accompanied by a certificate from the Company stating that such redemption of Stock is in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate. Notice of redemption of Stock will also be given by the Company by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Los Angeles and the City of New York, such publication to be made once a week for two successive weeks 6 commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, and the Depositary will publish a notice of redemption of the Depositary Shares containing the same type of information and in the same manner as the Company's notice of redemption. On the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock to be redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of the Company's redemption of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares (the "Redemption Date") to the record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the address of such holders as they appear on the records of the Depositary; but neither failure to mail any such notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such holders nor any defect in any notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more such holders shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption as to the other holders. The Company will provide the Depositary with the information necessary for the Depositary to prepare such notice and each such notice shall state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price per Depositary Share; (iv) the place or places where Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed shall be determined pro rata or by lot in a manner determined by the Board of Directors. Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption) (i) dividends on the shares of Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue from and after such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and (iv) upon surrender in accordance with such redemption notice of the Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to the same fraction of the redemption price per share paid with respect to the shares of Stock as the fraction each Depositary Share represents of a share of Stock plus the same fraction of 7 all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Company in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have accumulated on the shares of Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid. Any funds deposited by the Company with the Depositary for any Depositary Shares that the holders thereof fail to redeem will be returned to the Company after a period of five years from the date such funds are so deposited. If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption, provided, however, that the Depositary shall not -------- ------- issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share. ARTICLE III CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY SECTION 3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper or otherwise reasonably request. The Depositary or the Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer, redemption or exchange, of any Receipt or the withdrawal or conversion of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such representations and warranties are made. SECTION 3.2 Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders of Receipts shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of Stock and all money or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends, interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any part of or all the Stock or other property represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends, interest payments or other distributions or the 8 proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable for any deficiency. SECTION 3.3 Warranty as to Stock. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of the Stock and the issuance of Receipts. ARTICLE IV THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES SECTION 4.1 Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such dividend or distribution as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be -------- ------- required to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court process, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. In the event that the calculation of any such cash dividend or other cash distribution to be paid to any record holder on the aggregate number of Depositary Receipts held by such holder results in an amount which is a fraction of a cent, the amount the Depositary shall distribute to such record holder shall be rounded to the next highest whole cent if such fraction of a cent is equal to or greater than $.005, otherwise such fractional interest shall be disregarded; and upon request of the Depositary, the Company shall pay the additional amount to the Depositary for distribution. SECTION 4.2 Distributions Other than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any distribution other than cash, rights, preferences or privileges upon Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to record holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record holders, or if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems such distribution not 9 to be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property thus received, or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem equitable and appropriate. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to record holders of Receipts as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. SECTION 4.3 Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names Stock is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts in such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with the approval of the Company; provided, -------- however, that (i) if at the time of issue or offer of any such rights, - ------- preferences or privileges the Depositary determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Company) not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to holders of Receipts by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the extent so instructed by holders of Receipts who do not desire to execute such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its discretion (with approval of the Company, in any case where the Depositary has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until it has received written notice from the Company that such registration statement shall have become effective, or that the offering and sale of such securities to such holders are exempt 10 from registration under the provisions of the Securities Act and the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary to such effect. If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to holders of Receipts, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. SECTION 4.4 Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice, or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Stock) for the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons. SECTION 4.5 Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting and (ii) a statement that the holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares (including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Depositary to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company) and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of the holders of Receipts on the relevant record date, the Depositary shall use its best efforts to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by all Receipts as to which any particular voting instructions are received. The Company hereby agrees to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of a Receipt, the Depositary will not vote (but, at its discretion, may appear at any meeting with respect to such 11 Stock unless directed to the contrary by the holders of all the Receipts) to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt. SECTION 4.6 Changes Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications, Recapitalizations, etc. Upon any change in par value or liquidation preference, split-up, combination or any other reclassification of the Stock, or upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the Company or to which it is a party, the Depositary may in its discretion with the approval (not to be unreasonably withheld) of, and shall upon the instructions of, the Company, and (in either case) in such manner as the Depositary may deem equitable, (i) make such adjustments in the fraction of an interest in one share of Stock represented by one Depositary Share as may be necessary (as certified by the Company) fully to reflect the effects of such change in par value or liquidation preference, split-up, combination or other reclassification of Stock, or of such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and (ii) treat any securities which shall be received by the Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Stock as new deposited securities so received in exchange for or upon conversion or in respect of such Stock. In any such case, the Depositary may in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and deliver additional Receipts or may call for the surrender of all outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new deposited securities. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such change in par value or liquidation preference, split-up, combination or other reclassification of the Stock or any such recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with instructions to convert, exchange or surrender the Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property and cash into which the Stock represented by such Receipts would have been converted or for which such Stock would have been exchanged or surrendered had such Receipt been surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of such transaction. SECTION 4.7 Delivery of Reports. The Depositary shall furnish to holders of Receipts any reports and communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock. SECTION 4.8 List of Receipt Holders. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to it a list, as of the most recent practicable date, of the names, addresses and holdings of Depositary Shares of all record holders of Receipts. The Company shall be entitled to receive such list four times annually without charge. 12 ARTICLE V THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY SECTION 5.1 Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary; Registrar. Upon execution of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall maintain at the Depositary's office facilities for the execution and delivery, registration and registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, and at the offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, facilities for the delivery, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of Receipts, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall keep books at the Depositary's Office for the registration and registration of transfer of Receipts, which books during normal business hours shall be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts; provided that any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as an owner of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts. The Depositary may close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder. The Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar for registration of the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby. If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on one or more national securities exchanges, the Depositary will appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with any requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if so permitted by the requirements of any such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Depositary will, at the request and at the expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, registration, registration of transfer, surrender and exchange of such Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Stock as may be required by law or applicable securities exchange regulation. The Depositary may from time to time appoint Depositary's Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary's Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action. 13 SECTION 5.2 Prevention of or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar or the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of any Receipt if by reason of any provision of any present or future law, or regulation thereunder, of the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent or the Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the Company's Articles of Incorporation or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, the Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from, or subjected to any penalty on account of, doing or performing any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company incur liability to any holder of a Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which the terms of this Deposit Agreement shall provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement except, in the case of any such exercise or failure to exercise discretion not caused as aforesaid, if caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party charged with such exercise or failure to exercise. SECTION 5.3 Obligation of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under this Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to holders of Receipts other than for its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or liability unless indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against expense and liability be furnished as often as may be reasonably required. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information from any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar and the Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 14 The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote any of the shares of Stock or for the manner or effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in good faith. The Depositary will indemnify the Company and hold it harmless from any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary, including when such Depositary acts as Registrar, or the Depositary's Agents in connection with this Agreement due to its or their gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The indemnification obligations of the Depositary set forth in this Section 5.3 shall survive any termination of this Agreement and any succession of any Depositary. The Depositary, its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, the Depositary's Agents, and the Registrar may own, buy, sell and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates may be interested or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were not the Depositary, parent, affiliate or subsidiary or Depositary's Agent or Registrar hereunder. The Depositary may also act as trustee, transfer agent or registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates. It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar, acting as the Depositary's Agent or Registrar, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be an "issuer" of the securities under the federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed that the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and the Registrar are acting only in a ministerial capacity as Depositary or Registrar for the Stock. Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees or agents) nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar makes any representation or has any responsibility as to the validity of the registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities Act, the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts (except for its counter-signatures thereon) or any instruments referred to therein or herein, or as to the correctness of any statement made therein or herein. The Depositary assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the description that appears in the Receipts, which can be taken as a statement of the Company summarizing certain provisions of this Deposit Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in the Receipts, the Depositary makes no warranties or representations as to the validity or genuineness of any Stock at any time deposited with the Depositary hereunder or of the Depositary Shares, as to the validity or sufficiency of this Deposit Agreement, as to the value of the Depositary Shares or as to any right, title or interest of the record holders of Receipts in and to the Depositary Shares. The Depositary shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Depositary Shares or the Receipts or the proceeds thereof. 15 SECTION 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary hereunder by delivering notice of its election to do so to the Company, such resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided. The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided. In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor Depositary, which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $150,000,000. If no successor Depositary shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after delivery of such notice, the resigning or removed Depositary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Depositary. Every successor Depositary shall execute and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting its appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Depositary, without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver all right, title and interest in the Stock and any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor, and shall deliver to such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts and such records, books and other information in its possession relating thereto. Any successor Depositary shall promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts. Any corporation into or with which the Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further act, and notice thereof shall not be required hereunder. Such successor Depositary may authenticate the Receipts in the name of the predecessor Depositary or in the name of the successor Depositary. SECTION 5.5 Corporate Notices and Reports. The Company agrees that it will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt thereof, transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the addresses recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all notices and reports (including without limitation financial statements) required by 16 law or by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are listed, to be furnished to the record holders of Receipts. Such transmission will be at the Company's expense and the Company will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the Depositary may reasonably request. SECTION 5.6 Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and the Registrar against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted in connection with this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts by the Depositary, any Registrar or any of their respective agents (including any Depositary's Agent), except for any liability arising out of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the respective parts of any such person or persons. The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary or Depositary's Agent. SECTION 5.7 Charges and Expenses. The Company shall pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company shall pay charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, all withdrawals of shares of the Stock by owners of Depositary Shares, and any redemption of the Stock at the option of the Company. All other transfer and other taxes and governmental charges shall be at the expense of holders of Depositary Shares. If, at the request of a holder of Receipts, the Depositary incurs charges or expenses for which it is not otherwise liable hereunder, such holder will be liable for such charges and expenses. All other charges and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary's Agent hereunder (including, in each case, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be paid upon consultation and agreement between the Depositary and the Company as to the amount and nature of such charges and expenses. The Depositary shall present its statement for charges and expenses to the Company at such intervals as the Company and the Depositary may agree. SECTION 5.8 Tax Compliance. The Depositary, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company, will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting and withholding (including "backup" withholding) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Depositary Shares or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption or exercise of rights under the Depositary Receipts or the Depositary Shares. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent. 17 The Depositary shall comply with any direction received from the Company with respect to the application of such requirements to particular payments or holders or in other particular circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. The Depositary shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available on request to the Company or to its authorized representatives. ARTICLE VI AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION SECTION 6.1 Amendment. The form of the Receipts and any provisions of this Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect which they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other -------- ------- than any change in the fees of any Depositary or Registrar, which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after notice thereof to the holders of the Receipts) which shall materially adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. Every holder of an outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may any amendment impair the right of any holder of any Depositary Shares, upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares and subject to any conditions specified in this Deposit Agreement, to receive shares of Stock and any money or other property represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. SECTION 6.2 Termination. This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time upon not less than 60 days' prior written notice to the Depositary, in which case, on a date that is not later than 30 days after the date of such notice, the Depositary shall deliver or make available for delivery to holders of Depositary Shares, upon surrender of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares, such number of whole or fractional shares of Stock as are represented by such Depositary Shares. This Deposit Agreement will automatically terminate after (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares have been redeemed pursuant to Section 2.8 or (ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Depositary Receipts pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable. 18 Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its obligations to the Depositary, the Registrar and any Depositary's Agent under Sections 5.6 and 5.7. ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 7.1 Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. SECTION 7.2 Exclusive Benefit of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever. SECTION 7.3 Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby. SECTION 7.4 Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at: Public Storage, Inc. 701 Western Avenue, 2nd Floor Glendale, California 91201-2397 Facsimile No.: (818) 244-9267 or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing. Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or by telegram or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary's Office, at: 19 The First National Bank of Boston 150 Royall Street Mail Stop: 45-02-62 Canton, MA 02021 Attention: Client Administration Facsimile No.: (617) 575-2549 or at any other address of which the Depositary shall have notified the Company in writing. Any and all notices to be given to any record holder of a Receipt hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, or by telegram or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter, addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such holder shall have filed with the Depositary a written request that notices intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address designated in such request. Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or facsimile transmission) is deposited for mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram or facsimile transmission received by it from the other or from any holder of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or facsimile transmission shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or as aforesaid. SECTION 7.5 Appointment of Registrar. The Company hereby also appoints the Depositary as Registrar in respect of the Receipts and the Depositary hereby accepts such appointments. SECTION 7.6 Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts by acceptance of delivery thereof. SECTION 7.7 Governing Law. THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND THE RECEIPTS AND ALL RIGHTS HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER AND PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THEREOF SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE IN AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. 20 SECTION 7.8 Inspection of Deposit Agreement. Copies of this Deposit Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agent and shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary's Office or respective offices of the Depositary's Agent, if any, by any holder of a Receipt. SECTION 7.9 Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this Deposit Agreement and in the form of the Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts. 21 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms hereof. PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. Attested by: __________________________ _____________________________ Name: Name: Title: Title: Attested by: THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON __________________________ _____________________________ Name: Name: Title: Title: 22 ANNEX A - ------- TEMPORARY RECEIPT EXCHANGEABLE FOR DEFINITIVE ENGRAVED RECEIPT WHEN READY FOR DELIVERY The Shares represented by this Depositary Receipt are subject to restrictions on ownership and transfer for the purpose of this corporation's maintenance of its status as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Except as set forth in this corporation's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, no person may Beneficially Own (i) more than 2.0% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of this corporation, or (ii) more than 9.9% of the outstanding shares of any series of Preferred Stock of this corporation, with certain further restrictions and exceptions as are set forth in this corporation's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Any Person who attempts to own or Beneficially Own Shares in excess of the above limitations must immediately notify this corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend have the meanings defined in this corporation's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. If any of the restrictions on transfer or ownership set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws are violated, the Shares represented hereby will be automatically transferred to the Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. In addition, attempted transfers of Shares in violation of the limitations described above (as modified or expanded upon in this corporation's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws), may be void ab initio. This Corporation -- ------ will furnish to the holder hereof, upon request and without charge, a complete written statement of the terms and conditions of these restrictions. Requests for such documents may be directed to the corporate secretary. DEPOSITARY SHARES THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT IS TRANSFERABLE IN BOSTON, MA OR NEW YORK, NY CUSIP SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPRESENTING 1/1,000th OF A SHARE OF [ ]% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES I OF PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A-1 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, as Depositary (the "Depositary"), hereby certifies that is the registered owner of _____________________________ DEPOSITARY SHARES ("Depositary Shares"), each Depositary Share representing a 1/1,000 interest in one share of [ ]% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series I (the "Stock"), of Public Storage, Inc., a California corporation (the "Corporation"), on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of October [ ], 1996 (the "Deposit Agreement"), between the Corporation and the Depositary. By accepting this Depositary Receipt, the holder hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Deposit Agreement. This Depositary Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual and/or facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer or, if executed in facsimile by the Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary Receipts by a duly authorized officer. The Corporation is authorized to issue Common Stock, one or more series of Preferred Stock, and Depositary Shares. The Corporation will furnish without charge to each receiptholder, who so requests in writing, a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the respective classes of shares and upon the holders thereof, a copy of the Corporation's Bylaws and a copy of the Deposit Agreement. Any such request shall be made to the Corporation at the principal office of the Corporation at 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California 91201-2397, Attention: Secretary. This Depositary Receipt is continued on the reverse hereof and the additional provisions set forth therein (including, without limitation, those relating to redemption) for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Dated: Countersigned THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON Depositary, Transfer Agent and Registrar By: ______________________________ Authorized Officer A-2 THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES AND BYLAWS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (1) SECTION (C) OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION RELATING TO THE STOCK, WHICH CONFERS UPON THE BOARD THE RIGHT, ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 31, 2001, TO CALL FOR REDEMPTION THE STOCK, (2) ARTICLE XI, SECTION 7 OF THE BYLAWS, WHICH CONFERS UPON THE BOARD THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO REGISTER THE TRANSFER OF AND/OR TO CALL FOR REDEMPTION THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IF NECESSARY IN ITS OPINION TO MAINTAIN THE CORPORATION'S QUALIFICATION AS A "REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST" UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND (3) THE PROVISIONS OF THE ARTICLES AND BYLAWS, WHICH SET FORTH OWNERSHIP LIMITATION PROVISIONS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN SUCH QUALIFICATION. 1. The Deposit Agreement. Depositary Receipts, of which this Depositary Receipt is one, are made available upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement, dated as of October [ ], 1996 (the "Deposit Agreement"), among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of Depositary Receipts. The Deposit Agreement (copies of which are on file at the principal office maintained by the Depositary which at the time of the execution of the Deposit Agreement is located at 150 Royall Street, Mail Stop: 45-02-62, Canton, MA 02021 (the "Depositary's Office") and at the office of any agent of the Depositary) sets forth the rights of holders of Depositary Receipts and the rights and duties of the Depositary. The statements made on the face and the reverse of this Depositary Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and are subject to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby made. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Depositary Receipt and the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement will govern. 2. Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly herein provided, all defined terms used in this summary of the Deposit Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement. 3. Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares of Stock, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 60 days' notice of the date of such proposed redemption and of the number of such shares of Stock held by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption price. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage prepaid, notice of the redemption of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares, to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records of the Depositary. Any such notice shall also be published in the same manner as notices of redemption of the Stock are required to be published by the Company. On the date of such redemption, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such redeemed Stock; provided, that the Company shall then have paid or caused to be paid in full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends payable with respect thereto to the date of any such redemption. In case fewer than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall be determined pro rata or by lot in a manner determined by the Board of Directors. Notice having been mailed as aforesaid, from and after the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to provide the funds necessary to redeem the shares of Stock evidenced by the Depositary Shares called for redemption), dividends on the shares of Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, the Depositary Shares called for redemption shall be deemed no A-3 longer to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of Depositary Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Depositary Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary or applicable law shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal to the same fraction of the redemption price per share paid with respect to the shares of Stock as the fraction each Depositary Share represents of a share of Stock plus the same fraction of all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Company in respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have accumulated on the shares of Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid. The foregoing is subject further to the terms and conditions of the Certificate of Determination. If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt are called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of this Depositary Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new Depositary Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Depositary Receipt and not called for redemption. 4. Surrender of Depositary Receipts and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of this Depositary Receipt to the Depositary at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate, and subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the holder hereof is entitled to withdraw, and to obtain delivery, without unreasonable delay, to or upon the order of such holder, any or all of the Stock (but only in whole shares of Stock) and all money and other property, if any, at the time represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt; provided, however, that, in the event this Depositary Receipt shall evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing the whole number of shares of Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall, in addition to such whole number of shares of Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver, to or upon the order of such holder, a new Depositary Receipt or Depositary Receipts evidencing such excess number of whole Depositary Shares. 5. Transfers, Split-ups, Combinations. Subject to the Deposit Agreement, this Depositary Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary upon surrender of this Depositary Receipt to the Depositary, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, and upon such transfer the Depositary shall sign and deliver a Depositary Receipt or Depositary Receipts to or upon the order of the person entitled thereto, all as provided in and subject to the Deposit Agreement. This Depositary Receipt may be split into other Depositary Receipts or combined with other Depositary Receipts into one Depositary Receipt evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Depositary Receipt or Depositary Receipts surrendered; provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Depositary Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share. 6. Conditions to Signing and Delivery, Transfer, etc., of Depositary Receipts. Prior to the execution and delivery, registration of transfer, split- up, combination, surrender or exchange of this Depositary Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it) of any tax or other governmental charge with respect thereto; (ii) production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature; and (iii) A-4 compliance with such reasonable regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish not inconsistent with the Deposit Agreement. 7. Suspension of Delivery, Transfer, etc. The deposit of Stock may be refused, the delivery of this Depositary Receipt against Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Depositary Receipts may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of this Depositary Receipt may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission, or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement. 8. Amendment. The form of the Depositary Receipts and any provision of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment (other than any changes in the fees of any Depositary or Registrar which shall go into effect not sooner than three months after Notice thereof to the holders of the Depositary Receipts) which shall materially adversely alter the rights of holders of Depositary Receipts shall be effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then outstanding. The holder of this Depositary Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed, by continuing to hold this Depositary Receipt, to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any amendment impair the right of the owner of the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt to surrender this Depositary Receipt with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the Stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. 9. Charges and Expenses. The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangement, except such charges as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of holders of Depositary Receipts. 10. Title to Depositary Receipts. Title to this Depositary Receipt, when properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, is transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof at such time as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes. 11. Dividends and Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the Depositary shall, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, distribute to record holders of Depositary Receipts such amounts of such sums as are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Depositary Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law to withhold and does withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law, regulation or court process, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. In the event that the calculation of any such cash dividend or other cash distribution to be paid to any record holder on the A-5 aggregate number of Depositary Receipts held by such holder results in an amount which is a fraction of a cent, the amount the Depositary shall distribute to such record holder shall be rounded to the next highest whole cent; and upon request of the Depositary, the Company shall pay the additional amount to the Depositary for distribution. 12. Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose name Stock is registered on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance, subject to the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Depositary Receipts in such manner as the Depositary shall determine. 13. Notice of Dividends, Fixing of Record Date. Whenever (i) any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable, or any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered, with respect to the Stock, or (ii) the Depositary shall receive notice of any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote or of which holders of Stock are entitled to notice or whenever the Depositary and the Company shall decide it is appropriate, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the holders of Depositary Receipts (x) who shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net proceeds of the sale thereof, or (y) who shall be entitled to give instructions for the exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or for any other appropriate reasons. 14. Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail to the record holders of Depositary Receipts a notice, which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a statement that the holders may, subject to any applicable restrictions, instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Stock represented by their respective Depositary Shares, and (iii) a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a holder of this Depositary Receipt on such record date the Depositary shall use its best efforts to vote or cause to be voted the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. The Company hereby agrees to take all action that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of this Depositary Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Depositary Receipt. 15. Reports, Inspection of Transfer Books. The Depositary shall transmit to the record holders of Depositary Receipts copies of all reports and communications received from the Company that are received by the Depositary as the holder of Stock. The Depositary shall keep books at the Corporate Office for the registration and transfer of Depositary Receipts, which books at all reasonable times will be open for inspection by the record holders of Depositary Receipts; provided that any such holder requesting to exercise such right shall certify to the Depositary that such inspection shall be for a proper purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as an owner of Depositary Shares. A-6 16. Liability of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of this Depositary Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of any governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, the Registrar or any Depositary's Agent, by reason of any provision present or future, of the Articles of Incorporation or by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of the Deposit Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, the Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of this Depositary Receipt (i) by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the terms of the Deposit Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or (ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement except if such exercise or failure to exercise discretion is caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct. 17. Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the Registrar and the Company. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or this Depositary Receipt to the holder hereof or other persons, other than for its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding with respect to Stock, Depositary Shares or Depositary Receipts or Common Stock that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required. Neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent nor the Registrar nor the Company will be liable for any action or failure to act by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of this Depositary Receipt or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. 18. Termination of Deposit Agreement. Whenever so directed by the Company upon not less than 60 days' prior written notice, the Depositary will terminate the Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such termination to the record holders of all Depositary Receipts then outstanding at least 30 days after the date of such notice. Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be discharged to all obligations thereunder except for its obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar under Sections 5.6 and 5.7 of the Deposit Agreement. 19. Governing Law. The Deposit Agreement and this Depositary Receipt and all rights thereunder and hereunder and provisions thereof and hereof shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws. A-7 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Depositary Receipt, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -______ Custodian _______ TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right under Uniform Gifts to Minors of survivorship and not as Act ____________ tenants in common (State) UNIF TRF MIN ACT -______ Custodian (until age __) (Cust) _______ under Uniform Transfers (Minor) to Minors Act _________________ (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. A-8 For Value Received, ____________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - -------------------------------------- ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE ________________________ Depositary Shares represented by the within Depositary Receipt, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________ Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated _______________________________ Signed _______________________________ NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS DEPOSITARY RECEIPT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED By __________________________________ THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. A-9 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----