Exhibit 3.18
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
ESTABLISHING AND FIXING THE RIGHTS AND
PREFERENCES OF
6.85% SERIES P CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
AMB Property Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Maryland (the Corporation), certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of
Maryland (the Department) that:
FIRST: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation
(sometimes referred to herein as the Board) by Article IV of the charter (the Charter) of the
Corporation and Section 2-105 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of
the Corporation, on December 7, 2005, adopted resolutions authorizing the Corporation, among other
things, to issue up to a stated maximum number of shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per
share (the Preferred Stock), of the Corporation, having a stated maximum aggregate liquidation
preference and dividend rate and certain other stated terms applicable to the issuance thereof, and
appointing, pursuant to the MGCL and the powers contained in the Bylaws of the Corporation, a
committee (the Committee) of the Board of Directors comprised of W. Blake Baird and delegating to
the Committee, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law and the Charter and Bylaws of the
Corporation, all powers of the Board of Directors with respect to classifying, authorizing,
approving, ratifying and/or confirming the terms of the Preferred Stock to be issued, including,
without limitation, the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of
redemption, and determining the consideration per share to be received in respect of the issuance
and sale of each share of Preferred Stock to be issued and sold, and the number of shares of
Preferred Stock to be so classified or reclassified and issued by the Corporation, subject to the
limitations set forth in the resolutions of the Board of Directors adopted on December 7, 2005.
SECOND: Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Committee as aforesaid, the Committee has
on August 18, 2006, adopted resolutions classifying and designating as a separate class of
Preferred Stock the 6.85% Series P Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, with the preferences,
conversions and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions,
qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and other terms and conditions of such 6.85%
Series P Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (within the limitations set by the Board of
Directors in the resolutions adopted on December 7, 2005 and referred to in Article First of these
Articles Supplementary) and establishing 2,000,000 as the number of shares to be so classified and
designated, and authorizing the issuance of up to 2,000,000 shares of 6.85% Series P Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock.
THIRD: The separate class of Preferred Stock of the Corporation created by the resolutions
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and by the Committee and referred to in
Articles First and Second of these Articles Supplementary shall have the
designation, number of shares, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers,
restrictions and limitations as to dividends, qualifications, terms and conditions of redemption
and other terms and conditions as follows (and which, upon any restatement of the Charter, may be
made a part of Article IV thereof, with any necessary or appropriate changes to the numeration or
lettering of the sections or subsections hereof):
(1) Designation and Number. A class of Preferred Stock, designated the 6.85% Series
P Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the Series P Preferred Stock), is hereby established.
The number of shares of Series P Preferred Stock shall be 2,000,000 (the Series P Preferred
Shares).
(2) Rank. The Series P Preferred Stock will rank, with respect to dividend rights
and rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
(a) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock (as defined in the Charter) and to all equity
securities of the Corporation the terms of which provide that such equity securities shall rank
junior to such Series P Preferred Stock; (b) on a parity with all equity securities issued by the
Corporation (including the Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred
Stock, Series I Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L
Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock) other than those referred
to in clauses (a) and (c) of this Section 2 (it being the intent of the Corporation that the Series
P Preferred Stock be on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock,
Series F Preferred Stock, Series I Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred
Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock with respect
to dividend rights and rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation, notwithstanding any provision contained in these Articles Supplementary, which,
if given effect, would make the Series P Preferred Stock not in parity with the Series D Preferred
Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series I Preferred Stock, Series J
Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock and
Series O Preferred Stock; and any such provision contained in these Articles Supplementary shall be
of no force or effect, it being understood that the Corporations declaring, setting aside for
payment or paying any regular dividend payable or becoming payable in October 2006 on the Common
Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock or Series O Preferred Stock shall not
render the Series P Preferred Stock other than senior to the Common Stock and on a parity with the
Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series I Preferred
Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M
Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock); and (c) junior to all equity securities issued by
the Corporation which rank senior to the Series P Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 6(d).
The term equity securities does not include convertible debt securities.
(3) Dividends.
(a) Holders of Series P Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, if, when and as
authorized by the Board, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, cumulative
preferential cash dividends at the rate of 6.85% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per annum
(equivalent to $1.7125 per annum per share). Such dividends shall accumulate on a daily basis
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and be cumulative
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from the date of original issuance, which is expected to be August 25, 2006, and shall be
payable quarterly (such quarterly periods for purposes of payment and accrual will be the quarterly
periods ending on the dates specified in this sentence and not calendar year quarters) in equal
amounts in arrears on the 15th day of each January, April, July and October, or, if not
a business day, the next succeeding business day, commencing January 16, 2007 (each a Dividend
Payment Date). Dividends shall be payable to holders of record as they appear in the share
records of the Corporation at the close of business on the applicable record date (each, a
Dividend Record Date), which shall be the date designated by the Board for the payment of
dividends that is not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the applicable payment date
therefor. Any dividend payable on the Series P Preferred Shares for any partial dividend period
shall be prorated and computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
If any date on which distributions are to be made on the Series P Preferred Stock is not a business
day, then payment of the distribution to be made on such date will be made on the next succeeding
day that is a business day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay)
except that, if such business day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding business day, in each case with the same force and effect as if
made on such date. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, each
outstanding share of Series P Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, and shall receive, a
dividend with respect to any Dividend Record Date equal to the dividend paid with respect to each
other share of Series P Preferred Stock which is outstanding on such date which shall be equal to
the greatest dividend per share payable on any such share on such date. Accordingly,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, each share of Series P Preferred Stock
issued and outstanding on the record date for the first dividend payment on the Series P Preferred
Stock following the initial issuance of shares of Series P Preferred Stock on the initial closing
date, which is expected to be August 25, 2006, shall accrue dividends from the earliest date on
which any shares of the Series P Preferred Stock were issued (which is expected to be August 25,
2006), and shall receive the same dividend payment regardless of the date on which such share was
actually issued.
(b) No dividend on the Series P Preferred Shares shall be authorized by the Board or be paid
or set apart for payment by the Corporation at such time as the terms and provisions of any
agreement of the Corporation, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits such
authorization, payment or setting apart for payment or provides that such authorization, payment or
setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof, or a default thereunder, or if such
authorization or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, dividends on the Series P
Preferred Shares shall accumulate whether or not restrictions exist in respect thereof, whether or
not there are funds legally available for the payment thereof and whether or not such dividends are
declared. Accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Series P Preferred Shares will accumulate as of
the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become payable or on the date of redemption, as the
case may be.
(d) If any Series P Preferred Shares are outstanding, no full dividends will be declared or
paid or set apart for payment on any other equity securities of the Corporation of any other class
or series ranking, as to distributions or upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, on a parity with or junior to the Series P
Preferred
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Shares unless full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment on the
Series P Preferred Shares for all dividend periods. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum
sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series P Preferred Shares and any
other equity securities ranking as to dividends on a parity with the Series P Preferred Shares
(including the Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series
I Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L Preferred Stock,
Series M Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock), all dividends declared upon the Series P
Preferred Shares and any other equity securities of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the
Series P Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of
dividends declared per Series P Preferred Share and each such other equity securities shall in all
cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated dividends per Series P Preferred Share and
such other equity securities (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid
dividends for prior dividend periods if such other equity securities do not have a cumulative
dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable
in respect of any dividend payment or payments on Series P Preferred Shares which may be in
arrears.
(e) Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless full cumulative
dividends on the Series P Preferred Shares have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all dividend
periods, no dividends (other than in Common Stock or other equity securities of the Corporation
ranking junior to the Series P Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Corporation) shall be declared or paid or set aside
for payment nor shall any other dividend be declared or made upon the Common Stock or any other
equity securities of the Corporation ranking as to dividends or upon voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation junior to or on a parity with the Series
P Preferred Stock, nor shall any Common Stock or any other equity securities of the Corporation
ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series P Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation be redeemed,
purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any monies be paid to or made available
for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities) by the Corporation (except by
conversion into or exchange for other equity securities of the Corporation ranking junior to the
Series P Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
and winding up of the Corporation, and except pursuant to Section 7 of this Article Third to ensure
the Corporations continued status as a real estate investment trust (a REIT) for federal income
tax purposes or comparable Charter provisions with respect to other classes or series of the
Corporations stock).
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to declare, to set
apart a sum sufficient for the payment of, or to pay, any dividend on the Series P Preferred Stock
before declaring, setting aside for payment or paying any regular dividend payable or becoming
payable in October 2006 on the Common Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M
Preferred Stock or Series O Preferred Stock, and so doing will not otherwise affect the parity
or ranking of the Series P Preferred Stock.
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(g) Accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Series P Preferred Shares will not bear interest
and holders of Series P Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend in excess of full
cumulative dividends as described above. Any dividend payment made on the Series P Preferred
Shares shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with
respect to such shares which remains payable.
(h) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as a capital gain dividend
(as defined in Section 857 of the Code (as defined in Section 7(a) of this Article Third)), any
portion (the Capital Gains Amount) of the dividends paid or made available for the year to
holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation, the portion of the Capital Gains Amount
that shall be allocable to holders of the Series P Preferred Stock shall be the amount that the
total dividends (as determined for federal income tax purposes) paid or made available to the
holders of the Series P Preferred Stock for the year bears to the aggregate amount of dividends (as
determined for federal income tax purposes) paid or made available to the holders of all classes or
series of stock of the Corporation for such year.
(4) Liquidation Preference.
(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the holders of Series P Preferred Shares then outstanding shall be entitled to receive
out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders
remaining after payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, a
liquidation preference in cash of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and
unpaid dividends to the date of such payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders
of Common Stock or any other equity securities of the Corporation that rank junior to the Series P
Preferred Shares as to liquidation rights.
(b) If, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, the assets of the Corporation are insufficient to make full payment to holders of
Series P Preferred Shares and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or
series of equity securities of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series P Preferred
Shares as to liquidation rights (including the Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock,
Series F Preferred Stock, Series I Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred
Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock), then the
holders of the Series P Preferred Shares and all other such classes or series of equity securities
shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating
distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled.
(c) 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 Series P Preferred Shares at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear
on the stock transfer records of the Corporation.
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(d) After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are
entitled, the holders of Series P Preferred Shares will have no right or claim to any of the
remaining assets of the Corporation.
(e) The consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another entity, a merger of
another entity with or into the Corporation, a statutory share exchange by the Corporation or a
sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Corporations property or
business shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation.
(f) In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) by dividend, redemption or other
acquisition of shares of stock of the Corporation or otherwise is permitted under the MGCL, no
effect shall be given to amounts that would be needed, if the Corporation were to be dissolved at
the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of holders of the
Series P Preferred Shares whose preferential rights upon dissolution are superior to those
receiving the distribution.
(5) Optional Redemption.
(a) The Series P Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to August 25, 2011. To ensure that
the Corporation remains a qualified REIT for federal income tax purposes, however, the Series P
Preferred Shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Article Third pursuant to
which Series P Preferred Shares owned by a stockholder in excess of the Ownership Limit (as defined
in Section 7 of this Article Third) or certain other limitations shall automatically be transferred
to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary (as defined in Section 7 of this Article
Third) and the Corporation shall have the right to purchase such shares, as provided in Section 7
of this Article Third. On and after August 25, 2011, the Corporation, at its option, upon giving
notice as provided below, may redeem the Series P Preferred Shares, in whole or from time to time
in part, for cash, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accumulated and unpaid
dividends on such Series P Preferred Shares to the date fixed for redemption.
(b) If fewer than all of the outstanding Series P Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the
shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as practicable without creating
fractional shares) or by lot or by any other equitable method determined by the Corporation. If
such redemption is to be by lot and, as a result of such redemption, any holder of Series P
Preferred Shares would become a holder of a number of Series P Preferred Shares in excess of the
Ownership Limit (or other limitations set forth in Section 7 of this Article Third) because such
holders Series P Preferred Shares were not redeemed, or were only redeemed in part, then, except
as otherwise provided in the Charter, the Corporation will redeem the requisite number of Series P
Preferred Shares of such holder such that no holder will hold in excess of the Ownership Limit (or
such other limits) subsequent to such redemption.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, unless full cumulative
dividends on all Series P Preferred Shares shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all
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past dividend periods and the then current dividend period, no Series P Preferred Shares shall
be redeemed unless all outstanding Series P Preferred Shares are simultaneously redeemed;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase by the
Corporation of Series P Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 7 of this Article Third or otherwise
in order to ensure that the Corporation remains qualified as a REIT for federal or state income tax
purposes or the purchase or acquisition of Series P Preferred Shares pursuant to a purchase or
exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding Series P Preferred Shares. In
addition, unless full cumulative dividends on all outstanding Series P Preferred Shares have been
or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof
set apart for payment for all dividend periods, the Corporation shall not purchase or otherwise
acquire directly or indirectly any Series P Preferred Shares or any equity securities of the
Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series P Preferred Shares as to dividends or
upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (including
the Series D Preferred Stock, Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series I
Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L Preferred Stock,
Series M Preferred Stock and Series O Preferred Stock) (except by conversion into or exchange for
equity securities of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series P Preferred Shares as to
dividends and upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation and except pursuant to Section 7 of this Article Third or comparable Charter provisions
with respect to other classes or series of the Corporations stock).
(d) The holders of shares of Series P Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend
Record Date will be entitled to receive the dividend payable with respect to the shares of Series P
Preferred Stock held on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption
thereof between such Dividend Record Date and the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or the
Corporations default in the payment of the dividend due. Except as provided herein, the
Corporation will make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on
Series P Preferred Shares to be redeemed.
(e) The following provisions set forth the procedures for Redemption:
(i) Notice of redemption will be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in
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 redemption date. A similar notice will be
mailed by the Corporation, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days, prior to the
redemption date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the Series P Preferred Shares to
be redeemed at their respective addresses as they appear on the share records of the Corporation.
No failure to give such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any Series P Preferred Shares except as to the
holder to whom notice was defective or not given.
(ii) In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange
upon which the Series P Preferred Shares may be listed or admitted to trading, such notice shall
state: (A) the redemption date; (B) the redemption price; (C) the number of Series P Preferred
Shares to be redeemed; (D) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series P
Preferred Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (E) that dividends
on the Series P Preferred Shares to be redeemed will
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cease to accumulate on such redemption date. If fewer than all of the Series P Preferred
Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify
the number of Series P Preferred Shares to be redeemed from such holder.
(iii) On or after the redemption date, each holder of Series P Preferred Shares to be redeemed
shall present and surrender the certificates representing such holders Series P Preferred Shares
to the Corporation at the place designated in the notice of redemption and shall be entitled to the
redemption price and any accumulated and unpaid dividends payable upon such redemption upon such
surrender and thereupon the redemption price of such shares (including all accumulated and unpaid
dividends up to the redemption date) shall be paid to or on the order of the person whose name
appears on such certificate representing Series P Preferred Shares as the owner thereof and each
surrendered certificate shall be canceled. If fewer than all the shares represented by any such
certificate representing Series P Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, a new certificate shall be
issued representing the unredeemed shares.
(iv) If notice of redemption of any Series P Preferred Shares has been given and if the funds
necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the Corporation in trust for the benefit of
the holders thereof, then from and after the redemption date all dividends on such Series P
Preferred Shares shall cease to accumulate and any such Series P Preferred Shares will no longer be
deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders thereof will terminate, except the right to
receive the redemption price (including all accumulated and unpaid dividends up to the redemption
date) and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred (except with the consent of the
Corporation) on the Corporations stock transfer records. At its election, the Corporation, prior
to a redemption date, may irrevocably deposit the redemption price (including accumulated and
unpaid dividends to the redemption date) of the Series P Preferred Shares so called for redemption
in trust for the holders thereof with a bank or trust company, in which case the redemption notice
to holders of the Series P Preferred Shares to be redeemed shall (A) state the date of such
deposit, (B) specify the office of such bank or trust company as the place of payment of the
redemption price and (C) require such holders to surrender the certificates representing such
shares at such place on or about the date fixed in such redemption notice (which may not be later
than the redemption date) against payment of the redemption price (including all accumulated and
unpaid dividends to the redemption date). Any monies so deposited which remain unclaimed by the
holders of the Series P Preferred Shares at the end of two years after the redemption date shall be
returned by such bank or trust company to the Corporation.
(f) Any Series P Preferred Shares that shall at any time have been redeemed shall, after such
redemption, have the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Stock, without further designation
as to series or class until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series or
class by the Board.
(6) Voting Rights.
(a) Holders of the Series P Preferred Shares will not have any voting rights, except as set
forth below.
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(b) (i) Whenever dividends on any Series P Preferred Shares shall remain unpaid for six or
more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive) (a Preferred Dividend Default), the holders
of such Series P Preferred Shares (voting as a single class with all other equity securities of the
Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series P Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation upon which like
voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, including the Series D Preferred Stock,
Series E Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock, Series I Preferred Stock, Series J Preferred
Stock, Series K Preferred Stock, Series L Preferred Stock, Series M Preferred Stock and Series O
Preferred Stock (Parity Preferred Stock)) will be entitled to vote for the election of two
additional directors of the Corporation (the Preferred Stock Directors), who will be elected by a
plurality of the votes cast in such election for a one-year term and until their successors are
duly elected and shall qualify (or until such directors right to hold such office terminates as
provided herein, whichever occurs earlier, subject to such directors earlier death,
disqualification, resignation or removal), at a special meeting called by or at the request of the
holders of at least 20% of the outstanding Series P Preferred Shares or the holders of shares of
any other class or series of Parity Preferred Stock with respect to which dividends are so unpaid
(unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or
special meeting of stockholders) or, if the request for a special meeting is received by the
Corporation less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of
stockholders, at the next annual or special meeting of stockholders, and at each subsequent annual
meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Series P Preferred Shares for all past dividend
periods and the dividend for the then current dividend period shall have been fully paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment in full.
(ii) At any time when the voting rights described in Section 6(b)(i) above shall have vested,
and in the event that a request for a special meeting shall not have first been made and the
meeting called in a manner contemplated by Section 6(b)(i) above, a proper officer of the
Corporation shall, in any event and without the need for any request therefor, thereupon and with
reasonable promptness, call or cause to be called, a special meeting of the holders of Series P
Preferred Stock and all the series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have
been conferred and are exercisable (collectively, the Parity Securities) by mailing or causing to
be mailed to such holders a notice of such special meeting to be held not less than ten and not
more than 45 days after the date such notice is given. The record date for determining holders of
the Parity Securities entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting will be the close
of business on the third business day preceding the day on which such notice is mailed. At any
such special meeting, all of the holders of the Parity Securities, by plurality vote, voting
together as a single class without regard to series will be entitled to elect two directors on the
basis of one vote per $25.00 of liquidation preference to which such Parity Securities are entitled
by their terms (excluding amounts in respect of accumulated and unpaid dividends) and not
cumulatively. Notice of all meetings at which holders of the Series P Preferred Stock shall be
entitled to vote will be given to such holders at their addresses as they appear in the transfer
records. If a Preferred Dividend Default shall terminate after the notice of a special meeting has
been given but before such special meeting has been held, the Corporation shall, as soon as
practicable after such termination, mail or cause to be mailed notice of such termination to
holders of the Series P Preferred Stock that would have been entitled to vote at such special
meeting. So long as otherwise relatively timely, any such special
meeting may be combined and held contemporaneously with the next special or annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation.
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(c) If and when all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then current dividend
period on the Series P Preferred Shares shall have been paid in full or declared by the Corporation
and set aside for payment in full, the holders of Series P Preferred Shares shall be divested of
the voting rights set forth in Section 6(b) hereof (subject to revesting in the event of each and
every Preferred Dividend Default) and, if all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then
current dividend period have been paid in full or declared by the Corporation and set aside for
payment in full on all other classes or series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which like voting
rights have been conferred and are exercisable, the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director
so elected shall forthwith terminate. Any Preferred Stock Director elected by the holders of
Series P Preferred Shares and any other such Parity Preferred Stock may be removed at any time with
or without cause by the vote of, and shall not be removed otherwise than by the vote of, the
holders of a majority of the outstanding Series P Preferred Shares when they only have the voting
rights set forth, or like those set forth, in Section 6(b) hereof and by the majority vote of the
Series P Preferred Shares and all other classes or series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which like
voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (voting as a single class) when the Series P
Preferred Shares and such Parity Preferred Stock is entitled to vote thereon. So long as a
Preferred Dividend Default shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director
so elected may be filled by written consent of the Preferred Stock Director so elected remaining in
office, or if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Series P Preferred Shares when they only have the voting rights set forth, or like those set forth,
in Section 6(b) and by the majority vote of the Series P Preferred Shares and other classes or
series of Parity Preferred Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are
exercisable (voting as a single class) when the Series P Preferred Shares and such Parity Preferred
Stock is entitled to vote thereon.
(d) So long as any Series P Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Corporation shall not,
without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series P
Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a
meeting (such Series P Preferred Stock voting separately as a class), (i) authorize or create, or
increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of shares ranking senior to the
Series P Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or reclassify
any authorized shares of the Corporation into any such shares, or create, authorize or issue any
obligation or security convertible into exchangeable or exercisable for, or evidencing the right to
purchase any such shares; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter (including
these Articles Supplementary), whether by merger or consolidation (each and Event) or otherwise,
so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the
Series P Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; provided, however, that with
respect to the occurrence of any of the Events set forth in (ii) above, so long as shares of Series
P Preferred Stock (or shares issued by a surviving entity in substitution for the Series P
Preferred Stock) remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged, taking into
account that upon the occurrence of such an Event, the Corporation may not be the surviving entity,
the occurrence of any such Event shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such
rights,
preferences, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the Series P Preferred Stock; and
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provided further that (x) any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the
creation or issuance of any other class or series of Preferred Stock or (y) any increase in the
amount of authorized Series P Preferred Stock or any other class or series of Preferred Stock, in
each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series P Preferred Stock with respect to
payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely
affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers.
(e) The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act
with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected, all outstanding
Series P Preferred Shares shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and
sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption.
(7) Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer to Preserve Tax Benefit.
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of Section 7 of these Articles
Supplementary, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Beneficial Ownership shall mean ownership of Series P Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Series P Preferred Stock
either actually or constructively through the application of Section 544 of the
Code, as modified by Section 856(h)(1)(B) of the Code. The terms Beneficial
Owner, Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned shall have the correlative
meanings.
Charitable Beneficiary shall mean one or more beneficiaries of a Trust, as
determined pursuant to Section 7(c)(vi) of these Articles Supplementary, each of
which shall be an organization described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 170(c)(2) and
501(c)(3) of the Code.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All section
references to the Code shall include any successor provisions thereof as may be
adopted from time to time.
Constructive Ownership shall mean ownership of Series P Preferred Stock by a
Person who is or would be treated as an owner of such Series P Preferred Stock
either actually or constructively through the application of Section 318 of the
Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms Constructive Owner,
Constructively Owns and Constructively Owned shall have the correlative
meanings.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Market Price shall mean the last reported sales price reported on the New
York Stock Exchange of the Series P Preferred Stock on the trading day immediately
preceding the relevant date, or if the Series P Preferred Stock is not
then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the last reported sales price of
the Series P Preferred Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the relevant
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date as reported on any exchange or quotation system over which the Series P
Preferred Stock may be traded, or if the Series P Preferred Stock is not then traded
over any exchange or quotation system, then the market price of the Series P
Preferred Stock on the relevant date as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation.
MGCL shall mean the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended from time to
time, and any successor statute hereafter enacted.
Ownership Limit shall mean 9.8% (by value or by number of shares, whichever
is more restrictive) of the outstanding Series P Preferred Stock of the Corporation.
Person shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or
501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be
used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code,
association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code,
joint stock company or other entity; but does not include an underwriter acting in a
capacity as such in a public offering of shares of Series P Preferred Stock provided
that the ownership of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock by such underwriter
would not result in the Corporation being closely held within the meaning of
Section 856(h) of the Code, or otherwise result in the Corporation failing to
qualify as a REIT.
Purported Beneficial Transferee shall mean, with respect to any purported
Transfer (or other event) which results in a transfer to a Trust, as provided in
Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles Supplementary, the Purported Record Transferee,
unless the Purported Record Transferee would have acquired or owned shares of Series
P Preferred Stock for another Person who is the beneficial transferee or owner of
such shares, in which case the Purported Beneficial Transferee shall be such Person.
Purported Record Transferee shall mean, with respect to any purported
Transfer (or other event) which results in a transfer to a Trust, as provided in
Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles Supplementary, the record holder of the Series P
Preferred Stock if such Transfer had been valid under Section 7(b)(i) of these
Articles Supplementary.
REIT shall mean a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860
of the Code and, for purposes of taxation of the Corporation under applicable state
law, comparable provisions of the law of such state.
Restriction Termination Date shall mean the first day after the date hereof
on which the Board of Directors of the Corporation determines that it is no
longer in the best interests of the Corporation to attempt to, or continue to,
qualify as a REIT.
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Transfer shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or
other disposition of Series P Preferred Stock, (including (i) the granting of any
option or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of
Series P Preferred Stock or (ii) the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition
of any securities (or rights convertible into or exchangeable for Series P Preferred
Stock), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether such transfer has occurred of
record or beneficially or Beneficially or Constructively (including but not limited
to transfers of interests in other entities which result in changes in Beneficial or
Constructive Ownership of Series P Preferred Stock), and whether such transfer has
occurred by operation of law or otherwise.
Trust shall mean each of the trusts provided for in Section 7(c) of these
Articles Supplementary.
Trustee shall mean any Person unaffiliated with the Corporation, or a
Purported Beneficial Transferee, or a Purported Record Transferee, that is appointed
by the Corporation to serve as trustee of a Trust.
(b) Restriction on Ownership and Transfers.
(i) Prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
(A) except as provided in Section 7(i) of these Articles Supplementary, no Person shall
Beneficially Own Series P Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit;
(B) except as provided in Section 7(i) of these Articles Supplementary, no Person shall
Constructively Own Series P Preferred Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit;
(C) no Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own Series P Preferred Stock which, taking
into account any other capital stock of the Corporation Beneficially or Constructively Owned by
such Person, would result in the Corporation being closely held within the meaning of Section
856(h) of the Code, or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including but not limited to
Beneficial or Constructive Ownership that would result in the Corporation owning (actually or
Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code if
the income derived by the Corporation (either directly or indirectly through one or more
partnerships or limited liability companies) from such tenant would cause the Corporation to fail
to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code or comparable
provisions of state law).
(ii) If, prior to the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer or other event occurs that,
if effective, would result in any Person Beneficially or Constructively Owning Series P Preferred
Stock in violation of Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles Supplementary, (1) then that number of
shares of Series P Preferred Stock that otherwise would cause such Person to violate Section
7(b)(i) of these Articles Supplementary (rounded up to the nearest whole share) shall be
automatically transferred to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in
Section 7(c), effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of such
Transfer or other event, and such Purported Beneficial Transferee shall thereafter have no rights
in
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such shares or (2) if, for any reason, the transfer to the Trust described in clause (1) of this
sentence is not automatically effective as provided therein to prevent any Person from Beneficially
or Constructively Owning Series P Preferred Stock in violation of Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles
Supplementary, then the Transfer of that number of shares of Series P Preferred Stock that
otherwise would cause any Person to violate Section 7(b)(i) shall be void ab initio, and the
Purported Beneficial Transferee shall have no rights in such shares.
(iii) Subject to Section 7(l) of these Articles Supplementary and notwithstanding any other
provisions contained herein, prior to the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer of Series P
Preferred Stock that, if effective, would result in the capital stock of the Corporation being
beneficially owned by less than 100 Persons (determined without reference to any rules of
attribution) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such
Series P Preferred Stock.
(c) Transfers of Series P Preferred Stock in Trust.
(i) Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles
Supplementary, such Series P Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been transferred to the
Trustee in his capacity as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable
Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of
business on the business day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in a
transfer to the Trust pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii). The Trustee shall be appointed by the
Corporation and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Corporation, any Purported Beneficial
Transferee, or any Purported Record Transferee. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by
the Corporation as provided in Section 7(c)(vi) of these Articles Supplementary.
(ii) Series P Preferred Stock held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Series P
Preferred Stock of the Corporation. The Purported Beneficial Transferee or Purported Record
Transferee shall have no rights in the shares of Series P Preferred Stock held by the Trustee. The
Purported Beneficial Transferee or Purported Record Transferee shall not benefit economically from
ownership of any shares held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to dividends and shall
not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares of Series P Preferred
Stock held in the Trust.
(iii) The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends with respect to Series
P Preferred Stock held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of
the Charitable Beneficiary. Any dividend or distribution paid prior to the discovery by the
Corporation that shares of Series P Preferred Stock have been transferred to the Trustee shall be
paid to the Trustee upon demand, and any dividend or distribution declared but unpaid shall be paid
when due to the Trustee with respect to such Series P Preferred Stock. Any dividends or
distributions so paid over to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary.
The Purported Record Transferee and Purported Beneficial Transferee shall have no voting
rights with respect to the Series P Preferred Stock held in the Trust and, subject to Maryland law,
effective as of the date the Series P Preferred Stock has been transferred to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustees sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void any vote
cast
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by a Purported Record Transferee with respect to such Series P Preferred Stock prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that the Series P Preferred Stock has been transferred to the Trustee
and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit
of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Corporation has already taken
irreversible corporate action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast
such vote. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles Supplementary to the contrary,
until the Corporation has received notification that the Series P Preferred Stock has been
transferred into a Trust, the Corporation shall be entitled to rely on its share transfer and other
stockholder records for purposes of preparing lists of stockholders entitled to vote at meetings,
determining the validity and authority of proxies and otherwise conducting votes of stockholders.
(iv) Within 20 days of receiving notice from the Corporation that shares of Series P Preferred
Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares of Series
P Preferred Stock held in the Trust to a Person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the
shares of Series P Preferred Stock will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in Section
7(b)(i). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares of Series P
Preferred Stock sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale
to the Purported Record Transferee and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this Section
7(c)(iv). The Purported Record Transferee shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the
Purported Record Transferee for the shares of Series P Preferred Stock in the transaction that
resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, if the event which resulted in the transfer to the
Trust did not involve a purchase of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock at Market Price, the
Market Price of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock on the day of the event which resulted in
the transfer of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock to the Trust) and (2) the price per share
received by the Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) from the sale or other
disposition of the shares of Series P Preferred Stock held in the Trust. Any net sales proceeds in
excess of the amount payable to the Purported Record Transferee shall be immediately paid to the
Charitable Beneficiary together with any dividends or other distributions thereon. If, prior to
the discovery by the Corporation that shares of such Series P Preferred Stock have been transferred
to the Trustee, such shares of Series P Preferred Stock are sold by a Purported Record Transferee
then (i) such shares of Series P Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the
Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Purported Record Transferee received an amount for such
shares of Series P Preferred Stock that exceeds the amount that such Purported Record Transferee
was entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 7(c)(iv), such excess shall be paid to the Trustee
upon demand.
(v) Series P Preferred Stock transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered
for sale to the Corporation, or its designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the
price paid by the Purported Record Transferee for the shares of Series P Preferred Stock in the
transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, if the event which resulted in the
transfer to the Trust did not involve a purchase of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock at
Market Price, the Market Price of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock on the day of the event
which resulted in the transfer of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock to the Trust) and (ii)
the Market Price on the date the Corporation, or its designee, accepts such offer. The Corporation
shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the shares of Series P
Preferred Stock held in the Trust pursuant to Section 7(c)(iv). Upon such a sale to the
Corporation, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the shares of Series P Preferred Stock
sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net
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proceeds of the sale to the Purported Record Transferee and any dividends or other distributions
held by the Trustee with respect to such Series P Preferred Stock shall thereupon be paid to the
Charitable Beneficiary.
(vi) By written notice to the Trustee, the Corporation shall designate one or more nonprofit
organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that the Series P
Preferred Stock held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth in Section 7(b)(i)
in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary.
(d) Remedies For Breach. If the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or other
designees, if permitted by the MGCL, shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or
other event has taken place in violation of Section 7(b) of these Articles Supplementary or that a
Person intends to acquire, has attempted to acquire or may acquire beneficial ownership (determined
without reference to any rules of attribution), Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of
any shares of Series P Preferred Stock of the Corporation in violation of Section 7(b) of these
Articles Supplementary, the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or other designees if
permitted by the MGCL shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect or to
prevent such Transfer, including, but not limited to, causing the Corporation to redeem shares of
Series P Preferred Stock, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Corporation
or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer; provided, however, that any Transfers (or, in
the case of events other than a Transfer, ownership or Constructive Ownership or Beneficial
Ownership) in violation of Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles Supplementary, shall automatically
result in the transfer to a Trust as described in Section 7(b)(ii) and any Transfer in violation of
Section 7(b)(iii) shall automatically be void ab initio irrespective of any action (or non-action)
by the Board of Directors.
(e) Notice of Restricted Transfer. Any Person who acquires or attempts to acquire
shares of Series P Preferred Stock in violation of Section 7(b) of these Articles Supplementary, or
any Person who is a Purported Beneficial Transferee such that an automatic transfer to a Trust
results under Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles Supplementary, shall immediately give written
notice to the Corporation of such event and shall provide to the Corporation such other information
as the Corporation may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or
attempted Transfer on the Corporations status as a REIT.
(f) Owners Required To Provide Information. Prior to the Restriction Termination Date
each Person who is a beneficial owner or Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner of Series P
Preferred Stock and each Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Series P
Preferred Stock for a beneficial owner or Beneficial Owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to
the Corporation such information that the Corporation may request, in good faith, in order to
determine the Corporations status as a REIT.
(g) Remedies Not Limited. Nothing contained in these Articles Supplementary (but
subject to Section 7(l) of these Articles Supplementary) shall limit the authority of the Board of
Directors to take such other action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Corporation
and the interests of its shareholders by preservation of the Corporations status as a REIT.
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(h) Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions
of this Section 7 of these Articles Supplementary, including any definition contained in Section
7(a), the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of
this Section 7 with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it (subject, however, to
the provisions of Section 7(l) of these Articles Supplementary). In the event Section 7 requires
an action by the Board of Directors and these Articles Supplementary fail to provide specific
guidance with respect to such action, the Board of Directors shall have the power to determine the
action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to the provisions of Section 7. Absent a
decision to the contrary by the Board of Directors (which the Board may make in its sole and
absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in Section 7(b))
acquired Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Series P Preferred Stock in violation of Section
7(b)(i), such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the shares of Series P Preferred Stock
which, but for such remedies, would have been actually owned by such Person, and second to shares
of Series P Preferred Stock which, but for such remedies, would have been Beneficially Owned or
Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who
actually own such shares of Series P Preferred Stock based upon the relative number of the shares
of Series P Preferred Stock held by each such Person.
(i) Exceptions.
(i) Subject to Section 7(b)(i)(C), the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may exempt
a Person from the limitation on a Person Beneficially Owning shares of Series P Preferred Stock in
violation of Section 7(b)(i)(A) if the Board of Directors obtains any representations and
undertakings from such Person as are reasonably necessary in the opinion of the Board of Directors
to ascertain that no individuals Beneficial Ownership of such shares of Series P Preferred Stock
will violate Section 7(b)(i)(A) or that any such violation will not cause the Corporation to fail
to qualify as a REIT under the Code, and that any violation of such representations or undertaking
(or other action which is contrary to the restrictions contained in Section 7(b) of these Articles
Supplementary) or attempted violation will result in such Series P Preferred Stock being
transferred to a Trust in accordance with Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles Supplementary.
(ii) Subject to Section 7(b)(i)(C), the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may exempt
a Person from the limitation on a Person Constructively Owning Series P Preferred Stock in
violation of Section 7(b)(i)(B), if the Corporation obtains any representations and undertakings
from such Person as are reasonably necessary in the opinion of the Board of Directors to ascertain
that such Person does not and will not own, actually or Constructively, an interest in a tenant of
the Corporation (or a tenant of any entity owned in whole or in part by the Corporation) that would
cause the Corporation to own, actually or Constructively, more than a 9.8% interest (as set forth
in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant and that any violation or attempted violation
will result in such Series P Preferred Stock being transferred to a Trust in accordance with
Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles Supplementary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the inability of
a Person to make the certification described in this Section 7(i)(ii) shall not prevent the Board
of Directors, in its sole discretion, from exempting such Person from the limitation on a Person
Constructively Owning Series P Preferred Stock in violation of Section 7(b)(i)(B) if the Board of
Directors determines that the resulting application of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code would
affect
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the characterization of less than 0.5% of the gross income (as such term is used in Section
856(c)(2) of the Code) of the Corporation in any taxable year, after taking into account the effect
of this sentence with respect to all other Series P Preferred Stock to which this sentence applies.
(iii) Prior to granting any exception pursuant to Section 7(i)(i) or (ii) of these Articles
Supplementary, the Board of Directors may require a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or an
opinion of counsel, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in
its sole discretion, as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to determine or ensure the
Corporations status as a REIT.
(j) Legends. Each certificate for Series P Preferred Stock shall
bear substantially the following legends:
Class of Stock
THE CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE CAPITAL STOCK OF MORE THAN ONE CLASS,
CONSISTING OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE OR MORE CLASSES OF PREFERRED STOCK. THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS IS AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE THE PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE
RIGHTS OF ANY CLASS OF PREFERRED STOCK BEFORE THE ISSUANCE OF SHARES OF SUCH CLASS
OF PREFERRED STOCK. THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, TO ANY
STOCKHOLDER MAKING A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR, A COPY OF THE CORPORATIONS CHARTER
AND A WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE DESIGNATIONS, RELATIVE RIGHTS, PREFERENCES,
CONVERSION OR OTHER RIGHTS, VOTING POWERS, RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS AS TO DIVIDENDS
AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS, QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REDEMPTION OF
THE STOCK OF EACH CLASS WHICH THE CORPORATION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AND, IF THE
CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ANY PREFERRED OR SPECIAL CLASS IN SERIES, (i) THE
DIFFERENCES IN THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES BETWEEN THE SHARES OF EACH SERIES
TO THE EXTENT SET, AND (ii) THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO SET SUCH
RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF SUBSEQUENT SERIES. REQUESTS FOR SUCH WRITTEN STATEMENT
MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
Restriction on Ownership and Transfer
THE SHARES OF SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT
TO RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFICIAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATIONS MAINTENANCE OF ITS STATUS AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
TRUST UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE). SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FURTHER
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RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY FOR THE SERIES P
PREFERRED STOCK, (i) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATIONS
SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (BY VALUE OR BY NUMBER OF SHARES,
WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF THE OUTSTANDING SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK OF THE
CORPORATION; (ii) NO PERSON MAY CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATIONS
SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (BY VALUE OR BY NUMBER OF SHARES,
WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF THE OUTSTANDING SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK OF THE
CORPORATION; (iii) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF THE
CORPORATIONS SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK THAT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY OTHER CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE CORPORATION BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNED BY SUCH PERSON, WOULD
RESULT IN THE CORPORATION BEING CLOSELY HELD UNDER SECTION 856(h) OF THE CODE OR
OTHERWISE CAUSE THE CORPORATION TO FAIL TO QUALIFY AS A REIT; AND (iv) NO PERSON MAY
TRANSFER SHARES OF SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD RESULT IN THE
CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION BEING OWNED BY FEWER THAN 100 PERSONS. ANY PERSON
WHO BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNS OR ATTEMPTS TO BENEFICIALLY OR
CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK WHICH CAUSES OR WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO
BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK IN EXCESS OF THE ABOVE
LIMITATIONS MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE CORPORATION. IF ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER OR OWNERSHIP ARE VIOLATED, THE SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY
WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUSTEE OF A TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE
OR MORE CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES. IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION MAY REDEEM SHARES
UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ITS SOLE
DISCRETION IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT OWNERSHIP OR A TRANSFER OR
OTHER EVENT MAY VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE. FURTHERMORE, UPON THE
OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS, ATTEMPTED TRANSFERS IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS
DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY BE VOID AB INITIO. ALL TERMS IN THIS LEGEND WHICH ARE DEFINED
IN THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY FOR THE SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK SHALL HAVE THE
MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN SUCH ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED
FROM TIME TO TIME, A COPY OF WHICH, INCLUDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND
OWNERSHIP, WILL BE FURNISHED TO EACH HOLDER OF SERIES P PREFERRED STOCK ON REQUEST
AND WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS FOR SUCH A COPY MAY
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BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
(k) Severability. If any provision of this Section 7 or any
application of any such provision is determined to be invalid by any federal or state court having
jurisdiction over the issues, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected and
other applications of such provision shall be affected only to the extent necessary to comply with
the determination of such court.
(l) NYSE. Nothing in this Section 7 shall preclude the settlement
of any transaction entered into through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange. The shares
of Series P Preferred Stock that are the subject of such transaction shall continue to be subject
to the provisions of this Section 7 after such settlement.
(m) Applicability of Section 7. The provisions set forth in this
Section 7 shall apply to the Series P Preferred Stock notwithstanding any contrary provisions of
the Series P Preferred Stock provided for elsewhere in these Articles Supplementary.
(8) Conversion. The Series P Preferred Shares are not convertible into or
exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Corporation.
(9) No Sinking Fund. No sinking fund shall be established for the retirement or
redemption of Series P Preferred Stock.
(10) No Preemptive Rights. No holder of the Series P Preferred Stock of the
Corporation shall, as such holder, have any preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for
additional shares of stock of the Corporation or any other security of the Corporation which it may
issue or sell.
FOURTH: The Series P Preferred Shares have been classified and designated by the Board under
the authority contained in the Charter.
FIFTH: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board in the manner and by the
vote required by law.
SIXTH: These Articles Supplementary shall be effective at the time the Department accepts
these Articles Supplementary for record.
SEVENTH: The undersigned Vice President, Capital Markets of the Corporation acknowledges
these Articles Supplementary to be the act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts
required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Vice President, Capital Markets acknowledges
that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all
material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties for perjury.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be executed
under seal in its name and on its behalf by its Vice President, Capital Markets and attested to by
its Secretary on this 24th day of August, 2006.
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AMB Property Corporation
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
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Michael P. Brown |
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Vice President, Capital Markets |
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/s/ Tamra D. Browne
Name: Tamra D. Browne
Title: Secretary
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