Exhibit 3.1
AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
REESTABLISHING AND REFIXING THE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF THE
7.75% SERIES D CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
AS
7.18% SERIES D 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
(the Board) by Article IV of the Charter of the Corporation, and pursuant to Section 2-105 of the
Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, adopted
resolutions on March 5, 1999 and on May 5, 1999, and caused to be filed with the Department on May
5, 1999, Articles Supplementary (the Original Series D Articles Supplementary) classifying and
designating as a separate class of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred
Stock), shares of 7.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
and establishing 1,595,337 as the number of shares to be so classified and designated (such shares,
the Original Series D Preferred Shares).
SECOND: No Original Series D Preferred Shares are issued or outstanding.
THIRD: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board as aforesaid, the Board adopted
resolutions on December 7, 2006, authorizing the Corporation, among other things, to issue up to a
stated maximum number of shares of 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 Hamid R.
Moghadam 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 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, 2006.
FOURTH: Pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Committee as aforesaid, the Committee
has, on January 29, 2007, adopted resolutions reclassifying the shares of Preferred Stock
previously classified to be and become the Original Series D Preferred Shares, and redesignating
the Original Series D Preferred Shares, again as a separate class of Preferred Stock, as the 7.18%
Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, with the preferences,
conversions and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other
distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and other terms and conditions
of such 7.18% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (within the limitations set by the
Board of Directors in the resolutions adopted on December 7, 2006 and referred to in Article THIRD
of these Articles Supplementary) and establishing or confirming 1,595,337 as the number of shares
of Original Series D preferred Stock to be so reclassified and redesignated, and authorizing the
issuance thereof.
FIFTH: 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
Article FOURTH of these Articles Supplementary, shall have the designation, number of shares,
preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, 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 7.18% Series
D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the Series D Preferred Stock), is hereby established.
The number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be 1,595,337 (the Series D Preferred
Shares).
(2) Rank. The Series D Preferred Shares 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 D Preferred Shares; (b) on a parity with all equity securities issued by the
Corporation other than those referred to in clauses (a) and (c); and (c) junior to all equity
securities issued by the Corporation which rank senior to the Series D Preferred Shares in
accordance with Section 6(d) of this Article FIFTH. The term equity securities does not include
convertible debt securities, until the same are converted into equity securities.
(3) Dividends.
(a) Holders of Series D 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 7.18% of the $50.00 liquidation preference per annum
(equivalent to $3.59 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, shall
accrue from the original date of issuance 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
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15th day of each January, April, July and October, or, if not a business day, the next
succeeding business day (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 D 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 D Preferred
Stock is not a Business Day (as defined herein), 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 D 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 D 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. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, each share of Series
D Preferred Stock shall also continue to accrue all accrued and unpaid distributions up to the
exchange date on any Series D Preferred Unit (as defined in the Fourteenth Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of AMB Property II, L.P., dated as of February 22, 2007, as
amended and supplemented from time to time (the Subsidiary Partnership Agreement)) validly
exchanged into such share of Series D Preferred Stock in accordance with the provisions of the
Subsidiary Partnership Agreement.
(b) No dividend on the Series D 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 D
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 or authorized. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series D 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 D 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, junior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Shares unless
full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a
sum sufficient for the payment thereof irrevocably set apart in trust for such payment on the
Series D 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 D Preferred
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Shares and any other equity securities ranking as to distributions on a parity with the Series
D Preferred Shares all dividends declared upon the Series D Preferred Shares and any other equity
securities of the Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock as to
distributions 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 D
Preferred Share and each such other equity securities shall in all cases bear to each other the
same ratio that accumulated dividends per Series D 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 D Preferred Shares which may be in arrears.
(e) Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless full cumulative
dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is irrevocably set apart in trust 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 D Preferred Shares as to distributions 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 distributions or upon
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation junior to or on
a parity with the Series D 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 D Preferred Stock as
to distributions 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 D Preferred Stock as to distributions and upon voluntary and
involuntary liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Corporation, and except pursuant to
Section 7 of this Article FIFTH 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) Accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares will not bear interest
and holders of Series D 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 D Preferred
Shares shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividend due with
respect to such shares which remains payable.
(g) If, for any taxable year, the Corporation elects to designate as a capital gain dividend
(as defined in Section 857 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)), any
portion (the Capital Gains Amount) of the dividends paid or made available for the year to
holders of every class or series of stock of the Corporation, the portion of the Capital Gains
Amount that shall be allocable to holders of the Series D 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 D Preferred Stock for the year bears to the aggregate amount of dividends (as
determined for Federal income tax purposes) paid or made available to
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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 D 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 $50.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated or
accrued 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 D 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 D 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 D Preferred
Shares as to liquidation rights then the holders of the Series D 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 D Preferred Shares at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear
on the stock transfer records of the Corporation.
(d) After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are
entitled, the holders of Series D 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 any other 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 property or business of the
Corporation 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 D Preferred Shares whose preferential rights upon dissolution are superior to those
receiving the distribution.
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(5) Optional Redemption.
(a) The Series D Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to February 22, 2012. To ensure
that the Corporation remains a qualified REIT for Federal income tax purposes, however, the Series
D Preferred Shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Article FIFTH pursuant
to which Series D Preferred Shares owned by a stockholder in excess of the Ownership Limit (as
defined in Section 7 of this Article FIFTH) 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 FIFTH) and the Corporation shall have the right to purchase such shares, as provided in
Section 7 of this Article FIFTH. On and after February 22, 2012, the Corporation, at its option,
upon giving notice as provided below, may redeem the Series D Preferred Shares, in whole or from
time to time in part, for cash, at a redemption price of $50.00 per share, plus all accumulated and
unpaid dividends on such Series D Preferred Shares to the date fixed for redemption.
(b) [Intentionally Deleted]
(c) If fewer than all of the outstanding Series D Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the
shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as practicable without creating
fractional shares).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, unless full cumulative
dividends on all Series D 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 past
dividend periods and the then current dividend period, no Series D Preferred Shares shall be
redeemed unless all outstanding Series D Preferred Shares are simultaneously redeemed;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase by the
Corporation of Series D Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 7 of this Article FIFTH 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 D Preferred Shares pursuant to a purchase or
exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding Series D Preferred Shares. In
addition, unless full cumulative dividends on all outstanding Series D Preferred Shares have been
or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof
irrevocably set apart in trust for payment for all dividend periods, the Corporation shall not
purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any Series D Preferred Shares or any equity
securities of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series D Preferred Shares
as to dividends or upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for equity securities of the Corporation ranking
junior to the Series D 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 FIFTH or comparable Charter provisions with respect to other classes or series of the
Corporations stock).
(e) The holders of shares of Series D 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 D
Preferred Stock held on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption
thereof between such Dividend Record Date and the corresponding Dividend
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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 D Preferred Shares to be redeemed.
(f) 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 (i)
faxed and (ii) 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 D
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 D 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 D 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 D Preferred
Shares to be redeemed; (D) the place or places where the certificates evidencing shares of Series D
Preferred Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (E) that dividends
on the Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed will cease to accumulate on such redemption date.
If fewer than all of the Series D Preferred Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the
notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of Series D Preferred Shares to be
redeemed from such holder.
(iii) On or after the redemption date, each holder of Series D Preferred Shares to be redeemed
shall present and surrender the certificates representing such holders Series D Preferred Shares
to the Corporation at the place designated in the notice of redemption and shall be entitled to the
redemption price and any accrued or 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 D 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 D Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, a new certificate
shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares.
(iv) If notice of redemption of any Series D Preferred Shares has been given and if the funds
necessary for such redemption have been irrevocably 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 D Preferred Shares shall cease to accumulate and any such Series D 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 accrued or 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
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Series D 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 D 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 accrued or accumulated and unpaid dividends to the redemption
date). Any monies so deposited which remain unclaimed by the holders of the Series D Preferred
Shares at the end of two years after the redemption date shall be returned by such bank or trust
company to the Corporation.
(g) Any Series D 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 D Preferred Shares will not have any voting rights, except as set
forth below.
(b) (i) Whenever dividends on any Series D Preferred Shares shall remain unpaid for six or
more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive) (a Preferred Dividend Default), the holders
of such Series D Preferred Shares (voting as a single class with all other equity securities of the
Corporation ranking on a parity with the Series D 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, (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
the holders of at least 20% of the outstanding Series D 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 D 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 irrevocably set aside in trust for payment in
full.
(ii) At any time when the voting rights described in Section 6(b)(i) above shall have vested,
a proper officer of the Corporation shall call or cause to be called, a special meeting of the
holders of Series D 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)
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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 D
Preferred Shares 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 D Preferred Shares that would have been entitled to vote at
such special meeting.
(c) If and when all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then current dividend
period on the Series D Preferred Shares shall have been paid in full or declared by the Corporation
and irrevocably set aside in trust for payment in full, the holders of Series D Preferred Shares
shall be divested of the voting rights set forth in Section 6(b) of this Article FIFTH (subject to
revesting in the event of each and every Preferred Dividend Default) and, if all accumulated
dividends have been paid in full or declared by the Corporation and irrevocably set aside in trust
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 D Preferred Shares and any other such Parity Preferred Shares 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 D Preferred Shares when they only have the voting
rights set forth, or like those set forth, in Section 6(b) of this Article FIFTH, and by the
majority vote of the Series D 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 D 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 D Preferred Shares when they only have the voting rights set
forth, or like those set forth, in Section 6(b) of this Article FIFTH, and by the majority vote of
the Series D 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 D
Preferred Shares and such Parity Preferred Stock is entitled to vote thereon.
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(d) So long as any Series D Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Corporation shall not,
without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Series D Preferred Stock
outstanding at the time (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of,
any class or series of shares ranking senior to the Series D Preferred Stock with respect to
payment of distributions or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or reclassify any
authorized shares of the Corporation into any such shares, or create, authorize or issue any
obligations or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares, (ii)
designate or create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any Parity Preferred Stock or
reclassify any authorized shares of the Corporation into any such shares, or create, authorize or
issue any obligations or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such
shares, but only to the extent such Parity Preferred Stock is issued to an affiliate of the
Corporation, or (iii) either (A) consolidate, merge into or with, or convey, transfer or lease its
assets substantially as an entirety, to any corporation or other entity, or (B) amend, alter or
repeal the provisions of the Corporations Charter (including these Articles Supplementary) or
Bylaws, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, in each case that would materially and
adversely affect the powers, special rights, preferences, privileges or voting power of the Series
D Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; provided, however, that with respect to the occurrence of
any event set forth in (iii) above, so long as (a) the Corporation is the surviving entity and the
Series D Preferred Stock remains outstanding with the terms thereof unchanged, or (b) the
resulting, surviving or transferee entity is a corporation, a business trust or like entity
organized under the laws of any state and substitutes for the Series D Preferred Stock other
preferred stock or preferred shares having substantially the same terms and same rights as the
Series D Preferred Stock, including with respect to distributions, voting rights and rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, then the occurrence of any such event shall not be deemed
to materially and adversely affect such rights, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the
Series D Preferred Stock and provided further that any increase in the amount of authorized
Preferred Stock or the creation or issuance of any other class or series of Preferred Stock, or any
increase in an amount of authorized shares of each class or series, in each case ranking either (a)
junior to the Series D Preferred Stock with respect to payment of distributions and the
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, or (b) on a parity with the
Series D Preferred Stock with respect to payment of distributions and the distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up to the extent such Preferred Stock is not issued to an
affiliate 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 D Preferred Shares shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and
sufficient funds shall have been irrevocably 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 Article FIFTH of
these Articles Supplementary, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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Beneficial Ownership shall mean ownership of Series D Preferred Stock by a Person who is
or would be treated as an owner of such Series D 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 D Preferred Stock by a Person who is
or would be treated as an owner of such Series D 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 D Preferred Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the
relevant date, or if the Series D Preferred Stock is not then traded on the New York Stock
Exchange, the last reported sales price of the Series D Preferred Stock on the trading day
immediately preceding the relevant date as reported on any exchange or quotation system over
which the Series D Preferred Stock may be traded, or if the Series D Preferred Stock is not
then traded over any exchange or quotation system, then the market price of the Series D
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.
Operating Partnership shall mean AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
Ownership Limit shall mean 9.8% (by value) of the outstanding shares of capital 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 D
Preferred Stock provided that the ownership of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock by
such underwriter would not result in the Corporation being closely held within the
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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 D 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 D Preferred Stock if such Transfer
had been valid under Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles Supplementary.
Subsidiary Operating Partnership shall mean AMB Property II, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
Subsidiary Partnership Agreement shall mean the Fourteenth Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of AMB Property II, L.P., dated as of February 22, 2007, as such
agreement may be amended from time to time.
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.
Transfer shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of
Series D Preferred Stock, including (i) the granting of any option or entering into any
agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Series D Preferred Stock or (ii)
the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any securities (or rights convertible
into or exchangeable for Series D 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 D 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.
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(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 D Preferred Stock which, taking into account any other capital stock of the
Corporation Beneficially Owned by such Person, would cause such ownership to exceed the Ownership
Limit;
(B) except as provided in Section 7(i) of these Articles Supplementary, no Person shall
Constructively Own Series D Preferred Stock which, taking into account any other capital stock of
the Corporation Constructively Owned by such Person, would cause such ownership to exceed the
Ownership Limit;
(C) no Person shall Beneficially or Constructively Own Series D 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 D Preferred
Stock in violation of Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles Supplementary, (1) then that number of
shares of Series D 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 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 D Preferred Stock in violation of Section 7(b)(i) of these Articles
Supplementary, then the Transfer of that number of shares of Series D 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(n) of this Article FIFTH and notwithstanding any other provisions
contained herein, prior to the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer of Series D 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 D Preferred
Stock.
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It is expressly intended that the restrictions on ownership and Transfer described in this
Section 7(b) shall apply to the exchange rights provided in Section 17.8 of the Subsidiary
Partnership Agreement. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Subsidiary Partnership
Agreement to the contrary, a partner of the Subsidiary Operating Partnership shall not be entitled
to effect an exchange of an interest in the Subsidiary Operating Partnership for Series D Preferred
Stock if the actual or beneficial or Beneficial or Constructive Ownership of Series D Preferred
Stock would be prohibited under the provisions of this Section 7.
(c) Transfers of Series D Preferred Stock in Trust.
(i) Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in Section 7(b)(ii) of these Articles
Supplementary, such Series D 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 D Preferred Stock held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Series D
Preferred Stock of the Corporation. The Purported Beneficial Transferee or Purported Record
Transferee shall have no rights in the shares of Series D 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 D Preferred
Stock held in the Trust.
(iii) The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to dividends with respect to Series
D 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 D 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 D 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 D Preferred Stock held in the Trust and, subject to Maryland law,
effective as of the date the Series D 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 by a Purported Record Transferee with respect to such Series D Preferred Stock prior to the
discovery by the Corporation that the Series D 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
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Supplementary to the contrary, until the Corporation has received notification that the Series
D 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 D Preferred
Stock have been transferred to the Trust, the Trustee of the Trust shall sell the shares of Series
D Preferred Stock held in the Trust to a Person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the
shares of Series D 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 D
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 D 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 D Preferred Stock at Market Price, the
Market Price of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock on the day of the event which resulted in
the transfer of such shares of Series D 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 D 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 D Preferred Stock have been transferred
to the Trustee, such shares of Series D Preferred Stock are sold by a Purported Record Transferee
then (i) such shares of Series D 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 D 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 D 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 D 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 D Preferred Stock at
Market Price, the Market Price of such shares of Series D Preferred Stock on the day of the event
which resulted in the transfer of such shares of Series D 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 D
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 D Preferred Stock
sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Purported
Record Transferee and any dividends or other distributions held by the Trustee with respect to such
Series D Preferred Stock shall thereupon be paid to the Charitable Beneficiary.
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(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 D
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 D 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 D 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 D 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 D
Preferred Stock and each Person (including the shareholder of record) who is holding Series D
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(n) 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.
(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(n) of these Articles Supplementary). In the event Section 7 requires
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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 D Preferred Stock in violation of Section
7(b)(i), such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the shares of Series D Preferred Stock
which, but for such remedies, would have been actually owned by such Person, and second to shares
of Series D 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 D Preferred Stock based upon the relative number of the shares
of Series D 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 D 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 D 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 undertakings
(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 D 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 D Preferred Stock in
violation of Section 7(b)(i)(B), if the Corporation obtains such 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 D 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 D 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 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 capital stock of the Corporation to which this sentence
applies.
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(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 D Preferred Stock shall
bear substantially the following legends in addition to any legends required to comply with federal
and state securities laws:
Classes 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 D 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
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FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
FOR THE SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK, (i) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN SHARES OF THE
CORPORATIONS SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK WHICH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY OTHER CAPITAL
STOCK OF THE CORPORATION BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY SUCH PERSON, WOULD CAUSE SUCH
OWNERSHIP TO EXCEED THE OWNERSHIP LIMIT OF 9.8%; (ii) NO PERSON MAY CONSTRUCTIVELY
OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATIONS SERIES D PREFERRED STOCK WHICH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
ANY OTHER CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNED BY SUCH PERSON,
WOULD CAUSE SUCH OWNERSHIP TO EXCEED THE OWNERSHIP LIMIT OF 9.8%; (iii) NO PERSON
MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATIONS SERIES D
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 D 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 D
PREFERRED STOCK WHICH CAUSES OR WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO BENEFICIALLY OR
CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SERIES D 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 D 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 D 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 D PREFERRED STOCK ON
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REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS FOR SUCH A COPY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
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(k) Exchange of Series D Preferred Units. The Corporation is hereby expressly vested
with authority (subject to the restrictions on ownership, transfer and redemption of Series D
Preferred Stock set forth in this Section 7) to issue, and so long as (x) AMB Property Holding
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (including by way of clarification any entity owned directly or
indirectly by it), remains the general partner of the Subsidiary Operating Partnership (whether
directly or indirectly or through one or more other entities, and including again, without
limitation, AMB Property Holding Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as Managing Member of Texas
AMB I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and general partner of the Subsidiary Operating
Partnership), and (y) the Operating Partnership remains a limited partner of the Subsidiary
Operating Partnership, the Corporation shall issue to the extent provided in the Subsidiary
Partnership Agreement, Series D Preferred Stock in exchange for Series D Preferred Units (as
defined in the Subsidiary Partnership Agreement) (the Series D Preferred Units).
(l) Reservation of Shares. Pursuant to the obligations of the Corporation under the
Subsidiary Partnership Agreement to issue Series D Preferred Stock in exchange for Series D
Preferred Units, the Board of Directors is hereby required to reserve and authorize for issuance a
number of authorized but unissued shares of Series D Preferred Stock not less than the number of
Series D Preferred Units issued to permit the Corporation to issue Series D Preferred Stock in
exchange for Series D Preferred Units that may be exchanged for or converted into Series D
Preferred Stock as provided in the Subsidiary Partnership Agreement.
(m) 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.
(n) New York Stock Exchange. 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 D Preferred Stock that are the subject of such transaction
shall continue to be subject to the provisions of this Section 7 after such settlement.
(o) Applicability of Section 7. The provisions set forth in this
Section 7 shall apply to the Series D Preferred Stock notwithstanding any contrary provisions of
the Series D Preferred Stock provided for elsewhere in these Articles Supplementary.
(8) Conversion. The Series D Preferred Stock is 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 D Preferred Stock.
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(10) No Preemptive Rights. No holder of the Series D 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.
SIXTH: The Series D Preferred Stock has been classified and designated by the Board under the
authority contained in the Charter.
SEVENTH: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board in the manner and by
the vote required by law.
EIGHTH: These Articles Supplementary shall be effective at the time the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland accepts these Articles
Supplementary for record.
NINTH: 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.
[Signature Page Follows]
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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 Assistant Secretary on this 22nd day of February, 2007.
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AMB Property Corporation |
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/s/ Michael P. Brown
Michael P. Brown
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Vice President, Capital Markets |
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Michael A. Coke |
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Assistant Secretary |
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