SCHEDULE A
Form of Legal Opinion
Brinson Patrick Securities Corporation
330 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Gentlemen:
We have acted as legal counsel to Brandywine Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust formed under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”), in connection with the negotiation of the Sales Agreement dated as of November _, 2004 between the Company and you (the “Agreement”). This letter is being furnished to you pursuant to Section 4.1(d) of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement.
For purposes of rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined the executed original, or a copy certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of the Agreement. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of such other documents and certificates of public officials and officers of the Company, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this letter.
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed without independent verification the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity, completeness and accuracy of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic or facsimile copies thereof and the authenticity, completeness and accuracy of the originals of such certified, photostatic or facsimile copies. In making our examination of documents executed by parties other than the Company, we have assumed that such parties had the power to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, and due execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof. We have no knowledge of any fraud and have assumed that no fraud exists regarding the documents referenced herein or the transactions evidenced or contemplated thereby or otherwise regarding any matters relevant to the opinions set forth herein. As to questions of fact material to such opinions, we have also, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon the documents, trust records, agreements, instruments and certificates referenced in the second paragraph of this letter.
With respect to the opinions set forth below, we have further assumed that the Company will continue (as it does on the date hereof) to have a sufficient number of Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (the “Shares”), $.01 par value, authorized for issuance under its declaration of trust from time to time to accommodate the issuances contemplated by the Agreement.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, and with due regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a real estate investment trust duly formed and validly existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and taxation of Maryland, with full trust power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases real property, except where the failure to so qualify and be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. |
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2. The Board of Trustees of the Company has duly and validly authorized the issuance of the Shares at market price at the time of the transaction, and when issued and delivered to and paid for by the purchaser thereof pursuant to the Agreement, the Shares will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description thereof in the Prospectus. All trust action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Agreement has been validly and sufficiently taken. The shareholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Shares. The Shares are the subject of an effective registration statement permitting its sale in the manner contemplated by the Agreement. |
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3. The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; (B) to our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission; (C) if applicable, the filing of the Prospectus supplements have been made in the manner and within the time period required by the Rules and Regulations; and (D) the Shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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4. The Registration Statement, when it became effective, and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission and at the date hereof (except for the financial statements and notes and schedules and other financial information included therein), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations; and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, when filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act (except for the financial statements and notes and schedules and other financial information included therein), complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. |
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5. The description in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings, contracts and other documents are accurate in all material respects; and we do not know of any statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as required, or of any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (or required to be filed under the Exchange Act if upon such filing they would be incorporated by reference therein) or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described and filed as required. |
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6. The Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. |
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7. The execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein by the Company do not and will no breach or |
violate any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument known to us to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property of the Company is subject, except for such breaches or defaults that would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, nor will such action result in the violation of the Company’s declaration of trust or by-laws, or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to us of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties.
8. Except for permits and similar authorizations required under the securities or “blue sky” laws of certain states (as to which we express no opinion), no consent, waiver, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body is legally required for (i) the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company, or (ii) the sale of the Shares by the Sales Manager, each as contemplated by the Agreement and the Prospectus. |
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9. We know of no actions, suits or proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or the business, properties, business prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or any of its officers in their capacity as such, before or by any federal or state or foreign court, commission, regulatory body, wherein an unfavorable ruling, decision or finding might have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. |
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10. The Company is not, and upon issuance and sale of the Shares and the application of the net proceeds from the sale thereof in the manner described in the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
In rendering the foregoing opinions we express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than applicable federal law and the laws of the State of Maryland and the State of New York, and we assume no responsibility as to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
This letter and the matters addressed herein are as of the date hereof, and we undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to advise you of any change in any matter set forth herein occurring after the date hereof. This letter is solely for your benefit, and no other persons shall be entitled to rely upon the opinions herein expressed. This letter is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. Without our prior written consent, this letter may not be quoted in whole or in part or otherwise referred to in any document and may not be furnished to any other person or entity.
We have participated in conferences with trustees, officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the Sales Manager and representatives of the Sales Manager’s legal counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and, although we have not independently verified and are not passing upon and assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (except to the extent specified in the foregoing opinions), no facts have come to our attention that lead us to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or the Prospectus, on the date of filing thereof with the Commission and at the date hereof, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; it being understood that we express no opinion or view as to the financial statements and related notes, the financial statement schedules or other financial and statistical data included in any of the documents mentioned in this paragraph.
| Very truly yours, |
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| [Legal Counsel] |
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