12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to the Representatives, c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 11 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10010, Attention: IB CM&A Legal, facsimile number: (212) 325-4296; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036, facsimile number: 646-855-3073, Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to facsimile number: 212-230-8730, Attention: ECM Legal; JMP Securities LLC, 600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, California 94111, Facsimile: (415) 835-8985, Attention: Equity Securities; and JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, 900 Island Park Drive, Suite 200, Daniel Island, SC 29492, Attention: Burke Cook; or, if sent to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager will be mailed or delivered and confirmed to it at 1555 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Kevin Collins, with a copy to the Legal Department; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or faxed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
14. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager acknowledge and agree that:
(a) No Other Relationship. The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager and the Representatives has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or is advising the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager on other matters;
(b) Arms’ Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms’ length negotiations with the Representatives, and the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
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