EX-1.1 2 x18955a8exv1w1.htm EX-1.1 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT EX-1.1 FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June __, 2009
         
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
    As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
 
  c/o   Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
 
      Eleven Madison Avenue
 
      New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
     1. Introductory.  Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Company”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (“Underwriters”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters 20,000,000 shares (“Firm Securities”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) and also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 3,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock (“Optional Securities”) of its Securities as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “Offered Securities.” Pursuant to the Agreement of Limited Partnership (“OP Agreement”) of IAS Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Operating Partnership”), upon receipt of the net proceeds of (a) the sale of the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date (as defined below) and (b) any and all Optional Securities on each Optional Closing Date (as defined below), the Company will contribute such net proceeds to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a number of units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) that is equivalent to the number of Firm Securities and Optional Securities sold to the Underwriters (“Company OP Units”). Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, (a) the Company and Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”) will enter into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will agree to sell the Manager, and the Manager will agree to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $20.00 per share, 100,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Manager Shares”), and (b) the Operating Partnership and Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Invesco OP Unit Purchaser”) will enter into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “OP Unit Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Operating Partnership agree to sell to the Invesco OP Unit Purchaser, and the Invesco OP Unit Purchaser will agree to purchase from the Operating Partnership, at a purchase price of $20.00 per OP Unit, 1,900,000 OP Units (the “Invesco Purchaser OP Units”). Concurrently with the closing of the purchase and sale of the Firm Securities, the Company, the Operating Partnership and IAS Asset I LLC (the “TRS”) will enter into the Management Agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Manager, pursuant to which the Manager will act as the manager and adviser of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the TRS and their respective subsidiaries.

 


 

     Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”) has agreed to reserve a portion of the Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, employees and business associates and other parties related to the Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriters” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Shares to be sold by Morgan Stanley and its affiliates pursuant to the Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participant by the end of the business day on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.
     2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership and the Representations and Warranties of the Manager.
     (a) The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the several Underwriters that:
     (i) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-11 (No. 333- 151665) covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, including a related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. At any particular time, this initial registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including all information contained in the registration statement (if any) pursuant to Rule 462(b) and then deemed to be a part of the initial registration statement, and all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Initial Registration Statement.” The Company may also have filed, or may file with the Commission, a Rule 462(b) registration statement covering the registration of Offered Securities. At any particular time, this Rule 462(b) registration statement, in the form then on file with the Commission, including the contents of the Initial Registration Statement incorporated by reference therein and including all 430A Information and all 430C Information, that in any case has not then been superseded or modified, shall be referred to as the “Additional Registration Statement.”
     As of the time of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Initial Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act and is not proposed to be amended. Any Additional Registration Statement has or will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and is not proposed to be amended. The Offered Securities all have been or will be duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Initial Registration Statement and, if applicable, the Additional Registration Statement.

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     For purposes of this Agreement:
     “430A Information,” with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430A(b).
     “430C Information,” with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
     “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “Applicable Time” means ___:00 a/pm (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
     “Closing Date” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
     “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “Effective Time” with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or, if filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission or has become effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(c). If an Additional Registration Statement has not been filed prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement but the Company has advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and Morgan Stanley (together with Credit Suisse, the “Representatives”) that it proposes to file one, “Effective Time” with respect to such Additional Registration Statement means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement is filed and becomes effective pursuant to Rule 462(b).
     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “Final Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430A Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.

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     “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.
     “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
     “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
     The Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement are referred to collectively as the “Registration Statements” and individually as a “Registration Statement.” A “Registration Statement” with reference to a particular time means the Initial Registration Statement and any Additional Registration Statement as of such time. A “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430A Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430A.
     “Rules and Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
     “Securities Laws” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“Exchange Rules”).
     “Statutory Prospectus” with reference to a particular time means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including any 430A Information or 430C Information with respect to such Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430A Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 462(c) and not retroactively.

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     Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
     (ii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (A) (1) At their respective Effective Times, (2) on the date of this Agreement and (3) on each Closing Date, each of the Initial Registration Statement and the Additional Registration Statement (if any) conformed and will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and (B) on its date, at the time of filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (if no such filing is required) at the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement in which the Final Prospectus is included, and on each Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
     (iii) Ineligible Issuer Status. (A) At the time of initial filing of the Initial Registration Statement and (B) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including (x) the Company or any other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, all as described in Rule 405.
     (iv) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the preliminary prospectus, dated June 12, 2009 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally) and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule B

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to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
     (v) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
     (vi) Good Standing of the Company and the Operating Partnership. The Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification. The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a

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limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and conducts its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Operating Partnership is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property of the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
     (vii) Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
     (viii) Offered Securities and Manager Shares. The Offered Securities, the Manager Shares and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are and, when (A) the Firm Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on the First Closing Date and, if applicable, the Optional Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on the applicable Closing Date, and (B) the Manager Shares have been delivered and paid for in accordance with the Share Purchase Agreement on the First Closing Date, such Firm Securities, Optional Securities and Manager Shares will be, validly issued and fully paid, and nonassessable, will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Firm Securities, Optional Securities and Manager Shares contained in the Final Prospectus; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Securities or the Manager Shares; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there are no outstanding (a) securities or obligations of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock of the Company, (b) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase

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from the Company any such capital stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (c) obligations of the Company to issue or sell any shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligation, or any such warrants, rights or options.
     (ix) OP Units. The Company OP Units, the Invesco Purchaser OP Units and all other outstanding OP Units, if any, have been duly authorized; all outstanding OP Units are, and, when (A) the Company OP Units have been delivered and paid for in accordance with the OP Agreement on the First Closing Date, and, if any Optional Securities are sold on any Closing Date, a number of OP Units equivalent to the number of Optional Securities so sold (the “Optional Company OP Units”) are issued to the Company in accordance with the OP Agreement on such Closing Date, (B) the Invesco Purchaser OP Units have been delivered and paid for in accordance with the OP Agreement and the OP Unit Purchase Agreement on the First Closing Date, such Company OP Units, Optional Company OP Units and Invesco Purchaser OP Units will have been validly issued, will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Company OP Units, Optional Company OP Units and Invesco Purchaser OP Units contained in the Final Prospectus; all outstanding OP Units have been, and all Company OP Units, Optional Company OP Units and Invesco Purchaser OP Units will be issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.
     (x) Registration Rights Agreements. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person any rights to have any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries registered under the Securities Act for resale by such person, except pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements to be entered into by and among the Company, the Manager and the Invesco OP Unit Purchaser, to be dated as of the First Closing Date (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which agreement does not grant any person any such registration rights until one year after the date of this Agreement.
     (xi) No Finder’s Fee. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any of its affiliates, including, but not limited to, the Manager and Invesco, Ltd., a Bermuda company (“Invesco”), or any of their respective direct or indirect subsidiaries, and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Underwriter

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for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.
     (xii) Listing. The Offered Securities, the Manager Shares and the shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon redemption of the Invesco Purchaser OP Units have been approved for listing on The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), subject to notice of issuance.
     (xiii) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement or the OP Unit Purchase Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and the Manager Shares by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Company OP Units and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units by the Operating Partnership, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under state securities laws.
     (xiv) Title to Property. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, charges, encumbrances and defects that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
     (xv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement or the OP Unit Purchase Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and the Manager Shares by the Company and the issuance and sale of the Company OP Units and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units by the Operating Partnership will not constitute a default or, to the extent applicable, a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, result in a violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the Organizational Documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their

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respective subsidiaries, (B) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (C) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, except, in the case of clauses (B) and (C) only, such defaults, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”); a “Debt Repayment Triggering Event” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries; the term “Organizational Documents” as used herein means (a) in the case of a corporation, its charter and by-laws; (b) in the case of a limited or general partnership, its partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its partnership agreement; (c) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; and (d) in the case of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such entity.
     (xvi) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of its Organizational Documents or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xvii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership.

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     (xviii) Authorization and Enforceability of Management Agreement. The Management Agreement has been duly authorized by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and, at the First Closing Date, will be duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.
     (xix) Authorization and Enforceability of Share Purchase Agreement and OP Unit Purchase Agreement. The Share Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles. The OP Unit Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Operating Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.
     (xx) Authorization and Enforceability of OP Agreement. The OP Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company [and, at the First Closing Date, will be] duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.
     (xxi) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (“Licenses”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Operating

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Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xxii) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute exists between any officers or other key persons of the Company or the Manager named in the General Disclosure Package (each, a “Company-Focused Professional”) on the one hand and the employer of each such individual on the other hand nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is such a labor dispute imminent that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (xxiii) Employment; Noncompetition; Nondisclosure. Neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any employer of any Company-Focused Professional has been notified that any such Company-Focused Professional plans to terminate his or her employment with his or her employer. Neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any Company-Focused Professional is subject to any noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Manager as described in the General Disclosure Package.
     (xxiv) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Summary— Management Agreement”, “Summary— Operating and Regulatory Structure”, “Summary— Restrictions on Ownership of Our Common Stock”, “Business— Operating and Regulatory Structure”, “Our Manager and The Management Agreement— The Management Agreement”, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions”, “Description of Capital Stock”, “Certain Provisions of The Maryland General Corporation Law and Our Charter and Bylaws”, “The Operating Partnership Agreement”, “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”, “ERISA Considerations” and “Underwriting”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
     (xxv) Absence of Manipulation. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or their respective subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliates of the Company, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

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     (xxvi) Invesco-Related Data. Any financial or other data regarding the Invesco and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including but not limited to, the Manager, Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc., and the Invesco OP Unit Purchaser that is included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package is derived from Invesco’s accounting or other applicable records and is accurate in all material respects.
     (xxvii) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate.
     (xxviii) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (D) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (E) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package, since the Company’s inception, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), whether or not remediated, and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company and its subsidiaries have established “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure. The Company has taken all necessary actions to ensure that, upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley

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and all Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof that are then in effect and which the Company is required to comply with as of the effective date of the Registration Statement.
     (xxix) Litigation. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries that, if determined adversely to the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or assets, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or the Operating Partnership to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities, the Manager Share or the Invesco Purchaser OP Units; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened or, to the Company or the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, contemplated.
     (xxx) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in each Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis and the schedules included in each Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein.
     (xxxi) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package (A) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole that is material and adverse, (B) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or the Operating partnership on any class of the Company’s capital stock or any OP Units, respectively, and (C) except as disclosed

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in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries.
     (xxxii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, the Manager Shares and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”) or an entity controlled by an investment company.
     (xxxiii) No Indebtedness. Neither the Company nor any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries has any indebtedness as of the date of this Agreement; and neither the Company nor any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries will have any indebtedness immediately prior to the sale of the Offered Securities, the Manager Shares and the Invesco Purchaser OP units on the First Closing Date.
     (xxxiv) Insurance. As of the First Closing Date, the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their respective subsidiaries will be insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors will be in full force and effect as of the First Closing Date; none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and the Company will obtain directors’ and officer’s insurance in such amounts as is customary for companies engaged in the type of business proposed to be undertaken by the Company.
     (xxxv) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns in a timely manner, and all such tax returns are correct and complete in all material respects, and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them, except for any taxes, assessments, fines or penalties as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

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     (xxxvi) Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company will make a timely election to be subject to tax as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) pursuant to Section 856 through 860 of the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2009. Commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2009, the Company will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and the Company’s proposed method of operation as set forth in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and each Statutory Prospectus will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”). All statements regarding the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT and descriptions of the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation set forth in the General Disclosure Package and each Statutory Prospectus are true, complete and correct in all material respects.
     (xxxvii) Description of Organization and Method of Operation. The description of the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation and its qualification and taxation as a REIT set forth in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and each Statutory Prospectus is accurate and presents fairly the matters referred to therein; the Company’s operating policies, investment guidelines and operating policies described in each Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and each Statutory Prospectus accurately reflect in all material respects the current intentions of the Company with respect to the operation of its business, and no material deviation from such guidelines or policies is currently contemplated.
     (xxxviii) Anti-Bribery Laws. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries, any director of the Company, any Company-Focused Professional or any other agent or representative of the Company, the Operating Partnership or their respective subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate of the Company, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage; and the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have

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instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
     (xxxix) Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or threatened or, to the Company or the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, contemplated.
     (xl) OFAC Sanctions. None of the Company, the Operating partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries (collectively, the “Entity”) or, to the knowledge of the Entity, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Entity, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is (A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“Sanctions”), nor (B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; the Entity will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: (A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or (B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise); and the Entity has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

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     (xli) Prior Sales of Common Stock. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date hereof.
     (xlii) No Registration Required for Sale of Manager Shares or Invesco Purchaser OP Units. The sale and delivery of the Manager Shares by the Company to the Manager in the manner contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement does not require registration under the Securities Act. The sale and delivery of the Invesco Purchaser OP Units by the Operating Partnership to the Invesco OP Units Purchaser in the manner contemplated by the OP Unit Purchase Agreement does not require registration under the Securities Act.
     (xliii) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package and any preliminary prospectus comply, and any amendments or supplements thereto will comply, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any preliminary prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program.
     (xliv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency, other than those obtained, is required in connection with the offering of the Directed Shares in any jurisdiction where the Directed Shares are being offered.
     (xlv) The Company has not offered, or caused Morgan Stanley to offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company, or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or its products.
     (b) The Manager represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
     (i) Manager-Related Disclosure. Any financial or other data regarding the Manager and/or its subsidiaries that is included in a Registration Statement, a Statutory Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package is derived from the Manager’s accounting or other applicable records and is accurate in all material respects.

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     (ii) Good Standing of the Manager. The Manager has been duly organized and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Manager is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
     (iii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and/or the Management Agreement by the Manager will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (A) the Organizational Documents of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (C) any material agreement or instrument to which the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties of the Manager or any of its subsidiaries is subject.
     (iv) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager.
     (v) Authorization and Enforceability of Management Agreement and Share Purchase Agreement. At the First Closing Date, the Management Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager and will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Manager enforceable against the Manager in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.
     (vi) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including any governmental agency or body or any court) is required for the Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Share Purchase Agreement or the Management Agreement.

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     (vii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Manager and its subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate Licenses necessary or material to the conduct of the business of the Manager with respect to the Company now conducted or proposed in the General Disclosure Package to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Manager or any of its respective subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Manager and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse to the Company or that would prevent the Manager from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement or the Management Agreement.
     (ix) Employment; Noncompetition; Nondisclosure. The Manager has not been notified that any officers or other key persons of the Manager named in the General Disclosure Package, or a significant number of members of the Manager’s mortgage investment team plans to terminate his or her employment with the Manager. Neither the Manager nor, to the best of the Manager’s knowledge, any officers or other key persons of the Manager named in the General Disclosure Package is subject to any noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Manager as described in the General Disclosure Package.
     (x) Absence of Manipulation. The Manager has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
     (xi) Litigation. There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Manager or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Manager or any of its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of

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the Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Management Agreement; and, to the Manager’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened or contemplated.
     (xii) Investment Advisers Act. The Manager is not prohibited by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”), or the rules and regulations thereunder, from performing its obligations under the Management Agreement as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
     (xiii) Internal Controls. The Manager maintains a system of internal controls in place sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (A) the transactions that may be effectuated by the Manager under the Management Agreement are executed in accordance with its management’s general or specific authorization and (B) access to the Company’s assets is permitted only in accordance with the internal polices, controls and procedures of the Manager.
     (xiv) Compliance. The Manager is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and judgments, including those relating to transactions with affiliates, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
     3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $  per share, the respective number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
          The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank designated by the Company drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (“Skadden”), at 10 A.M., New York time, on June ___, 2009 or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date.” For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and

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delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Firm Securities shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the First Closing Date.
          In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives given to the Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company.
          Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an “Optional Closing Date,” which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “Closing Date”), shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be [not earlier than three days and] not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of                     , at the office of Skadden. The Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the applicable Optional Closing Date.
     4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
     5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Manager.
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     (i) Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement in accordance with the next sentence, the Company will file the Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representatives, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representatives, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 424(b) not later than the earlier of (A) the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or (B) the fifteenth business day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Representatives of such timely filing. If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Offered Securities under the Act but the Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will file the additional registration statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representatives.
     (ii) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives’ consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (A) the effectiveness of any Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement), (B) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (C) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (D) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (E) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

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     (iii) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
     (iv) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than the Availability Date (as defined below), the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement (or, if later, the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement) which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act. For the purpose of the preceding sentence, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of the fourth fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes such Effective Time on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter except that, if such fourth fiscal quarter is the last quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, “Availability Date” means the day after the end of such fourth fiscal quarter on which the Company is required to file its Form 10-K.
     (v) Furnishing of Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of each Registration Statement (of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Representatives request. The Final Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or at such time as otherwise agreed to by the Representatives. All other documents shall be so furnished as soon as

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available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
     (vi) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
     (vii) Reporting Requirements. During the period of two years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives (A) as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act or mailed to stockholders, and (B) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. However, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and is timely filing reports with the Commission on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”), it is not required to furnish such reports or statements to the Underwriters.
     (viii) Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, costs and expenses related to the review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) of the Offered Securities (including filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such review), costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company including the chartering of airplanes, fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Securities on the NYSE, fees and

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expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors. The Company will also pay all fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program.
     (ix) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities, the Manager Shares and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units and will cause the Operating Partnership to use the net proceeds received in connection with the offering and sale of the Company OP Units and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder, the Manager Shares or the Invesco Purchaser OP Units, and will cause the Operating Partnership to refrain from using any of the proceeds from the sale of the Company OP Units and the Invesco Purchaser OP Units to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
     (x) Absence of Manipulation. The Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
     (xi) Restriction on Sale of Securities. For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Securities (“Lock-Up Securities”): (A) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (B) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (C) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (D) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call

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equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (E) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities (except for a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Company’s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan described in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package), or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representatives. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives consent to in writing; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the materials news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the Representatives with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Lock-Up Period.
     (xii) Qualification and Taxation as a REIT. The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2009, and the Company will use its best efforts to continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code unless the Board determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to be so qualified.
     (xiii) To comply with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.
     (b) The Manager agrees with the several Underwriters that:
     (i) Absence of Manipulation. The Manager will not, and will cause its subsidiaries and affiliates over which the Manger exercises control not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.

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     (ii) Restriction on Sale of Securities. For the period specified below (the “Manager Lock-Up Period”), the Manager will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to the Lock-Up Securities: (A) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (B) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (C) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (D) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (E) cause the Company to file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representatives. The initial Manager Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 365 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives consent to in writing; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Manager Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Manager Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Manager Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Manager Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the materials news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representatives waive, in writing, such extension. The Company will provide the Representatives with notice of any announcement described in clause (2) of the preceding sentence that gives rise to an extension of the Manager Lock-Up Period.
     6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and Credit Suisse is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that is has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.

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     7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company, Operating Partnership, the Manager and their respective subsidiaries made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
     (a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Grant Thornton LLP, substantially in the form of Annex I hereto, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to financial statements and certain financial information of the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
     (b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Effective Time of the Additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 10:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Representatives. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to such Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Representatives, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
     (c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of debt securities, if any, of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in either U.S. or international financial, political or

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economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
     (d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager, in substantially the form set forth on Annex II hereto.
     (e) Opinion of Special Counsel for Company. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Venable LLP, special counsel for the Company, in substantially the form set forth in Annex III hereto.
     (f) Tax Opinion. The Representatives shall have received a tax opinion, dated such Closing Date of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Company, in substantially the form set forth on Annex IV hereto.
     (g) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Skadden, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
     (h) Company Officers’ Certificate. The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct; each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the

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effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; the Additional Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with Rule 111(a) or (b) of Regulation S-T of the Commission; and, subsequent to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
     (i) Manager Officers’ Certificate. The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Manager in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Manager in this Agreement are true and correct; the Manager has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date.
     (j) Lock-up Agreements. On or prior to the date hereof, the Representatives shall have received (i) a lock-up letter in the form of
Annex VI hereto from each of the Company’s directors and executive officers, the Manager and each the Manager’s officers and (ii) a lock-up letter in the form of Annex VII hereto from each of the Manager and Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd, respectively.
     (k) Private Placement Closing. The Company shall have issued and sold the Manager Shares to the Manager and the Operating Partnership shall have issued and sold the Invesco Purchaser OP Units to the Invesco OP Unit Purchaser.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. Credit Suisse may in its sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
     8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Indemnification by the Company and the Operating Partnership. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other

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Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (c) below.
     (b) Indemnification by the Underwriters. Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership and each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: (i) the information relating to concession and reallowance figures, stabilizing transactions, penalty bids and syndicate covering transactions contained in the ___ paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, and (ii) the disclosure regarding sales to

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discretionary accounts and passive market making in the ___ paragraph and ___ paragraph, respectively, under the caption “Underwriting”.
     (c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if indemnity may be sought pursuant to the last paragraph in Section 8 (a) hereof in respect of such action or proceeding, then in addition to such separate firm for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Designated Underwriter for the defense of any losses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of the Directed Share Program, and all persons, if any, who control the Designated Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act of Section 20 of the Exchange Act. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
     (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a

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result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Operating Partnership bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).
     9. Directed Share Program Indemnification. (a) The Company and the Operating Partnership agree to indemnify and hold harmless Morgan Stanley, each person, if any, who controls Morgan Stanley within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of Morgan Stanley within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Securities Act (“Morgan Stanley Entities”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not

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misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of Morgan Stanley Entities.
     (b) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Morgan Stanley Entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 9(a), the Morgan Stanley Entity seeking indemnity, shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company, upon request of the Morgan Stanley Entity, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Morgan Stanley Entity to represent the Morgan Stanley Entity and any others the Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Morgan Stanley Entity shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Morgan Stanley Entity unless (i) the Company shall have agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company and the Morgan Stanley Entity and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership shall, in respect of the legal expenses of the Morgan Stanley Entities in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Morgan Stanley Entities. Any such separate firm for the Morgan Stanley Entities shall be designated in writing by Morgan Stanley. Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company and the Operating Partnership agree to indemnify the Morgan Stanley Entities from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time a Morgan Stanley Entity shall have requested the Company to reimburse it for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the Company and the Operating Partnership agree that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Company of the aforesaid request and (ii) the Company shall not have reimbursed the Morgan Stanley Entity in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. Neither the Company nor the Operating Company shall, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Morgan Stanley Entity is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Morgan Stanley Entity, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Morgan Stanley Entities from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
     (c) To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) is unavailable to a Morgan Stanley Entity or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then the Company and the Operating Partnership in lieu of indemnifying the Morgan Stanley Entity thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Morgan Stanley Entity as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is

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appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Morgan Stanley Entities on the other hand from the offering of the Directed Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 9(c)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 9(c)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and of the Morgan Stanley Entities on the other hand in connection with any statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Morgan Stanley Entities on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Directed Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Morgan Stanley Entities for the Directed Shares, bear to the aggregate Public Offering Price of the Directed Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability is caused by an untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Morgan Stanley Entities on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement or the omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company and the Operating Partnership or by the Morgan Stanley Entities and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
     (d) The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Morgan Stanley Entities agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Morgan Stanley Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 9(c). The amount paid or payable by the Morgan Stanley Entities as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Morgan Stanley Entities in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Morgan Stanley Entity shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Directed Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Morgan Stanley Entity has otherwise been required to pay. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
     (e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 9 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Morgan Stanley Entity, the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company or the Operating Partnership and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Directed Shares.

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     10. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, Credit Suisse may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to Credit Suisse and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 11 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
     11. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10 hereof, the Company, will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company, the Operating Partnership, and the Underwriters pursuant to Sections 8 and 9 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
     12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Representatives, , c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:  LCD-IBD, or, if sent to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 1555 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Attention: Richard J. King; provided, however, that any notice to an

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Underwriter pursuant to Sections 8 or 9 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed 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 Sections 8 or 9, 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 or by Credit Suisse 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 or 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 and the Manager capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager, and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

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     (d) Waiver. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager.
     17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
          The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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          If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

INVESCO MORTGAGE CAPITAL INC.
 
 
  By      
    Name:   Richard J. King   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  IAS OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
 
 
  By:   Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc.,    
    as its general partner   
     
  By      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  INVESCO INSTITUTIONAL (N.A.), INC.
 
 
  By      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
         
  Acting on behalf of itself and as the
Representative of the several Underwriters.

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
  Acting on behalf of itself and as the
Representative of the several Underwriters.

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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SCHEDULE A
         
        Number of
Underwriter   Firm Securities
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC    
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated    
Barclays Capital Inc.    
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.    
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated    
Jackson Securities, LLC    
Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.    
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.    
 
       
 
       
 
  Total   20,000,000
 
       

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SCHEDULE B
1.   General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)
“General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
1.   Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package

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ANNEX I
Form of Comfort Letter of Grant Thornton LLP

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ANNEX II
Form of Corporate Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP

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ANNEX III
Form of Maryland Law Opinion of Venable LLP

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ANNEX IV
Form of Tax Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP

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ANNEX V
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
for Directors, Officers and Employees of the Manager
June             , 2009
     
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
 
  Eleven Madison Avenue
 
  New York, NY 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
          As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June ___, 2009 by and among Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “Company”), IAS Operating Partnership LP, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”) as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement., pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public market for the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Securities”) of the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
          The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 180 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement; provided, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the

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Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley waive, in writing, such extension.
          The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
          Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Agreement. A transfer of Securities to a family member or trust may be made, provided the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such transfer, such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
          In furtherance of the foregoing, the transfer agent and registrar is hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.
          This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before ___, 2009. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
         
 
  Very truly yours,    
 
       
 
       
 
 
 
   
 
       
 
  [Name of stockholder]    

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ANNEX VI
Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.
1555 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
June             , 2009
     
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
 
  Eleven Madison Avenue,
 
  New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
          As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June              , 2009 by and among Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “Company”), IAS Operating Partnership LP, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”) as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement., pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public orderly market for the common stock (the “Securities”) of the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
          With respect to the                      Securities to be purchased by the undersigned pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement to be entered into by the Company and the undersigned on the Public Offering Date (as defined below), the initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 365 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the

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Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and with respect to any other Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, the initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 180 days after the Public Offering Date; provided, in each case, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley waive, in writing, such extension.
          The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
          Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Agreement. A transfer of Securities to an affiliate of the Company may be made, provided the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such transfer, such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
          In furtherance of the foregoing, the transfer agent and registrar is hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.
          This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before ___, 2009. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
         
  Very truly yours,

INVESCO INSTITUTIONAL (N.A.), INC.
 
 
  By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      

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ANNEX VII
Invesco Investments (Bermuda) Ltd.
1555 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
June             , 2009
     
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As Representatives of the Several Underwriters,
c/o
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
 
  Eleven Madison Avenue,
 
  New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Dear Sirs:
          As an inducement to the Underwriters to execute the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of June             , 2009 by and among Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor (by merger or otherwise) thereto, (the “Company”), IAS Operating Partnership LP, Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc., and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley”) as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement., pursuant to which an offering will be made that is intended to result in the establishment of a public orderly market for the common stock (the “Securities”) of the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees that during the period specified in the following paragraph (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, enter into a transaction which would have the same effect, or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement, without, in each case, the prior written consent of Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Credit Suisse, it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any Securities or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Securities.
          With respect to the                      units of limited partnership interest in IAS Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) to be purchased by the undersigned pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement to be entered into by the Operating Partnership and the undersigned on the Public Offering Date (as defined below), the initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and

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include the date 365 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus used to sell the Securities (the “Public Offering Date”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and with respect to any other Securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities, the initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue and include the date 180 days after the Public Offering Date; provided, in each case, however, that if (1) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company releases earnings results or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley waive, in writing, such extension.
          The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Lock-Up Agreement during the period from the date of this Lock-Up Agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.
          Any Securities received upon exercise of options granted to the undersigned will also be subject to this Agreement. A transfer of Securities to an affiliate of the Company may be made, provided the transferee agrees to be bound in writing by the terms of this Agreement prior to such transfer, such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) shall be required or shall be voluntarily made in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period).
          In furtherance of the foregoing, the transfer agent and registrar is hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of Securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.
          This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and the successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the undersigned. This Agreement shall lapse and become null and void if the Public Offering Date shall not have occurred on or before ___, 2009. This agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
         
  Very truly yours,


INVESCO INVESTMENTS (BERMUDA) LTD.
 
 
  By:      
  Name:      
  Title:      
 

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