Prospectus excerpt:  FIRST: Under the authority vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the ÙBoard of Directorsˆ) pursuant to Section 6.3 of Article VI of the charter of the Corporation (the ÙCharterˆ), the Board of Directors and a duly-authorized committee thereof (the ÙPricing Committeeˆ) have classified and designated 6,900,000 of the authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporation as shares of a separate class of preferred stock, designated as 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, with the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption set forth herein, which upon any restatement of the Charter, shall become a part of Article VI of the Charter, with any necessary or appropriate changes to the enumeration of sections or subsections hereof. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Charter.