Prospectus excerpt:  FIRST: Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the ôBoard of Directorsö) by Section 4.03 of the charter of the Corporation (the ôCharterö) and Section 2-208 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has by resolution classified and designated 42,973,522 shares of authorized but unissued preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share, as shares of 6.70% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, with the following preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption, which, upon any restatement of the Charter, shall become part of Article IV of the Charter, with any necessary or appropriate renumbering or relettering of the sections or subsections hereof: