Practices


Securities Offerings

Name of Company & Offering Date Managing Underwriter Securities Offered
Education Realty Trust
June 2010
KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. and UBS Securities, LLC (sales agents) Up to $50,000,000 of Common Stock in connection with an at-the-market offering program
HCA Inc.
May 2010
Bof A Merrill Lynch; Citi and J.P. Morgan Initial Public Offering of $4,000,000,000 in Common Stock (currently in registration)
Business Development Corporation of America
May 2010
Realty Capital Securities, LLC (dealer manager) Initial Public Offering of $1,500,000,000 in Common Stock (currently in registration)
Gladstone Lending Corporation
April 2010
Dealer manager (pending) Initial Public Offering of $500,000,000 in Common Stock (currently in registration)
Main Street Capital Corporation
January 2010
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC; Janney Montgomery Scott LLC; Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.; and Madison Williams and Company LLC Follow-on offering of 2,875,000 Shares of Common
Triangle Capital Corporation
December 2009
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; BB&T Capital Markets; and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Follow-on offering of 1,560,000 Shares of Common Stock; Net proceeds of approximately $17,784,000
Whitestone REIT
November 2009
Wunderlich Securities, Inc. Initial public offering of $50,000,000 of Common Shares
Investors Real Estate Trust
October 2009
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated; RBC Capital Markets Corporation; Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and D.A. Davidson & Co.; J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, LLC Public offering of 9,200,000 Shares of Common Stock; Net proceeds of approximately $66,000,000
Gaylord Entertainment Company
September 2009
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. Public offering of approximately $125,000,000 in Common Stock and a Rule 144A private placement of $360,000,000 of Convertible Senior Notes
U-Store-It Trust
August 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch; Wells Fargo Securities; and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Follow-on offering of 32,200,000 Shares of Common Stock at $5.25; Net proceeds of approximately $160,000,000
Triangle Capital Corporation
August 2009
RBC Capital Markets Corporation; BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. Follow-on offering of 1,495,000 Shares of Common Stock; Aggregate proceeds of approximately $14,595,500
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
July 2009 
BofA Merrill Lynch; KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.; and UBS Investment Bank 28,175,000 Shares of Common Stock
AutoZone, Inc.
June 2009
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC $500,000,000 5.750% Senior Notes Due 2015
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
June 2009
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.; Sandler O'Neill Partners, L.P.; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey; and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. 8,855,000 Shares of Common Stock; Aggregate proceeds of approximately $115,100,000
Investors Real Estate Trust
June 2009
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Main Street Capital Corporation
June 2009
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott and Stringfellow, LLC,; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; SMH Capital, Inc.; Janney Montgomery Scott LLC; and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. Follow-on offering of 1,250,000 Shares of Common Stock
Corrections Corporation
of America
May 2009
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. $465,000,000 7¾% Senior Notes due 2017
Triangle Capital Corporation
April 2009
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC; and RBC Capital Markets Corporation 1,200,000 Shares of Common Stock; Aggregate transaction size was $12,900,000
Investors Real Estate Trust
April 2009  
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated Baird on Demand Offering program of up to $50 million of Common Shares of IRET
U-Store-It Trust
April 2009
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Controlled Equity Offering program to offer and sell up to 10,000,000 Common Shares of the Company
HCA Inc.
February 2009
Banc of America Securities LLC; Citi; J.P. Morgan; Wachovia Securities $310,000,000 9 7/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2017
Brown-Forman Corporation
January 2009 
Banc of America Securities LLC; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Barclays Capital Inc.; and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC $250,000,000 5% Notes due 2014
AutoZone, Inc.
August 2008
Banc of America Securities LLC; Citi; SunTrust Robinson Humphrey $500,000,000 6.500% Senior Notes Due 2014; $250,000,000 7.125% Senior Notes Due 2018
Luminex Corporation
July 2008
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; and UBS Securities, LLC Public Offering of 4,025,000 Shares of Common Stock
MCG Capital Corporation
April 2008
  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.   Public Offering of up to 9,500,000 Shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Subscription Rights
Gladstone Capital Corporation
February 2008
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.; and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated Public Offering of 3,450,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $51,000,000
Coventry Health Care, Inc.
August 2007
Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. $400,000,000; 6.30% Senior Notes due 2014
Renasant Corporation
May 2007
Keefe Bruyette & Woods; Stephens Inc.; and FTN Midwest Securities Corp. 2,400,000 Shares of Common Stock
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
May 2007
Cantor Fitzgerald 3,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Gladstone Capital Corporation
May 2007
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated; Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated; Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.; BB&T Capital Markets; J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc.; Davenport & Company LLC; Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Shelf Take-Down 2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock; Aggregate proceeds of $46,075,000
Brown-Forman Corporation
April 2007
Banc of America Securities, LLC; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; and Citigroup Global Markets $150,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2010; $250,000,000 5.20% Notes due 2012
Coventry Health Care, Inc.
March 2007
Citigroup, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Banc of America Securities LLC; and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. $400,000,000; 5.95% Senior Notes due 2017
Community First, Inc.
March 2007
  350,000 Shares of Common Stock
Triangle Capital Corporation
February 2007
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.; BB&T Capital Markets; Avondale Partners LLC; and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. Initial Public Offering of 4,200,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $63,000,000
Prospect Energy Corporation
December 2006
  Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.   Follow-on offering 6,810,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $120,537,000
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
November 2006
Cantor Fitzgerald 2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Intergraph Corporation
November 2006
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated; and Wachovia Securities $275,000,000 Senior Subordinated Notes
Intergraph Corporation
November 2006
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated; and Wachovia Securities $465,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
HCA, Inc.
November 2006
Citigroup; Banc of America Securities LLC,; JPMorgan,; Merrill Lynch & Co.; Deutsche Bank Securities; and Wachovia Securities $5.7 Billion Senior Secured Notes
Gladstone Commercial Corporation
October 2006
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated; Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated; and J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. 1,150,000 Shares of 7.5% Series B Preferred Shares; Aggregate proceeds of $27,600,000
HealthSpring, Inc.
October 2006
Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Citigroup; and UBS Investment Bank Follow-on offering of 11,600,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $220,168,000
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
September 2006
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey $20,000,000 Trust Preferred Securities
Prospect Energy Corporation
August 2006
Morgan Keegan & Co., Inc.; Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated; Oppenheimer & Co.; D.A. Davidson & Co.; and Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. 4,791,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $73,302,300
Paragon National Bank
July 2006
Howe Barnes Investments, Inc. Follow-on offering of 980,000 Shares of Common Stock at $12.50: Total of $11.7 million
Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc.
July 2006 
FTN Midwest Securities Corp.; and Sterne, Agee and Leach, Inc. 1,150,000 Shares of Common Stock
AutoZone, Inc.
June 2006
Merrill Lynch & Co.; and JPMorgan $200,000,000 of 6.95% Senior Notes due 2016
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
May 2006
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Follow-on offering of 1,000,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $52,500,000
Providence Service Corporation
April 2006
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey; and Avondale Partners, LLC Follow-on offering of 2,070,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $66,240,000
Windrose Medical Properties Trust
April 2006
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated; and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Follow-on offering of 2,300,000 common shares of beneficial interest; Total aggregate offering amount of $34,040,000
Equity Inns, Inc.
February 2006
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. 2,400,000 shares of 8% Series C Cumulative Preferred Stock (Liquidate Preference $25.00 per share)
HealthSpring, Inc.
February 2006
Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Citigroup; and UBS Investment Bank Initial Public Offering Share of Common Stock; Offering amount of $421,500,000
HCA Inc.
February 2006
Citigroup; and Banc of America Securities LLC $1,000,000,000 6.500% Notes due 2016
Corrections Corporation of America
January 2006
Banc of America Securities LLC $150,000,000 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014
American Retirement Corporation
January 2006
Jefferies & Company, Inc 3,450,000 Shares of Common Stock
Gladstone Commercial Corporation
January 2006
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated 1,000,000 Shares of 7.75% Series A Preferred Shares
RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc.
January 2006
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Initial Public Offering of 27,000,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $465,750,000
Greene County Bancshares, Inc.
September 2005
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2,108,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $54,281,000
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
September 2005
Howe Barnes; Resource Financial Institutions Group; and Credit Suisse First Boston $20,000,000 Trust Preferred Securities
Community First, Inc.
September 2005
FTN Financial Capital Markets; and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods $5,000,000 Trust Preferred Securities
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
August 2005
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Selling Stockholder offering of 300,000 Shares of Common Stock
Columbia Equity Trust, Inc.
July 2005
Wachovia Securities LLC; and Robert W. Baird & Co. Initial Public Offering, 12,000,000; Total aggregate offering amount of $180,000,000
Greene County Bancshares, Inc.
June 2005
Cohen Brow & Company $3,000,000 Trust Preferred Securities
Gladstone Investment Corporation
June 2005
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated; and Jefferies & Company, Inc. Initial Public Offering, 14,400,000 Shares of Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $216,000,000
AmREIT
May 2005
Robert W. Baird & Co.; BB&T Capital Markets; and J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. 2,760,000 Common Stock; Total aggregate offering amount of $19,440,000
Corrections Corporation of America
March 2005
Lehman Brothers Inc.; Banc of America Securities LLC; JP Morgan Securities, Inc. $375,000,000 6.25% Senior Notes due 2013
Windrose Medical Properties Trust
March 2005
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated; Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.; and J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. 1,955,000 Shares of beneficial interest; Total aggregate offering amount of $25,766,900
Dividend Capital Realty Income Allocation Fund
February 2005
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Initial Public Offering, 12,100,000 Common Shares of beneficial interest
American Retirement Corporation
January 2005
Jefferies & Company, Inc. 4,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
Coventry Health Care, Inc.
January 2005
Lehman Brothers Inc.; and Citigroup $250,000,000 5.875% Senior Notes due 2012 and $250,000,000 6.125% Senior Notes due 2015
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
January 2005
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.; UBS Securities LLC; and Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Initial Public Offering, 19,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

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