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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000947871-09-000029.txt : 20090120
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090120171035
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000947871-09-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090120
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090120

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALEXANDERS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003499
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				510100517
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3/A
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-155727
		FILM NUMBER:		09534804

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 SEVENTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		*****
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-894-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 SEVENTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		*****
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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effective date of this registration statement.</font></div>
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dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
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continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other
than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">x</font></font></div>
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form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering.&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></font></div>
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form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the
Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></font></div>
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form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following box.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></font></div>
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classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check
the following box.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></font></div>
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accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller
reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS
MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A
FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION&#160;8(a) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION&#160;8(a), MAY DETERMINE.</font></div>
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preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities and debt warrants is being
registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices in an
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Securities Act, the associated filing fee of $121,350 will be applied to the
unsold $1,500,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of common stock,
preferred stock, depositary shares representing preferred stock, debt securities
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following is a statement of expenses (all of which are estimated other than the
SEC registration fee) in connection with the issuance and distribution of the
securities being registered, other than underwriting compensation:</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">*</font></td>
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15.&#160;&#160;INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Section&#160;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to indemnify its
directors and officers or former directors and officers and to purchase
insurance with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as
directors and officers under certain circumstances.&#160;&#160;Such law provides
further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may be
entitled under a corporation&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, by-laws, agreement
or otherwise.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Alexander&#8217;s,
Inc.&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that our officers and directors
will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law.&#160;&#160;The directors shall be liable to us or the stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of the director&#8217;s fiduciary duty.&#160;&#160;Such
provision does not limit a director&#8217;s liability to us or our stockholders
resulting from:&#160;&#160;(i)&#160;any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty
to us or our stockholders, (ii)&#160;acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii)&#160;unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or
redemptions as provided in Section&#160;174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law or (iv)&#160;any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Alexander&#8217;s,
Inc.&#8217;s certificate of incorporation provides that we shall pay the expenses
incurred by our officers or directors in defending a civil or criminal action,
suit, or proceeding involving such person&#8217;s acts or omissions as an officer or a
director of ours if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of us or our
stockholders and, with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, if the person
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful.&#160;&#160;Unless ordered by a court, indemnification of an officer
shall be made by us only as authorized in a specific case upon the determination
that indemnification of the officer or director is proper under the
circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of
conduct.&#160;&#160;Such determination shall be made (i)&#160;by majority vote
of our directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding,
(ii)&#160;by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii)&#160;by
our stockholders.&#160;&#160;Alexander&#8217;s, Inc.&#8217;s certificate of incorporation
authorizes us to pay the expenses incurred by an officer or a director in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding in advance of the
final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such person to repay the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the person
is not entitled to be indemnified by us.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We have
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee, or agent or is liable as our director, or is
or was serving, at our request, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity or arising out of his status as such, regardless of whether we would
have power to indemnify him against such liability.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We have
purchased a policy of directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; insurance that insures both us
and our officers and directors against expenses and liabilities of the type
normally insured against under such policies, including the expense of the
indemnifications described above.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
to the form of Underwriting Agreement, to be filed by amendment hereto or by
Form&#160;8-K, the underwriters will agree, subject to certain conditions, to
indemnify Alexander&#8217;s, Inc., its directors, certain of its officers and persons
who control Alexander&#8217;s, Inc. within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), against certain liabilities.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ITEM
16.&#160;&#160;EXHIBITS</font></div>
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Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ITEM
17.&#160;&#160;UNDERTAKINGS</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment of this registration
statement:</font></div>
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration
statement.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&#160;424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement;
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include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</font></div>
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however, that paragraphs&#160;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form&#160;S-3 or Form&#160;S-8, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section&#160;13 or Section&#160;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></div>
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the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div>
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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purchaser:<a name="a.5.i" /><a name="a.5.i.A" /></font></div>
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Rule</font></div>
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1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as
of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the
offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale
prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in
the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration
statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.</font></div>
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the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless
of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:</font></div>
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liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#8217;s
Annual Report pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or Section&#160;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#8217;s Annual Report pursuant to Section&#160;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
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be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
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that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing and has duly caused this registration statement on Form&#160;S-3 to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in The
City of New York and State of New York, on January 20, 2009.</font></div>
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INDEX</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">NUMBER</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">DESCRIPTION</font></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.1**</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form&#160;of
      Underwriting Agreement (for Common Stock)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.2**</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Underwriting Agreement (for Preferred Stock)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1.3**</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Underwriting Agreement (for Debt Securities)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
      reference to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-3 (No.
      033-62779) filed September&#160;20, 1995)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">3.2*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">By-laws
      of the Company (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly
      Report on Form&#160;10-Q (No. 001-06064) filed May&#160;9,
      2000)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Specimen
      Common Stock Certificate</font></div>
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          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.2
      **</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.3*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Indenture for Senior Debt Securities (incorporated by reference to the
      Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
    333-110673))</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.4*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Senior Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.1, incorporated by
      reference to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
      333-110673))</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.5*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Indenture for Subordinated Debt Securities (incorporated by reference
      to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
      333-110673))</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.6*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.3, incorporated by
      reference to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
      333-110673))</font></div>
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          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.7*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Deposit Agreement (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s
      Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-110673))</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.8*</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.5, incorporated by reference
      to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
      333-110673))</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.9**</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Warrant Agreement</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.10**</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Warrant (included in Exhibit 4.9)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Opinion
      of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">8.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Tax
      Opinion of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP</font></div>
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          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">12.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statement
      Regarding Computation of Consolidated Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
      Charges</font></div>
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          </tr>
          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">15.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Letter
      Regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Consent
      of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.2</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Consent
      of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.3*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Consent
      of Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit
  8.1)</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Power
      of Attorney</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">25.1*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statement
      of Eligibility of Senior Trustee on Form&#160;T-1</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">25.2*</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Statement
      of Eligibility of Subordinated Trustee on
  Form&#160;T-1</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
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previously.</font></div>
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filed by amendment or on a Form&#160;8-K.</font></div>
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20, 2009</font></div>
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Inc.</font></div>
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4 East</font></div>
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Inc.</font></font></div>
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acted as counsel to Alexander&#8217;s, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;), in
connection with the preparation and filing by the Company of a registration
statement on Form S-3 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Registration
Statement</font>&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the
offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Securities Act</font>&#8221;), of
(i) the Company&#8217;s debt securities (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Debt Securities</font>&#8221;),
(ii) warrants to purchase the Company&#8217;s debt securities (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Debt Warrants</font>&#8221;),
(iii) shares of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Preferred
Stock</font>&#8221;), (iv) shares of the Company&#8217;s preferred stock represented by
depositary shares (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Depositary Shares</font>&#8221;)
and (v) shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $1.00 per
share.&#160;&#160;The Debt Securities, the Debt Warrants, the Preferred Stock,
the Depositary Shares and the Common Stock are collectively referred to as the
&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Securities</font>.&#8221;&#160;&#160;The
offering of the Securities will be as set forth in the prospectus contained in
the Registration Statement (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Prospectus</font>&#8221;), as
supplemented by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Prospectus
Supplement</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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Securities will be issued in one or more series and may be either senior debt
securities (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Senior
Debt Securities</font>&#8221;) of the Company pursuant to an indenture to be executed
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Senior Trustee</font>&#8221;), in
substantially the form included in the Registration Statement as
Exhibit&#160;4.3 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Senior Indenture</font>&#8221;) or
subordinated debt securities (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Subordinated Debt
Securities</font>&#8221;) of the Company pursuant to an indenture to be executed
between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Subordinated
Trustee</font>&#8221;), in substantially the form included in the Registration
Statement as Exhibit&#160;4.5 (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Subordinated
Indenture</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Debt Warrants will be issued under one or
more debt warrant agreements (each, a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Warrant Agreement</font>&#8221;)
to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution identified
therein as warrant agent (each, a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Warrant
Agent</font>&#8221;).&#160;&#160;The Preferred Stock will be issued in one or more
series and the relative powers, designations, preferences, rights and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such Preferred Stock will be set
forth in one or more certificates of designations (each, a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Certificate of
Designations</font>&#8221;). The Depositary Shares will be issued under one or more
deposit agreements (each, a &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Deposit Agreement</font>&#8221;),
each to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution
identified therein as the depositary (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Depositary</font>&#8221;), in
substantially the form included in the Registration Statement as
Exhibit&#160;4.7.&#160;&#160;Each Warrant Agreement and Certificate of
Designations will be in a form to be filed as an exhibit to a
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to the Registration Statement or a Current Report on Form 8-K incorporated in
the Registration Statement by reference.&#160;&#160;The Senior Indenture, the
Subordinated Indenture, the Deposit Agreements and the Warrant Agreements are
hereinafter referred to as the &#8220;Opinion Documents.&#8221;</font></div>
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documents:</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the
      Company.</font></div>
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      resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the
      Senior Indenture, the Subordinated Indenture and the Deposit Agreements
      and the issuance, offering and sale of the Securities (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Resolutions</font>&#8221;).</font></div>
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      other corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials
      and of officers of the Company and agreements and other documents as we
      have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed
      below.</font></div>
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review of the Opinion Documents and other documents, we have
assumed:</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as
copies.</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in certificates
of public officials and officers of the Company.</font></div>
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<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">That each
of the Opinion Documents will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
party thereto, other than the Company, enforceable against each such party in
accordance with its terms.</font></div>
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execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Opinion Documents to
which it is a party will be duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate
or otherwise) and will not:</font></div>
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its certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents;</font></div>
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in any conflict with or breach of any agreement or document binding on it of
which any addressee hereof has knowledge, has received notice or has reason to
know.</font></div>
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authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body or (to the extent the same is required
under any agreement or document binding on it of which the Company has
knowledge, has received notice or has reason to know)<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">&#160;</font>any
other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by
the Company of any Opinion Document to which it is a party or, if any such
authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it has
been or will be duly obtained, taken, given or made and is or will be in full
force and effect.</font></div>
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not independently established the validity of the foregoing
assumptions.</font></div>
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Law</font>&#8221; means the federal law of the United States of America, and the law
of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated
thereunder or pursuant thereto), that a New York lawyer exercising customary
professional diligence would reasonably be expected to recognize as being
applicable to the Company, the Opinion Documents or the transactions governed by
the Opinion Documents, and for purposes of assumption paragraph (f) above and
our opinions in paragraphs 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 and 11 below, the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.&#160;&#160;Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing definition of Generally Applicable Law, the term &#8220;Generally Applicable
Law&#8221; does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the
Company, the Opinion Documents or such transactions solely because such law,
rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any
of the Opinion Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or
business of such party or such affiliate.</font></div>
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upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary
and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion
that:</font></div>
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Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the law of the State of Delaware with corporate power and
authority under such law to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement and the documents incorporated by reference
therein.</font></div>
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Company (i)&#160;has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform each
Opinion Document to which it is a party and (ii) has taken all corporate action
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each Opinion
Document to which it is a party.</font></div>
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Senior Indenture has been duly authorized and, when duly executed and delivered
by the Company and duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Senior
Trustee, the Senior Indenture will constitute a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.</font></div>
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Subordinated Indenture has been duly authorized and, when duly executed and
delivered by the Company and duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Subordinated Trustee, the Subordinated Indenture will constitute a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms.</font></div>
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Senior Debt Securities have been duly authorized and, when (i) the Senior
Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Senior
Trustee, (ii) the final terms of the Senior Debt Securities have been duly
established and approved and (iii) the Senior Debt Securities have been duly
executed by the Company, in each case pursuant to the authority granted in the
Resolutions, and authenticated by the Senior Trustee in accordance with the
Senior Indenture and delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the
consideration therefor duly approved by the Company, such Senior Debt Securities
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Senior Indenture.</font></div>
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Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly authorized and, when (i) the
Subordinated Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
the Subordinated Trustee, (ii) the final terms of the Subordinated Debt
Securities have been duly established and approved and (iii) the Subordinated
Debt Securities have been duly executed by the Company, in each case pursuant to
the authority granted in the Resolutions, and authenticated by the Subordinated
Trustee in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and delivered to the
purchasers thereof against payment of the consideration therefor duly approved
by the Company, such Subordinated Debt Securities will constitute legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Subordinated Indenture.</font></div>
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Debt Warrants have been duly authorized.</font></div>
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shares of Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when the final terms
thereof have been duly established and approved by the Company in conformity
with the Company&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, and certificates representing
such shares have been duly executed by the Company, in each case pursuant to the
authority granted in the Resolutions, and delivered to the purchasers thereof
against</font></div>
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of the consideration therefor duly approved by the Company (which shall not be
less than the par value of the Preferred Stock), and when all corporate action
necessary for the issuance of such shares has been taken, including the adoption
and filing of a Certificate of Designations, such shares of Preferred Stock will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</font></div>
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Depositary Shares have been duly authorized and, when the applicable Deposit
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Depositary
and the final terms of the Depositary Shares to be issued pursuant thereto have
been duly established and approved, in each case pursuant to the authority
granted in the Resolutions, and when the depositary receipts representing the
Depositary Shares (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Depositary Receipts</font>&#8221;)
have been duly executed by the Company and duly executed and countersigned by
the Depositary in accordance with the terms of such Deposit Agreement, and
delivered to the purchasers thereof against </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">payment
of the consideration therefor duly approved by the Company, and when all
corporate action necessary for issuance of Depositary Shares and the underlying
shares of Preferred Stock has been taken, such Depositary Shares will be validly
issued and will entitle the holders thereof to the rights specified in the
Depositary Receipts and the applicable Deposit Agreement.</font></div>
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shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and, when the terms of the
issuance and sale of the applicable shares of Common Stock have been duly
approved by the Company in conformity with the Company&#8217;s certificate of
incorporation and pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions, and when
such shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered to the purchasers thereof
against payment of the consideration therefor duly approved by the Company
(which shall not be less than the par value of the Common Stock), will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</font></div>
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shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any issue of convertible Debt
Securities or Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and, when the terms of
conversion of such convertible Debt Securities or Preferred Stock have been duly
approved by the Company pursuant to the authority granted in the Resolutions,
and when such shares of Common Stock are issued and delivered to the purchasers
thereof against payment of the consideration therefor duly approved by the
Company (which shall not be less than the par value of the Common Stock), will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</font></div>
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opinions expressed above are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors&#8217; rights generally (including without limitation all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), (ii) the effect of general principles of equity,
including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law) and (iii) Generally Applicable Law, and we do not express any opinion
herein concerning any other law. Further, with respect to Securities denominated
in a currency other than United States dollars, if any, we express no opinion as
to whether a court would award a judgment in a currency other than United States
dollars.</font></div>
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opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof.&#160;&#160;We expressly
disclaim any responsibility to advise you of any development or circumstance of
any kind, including any change of law or fact, that may occur after the date of
this opinion letter that might affect the opinions expressed
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understand that this opinion is to be used in connection with the Registration
Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the
caption &#8220;Validity of the Securities.&#8221; In giving this consent, we do not hereby
admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.</font></div>
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