SEVENTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
SEVENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 7, 2008 (this “
Supplemental Indenture ”), by and between PROLOGIS
(formerly ProLogis Trust and prior thereto Security Capital
Industrial Trust), a real estate investment trust organized under
the laws of the State of Maryland having its principal office at
4545 Airport Way, Denver, Colorado 80239 (the “
Company ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as
successor in interest to State Street Bank and Trust Company),
having a corporate trust office at Corporate Trust Services, 100
Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005, as
successor Trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee
”) under the Base Indenture (defined below).
The Company and
the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of
March 1, 1995, as amended by a First Supplemental Indenture
dated as of February 9, 2005, a Second Supplemental Indenture
dated as of November 2, 2005 (the “ Second
Supplemental Indenture ”), a Third Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of November 2, 2005, a Fourth Supplemental
Indenture dated as of March 26, 2007, a Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of November 8, 2007, and a Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 7, 2008 (as so
supplemented, the “ Base Indenture ”), providing
for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior
debt securities evidencing its unsubordinated indebtedness (the
“ Securities ”).
Section 901(2)
of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to add
covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or
any series of Securities.
Section 901(5)
of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to
change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Base Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination becomes effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior
to the execution of such indenture supplemental which is entitled
to the benefit of such provision.
Section 901(6)
of the Base Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to
enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to
secure the Securities.
The Board of
Trustees of the Company has duly adopted resolutions authorizing
the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture.
All things
necessary to make the Base Indenture, as hereby modified, a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and of the covenants contained herein
and in the Base Indenture, the Company and the Trustee covenant and
agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of
Securities issued on or after the date of this Supplemental
Indenture, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.
Relation to Base Indenture . This Supplemental Indenture
constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture.
Section 1.2.
Definitions . For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the
context otherwise requires:
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(a)
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Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them
in the Base Indenture.
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(b)
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All
references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise
specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this
Supplemental Indenture.
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(c)
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Pursuant to Section 901(2) of
the Base Indenture, the following terms and definitions are hereby
added to the Base Indenture for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities issued on or after the date of this Supplemental
Indenture, unless otherwise provided in the Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture authorizing any series of
such Securities:
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Capitalization Rate ” means 7%.
“
Capitalized Value ” means, as of any date, the
annualized amount of Net Operating Income for the most recently
completed fiscal quarter divided by the Capitalization
Rate.
“ Net
Operating Income ” means, as of any date for any of the
Company’s Stabilized Assets and the Subsidiaries’
Stabilized Assets, the difference, if positive between (a) any
rentals, proceeds, expense reimbursements, and revenue received
from such Stabilized Assets, and (b) all costs and expenses
incurred as a result of, or in connection with, the operation and
leasing of the applicable Stabilized Assets, in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding depreciation,
amortization, interest expense, impairment and any capital
expenditures related to such Stabilized Assets.
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Refinancing Debt ” means Debt issued in exchange for,
or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund, then
outstanding Debt (including the principal amount, accrued interest
and premium, if any, of such Debt plus any fees and expenses
incurred in connection with such refinancing); provided that (a) if
such new Debt, or the proceeds of such new Debt, are used to
refinance or refund Debt that is subordinated in right of payment
to the Securities, such new Debt shall only be permitted if it is
expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the Securities at
least to the extent that the Debt to be refinanced is subordinated
to the Securities and (b) such new Debt does not mature prior
to the stated maturity of the Debt to be refinanced or refunded,
and the weighted average life of such new Debt is at least equal to
the remaining weighted average life of the Debt to be refinanced or
refunded.
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Stabilized Asset ” means, as of any date, any of the
Company’s real estate assets and any real estate assets of
the Company’s Subsidiaries, at least 90% of the rentable area
of which was leased pursuant to bona fide tenant leases, licenses,
or other agreements requiring current rent or other similar
payments for the entire three months of the most recently completed
fiscal quarter.
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(d)
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Pursuant to Section 901(2) of
the Base Indenture, the following terms and definitions set forth
in the Base Indenture are hereby amended and restated in their
entirety for the benefit of the Holders of Securities issued on or
after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, unless otherwise
provided in the Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture authorizing any series of such Securities:
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“ Annual
Service Charge ” for any period means interest expense
and the amount of dividends which are payable in respect of any
Disqualified Stock (as recognized in the Company’s
consolidated statement of earnings) adjusted to include interest
amounts that were capitalized and not included in such interest
expense, and to exclude amounts that represent amortization of
non-cash items, such as the amortization of premiums or discounts,
loan issuance costs, hedging gains or losses or fair value
adjustments, and to exclude items classified as extraordinary
items.
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CDFS ” means the Company’s business segment
described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and
referred to as the “corporate distribution facilities
services” or “CDFS” segment (or successor
descriptions).
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Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” for
any period means net earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries
before preferred share dividends determined in accordance with GAAP
and as reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of
earnings plus (minus):
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(a)
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Losses (gains) from the
disposition or impairment of properties that are classified in the
Company’s consolidated financial statements as
“non-CDFS assets” (or successor
descriptions);
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(b)
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Losses (gains) resulting from
(i) foreign currency exchange effects of settlement of
intercompany Debt and mark-to-market adjustments associated with
intercompany Debt between the Company and its foreign Subsidiaries
and its foreign Unconsolidated Affiliates, (ii) foreign
currency effects from the remeasurement of third party Debt of the
Company’s foreign Subsidiaries and (iii) mark-to-market
adjustments to foreign exchange and interest rate contracts (or
other derivatives), in each case to the extent included in the net
earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
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(c)
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Losses (gains) from early
extinguishment of Debt;
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(d)
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Excess (deficit) of redemption
value over carrying value of preferred shares redeemed;
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(e)
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Extraordinary losses (extraordinary
gains) determined in accordance with GAAP;
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(f)
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Cumulative charges
(benefits) from a change in accounting principle;
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(g)
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minority interest;
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(h)
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interest expense and the amount of
dividends, which are payable in respect of Disqualified Stock, as
recognized in the Company’s consolidated statement of
earnings, adjusted to include interest amounts that were
capitalized and not included in such interest expense, and to
exclude amounts that represent amortization of non-cash items, such
as the amortization of premiums or discounts, loan issuance costs,
hedging gains or losses or fair value adjustments, and to exclude
items classified as extraordinary items;
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(i)
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income taxes; and
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(j)
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depreciation and
amortization.
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Debt ” of the Company or any Subsidiary means any
indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (without duplication)
in respect of (i) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes,
mortgages, debentures or similar instruments (excluding any
mark-to-market increase or decrease in indebtedness due to the
purchase accounting impact of corporate or portfolio acquisitions
and from the remeasurement of intercompany indebtedness of
Subsidiaries or Unconsolidated Affiliates), (ii) indebtedness
secured by an Encumbrance existing on any property of the Company
or any Subsidiary, whether or not such obligation shall have been
assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that the amount
of any Debt under this clause (ii) that has not been assumed
by the Company or any Subsidiary shall be equal to the lesser of
the stated amount of such Debt or the fair market value of the
property securing such Debt, (iii) the principal amount of all
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to
redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock
or (iv) any lease of property by the Company or any Subsidiary
as lessee which is reflected on the Company’s consolidated
balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with GAAP, to
the extent that, in the case of items (i), (ii) and (iv), any
such item would appear as a liability on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and also
includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by
the Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as
obligor or gu
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