AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGENCY
AGREEMENT
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Global Administrative Agent
under the Global Senior Credit Agreement referred to
herein,
Certain other Creditors of
ProLogis
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of October 6,
2005
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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SECTION 2. APPOINTMENT OF COLLATERAL
AGENT
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SECTION 3. DECISIONS RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION
AND EXERCISE OF REMEDIES VESTED IN THE MAJORITY CREDIT PARTIES;
RESCISSION OF TRIGGER DATE
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SECTION 4. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
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SECTION 5. SHARING AND EQUALIZATION OF
RECOVERIES
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SECTION 6. EQUALIZATION
CONSIDERATIONS
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SECTION 8. OTHER DS DEBT; ADDITIONAL VOTING
CREDIT PARTIES
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SECTION 9. DISCLAIMERS, INDEMNITY,
ETC
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SECTION 10. INVALIDATED PAYMENTS
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SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS
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Schedule 1 Prior Credit
Agreements
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Schedule 2 Existing Other Designated Senior
Debt
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Schedule 3 Security Documents
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Exhibit A Notice of Designated Senior
Debt
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Exhibit B Form of Acknowledgment
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Exhibit C Form of Noteholder
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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY
AGENCY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED SECURITY AGENCY AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) dated as of October 6, 2005
is among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“ Bank of America
”) , as Global Administrative Agent (as defined below) on
behalf of the Global Lenders (as defined below), certain other
creditors (or the representatives of such creditors) of ProLogis, a
Maryland real estate investment trust (“
ProLogis ”), and Bank of America, as Collateral
Agent (as defined below).
WHEREAS, ProLogis,
various affiliates thereof and various financial institutions
previously entered into the Credit Agreements described on
Schedule 1 (each a “ Prior Credit
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, in
connection with the Prior Credit Agreements, Collateral Agent
entered into a Security Agency Agreement (the “
Original Agreement ”) dated as of
August 8, 2003 among Collateral Agent and representatives of
certain other creditors of ProLogis in order to secure the Prior
Credit Agreements and other “Designated Senior Debt”
(as defined therein);
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Original Agreement, the parties appointed Bank of America as
collateral agent (in such capacity, “ Collateral
Agent ”) to act on behalf of all Credit Parties (as
defined below) regarding the Collateral (as defined
below);
WHEREAS,
concurrently herewith, the Prior Credit Agreements are being
refinanced by the Global Senior Credit Agreement dated as of the
date hereof (the “ Global Credit Agreement
”) among ProLogis, the Affiliate Borrowers referred to
therein (ProLogis and such Affiliate Borrowers, collectively
“ Borrowers ”), Bank of America, as
Global Administrative Agent (in such capacity, “ Global
Administrative Agent ”), and the other agents, letter
of credit issuers and lenders from time to time party thereto
(Global Administrative Agent and such other agents, letter of
credit issuers and lenders, “ Global Lenders
”);
WHEREAS, pursuant
to an Unconditional Parent Guaranty Agreement dated as of the date
hereof (the “ProLogis Global Guaranty ”),
ProLogis has guaranteed all obligations of the other Borrowers
under or in connection with the Global Credit Agreement, and
pursuant to one or more other guaranties (together with the
ProLogis Global Guaranty, the “ ProLogis
Guaranties ”), ProLogis may guarantee certain other
obligations of various of its subsidiaries and
affiliates;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to various guaranty agreements (each an “ Affiliate
Guaranty ”), various subsidiaries and affiliates of
ProLogis have guaranteed, and may from time to time hereafter
guarantee, obligations of ProLogis and certain other Borrowers
under or in connection with (i) the Global Credit Agreement;
(ii) one or more ProLogis Guaranties; and (iii) certain
other Designated Senior Debt (as defined below);
WHEREAS, pursuant
to one or more pledge agreements, ProLogis and certain of its
subsidiaries have pledged, and may from time to time hereafter
pledge, intercompany notes and other indebtedness to Collateral
Agent to secure the Credit Obligations (as defined
below);
WHEREAS, ProLogis
and the parties hereto have agreed that the indebtedness evidenced
by the Global Credit Agreement and all other existing and future
Designated Senior Debt shall, to the extent
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possible (and
subject to the terms and provisions hereof), receive ratable
payments and other recoveries in the event of the bankruptcy of
ProLogis or certain other events specified herein; and
WHEREAS, the
parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement
in the form of this Agreement, and such amendment and restatement
has been consented to by all necessary parties;
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.
(a) As used
in this Agreement, (i) the terms “ Affiliate
Borrower ”, “ Business Day
”, “ Dollar Equivalent ”, “
Dutch Borrower ”, “ Exemption
Regulation ”, “ Foreign Currency
Equivalent ”, “ Funding Agent
”, “ Loan Documents ”, “
Overnight Rate ”, “ Person
”, “ Pledge Agreements ”, “
PMP ”, “ Same Day Funds
”, “ Subsidiary ” and “
Tranche ” have the respective meanings set
forth in the Global Credit Agreement; and (ii) the following
terms have the respective meanings indicated below:
“
Affiliate ” , as applied to any Person, means any
other Person that directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, such Person. For the purposes
of this definition, “ control ,” “
controlled by ,” and “ under common control
with ” mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power
to direct (or cause the direction of) management or policies
(whether through the ownership of voting securities or other
ownership interests, by contract, or otherwise).
“Affiliate Guaranty” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Aggregate Recovery Percentage ” means for all
Sharing Parties as of any date of determination, a percentage equal
to 100% minus the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of
(a) the remainder, as of such date, of the aggregate
outstanding amount of all Shared Credit Obligations minus
the aggregate amount of Reserved LC Collateral divided by
(b) the sum of the aggregate amount of all Trigger Date Credit
Obligations of all Sharing Parties plus all
Post-Trigger-Date Accruals on all Shared Credit
Obligations.
“
Agreement ” is defined in the introductory
paragraph.
“ Bank
of America ” is defined in the introductory
paragraph.
“
Bankruptcy Proceeding ” means, with respect to any
Person, a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of its
creditors, or the institution by or against such Person of any
proceeding seeking relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such
Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of such Person or its debts
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property.
“
Borrowers ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Code ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“
Collateral ” means, with respect to any
Obligor, all property of such Obligor in which a Lien has been
created under the Security Documents.
“
Collateral Agent ” is defined in the
recitals.
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Credit Obligations ” means, collectively,
(a) the Global Credit Agreement Obligations, the Hedging
Obligations and the Other DSD Obligations and (b) all other
amounts payable by any Obligor under this Agreement or any other
Financing Agreement (including the reasonable fees and reasonable
expenses of Collateral Agent in its capacity as such); and, when
used with respect to any Obligor, such term means all Credit
Obligations (as defined above) for which such Obligor has
liability, directly or indirectly.
“
Credit Parties ” means the holders, from time
to time, of the Credit Obligations.
“
Designated Senior Debt ” means all indebtedness
arising under, pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents
and the Other DSD Agreements.
“Direct Obligation ” means, with respect
to any Obligor, any Credit Obligation of such Obligor in the
capacity as the borrower of a loan or the issuer of a note, bond or
similar evidence of debt, as account party with respect to a Letter
of Credit, as the counterparty under a Hedging Agreement or
otherwise as the primary obligor (and not a guarantor or
third-party pledgor) on such Credit Obligation.
“
Directing Party ” means, with respect to any
particular instruction given to Collateral Agent, each Voting
Credit Party that has given, or voted to give, such instruction to
Collateral Agent.
“
Dollar ” and “ $ ”
mean lawful money of the United States.
“
Enforcement ” means demand upon any Guaranty
and/or foreclosure (including judicial or non-judicial foreclosure)
or similar proceedings with respect to the Collateral or any other
action to obtain payments under any Guaranty or to realize upon any
Collateral.
“
Equalization Date ” means each of the
following: (a) each anniversary of the Trigger Date (or if any
such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business
Day) that occurs prior to the Final Distribution Date; (b) any
other Business Day designated by the Majority Credit Parties upon
not less than thirty (30) Business Days’ prior written
notice to Collateral Agent; and (c) any other Business Day
designated by Collateral Agent pursuant to
Section 10(b) .
“
Equalization Considerations ” means the sources
and application of all Recoveries, the application of Recoveries
from Obligors that have Shared Credit Obligations under multiple
Financing Agreements and/or multiple Tranches of the Global Credit
Agreement, the cost of currency conversions, the effect on the
Sharing Parties of withholding and other taxes, any legal or
regulatory restrictions on the ability of a Sharing Party to hold
Credit Obligations of a particular Obligor, the possibility of any
Recovery being rescinded or otherwise being required to be returned
(and the difficulty of obtaining funds from a Sharing Party or
group of Sharing Parties in the event of such rescission or
return), legal and other restrictions or risks related to
purchasing or selling publicly-traded securities and such other
considerations as the Majority Credit Parties deem relevant and
appropriate in determining allocations of Recoveries so that on the
Final Distribution Date each Sharing Party will have a Recovery
Percentage that is, as nearly as possible, equal to the Aggregate
Recovery Percentage.
“
Event of Default ” means an “ Event
of Default ” or “ Default ”
as defined in any Financing Agreement (or any similar term
describing an event or circumstance that permits the holder or
holders of the applicable Credit Obligation to accelerate the
maturity thereof (it being understood that any required notice
shall have been given and any applicable grace period shall have
elapsed)).
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Final Aggregate Recovery Percentage ” means for
all Sharing Parties as of the Final Distribution Date after giving
effect to the application of Reserved LC Collateral on such date, a
percentage equal to 100% minus the quotient, expressed as a
percentage, of (a) the aggregate outstanding amount of all
Shared Credit Obligations as of the Final Distribution Date
divided by (b) the sum of the aggregate outstanding
amount of all Trigger Date Credit Obligations of all Sharing
Parties plus all Post-Trigger-Date Accruals on all Shared
Credit Obligations.
“
Final Distribution Date ” means the earlier of
(a) the date, on or after the date on which ProLogis becomes
subject to any Bankruptcy Proceeding, on which such Bankruptcy
Proceeding is completed ( i.e. , the plan of
reorganization has been confirmed and the payments, Obligor
Securities and other consideration to be distributed among the
Credit Parties pursuant to the plan of reorganization have been
distributed; or, if a Bankruptcy Proceeding results in the
liquidation of ProLogis, all proceeds of such liquidation have been
distributed among the creditors of ProLogis); or (b) the date
on which all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated, all
commitments to create Credit Obligations have terminated and either
(i) the Majority Credit Parties have reasonably determined
that no further Recoveries are expected to be received for
application to the Credit Obligations and all claims against any
Credit Party in, or relating to, such Bankruptcy Proceeding have
been finally resolved (subject to no further rights of appeal) or
(ii) all Credit Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full.
The Final Distribution Date may be delayed, by reasonable
determination of the Majority Credit Parties or (so long as the
Majority Credit Parties have not directed otherwise in writing)
Collateral Agent in order to permit (x) the conversion to cash
of non-cash Recoveries (other than Obligor Securities), as
contemplated by Section 4(a)(iv) , or
(y) the calculation of Recovery Percentages ( provided
that any delay of the Final Distribution Date pursuant to this
clause (y) shall not exceed 90 days);
provided that Collateral Agent shall notify each Credit
Party of the Final Distribution Date not later than five
(5) Business Days prior thereto.
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Final Recovery Percentage ” means, with respect
to any Sharing Party as of the Final Distribution Date, a
percentage equal to 100% minus the quotient, expressed as a
percentage, of (a) the amount of all Shared Credit Obligations
held by such Sharing Party as of such date minus , if
applicable, such Sharing Party’s Recovery Reduction Amount
divided by (b) the sum of the Trigger Date Credit
Obligations held by such Sharing Party as of the date of
determination plus all Post-Trigger-Date Accruals on such
Shared Credit Obligations. For purposes of clause (a)
of the preceding sentence, any Shared Credit Obligations in which a
Sharing Party has purchased a participation pursuant to
Section 5 or 6 shall be deemed to
be owed to the Purchasing Credit Party and not the Selling Credit
Party.
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Financing Agreements ” means this Agreement,
the Global Credit Agreement, each Other DSD Agreement, each Hedging
Agreement, each Security Document, each Guaranty and any other
instrument, document or agreement entered into in connection with
any Credit Obligation or Financing Agreement.
“
Global Administrative Agent ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Global Credit Agreement ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Global Credit Agreement Obligations ” means all
obligations of Borrowers (whether joint, several or joint and
several) under or in connection with the Loan Documents, including
for principal, interest, fees, reimbursement obligations under
Letters of Credit, expenses and indemnities.
“
Global Lenders ” is defined in the
recitals.
“Guaranties ” means, collectively, the
ProLogis Guaranties and the Affiliate Guaranties.
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Hedging Agreement ” means any agreement or
arrangement designed to protect at least one of the parties thereto
from fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates or forward
rates applicable to such party’s assets, liabilities or
exchange transactions, including dollar-denominated or
cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency
exchange agreements, interest rate cap, swap or collar protection
agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options and any
cancellation, buyback, reversal, termination or assignment of the
foregoing.
“
Hedging Exposure ” means, on any date of
determination with respect to any Hedging Agreement with a Swap
Party, the amount, as calculated in good faith and in a
commercially reasonable manner by such Swap Party, that such Swap
Party would pay to a third party (such amount being expressed as a
negative number) or receive from a third party (such amount being
expressed as a positive number) in an arm’s length
transaction as consideration for such third party’s entering
into a new transaction with such Swap Party in which: (a) such
Swap Party holds the same position under such Hedging Agreement as
it currently holds; (b) the third party holds the same
position as such Obligor currently holds; and (c) the new
transaction has economic and other terms and conditions identical
in all respects to such Hedging Agreement except that (i) the
date of calculation shall be deemed to be the date of commencement
of the new transaction and (ii) all period end dates shall
correspond to all period end dates, if any, set forth in such
Hedging Agreement.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to
any Obligor at any time, the amount of such Obligor’s
obligations (including early termination payments) then due and
payable under any Hedging Agreement with a Swap Party and all
accrued interest and fees with respect thereto, after giving effect
to any netting of payments to which such Obligor is entitled with
respect to any other Hedging Agreement with such Swap
Party.
“Indirect Obligation ” means, with
respect to any Obligor, any Credit Obligation of such Obligor that
is not a Direct Obligation of such Obligor.
“Interim Recovery Cap” means, with
respect to any Sharing Noteholder at any time, the result of
(a) the aggregate amount of Recoveries that such Noteholder
would have received on or after the Trigger Date in the absence of
the sharing provisions of this Agreement (i.e., assuming that such
Noteholder were entitled to a ratable share, according to the
percentage which the principal amount of its Credit Obligations is
of the principal amount of all Credit Obligations, of all payments
by ProLogis applied to Credit Obligations and of all Proceeds of
Pledged Collateral) minus (b) such Noteholder’s
Recovery Reduction Amount plus (c) the aggregate amount
of Recoveries applied to the Shared Credit Obligations of such
Noteholder on any Equalization Date that are in excess of the
remainder of clause (a) above minus
clause (b) above on such Equalization Date
minus (d) the amount (which shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of Recoveries applied to the Shared Credit
Obligations of such Noteholder pursuant to clause (c)
above) that the Majority Credit Parties from time to time determine
(as evidenced by written notice to Collateral Agent and ProLogis)
is necessary or appropriate to ensure that, after giving effect to
all payments and distributions on the Final Distribution Date, such
Noteholder will not have a Recovery Percentage greater than the
Aggregate Recovery Percentage.
“
Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit,
bank guaranty, bank bond or similar instrument issued by a Global
Lender or an Affiliate thereof pursuant to a Financing
Agreement.
“
Lien ” means any lien, mortgage, security
interest, pledge, assignment, charge, title retention agreement or
encumbrance of any kind and any other substantially similar
arrangement for a creditor’s claim to be satisfied from
assets or proceeds prior to the claims of other
creditors.
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Majority Credit Parties ” means Voting Credit
Parties representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate
amount of the Voting Obligations.
“
Material Credit Obligations ” means Credit
Obligations in an aggregate principal amount of more than
$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any other
currency).
“
Non-Directing Party ” means, with respect to
any particular instruction given to Collateral Agent, each Party
(and each Credit Party represented by such Party) that has not
given or agreed with such instruction.
“
Non-Sharing Party ” means any Credit Party that
holds Credit Obligations that are not Shared Credit Obligations (in
its capacity as holder of such Credit Obligations).
“
Noteholder ” means the holders of (a) debt
securities issued under the Financing Agreements designated as
“Note Agreements” on Schedule 2 and
(b) any other publicly-traded debt securities issued by
ProLogis or an Affiliate thereof that have been designated by
ProLogis as Other DS Debt, in each case in their capacities as
holders of such securities and not in any other
capacity.
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Notice of Designated Senior Debt ” means a
notice to Collateral Agent substantially in the form of
Exhibit A .
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Obligor ” means (without duplication) each of
(a) ProLogis, (b) each Borrower and (c) each other
Affiliate of ProLogis that is obligated to pay any of the Credit
Obligations or has granted a Lien in any property to Collateral
Agent pursuant to any Security Document.
“
Obligor Securities ” means debt or equity
securities (including debt instruments issued pursuant to a plan of
reorganization in a Bankruptcy Proceeding, even if such instruments
do not constitute “securities” under applicable
securities laws) issued by any Obligor to any of its creditors in
lieu of cash payments on, or in full or partial satisfaction of,
such Obligor’s obligations to such creditors.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means, with respect to any
Person, a written opinion of an attorney or firm of attorneys,
which may be outside counsel engaged or retained by such Person or
internal counsel in the employ of such Person, a copy of which
opinion is furnished to the Parties.
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Original Agreement ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Other DS Debt ” means (a) indebtedness
arising under any Other DSD Agreement listed on
Schedule 2 and (b) any other indebtedness
that ProLogis designates as Designated Senior Debt pursuant to
Section 8(a) .
“
Other DSD Agreement ” means (a) each
indenture or other agreement listed on
Schedule 2 and (b) each other indenture or other
agreement that gives rise to, or evidences, Other DS Debt, in each
case subject to Section 8(e) .
“
Other DSD Obligations ” means all outstanding
and unpaid obligations of every nature of any Obligor arising under
any Other DSD Agreement.
“
Party ” means Collateral Agent, Global
Administrative Agent and any other Person that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to Section 8(b) .
“
Pledged Collateral ” means all Collateral
granted under the Pledge Agreements.
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Post-Trigger-Date Accruals ” means, with
respect to any Credit Obligations, all interest, facility fees,
letter of credit fees, commitment fees and similar fees that have
accrued on such Credit Obligations during the period from the
Trigger Date to the date on (or as of) which any calculation is
being made (regardless of whether such interest and fees constitute
allowed claims in any Bankruptcy Proceeding).
“
Prior Credit Agreement ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Proceeds ” means “proceeds” as
defined in Article 9 of the Code and, in any event, includes
(a) any proceeds of any collection, sale or other disposition
of any Collateral, (b) any amount from time to time paid or
payable under or in connection with any Collateral and (c) any
amount collected in respect of Credit Obligations by any Credit
Party by way of set-off, deduction or counterclaim.
“
ProLogis ” is defined in the introductory
paragraph.
“
ProLogis Guaranties ” is defined in the
recitals.
“
Purchasing Credit Party ” means, as of any
Equalization Date and as of the Final Distribution Date, a Sharing
Party that has a Recovery Percentage or Final Recovery Percentage,
as applicable, as of such date that exceeds the Aggregate Recovery
Percentage or Final Aggregate Recovery Percentage, as applicable,
as of such date; provided that except for Ratifying
Noteholders, no Noteholder (in its capacity as such) or
Representative thereof shall be a Purchasing Credit
Party.
“
Ratifying Noteholder ” is defined in
Section 8(f) .
“
Recovery ” means, without duplication,
(a) any payment by a Borrower under the Global Credit
Agreement; (b) any payment by a borrower, account party or
similar direct obligor under any Other DSD Agreement; (c) any
payment by ProLogis under a ProLogis Guaranty; (d) any payment
by any guarantor under an Affiliate Guaranty; and (e) any
Proceeds; provided that “Recovery” shall not
include any amount paid, or otherwise recovered, in respect of the
Direct Obligations of any Affiliate Borrower that is not a
Subsidiary of ProLogis. “Recovery”
includes the receipt of consideration, in full or partial
satisfaction of Credit Obligations, in the form of Obligor
Securities and other non-cash consideration; provided that
(i) pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) , all non-cash
Recoveries (other than Obligor Securities) shall be converted to
cash by Collateral Agent and the amount of Recoveries associated
therewith shall be the amount of cash received by Collateral Agent
therefor; and (ii) the value of Obligor Securities shall be
the fair market value thereof, as provided in (or determined by
reference to) the plan of reorganization in the applicable
Bankruptcy Proceeding or, in the absence of a valuation in (or
determined by reference to) any such plan, by the Majority Credit
Parties.
“Recovery Currency” means, with respect
to any Recovery, the currency in which such Recovery is received by
Collateral Agent or the applicable Credit Party; provided
that the currency of Recoveries in the form of Obligor Securities
issued by ProLogis in the form of equity shall be deemed to be
Dollars and the currency of other Recoveries in the form of any
other Obligor Security shall be deemed to be the currency in which
such Obligor Security is denominated.
“
Recovery Percentage ” means, with respect to
any Sharing Party as of any date of determination, a percentage
equal to 100% minus the quotient, expressed as a percentage,
of (a) the amount of all Shared Credit Obligations held by
such Sharing Party as of such date minus , if applicable,
such Sharing Party’s Recovery Reduction Amount minus ,
if applicable, the aggregate amount of Reserved LC Collateral
allocated to Shared Credit Obligations held by such Sharing Party
divided by (b) the sum of the Trigger Date Credit
Obligations held by such Sharing Party as of the date of
determination plus all Post-Trigger-
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Date Accruals
on such Shared Credit Obligations. For purposes of clause
(a) of the preceding sentence, any Shared Credit
Obligations in which a Sharing Party has purchased a participation
pursuant to Section 5 or 6 shall
be deemed to be owed to the Purchasing Credit Party and not the
Selling Credit Party.
“
Recovery Reduction Amount ” means, with respect
to any Noteholder that is a Sharing Party at any time, the
remainder (but not less than zero) of (a) the aggregate amount
by which the Recoveries of such Noteholder have been reduced as the
result of all applicable Recovery Reduction Events less
(b) the aggregate amount by which the Recoveries of the other
Sharing Parties have been increased as the result of the decrease
in such Noteholder’s Recoveries resulting from such Recovery
Reduction Events, in each case as estimated in good faith by
Collateral Agent (or, at Collateral Agent’s request, the
Majority Credit Parties). If any Shared Credit Obligations are
transferred by a Noteholder, then a ratable portion of such
Noteholder’s Recovery Reduction Amount (whether absolute or
contingent) shall be deemed to have been transferred with such
Shared Credit Obligations (regardless of any separate agreement
between the transferor and transferee of such Shared Credit
Obligations).
“
Recovery Reduction Event ” means, with respect
to any Noteholder, any failure of such Noteholder (or its
Representative) to file a proof of claim or other required document
in any Bankruptcy Proceeding, any failure of such Noteholder (or
its Representative) to comply with any applicable Financing
Document, any action or inaction by such Noteholder (or its
Representative) that constitutes negligence or misconduct, or any
other event or circumstance similar to the foregoing that, in each
case referred to above, results in the Recoveries of such
Noteholder with respect to its Shared Credit Obligations being
reduced (either directly or as a result of offset, counterclaim or
defense).
“
Recovery Shortfall ” means, with respect to any
Sharing Party at any time, the amount (if any) that would be
required to be paid to such Sharing Party to cause such Sharing
Party’s Recovery Percentage to be equal to the highest
Recovery Percentage of any Sharing Party at such time.
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Repayment Event ” is defined in
Section 10 .
“
Representative ” means (a) with respect to
Credit Obligations arising under the Indenture referred to in item
(1) on Schedule 2 , the trustee named in
such item (1) and any successor thereto as trustee under such
Indenture; (b) with respect to Credit Obligations arising
under the Trust Deed referred to in item (3) on
Schedule 2 , the trustee named in such item
(3) and any successor thereto as trustee under such Trust
Deed; and (c) with respect to any other Credit Obligations,
the agent, trustee or other representative for the holders of such
Credit Obligations; provided that if there is no such agent,
trustee or other representative for any holder of such other Credit
Obligations, then “Representative” shall mean such
holder.
“
Reserved LC Collateral ” is defined in
Section 4(a) .
“
Security Documents ” means each document listed
or referred to on Schedule 3 and such other
documents that may be designated as Security Documents by ProLogis
from time to time by notice to Collateral Agent.
“
Selling Credit Party ” means, as of any
Equalization Date and as of the Final Distribution Date, a Sharing
Party that holds Shared Credit Obligations (either directly or
through participations) as of such date and has a Recovery
Percentage or Final Recovery Percentage, as applicable, as of such
date that is less than the Aggregate Recovery Percentage or Final
Aggregate Recovery Percentage, as applicable, as of such date;
provided that except for Ratifying Noteholders, no
Noteholder (in its capacity as such) or Representative thereof
shall be a Selling Credit Party.
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“
Shared Credit Obligations ” means all Credit
Obligations other than Credit Obligations of Noteholders with
respect to which the relevant Representative failed to deliver to
Collateral Agent an executed Acknowledgment in the form of
Attachment 1 to Exhibit C within
the time period required by Section 8(c)
.
“
Sharing Noteholder ” means a Noteholder that is
a Sharing Party.
“
Sharing Party ” means any Credit Party other
than a Non-Sharing Party.
“
Shortfall Application ” means, with respect to
any of clauses THIRD , FOURTH ,
SEVENTH and EIGHTH of
Section 4(a) , the application by Collateral
Agent of Recoveries from an Obligor to the payment of the Shared
Credit Obligations of such Obligor under the applicable clause (the
“ Subject Obligations ”) in the following
order: first to the applicable Sharing Party that has the
lowest Recovery Percentage (or, if more than one applicable Sharing
Party has the lowest Recovery Percentage, to all such Sharing
Parties ratably according to the amounts of the Subject Obligations
owing by such Obligor to such Sharing Parties) in an amount (which
for any Sharing Party shall not exceed the Subject Obligations
owing by such Obligor to such Sharing Party) sufficient to
eliminate the difference between the lowest Recovery Percentage and
the second lowest Recovery Percentage, then to the Subject
Obligations of such Obligor that are due and owing to the
applicable Sharing Parties that (after giving effect to all prior
payments made pursuant to the applicable clause) have the lowest
Recovery Percentage (ratably according to the amounts of their
respective Subject Obligations owing by such Obligor) in an amount
(which for any Sharing Party shall not exceed the Subject
Obligations owing by such Obligor to such Sharing Party) sufficient
to eliminate the difference between such Recovery Percentage and
the next lowest Recovery Percentage, successively until all
applicable Sharing Parties have the same Recovery
Percentage.
“ Spot
Rate ” means, with respect to any currency other than
Dollars, the rate determined by Collateral Agent to be the rate
quoted by Collateral Agent as the spot rate for the purchase by
Collateral Agent of such currency with Dollars through its
principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately
11:00 a.m. on the date three (3) Business Days prior to
the date on which the foreign exchange computation is made;
provided that if Collateral Agent does not have as of the
date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency,
then Collateral Agent may obtain such spot rate from another
financial institution reasonably designated by Collateral Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Collateral Agent may elect (at any
time and from time to time) to determine currency exchange rates
based upon quotations from any recognized service (such as
Bloomberg or Reuters) and, in such case, the Spot Rate shall be the
rate published by such service at the time and on the date on which
foreign exchange computations for the relevant currency and in the
relevant market customarily are made.
“ Swap
Party ” means a Person that is (or at the time that
it entered into the applicable Hedging Agreement with an Obligor
was) a Global Lender or an Affiliate of a Global Lender.
“
Trigger Date ” means the earliest to occur of
(a) the date on which the “Obligations” under and
as defined in the Global Credit Agreement, or any other Material
Credit Obligations, have been accelerated; (b) ten
(10) Business Days after the date on which any principal of
the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Global
Credit Agreement, or of any other Material Credit Obligations,
becomes due and payable in accordance with the terms thereof (but
only if the same remain outstanding on such date); or (c) the
date on which an Event of Default described in Section 14.1.6
of the Global Credit Agreement occurs; provided that the
Trigger Date shall not occur as a result of such an Event of
Default if such Event of Default pertains to an Obligor other than
ProLogis and, within ten (10) Business Days of the occurrence
of such Event of Default, Required Lenders under and as defined in
the Global Credit
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notify ProLogis that such Event of Default does not result in the
occurrence of the Trigger Date.
“
Trigger Date Credit Obligations ” means, with
respect to any Sharing Party (regardless of whether such Person was
a Sharing Party or a Credit Party on the Trigger Date), the
aggregate amount of all Shared Credit Obligations (if any) owed to
such Sharing Party as of the Trigger Date (including in such amount
any Recovery received prior to the Trigger Date that is rescinded
or otherwise required to be returned after the Trigger Date), as
such amount may be deemed to be increased or decreased pursuant to
Section 1(g) .
“
Voting Credit Party ” means (a) each
Global Lender, in each case in its capacity as a “
Lender ” under the Global Credit Agreement (and not in
its capacity as a party to any Hedging Agreement or, except as
provided in clause (b) of this definition, as the
holder of any Other DS Debt), and (b) each holder of Other DS Debt
(other than (i) any Noteholder or any Representative thereof
and (ii) ProLogis or any Affiliate thereof) that has been
designated by ProLogis as a Voting Credit Party pursuant to
Section 8(b) .
“
Voting Obligations ” means the Global Credit
Agreement Obligations and any other Shared Credit Obligations that
have been designated by ProLogis as Voting Obligations pursuant to
Section 8(b) . For purposes of determining the
amount of Voting Obligations necessary for action to be taken by
the Majority Credit Parties, the amount of Voting Obligations shall
be equal to (a) in the case of any revolving credit facility,
the aggregate amount of the commitments under such revolving credit
facility, provided that at any time that the Sharing Parties
under such revolving credit facility (or a portion of such Sharing
Parties) have the right to terminate the commitments under such
revolving credit facility, then the amount of Voting Obligations
under such revolving credit facility shall be equal to the
principal amount outstanding under such revolving credit facility
(including the undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit); and
(b) in the case of any other credit facility, the principal
amount outstanding under such credit facility (including the
undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit).
(b) The rules
of interpretation set forth in Section 1.2 of the Global
Credit Agreement shall apply in interpreting this Agreement
(including all Exhibits hereto) as if such rules were fully set
forth herein.
(c) In order
to calculate at any time the Aggregate Recovery Percentage, any
Recovery Percentage, the Final Aggregate Recovery Percentage, any
Final Recovery Percentage and the Majority Credit Parties, Credit
Obligations denominated in currencies other than Dollars shall be
converted into the Dollar Equivalent amount using the then
applicable Spot Rate.
(d) Any
amount delivered to the Representative of any holder or group of
holders of Other DSD Obligations hereunder shall conclusively be
deemed to have been received by such holder or holders, and the
delivering Credit Party shall have no obligation to determine
whether such amount is properly applied by such Representative or
any liability for any action or inaction by such
Representative.
(e) For
purposes of calculating the Recovery Percentage and the Final
Recovery Percentage of any Global Lender, the Aggregate Recovery
Percentage and the Final Aggregate Recovery Percentage, Credit
Obligations shall not include Global Credit Agreement Obligations
of any Affiliate Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of ProLogis to
the extent such Global Credit Agreement Obligations have been paid
or satisfied with Recoveries from such Affiliate
Borrower.
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(f) If a
Purchasing Credit Party has paid any amount and/or made any
transfer of Recoveries pursuant to Section 5(d)
for the benefit of a Sharing Noteholder (and not for the purchase
of a participation from such Sharing Noteholder), then (i) the
relevant Shared Credit Obligations of such Purchasing Credit Party
shall be deemed to be increased as if such Purchasing Credit Party
had purchased from such Sharing Noteholder an absolute assignment
of the relevant Shared Credit Obligations (and all interest and
other amounts payable with respect to such Shared Credit
Obligations after the date of such deemed purchase shall be for the
account of such Purchasing Credit Party) and (ii) the relevant
Shared Credit Obligations of such Sharing Noteholder shall be
deemed to be decreased as if such Sharing Noteholder had sold the
relevant Shared Credit Obligations to such Purchasing Credit Party
as of the date of such deemed purchase.
(g) Any
assignment or other transfer of Credit Obligations shall be an
assignment or transfer of an undivided percentage interest in the
Direct Obligations of a particular Obligor in a particular currency
under a particular Financing Agreement (and, in the case of the
Global Credit Agreement and any other multi-tranche Financing
Agreement, under a particular tranche), and, concurrently with or
promptly after any assignment or transfer made after the Trigger
Date, the assignor and assignee or transferor and transferee shall
give Collateral Agent notice of the Direct Obligor with respect to,
and the currency of, the Credit Obligations so assigned and the
Financing Agreement (and, if applicable, the tranche) under which
such Credit Obligations arose. For purposes of determining the
Recovery Percentage and the Final Recovery Percentage of any
Sharing Party that has transferred, or been the transferee of, any
Shared Credit Obligations after the Trigger Date, the Trigger Date
Credit Obligations of a transferee shall be increased by a ratable
part (based on the relationship between the amount of the relevant
Shared Credit Obligations (determined in accordance with the
preceding sentence) transferred and the amount of the relevant
Shared Credit Obligations held by the transferor immediately prior
to the applicable transfer) of the relevant Trigger Date Credit
Obligations of the transferor, as the date of the applicable
transfer, and the relevant Trigger Date Credit Obligations of the
transferor shall be reduced correspondingly as of such
date.
(h) WHENEVER
THE MAJORITY CREDIT PARTIES ARE GRANTED, AND EXERCISE, THE RIGHT TO
MAKE A DECISION OR DETERMINATION PURSUANT HERETO, SUCH DECISION OR
DETERMINATION SHALL BE MADE IN THEIR SOLE AND COMPLETE DISCRETION.
THE VOTING CREDIT PARTIES SHALL HAVE NO OBLIGATION OR DUTY
(INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED OBLIGATION OF REASONABLENESS, GOOD FAITH OR
FAIR DEALING) TO ANY NOTEHOLDER EXCEPT THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN
THIS AGREEMENT, AND NO NOTEHOLDER SHALL HAVE, AND EACH NOTEHOLDER
EXPRESSLY (BY ACCEPTING THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OF ANY
SECURITY DOCUMENT) WAIVES AND DISCLAIMS, ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION BASED UPON ANY VOTE, DECISION OR DETERMINATION (INCLUDING
THE GIVING OR WITHHOLDING OF ANY CONSENT) MADE BY THE MAJORITY
CREDIT PARTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
(i) For the
avoidance of doubt, a Person that holds different series of debt or
debt arising under more than one Financing Agreement may be
(i) a Global Lender with respect to some Credit Obligations, a
Swap Party with respect to other Credit Obligations, a Noteholder
with respect to other Credit Obligations and the holder of Other DS
Debt with respect to other Credit Obligations and (ii) a
Ratifying Noteholder with respect to some Credit Obligations, a
Sharing Party with respect to some Credit Obligations and a
Non-Sharing Party with respect to other Credit Obligations and, in
each case, for purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
separate legal entity in each such capacity. Thus, for example, if
a Person is both a Global Lender and a Noteholder, references to
the rights and duties of the
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Global Lenders
shall include such Person in its capacity as a Global Lender but
shall exclude such Person in its capacity as a
Noteholder.
SECTION 2.
APPOINTMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT.
Each Credit Party
(a) designates and appoints Bank of America to serve as
Collateral Agent under this Agreement, the Guaranties and the
Security Documents; (b) authorizes Collateral Agent to
enforce, on behalf of the Credit Parties (to the extent such Credit
Parties are entitled to the benefits thereof), the obligations of
the Obligors under the Guaranties and the Security Documents;
(c) authorizes Collateral Agent to accept the parallel debt
structure in any pledge agreement governed by Dutch law (including
the Dutch Pledge Agreement described in item 3 on
Schedule 3 ); and (d) authorizes Collateral
Agent to exercise such other rights, powers and privileges as are
granted to Collateral Agent by this Agreement, the Guaranties and
the Security Documents, together with such other rights, powers and
privileges as are reasonably incidental thereto.
SECTION 3.
DECISIONS RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION AND EXERCISE OF REMEDIES
VESTED IN THE MAJORITY CREDIT PARTIES; RESCISSION OF TRIGGER
DATE.
(a) Except as
set forth in Section 3(g) , Collateral Agent
agrees that it will not release Liens on Collateral or commence
Enforcement without the direction of the Majority Credit Parties.
Collateral Agent agrees to administer the Guaranties, the Security
Documents and the Collateral and to make such demands and give such
notices under the Guaranties and the Security Documents as the
Majority Credit Parties may request, and to take such action to
enforce the Guaranties and the Security Documents and to realize
upon, collect and dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof
as may be directed by the Majority Credit Parties. Collateral Agent
shall not be required to take any action that is in the Opinion of
Counsel contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, any
Guaranty or any Security Document, or that would in the Opinion of
Counsel subject Collateral Agent or any of its officers, employees,
agents or directors to liability, and Collateral Agent shall not be
required to take any action under this Agreement, any Guaranty or
any Security Document unless and until Collateral Agent shall be
indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by one or more of the
Credit Parties against any and all loss, cost, expense or liability
in connection therewith.
(b) Each
Credit Party agrees that Collateral Agent shall act as the Majority
Credit Parties may request (regardless of whether any individual
Credit Party agrees, disagrees or abstains with respect to such
request, except for amendments that require otherwise in accordance
with Section 11(b) ), that Collateral Agent shall
have no liability for acting in accordance with such request (
provided such action does not conflict with the express
terms of any Guaranty or any Security Document, it being understood
that any such request by the Majority Credit Parties that conflicts
with any express term of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a
modification of this Agreement if such modification is permitted to
be made by the Majority Credit Parties pursuant to
Section 11(b) ) and that no Credit Party shall
have any liability to any other Credit Party for any such request.
Collateral Agent shall give prompt notice to all Credit Parties
(or, in the case of any Credit Party that is represented by a
Representative, such Representative) of action taken pursuant to
the instructions of the Majority Credit Parties to enforce any
Guaranty or any Security Document; provided that the failure
to give any such notice shall not impair the right of Collateral
Agent to take any such action or the validity of any action so
taken.
(c) Each
Credit Party agrees that the only right of a Non-Directing Party
(i) with respect to the Security Documents is for the Credit
Obligations held by such Non-Directing Party to be secured pursuant
to the Security Documents or, if such Non-Directing Party is a
Non-Sharing Party, pursuant to the Pledge Agreements, and
(ii) with respect to the Guaranties, is for the Credit
Obligations held by such
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Party to be supported by the Guaranties or secured by the
Collateral for the period and to the extent provided in this
Agreement and to share in the payments thereunder, if any, to the
extent and at the times provided in this Agreement.
(d) Collateral
Agent may at any time request directions from the Majority Credit
Parties as to any course of action or other matter relating hereto
or relating to any Guaranty or any Security Document. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, directions given by the
Majority Credit Parties to Collateral Agent shall be binding on all
Credit Parties, for all purposes, except for amendments that
require otherwise in accordance with
Section 11(b) .
(e) Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall affect the right of any Credit
Party to give ProLogis, any Affiliate thereof or any other Obligor
notice of any default or to accelerate or make demand for payment
of its Credit Obligations under any Financing Agreement. Each
Credit Party agrees not to take any action to enforce any term or
provision of any Guaranty or Security Document or to enforce any of
its rights in respect of any Collateral except through Collateral
Agent in accordance with this Agreement; provided that if,
after the Trigger Date, Collateral Agent fails to commence taking
any action ( provided such action is permitted both by
applicable law and the applicable Guaranty or Security Document)
within thirty (30) days after the Majority Credit Parties
request in writing that Collateral Agent take such action, then the
Majority Credit Parties may take such action under such Guaranty or
Security Document on behalf of those Credit Parties entitled to the
benefits thereof.
(f) Upon
receipt of a written notice from a Credit Party of the existence of
an Event of Default or if it has actual knowledge of the existence
of an Event of Default, Collateral Agent shall promptly (and in any
event no later than three Business Days after receipt of such
notice in the manner provided in Section 11(a) )
give notice of such Event of Default to all Parties (in each case
to the extent Collateral Agent has received the information
necessary to give the applicable Party such notice). Collateral
Agent shall not be deemed to have actual or constructive knowledge
or notice of the existence of any Event of Default until it has
received written notice thereof stating that such notice is a
“Notice of Default.”
(g) Unless an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Collateral Agent
may, without the approval of any other Credit Party (and
notwithstanding any other provision hereof), (i) release any
Obligor from any applicable Affiliate Guaranty if such Obligor
ceases to be an Affiliate of ProLogis pursuant to a transaction not
prohibited by, or otherwise may cease to be an Obligor without
violating, the Global Credit Agreement or any Other DSD Agreement
that gives rise to Voting Obligations (and regardless of the
provisions set forth in any other Financing Agreement); or
(ii) release any Collateral under any Security Document which
the applicable Obligor is permitted to sell or otherwise dispose
of, or which otherwise may be released from the security interest
of the applicable Security Documents, without violating the Global
Credit Agreement or any Other DSD Agreement that gives rise to
Voting Obligations (and regardless of the provisions set forth in
any other Financing Agreement) and execute and deliver such
releases as may be necessary to terminate of record Collateral
Agent’s security interest (for the benefit of the Credit
Parties) in such Collateral. In determining whether any such
release is permitted, Collateral Agent may rely upon (but shall not
be obligated to obtain) instructions from Global Administrative
Agent (as to wh
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