ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC.,
THIS EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT, dated as of May 6, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”), is entered into by and among ARBOR
REALTY SR, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company
”), ARBOR REALTY TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (the
“ Guarantor ”), and KODIAK CDO II, LTD. (“
Kodiak II ”), ATTENTUS CDO I, LTD. (“
Attentus I ”) and ATTENTUS CDO III, LTD. (“
Attentus III, ” together with Kodiak II and Attentus
I, “ Kodiak ”).
A. Reference
is made to (i) that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture
dated as of April 6, 2005 (the “ Indenture I
”); (ii) that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture
dated as of June 2, 2006 (the “ Indenture II
”); (iii) that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture
dated as of April 11, 2007 (the “ Indenture III
”); and (iv) that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture
dated as of April 13, 2007 (the “ Indenture IV,
” together with Indenture I, Indenture II and Indenture III,
“ Existing Indentures ”) each by and between the
Company, the Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company (“
Wilmington ”), as trustee (the “ Existing
Indenture Trustee ”).
B. Reference
is made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement dated as of April 6, 2005 (the “ Trust
Agreement I ”); (ii) that certain Amended and
Restated Trust Agreement dated as of June 2, 2006 (the “
Trust Agreement II ”); (iii) that certain Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of April 11, 2007 (the
“ Trust Agreement III ”); and iv) that certain
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of April 13,
2007 (the “ Trust Agreement IV ,” together with
Trust Agreement I, Trust Agreement II and Trust Agreement III, the
“ Trust Agreements ”); each by and among the
Company, as depositor, the Guarantor, as guarantor, Wilmington, as
property trustee (the “ Property Trustee ”),
Wilmington, as Delaware trustee (the “ Delaware
Trustee ”), and the respective administrative trustees
named therein.
C. Arbor
Realty Trust III (“ Trust III ”) is the holder
of the Junior Subordinated Note due 2035 in the original principal
amount of $25,774,000 issued by the Company pursuant to Indenture I
(“ Subordinated Note I ”).
D. Arbor
Capital Trust VII (“ Trust VII ”) is the holder
of the Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 in the original principal
amount of $15,464,000 issued by the Company pursuant to Indenture
II (“ Subordinated Note II ”).
E. Arbor
Capital Trust VIII (“ Trust VIII ”) is the
holder of the Junior Subordinated Note due 2037 in the original
principal amount of $14,433,000 issued by the Company pursuant to
Indenture III (“ Subordinated Note III
”).
F. Arbor
Capital Trust IX (“ Trust IX ”) is the holder of
the Junior Subordinated Note due 2037 in the original principal
amount of $38,660,000 issued by the Company pursuant to Indenture
IV (“ Subordinated Note IV, ” together with
Subordinated Note I, Subordinated Note II, Subordinated Note III,
the “ Existing Subordinated Notes ”).
G. Pursuant
to Trust Agreement I, Trust III issued a certain Preferred Security
Certificate (as such term is defined in Trust Agreement I) in the
amount of Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) (the “
Original Security I ”), which Original Security I is a
global security.
H. Pursuant
to Trust Agreement II, Trust VII issued a certain Preferred
Security Certificate (as such term is defined in Trust Agreement
II) in the amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) (the
“ Original Security II ”), which Original
Security II is a global security.
I. Pursuant
to Trust Agreement III, Trust VIII issued a certain Preferred
Security Certificate (as such term is defined in Trust Agreement
III) in the amount of Fourteen Million Dollars ($14,000,000) (the
“ Original Security III ”), which Original
Security III is a global security.
J. Pursuant
to Trust Agreement IV, Trust IX issued a certain Preferred Security
Certificate (as such term is defined in Trust Agreement IV) in the
amount of Thirty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($37,500,000) (the “ Original Security IV ,”
together with Original Security I, Original Security II and
Original Security III, the “ Original Securities
”), which Original Security IV is a global
security.
K. Attentus I
is the holder of $18,950,000 in principal amount of a beneficial
interest in Original Security I (the “ Holding I
”).
L. Attentus
III is the holder of $2,350,000 in principal amount of a beneficial
interest in Original Security II (the “ Holding II
”).
M. Attentus
III is the holder of $14,000,000 in principal amount of a
beneficial interest in Original Security III (the “
Holding III ”).
N. Kodiak II
is the holder of $28,125,000 in principal amount of a beneficial
interest in Original Security IV (the “ Holding IV,
” together with the Holding I, Holding II and Holding II, the
“ Kodiak Holdings ”).
O. Simultaneously
herewith, the Company, the Guarantor and Wilmington, as trustee
(the “ New Indenture Trustee ”) have entered
into (a) that certain Junior Subordinated Indenture I (the
“ New Indenture I ”) pursuant to which Company
proposes to issue Twenty One Million Two Hundred Twenty Four
Thousand Dollars ($21,224,000) in original aggregate principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Notes due 2035; (b) that
certain Junior Subordinated Indenture II (the “ New
Indenture II ”) pursuant to which Company proposes to
issue Two Million Six Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Dollars
($2,632,000) in original aggregate principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2036; and (c) that certain Junior
Subordinated Indenture III (the “ New Indenture III
,” together with New Indenture I and New Indenture II, the
“New Indentures" ) pursuant to which Company proposes
to issue Forty Seven Million One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars
($47,180,000) in original aggregate principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2037. Pursuant to the New Indentures, such
Junior Subordinated Notes will be issued by the Company as follows
(collectively, the “ Securities ”):
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(i)
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Junior Subordinated Note due 2035 in
the original principal amount of $21,224,000 issued by the Company
to Attentus I pursuant to New Indenture I, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A-1 (“ Note 1
”);
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(ii)
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Junior Subordinated Note due 2036 in
the original principal amount of $2,632,000 issued by the Company
to Attentus III pursuant to New Indenture II, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (“ Note 2
”);
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(iii)
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Junior Subordinated Note due 2037 in
the original principal amount of $15,680,000 issued by the Company
to Attentus III pursuant to New Indenture III, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A-3 (“ Note 3
”); and
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(iv)
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Junior Subordinated Note due 2037 in
the original principal amount of $31,500,000 issued by the Company
to Kodiak II pursuant to New Indenture III, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A-4 (“ Note 4
”).
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P. On the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,
the Company and Kodiak have agreed to exchange the Kodiak Holdings
for the Securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements and subject to the terms and
conditions herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Definitions . This Agreement, the New Indentures, the
Parent Guarantees and the Securities are collectively referred to
herein as the “ Operative Documents .” All other
capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have
the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the New
Indentures.
“
Attentus I ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“
Attentus III ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq., as amended.
“ Benefit
Plan ” means an “employee benefit plan” (as
defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, a
“plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code or
any entity whose assets include (for purposes of U.S. Department of
Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise for purposes
of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of
any such “employee benefit plan” or
“plan.”
“ CDO
Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b)(i) .
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated under
it.
“ Closing
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b).
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“ Closing
Room ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b).
“
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“ Company
Counsel ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b).
“
Commission ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(v)
“
Delaware Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Environmental Law ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(jj).
“
Environmental Laws ” shall have the correlative
meaning.
“ Equity
Interests ” means with respect to any Person (a) if
such a Person is a partnership, the partnership interests (general
or limited) in a partnership, (b) if such Person is a limited
liability company, the membership interests in a limited liability
company and (c) if such Person is a corporation, the shares or
stick interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a
corporation.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
under it.
“
Exchange ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b).
“
Exchange Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(j).
“
Existing Indentures ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Existing Subordinated Notes ” has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
“
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(w).
“
GAAP ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(w).
“
Governmental Entities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(o).
“
Governmental Licenses ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(r).
“
Hazardous Materials ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(jj).
“
Holder ” has the meaning set forth in the New
Indentures.
“ Holding
I ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Holding
II ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Holding
III ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
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“ Holding
IV ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Impairment ” means any claim, counterclaim, setoff,
defense, action, demand, litigation (including administrative
proceedings or derivative actions), encumbrance, right (including
expungement, avoidance, reduction, contractual or equitable
subordination, or otherwise) or defect.
“
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8(a). “ Indemnified Parties ” shall
have the correlative meaning.
“
Indenture I ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Indenture II ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Indenture III ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Indenture IV ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Investment Company Act ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(j).
“
Kodiak ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“ Kodiak
CDO Management, LLC ” means Kodiak CDO Management, LLC
and its successors and/or assigns as collateral manager of the
Holders, as applicable.
“ Kodiak
Holdings ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Kodiak
Transferred Rights ” means any and all of each Kodiak
entity’s right, title, and interest in, to and under the
Original Securities, together with the following:
(i) the
applicable Existing Indentures and the Trust Agreements;
(ii) all
amounts payable to such Kodiak entity under the applicable Original
Securities, the applicable Kodiak Holdings, the applicable Existing
Indentures and/or the applicable Trust Agreements;
(iii) all
claims (including “claims” as defined in Bankruptcy
Code §101(5)), suits, causes of action, and any other right of
such Kodiak entity, whether known or unknown, against the Company
or any of its affiliates (including the applicable Trusts), agents,
representatives, contractors, advisors, or any other entity that in
any way is based upon, arises out of or is related to any of the
foregoing, including all claims (including contract claims, tort
claims, malpractice claims, and claims under any law governing the
exchange of, purchase and sale of, or indentures for, securities),
suits, causes of action, and any other right of Kodiak against any
attorney, accountant, financial advisor, or other entity arising
under or in connection with the applicable Original Securities, the
applicable Kodiak Holdings, the applicable Existing Indentures, the
applicable Trust Agreements, or the transactions related
thereto;
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(iv) all
guarantees and all collateral and security of any kind for or in
respect of the foregoing;
(v) all
cash, securities, or other property, and all setoffs and
recoupments, to be received, applied, or effected by or for the
account of such Kodiak entity under the applicable Original
Securities and Kodiak Holdings, other than fees, costs and expenses
payable to such Kodiak entity hereunder and all cash, securities,
interest, dividends, and other property that may be exchanged for,
or distributed or collected with respect to, any of the foregoing;
and
(vi) all
proceeds of the foregoing.
“ Kodiak
II ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“
Lien ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(o).
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
business, liabilities or assets of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“
Material Adverse Change ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3(e)(ii).
“ New
Indenture I ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ New
Indenture II ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ New
Indenture III ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ New
Indentures ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ New
Indenture Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals..
“ Note
1 ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Note
2 ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Note
3 ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Note
4 ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“
Original Kodiak Indentures ” has the meaning set forth
in the New Indentures.
“
Original Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Original Security I ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Original Security II ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“
Original Security III ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
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“
Original Security IV ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“
Properties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(kk).
“
Property Trustees ” means, collectively, the
Wilmington Property Trustee and the Wells Property
Trustee.
“
Regulation D ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(h).
“
Repayment Event ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(o).
“
Rule 144A(d)(3) ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(j).
“
Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, 15
U.S.C. §§77a et seq. , as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated under it.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(q).
“
Subordinated Note I ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Subordinated Note II ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“
Subordinated Note III” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“
Subordinated Note IV ” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“ Taberna
Exchange Agreement” means that certain Exchange
Agreement, dated the date hereof by and among Arbor Realty Trust,
Inc., Arbor Realty SR, Inc. and Taberna Preferred Funding I, Ltd.,
Taberna Preferred Funding II, Ltd., Taberna Preferred Funding III,
Ltd., Taberna Preferred Funding IV, Ltd., Taberna Preferred Funding
V, Ltd., Taberna Preferred Funding VII, Ltd. and Taberna Preferred
Funding VIII,. Ltd.
“ Trust
III ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
VII ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
VIII ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
IX ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
Agreement I ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
Agreement II ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
Agreement III ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Trust
Agreement IV ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
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“ Trust
Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“
Wilmington ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
2.
Exchange of Original Preferred Securities for
Securities .
(a) The
Company agrees to issue the Securities in accordance with the New
Indentures and has requested that the Kodiak entities accept such
Securities in exchange for the applicable Kodiak Holdings, and each
of the Kodiak entities hereby accepts the applicable Securities in
exchange for the Kodiak Holdings upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
(b) The
closing of the exchange contemplated herein shall occur at the
offices of Nixon Peabody, LLP in New York, New York (the
“Closing Room”), or such other place as the parties
hereto and Wilmington shall agree, at 11:00 a.m. New York
time, on May 6, 2009 or such later date as the parties may
agree (such date and time of delivery the “Closing
Date”). The Company and Kodiak hereby agree that the exchange
(the “Exchange”) will occur in accordance with the
following requirements:
(i)
Kodiak CDO Management, LLC (as collateral manager for each of the
Kodiak entities) shall have delivered an issuer order instructing
each trustee (in each such capacity, a “CDO Trustee”)
under the applicable indenture pursuant to which such CDO Trustee
serves as trustee for the holders of the Kodiak Holdings to:
(A) as to Attentus I, exchange Holding I for Note I, and
transfer Attentus I’s interest in Holding I to the Company;
(B) as to Attentus III, exchange Holding II for Note 2, and
transfer Attentus III’s interest in Holding II to the
Company; (C) as to Attentus III, exchange Holding III for Note
3, and transfer Attentus III’s interest in Holding III to the
Company, , and (D) as to Kodiak II, exchange Holding IV for
Note 4, and transfer Kodiak II’s interest in Holding IV to
the Company.
(ii)
The Securities shall have been delivered to the Closing Room,
copies of which shall have previously been made available for
inspection, if so requested.
(iii)
Company shall have directed the New Indenture Trustee to
authenticate the Securities and deliver them to the applicable CDO
Trustee, as follows: (i) Note 1 to Attentus I, (ii) Note
2 to Attentus III, (iii) Note 3 to Attentus III, and
(iv) Note 4 to Kodiak II.
(iv)
New Indenture Trustee shall have authenticated the applicable
Securities in accordance with the terms of the applicable New
Indenture and delivered them as provided above.
(v)
Simultaneously with the occurrence of the events described in
subsections (iii) and (iv) hereof, (A) each Kodiak
entity holding the applicable Kodiak Holdings irrevocably
transfers, assigns, grants and conveys the related Kodiak
Transferred Rights to the Company and the Company assumes all
rights and obligations of Kodiak with respect to the Original
Securities, the Kodiak Holdings and the Kodiak Transferred Rights
and (B) each Holder shall be entitled to all of the rights,
title and
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interest of a
Holder of the Securities under the terms of the applicable
Securities, the applicable New Indenture and any related Operative
Documents.
(vi)
The Company shall have paid to Wilmington all of such party’s
legal fees, costs and other expenses in connection with the
Exchange, as well as all other accrued and unpaid fees, costs and
expenses under the Existing Indentures, the Trust Agreements and
the New Indentures, if any.
3.
Conditions Precedent . The obligations of the parties
under this Agreement are subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) The
representations and warranties contained herein shall be accurate
as of the date of delivery of the Securities.
(b) Cooley,
Godward, Kronish LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantor
(the “ Company Counsel ”), shall have delivered
opinions with respect to each New Indenture and the related
Operative Documents, dated the Closing Date, addressed to each
Holder and its successors and assigns and to the New Indenture
Trustee, in substantially the form set out in Annex A-1
hereto; the Company shall have delivered opinions of the
Company’s and Guarantor’s General Counsel addressed to
each Holder and its successors and assigns and to the New Indenture
Trustee, in substantially the form set out in Annex A-2 ,
hereto and if required by Kodiak CDO Management, LLC the Company
shall have furnished to the Kodiak Holders a certificate signed by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, an
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the
Kodiak Holders, in substantially the form set out in Annex D
hereto. In rendering its opinion, the Company Counsel may rely as
to factual matters upon certificates or other documents furnished
by officers, directors and trustees of the Company and by
government officials; provided , however , that
copies of any such certificates or documents are delivered to the
Holders) and by and upon such other documents as such counsel may,
in its reasonable opinion, deem appropriate as a basis for the
Company Counsel’s opinion. The Company Counsel may specify
the jurisdictions in which it is admitted to practice and that it
is not admitted to practice in any other jurisdiction and is not an
expert in the law of any other jurisdiction. Such Company Counsel
Opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by,
or that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or
other document relating to legal opinions, including, without
limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business
Law (1991).
(c) Kodiak
shall have been furnished opinions of the Company Counsel, dated as
of the Closing Date, addressed to the Kodiak Holders and their
respective successors and assigns and the applicable New Indenture
Trustee, in substantially the form set out in Annex B
hereto.
(d) The
Kodiak Holders shall have received, with respect to each New
Indenture and the related Operative Documents, the opinion of
special counsel for New Indenture Trustee, dated as of the Closing
Date, addressed to the Kodiak Holders and their successors and
assigns, in substantially the form set out in Annex C
hereto.
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(e) Each
of the Guarantor and the Company shall have furnished to the Kodiak
Holders under each of the New Indentures a certificate of the
Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or an
Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or
Assistant Treasurer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date,
as to (i) and (ii) below:
(i)
the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the New
Indentures are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date, and
Company and the Guarantor have complied with all the agreements and
satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; and
(ii)
since the date of the latest Financial Statements, there has been
no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other),
earnings, business or assets of the Company, the Guarantor and
their respective Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
whether or not arising from transactions occurring in the ordinary
course of business (a “ Material Adverse Change
”).
(f) The
Company shall pay on or prior to the Closing Date, to the
applicable Kodiak entities a fee as set forth on
Schedule 2 , calculated as the amount of interest
accrued upon the Kodiak Holdings, based upon (i) a principal
balance equal to one hundred twelve percent (112%) of the
outstanding principal balance of the Kodiak Holdings, (ii) an
interest rate of one half of one percent (0.5%) per annum, and
(iii) a period commencing on and including the most recent
Interest Payment Date under the Existing Indenture for which
interest was actually paid under the Kodiak Holdings, as
applicable, and continuing through and including the Closing Date,
plus any additional interest as set forth on
Schedule 2.
(g) Prior
to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantor shall have
furnished to the Kodiak Holders and their counsel such further
information, certificates and documents as the Kodiak Holders or
such counsel may reasonably request.
If any of the
conditions specified in this Section 3 shall not have
been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of
the opinions, certificates and documents mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Kodiak Holders or their counsel, this
Agreement and any obligations of Kodiak hereunder, whether as
holders of the Kodiak Holdings, as applicable, or as prospective
Kodiak Holders, may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the
Closing Date by Kodiak. Notice of such cancellation shall be given
to the Company or the Guarantor in writing or by telephone and
confirmed in writing, or by e-mail or facsimile.
Each certificate
signed by any officer of the Company and the Guarantor and
delivered to the Kodiak Holders or the Holders’ counsel in
connection with the Operative Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty of the Company and the Guarantor, as
applicable, and not by such officer in any individual
capacity.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Company and the
Guarantor . The Company and the Guarantor jointly and
severally represent and warrant to, and agree with
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Kodiak, as
holders of the Original Preferred Securities and the Kodiak V
Holding and with the Kodiak Holders, as follows:
(a) Each
of the Company and the Guarantor (i) is duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization
or incorporation, (ii) is in good standing under such laws and
(iii) has full power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Operative Documents.
(b) Each
of the Company and the Guarantor is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities
Act. Without characterizing the Kodiak holdings or any of the
Kodiak Transferred Rights as a “security” within the
meaning of applicable securities laws, the Company is not acquiring
the Kodiak Holdings or the Kodiak Transferred Rights with a view
towards the sale or distribution thereof in violation of the
Securities Act.
(c) The
Company has offered in writing to the collateral manager for all of
the Holders under the Original Kodiak Indentures (as defined in the
New Indentures) the opportunity to exchange all securities,
certificates, notes and/or beneficial interests held by such
parties upon substantially similar terms and conditions to those
set forth in this Agreement.
(d) None
of the Securities, the New Indentures, or the Exchange, is or may
be (i) void or voidable as an actual or constructive
fraudulent transfer or as a preferential transfer or (ii) subject
to any Impairment.
(e) Each
of the Company and the Guarantor (i) is a sophisticated entity
with respect to the Exchange and the transactions contemplated
thereby, (ii) has such knowledge and experience, and has made
investments of a similar nature, so as to be aware of the risks and
uncertainties inherent in the Exchange and the transactions
contemplated thereby and (iii) has independently and without
reliance upon any Kodiak entity, any Holder of the Securities,
Kodiak CDO Management, LLC, Wilmington, or any of their affiliates,
and based on such information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement, except
that it has relied upon each Kodiak entity’s express
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this
Agreement. The Company and the Guarantor acknowledge that none of
Kodiak, any Kodiak Holders, Kodiak CDO Management, LLC, Wilmington,
or any of their affiliates has given them any investment advice,
credit information or opinion on whether the Exchange is
prudent.
(f) Neither
the Company nor the Guarantor has engaged any broker, finder or
other entity acting under the authority of it or any of its
affiliates that is entitled to any broker’s commission or
other fee in connection with the transaction for which Kodiak, any
Holder, Trustee or any of their affiliates could be
responsible.
(g) No
interest in the Kodiak Transferred Rights is being acquired by or
on behalf of an entity that is, or at any time while the Kodiak
Transferred Rights are held thereby will be, one or more Benefit
Plans.
(h) Neither
the Company, the Guarantor nor any of their respective
“Affiliates” (as defined in Rule 501(b) of
Regulation D (“ Regulation D ”) under
the Securities Act (as defined below)), nor any person acting on
its or their behalf, has, directly or indirectly,
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made offers or
sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy any security,
under circumstances that would require the registration of any of
the Securities under the Securities Act.
(i) Neither
the Company the Guarantor nor any of their respective Affiliates,
nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any
form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the
meaning of Regulation D) in connection with any offer or sale
of any of the Securities.
(j) The
Securities (i) are not and have not been listed on a national
securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), or quoted on a U.S. automated
inter-dealer quotation system and (ii) are not of an open-end
investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount
certificate company that are, or are required to be, registered
under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), and
the Securities otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements of
Rule 144A(d)(3) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act
(“ Rule 144A(d)(3) ”).
(k) Neither
the Company, the Guarantor nor any of their respective Affiliates,
nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged, or will
engage, in any “directed selling efforts” within the
meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act with respect
to the Securities.
(l) Neither
the Company nor the Guarantor is, and immediately following
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will be, an
“investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company,” in
each case within the meaning of Section 3(a) of the Investment
Company Act.
(m) Each
of this Agreement, the New Indentures and the other Operative
Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and therein have been duly authorized by the Company and the
Guarantor and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by Kodiak and/or the Trustee,
as applicable, will be a legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Company and the Guarantor enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
(n) The
Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, on the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with the New Indentures
and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the New
Indentures and delivered to the Holders, will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of the New Indentures, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
(o) Neither
the issue of the Securities and exchange of the Securities for the
Kodiak Holdings, as applicable, nor the execution and delivery of
and compliance with the Operative Documents by the Company or the
Guarantor, nor the consummation of the
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transactions
contemplated herein or therein, (i) will conflict with or
constitute a violation or breach of (x) the charter or bylaws
or similar organizational documents of the Company, the Guarantor
or any subsidiary of the Company or the Guarantor or (y) any
applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, governmental entity, agency or
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective
subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets
(collectively, the “ Governmental Entities ”),
(ii) will conflict with or constitute a violation or breach
of, or a default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any pledge, security
interest, claim, lien or other encumbrance of any kind (each, a
“ Lien ”) upon any property or assets of the
Company, the Guarantor or any if their respective subsidiaries
pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which (A) the
Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is a
party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or (B) to
which any of the property or assets of any of them is subject, or
any judgment, order or decree of any court, Governmental Entity or
arbitrator, except, in the case of clause (i)(y) or this clause
(ii), for such conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults, Repayment
Events (as defined below) or Liens which (X) would not, singly
or in the aggregate, adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and
(Y) would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
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