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Exhibit 10.1
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 6, 2005
among
WINDROSE MEDICAL PROPERTIES, L.P.
as Borrower,
WINDROSE MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST,
as a Guarantor,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Bank,
THE OTHER BANKS WHICH MAY BECOME PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent
with
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Sole Lead Manager and Arranger
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BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT
This BRIDGE LOAN
AGREEMENT is made as of the 6th day of December, 2005, by
and among WINDROSE MEDICAL PROPERTIES,
L.P., a Virginia limited partnership (the
"Borrower"), WINDROSE MEDICAL PROPERTIES
TRUST, a Maryland real estate
investment trust (the "Guarantor"), KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and the other
lending institutions which may become
parties hereto pursuant to Section 18 (the
"Banks"), and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
a national banking association, as
Administrative Agent for the Banks (the
"Agent").
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Borrower has requested that the Banks provide a bridge loan to
Borrower; and
WHEREAS, Agent
and the Banks are willing to provide such facility to the
Borrower on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the terms and conditions herein, and of
any loans, advances, or extensions of
credit now or hereafter made to or for the
benefit of the Borrower by the Banks, the
parties hereto hereby covenant and
agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF
INTERPRETATION.
Section 1.1
DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meanings set
forth in this Section 1 or elsewhere in the
provisions of this Agreement
referred to below:
Acquisition
Portfolio. Collectively, the Fee Properties and the Equity
Interest Properties.
Adjusted EBITDA.
As of the end of any fiscal quarter, the sum of (a) (i)
the aggregate EBITDA attributable to
Medical Properties (which are not also
Construction-in-Process) for such quarter
calculated for this purpose without
including any lease termination fees or
insurance or condemnation proceeds
otherwise includable therein for such
periods in accordance with the definition
of EBITDA, multiplied by (ii) four (4),
minus (b) the Capital Expenditure
Reserve Amount.
Affiliate. An
Affiliate, as applied to any Person, shall mean any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common
control with, that Person. For purposes of
this definition, "control"
(including, with correlative meanings, the
terms "controlling", "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as
applied to any Person, means (a) the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to vote ten percent (10%) or
more of the stock, shares, voting trust
certificates, beneficial interests,
partnership interests, member interests or
other interests having voting power
for the election of directors of such
Person or otherwise to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of
that Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by
contract or otherwise, or (b) the ownership
of (i) a general partnership interest, (ii)
a managing member's interest in a
limited liability company or (iii) a
limited partnership interest or preferred
stock (or other ownership interest)
representing ten percent (10%) or more of
the outstanding limited or general
partnership interests, preferred stock or
other ownership interests of such
Person.
Agent. KeyBank,
acting as Administrative Agent for the Banks, its
successors and assigns.
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Agent's Head
Office. The Agent's head office located at 127 Public Square,
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, or at such
other location as the Agent may designate
from time to time by notice to the Borrower
and the Banks.
Agent's Special
Counsel. McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP or such other counsel
as may be approved by the Agent.
Agreement. This
Bridge Loan Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits
hereto.
Balance Sheet
Date. September 30, 2005.
Banks. KeyBank
and any other Person who becomes an assignee of any rights
of a Bank pursuant to Section 18.
Base Rate. The
greater of (a) the variable per annum rate of interest
announced from time to time by Agent at
Agent's Head Office as its "prime rate"
or (b) one-half of one percent (0.5%) above
the Federal Funds Effective Rate
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
one-eighth of one percent). The Base
Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best
rate being charged to any customer. Any
change in the rate of interest payable
hereunder resulting from a change in the
Base Rate shall become effective as of
the opening of business on the day on which
such change in the Base Rate becomes
effective, without notice or demand of any
kind.
Base Rate Loans.
Those Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to
the Base Rate.
Borrower. As
defined in the preamble hereto.
Business Day.
Any day on which banking institutions located in Cleveland,
Ohio are open for the transaction of
banking business and, in the case of LIBOR
Rate Loans, which also is a LIBOR Business
Day.
Capital
Expenditure Reserve Amount. With respect to any Real Estate now
or
hereafter owned by the Guarantor or any of
its Subsidiaries, a reserve for
replacements and capital expenditures equal
to $0.15 per square foot of gross
rentable space located on such Real
Estate.
Capitalized
Lease. A lease under which a Person is the lessee or obligor,
the discounted future rental payment
obligations under which are required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the
lessee or obligor in accordance with
generally accepted accounting
principles.
CERCLA. See
Section 6.18.
Change of
Control. A Change of Control shall exist upon the occurrence of
any of the following:
(a) any Person
(including a Person's Affiliates and associates) or group
(as that term is understood under Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
and the rules and regulations
thereunder) shall have acquired beneficial
ownership (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a
percentage (based on voting power, in the
event different classes of stock shall have
different voting powers) of the
voting stock of the Guarantor equal to at
least twenty percent (20%);
(b) as of any
date a majority of the Board of Directors or Trustees of the
Guarantor (the "Board") consists of
individuals who were not either (i)
directors or trustees of the Guarantor as
of the
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corresponding date of the previous year,
(ii) selected or nominated to become
directors or trustees by the Board of which
a majority consisted of individuals
described in clause (b)(i) above, or (iii)
selected or nominated to become
directors by the Board of which a majority
consisted of individuals described in
clause (b)(i) above and individuals
described in clause (b)(ii), above;
(c) the
Guarantor shall fail to be the sole general partner of
Borrower,
shall fail to own such general partnership
interest in Borrower free of any lien
or encumbrance on such general partnership
interest, or shall fail to control
the management and policies of Borrower;
or
(d) the
Guarantor fails to own, directly or indirectly, free of any
lien,
encumbrance or other adverse claim, at
least fifty-one percent (51%) of the
partnership interests of Borrower.
Closing Date.
The first date on which all of the conditions set forth
in Section 10 and Section 11 have been
satisfied.
Code. The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commitment. With
respect to each Bank, the amount set forth on Schedule 1
hereto as the amount of such Bank's
Commitment to make or maintain Loans to the
Borrower for the account of the Borrower,
as the same may be changed from time
to time in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Commitment
Percentage. With respect to each Bank, the percentage set forth
on Schedule 1 hereto as such Bank's
percentage of the aggregate Commitments of
all of the Banks, as the same may be
changed from time to time in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
Completed
Property. Any Medical Property that constituted
Construction-in-Process until six (6)
months following completion of such
Medical Property as evidenced by the
issuance of a temporary or permanent
certificate of occupancy (whichever occurs
first) for such Medical Property.
Compliance
Certificate. See Section 7.4(d).
Consolidated or
combined. With reference to any term defined herein, that
term as applied to the accounts of a Person
and its Subsidiaries, consolidated
or combined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth. As of any date of determination, the
amount by which Consolidated Total Assets
exceeds Consolidated Total
Liabilities, and less the sum of:
(a) the total
book value of all assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries
properly classified as of such date as
intangible assets under generally
accepted accounting principles, including
such items as goodwill, the purchase
price of acquired assets in excess of the
fair market value thereof, trademarks,
trade names, service marks, brand names,
copyrights, patents and licenses, and
rights with respect to the foregoing
(provided that the value of any portion of
an acquired lease classified as an
intangible asset pursuant to FASB 141 shall
not be deducted from Consolidated Total
Assets); plus
(b) all amounts
representing any write-up in the book value of any assets
(other than marketable securities) of such
Person or its Subsidiaries as of such
date resulting from a revaluation thereof
subsequent to the Balance Sheet Date;
plus
(c) all amounts
representing minority interests as of such date which are
applicable to third parties.
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Consolidated
Total Assets. As of any date of determination, all assets of
the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. All real estate assets
shall be valued on a gross book value basis
(that is, an undepreciated cost
basis). The Guarantor shall account for its
investments which are not
consolidated in accordance with the equity
method of accounting.
Consolidated
Total Liabilities. As of any date of determination, all
liabilities of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and all
Indebtedness of such Person and its
Subsidiaries, whether or not so classified.
Consolidated Total Liabilities shall
include the Guarantor's pro rata share of
such liabilities and Indebtedness of other
Persons in which the Guarantor
directly or indirectly has an interest
which are not consolidated with the
Guarantor.
Construction-in-Process. At any time on a consolidated basis for
the
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the sum of
all cash expenditures for land and
improvements (including indirect costs
internally allocated and development
costs) on all properties to be used as
Medical Properties that are under
construction.
Conversion
Request. A notice given by the Borrower to the Agent of its
election to convert or continue a Loan in
accordance with Section 4.1.
Debt Offering.
The issuance and sale by the Borrower or the Guarantor of
any debt securities of the Borrower or
Guarantor.
Debt Service.
For any period, the sum of all Interest Expense and mandatory
principal payments due and payable during
such period (including any payments
due under any Capitalized Leases) excluding
any balloon payments due upon
maturity of any Indebtedness. As to the
Guarantor, Debt Service shall include
the Guarantor's share of Debt Service of
its Unconsolidated Affiliates for such
period.
Default. See
Section 12.1. In addition, any "Default" (as defined in the
Revolving Credit Agreement) shall also be a
Default hereunder.
Delinquent Bank.
See Section 14.5(c).
Distribution.
With respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any
cash, cash flow, dividend or distribution
on or in respect of any shares of any
class of capital stock, partnership
interest, membership interest or other
beneficial interest of such Person other
than dividends or distributions payable
solely in equity securities of such Person;
the purchase, redemption, exchange
or other retirement of any shares of any
class of capital stock, partnership
interest, membership interest or other
beneficial interest of such Person,
directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary
of such Person or otherwise; the
return of capital by such Person to its
shareholders, partners, members or other
owners as such; or any other distribution
on or in respect of any shares of any
class of capital stock or other beneficial
interest of such Person.
Dollars or $.
Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
Domestic Lending
Office. Initially, the office of each Bank designated as
such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such
other office of such Bank, if any,
located within the United States that will
be making or maintaining Base Rate
Loans.
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Drawdown Date.
The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the
date on which any Loan which is made prior
to the Maturity Date is converted or
combined in accordance with Section
4.1.
EBITDA. With
respect to any Person for any period, an amount equal to the
sum of (a) the Net Income of such Person
for such period, plus (b) depreciation
and amortization, interest expense and
income taxes deducted in calculating such
Net Income for such period, plus (c) any
extraordinary or non-recurring losses
deducted in calculating Net Income, minus
(d) any extraordinary or other
non-recurring gains included in calculating
such Net Income.
Employee Benefit
Plan. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained or
contributed to by the Borrower, the
Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate, other
than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental
Laws. See Section 6.18(a).
Equity Interest
Properties. The properties to be acquired by Borrower or
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower
pursuant to that certain Interest Purchase
and Sale Agreement dated as of October 24,
2005, among various Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of Borrower, the sellers
listed therein and the other parties
thereto, such properties being more
particularly described on Schedule 2.1
hereto.
Equity Offering.
The issuance and sale by the Borrower or the Guarantor of
any equity securities of the Borrower or
the Guarantor.
ERISA. The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and
in effect from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate.
Any Person which is treated as a single employer with the
Borrower or a Guarantor under Section 414
of the Code.
ERISA Reportable
Event. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed
Pension Plan within the meaning of Section
4043 of ERISA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder as to which the
requirement of notice has not been
waived.
Event of
Default. See Section 12.1.
Extension
Request. See Section 2.8.
Federal Funds
Effective Rate. For any day, the rate per annum (rounded to
the nearest one hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal
Reserve Bank of Cleveland on such day as
being the weighted average of the rates
on overnight federal funds transactions
arranged by federal funds brokers on the
previous trading day, as computed and
announced by such Federal Reserve Bank in
substantially the same manner as such
Federal Reserve Bank computes and
announces the weighted average it refers to
as the "Federal Funds Effective
Rate", or, if such rate is not so published
for any day that is a Business Day,
the average of the quotations for such day
on such transactions received by the
Agent from three (3) Federal funds brokers
of recognized standing selected by
the Agent.
Fee Properties.
The properties to be acquired by Borrower or Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries of Borrower pursuant to that
certain Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated as of October 24, 2005, among various
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of
Borrower, the sellers listed therein, and
the other parties thereto, and that
certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated
as of October 24, 2005, among Windrose
Tempe
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Properties, L.P., as buyer, AZ-Tempe Luke
Limited Partnership, as seller, and
the other parties thereto, such properties
being more particularly described on
Schedule 2.2 hereto.
Fixed Charges.
With respect to the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for any
fiscal period, an amount equal to the sum
of (a) the Debt Service of the
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, plus (b)
the Preferred Distributions of the
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, all
determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Funding
Deadline. See Section 2.5.
Funds from
Operations. With respect to any Person for any fiscal period,
the Net Income (or Deficit) of such Person
computed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, excluding
gains (or losses) from sales of
property, plus depreciation and
amortization, and after adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships and joint
ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated
partnerships and joint ventures will be
calculated to reflect funds from
operations on the same basis.
Generally
accepted accounting principles. Principles that are (a)
consistent with the principles promulgated
or adopted by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board and its
predecessors, as in effect from time to time
and (b) consistently applied with past
financial statements of the Person
adopting the same principles; provided that
a certified public accountant would,
insofar as the use of such accounting
principles is pertinent, be in a position
to deliver an unqualified opinion (other
than a qualification regarding changes
in generally accepted accounting
principles) as to financial statements in which
such principles have been properly
applied.
Gross Asset
Value. As of any date of determination the sum of the following
(but without duplication):
(a) the gross
acquisition cost to the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries of all
Medical Properties of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries that have not been
owned by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
for a period of at least one (1)
full fiscal quarter (provided that the
Acquisition Portfolio shall be valued at
gross acquisition cost until such assets
have been owned by the Guarantor or its
Subsidiaries for a period for at least four
(4) full fiscal quarters); plus
(b) (i) the sum
of (A) Adjusted EBITDA of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries attributable to Medical
Properties plus (B) corporate general and
administrative expenses attributable to
Medical Properties divided by (ii) 0.09
(the capitalization rate); plus
(c) the
Guarantor's beneficial share of unrestricted Cash and Short
Term
Investments (i.e., Cash and Short Term
Investments that are not pledged or
encumbered or the use of which is not
restricted by the terms of any document or
agreement) of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries, as of the end of such quarter;
plus
(d) the
aggregate book value (on a cost basis) of the
Construction-in-Process of the Guarantor
and its Subsidiaries that are not
Completed Properties.
Guaranteed
Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA maintained
or contributed to by the Borrower, a
Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate the
benefits of which are guaranteed on
termination in full or in part by the PBGC
pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other
than a Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantor. As
defined in the preamble.
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Guaranty. The
Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance dated of
even date herewith made by the Guarantor in
favor of the Agent and the Banks, as
the same may be modified or amended, such
Guaranty to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent.
Hazardous
Substances. See Section 6.18(b).
Indebtedness.
With respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof,
all of the following (without duplication):
(a) all obligations of such Person
in respect of money borrowed or the
deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of business
and not past due for more than sixty (60)
days past the date on which such trade
payable was due, unless subject to a good
faith dispute by such Person); (b) all
obligations of such Person, whether or not
for money borrowed, (i) represented
by notes payable or drafts accepted, (ii)
evidenced by bonds, debentures, loan
agreements, notes or similar instruments,
or (iii) with respect to any purchase
money, conditional sale, title retention or
other similar instrument; (c) all
obligations of such Person to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect of any
mandatorily redeemable stock or other equity
interest issued by such Person or any other
Person which is payable prior to the
Maturity Date, valued at the greater of its
voluntary or involuntary liquidation
preference plus accrued and unpaid
dividends, (d) all liabilities secured by any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien,
charge or other encumbrance existing
on property owned or acquired subject
thereto, whether or not the liability
secured thereby shall have been assumed or
recourse is limited; (e) all
guarantees, endorsements and other
contingent obligations, whether direct or
indirect, in respect of indebtedness or
other obligations payable or performable
by others (not including obligations under
Non-Recourse Carveout Guaranties
until a claim is made with respect
thereto), including liability as a general
partner in respect of liabilities of a
partnership in which it is a general
partner which would constitute
"Indebtedness" hereunder, any obligation to
supply funds to or in any manner to invest
directly or indirectly in a Person,
to maintain working capital or equity
capital of a Person or otherwise to
maintain net worth, solvency or other
financial condition of a Person, to
purchase indebtedness, or to assure the
owner of indebtedness against loss,
including, without limitation, through an
agreement to purchase property,
securities, goods, supplies or services for
the purpose of enabling the debtor
to make payment of the indebtedness held by
such owner or otherwise; (f) the
obligation to reimburse the issuer in
respect of any letter of credit or
obligations under acceptance facilities or
similar instruments, and obligations
under interest rate swaps and similar
agreements; (g) any obligation as a lessee
or obligor under a Capitalized Lease; (h)
all subordinated debt; and (i) all
obligations of a Person in respect of any
equity or equity index swap, forward
equity transaction, equity or equity index
option or any other similar
transaction; provided that the amount of
any obligation under clause (e) shall
for the purposes hereof be deemed to be the
stated or determinable amount of the
related primary obligation, or portion
thereof, in respect of which such
guaranty or contingent liability is made
or, if not stated or determinable at
the time of determination, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by the
guaranteeing Person in good faith.
Interest
Expense. For any period, without duplication, the sum of (a)
total
interest expense of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries, excluding capitalized
interest funded under a construction loan
but including all other capitalized
interest, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles for such
period, plus (b) the portion of rent
under a Capitalized Lease that should be
treated as interest in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles,
plus (c) the Guarantor's and its
Subsidiaries' share of Interest Expense of
their Unconsolidated Affiliates for
such period.
Interest Payment
Date. As to each Base Rate Loan, the first day of each
calendar month during the term of such Base
Rate Loan, and as to each LIBOR Rate
Loan, the first day of each calendar month
during the term of such LIBOR Rate
Loan and the last day of the Interest
Period relating thereto.
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Interest Period.
With respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan (a) initially, the
period commencing on the Drawdown Date of
such Loan and ending one, two or three
months thereafter and (b) thereafter, each
period commencing on the day
following the last day of the next
preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Loan and ending on the last day of one of
the periods set forth above, as
selected by the Borrower in a Conversion
Request; provided that all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest
Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if any
Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would
otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR
Business Day, that Interest Period
shall end and the next Interest Period
shall commence on the next preceding or
succeeding LIBOR Business Day as determined
conclusively by the Agent in
accordance with the then current bank
practice in the London Interbank Market;
(ii) if the
Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in Section 4.1,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested a conversion of the affected
LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on the
last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto; and
(iii) no
Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan shall extend
beyond the Maturity Date.
Investments.
With respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock,
evidences of Indebtedness and other
securities issued by any other Person, all
loans, advances, or extensions of credit
to, or contributions to the capital of,
any other Person, all purchases of the
securities or business or integral part
of the business of any other Person and
commitments and options to make such
purchases, all interests in real property,
and all other investments; provided,
however, that the term "Investment" shall
not include (i) equipment, inventory
and other tangible personal property
acquired in the ordinary course of
business, or (ii) current trade and
customer accounts receivable for services
rendered in the ordinary course of business
and payable in accordance with
customary trade terms. In determining the
aggregate amount of Investments
outstanding at any particular time: (a) the
amount of any Investment represented
as a guaranty shall be taken at not less
than the principal amount of the
obligations guaranteed and still
outstanding; (b) there shall be included as an
Investment all interest accrued with
respect to Indebtedness constituting an
Investment unless and until such interest
is paid; (c) there shall be deducted
in respect of each such Investment any
amount received as a return of capital
(but only by repurchase, redemption,
retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend
or liquidating distribution); (d) there
shall not be deducted in respect of any
Investment any amounts received as earnings
on such Investment, whether as
dividends, interest or otherwise, except
that accrued interest included as
provided in the foregoing clause (b) may be
deducted when paid; and (e) there
shall not be deducted from the aggregate
amount of Investments any decrease in
the value thereof.
KeyBank. KeyBank
National Association, a national banking association, and
its successors by merger.
Lead Arranger.
KeyBanc Capital Markets.
LIBOR Business
Day. Any day on which commercial banks are open for
international business (including dealings
in Dollar deposits) in London.
LIBOR Lending
Office. Initially, the office of each Bank designated as such
in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such
other office of such Bank, if any, that
shall be making or maintaining LIBOR Rate
Loans.
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LIBOR Rate. For
any LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period, the average
rate (rounded to the nearest 1/100th) as
shown in Dow Jones Markets (formerly
Telerate) (Page 3750) at which deposits in
U.S. dollars are offered by first
class banks in the London Interbank Market
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the day that is two (2) LIBOR
Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period with a maturity
approximately equal to such Interest Period
and in an amount approximately equal to the
amount to which such Interest Period
relates, adjusted for reserves and taxes if
required by future regulations. If
Dow Jones Markets no longer reports such
rate or Agent determines in good faith
that the rate so reported no longer
accurately reflects the rate available to
Agent in the London Interbank Market, Agent
may select a replacement index. For
any period during which a Reserve
Percentage shall apply, the LIBOR Rate with
respect to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be equal
to the amount determined above
divided by an amount equal to 1 minus the
Reserve Percentage.
LIBOR Rate
Loans. Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to a
LIBOR
Rate.
Loan Documents.
This Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty and all other
documents, instruments or agreements now or
hereafter executed or delivered by
or on behalf of the Borrower or the
Guarantor in connection with the Loans.
Loan Request.
See Section 2.5.
Loans. See
Section 2.1.
Majority Banks.
As of any date, any Bank or collection of Banks whose
aggregate Commitment Percentage is more
than fifty percent (50%); provided,
that, in determining said percentage at any
given time, all then existing
Delinquent Banks will be disregarded and
excluded and the Commitment Percentages
of the Banks shall be redetermined for
voting purposes only, to exclude the
Commitment Percentages of such Delinquent
Banks.
Material Adverse
Effect. A materially adverse change in or effect on (i)
the business, assets, liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise), prospects
or results of operations of the Borrower
and the Guarantor taken as a whole,
(ii) the business, assets, liabilities,
financial condition or results of
operations of the Guarantor, (iii) the
ability of the Borrower or the Guarantor
to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party, (iv)
the validity or enforceability of any of
the Loan Documents, or (v) any rights
and remedies of the Banks and the Agent
under any of the Loan Documents.
Maturity Date.
June 6, 2006, as the same may be extended as provided in
Section 2.8, or such earlier date on which
the Loans shall become due and
payable pursuant to the terms hereof.
Medical
Properties. Specialty medical office properties of a type, size
and
use consistent with those owned by Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as of the date
of this Agreement.
Multiemployer
Plan. Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section
3(37) of ERISA maintained or contributed to
by the Borrower, the Guarantor or
any ERISA Affiliate.
Net Income (or
Deficit). With respect to any Person for any fiscal period,
the net income (or deficit) of such Person,
after deduction of all expenses,
taxes and other proper charges, determined
in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
Non-Recourse
Carveout Guaranty. With respect to any Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, a guaranty for customary
exceptions to non-recourse liability for
fraud, misapplication of funds,
environmental
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indemnities and other similar exceptions to
recourse liability for which
liability is limited solely to the loss
arising from such act.
Non-Recourse
Indebtedness. Indebtedness of the Guarantor or a Subsidiary of
the Guarantor which is secured by one or
more parcels of Real Estate and related
personal property or interests therein and
is not a general obligation of the
Guarantor or any such Subsidiary, the
holder of such Indebtedness having
recourse solely to the parcels of Real
Estate securing such Indebtedness, the
improvements and leases thereon and the
rents and profits thereof.
Notes. See
Section 2.3.
Notice. See
Section 19.
Obligations. All
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower
and the Guarantor to any of the Banks and
the Agent, individually or
collectively, under this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents or in
respect of any of the Loans or the Notes,
or other instruments at any time
evidencing any of the foregoing, whether
existing on the date of this Agreement
or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or
indirect, joint or several, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or
unsecured, arising by contract, operation
of law or otherwise.
OFAC. Office of
Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury of
the United States of America.
Outstanding.
With respect to the Loans, the aggregate unpaid principal
thereof as of any date of
determination.
Patriot Act. The
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001, as the same may
be amended from time to time, and
corresponding provisions of future laws.
PBGC. The
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002 of
ERISA and any successor entity or entities
having similar responsibilities.
Permitted Liens.
Liens permitted by Section 8.2.
Person. Any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated association,
business, or other legal entity, and
any government or any governmental agency
or political subdivision thereof.
Preferred
Distributions. For any period, the amount of any and all
Distributions paid, declared but not yet
paid or otherwise currently due and
payable to the holders of any form of
preferred stock or partnership interest
(whether perpetual, convertible or
otherwise) or other ownership or beneficial
interest in the Guarantor or any Subsidiary
of the Guarantor that entitles the
holders thereof to preferential payment or
distribution priority with respect to
dividends, distributions, assets or other
payments over the holders of any other
stock, partnership interest or other
ownership or beneficial interest in such
Person.
Real Estate. All
real property at any time owned or leased (as lessee or
sublessee) by the Guarantor, Borrower or
any of their respective Subsidiaries.
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Record. The grid
attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or
any other similar record, including
computer records, maintained by Agent with
respect to any Loan referred to in such
Note.
Recourse
Indebtedness. As of any date any Indebtedness (whether secured
or
unsecured) that is recourse to Borrower or
the Guarantor.
Register. See
Section 18.2.
REIT Status.
With respect to the Guarantor, its status as a real estate
investment trust as defined in Section
856(a) of the Code.
Reserve
Percentage. For any day with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the
maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at
which any lender subject thereto would
be required to maintain reserves
(including, without limitation, all base,
supplemental, marginal and other reserves)
under Regulation D of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or
any successor or similar regulations
relating to such reserve requirements)
against "Eurocurrency Liabilities" (as
that term is used in Regulation D or any
successor or similar regulation), if
such liabilities were outstanding. The
Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective
date of any change in the Reserve
Percentage.
Revolving Credit
Agreement. The Second Amended and Restated Secured
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
September 30, 2005, among Borrower,
Huntington National Bank, individually and
as agent, and the other banks that
from time to time thereto, and the other
parties thereto, as amended from time
to time.
SEC. The federal
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Secured
Indebtedness. Indebtedness of a Person that is pursuant to a
Capitalized Lease or is directly or
indirectly secured by a Lien.
Short-term
Investments. Investments described in subsections (a) through
(g), inclusive, of Section 8.3.
State. A state
of the United States of America.
Subsidiary. Any
corporation, association, partnership, trust, or other
business entity of which the designated
parent shall at any time own directly or
indirectly through a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries at least a majority (by number
of votes or controlling interests) of the
outstanding Voting Interests.
Total
Commitment. The sum of the Commitments of the Banks, as in
effect
from time to time. As of the date of this
Agreement, the Total Commitment is
Twenty Million and No/100 Dollars
($20,000,000.00).
Transfer. See
Section 8.7.
Type. As to any
Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Unconsolidated
Affiliate. As to any Person, any other Person in which it
owns an interest which is not a
Subsidiary.
Unsecured
Indebtedness. Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries
outstanding at any time which is not
secured by a Lien.
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Variable Rate
Debt. Indebtedness that is payable by reference to a rate of
interest that may vary, float or change
during the term of such Indebtedness
(that is, a rate of interest that is not
fixed for the entire term of such
Indebtedness).
Voting
Interests. Stock or similar ownership interests, of any class
or
classes (however designated), the holders
of which are at the time entitled, as
such holders, (a) to vote for the election
of a majority of the directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of
the corporation, association,
partnership, trust or other business entity
involved, or (b) to control, manage,
or conduct the business of the corporation,
partnership, association, trust or
other business entity involved.
Wholly Owned
Subsidiary. Any Subsidiary of Borrower or the Guarantor in
which all of the equity interests (other
than in the case of a corporation,
director's qualifying shares) are at the
time directly or indirectly owned by
Borrower or the Guarantor.
Section 1.2
RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
(a) A reference to any document or agreement shall include such
document or agreement as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms and the terms of
this Agreement.
(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes
the
singular.
(c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification
to
such law.
(d) A reference to any
Person includes its permitted successors and
permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings
assigned to them by generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis by the accounting entity
to which they refer.
(f) The words "include", "includes" and "including" are not
limiting.
(g) The words "approval" and "approved", as the context so
determines,
means an approval in writing given to the
party seeking approval after full and
fair disclosure to the party giving
approval of all material facts necessary in
order to determine whether approval should
be granted.
(h) All terms not specifically defined herein or by generally
accepted
accounting principles, which terms are
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in the State of Georgia, have the
meanings assigned to them therein.
(i) Reference to a particular " Section ", refers to that section
of
this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated.
(j) The words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of like
import
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular section or
subdivision of this Agreement.
Section 2. AGREEMENT TO MAKE ADVANCES;
LIMITATIONS.
Section 2.1
AGREEMENT TO MAKE ADVANCES. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement, each of the
Banks severally agrees to lend to the
Borrower (the "Loans"), and the
Borrower
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may borrow, on or before the Funding
Deadline upon submission by the Borrower to
the Agent of a Loan Request given in
accordance with Section 2.5, up to a
maximum aggregate principal amount equal to
such Bank's Commitment Percentage of
such Loan to fund up to 100% of Borrower's
equity in connection with the closing
of the purchase of the Acquisition
Portfolio (or subject to the terms hereof,
individual Fee Properties or Equity
Interest Properties), to pay closing costs
in connection with the Loan or for working
capital purposes; provided, that, in
all events no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
and provided, further that the Outstanding
Loans (after giving effect to all
amounts requested) shall not at any time
exceed the Total Commitment. The Loans
shall be made pro rata in accordance with
each Bank's Commitment Percentage.
Each Loan Request hereunder shall
constitute a representation and warranty by
the Borrower that all of the conditions set
forth in Section 10 and Section 11,
in the case of the initial Loan, and
Section 11, in the case of all other Loans,
have been satisfied on the date of such
request. Once repaid, sums hereunder may
not be reborrowed. There be no more than
three (3) advances of the Loan.
Section 2.2
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Section 2.3
NOTES. The Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory
notes of the Borrower in substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto
(collectively, the "Notes"), dated of even
date as this Agreement and completed
with appropriate insertions. One Note shall
be payable to the order of each Bank
in the principal amount equal to such
Bank's Commitment or, if less, the
outstanding amount of all Loans made by
such Bank, plus interest accrued thereon
as set forth below. The Borrower
irrevocably authorizes Agent to make or cause
to be made, at or about the time of the
Drawdown Date of any Loan or at the time
of receipt of any payment of principal
thereof, an appropriate notation on
Agent's Record reflecting the making of
such Loan or (as the case may be) the
receipt of such payment. The outstanding
amount of the Loans set forth on
Agent's Record shall be prima facie
evidence of the principal amount thereof
owing and unpaid to each Bank, but the
failure to record, or any error in so
recording, any such amount on Agent's
Record shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Borrower hereunder
or under any Note to make payments of
principal of or interest on any Note when
due.
Section 2.4
INTEREST ON LOANS.
(a) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period
commencing
with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending
on the date on which such Base Rate
Loan is repaid or is converted to a LIBOR
Rate Loan at the per annum rate equal
to the sum of the Base Rate plus one and
three-fourths percent (1.75%).
(b) Each LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period
commencing
with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending
on the last day of the Interest Period
with respect thereto at the rate per annum
equal to the sum of the LIBOR Rate
determined for such Interest Period plus
three percent (3.0%).
(c) The Borrower promises to pay interest on each Loan to it in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date with
respect thereto, or on any earlier
date on which the Commitments shall
terminate.
(d) Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans may be converted to Loans
of
the other Type as provided in Section
4.1.
Section 2.5
REQUESTS FOR LOANS. The Borrower (i) shall notify the Agent of
a potential request for a Loan as soon as
possible prior to the Borrower's
proposed Drawdown Date, and (ii) shall give
to the Agent written notice in the
form of Exhibit B hereto (or telephonic
notice confirmed in writing in the
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form of Exhibit B hereto) of each Loan
requested hereunder (a "Loan Request") no
less than two (2) Business Days prior to
the proposed Drawdown Date. Each such
notice shall specify with respect to the
requested Loan the proposed principal
amount, Drawdown Date, Interest Period (if
applicable) and Type, the properties
within the Acquisition Portfolio being
acquired, if any, the Indebtedness
secured directly or indirectly by such
properties and the acquisition cost
thereof, if applicable. Each such notice
shall also contain (i) a certification
by the chief financial officer of the
Guarantor that the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries are and will be in compliance
with all covenants under the Loan
Documents after giving effect to the making
of such Loan, and (ii) a pro forma
Compliance Certificate with such supporting
information as the Agent may require
adjusted in the best good faith estimate of
the Borrower to give effect to the
proposed advance of the Loan and any
advance to be made under the Revolving
Credit Agreement and demonstrating
compliance with the covenants described
therein after giving effect to the
incurrence of such Indebtedness. Promptly
upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent
shall notify each of the Banks
thereof. Except as provided in this Section
2.5, each such Loan Request shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and
shall obligate the Borrower to
accept the Loan requested from the Banks on
the proposed Drawdown Date. Each
Loan Request shall be (a) for a Base Rate
Loan in the minimum aggregate amount
of $250,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, or (b) for
a LIBOR Rate Loan in a minimum aggregate
amount of $2,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof;
provided, however, that there shall be
no more than three (3) LIBOR Rate Loans
outstanding at any one time. In the
event that Borrower shall fail to request,
or shall otherwise fail to satisfy
the conditions to obtaining, the
disbursement of the Total Commitment on or
before 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on
January 30, 2006 (the "Funding Deadline"),
the obligation of the Banks to advance any
undisbursed amount of the Total
Commitment to Borrower shall automatically
terminate.
Section 2.6
FUNDS FOR LOANS.
(a) Not later than 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) on the proposed
Drawdown Date of any Loans, each of the
Banks will make available to the Agent,
at the Agent's Head Office, in immediately
available funds, the amount of such
Bank's Commitment Percentage of the amount
of the requested Loans which may be
disbursed pursuant to Section 2.1. Upon
receipt from each Bank of such amount,
and upon receipt of the documents required
by Section 10 and Section 11 and the
satisfaction of the other conditions set
forth therein, to the extent
applicable, the Agent will make available
to the Borrower the aggregate amount
of such Loans made available to the Agent
by the Banks by crediting such amount
to the account of the Borrower maintained
at the Agent's Head Office. The
failure or refusal of any Bank to make
available to the Agent at the aforesaid
time and place on any Drawdown Date the
amount of its Commitment Percentage of
the requested Loans shall not relieve any
other Bank from its several obligation
hereunder to make available to the Agent
the amount of such other Bank's
Commitment Percentage of any requested
Loans, including any additional Loans
that may be requested subject to the terms
and conditions hereof to provide
funds to replace those not advanced by the
Bank so failing or refusing.
(b) Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Bank prior to
the
applicable Drawdown Date that such Bank
will not make available to the Agent
such Bank's pro rata share of a proposed
Loan, the Agent may in its discretion
assume that such Bank has made such share
of the proposed Loan available to
Agent in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the Agent may, if
it chooses, in reliance upon such
assumption make such Loan available to
Borrower, and such Bank shall be liable to
the Agent for the amount of such
advance. If such Bank does not pay such
corresponding amount upon the Agent's
demand therefor, the Agent will promptly
notify the Borrower, and the Borrower
shall promptly pay such corresponding
amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also
be entitled to recover from the Bank or the
Borrower, as the case may be,
interest on such corresponding amount in
respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by
the Agent to the Borrower to the date
such corresponding amount is recovered by
the Agent at a per annum rate
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equal to (i) from the Borrower at the
applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from
a Bank at the Federal Funds Effective
Rate.
Section 2.7 ADVANCES
DO NOT CONSTITUTE A WAIVER. No Loan made by the Banks
shall constitute a waiver of any of the
conditions to the Banks' obligation to
make further Loans nor, in the event the
Borrower fails to satisfy any such
condition, shall any such Loan have the
effect of precluding the Banks from
thereafter declaring such failure to
satisfy a condition to be an Event of
Default.
Section 2.8
EXTENSION OF MATURITY DATE.
(a) Provided that no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred
and be continuing, the Borrower shall have
the option, to be exercised by giving
written notice to the Agent not more than
sixty (60) days and not less than five
(5) days prior to the initial scheduled
Maturity Date (an "Extension Request"),
subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, to extend the
Maturity Date by three (3) months to
September 6, 2006.
(b) The obligations of the Agent and the Banks to extend the
Maturity
Date as provided in Section 2.8(a) shall be
subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent on the then
effective Maturity Date (without
regard to such extension request):
(i) No Default. On the date the Extension Request is given
there
shall exist no Event of Default, and on the
Maturity Date (determined without
regard to such extension) there shall exist
no Default or Event of Default and
no Default or Event of Default (including,
without limitation, a Default under
Section 9.1) shall arise as a result
thereof.
(ii) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties made by the Borrower and the
Guarantor in the Loan Documents or
otherwise made by or on behalf of the
Borrower and the Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries in connection
therewith or after the date thereof shall
have been true and correct in all material
respects when made and shall also be
true and correct in all material respects
on the Maturity Date (as determined
without regard to such extension), except
to the extent of changes resulting
from transactions contemplated or permitted
by this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and changes occurring in the
ordinary course of business that singly
or in the aggregate are not materially
adverse, except to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate
expressly to an earlier date.
Section 3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS.
Section 3.1
STATED MATURITY. The Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity
Date and there shall become absolutely due
and payable on the Maturity Date all
of the Loans outstanding on such date,
together with any and all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon.
Section 3.2
MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS. If at any time the aggregate of the
Outstanding Loans exceeds the Total
Commitment, then the Borrower shall
immediately pay the amount of such excess
to the Agent for the respective
accounts of the Banks for application to
the Loans.
Section 3.3
OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS. The Borrower shall have the right, at its
election, to prepay the outstanding amount
of the applicable Loans, as a whole
or in part, at any time without penalty or
premium; provided, that if any full
or partial prepayment of the outstanding
amount of any LIBOR Rate Loans is made
other than on the last day of the Interest
Period relating thereto, such
prepayment shall be accompanied by the
payment of any amounts due pursuant to
Section 4.8. The Borrower shall give the
Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m.,
Cleveland time, at least one (1) Business
Day's prior written notice of any
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prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.3, in
each case specifying the proposed
date of payment of Loans and the principal
amount to be paid.
Section 3.4
PARTIAL PREPAYMENTS. Each partial prepayment of the Loans under
Section 3.2 and Section 3.3 shall be
accompanied by the payment of accrued
interest on the principal prepaid to the
date of payment and, after payment of
such interest, shall be applied, in the
absence of instruction by the Borrower,
first to the principal of Base Rate Loans
and then to the principal of LIBOR
Rate Loans.
Section 3.5
EFFECT OF PREPAYMENTS. Amounts of the Loans hereunder may not
be reborrowed. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments shall
first be applied to accrued but unpaid
interest and then to principal as
provided above.
Section 4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 4.1
CONVERSION OPTIONS.
(a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any of
its
outstanding Loans to a Loan of another Type
and such Loan shall thereafter bear
interest as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR
Rate Loan, as applicable; provided that
(i) with respect to any such conversion of
a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan, the Borrower shall give the Agent at
least one (1) Business Days' prior
written notice of such election, and such
conversion shall only be made on the
last day of the Interest Period with
respect to such LIBOR Rate Loan; (ii) with
respect to any such conversion of a Base
Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan the
Borrower shall give the Agent at least
three (3) LIBOR Business Days' prior
written notice of such election and the
Interest Period requested for such Loan,
the principal amount of the Loan so
converted shall be in a minimum aggregate
amount of $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and,
after giving effect to the making of such
Loan there shall be no more than three
(3) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one
time; and (iii) no Loan may be
converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any
Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. All or any part
of the outstanding Loans of any Type
may be converted as provided herein,
provided that no partial conversion shall
result in a Base Rate Loan in an aggregate
principal amount of less than
$1,000,000 or a LIBOR Rate Loan in an
aggregate principal amount of less than
$1,000,000 and that the aggregate principal
amount of each Loan shall be in an
integral multiple of $100,000. On the date
on which such conversion is being
made, each Bank shall take such action as
is necessary to transfer its
Commitment Percentage of such Loans to its
Domestic Lending Office or its LIBOR
Lending Office, as the case may be. Each
Conversion Request relating to the
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR
Rate Loan shall be irrevocable by the
Borrower.
(b) Any Loan may be continued as such Type upon the expiration of
an
Interest Period with respect thereto by
compliance by the Borrower with the
terms of Section 4.1(a); provided that no
LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as
such when any Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, but
shall be automatically converted to a Base
Rate Loan on the last day of the
Interest Period relating thereto ending
during the continuance of any Default or
Event of Default.
(c) In the event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent of
its
election hereunder with respect to any Loan
to it, such Loan shall be
automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan
at the end of the applicable
Interest Period.
Section 4.2
CLOSING FEE. The Borrower shall pay to KeyBank certain fees for
services rendered or to be rendered in
connection with the Loan as provided
pursuant to the Agreement Regarding Fees
dated of even date herewith between the
Borrower and KeyBank.
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Section 4.3
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Section 4.4
FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS.
(a) All payments of principal, interest, unused facility fees,
closing
fees and any other amounts due hereunder or
under any of the other Loan
Documents shall be made to the Agent, for
the respective accounts of the Banks
and the Agent, as the case may be, at the
Agent's Head Office, not later than
1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the day when
due, in each case in lawful money of
the United States in immediately available
funds. The Agent is hereby authorized
to charge the accounts of the Borrower with
KeyBank designated by the Borrower,
on the dates when the amount thereof shall
become due and payable, with the
amounts of the principal of and interest on
the Loans and all fees, charges,
expenses and other amounts owing to the
Agent and/or the Banks under the Loan
Documents.
(b) All payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the
other
Loan Documents shall be made without setoff
or counterclaim and free and clear
of and without deduction for any taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans,
restrictions or conditions of any
nature now or hereafter imposed or levied
by any jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof or taxing or other
authority therein unless the Borrower is
compelled by law to make such deduction or
withholding. If any such obligation
is imposed upon the Borrower with respect
to any amount payable by them
hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents, the Borrower will pay to the
Agent, for the account of the Banks or (as
the case may be) the Agent, on the
date on which such amount is due and
payable hereunder or under such other Loan
Document, such additional amount in Dollars
as shall be necessary to enable the
Banks or the Agent to receive the same net
amount which the Banks or the Agent
would have received on such due date had no
such obligation been imposed upon
the Borrower. The Borrower will deliver
promptly to the Agent certificates or
other valid vouchers for all taxes or other
charges deducted from or paid with
respect to payments made by the Borrower
hereunder or under such other Loan
Document.
Section 4.5 COMPUTATIONS. All
computations of interest on the Loans and of
other fees to the extent applicable shall
be based on a 360-day year and paid
for the actual number of days elapsed.
Except as otherwise provided in the
definition of the term "Interest Period"
with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans,
whenever a payment hereunder or under any
of the other Loan Documents becomes
due on a day that is not a Business Day,
the due date for such payment shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business
Day, and interest shall accrue during
such extension. The outstanding amount of
the Loans as reflected on the records
of the Agent from time to time shall be
considered prima facie evidence of such
amount.
Section 4.6
SUSPENSION OF LIBOR RATE LOANS. In the event that, prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period
relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent
shall reasonably determine that adequate
and reasonable methods do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such
Interest Period, or the Agent shall
reasonably determine that the LIBOR Rate
will not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to the Banks of making or
maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans for such
Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith
give notice of such determination
(which shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrower and the Banks) to the
Borrower and the Banks. In such event (a)
any Loan Request with respect to LIBOR
Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn
and shall be deemed a request for
Base Rate Loans and (b) each LIBOR Rate
Loan will automatically, on the last day
of the then current Interest Period
thereof, become a Base Rate Loan, and the
obligations of the Banks to make LIBOR Rate
Loans shall be suspended until the
Agent determines that the circumstances
giving rise to such suspension no longer
exist, whereupon the Agent shall so notify
the Borrower and the Banks.
Section 4.7
ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any
present or future law, regulation, treaty
or directive or the interpretation or
application thereof shall make it unlawful,
or any
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central bank or other governmental
authority having jurisdiction over a Bank or
its LIBOR Lending Office shall assert that
it is unlawful, for any Bank to make
or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Bank
shall forthwith give notice of such
circumstances to the Agent and the Borrower
and thereupon (a) the commitment of
the Banks to make LIBOR Rate Loans or
convert Loans of another type to LIBOR
Rate Loans shall forthwith be suspended and
(b) the LIBOR Rate Loans then
outstanding shall be converted
automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last day
of each Interest Period applicable to such
LIBOR Rate Loans or within such
earlier period as may be required by law;
provided that the affected Bank agrees
to designate a different LIBOR Lending
Office if such designation will permit
such Bank to make or maintain LIBOR Rate
Loans and will not, in the good faith
of such Bank, otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to such Bank.
Section 4.8
ADDITIONAL INTEREST. If any LIBOR Rate Loan or any portion
thereof is repaid, or is converted to a
Base Rate Loan for any reason on a date
which is prior to the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR
Rate Loan, or if repayment of the Loans has
been accelerated as provided in
Section 12.1, the Borrower will pay to the
Agent upon demand for the account of
the Banks in accordance with their
respective Commitment Percentages, in
addition to any amounts of interest
otherwise payable hereunder, any amounts
required to compensate the Banks for any
losses, costs or expenses which may
reasonably be incurred as a result of such
payment or conversion.
Section 4.9
ADDITIONAL COSTS, ETC. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if any present or future
applicable law, or any amendment or
modification of present applicable law,
which expression, as used herein,
includes statutes, rules and regulations
thereunder and legally binding
interpretations thereof by any competent
court or by any governmental or other
regulatory body or official with
appropriate jurisdiction charged with the
administration or the interpretation
thereof and requests, directives,
instructions and notices at any time or
from time to time hereafter made upon or
otherwise issued to any Bank or the Agent
by any central bank or other fiscal,
monetary or other authority (whether or not
having the force of law), shall:
(a) subject any Bank or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost,
duty,
charge, fee, deduction or withholding of
any nature with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, such
Bank's Commitment, or the Loans (other
than taxes based upon or measured by the
income or profits of such Bank or the
Agent), or
(b) materially change the basis of taxation (except for changes
in
taxes on income or profits) of payments to
any Bank of the principal of or the
interest on any Loans or any other amounts
payable to any Bank under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
or
(c) impose
or increase or render applicable any special deposit,
reserve, assessment, liquidity, capital
adequacy or other similar requirements
(whether or not having the force of law)
against assets held by, or deposits in
or for the account of, or loans by, or
commitments of an office of any Bank, or
(d) impose on any Bank or the Agent any other conditions or
requirements with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
Loans, such Bank's Commitment, or any class
of loans or commitments of which any
of the Loans or such Bank's Commitment
forms a part; and the result of any of
the foregoing is
(i) to increase the cost to any Bank of making, funding,
issuing,
renewing, extending or maintaining any of
the Loans, or such Bank's Commitment,
or
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(ii) to reduce the amount of principal, interest or other
amount
payable to such Bank or the Agent hereunder
on account of such Bank's Commitment
or any of the Loans, or
(iii) to require such Bank or the Agent to make any payment or
to
forego any interest or other sum payable
hereunder, the amount of which payment
or foregone interest or other sum is
calculated by reference to the gross amount
of any sum receivable or deemed received by
such Bank or the Agent from the
Borrower hereunder,
then, and in each such case, the Borrower
will within fifteen (15) days after
demand made by such Bank or (as the case
may be) the Agent at any time and from
time to time and as often as the occasion
therefor may arise, pay to such Bank
or the Agent such additional amounts as
such Bank or the Agent shall determine
in good faith to be sufficient to
compensate such Bank or the Agent for such
additional cost, reduction, payment or
foregone interest or other sum. Each Bank
and the Agent in determining such amounts
may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods, generally applied by
such Bank or the Agent.
Section 4.10
CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If after the date hereof any Bank determines
that (a) the adoption of or change in any
law, rule, regulation or guideline
regarding capital requirements for banks or
bank holding companies or any change
in the interpretation or application
thereof by any governmental authority
charged with the administration thereof, or
(b) compliance by such Bank or its
parent bank holding company with any
guideline, request or directive of any such
entity regarding capital adequacy (whether
or not having the force of law), has
the effect of reducing the return on such
Bank's or such holding company's
capital as a consequence of such Bank's
commitment to make Loans hereunder to a
level below that which such Bank or holding
company could have achieved but for
such adoption, change or compliance (taking
into consideration such Bank's or
such holding company's then existing
policies with respect to capital adequacy
and assuming the full utilization of such
entity's capital) by any amount deemed
by such Bank to be material, then such Bank
may notify the Borrower thereof. The
Borrower agrees to pay to such Bank the
amount of such reduction in the return
on capital as and when such reduction is
determined, upon presentation by such
Bank of a statement of the amount and
setting forth such Bank's calculation
thereof. In determining such amount, such
Bank may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods.
Section 4.11
INDEMNITY OF BORROWER. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each
Bank and to hold each Bank harmless from
and against any loss, cost or expense
that such Bank may sustain or incur as a
consequence of (a) default by the
Borrower in payment of the principal amount
of or any interest on any LIBOR Rate
Loans as and when due and payable,
including any such loss or expense arising
from interest or fees payable by such Bank
to lenders of funds obtained by it in
order to maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans, or
(b) default by the Borrower in making
a borrowing or conversion after the
Borrower has given (or is deemed to have
given) a Loan Request or a Conversion
Request.
Section 4.12
INTEREST ON OVERDUE AMOUNTS; LATE CHARGE. Following the
occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default and regardless of
whether or not the Agent or the Banks shall
have accelerated the maturity of the
Loans, all Loans shall bear interest
payable on demand at a rate per annum equal
to two percent (2.0%) above the rate that
would otherwise be applicable at such
times until such amount shall be paid in
full (after as well as before
judgment). In addition, the Borrower shall
pay a late charge equal to four
percent (4.0%) of any amount of interest
and/or principal payable on the Loans
or any other amounts payable hereunder or
under the Loan Documents, which is not
paid by the Borrower within ten (10) days
after the same shall become due and
payable.
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Section 4.13
CERTIFICATE. A certificate setting forth any amounts payable
pursuant to Section 4.8, Section 4.9,
Section 4.10, Section 4.11 or Section 4.12
and a brief explanation of such amounts
which are due, submitted by any Bank or
the Agent to the Borrower, shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 4.14
LIMITATION ON INTEREST. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, all agreements
between the Borrower and the Banks and
the Agent, whether now existing or
hereafter arising and whether written or
oral, are hereby limited so that in no
contingency, whether by reason of
acceleration of the maturity of any of the
Obligations or otherwise, shall the
interest contracted for, charged or
received by the Banks exceed the maximum
amount permissible under applicable law.
If, from any circumstance whatsoever,
interest would otherwise be payable to the
Banks in excess of the maximum lawful
amount, the interest payable to the Banks
shall be reduced to the maximum amount
permitted under applicable law; and if from
any circumstance the Banks shall
ever receive anything of value deemed
interest by applicable law in excess of
the maximum lawful amount, an amount equal
to any excessive interest shall be
applied to the reduction of the principal
balance of the Obligations of the
Borrower and to the payment of interest or,
if such excessive interest exceeds
the unpaid balance of principal of the
Obligations of the Borrower, such excess
shall be refunded to the Borrower. All
interest paid or agreed to be paid to the
Banks shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be amortized, prorated,
allocated and spread throughout the full
period until payment in full of the
principal of the Obligations of the
Borrower (including the period of any
renewal or extension thereof) so that the
interest thereon for such full period
shall not exceed the maximum amount
permitted by applicable law. This section
shall control all agreements between the
Borrower and the Banks and the Agent.
Section 4.15
AGREEMENT REGARDING INTEREST AND CHARGES. The parties hereto
hereby agree and stipulate that the only
charge imposed upon the Borrower for
the use of money in connection with this
Agreement is and shall be the interest
specifically described in Section 2.4.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
parties hereto further agree and stipulate
that all arrangement fees, commitment
fees, amendment fees, up front fees,
commitment fees, facility fees, closing
fees, letter of credit fees, underwriting
fees, default charges, late charges,
funding or "breakage" charges, increased
cost charges, attorneys' fees and
reimbursement for costs and expenses paid
by the Banks or the Agent to third
parties or for damages incurred by the
Banks or the Agent, or any other similar
amounts are charges made to compensate the
Banks or the Agent for underwriting
or administrative services and costs or
losses performed or incurred, and to be
performed or incurred, by the Banks or the
Agent in connection with this
Agreement and shall under no circumstances
be deemed to be charges for the use
of money. Borrower hereby acknowledges and
agrees that the Banks and the Agent
have imposed no minimum borrowing
requirements, reserve or escrow balances or
compensating balances related in any way to
the Obligations. Any use by Borrower
of certificates of deposit issued by any
Bank or other accounts maintained with
any Bank has been and shall be voluntary on
the part of Borrower. All charges
other than charges for the use of money
shall be fully earned and nonrefundable
when due.
Section 5. UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS;
GUARANTY.
Section 5.1
UNSECURED OBLIGATIONS. The Banks have agreed to make the Loans
to the Borrower on an unsecured basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Obligations shall be guaranteed by
Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE GUARANTOR AND THE BORROWER.
The Borrower and
Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant to the Agent and the Banks as
follows.
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Section 6.1
CORPORATE AUTHORITY, ETC.
(a) Incorporation; Good Standing. The Borrower is a Virginia
limited
partnership duly organized pursuant to its
limited partnership agreement, and a
Certificate of Limited Partnership and
amendments thereto filed with the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
and is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia. The Guarantor is a
Maryland real estate investment trust duly
organized pursuant to its trust
declaration, as amended and supplemented,
and a Certificate of Trust filed with
the Secretary of the State of Maryland and
is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland. Each of the Borrower and the
Guarantor (i) has all requisite power to
own its respective properties and
interests and conduct its respective
business as now conducted and as presently
contemplated, and (ii) is in good standing
as a foreign entity and is duly
authorized to do business in each other
jurisdiction where a failure to be so
qualified in such other jurisdiction could
have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Guarantor is a real estate investment trust
in full compliance with and entitled
to the benefits of Section 856 of the Code,
and has elected to be treated as a
real estate investment trust pursuant to
the Code.
(b) Subsidiaries. Each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and
the
Guarantor (i) is a corporation, limited
partnership, limited liability company
or trust duly organized under the laws of
its State of organization and is
validly existing and in good standing under
the laws thereof, (ii) has all
requisite power to own its property and
interests and conduct its business as
now conducted and as presently contemplated
and (iii) is in good standing and is
duly authorized to do business in each
jurisdiction where assets held by it are
located and in each other jurisdiction
where a failure to be so qualified could
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which the Borrower and the Guarantor
is or is to become a party and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(i) are within the authority of such
Person, (ii) have been duly authorized by
all necessary proceedings on the part of
such Person, (iii) do not and will not
conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of any provision of law,
statute, rule or regulation to which such
Person is subject or any judgment,
order, writ, injunction, license or permit
applicable to such Person, (iv) do
not and will not conflict with or
constitute a default (whether with the passage
of time or the giving of notice, or both)
under any provision of the articles of
incorporation, partnership agreement,
declaration of trust or other charter
documents or bylaws of, or any agreement or
other instrument binding upon, such
Person or any of its properties, and (v) do
not and will not result in or
require the imposition of any lien or other
encumbrance on any of the
properties, assets or rights of such
Person.
(d) Enforceability. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents to which the
Borrower or the Guarantor is or is to
become a party are valid and legally
binding obligations of such Person
enforceable in accordance with the
respective terms and provisions hereof and
thereof, except as enforceability is
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws
relating to or affecting generally the
enforcement of creditors' rights and except
to the extent that availability of
the remedy of specific performance or
injunctive relief is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought.
Section 6.2
GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which the Borrower and the
Guarantor is or is to become a party and
the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby do not require the approval or
consent of, or filing with, any
governmental agency or authority other than
those already obtained.
Section 6.3 TITLE TO PROPERTIES;
LEASE. The Borrower, the Guarantor and
their Subsidiaries own all of the assets
reflected in the consolidated balance
sheet of the Guarantor as of the Balance
Sheet Date or
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acquired since that date (except property
and assets sold or otherwise disposed
of in the ordinary course of business since
that date), subject to no rights of
others, including any mortgages, leases,
conditional sales agreements, title
retention agreements, liens or other
encumbrances except Permitted Liens.
Section 6.4
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Borrower has delivered to each of the
Banks: (a) the unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as of the Balance Sheet Date,
(b) the audited consolidated balance
sheet for the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2004, and (c) certain other financial
information relating to the Borrower,
the Guarantor, their Subsidiaries and the
Real Estate. Such balance sheet and
statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting
principles (subject, in the case of such
unaudited statements, to the absence of
footnotes and normal year-end adjustments)
and fairly present the financial
condition of the Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as of such dates. There are no
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of
the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of
their respective Subsidiaries involving
material amounts not disclosed in said
financial statements and the related notes
thereto.
Section 6.5 NO
MATERIAL CHANGES. Since the Balance Sheet Date, there has
occurred no materially adverse change in
the financial condition or business of
the Borrower, the Guarantor, and their
respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole
as shown on or reflected in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
the Guarantor as of the Balance Sheet Date,
or its consolidated statement of
income or cash flows for the fiscal year
then ended, other than changes in the
ordinary course of business that have not
had and could not reasonably be
expected to have any Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 6.6
FRANCHISES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC. The Borrower, the
Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries
possess all franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, trade names,
servicemarks, licenses and permits, and
rights in respect of the foregoing,
adequate for the conduct of their business
substantially as now conducted without
known conflict with any rights of others.
Section 6.7 LITIGATION.
Except as stated on Schedule 6.7 there are no
actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations of any kind pending or to the
knowledge of such person threatened against
the Borrower, the Guarantor or any
of their respective Subsidiaries before any
court, tribunal, arbitrator,
mediator or administrative agency or board
that, if adversely determined, either
in any case or in, the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or which question
the validity of this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents, any action
taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or
thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule
6.7, as of the date of this Agreement,
there are no judgments outstanding against
or affecting any of the Borrower, the
Guarantor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
Section 6.8 NO
MATERIALLY ADVERSE CONTRACTS, ETC. None of the Borrower, the
Guarantor or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is subject to any charter,
corporate or other legal restriction, or
any judgment, decree, order, rule or
regulation that has or is expected in the
future to have a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Borrower, the
Guarantor, nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or
agreement that has or is expected, in
the judgment of the partners or officers of
such Person, to have any Materially
Adverse Effect.
Section 6.9
COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS, LAWS, ETC. None of the
Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is in violation
of any provision of its charter or other
organizational documents, bylaws, or
any agreement or instrument to which it may
be subject or by which it or any of
its properties may be bound or any decree,
order, judgment, statute, license,
rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing
cases in a manner that could result
in the imposition of substantial penalties
or has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Section 6.10 TAX
STATUS. The Borrower, the Guarantor and each of their
respective Subsidiaries (a) has made or
filed all federal and state income and
all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to
which it is subject, (b) has paid all taxes
and other governmental assessments
and charges shown or determined to be due
on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested
in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings and (c) has set aside on its
books provisions reasonably adequate
for the payment of all taxes for periods
subsequent to the periods to which such
returns, reports or declarations apply.
There are no unpaid taxes in any
material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction,
and the partners or officers of such Person
know of no basis for any such claim.
Section 6.11 NO
EVENT OF DEFAULT. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 6.12
HOLDING COMPANY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY ACTS. None of the
Borrower, the Guarantor, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries is or after
giving effect to any Loan will be, subject
to regulation under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the
Federal Power Act or the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or to any federal or
state statute or regulation limiting
its ability to incur indebtedness for
borrowed money.
Section 6.13
ABSENCE OF UCC FINANCING STATEMENTS, ETC. Except with respect
to Permitted Liens, there is no financing
statement, security agreement, chattel
mortgage, real estate mortgage or other
document fil