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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURED ACQUISITION
AND CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 21, 2006
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURED ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT is
entered into as of December 21, 2006 (the “Agreement Effective
Date”) by and among BMR-BLACKFAN CIRCLE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Borrower”), KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“KeyBank”), and
each lender which is a signatory hereto or which may hereafter become a party
to this Agreement pursuant to Section 18.8 (collectively, together
with KeyBank, the “Lenders” and, individually, a “Lender”)
and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not individually but as Administrative Agent.
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Borrower has previously acquired a fee simple interest in that certain parcel
of land located at 3 Blackfan Circle in the City of Boston, County of Suffolk,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which land is legally described in Exhibit A
attached hereto (the “Land”), together with an eighteen
(18) story office building/laboratory research center which is under
construction on the Land to be known as “The Center of Life
Sciences”, consisting of one building containing in the aggregate
approximately 702,940 net rentable square feet of space and approximately 750
parking spaces (the “Improvements”); and
WHEREAS,
Borrower has previously obtained from KeyBank a secured loan in the amount of
up to Five Hundred Fifty Million and No/100ths Dollars ($550,000,000.00) to
finance a portion of the acquisition, construction and development costs of the
Subject Property pursuant to that certain Secured Acquisition and Construction
Loan Agreement dated November 17, 2006 (the “Original Agreement”);
and
WHEREAS,
KeyBank and Borrower desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement to admit additional Lenders to
the loan evidenced thereby and make certain modifications to the Original
Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” (as defined therein).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals herein and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1
Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the meanings set forth below:
“Actual
Subject Property DSCR” means, as of any date, the amount determined
by dividing (a) the then-current Adjusted NOI for the Subject Property by
(b) the then-current Implied Debt Service Amount.
“Adjacent
Property” shall mean that certain parcel of real estate that is
adjacent to the Subject Property and located at and known as 340 Brookline
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts and more particularly described on Exhibit J
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
“Adjusted
EBITDA” means, as of any date, (a) EBITDA with respect to the
Consolidated Group for the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial
results have been reported less (b) Capital Reserves divided by four (4).
“Adjusted
NOI” means, as of any date with respect to any Project or group of
Projects, an annualized amount determined by multiplying four (4) times
NOI of such Project or group of Projects for the most recent Fiscal Quarter for
which financial results have been reported and deducting therefrom the
then-current annualized Capital Reserves with respect to such Project or group
of Projects.
“Administrative
Agent” means KeyBank, when acting in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor
Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Administrative
Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s office
located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, or such other office as
the Administrative Agent hereafter may designate by written notice to Borrower
and the Lenders.
“Advance”
means that portion of any Loan funded by a single Lender.
“Affiliate”
means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly
controls, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, such Person. As
used in this definition, “control” (and the correlative terms,
“controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall
mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or
partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided
that, in any event, any Person which owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more
of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other governing body of a corporation, or 10% or more of the partnership or
other ownership interests of any other Person, will be deemed to be an
Affiliate of such corporation, partnership or other Person.
“Agreement”
means this Amended and Restated Secured Acquisition and Construction Loan
Agreement, either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
extended, supplemented, consolidated, amended, restated, increased, renewed or
modified.
“Alternate
Base Rate” means, as of any date of determination, the rate per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such date and
(b) the Federal Funds Effective
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Rate in effect on such date
plus one-half of 1% (50 basis points) plus, in either case, the Applicable
Margin.
“Alternate
Base Rate Advance” means an Advance made hereunder and specified to
be an Alternate Base Rate Advance in accordance with Article 2.
“Alternate
Base Rate Loan” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be an
Alternate Base Rate Loan in accordance with Article 2.
“Amendment
to Loan Documents” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.6(c).
“Applicable
Laws” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.26(c).
“Applicable
Margin” means (i) three-quarters of one percent (0.75%) per
annum with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans under Tranche A, (ii) one and
one-half of one percent (1.50%) per annum with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans
under Tranche B-1, (iii) two percent (2.00%) per annum with respect to
LIBOR Rate Loans under Tranche B-2, (iv) two percent (2.00%) per annum
with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans under Tranche C and (v) zero with respect
to Alternate Base Rate Loans under any Tranche, as the case may be.
“Appraisal”
shall mean an MAI certified appraisal of the Subject Property performed in
accordance with FIRREA and Administrative Agent’s appraisal requirements
by Lincoln Property Company (with respect to the initial Appraisal) or such
other appraiser selected and retained by Administrative Agent.
“Architect”
shall mean Tsoi/Kobus & Associates, Inc.
“Asset
Management Fee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
10.8.
“Banking
Day” means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of LIBOR Rate Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks generally are open in Cleveland, Ohio, New York, New York and the
majority of cities in Germany for the conduct of substantially all of their
commercial lending activities and on which dealings in Dollars are carried on
in the London interbank market and (ii) for all other purposes, a day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in
Cleveland, Ohio, and New York, New York for the conduct of substantially all of
their commercial lending activities.
“BIDMC”
shall mean Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., a Massachusetts not for
profit corporation.
“BIDMC
Lease Agreement” shall mean that certain Lease with BIDMC, as tenant,
dated as of June 24, 2005.
“BIDMC
Lease L/C” shall mean that certain Letter of Credit issued by Bank of
America, N.A. in the stated amount of $9,313,852.00 as Letter of Credit
No. 68006782 , issued pursuant to the terms of the BIDMC Lease Agreement.
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“BIDMC
Parking Unit” shall mean a unit in the garage of the Condominium
consisting of 450 parking spaces in the Garage and all rights appurtenant
thereto.
“BIDMC
Parking Unit Release Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 18.2.
“Borrower
Parking Unit” shall mean a unit in the garage of the Condominium
consisting of not less than 300 parking spaces in the Garage and all rights
appurtenant thereto.
“Borrower’s
Equity Requirement” shall mean an amount equal to $213,487,506.
“Budget”
means the budget for Project Costs through Stabilization as submitted by
Borrower and reasonably approved by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.1,
as it may be modified from time to time as provided herein.
“Budget
Line Items” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
8.2.
“Capital
Lease Obligations” means all monetary obligations of a Person under
any leasing or similar arrangement which, in accordance with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, is classified as a capital lease, other than those
obligations so classified solely as a result of FAS 141.
“Capital
Reserves” means, as of any date with respect to any Income-Producing
Project or group of Income-Producing Projects, an annual amount equal to (i)
$0.10 per square foot of the aggregate Net Rentable Area of those
Income-Producing Projects owned by a member of the Consolidated Group as of the
last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial results have
been reported and (ii) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of
$0.10 per square foot of the Net Rentable Area of those Income-Producing
Projects owned by an Investment Affiliate as of the last day of such Fiscal
Quarter.
“Capitalization
Rate” means, as of any date with respect to any Project, 8.75%,
except that the Capitalization Rate with respect to the HGS Borrowing Base
Project shall be 9.875%, provided that the Capitalization Rate shall be
adjusted as necessary to match any adjustments in the definition of
“Capitalization Rate” under the terms of the Unsecured Credit
Agreement.
“Cash
Equivalents” means, as of any date:
(i)
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States of America government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than one year from such date;
(ii)
mutual funds organized under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, rated AAm or AAm-G by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;
(iii)
certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or
trust company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System
having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1 by S&P and
not less than P-1 by
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Moody’s (or in each
case, if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating
then given to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds
invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such investments shall
mature or be redeemable upon the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a
date one month from the date of their purchase;
(iv)
certificates of deposit or other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or
trust company which is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System
having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P, and
not less than P-1 by Moody’s and which has a long term unsecured debt
rating of not less than A1 by Moody’s (or in each case, if no bank or
trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then given to any bank
or trust company, but in such case only for funds invested overnight or over a
weekend) provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the
option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date three months from the date
of their purchase;
(v)
bonds or other obligations having a short term unsecured debt rating of not
less than A-1+ by S&P and P-1+ by Moody’s and having a long term debt
rating of not less than A1 by Moody’s issued by or by authority of any
state of the United States of America, any territory or possession of the
United States of America, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and agencies
thereof, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing;
(vi)
repurchase agreements issued by an entity rated not less than A-1+ by S&P,
and not less than P-1 by Moody’s which are secured by United States of
America government securities of the type described in clause (i) of this
definition maturing on or prior to a date one month from the date the
repurchase agreement is entered into;
(vii)
short term promissory notes rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less
than P-1 by Moody’s maturing or to be redeemable upon the option of the
holders thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of their
purchase; and
(viii)
commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 365 days)
rated at least A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s and issued by a foreign
or domestic issuer who, at the time of the investment, has outstanding
long-term unsecured debt obligations rated at least A1 by Moody’s.
“CBR
Institute Lease Agreement” shall mean that certain Lease with CBR
Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable
corporation, dated as of May 25, 2006, as amended by a First Amendment to
Lease dated as of September ___, 2006.
“CBR
Institute Lease L/C” shall mean that certain Letter of Credit issued
by Citizens Bank of Massachusetts in the stated amount of $2,160,778.00 as
Letter of Credit No. S903529, issued pursuant to the terms of the CBR
Institute Lease Agreement, as the same may be reduced pursuant to the First
Amendment to the CBR Institute Lease Agreement.
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“CDO
Asset Manager” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a
CDO, shall mean the entity that is responsible for managing or administering
the underlying assets of such Securitization Vehicle or, if applicable, the
assets of any Intervening Trust Vehicle (including, without limitation, the
right to exercise any consent and control rights available to the holder of the
applicable Note(s)).
“Certificate”
means a certificate signed by a Senior Officer or Responsible Official (as
applicable) of the Person providing the certificate.
“Children’s
Hospital Lease Agreement” shall mean that certain Lease with
Children’s Hospital Corporation, a Massachusetts not-for-profit
corporation, dated as of June 20, 2006.
“Children’s
Hospital Lease L/C” shall mean that certain Letter of Credit issued
by Bank of America, N.A. in the stated amount of $2,092,227.69 as Letter of
Credit No. 68013527, issued pursuant to the terms of the Children’s
Hospital Lease Agreement.
“Closing
Date” means November 17, 2006.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced and as in
effect from time to time.
“Collateral”
means all of the property, rights and interests of Borrower in the Subject
Property that are subject to the security interests and Liens created by the
Security Documents.
“Co-Lender
Agreement” means that certain Co-Lender Agreement dated as of the
Agreement Effective Date among the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, as it
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time by the parties
thereto.
“Commitments”
means the commitments of each of the Lenders (as initially specified in Schedule 1.1
hereto) to make Advances under this Agreement.
“Commitments
Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Completion
Conditions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
11.1.
“Completion
Guaranty” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.5(e).
“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit C,
properly completed and signed by a Senior Officer of Borrower.
“Condominium”
shall mean the condominium regime created by the Condominium Documents.
“Condominium
Documents” shall mean the Master Deed, Declaration of Trust and any
other ancillary documents relative to the dedication by the Borrower of the
Subject Property to a
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condominium regime to create
the Condominium consisting of the BIDMC Parking Unit, the Borrower Parking Unit
and a unit containing the balance of the Improvements.
“Confidential
Information” means (i) all of the terms, covenants, conditions
or agreements set forth in this Agreement or any amendments hereto and any
related agreements of whatever nature, (ii) the information and reports
provided in compliance with Articles 6 and 7 of this Agreement,
(iii) any and all information provided, disclosed or otherwise made
available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders including, without
limitation, any and all plans, maps, studies (including market studies),
reports or other data, operating expense information, as-built plans,
specifications, site plans, drawings, notes, analyses, compilations, or other
documents or materials relating to the Projects or their condition or use,
whether prepared by Borrower or others, which use, or reflect, or that are
based on, derived from, or are in any way related to the foregoing, and
(iv) any and all other information of Trust, its Subsidiaries or the
Investment Affiliates that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have
access to including, without limitation, ideas, samples, media, techniques,
sketches, specifications, designs, plans, forecasts, financial information, technical
information, drawings, works of authorship, models, inventions, know-how,
processes, apparatuses, equipment, algorithms, financial models and databases,
software programs, software source documents, manuals, documents, properties,
names of tenants or potential tenants, vendors, suppliers, distributors and
consultants, and formulae related to the current, future, and proposed products
and services of Trust, its Subsidiaries, the Investment Affiliates, tenants or
potential tenants (including, without limitation, information concerning
research, experimental work, development, design details and specifications,
engineering, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing, customer
lists, investors, employees, clients, business and contractual relationships,
business forecasts, and sales and marketing plans). Such Confidential
Information may be disclosed or accessible to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders as embodied within tangible material (such as documents, drawings,
pictures, graphics, software, hardware, graphs, charts, or disks), orally, or
visually.
“Consolidated
Group” means Trust, Parent, Borrower and all Subsidiaries of Trust
which are consolidated with Trust, Parent and Borrower for financial reporting
purposes under GAAP.
“Consolidated
Group Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Investment
Affiliate, the percentage of the total equity ownership interests held by the
Consolidated Group in the aggregate in such Investment Affiliate determined by
calculating the greater of (i) the percentage of the issued and
outstanding stock, partnership interests or membership interests in such
Investment Affiliate held by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate and
(ii) the percentage of the total book value of such Investment Affiliate
that would be received by the Consolidated Group in the aggregate upon
liquidation of such Investment Affiliate, after repayment in full of all
Indebtedness of such Investment Affiliate.
“Consolidated
Outstanding Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination,
without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of the Consolidated
Group outstanding at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP (whether recourse or non-recourse), plus, without
duplication, (b) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any
Indebtedness of each Investment Affiliate other than Indebtedness of such
Investment Affiliate to a member of the Consolidated Group.
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“Construction”
or “construction” means (i) the construction and equipping
of the Improvements in accordance with the Plans and Specifications,
(ii) all Tenant Work and related improvements and/or tenant improvement
allowances required to be performed and/or paid for by Borrower under those
Leases executed on or before the Substantial Completion Date, and
(iii) the installation of all personal property, fixtures and equipment
required to be installed by Borrower for the operation of the Subject Property.
“Construction
Schedule” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
7.1(g).
“Contingency
Fund” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.3.
“Continuing
Tenant” means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any
Fiscal Quarter, a tenant of such Project which was in occupancy at all times
during such Fiscal Quarter and paying rent.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any outstanding
security issued by that Person or of any material agreement, instrument or
undertaking to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its
Property is bound.
“Controlled
Entity” means a Person (a) that is a Subsidiary of Trust,
(b) that is a general partnership or a limited partnership in which Parent
or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Parent is the sole managing general partner and
such managing general partner has the sole power to (i) sell all or
substantially all of the assets of such Person, (ii) incur Indebtedness in
the name of such Person, (iii) grant a Lien on all or any portion of the
assets of such Person and (iv) otherwise generally manage the business and
assets of such Person or (c) that is a limited liability company for which
Parent or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Parent is the sole manager and such
manager has the sole power to do the acts described in subclauses (i)
through (iv) of clause (b) above.
“Cross
Easement Agreement” shall mean that certain Cross Easement Agreement
dated June 24, 2005 and recorded on June 24, 2005 in the Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds at Book 37390, Page 1 as Document 2005-00082016.
“Cross
Easement Estoppel” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
6.1(x).
“Debt
Offering” means the issuance and sale by any member of the
Consolidated Group of any debt securities of such member, excluding debt
securities issued to and retained by another member of the Consolidated Group.
“Debt
Service” means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the sum of all Interest
Expense and all mandatory or regularly scheduled principal payments due and payable
during such period on the related Indebtedness, excluding any balloon payments
due upon maturity of such Indebtedness (provided that Debt Service with respect
to the Consolidated Group shall include only the applicable Consolidated Group
Pro Rata share of all such principal payments for such Fiscal Quarter with
respect to Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates). Debt Service shall include
the
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portion of rent payable by a
Person during such Fiscal Quarter under Capital Lease Obligations that should
be treated as principal in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles.
“Debtor
Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of
America, as amended from time to time, and all other applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws from time to time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Declaration
Estoppel” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.1
(dd).
“Declaration
of Easements” shall mean that certain Declaration of Easements made
by Beth Israel Hospital Association dated as of December 11, 1992 and
recorded on December 28, 1992 with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds as
Document No. 17945129.
“Default”
means any event that, with the giving of any applicable notice or passage of
time specified in Section 16.1 or both, would be an Event of
Default.
“Default
Rate” means the interest rate prescribed in Section 3.6.
“Defaulting
Lender” means (a) any Lender that has failed to fund any Advance
within two (2) Banking Days after such funding is required pursuant to
this Agreement; or (b) any Lender that has (i) breached any other
material term or condition of this Agreement or (ii) failed to make any
other payment to the Administrative Agent (whether such payment is a
reimbursement for costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees, an indemnity
payment, the repayment of erroneously paid funds, a portion of any set-off to
be turned over to the Administrative Agent or otherwise) when such payment is
due and payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if such breach
or failure has not been cured or paid within ten (10) days after notice
thereof from the Administrative Agent to such Lender.
“Deficiency
Deposit” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
9.1.
“Distribution”
means, with respect to any shares of capital stock or any warrant or option to
purchase an equity security or other equity security or interest issued by a
Person, (i) the retirement, redemption, purchase or other acquisition for cash
or for Property by such Person of any such security or interest, (ii) the
payment by such Person of any dividend in cash or in Property on or with
respect to any such security or interest, (iii) any Investment by such
Person in the holder of 5% or more of any such security or interest if a
purpose of such Investment is to avoid characterization of the transaction as a
Distribution or (iv) any other payment in cash or Property by such Person
constituting a distribution under applicable Laws with respect to such security
or interest.
“Dollars”
or “$” means United States of America dollars.
“EBITDA”
means, with respect to any Person for any Fiscal Quarter, the Net Income of
such Person (from operations and from discontinued operations) for that Fiscal
Quarter, before (i) interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and all
other non-cash expenses (including
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non-cash compensation, to the
extent not actually paid as a cash expense) of such Person for that Fiscal
Quarter and (ii) extraordinary gains (and losses) of such Person, in each
case as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles; provided, that in performing the
foregoing calculation of EBITDA with respect to the Consolidated Group, that
portion of EBITDA attributable to the Consolidated Group’s equity
interests in any Investment Affiliates shall be deducted, and the applicable
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of EBITDA in each such Investment Affiliate
shall be added back into the calculation.
“Employee
Plan” means any (a) employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) any
plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code) that is subject to
Section 4975 of the Code, (c) any entity the underlying assets of
which include plan assets (as defined in 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 or
otherwise under ERISA) by reason of a plan’s investment in such entity
(including an insurance company general account), or (d) a governmental
plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA or Section 414(d) of the Code)
organized in a jurisdiction within the United States of America having
prohibitions on transactions with such governmental plan substantially similar
to those contained in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the
Code.
“Environmental
Indemnity” shall have the same meaning as the term
“Indemnity”.
“Equity
Offering” means the issuance and sale by any member of the
Consolidated Group of any equity securities of such member, excluding equity
securities issued to and retained by another member of the Consolidated Group.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any regulations
issued pursuant thereto, as amended or replaced and as in effect from time to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means each Person (whether or not incorporated) which is
required to be aggregated with Parent pursuant to Section 414 of the Code.
“Escrow
Agent” means Stewart Title Guaranty Company, or such other escrow
agent as may be reasonably approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section 16.1.
“Excluded
Tenant” means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any
Fiscal Quarter, a tenant of such Project (i) whose lease expired or was
terminated during such Fiscal Quarter or within thirty (30) days after the
expiration of such Fiscal Quarter or (ii) which either defaulted in the
payment of any of its lease obligations during such Fiscal Quarter (and such
payment default is continuing after all required notices have been given and
all applicable cure periods provided for in such lease have expired) or was the
debtor in a voluntary or involuntary proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law
during such Fiscal Quarter.
“Extended
Maturity Date” shall mean November 16, 2010.
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“Extension
Fee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.7
“Extension
Option” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.7.
“FAS
141” means Statement No. 141 issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
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.”
“Final
Completion” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
11.1.
“Final
Completion Date” shall mean August 16, 2009, subject to
extension pursuant to Section 12.13.
“Final
Completion Date Deadline” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 12.13.
“Fiscal
Quarter” means the fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group ending on
each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
“Fiscal
Year” means the fiscal year of Borrower ending on each
December 31.
“Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date, (a) Adjusted
EBITDA divided by (b) the sum of (i) Debt Service with respect
to the Consolidated Group plus (ii) all Preferred Distributions of the
Consolidated Group plus (iii) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share
of all Preferred Distributions of Investment Affiliates, in each case based on
the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial results have been reported.
“Funds
From Operations” with respect to any fiscal period shall have the
same meaning determined from time to time by the National Association of Real
Estate Investment Trusts to be the meaning most commonly used by its members.
“Garage”
shall mean the parking garage to be constructed as part of the Improvements
initially consisting of not less than 750 parking spaces, as shown on the Plans
and Specifications.
“Garage
Easement Agreement” shall mean that certain Mutual Garage Easement
and Support Right Agreement and Notice of Garage Regulations and Operating
Agreement dated as of June 24, 2005 among CLSB I, LLC, CLSB II, LLC and
BIDMC and recorded in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds on June 24,
2005 at Book 37390, Page 1 as Document 2005-00082017.
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“Garage
Easement Estoppel” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
6.1(w).
“General
Contract” shall mean the general contract between Borrower and
General Contractor, pertaining to the construction of the Improvements and all
onsite and offsite improvements for the Subject Property, dated as of
June 25, 2002, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of
October 28, 2004 and that certain Amendment No. 2 dated as of
June 13, 2005.
“General
Contractor” shall mean William A. Berry & Son, Inc.
“General
Contractor L/C” shall mean that certain letter of credit issued by
Sovereign Bank in the stated amount of $7,000,000 as Letter of Credit
No. 4092, issued to pursuant to the General Contract.
“Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles” or “GAAP” means,
as of any date of determination, accounting principles (a) set forth as generally
accepted in then currently effective Opinions of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (b) set
forth as generally accepted in then currently effective Statements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or (c) that are then approved by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession in the United States of America. The term “consistently
applied,” as used in connection therewith, means that the accounting
principles applied are consistent in all material respects with those applied
at prior dates or for prior periods.
“Governmental
Agency” means (a) any international, foreign, federal, state,
county or municipal government, or political subdivision thereof, (b) any
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, board, bureau,
commission, department, instrumentality or public body or (c) any court or
administrative tribunal, each of competent jurisdiction.
“Governmental
Approvals” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
4.26(d).
“Gross
Asset Value” means, as of any day, an amount equal to the sum of the
following assets then owned by a member of the Consolidated Group or an
Investment Affiliate and valued as follows: (i) Adjusted NOI attributable
to Projects owned by a member of the Consolidated Group (or the Consolidated
Group Pro Rata Share thereof with respect to Projects owned by an Investment
Affiliate) (excluding any such portion of such Adjusted NOI attributable to
(a) the HGS Borrowing Base Project, (b) those buildings in the Sun
Campus Project not yet designated by Parent to be valued based on Adjusted NOI
as described below, (c) Projects that were Unstabilized Projects at any
time during the Fiscal Quarter with respect to which Adjusted NOI is
determined, (d) Projects acquired after the first day of such Fiscal
Quarter, or (e) Projects disposed of during or after such Fiscal Quarter),
divided by the applicable Capitalization Rate; plus, without
duplication, (ii) with respect to each such excluded Project that was an
Unstabilized Project, the greater of (a) the portion of such Adjusted NOI
attributable to such excluded Project (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share
thereof with respect to any such excluded Project
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owned by an Investment
Affiliate), divided by the applicable Capitalization Rate and
(b) the Consolidated Group’s GAAP cost basis (or the Consolidated
Group Pro Rata Share thereof with respect to any such excluded Project owned by
an Investment Affiliate) in such excluded Project; plus (iii) the
lesser of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) the Adjusted NOI attributable to the
HGS Borrowing Base Project divided by the applicable Capitalization Rate, plus
(iv) the applicable aggregate acquisition cost as shown on Exhibit H
to the Unsecured Credit Agreement for those buildings in the Sun Campus Project
Parent has not yet designated for valuation based on Adjusted NOI by giving an
irrevocable written notice to such effect to the Administrative Agent under the
Unsecured Credit Agreement; plus (v) the acquisition cost of all
Projects acquired after the first day of such Fiscal Quarter and on or prior to
such date of determination (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share thereof
with respect to any such acquired Project owned by an Investment Affiliate); plus
(vi) the acquisition cost of all raw land held for development as of such
date (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share thereof with respect to any such
land owned by an Investment Affiliate) (provided that the amount contributed to
Gross Asset Value under this clause (vi) shall not exceed 10% of the total
Gross Asset Value); plus (vii) cash and Cash Equivalents of the
Consolidated Group as of such date of determination.
“Guarantee”
means, as to any Person, any (a) guarantee by that Person of Indebtedness
of, or other obligation performable by, any other Person or (b) assurance
given by that Person to an obligee of any other Person with respect to the
performance of an obligation by, or the financial condition of, such other
Person, whether direct, indirect or contingent, including any purchase or
repurchase agreement covering such obligation or any collateral security
therefor, any agreement to provide funds (by means of loans, capital
contributions or otherwise) to such other Person, any agreement to support the
solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such other Person or any
“keep-well” or other arrangement of whatever nature given for the
purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee against loss with respect
to any obligation of such other Person; provided, however, that
the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guarantee Obligation in respect of Indebtedness shall be deemed to be an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related Indebtedness (unless
the Guarantee Obligation is limited by its terms to a lesser amount, in which
case to the extent of such amount) or, if not stated or determinable, the
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Person
in good faith pursuant to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
“Guarantors”
means, collectively, Parent and Trust.
“Guaranty”
means, collectively, the Payment Guaranty dated as of the Agreement Effective
Date executed by Guarantors and the Completion Guaranty dated as of the Closing
Date executed by the Guarantors, as amended by and reaffirmed in the Amendment
to Loan Documents dated as of the Agreement Effective Date.
“Hazardous
Materials” means substances defined as “hazardous
substances” pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq., or as
“hazardous”, “toxic” or “pollutant”
substances or as “solid waste” pursuant to the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §6901, et seq., or as “friable
asbestos” pursuant to the
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Toxic Substances Control Act,
15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. or any other applicable Hazardous Materials Law,
in each case as such Laws are amended from time to time.
“Hazardous
Materials Laws” means all Laws governing the treatment, transportation
or disposal of Hazardous Materials applicable to any of the Projects.
“HGS
Borrowing Base Project” means that certain Project located at 9911
Belward Campus Drive, Rockville, Maryland consisting of approximately nine and
one-half acres of land improved with a building containing approximately
289,912 gross square feet of laboratory manufacturing space and owned in fee
simple by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Parent.
“Implied
Debt Service Amount” means, as of any date, the aggregate annual amount
of principal and interest that would be needed to fully amortize the Loan
Commitment (when calculating the Stabilized Subject Property DSCR) or the
Outstanding Loan Amount (when calculating the Actual Subject Property DSCR) by
equal monthly payments of principal and interest over a 30 year period,
using an annual interest rate equal to the greater of (i) the sum of
(A) the then-current annual yield on obligations of the United States of
America Treasury maturing approximately 10 years after such date plus
(B) 1.00% per annum, or (ii) 6.00% per annum.
“Improvements”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first recital of this
Agreement.
“In
Balance” or “in balance” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such terms in Article 9.
“Income-Producing
Project” means any Project other than an Unstabilized Project.
“Indebtedness”
means, 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; (b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for
money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted, in
each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase
money indebtedness, conditional sales contracts or other similar instruments,
upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed
as full or partial payment for Property or services rendered; (c) Capital
Lease Obligations of such Person; (d) all reimbursement obligations of
such Person under any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same
have been presented for payment); (e) all off-balance sheet obligations of
such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of any
repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each
case evidenced by a binding agreement (it being understood that the term
“Indebtedness” shall not include trade payables incurred in the
ordinary course of business or obligations of such Person under purchase
agreements pertaining to potential acquisition by such Person of additional
real properties (and related assets)); (g) net mark to market exposure of
such Person under any interest rate protection agreement (including, without
limitation, any interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar
agreements) and currency swaps and similar agreements; (h) all
Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise
recourse to such Person (except for guaranties of customary non-
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recourse
“carve-out” exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds,
environmental indemnities and other similar exceptions to recourse liability
(but not exceptions relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
similar events)); and (i) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by
any Lien on Property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment
obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include premiums
required by FAS 141 as a result of the assumption of Indebtedness bearing an
interest rate that was above market interest rates at the time of assumption.
“Indemnity”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.5(g).
“Intangible
Assets” means assets that are considered intangible assets under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including customer lists, goodwill,
copyrights, trade names, trademarks and patents.
“Interest
Expense” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group and measured
as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial
results have been reported, the sum of (a) all interest of the
Consolidated Group (whether accrued or paid, without duplication) for such
Fiscal Quarter, excluding any non-cash interest expense, but including
capitalized interest due to any Person who is not a member of the Consolidated
Group which is not funded from the proceeds of a construction loan, plus
(b) the portion of rent paid or payable by the Consolidated Group (without
duplication) for such Fiscal Quarter under Capital Lease Obligations that
should be treated as interest in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 13, plus (c) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata
Share of any interest expense of the type described in clause (a) and
clause (b) above of each Investment Affiliate for such Fiscal Quarter.
“Intervening
Trust Vehicle” with respect to any Securitization Vehicle that is a
CDO, shall mean a trust vehicle or entity which holds a Note as collateral
securing (in whole or in part) any obligation or security held by such
Securitization Vehicle as collateral for the CDO.
“Investment”
means, when used in connection with any Person, any investment by or of that
Person, whether by means of purchase or other acquisition of stock or other
securities of any other Person or by means of a loan, advance creating a debt,
capital contribution, guaranty or other debt or equity participation or
interest in any other Person, including any partnership and joint venture
interests of such Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested (minus any return of capital with respect to such
Investment which has actually been received in cash or Cash Equivalents or has
been converted into cash or Cash Equivalents), without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“Investment
Affiliate” means any Person in which the Consolidated Group, directly
or indirectly, has either a controlling interest or a ten percent (10%) or
greater ownership interest, whose financial results, in either case, are not
consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of the Consolidated Group.
“Laws”
means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents.
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“Lead
Arranger” means KeyBanc Capital Markets.
“Leases”
shall mean, collectively, all leases, subleases and occupancy agreements
affecting the Subject Property or any part thereof now existing or hereafter
executed and all material amendments, material modifications or supplements
thereto approved in writing by the Requisite Lenders, which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
“Lender”
means each lender whose name is set forth in the signature pages of this
Agreement and each lender which may hereafter become a party to this Agreement
pursuant to Section 18.8.
“Lender
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 18.14.
“Lenders’
Consultant” shall mean an independent consulting architect and/or
engineer designated by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s
reasonable discretion.
“Lenders’
Environmental Consultant” shall mean an environmental consultant
designated by Administrative Agent in Administrative Agent’s reasonable
discretion.
“Leverage
Ratio” means, as of any day, (a) Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness as of such date less Qualifying Trust Preferred Obligations
as of such date, divided by (b) Gross Asset Value as of such date,
expressed as a percentage.
“LIBOR
Base Rate” means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Advance for the
relevant LIBOR Period, the applicable British Bankers’ Association LIBOR
rate for deposits in Dollars as reported by any generally recognized financial
information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Banking Days prior
to the first day of such LIBOR Period, and having a maturity equal to such
LIBOR Period, provided that, if no such British Bankers’ Association
LIBOR rate is available to the Administrative Agent, the applicable LIBOR Base
Rate for the relevant LIBOR Period shall instead be the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which KeyBank or one of its Affiliate
banks offers to place deposits in Dollars with first class banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Banking
Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Period, in the approximate amount of
the relevant LIBOR Rate Advance and having a maturity equal to such LIBOR
Period.
“LIBOR
Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, its office or branch so
designated by written notice to Borrower and the Administrative Agent as its
LIBOR Lending Office. If no LIBOR Lending Office is designated by a Lender, its
LIBOR Lending Office shall be its office at its address for purposes of notices
hereunder.
“LIBOR
Period” means, as to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period of one, two,
three, six or twelve months, to the extent deposits with such maturities are
available to the Lenders, commencing on a Banking Day, as selected by Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1(f); provided, however, that
(i) shorter or longer LIBOR Periods may be made available if requested by
the Borrower and approved on a case-by-case basis in advance in writing by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion after confirming that corresponding
shorter or longer maturities are
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available to all of the
Lenders, (ii) any LIBOR Period which begins on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding date in the calendar month in which such LIBOR Period
would otherwise end shall instead end on the last Banking Day of such calendar
month, (iii) the first day of any LIBOR Period shall be a Banking Day,
(iv) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Banking Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Banking Day unless such
Banking Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such LIBOR Period
shall end on the next preceding Banking Day, and (v) no LIBOR Period shall
extend beyond the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any one time
there will be no more than ten (10) LIBOR Periods outstanding.
“LIBOR
Rate” means, as of any date during any LIBOR Period, the sum of
(A) the LIBOR Base Rate applicable to such LIBOR Period divided by one
minus the then-current Reserve Percentage and (B) the Applicable Margin
with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans.
“LIBOR
Rate Advance” means an Advance made hereunder and specified to be a
LIBOR Rate Advance in accordance with Article 2.
“LIBOR
Rate Loan” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be a LIBOR
Rate Loan in accordance with Article 2.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for
security, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind, whether
voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law or otherwise, affecting any
Property, including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature of a security interest, and/or the filing of
any financing statement (other than a precautionary financing
statement with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security
interest) under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Law of any
jurisdiction with respect to any Property.
“Life
Sciences Buildings” means office buildings, office/laboratory
buildings and research or manufacturing/warehouse buildings, the major tenants
of which are primarily medical, pharmaceutical, biotech or other life sciences
companies, or are otherwise affiliated with the life sciences industry.
“Loan”
means each advance made or to be made by the Lenders to Borrower as provided in
Section 2.1, and each Alternate Base Rate Loan and LIBOR Rate Loan
that is a continuation or conversion of such advances as determined pursuant to
Article 2.
“Loan
Commitment” means $550,000,000. The respective Percentages of the
Lenders with respect to the Loan Commitment are set forth in Schedule 1.1.
“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the
Guaranties, the Security Documents and any other agreements of any type or
nature hereafter executed and delivered by Borrower or Guarantors to the
Administrative Agent or to any Lender in any way relating to or in furtherance
of this Agreement, in each case either as originally executed or as the same
may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, restated, extended or
supplanted.
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“Loan
Parties” means, collectively, as of any date, Borrower and the
Guarantors.
“Major
Subcontractor” shall mean any subcontractor under a Major
Subcontract.
“Major
Subcontracts” shall mean any subcontracts between the General
Contractor and any subcontractors and material suppliers which provide for an
aggregate contract price equal to or greater than $1,000,000.
“Margin
Stock” means “margin stock” as such term is defined in
Regulation T, U or X.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in the
status of the business, results of operations or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Consolidated Group taken as a whole, and/or (b) any set
of circumstances or events which (i) has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the Subject Property or the
validity or enforceability of any Loan Document (other than as a
result of any action or inaction of the Administrative Agent or any Lender), or
(ii) has materially impaired or would reasonably be expected to materially
impair the ability of the Loan Parties to perform the Obligations.
“Maturity
Date” means November 16, 2009, subject to extension up to
November 16, 2010 upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.7.
“Maximum
Loan Amount” is defined in Section 2.1(a).
“Monthly
Payment Date” means the first day of each calendar month.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which one or more members of the Consolidated
Group or any of their ERISA Affiliates contribute or are obligated to
contribute.
“Negative
Pledge” means a Contractual Obligation (other than the Loan Documents
and the documents executed in connection with the Related Facilities) that
contains a covenant binding on any owner of a Project that prohibits Liens on any
of such owner’s Projects, other than any such covenant contained in a
Contractual Obligation (other than the Loan Documents and the documents
executed in connection with the Related Facilities) granting or relating to a
particular Lien on a Project which prohibits further Liens on such Project and
on the direct or indirect ownership interests in the entity owning such
Project.
“Net
Income” means, with respect to any Person and with respect to any
fiscal period, the net income of that Person for that period, determined in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, consistently applied.
“Net
Rentable Area” means with respect to any Project, the floor area of
any buildings, structures or improvements available for leasing to tenants
(excluding storage lockers and parking spaces), as reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent, the manner of such
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determination to be
consistent for all Projects unless otherwise approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“Net
Worth” means, as of any day, (a) Gross Asset Value as of such
date, minus (b) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness as of such
date.
“New
Tenant” means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any
Fiscal Quarter, a tenant of such Project which first took occupancy of its
premises at such Project and commenced paying rent at any time during the
period from the second day of such Fiscal Quarter through and including the
thirtieth (30th) day after the end of such Fiscal Quarter.
“NOI”
means, with respect to any Project for any applicable Fiscal Quarter, the sum
of (i) actual rental income for such Fiscal Quarter attributable to
Continuing Tenants and New Tenants; (ii) with respect to any New Tenant,
an imputed amount of net rental income for those days during such Fiscal
Quarter during which such New Tenant was not in occupancy and paying rent based
on the per diem net rental income being paid by such New Tenant as of the
commencement of its obligation to pay rent on its lease; (iii) all actual
expense reimbursements received from such tenants for such Fiscal Quarter; and
(iv) all actual other income for such Fiscal Quarter less
(A) actual operating expenses for such Fiscal Quarter (excluding from
operating expenses, any allocation of general and administrative expenses
related to the operations of the Consolidated Group and its Investment
Affiliates), (B) actual management fees payable with respect to such
Project for such Fiscal Quarter (which shall not be less than two percent (2%)
of total revenues), (C) with respect to portions of the Subject Property
which are not otherwise leased to investment grade tenants or guaranteed by a
tenant’s investment grade guarantor (in each case, investment grade
meaning a minimum BBB-/Baa3 rating) under Leases with terms in excess of ten
(10) years, an economic vacancy factor equal to the greater of (x) five
percent (5%) and (y) the actual vacancy of the given Project, and
(D) any actual or imputed rental income for such Fiscal Quarter
attributable to Excluded Tenants, provided, however, that in the case of any
such Project owned by an Investment Affiliate, only the Consolidated Group Pro
Rata Share of the foregoing amount attributable to such Project shall be
included in “NOI”.
“Non-Recourse
Indebtedness” means Indebtedness for which the liability of the
obligor thereunder (except with respect to fraud, Hazardous Materials Laws
liability and other customary non-recourse “carve-out” exceptions)
either is contractually limited to collateral securing such Indebtedness or is
so limited by operation of Law.
“Note”
means any of the promissory notes made by Borrower to a Lender evidencing
Advances made under that Lender’s Commitment, substantially in the form
of Exhibits D-1, D-2, D-3, or D-4,
either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or supplanted.
“Obligations”
means all present and future obligations of every kind or nature of the Loan
Parties at any time and from time to time owed to the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders or any one or more of them, under any one or more of the Loan
Documents, whether due or to become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, or contingent or noncontingent, including obligations of performance
as well as obligations of payment, and including interest
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that accrues after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law by or against any
member of the Consolidated Group.
“Opening
of the Loan” or “Loan Opening” shall mean the first
disbursement of Loan proceeds, which was made on November 17, 2006.
“Opinions
of Counsel” means (i) the favorable written legal opinions of
Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to Borrower, Trust and Parent, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, plus
(ii) the favorable written legal opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels
LLP, special Massachusetts counsel to Borrower, Trust and Parent, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
(iii) the favorable written legal opinion of Venable LLP, special Maryland
counsel to Trust and Parent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.
“Original
Mortgage Note” shall mean that certain Note of Borrower issued to
KeyBank on the Closing Date in the face amount of $550,000,000.
“Original
Payment Guaranty” shall mean that certain Payment Guaranty dated as
of the Closing Date made by Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders.
“Outstanding
Loan Amount” means, as of any date, the aggregate of all Advances
outstanding on such date.
“Parent”
means BioMed Realty, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership.
“Parking
Agreement” shall mean that certain Blackfan Research Center Turnkey
Garage Agreement dated as of June 24, 2005 between Borrower’s
predecessor-in-interest and BIDMC.
“Parking
Agreement Estoppel” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.1(v).
“Party”
means any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which now
or hereafter is a party to any of the Loan Documents.
“Payment
Guaranty” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.6(d).
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereof
established under ERISA.
“Pension
Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such
term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and with respect to
the Consolidated Group is maintained by a member of the Consolidated Group or
to which a member of the Consolidated Group contributes or has an obligation to
contribute.
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“Percentage”
means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage derived by dividing that
Lender’s Commitment by the aggregate Loan Commitment, which shall
initially be as set forth opposite the name of that Lender on Schedule 1.1,
as such percentage may be increased or decreased pursuant to a Commitments
Assignment and Acceptance executed in accordance with Section 11.8.
“Permitted
Business Activities” means the acquisition, development, renovation,
ownership, leasing, sale and operation of Life Sciences Buildings (including
Unstabilized Projects that will be used as Life Sciences Buildings following
completion of development) plus free-standing parking garages that serve such
Life Sciences Buildings, in the case of the 47 Erie Parking Garage in
Cambridge, Massachusetts and any such parking garage that may be acquired as
part of a future acquisition of Life Sciences Buildings, so long as Parent has
obtained the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent to the
inclusion of such garage, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
“Permitted
Exceptions” shall mean those matters listed on Exhibit E
hereto to which title to the Subject Property was subject at the Loan Opening
and thereafter such other title exceptions as the Administrative Agent may
thereafter have reasonably approved, or may hereafter reasonably approve, in
writing.
“Permitted
Fund Manager” shall mean any Person that on the date of determination
is (x) a Qualified Institutional Lender, other than by reason of clause
(b)(iv) of the definition thereof, or (y) (i) nationally-recognized
manager of investment funds investing in debt or equity interests relating to
commercial real estate, (ii) investing through a fund with committed
capital of at least $250,000,000 and (iii) not subject to a proceeding
relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors.
“Permitted
Liens” is defined in Section 13.15.
“Permitted
Transfer” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
13.18 hereof.
“Person”
means any individual or entity, including a trustee, corporation,
limited liability company, general partnership, limited partnership, joint
stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, business
association, firm, joint venture, Governmental Agency, or other entity.
“Plans
and Specifications” shall mean those detailed plans and
specifications referred to in Section 7.1(f), as modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Post-Closing
Escrow Agreement” shall mean that certain Escrow Instruction
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date between Borrower, CLSB I, LLC and Escrow
Agent.
“Preferred
Distributions” means, as of any date with respect to any Person, the
Distributions due and payable to the holders of Preferred Equity in such Person
for the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial results have been
reported.
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“Preferred
Equity” means, with respect to any Person, any form of preferred
stock (whether perpetual, convertible or otherwise) or other ownership or
beneficial interest in such Person that entitles the holders thereof to
preferential payment or distribution priority with respect to dividends, assets
or other payments over the holders of any other stock or other ownership or
beneficial interest in such Person.
“Prime
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest
publicly announced from time to time by KeyBank or its parent as its prime rate
(which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing
when and as said prime rate changes. In the event that there is a successor to
the Administrative Agent by merger, or the Administrative Agent assigns its
duties and obligations to an Affiliate, then the term “Prime Rate”
as used in this Agreement shall mean the prime rate, base rate or other
analogous rate of the new Administrative Agent.
“Project”
means any parcel of real property located in the 48 states that comprise the
continental United States of America or in the District of Columbia which is
owned, leased or operated (in each case in whole or in part) by Trust, Parent,
or any of its Subsidiaries or Investment Affiliates (including, without
limitation, Borrower) and which is either (i) improved with completed Life
Sciences Buildings or (ii) held for the development of Life Sciences
Buildings, or (iii) a free-standing parking garage serving such Life
Sciences Buildings in the case of the 47 Erie Parking Garage in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, and any other parking garages acquired hereafter with the prior
approval of the Administrative Agent, as provided above.
“Project
Costs” shall mean the aggregate cost to acquire and complete the
Construction of the Subject Property, together with all associated soft costs
and carrying costs through Stabilization, as established by the most recent
Budget approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Property”
means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or
mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“Purchase
Money Borrower” shall mean Longwood Research Institute, Inc., a
Massachusetts non-profit corporation.
“Qualified
Institutional Lender” shall mean any Initial Note A Holder, any
Initial Note B Holder, and the following:






