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CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT

Construction Loan Agreement

CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT | Document Parties: CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST | CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA | COMMERCE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | REGIONS BANK | Section 125, KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC | SUNTRUST BANK | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION You are currently viewing:
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CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST | CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA | COMMERCE BANK, NA | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | REGIONS BANK | Section 125, KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC | SUNTRUST BANK | WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Title: CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 8/8/2008
Industry: Real Estate Operations     Law Firm: Alston Bird     Sector: Services

CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT, Parties: corporate office properties trust , citizens bank of pennsylvania , commerce bank  na , keybank national association , manufacturers and traders trust company , pnc bank  national association , regions bank , section 125  keybanc capital markets  inc , suntrust bank , wachovia bank  national association
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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of May 2, 2008

 

by and among

 

CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P.,

as Borrower

 

CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST,

as Parent,

 

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS

as Arranger,

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent,

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Syndication Agent,

 

MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY,

as Documentation Agent,

 

and

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INITIALLY SIGNATORY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12.5.,

as Lenders

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I. Definitions

1

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

1

Section 1.2.

General; References to Times

17

 

 

 

Article II. Credit Facility

18

 

 

Section 2.1.

Loans

18

Section 2.2.

Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans

21

Section 2.3.

Number of Interest Periods

22

Section 2.4.

Repayment of Loans

22

Section 2.5.

Prepayments

22

Section 2.6.

Continuation

23

Section 2.7.

Conversion

23

Section 2.8.

Notes

24

Section 2.9.

Extension of Termination Date

24

Section 2.10.

Amount Limitations

25

Section 2.11.

Increase of Commitments

25

 

 

 

Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General Provisions

26

 

 

Section 3.1.

Payments

26

Section 3.2.

Pro Rata Treatment

26

Section 3.3.

Sharing of Payments, Etc.

26

Section 3.4.

Several Obligations

27

Section 3.5.

Minimum Amounts

27

Section 3.6.

Fees

27

Section 3.7.

Computations

28

Section 3.8.

Usury

28

Section 3.9.

Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges

28

Section 3.10.

Statements of Account

29

Section 3.11.

Defaulting Lenders

29

Section 3.12.

Taxes

30

 

 

 

Article IV. Yield Protection, Etc.

32

 

 

Section 4.1.

Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy

32

Section 4.2.

Suspension of LIBOR Loans

33

Section 4.3.

Illegality

33

Section 4.4.

Compensation

33

Section 4.5.

Treatment of Affected Loans

34

Section 4.6.

Change of Lending Office

35

Section 4.7.

Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans

35

 

 

 

Article V. Borrowing Base Properties

35

 

 

Section 5.1.

Eligibility of Properties

35

Section 5.2.

Release of Properties

39

Section 5.3.

Frequency of Calculations of Borrowing Base

39

 

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Article VI. Conditions Precedent

40

 

 

Section 6.1.

Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement

40

Section 6.2.

Additional Conditions Precedent To All Loans

42

Section 6.3.

Initial Construction Requirements to Making of Loans Under a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility

43

Section 6.4.

Deliveries for Subsequent Loans for Borrowing Base Properties

43

Section 6.5.

Deliveries for Final Disbursements

44

Section 6.6.

Conditions as Covenants

44

 

 

 

Article VII. Representations and Warranties

44

 

 

Section 7.1.

Representations and Warranties

44

Section 7.2.

Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.

49

 

 

 

Article VIII. Affirmative Covenants

49

 

 

Section 8.1.

Use of Proceeds

49

Section 8.2.

Further Assurances

50

Section 8.3.

Certain Covenants of Existing Credit Agreement

50

Section 8.4.

Foreign Assets Control

50

Section 8.5.

Construction Related Covenants

50

 

 

 

Article IX. Information

54

 

 

Section 9.1.

Compliance Certificate

54

Section 9.2.

Other Information

54

 

 

 

Article X. Default

55

 

 

Section 10.1.

Events of Default

55

Section 10.2.

Remedies Upon Event of Default

57

Section 10.3.

Remedies Upon Default

58

Section 10.4.

Allocation of Proceeds

58

Section 10.5.

Performance by Agent

59

Section 10.6.

Rights Cumulative

59

 

 

 

Article XI. The Agent

59

 

 

Section 11.1.

Authorization and Action

59

Section 11.2.

Agent’s Reliance, Etc.

60

Section 11.3.

Notice of Defaults

61

Section 11.4.

KeyBank as Lender

61

Section 11.5.

Approvals of Lenders

61

Section 11.6.

Lender Credit Decision, Etc.

62

Section 11.7.

Collateral Matters

62

Section 11.8.

Indemnification of Agent

63

Section 11.9.

Successor Agent

64

Section 11.10.

Titled Agent

65

 

 

 

Article XII. Miscellaneous

65

 

 

Section 12.1.

Notices

65

 

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Section 12.2.

Expenses

66

Section 12.3.

Setoff

67

Section 12.4.

Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers

67

Section 12.5.

Successors and Assigns

68

Section 12.6.

Amendments

72

Section 12.7.

Nonliability of Agent and Lenders

73

Section 12.8.

Confidentiality

73

Section 12.9.

Indemnification

74

Section 12.10.

Termination; Survival

76

Section 12.11.

Severability of Provisions

77

Section 12.12.

GOVERNING LAW

77

Section 12.13.

Counterparts

77

Section 12.14.

Obligations With Respect to Loan Parties

77

Section 12.15.

Limitation of Liability

77

Section 12.16.

Entire Agreement

77

Section 12.17.

Construction

78

Section 12.18.

Patriot Act

78

Section 12.19.

Existing Credit Agreement Provisions

78

 

 

SCHEDULE I

Commitments

 

SCHEDULE 5.1.

Borrowing Base Properties

 

SCHEDULE 7.1.(b)

Ownership of Property Owners

 

SCHEDULE 8.5(f)

Insurance Requirements

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement

 

EXHIBIT B

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

 

EXHIBIT C

Form of Draw Request

 

EXHIBIT D

Form of Guaranty

 

EXHIBIT E

Form of Notice of Continuation

 

EXHIBIT F

Form of Notice of Conversion

 

EXHIBIT G

Form of Pledge Agreement

 

EXHIBIT H

Form of Note

 

EXHIBIT I

Form of Opinion of Counsel

 

EXHIBIT J

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

EXHIBIT K

Patriot Act and OFAC Form

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THIS CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of May 2, 2008 by and among CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “ Parent ”), each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their assignees pursuant to Section 12.5., KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as Arranger (the “ Arranger ”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent (the “ Syndication Agent ”), and MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, as Documentation Agent (the “ Documentation Agent ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders desire to make to the Borrower a construction credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000 on the terms and conditions contained herein and the other Loan Documents.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.  DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.           Definitions.

 

In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:

 

Additional Costs ” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.

 

Adjusted LIBOR ” means, with respect to each Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate obtained by dividing (a) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”) as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any applicable category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States of America to residents of the United States of America). Any change in such maximum rate shall result in a change in Adjusted LIBOR on the date on which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent to the Lenders from time to time.

 

Affiliate ” means any Person (other than the Agent or any Lender): (a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, the Parent; (b) directly or indirectly owning or holding five percent (5.0%) or more of any Equity Interest in the Parent; or (c) five percent (5.0%) or more of whose voting stock or other Equity Interest is directly or indirectly owned or held by the Parent.  For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control

 



 

with”) means the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.  The Affiliates of a Person shall include any officer or director of such Person.  In no event shall the Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower or the Parent.

 

Agent ” means KeyBank National Association, as contractual representative for the Lenders under the terms of this Agreement, and any of its successors.

 

Agreement Date ” means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.

 

Applicable Law ” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental bodies and all orders and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.

 

Applicable Margin ” means the percentage set forth below corresponding to the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value as determined in accordance with Section 9.1. of the Existing Credit Agreement:

 

Level

 

Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value

 

Applicable Margin for
LIBOR Loans

 

Applicable Margin for
Base Rate Loans

 

1

 

Less than 0.50 to 1.00

 

1.60

%

0.0

%

2

 

Greater than or equal to 0.50 to 1.00 and less than 0.55 to 1.00

 

1.75

%

0.0

%

3

 

Greater than or equal to 0.55 to 1.00 and less than 0.60 to 1.00

 

1.85

%

0.0

%

4

 

Greater than or equal to 0.60 to 1.00

 

2.00

%

0.0

%

 

The Applicable Margin shall be determined by the Agent from time to time, based on the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value as set forth in the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 9.1.  Any adjustment to the Applicable Margin shall be effective (a) in the case of a Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with quarterly financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to Section 8.1. of the Existing Credit Agreement, as of the date fifty-five (55) days following the end of the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate, (b) in the case of a Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with annual financial statements of the Parent delivered pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Existing Credit Agreement, as of the date one hundred (100) days following the end of the last day of the applicable fiscal year covered by such Compliance Certificate, and (c) in the case of any other Compliance Certificate, as of the date five (5) Business Days following the Agent’s request for such Compliance Certificate.  If the Borrower fails to deliver a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 9.1., the Applicable Margin shall equal the percentages corresponding to Level 4 until the date of the delivery of the required Compliance Certificate.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the period from the Effective Date through but excluding the date on which the Agent first determines the Applicable Margin as set forth above, the Applicable Margin shall equal the percentages corresponding to Level 1.  The provisions of this definition are subject to Section 2.2.(c).

 

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Applicable Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.(c).

 

Appraisal ” means an MAI certified appraisal of an applicable Borrowing Base Property performed in accordance with FIRREA and the Agent’s appraisal requirements by an appraiser selected and retained by the Agent.

 

Arranger ” means KeyBanc Capital Markets, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Assignment and Acceptance Agreement ” means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement among a Lender, an Eligible Assignee and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Available Funding Capacity ” shall mean for a particular Borrowing Base Property the aggregate of (a) the Commitments, less (b) the aggregate amount of the Borrowing Base Values for each outstanding Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility (other than the subject Borrowing Base Property for which such Available Funding Capacity is being determined), less (c) the aggregate principal amount of any outstanding Loans under the subject Borrowing Base Property.

 

Base Rate ” means the per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate or (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half of one percent (0.5%).  Any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Business Day on which each such change occurs.  The Base Rate is a reference rate used by the Lender acting as the Agent in determining interest rates on certain loans and is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender on any extension of credit to any debtor.

 

Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.

 

Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include the Borrower’s successors and permitted assigns.

 

Borrowing Base ” means an amount equal to the sum of the Borrowing Base Values of the Borrowing Base Properties as determined and adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section 5.3.  A Borrowing Base Property shall be excluded from calculations of the Borrowing Base if at any time (a) the Agent shall cease to have a perfected, first-priority security interest in all of the outstanding Equity Interests of (i) the Property Owner that owns such Borrowing Base Property or (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent (other than the Borrower) that owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in such Property Owner or (b) such Property ceases to be an Eligible Property.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate ” means a report in substantially the form of Exhibit B, certified by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent, setting forth the calculations required to establish the Borrowing Base Value for each Borrowing Base Property and the

 

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Borrowing Base for all Borrowing Base Properties as of a specified date, all in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

Borrowing Base Property ” means an Eligible Property which the Agent or the Requisite Lenders, as the case may be, have agreed to include in calculations of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 5.1.

 

Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility ” has the meaning given that term in Section 2.1.(c).

 

Borrowing Base Value ” means, with respect to a Borrowing Base Property for any date of determination, an amount, as determined by the Agent in its sole discretion, equal to the lesser of (a) 85% of the total budgeted cost of Construction of the applicable Improvements on the Borrowing Base Property as set out in the Total Development Budget (which Total Development Budget shall not exceed $50,000,000), (b) 70% of the Proforma Value, and (c) the Maximum DSCR Loan Amount, as such amount may be reduced by the Agent following the Agent’s receipt and review of the Appraisal of such Borrowing Base Property.

 

Business Day ” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in Cleveland, Ohio are authorized or required to close and (b) with reference to a LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.  The amount of a Capitalized Lease Obligation is the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Collateral ” means any property directly or indirectly securing any of the Obligations or any other obligation of a Person under or in respect of any Loan Document to which it is a party, and includes, without limitation, all “Pledged Collateral” under and as defined in the Pledge Agreement.

 

Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.1., in an amount up to, but not exceeding, the amount set forth for such Lender on Schedule I as such Lender’s “Commitment Amount” or as set forth in the applicable Assignment and Acceptance Agreement or as may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11. or as appropriate to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with Section 12.5.

 

Commitment Percentage ” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have terminated or been reduced to zero, the “Commitment Percentage” of each Lender shall be the Commitment Percentage of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or reduction.

 

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Completion Date ” means, (a) for any Construction on a Borrowing Base Property where the Improvements consist of a shell completion and additional tenant improvements, the earlier of (i) the completion date required by the Lease for such Improvements to be constructed on the Borrowing Base Property, or (ii) the completion date listed in the Construction Schedule or (b) for any Construction on a Borrowing Base Property where the Improvements consist solely of the shell completion of the relevant office building, the completion date listed in the Construction Schedule, each as approved by the Agent, as such Construction Schedule may be modified pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided that in no event shall any Completion Date be a date later than a date ninety (90) days prior to the existing Termination Date.

 

Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

Construction or construction ” means the construction and equipping of the Improvements in accordance with the Plans and Specifications to complete the Borrowing Base Property’s shell completion, the installation of all personal property, fixtures and equipment required for the operation of the Borrowing Base Property and all applicable tenant improvements required by the applicable Leases.

 

Construction Documents ” means, with respect to the Construction of Improvements on each Borrowing Base Property, the General Contract, the applicable site plan, Plans and Specifications and the Construction Schedule.

 

Construction Schedule ” means a schedule satisfactory to the Agent, establishing a timetable for completion of the Construction, showing, on a monthly basis, the anticipated progress of the Construction and also showing that the Improvements can be completed on or before the applicable Completion Date.

 

Continue ”, “ Continuation ” and “ Continued ” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.6.

 

Convert ”, “ Conversion ” and “ Converted ” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.7.

 

Credit Event ” means any of the following: (a) the making (or deemed making) of any Loan and (b) the Conversion of a Loan.

 

Date of Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.(g).

 

Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.

 

Defaulting Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11.

 

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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Draw Request ” means a written request for any disbursement of Loan proceeds with respect to a Borrowing Base Property, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C or in such other format as is acceptable to the Agent and otherwise in compliance with Section 2.1.(d).

 

Effective Date ” means the later of:  (a) the Agreement Date; and (b) the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1. shall have been fulfilled or waived in writing by the Requisite Lenders.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person who is, at the time of determination: (i) a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender; (ii) a commercial bank, trust, trust company, insurance company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (iii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having a tangible net worth of at least $500,000,000; or (iv) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States of America.  If such Person is not currently a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, such Person’s (or its parent’s) senior unsecured long term indebtedness must be rated BBB or higher by S&P, Baa2 or higher by Moody’s, or the equivalent or higher of either such rating by another rating agency reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

Eligible Property ” means a Property which satisfies all of the following requirements:  (a) the Property is owned or leased under a ground lease entirely by the Property Owner; (b) such Property is zoned by the applicable Governmental Authority to have a commercial office building; (c) such Property is located in one of the 48 contiguous states of the United States of America or in the District of Columbia and is located in one of Borrower’s core markets or is part of the Borrower’s tenant relationship driven development program; (d) none of the Equity Interests issued by the Property Owner that owns such Property or issued by any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in such Property Owner is subject to any Negative Pledge or any Lien other than Permitted Liens; (e) subject to such exceptions as may be acceptable to the Agent, the following actions may be taken without the need to obtain the consent of any Person:  (i) Liens may be granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in all such Equity Interests as security for the Obligations, (ii) the Agent may exercise its remedies with respect to any such Lien while an Event of Default exists, (iii) the Agent, any Lender or any of their affiliates may become the owner of such Equity Interests, and (iv) the Borrower, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary, has the right to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of such Equity Interests; (f) such Property is free of all structural defects or major architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions or other adverse matters except for defects, deficiencies, conditions or other matters individually or collectively which are not material to the profitable operation of such Property; (g) the Property is in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (h) the Total Development Budget for such Property shall not exceed $50,000,000; and (i) such Property is not subject to any Liens, except Permitted Liens.

 

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Environmental Laws ” means any Applicable Law relating to environmental protection or the manufacture, storage, remediation, disposal or clean-up of Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency and any applicable rule of common law and any judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the environment or Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Proceedings ” means any environmental proceedings, whether civil (including actions by private parties), criminal or administrative proceedings, relating to the Borrowing Base Property.

 

Equity Interest ” means, with respect to any Person, any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.

 

Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.

 

Existing Credit Agreement ” means that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as October 1, 2007, by and among the Parent, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, KeyBank National Association, as Agent, and the other parties thereto.

 

Existing Credit Agreement Default ” means any event or condition set forth in Section 10.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement or such other section or provision of the Existing Credit Agreement which relates to Events of Default (as defined in such Existing Credit Agreement) if such Existing Credit Agreement is amended and such amendments are incorporated into this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.19.

 

Existing Credit Agreement Representations ” means the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI of the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

Extension Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.

 

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Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent by federal funds dealers selected by the Agent on such day on such transaction as determined by the Agent.

 

Fees ” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.6. and any other fees payable by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

FIRREA ” means the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended from time to time.

 

Funds from Operations ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

General Contract ” means the general contract(s) between the Borrower or relevant Property Owner and General Contractor, pertaining to the construction of all Improvements for a Borrowing Base Property.

 

General Contractor ” means the general contractor for a Borrowing Base Property.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities, including, without limitation, all consents, licenses and permits (including, without limitation, any building permit, environmental permit, utility permit, land use permit, wetland permit and any other permits) and all other authorization or approvals required from any Governmental Authority for the Construction in accordance with the Plans and Specifications or required from any Governmental Authority for the operation of the Improvements on any Borrowing Base Property.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau, commission, board, department or other entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit

 

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Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.

 

Guarantor ” means any Person that is a party to the Guaranty as a “Guarantor” and in any event shall include the Parent and each existing or future Property Owner.

 

Guaranty ” means the Guaranty to which each Guarantor is a party substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

 

Hard Cost Advances ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.(f).

 

Hazardous Material ” means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as “hazardous substances”, “hazardous materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “toxic substances” or any other formulation intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP” toxicity or “EP toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any form; (e) toxic mold; and (f) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million.

 

Improvements ” means the improvements more particularly described in each of the Plans and Specifications for each Borrowing Base Property, and offsite improvements and together with any existing improvements not to be demolished.

 

Indebtedness ” has the meaning given that term in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect on the Agreement Date.

 

Indemnified Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.9.

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.9.

 

Indemnity Proceeding ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.9.

 

Interest Period ” means with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made or the last day of the next preceding Interest Period for such Loan and ending seven (7) days, or 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each Interest Period (other than an Interest Period of 7-days’ duration) that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month.  Notwithstanding the foregoing:  (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (ii) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such immediately

 

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following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding Business Day).

 

Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

KeyBank ” means KeyBank National Association, together with its successors and assigns.

 

Leases ” means a collective reference to all leases, subleases and occupancy agreements affecting a Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof existing as of the Agreement Date or executed thereafter and all amendments, modifications or supplements thereto approved in writing by the Agent, if required hereunder.

 

Lender ” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a “Lender”, together with its respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Lending Office ” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office of such Lender specified in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office of such Lender of which such Lender may notify the Agent in writing from time to time.

 

Level ” has the meaning given that term in the definition of the term “Applicable Margin.”

 

LIBOR ” means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period.  If for any reason such rate is not available, the term “LIBOR” shall mean, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, 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 (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period.  If for any reason none of the foregoing rates is available to the Agent, LIBOR shall be, for any Interest Period, the rate determined by the 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 (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of the relevant LIBOR Loan and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period.

 

LIBOR Loan ” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.

 

Lien ” as applied to the property of any Person means:  (a) any security interest, encumbrance, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, pledge, lien, charge or lease constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security title or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income, rents or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement,

 

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express or implied, under which any property of such Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of such Person; (c) the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, other than any precautionary filing not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien, including a financing statement filed (i) in respect of a lease not constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation pursuant to Section 9-505 (or a successor provision) of the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent as in effect in an applicable jurisdiction or (ii) in connection with a sale or other disposition of accounts or other assets not prohibited by this Agreement in a transaction not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien; and (d) any agreement by such Person to grant, give or otherwise convey any of the foregoing.

 

Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Loan Document ” means this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty, the Pledge Agreement and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Loan Party in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement.

 

Loan Party ” means the Borrower, the Parent, each Guarantor, each Pledgor and each Property Owner and any New Loan Party.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or business prospects of the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the Agent’s Lien in any of the Collateral, (d) the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent under any of the Loan Documents or (e) the timely payment of the principal of or interest on the Loans or other amounts payable in connection therewith.

 

Material Subsidiary ” has the meaning given that term in the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

Maximum DSCR Loan Amount ” means the amount equal to (a) the Proforma NOI for the applicable Borrowing Base Property divided by 1.25%, divided by (b) the Mortgage Constant.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

 

Mortgage Constant ” means the greater of (a) a debt constant based on the then current 10-year Treasury Bond as of the date of determination, plus 2.00%, or (b) 7.00%, and a 25-year amortization schedule.

 

Negative Pledge ” means, with respect to a given asset, any provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than any Loan Document) which prohibits or proports to prohibit

 

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the creation or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for Indebtedness of the Person owning such asset or any other Person.

 

New Loan Parties ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.(d).

 

NOI ” means, for any period, the gross income from operations of the applicable Borrowing Base Property derived from arm’s length, market rate rents from leases with unaffiliated third parties (unless otherwise approved by the Agent), service fees or charges, less operating expenses (such as cleaning, utilities, administrative, landscaping, security and management expenses), repairs and maintenance and reserves for replacements, and less fixed expenses (such as insurance, real estate and other taxes).  All operating expenses shall be related to the applicable Borrowing Base Property, shall be for services from arm’s length third party transactions or equivalent to the same and shall exclude all expenses for capital improvements and replacements, debt service and depreciation or amortization of capital expenditures and other similar non-cash items.

 

Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.(a).

 

Notice of Completion ” means a notice delivered to the Agent after all Construction for Improvements for a particular Borrowing Base Property has been completed and Borrower or Property Owner has received all Governmental Approvals, including, if applicable, a certificate of occupancy or similar permit, in order to operate and lease the Improvements on the Borrowing Base Property.

 

Notice of Continuation ” means a notice in the form of Exhibit E to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.6. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.

 

Notice of Conversion ” means a notice in the form of Exhibit F to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.7. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the Conversion of a Loan from one Type to another Type.

 

Notice of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.(g).

 

Obligations ” means, individually and collectively:  (a) the aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans; and (b) all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties owing to the Agent or any Lender of every kind, nature and description, under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fees and indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any promissory note.

 

OFAC ” means U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and any successor Governmental Authority.

 

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OFAC Review Process ” means that certain review process established by the Agent to determine if any potential transferee of any interests in, or any assignee of any portion of, a Commitment or Loan assigned by a Lender is a party with whom the Agent and any Lender are restricted from doing business under (i) the regulations of OFAC, including any Sanctioned Person, or (ii) any other statute, executive order or other governmental action or list (including the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.

 

Operating Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.(i).

 

Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and shall include the Parent’s successors and permitted assigns.

 

Participant ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.5.(i).

 

Patriot Act Customer Identification Process ” means that certain customer identification and review process established by the Agent pursuant to the requirements of 31 U.S.C. §5318(1) and 31 C.F.R. §103.121 to verify the identity of all permitted transferees of interests in the Borrower and any assignees of a portion of a Commitment or Loan assigned by a Lender.

 

Permitted Liens ” means, as to any Person:  (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any Environmental Laws) or the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not at the time required to be paid or discharged under Section 7.6. of the Existing Credit Agreement; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws; (c) Liens consisting of encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which do not materially detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the business of such Person; (d) the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of business of such Person; (e) all restrictions, covenants and other instruments of record existing as of the date the initial Loan is made with respect to any Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility in question and set forth in any Title Report furnished by Borrower and/or any Property Owner to Agent in connection with such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility; (f) any other easements or other agreements necessary for the completion of Construction of Improvements for a Borrowing Base Property; and (g) Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.

 

Person ” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

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Plans and Specifications ” means detailed plans and specifications for the Improvements for a Borrowing Base Property, as modified hereafter as expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

Pledge Agreement ” means the Pledge Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Pledgors in favor of the Agent and substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

Pledgor ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Parent that owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests of a Property Owner.

 

Post-Default Rate ” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan or any other Obligation that is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional or mandatory prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus two percent (2%).

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum announced publicly by the Lender then acting as the Agent as its prime rate from time to time.  The Prime Rate is not necessarily the best or the lowest rate of interest offered by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender.

 

Principal Office ” means the office of the Agent located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, or such other office of the Agent as the Agent may designate from time to time.

 

Proforma NOI ” means the amount equal to the proforma NOI for the first stabilized year derived from ten (10) year “as stabilized” cash flow projections for the applicable Borrowing Base Property, which are provided by the Borrower and which are acceptable to the Agent.

 

Proforma Value ” means the sum determined by dividing the Proforma NOI for the applicable Borrowing Base Property by 7.50%.

 

Project Equity ” means for a Borrowing Base Property the amount of equity to be provided by Borrower and invested in the related Construction of Improvements equal to the Total Development Budget for such Borrowing Base Property (which Total Development Budget in any event shall not be greater than $50,000,000) less the Borrowing Base Value for such Borrowing Base Property.  Such equity shall be from sources other than the applicable Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility or any other Loan and shall be applied to the costs of Construction for the applicable Improvements prior to any disbursement under a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility.

 

Property ” means any parcel of real property owned or leased (in whole or in part) by the Borrower or any Property Owner and the applicable Improvements, if any, associated therewith.

 

Property Release ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

 

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Property Owner ” means the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower which owns a Borrowing Base Property.

 

Regulatory Change ” means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the Agreement Date in Applicable Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy.

 

Requisite Lenders ” means, as of any date, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (not held by Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote), or, if the Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans (not held by Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote).  Commitments and Loans held by Defaulting Lenders shall be disregarded when determining the Requisite Lenders.

 

Responsible Officer ” means with respect to the Parent or any Subsidiary, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, or president of the Parent or such Subsidiary.

 

Sanctioned Entity ” means (a) an agency of the government of, (b) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by, or (c) a Person resident in, in each case, a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by the OFAC and published from time to time, as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or Person.

 

Sanctioned Person ” means a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the OFAC as published from time to time.

 

Soft Cost Advances ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.(f).

 

Solvent ” means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets (excluding any Indebtedness due from any affiliate of such Person) are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

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Subsidiary ” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.

 

Supplemental Equity Deposit ” means the amount, if any, required to be deposited from time to time by the Borrower in connection with a Borrowing Base Property pursuant to Section 2.1.(h) and Section 8.5.(m).

 

Survey ” means a plat of subdivision, if applicable, and, only to the extent available, a survey prepared by a surveyor registered or licensed to do business in the State in which the Property is located.

 

Taxes ” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.12.

 

Tenant ” means the tenant under a Lease.

 

Termination Date ” means May 2, 2011, or such later date to which the Termination Date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.9.

 

Titled Agent ” means, collectively and individually, each of the Arranger, the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Title Report ” means a title insurance report covering the applicable Borrowing Base Property or proposed Borrowing Base Property.

 

Total Asset Value ” has the meaning given that term in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect as of the Agreement Date.

 

Total Development Budget ” means the applicable budget for a Borrowing Base Property specifying all costs and expenses of every kind and nature whatever to be incurred by the Borrower in connection with the Construction of Improvements on such Borrowing Base Property prior to the Termination Date.  The Total Development Budget for a Borrowing Base Property shall specify the amount of Project Equity invested in a Borrowing Base Property.

 

Total Indebtedness ” has the meaning given that term in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect as of the Agreement Date.

 

Type ” with respect to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan is a LIBOR Loan or Base Rate Loan.

 

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Unavoidable Delay ” means any delay in the Construction of the Improvements on a Borrowing Base Property, caused by natural disaster, fire, earthquake, floods, explosion, extraordinary adverse weather conditions, inability to procure or a general shortage of labor, equipment, facilities, energy, materials or supplies in the open market, failure of transportation, strikes or lockouts for which the Borrower has notified the Agent in writing.

 

Unused Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect of which all of the equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.2.            General; References to Times.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Requisite Lenders shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Requisite Lenders); provided further that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Parent shall provide to the Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.  References in this Agreement to “Sections”, “Articles”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated.  References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified as of the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter to the extent not prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time; provided, however, to the extent any amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification of the Existing Credit Agreement affects any of the definitions, representations, covenants or other provisions thereof incorporated in this Agreement by reference, such amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification shall only be given effect hereunder as provided in Section 12.19.  Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter.  Unless explicitly set forth to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Parent or a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary and a reference to an “Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of the Parent.  Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit

 

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nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to Cleveland, Ohio time.

 

ARTICLE II. CREDIT FACILITY

 

Section 2.1.            Loans.

 

(a)            Generally .  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, each Lender severally and not jointly agrees to make Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding up to, but not exceeding, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Loans hereunder.

 

(b)            Purpose of Loan .  To the extent provided in the Total Development Budget, Loans made pursuant to this Agreement shall only be used to reimburse the Borrower for the actual costs incurred or expended for the Construction of Improvements on the Borrowing Base Properties included in the Borrowing Base, as approved by the Agent.

 

(c)            Borrowing Base Property Facilities .  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the funding of a construction project for a particular Borrowing Base Property shall be a distinct construction loan facility for such particular Borrowing Base Property allocated from the total Commitments available (each such facility, a “ Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility ”); provided that in no event shall the aggregate of the Loans provided for any such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility exceed the applicable Borrowing Base Value for such Borrowing Base Property; and, provided further, that in no event shall the amount available under a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility for draws exceed the Available Funding Capacity.  A Lender’s obligation to fund a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility shall be several (and not joint and several) and shall be limited to its proportionate share according to the amount of its Commitment pursuant to Section 3.2.

 

(d)            Requesting Loans .  Provided that the applicable Borrowing Base Property is part of the Borrowing Base pursuant to Article V., for each Loan for such particular Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility, the Borrower shall submit a completed Draw Request to the Agent, setting forth the identification of the Borrowing Base Property, the amount of Loan proceeds desired, the Type of Loan desired, the disbursement instructions, the information required for any Hard Cost Advances or Soft Cost Advances, and the applicable conditions precedent in accordance with Article VI., together with such certification and additional information as the Agent may reasonably require, signed by a duly authorized representative of the Borrower.  Such Draw Request shall be submitted not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the requested Loan is to be made.  The Agent will transmit a copy of the Draw Request to each Lender no later than five (5) Business Days after delivering the Notice of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent.  Each Draw Request shall be irrevocable once given and binding on the Borrower.

 

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(e)            Frequency of Draw Requests and Advances .  For each Borrowing Base Property, the Borrower may only submit one Draw Request to the Agent each calendar month.  For each Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility, Loans shall be made no more frequently than monthly.

 

(f)             Types of Advances .

 

(i)             Hard Cost Advances .  Advances by the Lenders for the payment of any sums due under any Construction Document, any subcontract or for any other labor performed and/or materials supplied with respect to the direct costs of the construction of all or any portion of the Improvements (collectively, “ Hard Cost Advances ”) shall be made on requisitions in a form approved by the Agent, which requisitions must be signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent and must be approved by or on behalf of the Agent.  The Borrower shall submit with each requisition a statement that the work completed to the date of such requisition is of quality consistent with the Plans and Specifications.  Disbursements for Hard Cost Advances shall not exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of each requisition for direct construction costs.  Subject to the applicable conditions precedent contained in Article VI., the final holdback of direct construction costs with respect to each Borrowing Base Property shall be available for requisition by the Borrower upon the completion of the Construction of such Improvements for such Borrowing Base Property; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the election of the Borrower to fully advance on a completed subcontract, the Lenders shall fully disburse the retained amounts under such subcontract upon completion of the work to be performed under such subcontract in accordance with the Plans and Specifications.

 

(ii)            Soft Cost Advances .  Requisitions for the payment of settlement expenses, interest and all other indirect expenses under a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility and included in the applicable Total Development Budget (collectively, “ Soft Cost Advances ”) shall be signed by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Parent, and in the event that the same shall individually exceed the sum of $250,000, must be supported by invoices, receipts for payment and such other detail as the agent may reasonably request to assure that amounts requisitioned are to be used to reimburse the Borrower for costs previously paid by the Borrower and/or applicable Property Owner or to pay costs incurred by the Borrower and/or the applicable Property Owner which are due and owing.  Soft Cost Advances shall be in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the approved requisition.

 

(g)            Disbursements of Loan Proceeds .  Upon the satisfaction of all applicable conditions precedent to the making of a Loan set forth in Article VI., with respect to Loans to be made after the Effective Date, the Agent shall deliver a notice of such satisfaction to the Lenders (“ Notice of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent ”).  No later than 1:00 p.m. (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the date that is one Business Day after receipt of such Notice of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent (provided if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) or (ii) in the case of LIBOR Loans, on the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt of such Notice of Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent (provided if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (each a “ Date of Borrowing ”) or no later than 1:00 p.m. on the Effective Date for Loans to be made on such date, each Lender will make

 

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available for the account of its applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Loan to be made by such Lender.  With respect to Loans to be made after the Effective Date, unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the specified Date of Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent the Loan to be made by such Lender on such date, the Agent may assume that such Lender will make the proceeds of such Loan available to the Agent on the applicable Date of Borrowing and the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower the amount of such Loan to be provided by such Lender.  Subject to terms and conditions hereof, the Agent will make the proceeds of such borrowing available to the Borrower no later than 2:00 p.m. on the applicable Date of Borrowing and at the account specified by the Borrower in such Draw Request or, pursuant to Section 2.1.(i)., to the Operating Account.

 

(h)            Borrowing Base Property Equity and Supplemental Equity Deposits .  As to each Borrowing Base Property and the Construction of the related Improvements, the Borrower shall contribute the Project Equity for such Construction of the Improvements, and such Project Equity shall be from sources other than the applicable Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility, or any other Loan and shall be applied to the costs of Construction for the applicable Improvements prior to any disbursement under a Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility.  The Borrower’s equity must be disbursed prior to the first disbursement of any applicable Loan proceeds, and used to pay direct Borrowing Base Property costs with evidence of payment delivered to the Agent prior to the disbursement of the Loan proceeds related to such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility.  If the Agent at any time determines that the undisbursed portion of such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility, plus the amount of all Project Equity and other equity investments made or scheduled to be made by the Borrower are not sufficient to complete fully the Improvements in accordance with the applicable Plans and Specifications, the Agent shall have the option of requiring the Borrower to deposit with the Lender additional funds from some other source (or submit evidence to the Agent of equity investments previously made), in amounts sufficient to cover the resulting deficit before the Lenders will disburse any further Loan proceeds with respect to that particular Borrowing Base Property.  Such Supplemental Equity Deposit shall be disbursed to the Borrower as construction progresses in accordance with this Agreement before proceeds of any Loans are disbursed with respect to that particular Borrowing Base Property.

 

(i)             Operating Account .  After the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default (but without impairing any Lender’s right under Section 6.2), the Agent may at its election disburse funds directly to a special bank account maintained at the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders (the “ Operating Account ”), or at its option and at such Borrower’s cost, disburse funds through a title company, or to contractors, subcontractors, materialmen or laborers directly, but any such election shall not prevent the Agent from making subsequent disbursements in a different manner or through or to a different party.  The Loan proceeds shall be deemed to be disbursed to the Borrower from the date of deposit into the Operating Account, the escrow of the title company or directly to any contractor, subcontractor, materialmen or laborer, and interest shall accrue on those proceeds from that date (and with respect to a disbursement to an escrow of a title company, interest shall accrue on the proceeds from the date of delivery to such escrow regardless of the date such proceeds are released by the title company).

 

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(j)             No Implied Waivers .  The making of any Loan for a Borrowing Base Property shall not be deemed a waiver of the Agent’s or any Lender’s rights hereunder with respect to any further or future Loan for such Borrowing Base Property, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any of the conditions precedent to the Lenders’ obligations to make further or future Loans to such Borrowing Base Property.

 

Section 2.2.            Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.

 

(a)            Rates .  The Borrower promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:

 

(i)             during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans; and

 

(ii)            during such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at Adjusted LIBOR for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor plus the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender, and on any other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder or under the Note held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law).

 

(b)            Payment of Interest .  Accrued and unpaid interest on each Loan shall be payable (i) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month, (ii) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, in arrears on the last day of each Interest Period therefor, and, if such Interest Period is longer than ninety (90) days, at three-month intervals following the first day of such Interest Period, and (iii) in the case of any Loan, in arrears upon the payment, prepayment or Continuation thereof or the Conversion of such Loan to a Loan of another Type (but only on the principal amount so paid, prepaid, Continued or Converted).  Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable from time to time on demand.  Promptly after the determination of any interest rate provided for herein or any change therein, the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which such interest is payable and to the Borrower.  All determinations by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

(c)            Inaccurate Financial Statements or Compliance Certificates .  If any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.1. is shown to be inaccurate as a result of any fraudulent act or omission of a Loan Party or its agents or representatives acting on behalf of such Loan Party (regardless of whether this Agreement is in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Applicable Margin for any period (an “ Applicable Period ”) than the Applicable Margin applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Agent

 

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a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period and (ii) the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders the additional accrued additional interest owing calculated based on such higher Applicable Margin for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Agent in accordance with Section 3.2. This subsection shall not in any way limit the rights of the Agent and Lenders (x) with respect to the last sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (a) or (y) under Article X.

 

Section 2.3.            Number of Interest Periods.

 

There may be no more than eight (8) different Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans outstanding at the same time (for which purpose Interest Periods described in the definition of the term “Interest Period” shall be deemed to be different Interest Periods even if they are coterminous).

 

Section 2.4.            Repayment of Loans.

 

The Borrower shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Loans and all other sums due under this Agreement on the Termination Date.

 

Section 2.5.            Prepayments.

 

(a)            Optional .  Subject to Section 4.4., the Borrower may prepay any Loan, in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty.  The Borrower shall give the Agent at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice of the prepayment of any Loan.

 

(b)            Mandatory .

 

(i)             If at any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans exceeds the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days of the Borrower obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any such excess eliminate such excess.

 

(ii)            If at any time a Borrowing Base Property remains in the Borrowing Base for more than twelve (12) months after the shell completion of the Improvements for such Borrowing Base Property is complete, pursuant to the applicable Plans and Specifications and as determined by the Agent, then the Agent may, in its sole discretion, obtain an “as stabilized” Appraisal at the Borrower’s cost for such Borrowing Base Property.  If, based on such “as stabilized” Appraisal, the Agent determines that the loan-to-value ratio expressed as a percentage for such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility is greater than seventy percent (70%), then the Borrower shall pay to the Agent within fifteen (15) Business Days of notice from the Agent the amounts required to make the loan-to-value ratio expressed as a percentage for such Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility no greater than seventy percent (70%).

 

If such excess identified in either (i) and/or (ii) above is not eliminated within such time period provided, then the entire outstanding principal balance of all Loans and all other Obligations

 

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shall be immediately due and payable in full.  All payments under this subsection (b) shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on the Loans pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2.  If the Borrower is required to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 4.4.

 

Section 2.6.            Continuation.

 

So long as no Event of Default shall exist, the Borrower may on any Business Day, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, elect to maintain such LIBOR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBOR Loan by selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan.  Each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period.  Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made by the Borrower giving to the Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation.  Such notice by the Borrower of a Continuation shall be by telephone or telecopy, confirmed immediately in writing if by telephone, in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of such Continuation, (b) the LIBOR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c) the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder.  Each Notice of Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.  Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Agent shall notify each Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Continuation.  If the Borrower shall fail to select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan in accordance with this Section, or if an Event of Default shall exist, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.7. or the Borrower’s failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section.

 

Section 2.7.            Conversion.

 

The Borrower may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Agent, Convert all or a portion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type; provided, however, a Base Rate Loan may not be Converted to a LIBOR Loan if an Event of Default shall exist.  Any Conversion of a LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan shall be made on, and only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan and, upon Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan, the Borrower shall pay accrued interest to the date of Conversion on the principal amount so Converted.  Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into Base Rate Loans and on the third Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into LIBOR Loans.  Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Agent shall notify each Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Conversion.  Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telephone (confirmed immediately in writing) or telecopy in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such

 

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Loan.  Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.

 

Section 2.8.            Notes.

 

(a)            Notes .  The Borrower shall execute and deliver on the Effective Date to each Lender requesting the same (or to the Agent for that Lender) a promissory note (each a “ Note ”) substantially in the form of Exhibit H, payable to the order of such Lender to evidence its Commitment.  Any Lender not receiving a Note may request at any time that the Borrower issue it such Note on the terms set forth herein, and the Borrower agrees to issue such Note promptly upon the request of a Lender or the Agent for such Lender.  The Notes and the Obligations evidenced thereby shall be governed by, subject to and benefit from all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall be secured by the Collateral.  Lenders shall not require separate promissory notes for each Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility.

 

(b)            Records .  The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods (if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be binding on the Borrower, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of a Lender to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(c)            Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes . Upon receipt by the Borrower of (i) written notice from a Lender that the Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and (ii) (A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, or (B) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrower shall at its own expense execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

Section 2.9.            Extension of Termination Date.

 

The Borrower shall have the right, exercisable one time, to extend the Termination Date by one year.  The Borrower may exercise such right only by executing and delivering to the Agent at least ninety (90) days but not more than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the current Termination Date, a written request for such extension (an “ Extension Request ”).  The Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of the Extension Request delivered to the Agent promptly upon receipt thereof.  Subject to satisfaction of the following conditions, the Termination Date shall be extended for one year: (a) immediately prior to such extension and immediately after giving effect thereto, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such extension with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date), and (b) the Borrower shall have paid the Fees payable under Section 3.6.(b).

 

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Section 2.10.         Amount Limitations.

 

Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender shall be required to make a Loan if immediately after the making of such Loan the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans would exceed the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time or (b) Borrowing Base.

 

Section 2.11.         Increase of Commitments.

 

With the prior consent of the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, the Borrower shall have the right at any time prior to the date one year prior to the Termination Date (without giving effect to any extension thereof pursuant to Section 2.9.) to request an increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments (provided that after giving effect to any increases in the Commitments pursuant to this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitments may not exceed $325,000,000) by providing written notice to the Agent, which notice shall be irrevocable once given and shall be forwarded by the Agent to each Lender; provided, however, the Borrower shall not have the right to make more than two (2) requests for increases in the aggregate amount of the Commitments during the term of this Agreement.  Each such increase in the Commitments must be in an aggregate minimum amount of $25,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof.  No Lender shall be required to increase its Commitment and any new Lender becoming a party to this Agreement in connection with any such requested increase must be an Eligible Assignee.  If a new Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, or if any existing Lender agrees to increase its Commitment, such Lender shall on the date it becomes a Lender hereunder (or increases its Commitment, in the case of an existing Lender) (and as a condition thereto) purchase from the other Lenders its Commitment Percentage (or in the case of an existing Lender, increase the amount of its Commitment Percentage), in each case, as determined after giving effect to the increase of Commitments, of any outstanding Loans, by making available to the Agent for the account of such other Lenders at the Principal Office, in same day funds, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Loans to be purchased by such Lender plus (B) interest accrued and unpaid to and as of such date on such portion of the outstanding principal amount of such Loans.  The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders amounts payable, if any, to such Lenders under Section 4.4. as a result of the prepayment of any such Loans.  No increase of the Commitments may be effected under this Section if (x) a Default or Event of Default shall be in existence on the effective date of such increase or (y) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan Document to which any such Loan Party is a party is not (or would not be) true or correct on the effective date of such increase and after giving effect thereto (except for representations or warranties which expressly relate solely to an earlier date).  In connection with any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this subsection, (a) any Lender becoming a party hereto shall execute such documents and agreements as the Agent may reasonably request and (b) the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that each new Lender, and any existing Lender increasing its Commitment, receives a new or replacement Note, as appropriate, in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment within five (5) Business Days of the effectiveness of the applicable increase in the aggregate amount of Commitments.

 

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ARTICLE III.  PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 3.1.            Payments.

 

                Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Agent at its Principal Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date on which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day).  Subject to Section 10.4., the Borrower may, at the time of making each payment under this Agreement or any Note, specify to the Agent the amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied.  Each payment received by the Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender no later than 4:00 p.m. on the date of receipt.  If the Agent fails to pay such amount to a Lender as provided in the previous sentence, the Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.  If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable for the period of such extension.

 

Section 3.2.            Pro Rata Treatment.

 

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein:  (a) each borrowing of Loans from the Lenders under Section 2.1. shall be made from the Lenders, and each payment of the Fees under Sections 3.6.(a) and (b) shall be made for the account of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (b) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans by the Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; (c) each payment of interest on Loans by the Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; and (d) the making, Conversion and Continuation of Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions provided for by Section 4.5.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (in the case of making of Loans) or their respective Loans (in the case of Conversions and Continuations of Loans) and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each Loan of such Type shall be coterminous.

 

Section 3.3.            Sharing of Payments, Etc.

 

If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to the Borrower under this Agreement, or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the Borrower or a Loan Party through the exercise of any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other payments made by the Borrower to a Lender not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.4., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the

 

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Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.4., as applicable.  To such end, all the Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored.  The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such participation.  Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower.

 

Section 3.4.            Several Obligations.

 

No Lender, Agent, Arranger, Syndication Agent or Documentation Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.

 

Section 3.5.            Minimum Amounts.

 

(a)            Borrowings and Conversions .  For the initial Loan in any Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility, each such borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000.  Each Conversion of LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000.

 

(b)            Prepayments .  Each voluntary prepayment of Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of Loans then outstanding).

 

Section 3.6.            Fees.

 

(a)            Unused Fee . During the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders an unused facility fee with respect to the average daily difference between the (i) aggregate amount of the Commitments and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans (the “ Unused Amount ”).  Such fee shall be computed by multiplying the Unused Amount with respect to such quarter by the corresponding per annum rate set forth below:

 

Unused Amount

 

Unused Fee

 

Greater than or equal to 50% of the aggregate amount of Commitments

 

0.20

%

Less than 50% of the aggregate amount of Commitments

 

0.125

%

 

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Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September or December of each calendar year.  Any such accrued and unpaid fee shall also be payable on the Termination Date or any earlier date of termination of the Commitments or reduction of the Commitments to zero.

 

(b)            Extension Fee .  If the Borrower exercises its right to extend the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.9., the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a fee equal to two-tenths of one percent (0.20%) of the amount of such Lender’s Commitment (whether or not utilized) at the time of such extension.  Such fee shall be due and payable in full on the date the Agent receives the Extension Request pursuant to such Section.

 

(c)            Administrative and Other Fees .  The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and other fees of the Agent as may be agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Agent from time to time.

 

Section 3.7.            Computations.

 

Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty (360) days and the actual number of days elapsed; provided, however, any accrued interest on any Base Rate Loan shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as applicable, and the actual number of days elapsed.

 

Section 3.8.            Usury.

 

In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by the Borrower or any other Loan Party or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it forthwith.  It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.

 

Section 3.9.            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 2.2.(a).(i) and (ii).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, facility fees, closing 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 Agent or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, are charges made to compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or

 

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incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money.  All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.

 

Section 3.10.         Statements of Account.

 

The Agent will account to the Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans, accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such account rendered by the Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon the Borrower to the extent the Borrower shall fail to object to such account in writing within five (5) Business Days of the receipt thereof.  The failure of the Agent to deliver such a statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 3.11.         Defaulting Lenders.

 

(a)            Generally .  If for any reason any Lender (a “ Defaulting Lender ”) shall fail or refuse to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party within the time period specified for performance of such obligation or, if no time period is specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of two (2) Business Days after notice from the Agent, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to the Agent or the Borrower under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken into account in the calculation of the Requisite Lenders, shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal.  If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to the Agent of any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrower may have under this Agreement or otherwise, the Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect interest from such Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is made at the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) to withhold or setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the defaulted amount and any related interest.  Any amounts received by the Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s Loans shall not be paid to such Defaulting Lender and shall be held uninvested by the Agent and either applied against the purchase price of such Loans under the following subsection (b) or paid to such Defaulting Lender upon the Defaulting Lender’s curing of its default.

 

(b)            Purchase of Defaulting Lender’s Commitment .  The Borrower may request the Agent to notify the Lenders that a Lender has become a Defaulting Lender.  Any Lender who is not a Defaulting Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to acquire all of a Defaulting Lender’s Commitment.  Any Lender desiring to exercise such right shall give written notice thereof to the Agent and the Borrower no sooner than two (2) Business Days and not later than five (5) Business Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender.  If more than one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall have the right to

 

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acquire an amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in proportion to its Commitments to the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders exercising such right.  If after such fifth (5 th ) Business Day, the Lenders have not elected to purchase all of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, by giving written notice thereof to the Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.5. for the purchase price provided for below.  No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee.  Upon any such purchase or assignment, the Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Loans and its rights hereunder (but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase) shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and, notwithstanding Section 12.5., shall pay to the Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $7,000.  The purchase price for the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the Loans outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender.  Prior to payment of such purchase price to a Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall apply against such purchase price any amounts retained by the Agent pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (a).  The Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive amounts owed to it by the Borrower under the Loan Documents which accrued prior to the date of the default by the Defaulting Lender, to the extent the same are received by the Agent from or on behalf of the Borrower.  There shall be no recourse against any Lender or the Agent for the payment of such sums except to the extent of the receipt of payments from any other party or in respect of the Loans.

 

Section 3.12.         Taxes.

 

(a)            Taxes Generally .  All payments by the Borrower of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and all other Obligations shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future excise, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding (i) franchise taxes, (ii) any taxes imposed on or measured by any Lender’s assets, net income, receipts or branch profits, (iii) any taxes (other than withholding taxes) with respect to the Agent or a Lender that would not be imposed but for a connection between the Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such taxes (other than a connection arising solely by virtue of the activities of the Agent or such Lender pursuant to or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document), and (iv) any taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges to the extent imposed as a result of the failure of the Agent or a Lender, as applicable, to provide and keep current (to the extent legally able) any certificates, documents or other evidence required to qualify for an exemption from, or reduced rate of, any such taxes fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges or required by the immediately following subsection (c) to be furnished by the Agent or such Lender, as applicable (such non-excluded items being collectively called “ Taxes ”).  If any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder is required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any Applicable Law, then the Borrower will:

 

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(i)                                      pay directly to the relevant Governmental Authority the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted;

 

(ii)                                   promptly forward to the Agent an official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Agent evidencing such payment to such Governmental Authority; and

 

(iii)                                pay to the Agent for its account or the account of the applicable Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Agent or such Lender will equal the full amount that the Agent or such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.

 

(b)                                  Tax Indemnification . If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate Governmental Authority or fails to remit to the Agent, for its account or the account of the respective Lender, as the case may be, the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. For purposes of this Section, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any Lender to or for the account of any Lender shall be deemed a payment by the Borrower.

 

(c)                                   Tax Forms . Prior to the date that any Lender or Participant organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States of America becomes a party hereto, such Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent such certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the Internal Revenue Code or Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto (including Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI and W-8BEN, as applicable, or appropriate successor forms), properly completed, currently effective and duly executed by such Lender or Participant establishing that payments to it hereunder and under the Notes are (i) not subject to United States Federal backup withholding tax and (ii) not subject to United States Federal withholding tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Each such Lender or Participant shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, (x) deliver further copies of such forms or other appropriate certifications on or before the date that any such forms expire or become obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form delivered to the Borrower or the Agent and (y) obtain such extensions of the time for filing, and renew such forms and certifications thereof, as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent. The Borrower shall not be required to pay any amount pursuant to the last sentence of subsection (a) above to any Lender or Participant that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America or the Agent, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, if such Lender, Participant or the Agent, as applicable, fails to comply with the requirements of this subsection. If any such Lender or Participant, to the extent it may lawfully do so, fails to deliver the above forms or other documentation, then the Agent may withhold from any payments to be made to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents such amounts as are required by the Internal Revenue Code. If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Agent under this Section, and costs

 

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and expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal counsel) of the Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of the Agent.

 

ARTICLE IV. YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.

 

Section 4.1.                                 Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.

 

(a)                                   Additional Costs . The Borrower shall promptly pay to the Agent for the account of a Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder, any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of capital in respect of its Loans or its Commitment (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “ Additional Costs ”), to the extent any such Additional Costs result from any Regulatory Change that:  (i) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or its Commitment (other than taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges which are excluded from the definition of Taxes pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.12.(a)); or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other reserve requirement to the extent utilized in the determination of Adjusted LIBOR for such Loan) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, such Lender, or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the Commitment of such Lender hereunder); or (iii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy).

 

(b)                                  Lender’s Suspension of LIBOR Loans . Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection (a), if, by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs or would incur Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert any other Type of Loans into, LIBOR Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall apply).

 

(c)                                   Notification and Determination of Additional Costs . Each of the Agent and each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the Agent or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section

 

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as promptly as practicable; provided, however, the failure of the Agent or any Lender to give such notice shall not release the Borrower from any of its obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent). The Agent or such Lender agrees to furnish to the Borrower (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent) a certificate setting forth the basis and amount of each request by the Agent or such Lender for compensation under this Section. Absent manifest error, determinations by the Agent or any Lender of the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.

 

Section 4.2.                                 Suspension of LIBOR Loans.

 

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of any LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period:

 

(a)                                   the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period, or

 

(b)                                  the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that Adjusted LIBOR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period;

 

then the Agent shall give the Borrower and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans and the Borrower shall, on the last day of each current Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Loan, either repay such Loan or Convert such Loan into a Base Rate Loan.

 

Section 4.3.                                 Illegality.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that it has become unlawful for such Lender to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower thereof (with a copy to the Agent) and such Lender’s obligation to make or Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBOR Loans (in which case the provisions of Section 4.5. shall be applicable).

 

Section 4.4.                                 Compensation.

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the request of such Lender through the Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense that such Lender reasonably determines is attributable to:

 

(a)                                   any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or Conversion of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including,

 

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without limitation, acceleration) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or

 

(b)                                  any failure by the Borrower for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Article VI. to be satisfied) to borrow a LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the requested date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or Continuation.

 

Upon the Borrower’s request, any Lender requesting compensation under this Section shall provide the Borrower with a statement setting forth the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof. Absent manifest error, determinations by any Lender in any such statement shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.

 

Section 4.5.                                 Treatment of Affected Loans.

 

If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(b)., 4.2. or 4.3., then such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by Section 4.1.(b). or 4.3., on such earlier date as such Lender may specify to the Borrower with a copy to the Agent) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 4.2. or 4.3. that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:

 

(a)                                   to the extent that such Lender’s LIBOR Loans have been so Converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

 

(b)                                  all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be Converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

 

If such Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1. or 4.3. that gave rise to the Conversion of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, then such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically Converted, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

 

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Section 4.6.                                 Change of Lending Office.

 

Each Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to any of its Loans affected by the matters or circumstances described in Sections 3.12., 4.1. or 4.3. to reduce the liability of the Borrower or avoid the results provided thereunder, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, except that such Lender shall have no obligation to designate a Lending Office located in the United States of America.

 

Section 4.7.                                 Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.

 

Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Article IV. shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded LIBOR Loans through the purchase of deposits in the relevant market bearing interest at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be used only for calculation of amounts payable under this Article IV.

 

ARTICLE V. BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES

 

Section 5.1.                                 Eligibility of Properties.

 

(a)                                   Initial Borrowing Base Properties . As of the date hereof, the Lenders have approved for inclusion in calculations of the Borrowing Base, the Properties identified on Schedule 5.1., as well as the Borrowing Base Value initially attributable to each such Property. The Borrower represents that it has provided, prior to the Agreement Date, to the Agent for each such Borrowing Base Property the documents and instruments listed in Section 5.1.(b). and that no material change has occurred as of the Agreement Date that would otherwise amend, modify or terminate such documents, materially change the information provided or otherwise cause the Properties identified in Schedule 5.1. to no longer be Eligible Properties. The Borrower further represents that it shall deliver to the Agent prior to any disbursement of Loan proceeds for each of such Borrowing Base Properties the documents and instruments listed in Sections 5.1(d).(i). - (viii).

 

(b)                                  Additional Borrowing Base Properties . If after the Effective Date the Borrower desires that any additional Property be included in calculations of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall so notify the Agent in writing. No Property will be evaluated by the Agent unless and until the Borrower delivers to the Agent all of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:

 

(i)                                      A description of the proposed Improvements on such Property;

 

(ii)                                   Evidence that the proposed Property is an Eligible Property;

 

(iii)                                The Total Development Budget for the proposed Property, which shall evidence that the total development costs for such Property net of the Borrower’s Project

 

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Equity does not exceed the Available Funding Capacity and does not exceed $50,000,000;

 

(iv)                               Evidence that the Parent, the applicable Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries are the sole member(s), shareholder(s) or partner(s), as the case may be, of the Property Owner;

 

(v)                                  Copies of any executed Lease and any lease letter of intent entered into by any Loan Party in connection with the Construction and/or the operation of the proposed Property;

 

(vi)                               A Proforma NOI for such proposed Property in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent; and

 

(vii)                            To the extent not provided under the immediately preceding clause (vi), such projections, proforma operating statements and other information concerning the anticipated operation of such Property as the Agent may reasonably request.

 

Upon receipt of all of the foregoing documents and information, the Agent shall promptly distribute, at the Borrower’s cost, a copy of such documents and information to the Lenders. If, after receipt and review of all of the foregoing documents and information, the Agent is prepared to accept such Property as a Borrowing Base Property, the Agent will so notify the Borrower and each Lender within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of all of such documents and information. If the Agent fails to give such notice within such time period, the Agent shall be deemed to have rejected such Property as a Borrowing Base Property. The Agent shall determine whether to accept such Property as a Borrowing Base Property in its reasonable judgment.

 

(c)                                   Nonconforming Properties . If the Agent rejects any Property as a Borrowing Base Property under the immediately preceding subsection (b), or if a Property which the Borrower wants to have included in calculations of the Borrowing Base does not satisfy the requirements of an Eligible Property, then the Agent, upon written request of the Borrower shall request that the Lenders determine whether such Property shall be included as a Borrowing Base Property. If such a request is made by the Agent to the Lenders, within ten (10) Business Days of the date on which a Lender has received such request and all of the items referred to in the immediately preceding subsection (b), such Lender shall notify the Agent in writing whether or not such Lender accepts such Property as a Borrowing Base Property. If a Lender fails to give such notice within such time period, such Lender shall be deemed to have rejected such Property as a Borrowing Base Property. A Property shall become a Borrowing Base Property under this subsection only upon the approval of the Requisite Lenders.

 

(d)                                  Conditions to Property Becoming a Borrowing Base Property . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Property shall become a Borrowing Base Property until the Agent or the Requisite Lenders, as applicable, shall have approved of such Property as provided in the immediately preceding subsection (b) or (c), as the case may be, and the Borrower shall have caused to be executed, if applicable, and delivered to the Agent the

 

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following instruments, documents and agreements in respect of such Property, each to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:

 

(i)                                      The Borrowing Base Certificate for the proposed Property calculated to give proforma effect to the inclusion of such Property as a Borrowing Base Property (and any Property Release being effected in connection with the addition of such Property as a Borrowing Base Property);

 

(ii)                                   The most currently available Phase I environmental report and Phase II environmental report, if applicable, demonstrating that the project site for the applicable Property is free from any Hazardous Materials and is in compliance with Environmental Laws and showing the flood zone designation of the applicable Property;

 

(iii)                                Evidence that the applicable Property Owner holds a one hundred percent (100%) fee simple interest and clear and marketable title in the Property or, if such Property Owner holds a ground leasehold estate in such Property, a certified copy of a fully executed counterpart of the related ground lease and all amendments thereto, which ground lease shall contain provisions (including, without limitation, a term of thirty (30) years or more from the Agreement Date, transfer and assignment provisions and rights to sublease) acceptable to the Agent;

 

(iv)                               A Title Report demonstrating that the applicable Property is free of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens;

 

(v)                                  Copies of the Construction Documents;

 

(vi)                               Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Borrower has funded the Project Equity or has such Project Equity in immediately available funds to apply toward any Construction on the proposed Property;

 

(vii)                            Copies of all insurance policies (or satisfactory certificates of insurance) evidencing that insurance coverages are in effect with respect to the proposed Property and Property Owner, in accordance with the “Ground-Up New Construction” insurance requirements attached hereto as Schedule 8.5(f), for which the premiums have been fully prepaid;

 

(viii)                         A Survey;

 

(ix)                                 An amendment to the Pledge Agreement executed by the Borrower, the Pledgors and each Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in such Property Owner (such new Property Owner and each such Subsidiary, the “ New Loan Parties ”) subjecting to the Lien created thereby all of the outstanding Equity Interests of (x) the Property Owner that owns such Property and (y) any Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests in such Property Owner;

 

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(x)                                    A certificate executed by the Borrower and the Parent updating the information set forth on Schedule 7.1(b) to this Agreement to include the relevant information relating to the new Property Owner and confirming to the Agent that the representations and warranties contained in Section 7.1.(b). are true and correct;

 

(xi)                                 An accession agreement to the Guaranty to add the new Property Owner as an additional Guarantor;

 

(xii)                              The certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of the New Loan Parties, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of such Person;

 

(xiii)                           A Certificate of Good Standing or certificate of similar meaning with respect to each New Loan Party (and in the case of a limited partnership, the general partner of such New Loan Party) issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of each such Person and, if the proposed Property is located in a State different than the State of formation of such New Loan Party, certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued by such Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of the State of the location of the proposed Property;

 

(xiv)                          A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each New Loan Party that is becoming a Pledgor or a Guarantor, as the case may be, with respect to each of the officers of such Person authorized to execute and deliver the amendments to the applicable Loan Documents referred to above;

 

(xv)                             Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each New Loan Party of the by-laws of such Person, if a corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity;

 

(xvi)                          Unless a blanket resolution reasonably satisfactory to the Agent has been previously delivered to Agent, copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each New Loan Party that is becoming a Pledgor or Guarantor, as the case may be, of all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by each Pledgor or Guarantor, as the case may be, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the amendments to the applicable Loan Documents referred to above;

 

(xvii)                       Such UCC Financing Statements naming the Borrower and each New Loan Party that is becoming a Pledgor as debtor and the Agent as secured party, as the Agent shall have requested in order to perfect the security interests and other Liens

 

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created pursuant to the Pledge Agreement as amended by the amendment thereto referred to above;

 

(xviii)                    Satisfactory reports of UCC, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches conducted by a search firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent with respect to the Collateral being added to the Pledge Agreement, the Borrower and each New Loan Party that is becoming a Pledgor, such searches to be conducted where the Property is located and where any UCC Financing Statements will be filed; and

 

(xix)                            Such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request.

 

Section 5.2.                                 Release of Properties.

 

From time to time the Borrower may request, upon not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the Agent, that a Borrowing Base Property be no longer considered a Borrowing Base Property, which release (the “ Property Release ”) shall be effected by the Agent if the Agent determines all of the following conditions are satisfied as of the date of such Property Release:

 

(a)                                   No Default or Event of Default exists or will exist immediately after giving effect to such Property Release and the reduction in the Borrowing Base by reason of the release of such Property;

 

(b)                                  The Borrower repays the Loans attributable to the applicable Borrowing Base Property Sub-Facility relating to such Property Release; and

 

(c)                                   The Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate and Compliance Certificate demonstrating on a proforma basis, and the Agent shall have determined to its satisfaction, that the outstanding principal balance of the Loans will not exceed the Borrowing Base after giving effect to such request and any prepayment to be made and/or the acceptance of any Property as an additional or replacement Borrowing Base Property to be given concurrently with such request and that the Parent and the Borrower will be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.1. of the Existing Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Property Release.

 

The Agent agrees to execute, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, such documents and instruments as the Borrower may reasonably request to effect and evidence a Property Release.

 

Section 5.3.                                 Frequency of Calculations of Borrowing Base.

 

Initially, the Borrowing Base shall be the amount set forth as such in the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered under Section 6.1. Thereafter, the Borrowing Base shall be the amount set forth as such in any Borrowing Base Certificate delivered from time to time under Article V. or Article IX. Any increase in the Borrowing Base Value of a Borrowing Base Property shall become effective as of the next determination of the Borrowing Base Value as provided in this Section.

 

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ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

Section 6.1.                                 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement.

 

The effectiveness of this Agreement and obligation of the Lenders to make the initial Loans on the Effective Date is subject to the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                   The Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:

 

(i)                                      Counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;

 

(ii)                                   Notes executed by the Borrower, payable to each Lender and complying with the applicable provisions of Section 2.8.;

 

(iii)                                The Guaranty executed by the Parent and each Property Owner existing as of the Effective Date;

 

(iv)                               The Pledge Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Pledgors;

 

(v)                                  An opinion of the general counsel of the Parent and the Loan Parties, addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, addressing the matters set forth in Exhibit I;

 

(vi)                               An opinion of Alston & Bird, LLP, counsel to the Agent, and addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, addressing the enforceability of the Loan Documents and such matters as the Agent shall reasonably request;

 

(vii)                            A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Parent with respect to each of the officers of the Parent authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Parent and the Borrower the Loan Documents to which the Parent or the Borrower is a party and to execute and deliver (or make by telephone in the case of Notices of Conversion or Continuation) on behalf of the Borrower Draw Requests, Notices of Conversion and Notices of Continuation;

 

(viii)                         A certified copy (certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Parent) of all necessary action taken by the Parent to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which either the Parent or the Borrower is a party;

 

(ix)                                 The certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, declaration of trust or other comparable organizational instrument (if any) of the Parent, the Borrower and each Loan Party, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of such Person;

 

(x)                                    A Certificate of Good Standing or certificate of similar meaning with respect to the Parent, the Borrower and each other Loan Party (and in the case of a

 

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limited partnership, the general partner of such Loan Party) issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the State of formation of each such Person and, if the applicable Borrowing Base Property is located in a State different than the State of formation of the applicable Loan Party, certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued by such Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of the State of the location of the applicable Borrowing Base Property;

 

(xi)                                 Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of the Parent, the Borrower and each Loan Party of the by-laws of such Person, if a corporation, the operating agreement, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity;

 

(xii)                              A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party with respect to each of the officers of such Person authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party;

 

(xiii)                           Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Loan Party of all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by each Loan Party to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party;

 

(xiv)                          Such UCC Financing Statements naming the Borrower and each Pledgor as debtor and the Agent as secured party, as the Agent shall have requested in order to perfect the security interests and other Liens created pursuant to the Pledge Agreement;

 

(xv)                             Satisfactory reports of UCC, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches conducted by a search firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent with respect to the Collateral, the Borrower, each Pledgor and each Property Owner, such searches to be conducted where the Borrowing Base Properties are located and where any UCC Financing Statements will be filed;

 

(xvi)                          Any Fees payable to the Agent, the Titled Agent and the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date;

 

(xvii)                       A Borrowing Base Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date; and

 

(xviii)                    Such other documents, agreements, information and instruments as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request; and

 

(b)                                  In the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:

 

(i)                                      There shall not have occurred or become known to the Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information

 

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contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, proforma data and forecasts concerning the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(ii)                                   The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (1) any Applicable Law or (2) any agreement, document or instrument to which the Borrower or any other Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or their respective properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which would not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and

 

(iii)                                There shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

 

Section 6.2.                                 Additional Conditions Precedent To All Loans.

 

The obligation of the Lenders to make any Loan is subject to the further condition precedent that:

 

(a)                                   no Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the making of such Loans or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto;

 

(b)                                  no litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (i) result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

(c)                                   the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct on and as of the date of the making of such Loans with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances specifically and expressly permitted hereunder.

 

Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrower to the effect set forth in the preceding subsections (a), (b) and (c) (both as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Agent prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In addition, if such Credit

 

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