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Exhibit 10.1 EXECUTION COPY FORBEARANCE AND WAIVER
AGREEMENT
THIS FORBEARANCE AND WAIVER AGREEMENT (as amended or
modified from time to time, this " Agreement ") dated
for reference purposes only as of December 15, 2008, is made
by and among GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. ( " GGP
"), GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (" GGPLP ") and GGPLP
L.L.C. (the " Company "; GGP, GGPLP and the Company
being referred to herein, individually or collectively, as the
context may require, as the " Borrower " or "
Borrowers "), ROUSE LLC, GGP AMERICAN PROPERTIES
INC., CALEDONIAN HOLDING COMPANY, INC., and EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, "
Agent ") on behalf of the banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time party to the Corporate
Credit Agreement (as defined herein) (individually or collectively,
as the context may require, " Lenders ").
RECITALS:
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Borrowers, Lenders and Agent have entered into the Corporate
Credit Agreement.
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B.
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Agent herby notifies Borrowers that it believes that Events of
Default have occurred under the Corporate Credit Agreement by
virtue of (i) the Fashion Show Loan (as defined below) not
having been repaid in full upon its original maturity date and to
the extent such original maturity date was extended prior to the
date hereof, on such extended maturity date(s); (ii) the Palazzo
Loan (as defined below) not having been repaid in full upon its
original maturity date and to the extent such original maturity
date was extended prior to the date hereof, on such extended
maturity date(s), (iii) the Events of Default set forth on
Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof and
(iv) any other Default or Event of Default that may exist
under Section 8(e) of the Corporate Credit Agreement solely as a
result of other cross-defaults directly or indirectly triggered by
the matters in clauses (i) , (ii) and (iii)
above (the matters in clauses (i) , (ii) ,
(iii) and (iv) collectively, the " Identified
Events of Default ").
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C.
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Without acknowledging or confirming the existence or occurrence
of the Identified Events of Default, Borrowers have requested that
during the Agreement Period (as defined below) Agent waive the
Identified Events of Default (to the extent the same exist) and
forbear from exercising certain of the Lenders’
default-related rights and remedies.
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D.
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Agent has so agreed upon the terms, conditions, representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
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1.1
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All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Corporate Credit
Agreement.
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1.2
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As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
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" Agreement Period " means the period commencing
on the Effective Date and ending on the earlier of
(i) January 30, 2009 and (ii) the occurrence of any
Termination Event.
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" Capital Proceeds " means all cash receipts or
other proceeds or cash or non-cash consideration (net of reasonable
transaction expenses) received by a Group Member in connection with
or arising from a sale, transfer, exchange, redemption, repayment,
financing, repurchase or other disposition of any capital assets
(whether real estate, personal property assets, equity interests or
otherwise) of any Group Member, the incurrence of any Indebtedness
by any Group Member secured by assets of any Group Member, the
refinancing of any Indebtedness of any Group Member (net of any
Indebtedness repaid), the receipt of proceeds of casualty or other
insurance claims and condemnation awards (net of any awards that a
Group Member is required to apply toward restoration), and any
similar transaction (generically, a " Capital Event
").
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" Corporate Credit Agreement " means that certain
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
February 24, 2006, by and among Borrowers, Agent, Lenders (or
certain of their affiliates) and certain other lenders, as amended
by that certain Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2007, and as amended
further from time to time.
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" Disposition " means, with respect to any
Property, any sale, lease (other than a lease entered into in the
ordinary course of business), sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition.
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" Effective Date " means the later of
(i) date on which this Agreement is executed and delivered by
all parties hereto and (ii) execution and delivery of
forbearance or extension agreements with respect to the Fashion
Show Loan and the Palazzo Loan in form and substance acceptable to
the Borrowers and Agent.
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" Enforcement Action " means instituting any suit
or proceeding in any court, or taking any other formal legal
action, seeking to enforce the repayment of the Loans or to realize
upon any collateral security therefor or exercising Agent’s
right to send a Control Notice under (and as defined in) the
Control Agreement.
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" Fair Market Value " means the value of the
consideration obtainable in sale of assets at such date assuming a
sale by a willing seller to a willing unaffiliated purchaser
dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner
over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and
characteristics of such asset, as reasonably determined by GGP or,
if such asset shall have been the subject of a relatively
contemporaneous appraisal (prepared in connection with a sale or
acquisition) by an independent third-party appraiser, the basic
assumptions underlying which have not materially changed since its
date, the value set forth in such appraisal.
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" Fashion Show Loan Agreement " means that certain
Loan Agreement dated as of January 2, 2008, by and among
Fashion Show Mall LLC, as borrower, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as administrative agent, and certain
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banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to
time party thereto, as amended or modified from time to time.
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" Major Change " means any merger, consolidation
or amalgamation, or liquidation, winding up or dissolution of any
Group Member (or suffering any such liquidation or dissolution), or
the Disposition of all or substantially all of a Group
Member’s Property or business, except for dissolutions,
mergers and the winding up of (a) Non-Material Entities
(i) in the ordinary course of business or (ii) in
connection with a transaction otherwise permitted hereunder or
consented to by Agent and (b) Group Members solely for
advantageous tax purposes, provided that in the case of this
clause (b), (i) no Minority Rouse Subsidiary or Non-Rouse
Subsidiary may enter into in any Major Change with a Majority Rouse
Subsidiary, such that the Majority Rouse Subsidiary is the
continuing or surviving entity, (ii) no Non-Rouse Subsidiary
may enter into any Major Change with a Minority Rouse Subsidiary
such that the Minority Rouse Subsidiary is the continuing or
surviving entity, except in the ordinary course of business in
accordance with past business practices; and (iii) no Minority
Rouse Subsidiary may enter into any Major Change with any other
Minority Rouse Subsidiary if, before such transaction, the Minority
Rouse Subsidiary that would be the continuing or surviving entity
after such transaction has a greater Rouse Percentage than the
Minority Rouse Subsidiary which would not continue or survive,
except in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past
business practices.
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" Majority Rouse Subsidiary ": Rouse LP or any
Borrower or Subsidiary of any Borrower eleven percent (11%) or more
of the capital stock, partnership, limited liability company or
other ownership interests of which are directly or indirectly owned
by Rouse LP as of the date hereof.
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" Minority Rouse Subsidiary ": any Borrower or
Subsidiary of any Borrower one percent (1%) or more but less than
eleven percent (11%) of the capital stock, partnership, limited
liability company or other ownership interests of which are
directly or indirectly owned by Rouse LP as of the date hereof.
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" Net Available Proceeds " means (i) in the
case of any Disposition, the amount of Net Cash Payments received
by one or more Group Members in connection with such Disposition,
(ii) in the case of any issuance of any Capital Stock, the
aggregate amount of all cash received by one or more Group Members
in respect of such issuance net of reasonable expenses incurred by
such Group Members in connection therewith, (iii) in the case
of the incurrence of any Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of all
cash received by one or more Group Members in connection with such
transaction, net of reasonable expenses incurred by such Group
Members and, in the case of a refinancing, net of any Indebtedness
repaid, and (iv) in the case of any tax refund, the aggregate
amount of all cash received by one or more Group Members in respect
of such refund (less reasonable expenses relating to the collection
of such refund), provided that, for purposes of clauses (i),
(ii), (iii) and (iv) above, the Group Members’ pro
rata share of receipts and expenses by any joint venture shall be
deemed equal to the receipts or expenses of such joint venture
required to be distributed to such Group Members in accordance with
the terms of the agreement governing such joint venture.
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" Net Cash Payments " means, with respect to any
Disposition, the aggregate amount of all cash payments, and the
Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration, received by any
Group Member directly or indirectly in connection with such
Disposition, provided that (i) Net Cash Payments shall
be net of any reasonable and customary transaction costs, including
without limitation, any reasonable legal expenses, title expenses,
recording expenses, recording taxes and transfer taxes, prorations,
commissions and other fees and expenses paid by such Group Member
in connection with such Disposition and (ii) Net Cash Payments
shall be net of any repayments by such Group Member of Indebtedness
to the extent that (A) such Indebtedness is secured by a lien on
(1) the property that is the subject of such Disposition or
(2) the Capital Stock of the Person whose sole asset is
(x) the property or (y) the Capital Stock of a Person
whose sole asset is the property, and (B) the transferee of
(or holder of a lien on) such property is ineligible to or elects
to not assume such Indebtedness or such transferee reasonably and
in good faith requires that such Indebtedness be repaid as a
condition to the purchase of such property.
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" Non-Material Entities " means Group Members that
either conduct de minimis business activities or hold no
material assets.
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" Non-Rouse Subsidiary ": any Borrower or
Subsidiary of any Borrower less than one percent (1%) of the
capital stock, partnership, limited liability company or other
ownership interests of which are directly or indirectly owned by
Rouse LP as of the date hereof.
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" Palazzo Loan Agreement " means that certain Loan
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2008 by and among Phase II
Mall Subsidiary, LLC, as borrower, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as administrative agent, and certain banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time party thereto,
as amended or modified from time to time.
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" Redemption Payment " means any payment (except
payments made in Capital Stock of GGP) on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement or acquisition (including merger
consideration) of (i) any Group Member’s Capital Stock
or (ii) any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
Group Member’s Capital Stock.
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" Restricted Payment " means (i) any dividend
or other distribution (whether payable in cash or other Property)
on any Group Member’s Capital Stock or (ii) any loan
payment to any Group Member or Affiliate of any Group Member.
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" Rouse Percentage ": in respect of a Group
Member, as of any date, the aggregate percentage of the capital
stock, partnership, limited liability company or other ownership
interests of such Person directly or indirectly owned by Rouse
LP.
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" Subordinated Indebtedness " means any unsecured
Indebtedness of any Group Member existing as of the date hereof in
excess of $5,000,000.
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" Termination Event " means the occurrence of one
or more of the following events: (i) a default by any Loan
Party of its obligations hereunder, (ii) any representation or
warranty by Borrowers hereunder being untrue or materially
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misleading, (iii) a Default or Event of Default has
occurred and Agent has given notice thereof (other than with
respect to the Identified Events of Default), (iv) any
unsecured creditor of any Group Member commencing any enforcement
action or the exercise of its rights or remedies against such Group
Member in connection with any Indebtedness of more than $5,000,000
and Agent’s giving a notice to the Borrowers that such event
is deemed a Termination Event hereunder, (v) with respect to
any Loan Party, the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or like
proceeding or the appointment of a receiver, in each case whether
voluntary or involuntary (unless, in the case of an involuntary
filing, the same is dismissed within five (5) Business Days),
or (vi) the giving of a notice by Agent to the Borrowers that
Agent has learned that any Group Member has taken an action (other
than de minimis actions in the ordinary course of business
operations) that would place Agent and/or Lenders in a position
inferior to that which it would have been in had any Group Member
voluntarily commenced the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or
any insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or like proceeding on
the date of this Agreement or the failure of any Group Member,
within 1 day after notice from Agent to Borrowers that Agent
reasonably believes any Group Member is about to take any such
action, to cease such action and to agree in writing not to take
such action.
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" Upper Tier Transaction " means (a) the sale
or issuance of any class of Capital Stock of GGP and/or GGPLP to a
non-Affiliate of GGP, (b) the merger, consolidation or
amalgamation of GGP and/or GGPLP with a non-Affiliate of GGP,
(c) an equity recapitalization of GGP and/or GGPLP by a
non-Affiliate of GGP, provided that none of (a), (b) or
(c) shall result in a Change of Control.
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2.
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Loan Party Covenants .
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2.1
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Within two (2) Business Days after the date hereof,
Borrower shall deliver, or cause the delivery of an organizational
chart (the " Organizational Chart ") to Agent
substantially in the form of that certain organizational chart
dated September 30, 2008, and delivered to Agent on
October 16, 2008, but correcting any errors, omissions or
inconsistencies (other than minor typographical errors) that may
exist therein, accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible
Officer certifying that such Organizational Chart is true, complete
and correct in all material respects and sets forth the ownership
and organizational structure of the Loan Parties and all of their
respective Subsidiaries as they exist on the date hereof and
setting forth any changes between such date and the date of
certification.
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2.1A Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein,
GGP or GGPLP may consummate an Upper Tier Transaction,
provided that (except as and to the extent provided
otherwise in Section 6.10 of the Corporate Credit Agreement or
Section 2(c) of the Control Agreement, in each case subject to the
last sentence of Section 7 ) any Net Available Proceeds
relating thereto shall be maintained in the bank accounts of GGP or
GGPLP, as applicable, and such Net Available Proceeds shall not be
used for any purpose without the approval of the Required
Lenders.
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2.2
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No Loan Party shall (and the Loan Parties shall cause the Group
Members not to), without the prior approval of the Required
Lenders:
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(a) incur any Indebtedness, including, without being
limited to, the execution of any guarantees, other than
Indebtedness related to operating, leasing and maintaining a
property in the ordinary course; (b) create or grant any Liens
over any Group Member’s Property, other than (i) Liens
being contested in good faith provided the same have been bonded or
insured over in a manner reasonably acceptable to Agent and
(ii) Liens generated in connection with operating such Group
Member’s Property in the ordinary course, including, without
limitation, Liens generated in connection with capital
expenditures, real estate tax Liens and brokerage Liens;
(c) make any Major Change; (d) make any Disposition or
any issuance of Capital Stock, other than:
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(i)
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the Disposition of obsolete or worn out Property in the ordinary
course of business;
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(ii)
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the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
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(iii)
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the Disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Capital Stock
of any Subsidiary (other than the sale or issuance of any preferred
stock of any Subsidiary), provided that (A) such
Disposition or issuance is at Fair Market Value, (B) such
Disposition or issuance shall not result in a Material Adverse
Effect, (C) the Net Available Proceeds of such Disposition or
issuance shall be payable in cash upon the closing of such
Disposition or issuance and (D) at the time of such
Disposition or issuance, a certificate of a Responsible Officer
shall have been delivered to Agent, which shall include (x) a
computation demonstrating pro forma compliance with the
covenant contained in Section 7.1 and, if applicable,
Section 7.2 of the Corporate Credit Agreement after giving
effect to such Disposition or issuance and (y) a certification
that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at
such time or after giving effect to such Disposition or issuance
(other than, during the Agreement Period, the Identified Events of
Default);
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(iv)
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the sale or issuance of (A) Capital Stock of any Borrower,
provided that such would not result in a Change of Control,
or (B) Trust Preferred Securities; and
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(v)
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the sale or issuance by any real estate investment trust
Subsidiary to individuals of preferred equity with a base
liquidation preference of no more than $180,000 in the aggregate
for any such real estate investment trust;
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(vi)
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notwithstanding subsection (iii) above, a Disposition of
all of the assets of or sale (directly or indirectly) of all of the
Capital Stock of one or more of Fashion Show Mall LLC, Phase II
Mall Subsidiary, LLC, and
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Grand Canal Shops II, LLC (such persons, the " Fashion Show
Subsidiary ", the " Palazzo Subsidiary ", and the "
Canal Subsidiary ", respectively, and all such Persons,
collectively, the " Las Vegas Subsidiaries ", and the assets
of such Persons, the " Fashion Show Property ", the "
Palazzo Property " and the " Canal Property "
respectively, and all such assets, collectively, the " Las Vegas
Properties "), provided that such Disposition or sale is an
arm’s-length transaction at Fair Market Value with an
unaffiliated third-party purchaser; provided ,
further , that in the event a purchase and sale agreement
with respect to Disposition of the Fashion Show Property or Palazzo
Property has been approved in accordance with the Second Amendment
to the Fashion Show Loan Agreement or Palazzo Loan Agreement,
respectively, a Disposition in accordance with the terms of such
approved purchase and sale agreement shall be deemed to have
satisfied (and shall satisfy) the conditions set forth in this
subsection (vi) ;
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provided, however , that notwithstanding the foregoing,
during the Agreement Period (A) no Minority Rouse Subsidiary
or Non-Rouse Subsidiary may make any Disposition to a Majority
Rouse Subsidiary, (B) no Non-Rouse Subsidiary may make any
Disposition to a Minority Rouse Subsidiary, except in the ordinary
course of business in accordance with past business practices; and
(C) no Minority Rouse Subsidiary may make any Disposition to
any other Minority Rouse Subsidiary if, before such transaction,
the Minority Rouse Subsidiary that is the acquiring Person before
such transaction has a greater Rouse Percentage than the Minority
Rouse Subsidiary making the Disposition, excep
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