Exhibit 10.1
30
MAY 2008
AMB
FUND MANAGEMENT S.Á.R.L. acting on its own name but on
behalf of
AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS
(as Logistics Fund )
THE
ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in Part A of
Schedule 1`
(as Original Acquisition Borrowers )
THE
ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in Part B of
Schedule 1
(the Original PropCos )
THE
ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in Part C of
Schedule 1
(the Original ShareCos )
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS as listed in Part D of
Schedule 1
(as Original Lenders )
AMB PROPERTY L.P.
(as Loan Guarantor )
ING
REAL ESTATE FINANCE NV
(as Facility Agent )
€ 142,000,000 AMB LP
GUARANTEED
MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING
FACILITY AGREEMENT
CONTENTS
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1. INTERPRETATION
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2. FACILITY
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3. PURPOSE
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4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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5. UTILISATION
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6. FACILITY
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7. REPAYMENT
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8. PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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9. INTEREST
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10. INTEREST PERIODS
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11. MARKET DISRUPTION
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12. TAXES
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13. ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
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14. INCREASED COSTS
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15. MITIGATION
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16. PAYMENTS
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17. RECOURSE
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18. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE OBLIGORS
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19. INFORMATION COVENANTS
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20. GENERAL COVENANTS
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21. PROPERTY COVENANTS
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22. TRIGGER EVENTS AND EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
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23. GUARANTEE
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24. SUBSTITUTION
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25. EVIDENCE AND CALCULATIONS
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26. FEES
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27. INDEMNITIES AND BREAK COSTS
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28. EXPENSES
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29. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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30. CHANGES TO THE PARTIES
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31. ROLE OF THE FACILITY AGENT
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32. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
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33. SET-OFF
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34. SEVERABILITY
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35. COUNTERPARTS
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36. NOTICES
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37. LANGUAGE
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38. GOVERNING LAW
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39. ENFORCEMENT
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SCHEDULE 1
ORIGINAL PARTIES AND PROPERTIES
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Part A — ORIGINAL
BORROWERS
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Part B – ORIGINAL
PROPCOS
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Part C – ORIGINAL
SHARECOS
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Part D – ORIGINAL
LENDERS
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Part E — ORIGINAL
PROPERTIES
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SCHEDULE 2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Part A General
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Part B Upon signing this
Agreement
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Part C
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SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF REQUEST
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SCHEDULE 4
CALCULATION OF THE MANDATORY COST
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SCHEDULE 5
FORMS OF TRANSFER DOCUMENTS
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Part A Form of Transfer Certificate
for Transfers by Assignment
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Part B Form of Transfer Certificate
– Transfers by Novation
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SCHEDULE 6
PART A FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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Part B FORM OF COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE FOR USE WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL COVENANTS TESTED AS
AT 31 DECEMBER
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Part C FORM OF COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE FOR USE WITH RESPECT TO FINANCIAL COVENANTS TESTED AS
AT 30 JUNE
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SCHEDULE 7
FORM OF TEG LETTER
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SCHEDULE 8
FORM OF DEED OF SUBORDINATION
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SCHEDULE 9
REPLY TO A REQUEST
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SCHEDULE 10
ELIGIBLE COUNTRY
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II
THIS
AGREEMENT is dated 30 May 2008.
Between
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AMB FUND MANAGEMENT S.À.R.L. , acting in its own
name but on behalf of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS (the
Logistics Fund , and AMB Agent
), a fonds commun de placement organised under the form of a
fonds d’investissement spécialisé ; |
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THE ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in
Part A of Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and
Properties ) (the Original Borrowers ); |
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THE ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in
Part B of Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and
Properties ) (the Original PropCos ); |
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THE ENTITIES of AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS as listed in
Part C of Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and
Properties ) (the Original ShareCos ); |
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AMB PROPERTY L.P. (the Loan Guarantor
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part D of
Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and Properties ) (the
Original Lenders ); and |
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ING REAL ESTATE FINANCE NV in its capacity as Facility
Agent (the Facility Agent ). |
It is agreed
as follows:
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INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions |
In this
Agreement:
Accounting Date has the meaning set out in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ).
Accounting Period has the meaning set out in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ).
Acquisition means the acquisition by any Borrower,
any PropCo or any ShareCo (as the case may be) of:
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Property and/or Buildings; or |
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a body corporate that owns (directly or indirectly) Property
and/or Buildings or, subject to the Facility Agent’s consent
(not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) a controlling interest
in such body corporate, |
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which such acquisition is or will be financed or refinanced by the
Facility.
Acquisition Document means:
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any and all Agreements entered into by any member of the
Logistics Fund Group with the relevant sellers in connection with
an Acquisition; and |
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each related document entered into by any member of the
Logistics Fund Group with the relevant sellers in connection with
an Acquisition. |
Additional Borrower means any member of the Group
that accedes to this Agreement as an Additional Borrower.
Additional Margin means the additional margin per
annum determined, at any time, based on the range into which Loan
Guarantor’s Credit Rating then falls, in accordance with the
table set forth below. Any change in Loan Guarantor’s Credit
Rating causing it to move to a different range on the table shall
effect an immediate change in the Additional Margin. The Loan
Guarantor shall have not less than two (2) Credit Ratings at
all times. In the event that Loan Guarantor receives only two
(2) Credit Ratings (one of which must be from S&P or
Moody’s), and such Credit Ratings are not equivalent, the
Additional Margin shall be determined by the higher of such two
(2) Credit Ratings. In the event that Loan Guarantor receives
more than two (2) Credit Ratings, and such Credit Ratings are
not all equivalent, the Additional Margin shall be determined by
the highest Credit Rating, provided that said highest rating shall
be from S&P or Moody’s; provided, further, that if the
highest rating is not from S&P or Moody’s, then the
Additional Margin shall be determined by the highest Credit Rating
from either S&P or Moody’s.
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Range of Loan
Guarantor’s Credit Rating (S&P/Moody’s
Ratings)
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Additional Margin – Fee
Percentage (% per annum) |
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Baa2 (or higher)/BBB
(or higher)
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Baa3 (or lower)/BBB-
(or lower) or unrated
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1 % |
Additional Obligor means any member of the Logistics
Fund Group that accedes to this Agreement as an Additional
Obligor.
Additional PropCo means any member of the Logistics
Fund Group that accedes to this Agreement as an Additional
PropCo.
Additional Property means any real property acquired
(directly or indirectly) by a Borrower or a PropCo (other than an
Original Property) which is financed by a Loan and over which
security is granted in accordance with, and subject to, the terms
of this Agreement including all Heritable Building Rights,
Buildings, fixtures (including trade fixtures) and fixed plant and
machinery and other structures now or in the future on it and all
easements, access-rights, rights of way, wayleaves, servitudes and
rights attaching to it and in each case each and every part of
it.
Additional ShareCo means any member of the Group that
accedes to this Agreement as an Additional ShareCo.
Affiliate means a Subsidiary or a Holding Company of
a person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company.
Agent means the Facility Agent.
Agent’s Spot Rate Exchange means the Facility
Agent’s spot rate of exchange for the purchase of the
relevant currency with the Base Currency in the Amsterdam foreign
exchange market at or about 11.00 a.m. on a particular day.
Agreement for Lease means an agreement to grant an
Occupational Lease of all or part of a Property.
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AMB Agent means:
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the Logistics Fund; or |
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any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Logistics Fund (or any
successor as AMB agent) that is a party to this Agreement which it
may designate to act as the “AMB Agent” in the place of
the Logistics Fund subject to: |
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obtaining the Facility Agent’s prior written consent;
and |
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effecting a valid transfer of the then existing AMB
Agent’s rights and obligations as the AMB Agent in accordance
with the Finance Documents. |
AMB Property L.P. Loan means the loan made available
to the borrowers under the AMB Property L.P. Loan Agreement.
AMB Property L.P Loan Agreement meand the third
amended and restated revolving credit agreement, dated as of 1
June, 2006 by and amoung AMB Property L.P., as Borrower, the banks
listed on the signature pages thereof, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as
Adminstrative Agent for Alternate Currencies, Bank of America,
N.A., as Syndication Agent, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Banc of
America Securities LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Boookrunners, Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, Wachovia Bank, N.A..
and PNC Bank, National Association, as Documentation Agents, The
Bank of Nova Scotia, acting through its San Francisco Agency, Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A., ING Real Estate Finance (USA) LLC and
LaSalle Bank National Assocation, as Managing Agents (as may be
amended from time to time).
AMB Property L.P. Loan Prepayment Event has the
meaning set out in Clause 22.5(c) ( Cross-default ).
Available Commitment means a Lender’s
Commitment minus:
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any
outstanding Loans; and |
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in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency
Amount of its participation in any Loans that are due to be made on
or before the proposed Utilisation Date. |
Available Facility means the aggregate for the time
being of each Lender’s Available Commitment.
Availability Period means the later of
(i) 364 days after the date of this Agreement and (ii)
such other date as may be agreed from time to time, by the AMB
Agent and the Lenders.
Base Currency means euro.
Base Currency Amount means, in relation to a Loan,
the amount specified in the Request delivered by a Borrower for
that Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in the
Base Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency at the
Agent’s Spot Rate of Exchange on the date the Agent receives
a Request or on the date any subsequent calculation or
determination of the amount of that Loan is to be made) adjusted to
reflect any repayment (other than a repayment arising from a change
of currency), prepayment, consolidation or division of the
Loan.
Base Margin means 0.95 per cent. per annum on each
Loan.
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Belgian Obligor means an Obligor that is incorporated
or established in Belgium.
Borrower means the Original Borrowers or any
Additional Borrower, as the case may be.
Borrower’s Tax Jurisdiction means the
jurisdiction in which the relevant Borrower is subject to unlimited
tax liability in regard to its world-wide income.
Break Costs means the amount (if any) which a Lender
is entitled to receive under Clause 27.3 ( Indemnities and
Break Co sts).
Buildings means logistics warehouses and other
ancillary related property.
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or
Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in Amsterdam
and London and:
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if on that day a payment in or a purchase of a currency (other
than euro) is to be made, the principal financial centre of that
currency; or |
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if on that day a payment in or a purchase of euro is to be
made, which is also a Target Day; and |
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(save when this definition is used in relation to Rate Fixing
Days, Interest Periods, Utilisation Dates and Interest Payment
Dates) New York. |
Clean-Up Date means the date which falls three months
after the date of completion of any Acquisition and the accession
to this Agreement of any Additional Obligor pursuant to
Clause 30 ( Changes to Parties ).
Closing Date means the first Utilisation Date of each
Loan.
Commitment means each Lender’s obligation to
provide funds to the Borrowers in accordance with this Agreement,
to the extent not cancelled, transferred or reduced under this
Agreement.
Condition Precedent means a condition precedent to
this Agreement and which is set out in Schedule 2 (
Conditions Precedent ).
Confirmation Letter means a completed form of the
official English translation (amtliche Übersetzung of the
“Bescheinigung im Sinne der Rn. 5 des BMF-Schreibens vom 22.
Juli 2005 (BStBl. I 2005 S. 829)”) that is provided by the
Facility Agent solely to assist the Borrowers under the German
Loans in demonstrating the absence of any back-to-back financing to
the German tax authorities.
Credit Support means a form of credit support to the
Facility Agent’s satisfaction (acting reasonably) that may
include a letter of credit, bond or a bank guarantee.
Deed of Subordination means the agreement
substantially in the form of Schedule 8 ( Form of Deed of
Subordination ) entered into or to be entered into by, inter
alia, certain of the Obligors, Original Lenders, Facility Agent and
Facility Agent and certain other members of the Logistics Fund
Group to subordinate any and all Intra-Group Loans made directly to
the Borrowers.
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Default means:
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an Event of Default; or |
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an event or circumstance which would be (with the expiry of a
grace period, the giving of notice or the making of any
determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of
them) an Event of Default. |
Disposal Proceeds Account means the account with ING
Bank NV, Utrecht, The Netherlands in the name of the AMB Agent in
which a Borrower or the AMB Agent (on behalf of a Borrower or
Borrowers) deposits proceeds in accordance with Clause
20.5(c)(ii)(B) or Clause 27.3(d).
Dutch Borrower means a Borrower that is incorporated
or established in The Netherlands.
Dutch Obligor means an Obligor which is incorporated
or established in The Netherlands.
Eligible Country means any country specified in
Schedule 10 ( Eligible Country ) and any other country
agreed by the Facility Agent (acting upon instructions of the
Lenders).
Eligible Currency means
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euro; and |
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any other currency of an Eligible Country that is freely
convertible into euro. |
Enforcement Event means the occurrence of an Event of
Default that has resulted in the Facility Agent serving notice in
accordance with Clause 22.20 ( Notice of Event of
Default ) and, because of which, the Facility Agent may enforce
its rights in accordance with this Agreement or the Loan
Guarantee.
England and Wales Obligor means an Obligor which is
incorporated or established in England and Wales.
Environmental Law has the meaning set out in
Clause 21.3 ( Environmental matters ).
Establishment means any place of operations where a
member of the Logistics Fund Group carries on non-transitory
economic activity with human means and goods.
EURIBOR means for an Interest Period of any Loan or
overdue amount:
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the applicable Screen Rate; or |
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if no Screen Rate is available for that Interest Period, the
arithmetic mean (rounded upward to four decimal places) of the
rates as supplied to the Facility Agent at its request quoted by
the Reference Institutions to leading banks in the European
interbank market, |
as of
11.00 a.m. (Central European time) on the Rate Fixing Day for the
offering of deposits in euro for a period comparable to the
Interest Period of that relevant Loan.
euro or €
means the single currency of the Participating Member States.
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Event of Default means:
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an occurrence of an event specified in Clauses 22.2 (
Non-Payment ), 22.5 ( Cross-Default ), 22.6 (
Insolvency ), 22.7 ( Insolvency Proceedings ), 22.8 (
Enforcement of Security Interest ) 22.9 (
Creditors’ Process ) 22.10 ( Cessation of
business ) and 22.11 ( Enforceability and repudiation ),
subject to any grace periods, specified therein expiring and any
determination of materiality specified therein having been
made; |
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a Trigger Event not repaid or prepaid in accordance with Clause
11.3(a) ( Mandatory Prepayment following the occurrence of
certain Trigger Events ); or |
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a Trigger Event which has a Fund Material Adverse Effect. |
Facility means the acquisition loan facility made
available under this Agreement.
Facility Agent means ING Real Estate Finance
NV.
Facility Office means the office(s) notified by a
Lender to the Facility Agent:
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on or before the date it becomes a Lender; or |
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by not less than five (5) Business Days’
notice, |
as the
office(s) through which it will perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
Fee Letter means any letter entered into by reference
to this Agreement between the Facility Agent and the AMB Agent
setting out the amount of certain fees referred to in this
Agreement.
Final Maturity Date means the last day of the
Availability Period.
Finance Document means:
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this Agreement; |
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a Fee Letter; |
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the Deed of Subordination; |
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a Transfer Certificate; |
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a Short Form Agreement; |
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the Loan Guarantee; |
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an Obligor Certificate; |
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a Signature Certificate; or |
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any other document designated, from time to time, as such by
the Facility Agent and the AMB Agent. |
Finance Party means a Lender or, where an Agent is
acting on behalf of a Lender, that Agent.
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Financial Indebtedness has the meaning set out in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ).
Foreclosure Value means, in relation to each relevant
Property, the value on foreclosure of that Property as determined
by the provider(s) of the most recent Valuation in relation to it
or, if the AMB Agent and the Facility Agent agree otherwise, by
such other valuer(s) or surveyor(s) as they may agree. In the event
that the provider(s) of the most recent Valuation(s) of the
relevant Property is/are not able to provide such a foreclosure
valuation and the AMB Agent and the Facility Agent are not able to
agree on alternative valuer(s) or surveyor(s), the foreclosure
value of each relevant Property shall be determined by a valuer or
surveyor selected by Knight Frank.
French Loan means a Loan for which a Short
Form Agreement is signed by the relevant parties in accordance
with Clause 14.1.
French Obligor means an Obligor that is incorporated
or established in France.
Fund Material Adverse Effect means the consequences
of any event or circumstances affecting the activities of any Fund
Obligor, its assets or its financial position (taken as a whole)
which:
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render it unable to repay or pay any amount payable by it under
this Agreement when due (taking into account the benefit of any
equity or other financial support that the Facility Agent
reasonably believes will be provided to it by other members of the
Logistics Fund Group or the Parent Group); or |
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| (b) |
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affects the validity or materially reduces the effectiveness of
any instrument, agreement or other document executed by it or any
third party creating security and/or guarantees in favour of the
Lenders to secure the repayment and/or payment of any amount that
may be due under this Agreement. |
Fund Obligor means the Loan Guarantor or the
Logistics Fund.
German Loan means a Loan in which the Borrower of the
Loan has its statutory seat or seat of management in Germany.
German Permitted Encumbrances means use, rights,
rights of way and other rights granted to third parties which are
registered in Division II of the public land register in Germany at
the time of the acquisition of the relevant Property by the
Borrower and which have no material impact on the value of the
relevant Property and the value and effectiveness of the Security
Interest granted or to be granted with respect to the relevant
Property, in both cases as determined by the Facility Agent in its
reasonable discretion, or which are permitted by the Facility
Agent.
German Property means a Property which is situated in
Germany and in relation to which a Loan has been advanced and is
outstanding.
GmbH means a German company with limited liability (
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ).
Grace Period has the meaning set out in Clause
22.5(c) ( Cross-default ).
Group Structure Chart means the corporate group
structure chart delivered to the Facility Agent on or before the
first Utilisation Date and any subsequent corporate group structure
chart delivered to the Facility Agent, upon request, from time to
time, and which reflects the corporate relationship of the
Obligors.
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Heritable Building Right means a right, in rem, to
own a building on a plot of land according to the German Heritable
Right Ordinance ( Verordnung über das Erbbaurecht ) and
is held as freehold ( Alleineigentum ) or that satisfies all
the following conditions:
| (a) |
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a remaining term of at least 30 years at the time of
acquisition by a Borrower; and |
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| (b) |
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ground rent is less than 10 per cent. of the gross rental
income in respect of the asset. |
Holding Company of any other person means a company
in respect of which that other person is a Subsidiary.
IBOR means EURIBOR or LIBOR.
Increased Cost means:
| (a) |
|
an additional or increased cost; |
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| (b) |
|
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a
Finance Party’s (or its Affiliate’s) overall capital;
or |
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| (c) |
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a reduction of an amount due and payable under any Finance
Document, |
which is
incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates
but only to the extent attributable to that Finance Party having
entered into any Finance Document or funding or performing its
obligations under any Finance Document.
Initial Valuation means a Valuation of the Original
Properties.
Insurances has the meaning given to it in
Clause 21.2(a).
Interest Payment Date means either the last day of
the relevant Interest Period if, however, any such day is not a
Business Day, the Interest Payment Date will instead be the next
Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the
preceding Business Day (if there is not).
Interest Period means each period determined under
this Agreement (including Clause 9.3 ( Interest on overdue
amounts ) and Clause 10 ( Interest Periods )) by
reference to which interest on a Loan or an overdue amount is
calculated.
Initial Closing Date means the date on which the
first Loan (or more than one Loan on that same date) is utilised
under this Agreement.
Intra-Group Loans means loans made by a member of the
Logistics Fund Group to another member of the Logistics Fund
Group.
Italian Loan means a Loan for which a short form
agreement is signed by the relevant parties in accordance with
Clause 13.2 ( Italy ).
Italian Obligor means an Obligor that is incorporated
or established in Italy.
Joint Venture means any joint venture with a third
party that is not an Affiliate, whether a company, unincorporated
firm, undertaking, association, joint venture or partnership or any
other entity.
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Land Registry means, in respect of a Property, the
applicable land registry.
Lease Document means:
(a) an Agreement for Lease;
| (b) |
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an Occupational Lease; |
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| (c) |
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any other document or agreement relating to the use or
occupancy of a Property; or |
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| (d) |
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any other document designated as such by the Facility Agent and
the AMB Agent (or the relevant Borrower). |
Legal Reservations means:
| (a) |
|
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused
at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by
laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws
generally affecting the rights of creditors; |
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| (b) |
|
the time barring of claims under applicable limitation laws,
the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for, or
indemnify, a person against certain statutory liabilities may be
void and defences of set-off and counterclaim; |
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| (c) |
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similar principles, rights and defences as outlined in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this definition under the laws
of any jurisdiction of incorporation or establishment of an Obligor
or any jurisdiction where it conducts its business; and |
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| (d) |
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any other matters set out as qualifications or reservations in
the required legal opinions as listed in Schedule 2 (
Conditions Precedent ). |
Lender means:
| (a) |
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an Original Lender; or |
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| (b) |
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any person which becomes a Lender after the date of this
Agreement. |
LIBOR means for an Interest Period of any Loan or
overdue amount which in either case is in a currency other than
euro:
| (a) |
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the applicable Screen Rate; or |
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| (b) |
|
if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest
Period of that Loan the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to four
decimal places) of the rates as supplied to the Facility Agent at
its request quoted by the Reference Institutions to leading banks
in the London interbank market, as of 11 a.m. (London Time) on the
Rate Fixing Day for the offering of deposits in the currency of
that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest Period for
that Loan. |
Loan means, unless otherwise stated in this
Agreement, the principal amount of each borrowing under this
Agreement or the principal amount outstanding of that
borrowing.
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Loan Guarantee means the guarantee granted by the
Loan Guarantor under a separate New York law guarantee dated on or
around the date hereof in respect of the obligations of the
Borrowers under the Loans.
Loan to Value means, at any time:
| (a) |
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where being tested in relation to an individual Loan, the
amount of that Loan as a percentage of the value of the Property or
Properties financed (or to be financed) by that Loan (determined in
accordance with the Valuation); or |
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| (b) |
|
where being tested in relation to the Logistics Fund Group
(taken as a whole) means Fund Loan to Value as defined in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ). |
Logistics Fund means AMB Europe Fund I FCP-FIS, a
fonds commun de placement organised under the form of a
fonds d’investissement specialisé .
Logistics Fund Group means the Logistics Fund and its
Subsidiaries from time to time.
Long Term Interest Bearing Deposits means any long
term interest bearing deposits within the meaning of marginal notes
( Textziffern ) 20 and 37 of the decree of the German
Federal Ministry of Finance, dated 25 July 2004 (BStBl. I
2004, P. 593) in conjunction with the administrative guidelines of
the German Trade Tax Code ( Gewerbesteuerrichtlinien )
granted as security by a person other than the relevant German
Obligor as collateral for the credit enhancement of such German
Obligor and only if such German Obligor is closely related to the
provider of the security within the meaning of § 1
(2) CFC-law ( Außensteuergesetz ).
Majority Lenders means, at any time, Lenders:
| (a) |
|
whose share in the outstanding Loans and whose undrawn
Commitments then aggregate 66 2 / 3 per cent. or
more of the aggregate of all the outstanding Loans and the undrawn
Commitments of all the Lenders; |
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| (b) |
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if there is no Loan then outstanding, whose undrawn Commitments
then aggregate 66 2 / 3 per cent. or
more of the Total Commitments; or |
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| (c) |
|
if there is no Loan then outstanding and the Total Commitments
have been reduced to zero, whose Commitments aggregated 66
2 /
3
per cent. or more of the Total Commitments immediately before the
reduction. |
Mandatory Cost means the percentage rate per annum
calculated by the Facility Agent in accordance with Schedule 4
( Calculation of the Mandatory Cost ).
Margin means the sum of the Base Margin and the
Additional Margin.
Material Adverse Effect means the consequences of any
event or circumstances which is both a Fund Material Adverse Effect
and an Obligor Material Adverse Effect.
Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
Net Disposal Proceeds means the gross proceeds of any
disposal permitted in accordance with this Agreement plus the
proceeds of any Top-Up Contribution in relation to such disposal
less an amount evidenced by the relevant Borrower (or, as the case
may be, PropCo) or the AMB Agent, in any such
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case, to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Facility Agent prior to the
disposal as being that Borrower’s, that PropCo’s or
that AMB Agent’s good faith estimate of the costs and
expenses associated with that disposal (including repayments of
principal) in each case supported by evidence in form and substance
satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting reasonably).
New Borrower means a Borrower that is not a party to
this Agreement as an Original Borrower as of the date of this
Agreement but who subsequently becomes a party pursuant to
Clause 30 ( Changes to Parties ).
New Lender has the meaning given to it in
Clause 30.2 ( Assignments and transfers by Lenders
).
Obligor means a Borrower, the Loan Guarantor, a
PropCo, a ShareCo or an Additional Obligor.
Obligor Certificate means a certificate by an Obligor
or Obligors that satisfies paragraph 4 of Part B of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent – Upon signing this
Agreement ), paragraph 4 of Part C of Schedule 2 (
Conditions Precedent – Loan ) and/or paragraph 13 of
Part C of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent –
Loan ).
Obligor Material Adverse Effect means the
consequences of any event or circumstances affecting the activities
of any Obligor (excluding the Logistics Fund), their assets or
their financial position (taken as a whole) which:
| (a) |
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render it unable to repay or pay any amount payable by it under
this Agreement when due (taking into account the benefit of any
equity or other financial support that the Facility Agent
reasonably believes will be provided to the relevant Obligor by
other members of the Logistics Fund Group); or |
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| (b) |
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affects the validity or materially reduces the effectiveness of
any instrument, agreement or other document executed by it or any
third party creating security and/or guarantees in favour of the
Lenders to secure the repayment and/or payment of any amount that
may be due by that Obligor under this Agreement. |
Occupational Lease means any lease or licence or
other right of occupation or right to receive rent to which a
Property may at any time be subject.
Optional Currency means a currency (other than the
Base Currency) in which a Loan is denominated under the
Agreement.
Original Lenders means the financial institutions
listed in Part D of Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and
Properties ).
Original Property means each property listed in
Part E of Schedule 1 ( Original Parties and
Properties ) which is financed by a Loan made on the Initial
Closing Date including all Heritable Building Rights, Buildings,
fixtures (including trade fixtures) and fixed plant and machinery
and other structures now or in the future on it and all easements,
access-rights, rights of way, wayleaves, servitudes and rights
attaching to it and in each case each and every part of it.
Parent Group means the Loan Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries from time to time.
Participating Member State means a member state of
the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its
lawful currency under the legislation of the European Community for
Economic Monetary Union.
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Party means a party to this Agreement.
Permitted Disclosure means a disclosure to which the
Facility Agent, in its absolute discretion, consents before an
Additional Obligor accedes to this Agreement and which following
any such consent will qualify any of the representations and
warranties and covenants set out in this Agreement.
Permitted Encumbrance means an encumbrance on a
Property or over Shares or other assets of any Obligor, which is
permitted pursuant to Clause 20.4(b)(i).
Permitted Payment means a payment made by a Borrower
provided that:
| (a) |
|
no Event of Default is outstanding when the payment is made or
would result from the payment other than in respect of any payment
to cure an Event of Default; and |
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| (b) |
|
the payment is made in compliance with all applicable laws and
corporate/regulatory requirements. |
Planning/Zoning Laws means all applicable laws and
regulations governing or controlling the use or development of land
and property, including building permissions.
Property means an Original Property and/or an
Additional Property, as the context may require.
PropCo means an Obligor that directly owns or is to
acquire one or more Properties each of which has been or will be
financed by a Loan and includes an Original PropCo and any
Additional PropCo.
Qualifying Lender means a Lender:
| (a) |
|
who is a Treaty Lender; or |
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| (b) |
|
who is incorporated, or, if different, treated as resident for
tax purposes in the same jurisdiction as the Borrower who is
borrowing the Loan which it is lending and as a result is able to
benefit from full withholding tax exemption as at the date it
became a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, if the
Borrower is resident for tax purposes in Spain, the Lender is a
financial entity ( entidad de crédito o establecimiento
financiero de crédito ) registered in the special
registries of the Bank of Spain; |
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| (c) |
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who carries on a business in the Borrower’s Tax
Jurisdiction who is borrowing the Loan which it is lending or, if
different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that
Borrower is treated as resident for tax purposes, through a
permanent establishment, a fixed base or a permanent representative
with which the payment is effectively connected for tax purposes
and as a result is able to benefit from a full withholding tax
exemption as at the date it became a Lender under this Agreement,
provided that, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in
Spain, the Lender is a financial entity ( entidad de
crédito o establecimiento financiero de crédito )
registered in the special registries of the Bank of Spain; or |
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| (d) |
|
who is otherwise able to benefit from full withholding tax
exemption under the terms of the domestic law of the jurisdiction
in which the Borrower to which it is lending is resident for tax
purposes. |
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Rate Fixing Day means, in respect of an Interest
Period:
| (a) |
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(if the currency is euro) the second TARGET Day before the
first day of that Interest Period; or |
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| (b) |
|
(if the currency is sterling) two (2) Business Days before
the first day of that Interest Period; or |
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| (c) |
|
(for any other currency) two (2) Business Days before the
first day of that Interest Period. |
Reference Institutions in relation to an amount in
euro, the principal offices of Citibank, Banque Nationale de Paris
and Deutsche Bank in Europe or, in relation to an amount in a
currency other than euro, the principal London offices of Citibank,
Banque Nationale de Paris and Deutsche Bank or such other banks as
may be appointed by the Facility Agent in consultation with the AMB
Agent.
Reliance Letter means a letter from a third party
upon which the Facility Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) may rely,
as authorised by that third party.
Reply means a reply to a Request for a Loan
substantially in the form of Schedule 9 ( Reply to a
Request ).
Request means a request for a Loan substantially in
the form of Schedule 3 ( Form of Request ).
S&P means Standard & Poor’s Rating
Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any
successor to its rating business.
Screen Rate means the percentage rate per annum
determined by:
| (a) |
|
in the case of an amount in euro, the Banking Federation of the
European Union; or |
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| (b) |
|
in the case of an amount in a currency other than euro for
which a LIBOR rate is used, the British Banker’s Association
Interest Settlement Rate, |
for the
relevant currency and Interest Period displayed on the appropriate
page of the Bloomberg screen selected by the Facility Agent. If the
relevant page is replaced or the service ceases to be available,
the Facility Agent (after consultation with the AMB Agent and the
Lenders) may specify another page or service displaying the
appropriate rate.
Security Interest means any mortgage, pledge, lien,
charge, assignment, hypothecation or security interest or any other
agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
ShareCo means an Obligor that owns shares in a PropCo
but does not own any Property itself and includes each Original
ShareCo and any Additional ShareCo.
Shares means shares acquired by a ShareCo in a PropCo
in connection with the acquisition of Property and/or Buildings and
which is to be financed or refinanced by the Facility.
Short Form Agreement means a short form
agreement signed in relation to an Italian Loan, a Spanish Loan or
a French Loan.
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Signature Certificate means a certificate by an
Obligor or Obligors that satisfies paragraph 2 of Part B of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent – Upon signing this
Agreement ) and/or paragraph 2 of Part C of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent –Loan ).
Spanish Loan means a Loan for which a short form
agreement is signed by the relevant parties in accordance with
Clause 13.3 ( Spain ).
Spanish Obligor means an Obligor that is incorporated
or established in Spain
sterling and £ means the lawful
currency for the time being of the United Kingdom.
Subsidiary means, with respect to a specified person,
any other person directly or indirectly controlled by or under
direct or indirect control of such person. For purpose of this
definition, control when used with respect to any
specified person means the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
Substitution Date means the date that a substitution
of a Property takes place in accordance with Clause 24 (
Substitution ).
TARGET Day means a day on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment
system is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
Tax means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge
or withholding of a similar nature (including any related penalty
or interest).
Tax Credit means a credit against, relief for,
remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
Tax Deduction means a deduction or withholding for,
or on account of, Tax from a payment under a Finance
Document.
Tax Payment means a payment, or increased payment,
made by an Obligor to a Finance Party in any way relating to a Tax
Deduction, or under any indemnity, given by that Obligor in respect
of Tax under any Finance Document.
TEG Letter means the letter in substantially the same
form as Schedule 7 ( Form of TEG Letter ) and in
accordance with Clause 13.1(b).
Top-Up Contribution means a contribution (made
directly or indirectly) by the Loan Guarantor or the Logistics Fund
into a Borrower or a PropCo whether by way of a subscription for
equity in such Borrower or the advance of a shareholder loan
pursuant to an Intra-Group Loan.
Total Commitments means the aggregate maximum
principal amount of €
142,000,000.
Transaction Document means:
| (a) |
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any Finance Document; |
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| (b) |
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any Lease Document; |
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| (c) |
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any Acquisition Document; or |
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any other document designated as such, from time to time, by
the Facility Agent and the AMB Agent. |
Transfer Certificate means a certificate,
substantially in the form of Part A ( Form of Transfer
Certificate for Transfers by Assignment ) or Part B (
Form of Transfer Certificate - Transfers by Novation ) of
Schedule 5 ( Forms of Transfer Documents ) or any other
form agreed between the Facility Agent and the AMB Agent.
Treaty Lender means in respect of a Lender which has
advanced a Loan to a Borrower under this Agreement, a Lender,
which, on an Interest Payment Date:
| (a) |
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is treated as a resident (as defined in the relevant double
taxation agreement) of the Borrower’s Tax Jurisdiction, or,
if different, is treated as a resident (as defined in the relevant
double taxation agreement) in a jurisdiction (or jurisdictions)
with which the Borrower’s Tax Jurisdiction has a double
taxation agreement giving residents of that jurisdiction full
exemption from taxation imposed by the applicable country of
incorporation or residence of the relevant Borrower’s Tax
Jurisdiction on interest; |
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| (b) |
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is not denied the relevant exemption by virtue of a limitation
on benefits article or an anticonduit article in the relevant
double taxation agreement; and |
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| (c) |
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does not carry on a business in the relevant Borrower’s
Tax Jurisdiction through a permanent establishment, a fixed base or
a permanent representative with which that Lender’s
participation in the Loan is effectively connected. |
Treaty State means the E.U. State of a Lender in
accordance with Clause 5.5(a)(i) or 5.5(a)(ii) that has a
double taxation agreement with the E.U State to which the relevant
Borrower is subject for taxation purposes and, thereby, making the
Loan of such Lender and Borrower exempt from taxation on
interest.
Trigger Event means, in respect of an Obligor (as the
case may be), the occurrence of one or more events in
Clause 22 ( Trigger Events and Events of Default
).
Utilisation means a utilisation of the
Facility.
Utilisation Date means each date on which a Facility
is utilised.
Valuation means in relation to a Property, a
valuation (or, as the case may be, the latest valuation) of that
Property by the Valuer prepared on a basis acceptable to the
Facility Agent (acting reasonably) on a gross value basis
less :
| (a) |
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in the case of Properties other than those to which paragraph
(b) is applicable, an amount in respect of transfer tax or
equivalent tax (or, if applicable under the laws of the relevant
jurisdiction, an amount in respect of net VAT costs if VAT is
payable in respect of such acquisition rather than transfer tax)
(paid or payable) in respect of the acquisition of that Property
(but not any amount in respect of any notarisation, registration,
enforcement or analogous fees and taxes); or |
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| (b) |
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in the case of any Properties (other than those Properties
which form part of the Sirius Portfolio) which have been or are to
be purchased by way of share purchase, an amount of transfer tax or
equivalent tax (paid or payable) on the transfer of the relevant
shares (but not |
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any amount in respect of any notarisation, registration,
enforcement or analogous fees and taxes). |
Valuer means the valuer or surveyor selected by the
AMB Agent (or relevant Borrower) with the consent of the Facility
Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
VAT means value added tax, or any other tax of a
similar nature.
1.2
Construction
(a) In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears,
a reference to:
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(i) |
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a document in the agreed form means, in relation
to a document, that it is in a form initialled by or on behalf of
the AMB Agent and the Facility Agent on or before the signing of
this Agreement for the purposes of identification; |
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(ii) |
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an amendment includes a supplement, novation,
restatement or re-enactment and amended will be
construed accordingly; |
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(iii) |
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assets includes present and future properties,
revenues and rights of every description; |
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(iv) |
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an authorisation includes an authorisation,
consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing,
registration or notarisation; |
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(v) |
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the date of this Agreement means the date on
which this Agreement (in its original form) was originally
executed, being 30 May 2008; |
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(vi) |
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disposal means a sale, transfer, grant, lease or
other disposal, whether voluntary or involuntary (other than as a
result of entering into a Lease Document), and
dispose will be construed accordingly; |
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(vii) |
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a financing shall be taken to include a
refinancing and the terms financed and
finance shall be construed accordingly; |
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(viii) |
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indebtedness includes any obligation (whether
incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of
money; |
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(ix) |
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know your customer requirements are the
identification checks that a Finance Party requests in order to
meet its obligations under any applicable law or regulation to
identify a person who is (or is to become) its customer; |
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(x) |
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a person includes any individual, company,
corporation, unincorporated association or body (including a
partnership, trust, joint venture or consortium), government,
state, agency, organisation or other entity whether or not having
separate legal personality; |
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(xi) |
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a regulation includes any regulation, rule,
official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the
force of law but, if not having the force of law, being of a type
with which any person to which it applies is accustomed to comply)
of any governmental, inter-governmental or supranational body,
agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other
authority or organisation; |
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(xii) |
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a currency is a reference to the lawful currency for the time
being of the relevant country; |
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(xiii) |
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a Default, a Trigger Event or an Enforcement Event being
outstanding means that it has not been remedied or
waived; |
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(xiv) |
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a provision of law is a reference to that provision as
extended, applied, amended or re-enacted and includes any
subordinate legislation; |
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(xv) |
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a Clause, a Clause or a Schedule is a reference to a Clause or
Clause of, or a schedule to, this Agreement; |
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(xvi) |
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a Party or any other person includes its successors in title,
permitted assigns and permitted transferees; |
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(xvii) |
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a Finance Document or other document includes (without
prejudice to any prohibition on amendments) all amendments however
fundamental to that Finance Document or other document, including
any amendment providing for any increase in the amount of a
facility or any additional facility; and |
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(xviii) |
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a time of day is a reference to Central European Time. |
| (b) |
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Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a month
or months is a reference to a period starting on one day in a
calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in
the next calendar month or the calendar month in which it is to
end, except that: |
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(i) |
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if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, the
period will end on the next Business Day in that month (if there is
one) or the immediately preceding Business Day (if there is
not); |
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(ii) |
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if there is no numerically corresponding day in that month,
that period will end on the last Business Day in that month;
and |
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(iii) |
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notwithstanding Clause 1.2(b)(i), a period which commences on
the last Business Day of a month will end on the last Business Day
in the next month or the calendar month in which it is to end, as
appropriate. |
| (c) |
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Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance
Document, a person who is not a party to a Finance Document may not
enforce any of its terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999 and notwithstanding any term of any Finance
Document, no consent of any third party is required for any
amendment (including any release or compromise of any liability) or
termination of any Finance Document. |
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| (d) |
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Unless the contrary intention appears: |
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(i) |
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a reference to a Party will not include that Party if it has
ceased to be a Party under this Agreement; |
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(ii) |
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a word or expression used in any other Finance Document or in
any notice given in connection with any Finance Document has the
same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this
Agreement; and |
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(iii) |
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any obligation of an Obligor under the Finance Documents which
is not a payment obligation remains in force for so long as any
payment obligation of an Obligor is or may be outstanding under the
Finance Documents. |
| (e) |
|
The headings in this Agreement do not affect its
interpretation. |
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| (f) |
|
For the purposes of any calculation or determination under this
Agreement of the amount of the Loans under this Agreement, all
amounts payable in respect of Loans in an Optional Currency shall
be notionally converted into euro using the Agent’s Spot Rate
of Exchange for that Optional Currency on the relevant date of
calculation or determination. |
1.3
Corporate benefit restrictions
| (a) |
|
All of the Obligors’ obligations under the Finance
Documents shall be limited by any applicable corporate benefit
restrictions or financial assistance restrictions of the applicable
jurisdiction. |
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| (b) |
|
The Obligors or the AMB Agent shall take all steps that are
necessary within commercially reasonable limitations to comply with
any corporate benefit or financial assistance laws or regulations
of the applicable jurisdiction in order to fulfil their respective
obligations pursuant to this Agreement. |
2.
FACILITY
2.1
Facility
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the
Borrowers a multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate
amount equal to the Total Commitments provided that as at the
Utilisation Date of any Loan to be advanced on such date:
| (a) |
|
the Loan to Value of the Property to be financed by that Loan
is not greater than 75 per cent; and |
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| (b) |
|
the Loan Interest Cover Ratio shall comply with paragraph 3.2
of Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ). |
2.2
Nature of rights and obligations
Unless
all the Finance Parties agree otherwise:
| (a) |
|
the obligations of the Lenders are joint; |
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| (b) |
|
the obligations of multiple Borrowers of one Loan in accordance
with Clause 6 ( Facility ) are joint and several; |
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| (c) |
|
except as provided in Clause 2.2(a), failure by a Finance
Party to perform its obligations does not affect the obligations of
any other Party under the Finance Documents; |
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| (d) |
|
except as provided in Clause 2.2(a), no Finance Party is
responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under
the Finance Documents; |
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| (e) |
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except as provided in Clause 2.2(a), the rights of a
Finance Party under the Finance Documents are separate and
independent rights; |
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| (f) |
|
a Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance
Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance
Documents; |
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| (g) |
|
a debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party
is a separate and independent debt; and |
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| (h) |
|
a Loan can only be advanced to a ShareCo or a PropCo. |
2.3
Appointment of agent for the Obligors
| (a) |
|
Each Obligor (other than the AMB Agent) by its execution of
this Agreement irrevocably appoints the AMB Agent to act on its
behalf as its agent in relation to the Finance Documents and
irrevocably authorises: |
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(i) |
|
the AMB Agent on its behalf to supply all information
concerning itself contemplated by this Agreement and in respect of
its Property to the Finance Parties and to give all notices and
instructions and to make such agreements capable of being made by
any Obligor hereunder notwithstanding that it may affect such
Obligor, without further reference to or the consent of such
Obligor; and |
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(ii) |
|
each Finance Party to give any notice, demand or other
communication to any Obligor pursuant to the Finance Documents to
the AMB Agent on behalf of all of the Obligors, and in each case
such Obligor shall be bound thereby as though such Obligor itself
had given such notices and instructions or executed or made such
agreements or received any such notice, demand or other
communication. |
| (b) |
|
Every act, omission, undertaking, settlement, waiver, notice or
other communication given or made by the AMB Agent, on behalf of
the Obligors, under this Agreement or in connection with the Loans
(whether or not known to any other Obligor) shall be binding for
all purposes on all other Obligors as if the other Obligors had
expressly made, given or concurred with the same. In the event of
any conflict between any notices or other communications of the AMB
Agent and the other Obligor, those of the former shall
prevail. |
3.
PURPOSE
3.1
Loans
| (a) |
|
Each Loan shall be applied by the relevant Borrower(s) to
directly or indirectly finance or refinance the acquisition of
Property and/or Shares and to pay any related fees, costs and
expenses or otherwise for general corporate purposes including, but
not limited to, the payment of any development costs. |
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| (b) |
|
The Borrowers undertake to apply the Loans exclusively towards
the financing of these purposes. |
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| (c) |
|
The Loans are borrowed by the Borrowers for commercial
purposes. |
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3.2
No obligation to monitor
No
Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the utilisation of the
Facility.
4.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1
Conditions precedent documents
| (a) |
|
The first utilisation of the Facility may not be made until the
Facility Agent has notified the AMB Agent and the Lenders that it
has received and/or waived all of the documents and evidence set
out in Part B of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent
– Upon signing this Agreement ) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Facility Agent. |
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| (b) |
|
The Facility Agent shall give the notification referred to in
Clause 4.1(a) to the AMB Agent and the Lenders promptly upon being
so satisfied. |
4.2
Further conditions precedent
| (a) |
|
The obligations of each Lender to participate in any Loan are
subject to the further conditions precedent that: |
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(i) |
|
on both the date of the Request and the Utilisation Date for
that Loan: |
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(A) |
|
the representations and warranties to be given by each relevant
Obligor pursuant to Clause 18.15 ( Times for making
representations and warranties ) are correct in all material
respects subject to any Permitted Disclosure; |
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(B) |
|
no Event of Default is outstanding in relation to any Loan and
no Event of Default would result from making that Loan; and |
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(C) |
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no Trigger Event is outstanding; and |
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(ii) |
|
the Facility Agent has notified the relevant Borrower and the
relevant Lenders that it has received and/or waived all of the
documents and evidence set out in Part C of Schedule 2 (
Conditions Precedent – Loan ) no later than the
Utilisation Date of such Loan, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Facility Agent. |
| (b) |
|
The obligations of each Lender to consent to a transfer of
rights and obligations to a New Obligor or an existing Obligor in a
different capacity is subject to the further conditions precedent
that the Facility Agent has notified the AMB Agent that it has
received and/or waived all of the documents and evidence set out in
Part C of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent –
Additional Obligor ). |
5.
UTILISATION
5.1
Giving of Requests
| (a) |
|
A Borrower may borrow a Loan by delivering to the Facility
Agent a duly completed Request in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. |
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| (b) |
|
Unless the Facility Agent otherwise agrees, the latest time for
receipt by the Facility Agent of a duly completed Request shall be
three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Utilisation
Date. |
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| (c) |
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Each Request is irrevocable. |
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| (d) |
|
Loans may be requested by a Borrower in euro, sterling or in
any other currency that has been approved by the Facility Agent
(acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders). |
5.2
Completion of Requests
| (a) |
|
A Request will not be regarded as having been duly completed
unless: |
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(i) |
|
it identifies the Borrower, which must be either a ShareCo or a
PropCo; |
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(ii) |
|
the Utilisation Date is a Business Day falling within the
relevant Availability Period; |
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(iii) |
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the purpose of the Loan is specified; |
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(iv) |
|
there is provided with the Request such additional information
in relation to any Property or Building (including, without
limitation, as to the Acquisition Documents, Lease Documents, rent
roll and cash flow projections) as the Facility Agent may
reasonably require; |
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(v) |
|
the currency and amount of the Loan requested are specified and
comply with clause 5.2(e) below; |
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(vi) |
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the payment instructions are specified; and |
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(vii) |
|
in the case of multiple Borrowers, the proportion of the Loan
per Borrower is specified. |
| (b) |
|
In relation to any Loan, an Obligor may seek to make a
Permitted Disclosure in relation to a representation and warranty
contained in Clause 18 ( Representations and warranties
) or a covenant set out in Clause 20 ( General
Covenants ) or in Clause 21 ( Property Covenants )
to the Facility Agent in the relevant Request. Any such request for
a Permitted Disclosure shall not be deemed to be a waiver or
consent to the matters set out therein unless and until the
Facility Agent has delivered a written consent to such Permitted
Disclosure to the relevant Obligor on or prior to the relevant
Utilisation Date of that Loan. |
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| (c) |
|
Only one Loan may be requested in a Request unless otherwise
agreed with the Facility Agent. |
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| (d) |
|
If the Facility Agent does not consider that any Request has
been duly completed to its reasonable satisfaction, it shall
promptly notify the relevant Borrower(s) and the AMB Agent. |
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| (e) |
|
The amount of the proposed Loan must be: |
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(i) |
|
if the currency selected is in euros, a minimum of Euro
1,000,000 and in multiples of euro 10,000 or if less, the remaining
Commitment available to be advanced under this Agreement; or |
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(ii) |
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if the currency selected is in sterling, a minimum of
£750,000 and in integral multiples of £5,000 or if
less, the remaining Commitment available to be advanced under this
Agreement; or |
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(iii) |
|
if the currency selected is an Eligible Currency other than
sterling, the minimum amount (and, if required, integral multiple)
specified by the Facility Agent (acting reasonably and consistent
with the minimum and integral multiple thresholds for euros
specified above) or, if less, the remaining Commitment available to
be advanced under this Agreement; and |
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(iv) |
|
in any event such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or
equal to the Available Facility. |
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(v) |
|
Lenders’ participation |
| (f) |
|
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each
Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the
Utilisation Date through its Facility Office. |
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| (g) |
|
The amount of each Lender’s participation in each Loan
will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment
to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the
Loan. |
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| (h) |
|
The Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan
which is to be made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each
Lender of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of each
Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan, in each case
by the Specified Time. |
5.3
Unavailability of a currency
| (a) |
|
Notwithstanding any other term in this Agreement if before 9.30
a.m. on any Rate Fixing Day the Facility Agent receives notice from
a Lender that: |
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(i) |
|
the Optional Currency requested is not readily available to it
in the relevant interbank market in the amount and for the period
required; or |
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(ii) |
|
participating in a Loan the proposed Optional Currency will
contravene any law or regulation applicable to it, |
the Facility
Agent must give notice to the Borrower to that effect and in any
event before 11.00 a.m. on that day. In this event:
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(A) |
|
that Lender must participate in the Loan in the Base Currency
(in an amount equal to that Lender’s proportion of the Base
Currency Amount); and |
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(B) |
|
the participation of that Lender in the Loan and any other
similarly affected Lender(s) will be treated as a separate Loan
denominated in the Base Currency. |
5.4
Reply to a Request
Following the giving of a Request, the Facility Agent shall deliver
to AMB Agent a Reply substantially in the form of Schedule 9 (
Reply to a Request ).
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5.5
Advance of Loan
| (a) |
|
Where possible, with a view to minimising any withholding tax
on any Loan, each Loan will be lent by a Lender who: |
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(i) |
|
is resident in the same country as the Borrower of the
Loan; |
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(ii) |
|
carries on a business in the same country as the Borrower of
the Loan through a permanent establishment with which the payment
is effectively connected; |
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(iii) |
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an Original Lender; |
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(iv) |
|
is ING Real Estate Finance NV; or |
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(v) |
|
is ING Bank NV. |
| (b) |
|
The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lender of
the details of the requested Loan and the amount of the Loan. |
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| (c) |
|
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met
(including, but not limited to Clause 6.1 ( Property for a
Loan ), the relevant Lender shall make the Loan available to
the Facility Agent for the relevant Borrower through its Facility
Office on the relevant Utilisation Date. |
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| (d) |
|
Any amounts drawn shall be made available by transfer to the
account(s) of the relevant Borrower as specified in the Request or
as otherwise agreed between the relevant Lender and Borrower. |
6.
FACILITY
6.1
Property for a Loan
| (a) |
|
Each Loan shall be subject to the further condition precedent
upon receipt of any Request that the Facility Agent is satisfied,
acting reasonably, as to the location, type of construction, tenant
quality and lease expiration of the relevant Property to be
financed or refinanced by the proposed Loan. |
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| (b) |
|
If the Facility Agent is not so satisfied in accordance with
Clause 6.1(a), the relevant Lenders shall not be under any
obligation to advance a Loan to the relevant Borrower. |
6.2
Request for multiple Borrowers
The AMB
Agent (acting on the instruction of the relevant Borrowers) shall
have the right to request that a Loan be borrowed by more than one
Borrower in accordance with this Clause 6 ( Facility
).
6.3
Consent to multiple Borrowers
The
Facility Agent shall only be obliged to consent to multiple
Borrowers for a Loan in accordance with Clause 6.2 if the AMB
Agent has obtained the Facility Agent’s written consent prior
to the date of any Request for the relevant Loan. Such consent may
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed by the Facility Agent and
shall be subject to the condition that any Loan advanced to
multiple Borrowers
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shall,
when advanced, constitute a joint and several liability of each
such Borrower for the whole Loan.
6.4
Failure to consent
If a
Request is made by the AMB Agent for multiple Borrowers in
accordance with Clause 6.2 and the Facility Agent’s
written consent has not been obtained prior to the date of such
Request in accordance with Clause 6.3, the relevant Request
shall be without effect and the Facility Agent shall be under no
obligation to make the relevant Loan.
7.
REPAYMENT
| (a) |
|
A Borrower shall, subject to Clause 10(b), repay or prepay a
Loan made to it in full on or before the Final Maturity Date. |
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| (b) |
|
Subject to the other terms of this Agreement, any amounts
prepaid or repaid before the Final Maturity Date may be reborrowed
provided that any reborrowed amount is repaid in full on or before
the Final Maturity Date. |
8.
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
8.1
Mandatory prepayment — Illegality
| (a) |
|
A Lender shall notify the relevant Borrowers and the AMB Agent
promptly if it becomes aware that it is unlawful in any
jurisdiction for that Lender to perform any of its obligations
under a Finance Document or to fund or maintain its share in any
Loan. Any such notice shall identify the affected Loans. |
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| (b) |
|
After notification under Clause 8.1(a): |
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(i) |
|
each affected Borrower shall repay or prepay the share of that
Lender in each affected Loan made to it on the date specified in
Clause 8.1(c); and |
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(ii) |
|
the Commitment of that Lender shall be cancelled. |
| (c) |
|
The date for repayment or prepayment in accordance with
Clause 8.1(b) will be the last day of the current Interest
Period for that affected Loan falling at least thirty
(30) days after notification by the Lender under
Clause 8.1(a) (or such longer period as agreed by the Facility
Agent and that complies with the laws of the relevant jurisdiction)
provided that the relevant Borrower and the AMB Agent shall use all
reasonable endeavours to repay or prepay each affected Loan before
such date if the relevant Lender so requests in the notification
under Clause 8.1(a), which shall not be earlier than the last day
of any applicable grace period allowed by law. |
8.2
Prepayment – Tax and Increased Costs
| (a) |
|
If a Borrower is, or will be, required to pay to a Lender: |
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(i) |
|
a Tax Payment; or |
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(ii) |
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an amount in respect of an Increased Cost, |
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that Borrower may, while the requirement continues,
give notice to the Facility Agent requesting prepayment and
cancellation in respect of that Lender. |
| (b) |
|
The date for repayment or prepayment in accordance with Clause
8.2(a) will be: |
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(i) |
|
the last day of the current Interest Period for that Loan;
or |
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(ii) |
|
if that Borrower so elects and specifies in the notice to the
Facility Agent, any day at least three (3) Business Days after
the date of such notice. |
| (c) |
|
After notification under Clause 8.2(a): |
| |
(i) |
|
each Borrower shall repay or prepay the relevant Lender on an
Interest Payment Date or as otherwise indicated in the notice
(together with any Break Costs if the relevant payment is not made
on an Interest Payment Date); and |
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(ii) |
|
the Commitment of that Lender will be immediately
cancelled. |
8.3
Mandatory Prepayment following the occurrence of certain Trigger
Events
| (a) |
|
If a Trigger Event (other than pursuant to Clause 22.2(a)
( Non-Payment ), Clause 22.5 ( Cross-default ),
Clause 22.6 ( Insolvency ), Clause 22.7 ( Insolvency
Proceedings ), Clause 22.8 ( Enforcement of Security
Interest ), Clause 22.9 ( Creditors Process ),
Clause 22.10 ( Cessation of Business ) and
Clause 22.11 ( Enforceability and Repudiation )) in
respect of, or otherwise relating to an Obligor occurs in relation
to that Obligor and the Facility Agent delivers a notice under
Clause 22.18 ( Trigger Events and Mandatory Prepayment
) to that Obligor specifying that a mandatory prepayment must be
made, such Obligor shall prepay each Loan made to it to which such
Trigger Event relates and which is specified in such notice, within
thirty (30) Business Days of the date of receipt by it of such
notice from the Facility Agent. |
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| (b) |
|
For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitment of any Lender under
the Facility shall not be reduced or cancelled by any repayment or
prepayment made pursuant to Clause 8.3(a). |
8.4
Voluntary prepayment
| (a) |
|
Subject to Clause 8.4(b), a Borrower may, by giving not
less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the
Facility Agent, prepay any Loan in whole or in part, at any
time. |
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| (b) |
|
No prior notice shall be required of a prepayment: |
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(i) |
|
mandatorily required to be prepaid by the relevant Borrower
under any provision of the Finance Documents (including, without
limitation, Clause 8.1 ( Mandatory prepayment –
Illegality ); or |
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(ii) |
|
made in the circumstances described in Clause 8.2 (
Prepayments – Tax and Increased Costs ) or Clause
8.4(d)(ii) ( Voluntary prepayment ) or any prepayment
made to cure a breach of the financial covenants set out in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ). |
| (c) |
|
A prepayment of part of a Loan shall be in a minimum amount of
€ 1,000,000 (or its
equivalent in an Optional Currency) and in integral multiples of
€ 10,000 (or its
equivalent in an Optional Currency), except where a prepayment is
for the remaining outstanding aggregate amount of the Loan or where
it is being made in accordance with (or in the circumstances |
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contemplated by) Clause 8.1 ( Mandatory prepayment –
Illegality ), Clause 8.2 ( Prepayment – Tax and
Increased Costs ), Clause 8.4(b)(ii) ( Voluntary
Prepayment ), Clause 8.4(d) ( Voluntary Prepayment
) or to cure a breach of the financial covenants set out in
Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ), in which case no
such minimum amounts apply. |
| (d) |
|
For the avoidance of doubt, no prepayment fees shall be payable
in respect of any prepayment made under the Finance Documents. |
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| (e) |
|
Any prepayment made pursuant to Clause 8.4(a) shall be subject
to Clause 27.3 ( Break Costs ) and Clause 15 (
Mitigation ). |
8.5
Automatic cancellation
The
Commitment of each Lender under the Facility will be automatically
cancelled in full at the close of business on the last day of the
Availability Period.
8.6
Miscellaneous provisions
| (a) |
|
Any notice of prepayment and/or cancellation under this
Agreement is irrevocable and shall specify the relevant date(s) and
the affected Loans and Commitments. The Facility Agent shall notify
the Lenders promptly of receipt of any such notice. |
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| (b) |
|
All prepayments under this Agreement shall be made with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid. No premium or penalty is payable in
respect of any prepayment or cancellation under this Agreement
except for any Break Costs. |
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| (c) |
|
The Majority Lenders (or, in the case of a Loan advanced by a
sole Lender, that Lender) may agree a shorter notice period for a
voluntary prepayment. |
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| (d) |
|
No prepayment or cancellation is allowed except in accordance
with the express terms of this Agreement. |
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| (e) |
|
No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this
Agreement may subsequently be reinstated. |
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| (f) |
|
No amount of a Loan prepaid under this Agreement may
subsequently be re-borrowed provided that any such prepayment shall
not thereby reduce the Total Commitments. |
9.
INTEREST
9.1
Calculation of interest
The rate
of interest on a Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage
rate per annum which is the aggregate of:
| (a) |
|
Margin; |
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| (b) |
|
EURIBOR as calculated at or about 11.00 a.m. (Central European
Time) on the Rate Fixing Day (or, as the case may be, LIBOR as
calculated at or about 11.00 a.m. (London time) on the Rate Fixing
Day); and |
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| (c) |
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Mandatory Costs (if any). |
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9.2
Payment of interest
Except
where it is provided to the contrary in this Agreement, each
Borrower shall pay accrued interest on each Loan made to it on each
of the Interest Payment Dates applicable to that Loan.
9.3
Interest on overdue amounts
| (a) |
|
If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under the
Finance Documents, it shall immediately on receipt of written
demand from the Facility Agent pay interest on the overdue amount
from its due date up to the date of actual payment, both before, on
and after judgment. |
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| (b) |
|
Interest on an overdue amount is payable at a rate determined
by the Facility Agent to be two per cent. per annum above the
higher of: |
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(i) |
|
the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount
had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan for
successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the
Facility Agent (acting reasonably); and |
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(ii) |
|
the rate which expresses (as a percentage rate per annum) the
cost to the Lenders of funding the overdue amount from whatever
source it may reasonably select plus the Margin, plus the Mandatory
Cost (if any). |
| (c) |
|
Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3 shall be
immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the Facility
Agent. |
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| (d) |
|
Notwithstanding Clause 9.3(b), if the overdue amount is a
principal amount of a Loan and becomes due and payable before the
last day of its current Interest Period, then: |
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(i) |
|
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount will be the
unexpired portion of that Interest Period; and |
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(ii) |
|
the rate of interest on the overdue amount for that first
Interest Period will be one per cent. per annum above the rate then
payable on that Loan. |
| (e) |
|
After the expiry of the first Interest Period for that overdue
amount, the rate on the overdue amount will be calculated in
accordance with Clause 9.3(b). |
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| (f) |
|
Interest (if unpaid) on an overdue amount will be compounded
with that overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period but
will remain immediately due and payable. |
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| (g) |
|
Notwithstanding this Clause 9 ( Interest ), the amount
of interest payable in respect of any Loans (including, without
limitation, Italian Loans) shall be limited to the extent required
under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. |
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9.4
Notification of rates of interest
The
Facility Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Party of the
determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
10.
INTEREST PERIODS
10.1
Interest Periods
| (a) |
|
Each Interest Period for a Loan will start on its Utilisation
Date or on the expiry of its preceding Interest Period and end on
the next Interest Payment Date. |
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| (b) |
|
An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Final
Maturity Date. |
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| (c) |
|
Each Loan shall have successive Interest Periods of one, two or
three months as selected by the Borrower and specified in the
related Request (or as otherwise agreed between the Facility Agent
and the AMB Agent (or the relevant Borrower including, without
limitation, so as to ensure that Interest Periods end not less than
five (5) Business Days after the end of each financial quarter
or on the Final Maturity Date)). |
11.
MARKET DISRUPTION
11.1
Failure of a Reference Bank to supply a rate
If the
applicable IBOR is to be calculated by reference to the Reference
Institutions but a Reference Bank does not supply a rate by 2.00
p.m. (Central European Time) on a Rate Fixing Day, the applicable
IBOR will, subject as provided below, be calculated on the basis of
the rates of the remaining Reference Institutions.
11.2
Market disruption
| (a) |
|
In this Clause, each of the following events is a market
disruption event: |
| |
(i) |
|
if less than two Reference Institutions supply a rate by 2.00
p.m. (Central European Time) on the Rate Fixing Day; or |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
the Facility Agent receives by close of business on the Rate
Fixing Day notification from the Majority Lenders (or the Lender in
the case of a Loan advanced by a sole Lender) that the cost to them
of obtaining matching deposits in the relevant interbank market is
in excess of the applicable IBOR for the relevant Interest
Period. |
| (b) |
|
The Facility Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Borrowers
and the relevant Lenders of a market disruption event. |
| |
| (c) |
|
After notification under Clause 11.2(b), the rate of interest
on each Lender’s share in the relevant Loan for the relevant
Interest Period will be aggregate of the applicable: |
| |
(i) |
|
Margin; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
the rate notified to the Facility Agent by that Lender as soon
as practicable, and in any event before interest is due to be paid
in respect of that Interest Period, to be that |
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|
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which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that
Lender of funding its share in the Loan from whatever source it may
reasonably select; and |
| |
(iii) |
|
any Mandatory Costs, if any, applicable to that Lender’s
participation in the Loan. |
11.3
Alternative basis of interest or funding
| (a) |
|
If a market disruption event occurs and the Facility Agent or
the AMB Agent so require, the AMB Agent and the Facility Agent
shall enter into negotiations for a period of not more than thirty
(30) days with a view to agreeing an alternative basis for
determining the rate of interest and/or funding for the Loan. |
| |
| (b) |
|
Any alternative basis agreed will be, with the prior consent of
all the Lenders and the AMB Agent, binding on all the Parties. |
12.
TAXES
12.1
Tax gross-up
| (a) |
|
Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it under the
Finance Documents without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction
is required by law. |
| |
| (b) |
|
If: |
| |
(i) |
|
a Lender is not, or ceases to be, a Qualifying Lender; or |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
an Obligor or a Lender is aware that an Obligor shall be
required to make a Tax Deduction (or that there is a change in the
rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction), |
it shall
promptly notify the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent shall then
promptly notify the affected Parties.
| (c) |
|
Except as provided below, if a Tax Deduction is required by law
to be made by an Obligor or the Facility Agent, the amount of the
payment due from that Obligor will be increased to an amount which
(after making the Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the
payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been
required. |
| |
| (d) |
|
An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment under
Clause 12.1(c) for a Tax Deduction in respect of a payment to a
Lender that is not, or has ceased to be, a Qualifying Lender in
excess of the amount that such Obligor would have had to pay had
the Lender been, or not ceased to be, a Qualifying Lender. |
| |
| (e) |
|
Clause 12.1(d) will not apply if the Lender has ceased to be a
Qualifying Lender by reason of any change after the date it became
a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation,
administration, or application of) any law or double taxation
agreement or any published practice or concession of any relevant
taxing authority. |
| |
| (f) |
|
An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a
Lender under Clause 12.1(c) for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax
imposed by relevant tax authorities if, and to the extent that,
that Lender is a Treaty Lender and the Obligor is able to
demonstrate that the Tax Deduction would not have been required, or
would have been reduced, if the Lender had complied with its
obligations under Clause
12.1(i). |
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| (g) |
|
If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall
make the minimum Tax Deduction allowed by law and shall make any
payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the
time allowed by law and in the amount required by law. |
| |
| (h) |
|
Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction
or a payment required in connection with a Tax Deduction, the
Obligor making that Tax Deduction or payment shall deliver to the
Facility Agent for the relevant Finance Party evidence satisfactory
to that Finance Party (acting reasonably) that the Tax Deduction
has been made or (as applicable) the appropriate payment has been
paid to the relevant taxing authority. |
| |
| (i) |
|
A Treaty Lender and each Borrower which makes a payment to
which that Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate by using
their respective reasonable endeavours to complete any procedural
formalities necessary for the Obligors to obtain authorisation to
make that payment without a Tax Deduction. |
| |
| (j) |
|
Clause 12.1 ( Tax gross-up ) may be disapplied in
respect of a Tax Payment by the operation of Clause 30.5 (
Costs resulting from a change of Lender or Facility Office
). |
12.2
Tax indemnity
| (a) |
|
Except as provided below, each Obligor shall indemnify a
Finance Party against any loss, liability or cost which that
Finance Party determines that it has suffered or will suffer
(directly or indirectly) by that Finance Party for or on account of
Tax in relation to a payment received or receivable from that
Obligor under a Finance Document. |
| |
| (b) |
|
Clause 12.2(a) does not apply to any Tax assessed on a Finance
Party under the laws of the jurisdiction in which: |
| |
(i) |
|
that Finance Party is treated as subject to unlimited tax
liability; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
that Finance Party’s Facility Office or permanent
establishment to which amounts received or receivable are
attributable, is located or that Finance Party is otherwise subject
to non-resident tax liability in respect of amounts received or
receivable in that jurisdiction; or |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Finance Party,
by virtue of a Security Interest granted to it, is subject to
non-resident taxation, |
if that Tax is
imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income received or
receivable by that Finance Party. However, any payment deemed to be
received or receivable, including any amount treated as income but
not actually received by the Finance Party, such as a Tax
Deduction, will not be treated as net income received or receivable
for this purpose.
| (c) |
|
Clause 15.2(a) does not apply to the extent a loss, liability
or cost: |
| |
(i) |
|
is compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.1 (
Tax gross-up ); or |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
would have been compensated for by an increased payment under
Clause 15.1 ( Tax gross-up ) but was not so compensated
solely because one of the exclusions in Clause 12.1(d) or
Clause 12.1(f) applied. |
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| (d) |
|
Clause 12.2(a) may be disapplied in respect of a Tax Payment by
the operation of Clause 30.5 ( Costs resulting from a change of
Lender or Facility Office ). |
| (e) |
|
A Finance Party making, or intending to make, a claim under
Clause 12.2(a) shall promptly notify the Borrowers of the event
which will give, or has given, rise to the claim. |
12.3
Tax Credit
If an
Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party
reasonably establishes that:
| (a) |
|
a Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of
which that Tax Payment forms part or to that Tax Payment; and |
(b) it has used and retained that Tax Credit,
the
Finance Party shall pay an amount to that Obligor which that
Finance Party reasonably establishes that such payment will leave
it (after that payment) in the same after-tax position as it would
have been if the Tax Payment had not been required to be made by
the Obligor.
12.4
Miscellaneous taxes
Each
Obligor shall pay and indemnify each Finance Party against any
cost, loss or liability that a Finance Party incurs in relation to
stamp duty, registration or other similar Tax payable in connection
with the entry into, performance or enforcement of any Finance
Document, except for:
| (a) |
|
any such Tax payable in connection with the entry into a
Transfer Certificate; and |
| |
| (b) |
|
to the extent that any such Tax is payable as a result of any
securitisation or other similar transaction involving any part of
the rights of any Lender under this Agreement. |
12.5
Value added taxes
| (a) |
|
All amounts set out, or expressed to be payable under a Finance
Document by any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in
part) constitute the consideration for VAT purposes shall be deemed
to be exclusive of any VAT which is chargeable on such supply. |
| (b) |
|
If VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party
(the Supplier ) to any other Finance Party (the
Recipient ) under a Finance Document, and any Party
(the Relevant Party ) is required by the terms of any
Finance Document to pay an amount equal to the consideration for
such supply to the Supplier (rather than being required to
reimburse the Recipient in respect of that consideration), such
Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the
same time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of
such VAT. The Recipient will promptly claim the full amount of any
credit or repayment to which it is entitled in respect of such VAT
and pay to the Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or
repayment from the relevant tax authority which it reasonably
determines relates to the VAT chargeable on that supply. |
| (c) |
|
Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a
Finance Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at
the same time pay and indemnify the Finance Party against all VAT
incurred by the Finance Party in respect of those costs or expenses
but only to the extent that the Finance Party (acting reasonably)
determines that it is not entitled to repayment from the relevant
tax authority in respect of the VAT. |
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12.6
No legal or tax advice provided by Finance Parties
No
Finance Party is providing any legal and/or tax advice to any other
Party with respect to this Agreement. It is the responsibility of
each Obligor to consult its own legal and tax advisers.
13.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
13.1
France
| (a) |
|
Each Obligor whose law of incorporation is the law of France,
shall execute by no later than the Utilisation Date of each Loan
advanced to it, the Short Form Agreement (or a document in
substantially the same form) of this Agreement provided it is
necessary to lodge with the relevant authorities a form of this
Agreement in order to: |
| |
(i) |
|
fulfil its obligations pursuant to this Agreement; or |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
for any other reason as agreed between the AMB Agent and the
Facility Agent. |
| (b) |
|
For the purposes of Articles L.313 1 et seq. and R.313 1 and
R.313 2 of the French Consumer Code applicable to lending to French
Borrowers, the Parties acknowledge that by virtue of certain
characteristics of the Facility (and in particular the variable
interest rate applicable to Loans) the taux effectif global cannot
be calculated at the date of this Agreement. However, each French
Borrower acknowledges having received from the Facility Agent a
letter containing an indicative calculation of the taux effectif
global, based on figured examples calculated on assumptions as to
the taux de période and durée de période set
out in such letter, substantially in the form of Schedule 7 (
Form of TEG Letter ). The Parties acknowledge that that
letter forms part of this Agreement. |
13.2
Italy
| (a) |
|
Each Obligor whose law of incorporation is the law of Italy,
shall execute in Italy, by no later than the Utilisation Date of
each Loan advanced to it, a Short Form Agreement if it is
necessary to lodge with the relevant authorities a form of this
Agreement in order to: |
| |
(i) |
|
fulfil its obligations pursuant to this Agreement; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
benefit from a favourable tax regime including, but not limited
to, the Sostitutiva Regime ; or |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
for any other reason as agreed between the AMB Agent and the
Facility Agent. |
| (b) |
|
The AMB Agent and the Facility Agent (as the case may be) shall
ensure that each Short Form Agreement that is executed in
accordance with this Clause 13.2 complies with the following,
unless otherwise agreed between the AMB Agent and the Facility
Agent: |
| |
(i) |
|
the Lender of the Short Form Agreement is: |
| |
(A) |
|
a Qualifying Lender of Italy; |
| |
| |
(B) |
|
a branch of a non-Italian bank that is authorised by a
Qualifying Lender; or |
| |
| |
(C) |
|
a Qualifying Lender of a Treaty State; |
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| |
(ii) |
|
the Short Form Agreement is properly executed in Italy in
accordance with the laws of Italy; and |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
the Short Form Agreement complies with all other
applicable laws. |
13.3
Spain
Each
Obligor whose law of incorporation is the law of Spain, shall
execute by no later than the Utilisation Date of each Loan advanced
to it, a Short Form Agreement if it is necessary to lodge with
the relevant authorities a form of this Agreement in order
to:
| (a) |
|
fulfil its obligations pursuant to this Agreement; or |
| |
| (b) |
|
for any other reason as agreed between the AMB Agent and the
Facility Agent. |
14.
INCREASED COSTS
14.1
Increased Costs
Except
as provided in Clause 14.2 ( Exceptions ), each Obligor
shall pay to a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Cost
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result
of any change, after the date of this Agreement, to any law,
regulation, provision or directive including, but not limited
to:
| (a) |
|
the introduction of, or any change in, or any change in the
interpretation, administration or application of, any law or
regulation; and |
| |
| (b) |
|
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of
this Agreement, |
that
entails an increase in the cost to the Lender of complying with its
obligations under this Agreement.
14.2
Exceptions
No
Obligor need make any payment for an Increased Cost to the extent
that the Increased Cost is:
| (a) |
|
compensated for under another Clause or would have been but for
an exception to that Clause; |
| |
| (b) |
|
attributable to a Finance Party or its Affiliate wilfully
failing to comply with any law or regulation; |
| |
| (c) |
|
an amount in respect of Tax or a loss or liability in respect
of Tax; or |
| |
| (d) |
|
attributable to the introduction, implementation or
transformation of what is stipulated in the paper
“International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital
Standards, a Revised Framework” published by the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form
existing on the date of this Agreement ( Basel II )
or any other law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether
such implementation, application or compliance is by a government,
regulator, Finance Party or any of its Affiliates). |
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14.3
Claims
| (a) |
|
A Finance Party intending to make a claim for an Increased Cost
shall notify the Facility Agent of the circumstances giving rise to
and the amount of the claim, following which the Facility Agent
will promptly notify the Borrowers. |
| |
| (b) |
|
Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand
by the Facility Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount
and providing calculations in reasonable detail of its Increased
Cost. |
15.
MITIGATION
15.1
Mitigation
| (a) |
|
Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrowers,
take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise
and which result or would result in: |
| |
(i) |
|
any Tax Payment or Increased Cost being payable to that Finance
Party; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
any Break Costs; |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
that Finance Party being able to exercise any right of
prepayment and/or cancellation under this Agreement by reason of
any illegality, |
| |
| |
including (but not required to) transferring its
rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to an Affiliate
or changing its Facility Office. |
| (b) |
|
Clause 15.1(a) does not in any way limit the obligations of any
Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
| |
| (c) |
|
The relevant Obligors requesting that any such mitigation steps
be taken shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and
expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of
any step taken by it under this Clause. |
| |
| (d) |
|
A Finance Party is not obliged to take any step under this
Clause if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting
reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it. |
15.2
Conduct of business by a Finance Party
No term
of this Agreement will:
| (a) |
|
interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its
affairs (Tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit; |
| |
| (b) |
|
oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit,
relief, remission or repayment available to it in respect of Tax or
the extent, order and manner of any claim; or |
| |
| (c) |
|
oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating
to its affairs (Tax or otherwise) or any computation in respect of
Tax. |
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16.
PAYMENTS
16.1
Place
Unless a
Finance Document specifies that payments under it are to be made in
another manner, all payments by a Party (other than the Facility
Agent) under the Finance Documents shall be made to the Facility
Agent to its account at such office or bank in the principal
financial centre of a Participating Member State (as it may notify
to that Party and for this purpose by not less than five
(5) Business Days’ prior notice).
16.2
Funds
Payments
under the Finance Documents to the Facility Agent shall be made for
value on the due date at such times and in such funds as the
Facility Agent may specify to the Party concerned as being
customary at the time for the settlement of transactions in the
relevant currency in the place for payment.
16.3
Distribution
| (a) |
|
Each payment received by the Facility Agent under the Finance
Documents for another Party shall, except as provided below, be
made available by the Facility Agent to that Party by payment (as
soon as practicable after receipt) to its account with such office
or bank in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member
State (as it may notify to the Facility Agent and for this purpose
by not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior
notice). |
| |
| (b) |
|
The Facility Agent may (with the consent of the relevant
Obligor or otherwise in accordance with Clause 33 ( Set Off
) apply any amount received by it for an Obligor in or towards
payment, on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt of
any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents. |
| |
| (c) |
|
Where a sum is paid to the Facility Agent under this Agreement
for another Party, the Facility Agent is not obliged to pay that
sum to that Party until it has established that it has actually
received it. The Facility Agent shall establish actual receipt of
payment as soon as is reasonably practicable and in the case of a
payment owed to a Lender, (unless it is entitled to do otherwise)
make the payment to the relevant Lender within two
(2) Business Days if receipt is established. However, the
Facility Agent may assume that the sum has been paid to it, and, in
reliance on that assumption, make available to that Party a
corresponding amount. If it transpires that the sum has not been
received by the Facility Agent, that Party shall immediately on
demand by the Facility Agent refund any corresponding amount made
available to it together with interest on that amount from the date
of payment to the date of receipt by the Facility Agent at a rate
calculated by the Facility Agent to reflect its cost of funds. |
16.4
Currency
| (a) |
|
Unless a Finance Document specifies that payments under it are
to be made in a different manner, the currency of each amount
payable under the Finance Documents is determined under this
Clause. |
| |
| (b) |
|
Interest is payable in the currency in which the relevant
principal amount in respect of which it is payable is
denominated. |
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| (c) |
|
A repayment or prepayment of any principal amount is payable in
the currency in which that principal amount is denominated is
specified in the Request. |
| |
| (d) |
|
Amounts payable in respect of Taxes, fees, costs and expenses
are payable in the currency in which they are incurred. |
| |
| (e) |
|
Each other amount payable under the Finance Documents is
payable in euro. |
16.5
No set-off or counterclaim
All
payments made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be
calculated and made without (and free and clear of any deduction
for) set-off or counterclaim.
16.6
Business Days
| (a) |
|
If a payment under the Finance Documents is due on a day which
is not a Business Day, the due date for that payment will instead
be the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is
one) or the preceding Business Day in that calendar month (if there
is not) or whatever day the Facility Agent determines is market
practice. |
| |
| (b) |
|
During any extension of the due date for payment of any
principal under this Agreement interest is payable on that
principal at the rate payable on the original due date. |
16.7
Partial payments
| (a) |
|
If the Facility Agent receives a payment insufficient to
discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Obligors
under the Finance Documents, the Facility Agent shall apply that
payment towards the obligations of the Obligors under the Finance
Documents in the following order: |
| |
(i) |
|
first , in or towards payment pro rata of
any unpaid fees, costs and expenses of the Agents under the Finance
Documents; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
secondly , in or towards payment pro rata
of any accrued interest due but unpaid under this Agreement; |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
thirdly , in or towards payment pro rata
of any principal amount due but unpaid under this Agreement;
and |
| |
| |
(iv) |
|
fourthly , in or towards payment pro rata
of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents. |
| (b) |
|
The Facility Agent shall, if so directed by all the Lenders
participating in a particular Loan, vary the order set out in
Clauses 16.7(a)(ii) to (iv). |
| |
| (c) |
|
This Clause will override any appropriation made by an
Obligor. |
16.8
Timing of payments
If a
Finance Document does not provide for when a particular payment is
due, that payment will be due within five (5) Business Days of
demand by the relevant Finance Party.
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17.
RECOURSE
17.1
Recourse
Each
Loan shall be a full recourse obligation of the relevant Borrower
and shall have the benefit of the Loan Guarantee.
17.2
Recourse — Generally
A Lender
which is a Lender of the Facility will in the case of an
enforcement of its rights under the Facility, have recourse
pursuant to Clause 17.1 ( Recourse — Facility )
only.
17.3
Limitation on Recourse on Fund Obligors
The
Finance Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that they shall not
have any recourse to the constituent partners, shareholders,
members or trustees of any Fund Obligor (nor to their respective
officers, directors, partners, shareholders, members or trustees)
except that the Loan Guarantor (but not its constituent partners,
shareholders, members or trustees nor their respective officers,
directors, partners, shareholders, members or trustees) shall be
liable in respect of the Loan Guarantee.
18.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS
18.1
Representations and warranties
The
representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18 (
Representations and warranties of the Obligors ) are made by
each Obligor (unless otherwise specified) in respect of itself only
to each Finance Party except that:
| (a) |
|
the Loan Guarantor shall only make the representations and
warranties in respect of itself set out in Clause 18.2 (
Status ) to Clause 18.11 ( Information ) inclusive to
the extent applicable to it provided that the Loan Guarantor shall
not make the representations and warranties set out in Clause 18.11
(a) and (b); |
| |
| (b) |
|
each Borrower shall only make the representations and
warranties in respect of itself set out in Clause 18.2 (
Status ) to Clause 18.11 ( Information )
inclusive; |
| |
| (c) |
|
any representation and warranty made by an Additional Obligor
will be made subject to any Permitted Disclosure; and |
(d) Clause 18.15 ( Times for making representations
and warranties ) shall apply.
18.2
Status
| (a) |
|
It is duly incorporated or established and validly existing
under the laws of its country of incorporation or
establishment. |
| |
| (b) |
|
It is authorised to carry on its business as it is currently
being conducted. |
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18.3
Powers and authority
It has
the power to enter into and perform, and has taken all necessary
action to authorise the entry into and performance by it of the
Finance Documents to which it is or will be a party and the
transactions undertaken by it contemplated by those Finance
Documents.
18.4
Legal validity
Subject
to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed
by it in each Finance Document to which it is a party are legal,
binding, valid and enforceable obligations.
18.5
Non-conflict
The
entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party do
not conflict with:
| (a) |
|
its constitutional documents; or |
| |
| (b) |
|
any applicable law or regulation or any document which is
binding upon it or any of its assets to an extent or in a manner
which would constitute a breach of its contractual or legal
obligations in a manner which, in any case, is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect. |
18.6
No default
| (a) |
|
No Event of Default is outstanding in relation to it, or is
reasonably likely to result from the entry into by it, or the
performance by it, of any transaction undertaken by it or
contemplated by it pursuant to, any Finance Document to which it is
a party that has not been remedied or waived. |
| |
| (b) |
|
No other event is outstanding which constitutes an Event of
Default under any law that is binding on it or any of its assets to
an extent or in a manner which is reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect. |
18.7
Authorisations
All
material authorisations required by it in connection with the entry
into, validity and enforceability of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
and without which there is reasonably likely to be a Material
Adverse Effect, have been obtained or effected (as appropriate) and
are in full force and effect or, in each case, will be when
required.
18.8
Financial statements
Its
financial statements most recently delivered to the Finance Parties
(or, if not yet available, any other sufficient current financial
information provided to the Finance Parties) have, to the best of
its knowledge:
| (a) |
|
been prepared in accordance with accounting principles and
practices generally accepted in its jurisdiction of incorporation
or establishment, consistently applied; and |
| |
| (b) |
|
(read together with any notes to those financial statements)
fairly represent its financial and earnings position (consolidated
if applicable) as at the date to which they were drawn up. |
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18.9
Litigation
No
litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings are current
or pending in relation to it which, in either case, have or, if
adversely determined, is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
18.10 Insolvency Proceedings
No
insolvency or similar proceedings of the type specified in Clause
22.7 ( Insolvency proceedings ) have been instituted against
it, and to the best of its knowledge no such proceedings are
threatened or pending against it (other than proceedings which are
frivolous and are dismissed, stayed or discharged within twenty-one
(21) days of commencement).
18.11 Information
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(x) All written information prepared by it and delivered
to any Finance Party in connection with the Transaction Documents
and (y) other than where any third party has provided a
Reliance Letter, to the best of its knowledge and belief all
written information supplied by it or on its behalf in: |
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a Request; |
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(ii) |
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any report provided by a Valuer which forms the basis of a
Valuation; |
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(iii) |
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any environmental assessment report in respect of a
Property; |
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(iv) |
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any structural or physical report in respect of a
Property; |
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(v) |
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any Lease Document in respect of a Property; |
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any rent roll spreadsheet in respect of a Property; |
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any Acquisition Document; |
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(viii) |
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any Property description; and/or |
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any communication or document listing the parties to the Deed
of Subordination, |
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is true and accurate as at its date or (if
appropriate) as at the date (if any) at which it is stated to be
given provided that any untruthfulness, inaccuracy or
incompleteness of such information shall not result in a breach of
this representation and warranty if it is not reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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All written information supplied by it (or on its behalf) in
relation to any cash flow projections is based on reasonable
assumptions as at its date or (if appropriate) as at the date (if
any) at which it is stated to be given provided that any
unreasonable assumptions upon which such information is based shall
not result in a breach of this representation and warranty if it is
not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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It is not aware of any material information in relation to the
Transaction Documents entered into by it which, if disclosed to the
Finance Parties, would be reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect. |
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18.12 Acquisition Document claims
No
material warranty claims are outstanding or have been made under an
Acquisition Document to which it is a party which are reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
18.13 Group Structure Chart
The
Group Structure Chart provided to the Facility Agent as at the date
of this Agreement shows the correct corporate relationship of the
Original Obligors.
18.14 Taxes
The
Taxes payable by the Obligors in relation to the Properties have
been paid at their due date (unless they are being contested in
good faith) including, but not limited to, Taxes payable pursuant
to the Lease Documents, and no claim that is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect has been made by the tax authorities
against any of the Obligors in relation to the Properties.
18.15 Times for making representations and warranties
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The representations and warranties set out in this Clause 18
are made by each Original Obligor on the date of this Agreement and
by each Additional Obligor on the date that it accedes to this
Agreement pursuant to Clause 30 ( Changes to the Parties
). |
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The following representations and warranties are each deemed to
be given, subject to any Permitted Disclosures, by each relevant
Obligor in respect of itself on the date of each Request for a
Loan, on each Utilisation Date of each Loan in respect of which it
is an Obligor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
Clause 18.2 ( Status ) to Clause 18.9 ( Litigation )
(inclusive), Clause 18.11 ( Information ) and Clause 18.12 (
Acquisition Document claims ). For this purpose, “
relevant Obligor ” means in the case of a Loan,
the Loan Guarantor and the Borrower which has requested that
Loan. |
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When a representation and warranty is repeated, it is applied
to the circumstances existing at the time of repetition. |
19.
INFORMATION COVENANTS
19.1
General
Each
Obligor agrees to be bound by the covenants set out in this Clause
19 ( Information Covenants ) that are stated to be
applicable to it relating to itself only and shall not be
responsible for the covenants hereunder made by any other number of
the Logistics Fund Group.
19.2
Financial statements
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The AMB Agent shall supply to the Facility Agent in sufficient
copies for all the Lenders: |
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(i) |
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semi-annual unaudited financial statements of the Logistics
Fund for each financial half year within sixty five (65) days
of the end of each such financial half year prepared in accordance
with generally accepted and consistently applied accounting
principles; |
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annual audited financial statements of the Logistics Fund for
each of its financial years, within one hundred and twenty
(120) days of the end of each such financial year prepared in
accordance with generally accepted and consistently applied
accounting principles; |
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within ninety (90) days after the end of each financial
half year and subject to the receipt of a written request from the
Facility Agent received by it no later than ten (10) days
after the end of that financial half year, the annual operating
budget of the Logistics Fund in relation to the Properties and
Buildings; and |
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(iv) |
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as soon as possible after execution and to the extent not
already supplied under the terms of this Agreement (including
without, limitation under Clause 4 ( Conditions Precedent
)), on request from the Facility Agent, all Lease Documents to
which each PropCo is a party including, but not limited to, rent
rolls, budgets, title maintenance certificates and any other
information reasonably requested by the Facility Agent to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Facility Agent. |
19.3
Form of financial statements
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Each Obligor shall ensure that each set of financial statements
supplied by it under this Agreement gives (if audited) a true and
fair view of (or, where relevant accounting standards require,
presents fairly), or (if unaudited) fairly represents, its
financial condition (consolidated or otherwise) as at the date to
which those financial statements were drawn up. |
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Each Obligor shall not without prior consent of the Facility
Agent make any material changes to the accounting rules used for
the preparation of its financial statements which is likely to
affect the understanding of the Lender of such financial statements
and its appreciation of the change in the financial position of
that Obligor and any entities which may be concerned by such
documents, unless it is required by the applicable generally
accepted accounting principles. |
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Each Obligor shall supply to the Facility Agent: |
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(i) |
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a full description of any prospective change which requires
consent under Clause 19.3(b); and |
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sufficient information to enable the Finance Parties to make a
proper comparison between the financial position shown by the set
of financial statements prepared on the changed basis and its most
recent audited consolidated (if appropriate) financial statements
supplied to the Facility Agent under this Agreement. |
19.4
Notification of Default
Unless
the Facility Agent has already been so notified by another Obligor,
each Obligor shall notify the Facility Agent without delay if any
Event of Default has occurred in relation to it and of any facts
and circumstances which have a Material Adverse Effect in relation
to it.
19.5
Know your customer requirements
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Each Obligor shall promptly on the request of any Finance Party
supply to that Finance Party any documentation or other evidence
which is reasonably requested by that Finance Party (whether for
itself, on behalf of any Finance Party or any prospective new
Lender) to enable a |
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Finance Party
or prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied with the
results of all applicable know your customer requirements.
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Unless otherwise requested in accordance with Clause 19.5(a),
each Obligor shall have compiled with this Clause 19.5 ( Know
your customer requirements ) if it has provided to the Facility
Agent sufficient evidence of the identification and capacity of the
Logistics Fund. |
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Each Lender shall promptly on the request of the Facility Agent
supply to the Facility Agent any documentation or other evidence
which is reasonably required by the Facility Agent to carry out and
be satisfied with the results of all applicable know your customer
requirements. |
19.6
Group Structure Chart
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Within fifteen (15) days of any written request from the
Facility Agent, the AMB Agent shall deliver to the Facility Agent
an up-to-date Group Structure Chart. |
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If the Group Structure Chart provided to the Facility Agent is
not correct, the AMB Agent shall be obliged to amend the Group
Structure Chart within such time period as is agreed with the
Facility Agent so that it correctly shows the corporate
relationship of the Obligors. Delivery of an incorrect or
incomplete Group Structure Chart shall not constitute or be deemed
to constitute a breach of this Clause 19.6 ( Group Structure
Chart ). |
19.7
Compliance Certificate
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Except as provided in Clause 19.7(b), the AMB Agent shall
supply to the Facility Agent: |
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(i) |
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within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of
each of its financial years with respect to those financial
covenants set out in Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants )
that are tested with respect to Accounting Periods of
12 months or Accounting Periods of six months ending on 31
December; and |
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within 90 days of the end of each financial half year
ending on 30 June with respect to those financial covenants set out
in Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ) that are tested
with respect to Accounting Periods of six months, ending on such
date, |
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a certificate in the form of the relevant part of
Schedule 6 ( Form of Compliance Certificates )
confirming compliance with the relevant financial covenants set out
in Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ) that are tested
as at the end of the applicable financial year or, as the case may
be, financial half year. |
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If a Compliance Certificate is not provided within the relevant
periods specified in Clause 19.7(a), the Facility Agent shall
request, in writing, that the AMB Agent supply such Compliance
Certificate and the AMB Agent shall be obliged to supply the
Facility Agent with such Compliance Certificate. Failure to supply
such a Compliance Certificate shall not constitute a Trigger Event
unless the Facility Agent has sent the AMB Agent a request under
this Clause and the AMB Agent has not complied with this request
within ten (10) Business Days following its receipt. |
19.8
Valuations
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The Facility Agent may request, at the cost of the relevant
Borrower, a Valuation of the Properties at any time when an Event
of Default is outstanding provided that the costs will be |
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reasonable and the Facility Agent will use all reasonable
efforts to pre-agree these with the AMB Agent. |
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The Borrowers shall supply to the Facility Agent a copy of any
Valuation of any Property they obtain, promptly upon obtaining
it. |
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Any Valuation other than of a type referred to in Clause
19.8(a) will be at the cost of the Lenders. |
20.
GENERAL COVENANTS
20.1
General
Each
Obligor agrees to be bound by the covenants set out in this Clause
20 ( General Covenants ) that are stated to be applicable to
it relating to itself only and shall not be responsible for the
covenants hereunder made by any other member of the Logistics Fund
Group but as otherwise qualified by any Permitted Disclosure.
20.2
Authorisations
It shall
comply with the terms of any authorisation required under any law
or regulation to:
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enable it to perform its obligations under, or for the validity
or enforceability or admissibility in evidence of, any Finance
Document to which it is party; |
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enable it to perform its material obligations under, or for the
validity or enforceability or admissibility in evidence of, any
Transaction Document (other than the Finance Documents) to which it
is a party; or |
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own its assets and carry on its business as it is being
conducted where the failure to so obtain, maintain or comply has or
would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
20.3
Pari passu ranking
Each
Obligor shall ensure that its payment obligations under the Finance
Documents at all times rank at least pari passu with all its
other present and future unsecured payment obligations, except for
obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies
generally.
20.4
Negative pledge
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No Borrower may create or allow to subsist any Security
Interest on any Property financed by a Loan for so long as such
Loan is outstanding, other than as permitted under Clause
20.4(b). |
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Clause 20.4(a) shall not apply to: |
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(i) |
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any Security Interest securing loans subordinated to the Loans
on terms satisfactory to the Facility Agent (acting
reasonably); |
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(ii) |
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any Security Interest constituted by the Finance
Documents; |
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(iii) |
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any lien arising by operation of law; |
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(iv) |
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any Security Interest comprising a netting or set-off
arrangement entered into by the relevant Obligor in the ordinary
course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit
and credit balances of that Obligor (and not any other
person); |
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(v) |
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any Security Interest created under the general business
conditions of a bank where an account is held; |
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in relation to a German Property, any German Permitted
Encumbrance or any real covenant ( Reallast ) in respect of
a Heritable Building Right which has been notified to the Facility
Agent on or before the Closing Date in respect of that German
Property; |
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any Security Interest arising in relation to the supply of
goods by way of retention of title, hire purchase or conditional
sale arrangements by the supplier of those goods in the ordinary
course of business; |
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any Security Interest over any plant and machinery purchased
pursuant to a finance lease agreement where the entire costs of
such purchase is recoverable from the relevant tenants by way of
service charge under a Lease Document; |
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any Security Interest held by any ground lessors under the
headlease under which title to any Property is held; |
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(x) |
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any Security Interest arising from the issuing or depositing of
a 403-statement by a Dutch Obligor; |
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any mortgage taken over Intra-Group Loans for which is not
registered as a Security Interest against any Property, or, such a
mortgage registered as security, where such registration only
occurs after the approval of the Facility Agent has been given
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld); or |
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any other Security Interest to which the Facility Agent has
given its prior written consent. |
20.5
Disposals
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Except as provided in this Agreement including, but not limited
to, Clause 24 ( Substitution ), no PropCo or ShareCo which
has an outstanding Loan may, either in a single transaction or in a
series of transactions and whether related or not, dispose of all
or any part of (x) in the case of a PropCo, the Property
financed by that Loan, or (y) in the case of a ShareCo, Shares
in the PropCo financed by that Loan. |
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Clause 20.5(a) does not apply to any disposal: |
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(i) |
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of a Property or Shares in accordance with Clauses 20.5(c) or
(d); |
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of Shares in a PropCo if made to another Obligor as part of any
solvent reorganisation of the Logistics Fund Group (including a
statutory merger of members of the Logistics Fund Group) and where
following such solvent reorganisation (or statutory merger) in the
reasonable opinion of the Facility Agent, the security position of
the Finance Parties is not materially prejudiced thereby and there
is otherwise no Material Adverse Effect; |
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involving the replacement of moveable plant and machinery and
fixtures and fittings in accordance with good property management
practices; |
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relating to a substitution of property in accordance with
Clause 24.1 ( Substitution of Property ); |
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involving a substitution of the relevant Obligor’s
obligations (which may include, without limitation, the transfer of
a related Property from one member of the Logistics Fund Group to
another member of the Logistics Fund Group) in accordance with
Clause 24.2 ( Substitution of an Obligor ); or |
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otherwise made with the prior written consent of the Facility
Agent. |
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A PropCo may dispose of its Property (or the relevant ShareCo
may dispose of its Shares in a PropCo) to a third party if ten
(10) Business Days prior written notice is provided to the
Facility Agent by such PropCo (or by such ShareCo) and: |
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(i) |
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no Default is outstanding or would result from that
disposal; |
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(ii) |
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the Net Disposal Proceeds are immediately: |
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used to repay the related Loan (including all interest and
incidental costs) in full; or |
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(B) |
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deposited in the Disposal Proceeds Account to be used to pay
the purchase price of a new Property within ninety (90) days
of the disposal and provided that the provisions of Clause 24.1(b)
( Substitution of Property ) shall apply in respect of any
new Property. If such payment or repayment is not made within
ninety (90) days, the proceeds of the disposal shall be
immediately used to repay the related Loan in accordance with
Clause 20.5(c)(ii)(A), |
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provided that if the disposal is required as a Cure
Act (as defined in Schedule 6 ( Financial Covenants ))
to cure a potential bre |
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