EXHIBIT 10.1
Published CUSIP Number:
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 29, 2007
among
COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
as the Principal Borrower,
THE CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES OF THE BORROWER FROM TIME TO
TIME DESIGNATED BY THE BORROWER AS CO-BORROWERS
HEREUNDER,
collectively, with the Borrower, as the Borrower Parties
THE CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES OF THE BORROWER
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
as the Guarantors
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager,
EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH ,
as Syndication Agent,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION and WELLS FARGO BANK , NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents,
NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE,
as Managing Agent,
AAREAL BANK AG , CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. and
REGIONS BANK ,
as Co-Agents,
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS |
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1.01
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Defined Terms |
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1.02
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Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.03
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Accounting Terms |
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1.04
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Rounding |
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1.05
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References to Agreements and
Laws |
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1.06
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Times of Day |
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1.07
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Letter of Credit Amounts |
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| ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT
EXTENSIONS |
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2.01
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Loans |
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2.02
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Borrowings, Conversions and
Continuations of Loans |
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2.03
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Letters of Credit |
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2.04
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Swing Line Loans |
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2.05
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Prepayments |
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2.06
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Termination or Reduction of Revolving
Credit Commitments; Increase of Facilities |
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2.07
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Repayment of Loans |
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2.08
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Interest |
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2.09
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Fees |
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2.10
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Computation of Interest and Fees;
Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Rates |
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2.11
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Evidence of Debt |
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2.12
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Payments Generally |
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2.13
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Sharing of Payments |
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2.14
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Maturity Date |
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2.15
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Joint and Several Liability of
Borrower Parties |
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2.16
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Appointment of Borrower as Agent for
Borrower Parties |
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2.17
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Tax Driven Lease Transactions |
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| ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION
AND ILLEGALITY |
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3.01
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Taxes |
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3.02
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Illegality |
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3.03
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Inability to Determine Rates |
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3.04
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Increased Cost; Reduced Return;
Capital Adequacy; Reserves |
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3.05
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Compensation for Losses |
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3.06
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Matters Applicable to all Requests
for Compensation |
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3.07
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Survival |
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| ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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4.01
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Conditions of Initial Credit
Extension |
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4.02
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Conditions to all Credit
Extensions |
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| ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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5.01
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Existence, Qualification and Power;
Compliance with Laws |
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5.02
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Authorization; No Contravention |
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5.03
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Governmental Authorization; Other
Consents |
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5.04
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Binding Effect |
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5.05
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Financial Statements; No Material
Adverse Effect |
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5.06
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Litigation |
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5.07
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No Default |
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5.08
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Ownership of Property; Liens |
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5.09
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Environmental Compliance |
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5.10
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Insurance |
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5.11
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Taxes |
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5.12
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ERISA Compliance |
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5.13
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Consolidated Entities; REIT
Status |
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5.14
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Margin Regulations; Investment
Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act |
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5.15
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Disclosure |
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5.16
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Compliance with Laws |
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5.17
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Intellectual Property; Licenses,
Etc. |
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5.18
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Taxpayer Identification Number |
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| ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.01
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Financial Statements |
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6.02
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Certificates; Other Information |
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6.03
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Notices |
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6.04
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Payment of Obligations |
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6.05
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Preservation of Existence, Etc |
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6.06
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Maintenance of Properties |
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6.07
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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6.08
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Compliance with Laws |
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6.09
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Books and Records |
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6.10
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Inspection Rights |
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6.11
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Use of Proceeds |
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6.12
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Additional Guarantors; Creation of
Co-Borrowers; Release of Co-Borrowers |
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| ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.01
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Liens |
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7.02
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Investments |
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7.03
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Indebtedness |
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7.04
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Fundamental Changes |
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7.05
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Dispositions |
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7.06
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Restricted Payments |
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7.07
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Intentionally Omitted |
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7.08
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.09
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Intentionally Omitted |
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7.10
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Use of Proceeds |
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7.11
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Financial Covenants |
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7.12
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Prepayment of Other Indebtedness,
Etc |
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7.13
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Organization Documents;
Subsidiaries |
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7.14
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Tax Driven Lease Transactions |
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| ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES |
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8.01
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Events of Default |
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8.02
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Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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8.03
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Application of Funds |
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| ARTICLE IX ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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9.01
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Appointment and Authorization of
Administrative Agent |
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9.02
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Delegation of Duties |
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9.03
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Liability of Administrative
Agent |
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9.04
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Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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9.05
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Notice of Default |
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9.06
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Credit Decision; Disclosure of
Information by Administrative Agent |
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9.07
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Indemnification of Administrative
Agent |
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9.08
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Administrative Agent in its
Individual Capacity |
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9.09
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Successor Administrative Agent |
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9.10
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs
of Claim |
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9.11
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Guaranty/Borrower Party Matters |
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9.12
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Other Agents; Arrangers and
Managers |
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| ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.01
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Amendments, Etc |
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10.02
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Notices and Other Communications;
Facsimile Copies |
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10.03
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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10.04
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Attorney Costs, Expenses and
Taxes |
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10.05
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Indemnification by the Borrower |
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10.06
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Payments Set Aside |
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10.07
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Successors and Assigns |
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10.08
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Confidentiality |
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10.09
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Set-off |
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10.10
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Interest Rate Limitation |
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10.11
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Counterparts |
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10.12
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Integration |
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10.13
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties |
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10.14
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Severability |
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10.15
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Tax Forms |
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10.16
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Replacement of Lenders |
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10.17
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Governing Law |
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10.18
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Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury |
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10.19
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No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility |
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10.20
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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116 |
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10.21
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Attorneys’ Fees |
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10.22
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Existing Credit Agreement. |
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| ARTICLE XI GUARANTY |
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11.01
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The Guaranty |
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11.02
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Obligations Unconditional |
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11.03
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Reinstatement |
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11.04
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Certain Additional Waivers |
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11.05
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Remedies |
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11.06
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Rights of Contribution |
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11.07
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Guarantee of Payment; Continuing
Guarantee |
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SCHEDULES
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Existing Letters of
Credit
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Investment
Entities
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2.01 |
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Revolving Credit
Commitments and Pro Rata Shares
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2.01 |
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Term Commitments and
Pro Rata Shares
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5.05 |
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Supplement to
Interim Financial Statements
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5.06 |
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Litigation
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5.09 |
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Environmental
Matters
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5.12 |
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ERISA Matters
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5.13 |
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Consolidated
Entities and Other Equity Investments
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5.17 |
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Intellectual
Property Matters
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10.02 |
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Administrative
Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices
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10.07 |
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Processing and
Recordation Fees
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EXHIBITS |
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A |
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Form of Revolving
Loan Notice
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Form of Term Loan
Notice
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Form of Swing Line
Loan Notice
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Form of Revolving
Credit Note
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Form of Term
Note
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Form of Compliance
Certificate
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Form of Assignment
and Assumption
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Form of Guarantor
Joinder Agreement
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Form of Co-Borrower
Joinder Agreement
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated CREDIT
AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
August 29, 2007, among COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED, a Georgia
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the parties from
time to time identified by the Borrower as Co-Borrowers pursuant to
Section 6.12 hereof, the Guarantors (as defined herein),
each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the
“ Lenders ” and individually, a “
Lender ”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as
Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, BANC OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book
Manager, EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Syndication Agent, PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation
Agents, NORDDEUTSCHE
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LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, as Managing Agent and AAREAL BANK AG,
CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. and REGIONS BANK, as Co-Agents.
The Borrower, the Co-Borrowers and
the guarantors party thereto, each lender party thereto, the
Administrative Agent and certain other agents are parties to that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 7, 2006 (as amended to the date hereof, the “
Existing Credit Agreement ”).
The Borrower and the Co-Borrowers
have requested that the Lenders amend, increase and restate the
Existing Credit Agreement to, among other things, provide a term
credit facility for the purpose of reducing the outstanding
principal balance of certain existing indebtedness of the Borrower
and to increase the principal amount of the revolving credit
facility thereunder, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms . As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:
“ 191 Peachtree Building
” means the 1,215,000 square foot office building located at
191 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
“ Adjusted Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, an amount equal to (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for such period, less (b) a deemed capital
expenditures reserve deduction equal to, on an annual basis, (i)
$0.35 per rentable square foot of all Income Producing Assets (or
any portion thereof) which constitutes office space; (ii) $0.15 per
rentable square foot of all Income Producing Assets (or any portion
thereof) which constitutes retail space; (iii) $0.15 per rentable
square foot of all Income Producing Assets (or any portion thereof)
which constitutes industrial space; (iv) $200.00 per unit for all
Income Producing Assets (or any portion thereof) which constitutes
apartments and (v) with respect to any asset approved by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (v) of the definition
of “Applicable Capitalization Rate” such commercially
reasonable reserve as agreed to between the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
“ Adjusted Unencumbered
EBITDA ” means, for any period, that portion of Adjusted
Consolidated EBITDA for such period generated by Unencumbered
Properties (following deductions for deemed capital expenditure
reserves applicable to such Unencumbered Properties as set forth in
the definition of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA).
“ Administrative Agent
” or “ Agent ” means Bank of America in
its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan
Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
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“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on
Schedule 10.02 , or such other address or account as
the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower
and the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“ Control ” means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “
Controlling ” and “ Controlled ”
have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by
another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing
general partners or the equivalent.
“ Agent-Related Persons
” means the Administrative Agent, together with its
Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of
such Persons and Affiliates.
“ Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments ” means the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders, as adjusted from
time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The
Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date shall
be $500,000,000.
“ Agreement ”
means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“ Applicable Capitalization
Rate ” means (i) 7.75% for Income Producing Assets
primarily constituting office space; (ii) 7.75% for Income
Producing Assets primarily constituting retail space,
(iii) 7.75% for Income Producing Assets primarily constituting
industrial space, (iv) 7.00% for Income Producing Assets
primarily constituting apartments and (v) 8.00% for other
Income Producing Assets that are not described in clauses (i),
(ii), (iii) and (iv) preceding; provided ,
that , in order for any Income Producing Assets to be
included in calculations under this Agreement pursuant to this
clause (v), such Income Producing Assets must be approved for
inclusion by the Administrative Agent.
“ Applicable Rate
” means, from time to time, for the purposes of calculating
(a) the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Rate Loans for
the purposes of Section 2.08 , (b) the interest
rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for the purposes of
Section 2.08 or (c) the Letter of Credit Fee for
the purposes of Section 2.03(i) , the following
percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio
as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b)
:
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For the Revolving Credit
Facility :
Applicable Rate
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For the Term Facility
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Applicable Rate
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Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day
immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is
delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) ; provided
, however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not
delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing
Level 5 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on
which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been
delivered (until such time as such delinquent Compliance
Certificate is delivered). The Applicable Rate in effect on the
Closing Date shall be Pricing Level 2.
“ Appropriate Lender
” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any of the
Term Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a
Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Term Loan or a
Revolving Credit Loan, respectively, at such time, (b) with
respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the L/C Issuer
and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) , the Revolving Credit Lenders and
(c) with respect to the Swing Line
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Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing
Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a)
, the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“ Approved Fund ”
means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a
Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or
an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“ Arranger ” means
a collective reference to Banc of America Securities LLC in its
capacity as sole lead arranger and sole book manager.
“ Assignee Group ”
means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one
another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor.
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption
substantially in the form of Exhibit F .
“ Attorney Costs ”
means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements
of any law firm or other external counsel.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) in respect of
any capital lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof
that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of
such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any
Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining
lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance
with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Attributable Indebtedness shall not
include the Attributable Indebtedness of Investment Entities except
to the extent any other Unconsolidated Entity or Consolidated
Entity is liable for the same (disregarding any liability with
respect to customary recourse carve-outs applicable to any
non-recourse secured Attributable Indebtedness and disregarding any
general partnership liability of the Designated Entities).
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance
sheets of the Borrower and the Consolidated Entities for the
calendar year ended December 31, 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such calendar year of
such Persons, including the notes thereto.
“ Availability Period
” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earliest of (a) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit
Facility, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 ,
and (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans, the
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions and the
obligation of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans
pursuant to Section 8.02 .
“ Bank of America
” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“ Bankruptcy Code
” means the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the United States
Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced from time to
time.
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“ Base Rate ”
means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher
of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the
rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from
time to time by the Administrative Agent as its “prime
rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by the
Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the
Administrative Agent’s costs and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference
point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or
below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by the
Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“ Base Rate Loan ”
means (i) a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan that bears
interest based on the Base Rate, or (ii) a Swing Line
Loan.
“ Borrower ” has
the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrowing ”
means (i) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans or
Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01 , or
(ii) a Swing Line Borrowing.
“ Borrower Materials
” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02
.
“ Borrower Parties
” means, as of any date of determination, a collective
reference to the Borrower and each party that has been identified
by the Borrower as a Co-Borrower under the Facilities pursuant to
Section 6.12 hereof and has not, prior to or as of such
date of determination, been released as a Co-Borrower pursuant to
such section.
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s
Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate
Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar
market.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for
purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any
date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such
date, determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capital Stock ”
means any and all shares, interests or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent equity ownership interests in a Person that is not a
corporation, including, without limitation, any and all member or
other equivalent interests in any limited liability company or
partnership interests or other equivalents in any kind of
partnership, and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of
the foregoing.
“ Cash Collateralize
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g)
.
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“ Cash Equivalents
” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith
and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof)
having maturities of not more than ninety (90) days from the
date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and
certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any
domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose
short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or
the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the
equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “ Approved
Bank ”), in each case with maturities of not more than
ninety (90) days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial
paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank
(or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes
issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or
the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the
equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within
ninety (90) days of the date of acquisition and
(d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current
assets, in money market investment programs registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered
by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least
$500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments
of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a)
through (d).
“ Change of Control
” means, with respect to any Person, an event or series of
events by which:
(a) any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any
person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a
person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership” of all securities that such person or group has
the right to acquire which are granted by such Person (such right,
an “ option right ”), whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time),
directly or indirectly, of 25% (or, in the case of Thomas G.
Cousins, 40%) or more of the equity securities of such Person
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or
group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right granted
by such Person); or
(b) during any period of 12
consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of
directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person cease
to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that
board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period,
(ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent
governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that
board or other equivalent governing body was approved by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in
the case of both clause (ii) and clause
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(iii), any
individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office
as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by
any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of
one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of
directors).
“ Closing Date ”
means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section
4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with
Section 10.01 .
“ Co-Borrower ”
has the meaning specified in Section 6.12 hereof.
“ Co-Borrower Joinder
Agreement ” means a Co-Borrower Joinder Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, executed
and delivered by a new Co-Borrower in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.12 .
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Combined Parties
” means the Borrower, the Consolidated Entities and the
Unconsolidated Entities.
“ Commitment ”
means (i) the Term Commitment of any Term Lender,
(ii) the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Credit
Lender, (iii) the aggregate Term Commitments of all Term
Lenders and/or (iv) the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments, in each case, as the context may require.
“ Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
E .
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the
Consolidated Entities on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following
to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(a) Interest Expense for such period, (b) the provision for
federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the
Borrower and the Consolidated Entities for such period,
(c) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense
deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, and (d)
proceeds attributable to minority interests.
“ Consolidated Entities
” means any Person (other than an Investment Entity) in which
the Borrower owns any Capital Stock, the accounts of which Person
are consolidated with those of the Borrower in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination,
the ratio of (a) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the
Measurement Period ending on such date to (b) Fixed Charges for
such Measurement Period.
“ Consolidated Leverage
Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio
of (a) the sum of (i) Total Debt as of such date, plus
(ii) fifty percent (50%) of all issued and outstanding Trust
Preferred Securities as of such date until the aggregate amount of
issued and outstanding Trust Preferred Securities equals
$150,000,000, plus (iii) one hundred percent (100%) of
all
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issued
and outstanding Trust Preferred Securities as of such date in
excess of $150,000,000 to (b) Total Assets as of such
date.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, for any period, for the Borrower and the
Consolidated Entities on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP, the net income of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Entities (excluding the effect of any extraordinary
gains or losses or other non-cash gains or losses outside the
ordinary course of business or gains or losses on sales of
investment property (including any impairment charges, whether or
not incurred in connection with the sale of depreciated investment
property or otherwise)) for that period; provided, that net income
shall not, in any case, include any income allocable to Capital
Stock interests of any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) or any
Affiliate of the Borrower or any other Loan Party (whether by
virtue of the organizational documents of such entity or
contractual arrangement) held by third parties other than the
Borrower and the Consolidated Entities.
“ Consolidated Parties
” means a collective reference to the Borrower and the
Consolidated Entities, and “ Consolidated Party
” means any one of them.
“ Consolidated Unencumbered
Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Adjusted Unencumbered EBITDA
for the Measurement Period ending on such date to (b) Interest
Expense for Unsecured Debt for such Measurement Period.
“ Contractual Obligation
” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any
of its property is bound.
“ Control ” has
the meaning specified in the definition of
“Affiliate.”
“ Credit Extension
” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and
(b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“ DAFC ” means the
Development Authority of Fulton County, Georgia.
“ DAFC Indentures
” means the DAFC Terminus Indenture and the DAFC 191
Indenture.
“ DAFC Leases ”
means the DAFC Terminus Lease and the DAFC 191 Lease.
“ DAFC 191 Indenture
” means that certain Bond Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 27, 2006, between the DAFC and One Ninety One Peachtree
Associates, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ DAFC 191 Lease ”
means that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of December 1,
2006, between the DAFC and One Ninety One Peachtree Associates,
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ DAFC Terminus
Indenture ” means that certain Bond Purchase Agreement,
dated as of December 27, 2006, between the DAFC and 3280
Peachtree I LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
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“ DAFC Terminus Lease
” means that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2006, between the DAFC and 3280 Peachtree I LLC, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ DAFC Transactions
” means the conveyance of the Terminus Project and the 191
Building to DAFC and the consummation of the transactions evidenced
and contemplated by the DAFC Indentures and the DAFC Leases.
“ Daily Undrawn Amount
” means, for each day during the term hereof, an amount equal
to (a) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments existing as
of the end of such day, less (b) the aggregate Outstanding
Amount (with respect to both Revolving Credit Loans and L/C
Obligations) as of the end of such day.
“ Daily Unused Fee
” means, for each day during the term hereof, an amount equal
to (a) the Daily Undrawn Amount for such day, multiplied by
(b) a per diem percentage rate (for a 360 day year) based
on an annum percentage rate calculated in accordance with the
following:
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0.200 |
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0.125 |
% |
“ Daily Unused
Percentage ” means, for any day during the term hereof, a
percentage equal to (a) the Daily Undrawn Amount as of the end
of such day, divided by (b) the Aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments as of the end of such day.
“ Debtor Relief Laws
” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all
other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“ Default ” means
any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or
that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both,
would be an Event of Default.
“ Default Rate ”
means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than
Letter of Credit Fees or Swing Line Loans, an interest rate equal
to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable
Rate, if any, for a Facility applicable to Base Rate Loans
outstanding under such Facility, plus (iii) 2% per
annum; provided , however , that with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate
equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate for a
Facility) otherwise applicable to such Loan outstanding under such
Facility, plus 2% per annum, (b) when used with respect to
Swing Line Loans, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate
plus (ii) 1% per annum, and (c) when used with
respect to Letter of
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Credit
Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit
Facility for Letter of Credit Fees plus 2% per annum, in all cases
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“ Defaulting Lender
” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any
portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Loans, participations in L/C
Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required
to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay
over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day
of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute,
or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“ Designated Entities
” means a collective reference to (a) Wildwood
Associates, (b) Temco Associates or (c) any general partner of
a Texas limited partnership which would otherwise be included in
the applicable calculation (so long as in the case of clause
(c) the general partner is not a Borrower Party); provided,
that (i) inclusion of Wildwood Associates and Temco Associates
as “Designated Entities” hereunder shall be subject to
verification from time to time by the Administrative Agent that the
JV partners with respect to such entities are liable for fifty
percent (50.0%) of the total liabilities of such entities and
(ii) inclusion of any Texas limited partnerships as
“Designated Entities” hereunder shall be subject to
verification by the Administrative Agent that neither any Borrower
Party nor any other Consolidated Entity (that is not such Texas
limited partnership or its general partner) is liable for any of
the liabilities of such Texas limited partnership.
“ Disposition ” or
“ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any
property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or
other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts
receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, provided
that it shall not include any lease, license or other occupancy
agreement.
“ Dollar ” and
“ $ ” mean lawful money of the United
States.
“ Domestic Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of
any political subdivision of the United States.
“ Eligible Assignee
” means any assignee permitted pursuant to
Section 10.7(b); provided , that , Eligible
Assignee shall not include the Borrower or any of the
Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“ Environmental Laws
” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign
statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
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franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions
relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the
release of any materials into the environment, including those
related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and
discharges to waste or public systems.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any
other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly
or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of
any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and
(o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to
Section 412 of the Code).
“ ERISA Event ”
means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that
is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a
notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as
a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which
constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of
any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums
due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Eurodollar Rate
” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar
Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by Agent pursuant to the
following formula:
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|
Eurodollar Rate
=
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|
Eurodollar Base Rate |
|
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1.00 — Eurodollar
Reserve Percentage |
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Where,
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“ Eurodollar Base Rate
” means, for such Interest Period (rounded upwards, as
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) the rate per annum equal to
the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA
LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially
available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by
Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If
such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the
“ Eurodollar Base Rate ” for such Interest
Period (rounded upwards, as necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%)
shall be the rate per annum determined by Agent to be the rate at
which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of
America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be
offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or, if a quote is
not available from Bank of America’s London Branch, then
another major bank’s London branch, as reasonably selected by
the Administrative Agent) to major banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
“ Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage ” means, for any day during any Interest
Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out
to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not
applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to
time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The
Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in
the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“ Eurodollar Rate Loan
” means a Term Loan or a Revolving Credit Loan that bears
interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01
.
“ Existing Credit
Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the second
introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Existing Indebtedness
” means (a) that certain Construction Facility Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2006 among the Borrower, Bank
of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of
lenders party thereto, and (b) that certain Credit Agreement
dated July 9, 2007 among the Borrower, Bank of America, N.A.,
as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders party
thereto.
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“ Existing Letters of
Credit ” means those Letters of Credit described on
Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto.
“ Extended Maturity Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b)
.
“ Facility ” means
the Term Facility or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context
may require.
“ Federal Funds Rate
” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if
necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on
the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is
so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to Bank
of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Fee Letter ”
means the letter agreement, dated July 19, 2007, among the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Arranger.
“ Fixed Charges ”
means, in the aggregate for the Combined Parties and for the
applicable period of calculation, the sum of (a) Interest
Expense of the Combined Parties, plus (b) the principal
component of all payments made in respect of Capital Lease
Obligations, plus (c) any payments required to be made
(whether or not actually made) in respect of ground rental
obligations under ground leases, plus (d) regularly
scheduled required principal payments on Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed (excluding any scheduled balloon, bullet, or similar
principal payment which repays such Indebtedness for Money Borrowed
in full) plus (e) rentals payable under leases of real
property during such period to the extent not covered in clause
(b), plus (f) any dividends paid or payable by Borrower
or any of its Consolidated Entities in respect of any class of
preferred capital stock; provided, however, that in calculating
Fixed Charges of each Consolidated Entity and Unconsolidated
Entity, the amount of the items described in clauses (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e) and (f) above of such Consolidated Entity shall
be reduced by the share allocable to interests held by Persons
other than the Borrower or other Consolidated Entities, and as to
such Unconsolidated Entity shall be multiplied by the percentage of
the Borrower’s direct and indirect ownership interest in such
Unconsolidated Entity (except to the extent the Borrower or the
applicable Consolidated Entity owner of the capital stock of the
applicable Unconsolidated Entity is liable, whether contractually
or otherwise, for a greater portion of such amount (disregarding
any liability with respect to customary recourse carve-outs
applicable to any nonrecourse secured Indebtedness), in which case
such higher amount shall be used in the
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applicable calculations (except with respect to the Designated
Entities, for which only the percentage of the Borrower’s
direct or indirect ownership interest shall be used)).
“ Foreign Lender ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.15(a)(i)
.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“ Fully Satisfied
” means, with respect to the Obligations as of any date,
that, as of such date, (a) all principal of and interest
accrued to such date which constitute Obligations shall have been
irrevocably paid in full in cash, (b) all fees, expenses and
other amounts then due and payable which constitute Obligations
shall have been irrevocably paid in cash, and (c) the
Commitments shall have been expired or terminated in full.
“ FRB ” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Fund ” means any
Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its business.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in
the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of
the date of determination, consistently applied.
“ Governmental Authority
” means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government.
“ Guarantee ”
means, as to any Person, any (a) obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable
or performable by another Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation,
(ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness
or other obligation of the
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payment
or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation,
(iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or
cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other
obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such
obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or
(b) Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any assets of such
Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Guarantee
shall not include completion guarantees or the endorsement of
instruments. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related
primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such
Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined
by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term
“Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“ Guarantors ”
means, collectively, each of those Persons identified as a
“Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, and each
Person that subsequently becomes a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 6.12 , and “ Guarantor ”
means any one of them.
“ Guaranty ” means
the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article XI hereof.
“ Hazardous Materials
” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Income Producing
Assets ” means (a) the 191 Peachtree Building and
(b) all other real property assets of the Borrower, any
Consolidated Entity or any Unconsolidated Entity (i) which are
partially or fully income producing for financial reporting
purposes on the applicable calculation date and have been
continuously partially or fully income producing for financial
reporting purposes for the calendar quarter ending immediately
preceding the calculation date, (ii) for which an
unconditional base building certificate of occupancy (or its
equivalent) has been issued by the applicable Governmental
Authority, and (iii) as to such assets which in the
immediately preceding reporting period were classified as
Non-Income Producing Assets, which either (A) are leased to
tenants in occupancy and/or to parties not yet in occupancy but
which have signed leases under which the only condition to
occupancy is completion of the applicable space, and the leases for
such tenants in occupancy or to be in occupancy represent eighty
percent (80%) or more of the rentable square footage of the
applicable real property asset; or (B) have been a Non-Income
Producing Asset for a period equal to or in excess of eighteen
(18) months following the issuance of an unconditional base
building certificate of occupancy
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(provided, that different phases of real property developments
shall be treated as different assets for purposes of this
determination); provided, however, that “Income Producing
Assets” shall not include intra or inter-entity obligations
between the Borrower and any of the Consolidated Entities.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication,
total liabilities of such Person as determined by GAAP, plus all of
the following, in each case to the extent not otherwise included as
total liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed of such Person;
(b) all obligations under financing
leases, all Capital Lease Obligations (including all capitalized
interest under any capital leases), all Synthetic Lease Obligations
and all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of such Person;
(c) all direct or contingent
obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances,
bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(d) indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned by such
Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or
other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness
shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in
recourse;
(e) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred purchase price of property or services to the
extent constituting indebtedness pursuant to GAAP (other than trade
accounts payable in the ordinary course of business) and all
obligations under any repurchase, take-out commitments or forward
equity commitments (other than, with respect to the calculation of
the Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Consolidated Entity or any
Unconsolidated Entity, commitments to a Consolidated Entity, an
Unconsolidated Entity or an Investment Entity);
(f) net obligations of such Person
under any Swap Contract;
(g) all Monetized Guarantees of such
Person in respect of any of the foregoing;
however,
for purposes of this Agreement, (i) Indebtedness shall not
include (A) shareholders’ and partners’ and
members’ equity, (B) capital stock, (C) surplus,
(D) reserves for general contingencies and other cash
reserves, (E) minority interests in Consolidated Entities, and
(F) deferred income which in accordance with GAAP would be included
in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of
a balance sheet of such Person and (ii) Indebtedness, as
calculated for the Borrower or any Loan Party shall not include
Indebtedness of Investment Entities, except, for clarification
purposes, to the extent any other Unconsolidated Entity or
Consolidated Entity is liable for the same (disregarding any
liability with respect to customary
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recourse
carve-outs applicable to any nonrecourse secured Indebtedness and
disregarding any general partnership liability of the Designated
Entities).
The
amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date
shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such
date. The amount of any capital lease obligation or Synthetic Lease
Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of
Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
For
purposes of clarification, notwithstanding any language to the
contrary contained in the foregoing, there shall be no
double-counting of Indebtedness (for example, in the case of a
guaranty or letter of credit supporting other Indebtedness).
“ Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed ” means, with respect to any Person, without
duplication (a) all money borrowed by such Person and
Indebtedness of such Person represented by notes payable by such
Person and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit to
such Person, (b) all Indebtedness of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments,
(c) all Indebtedness of such Person upon which interest
charges are customarily paid, (d) all Indebtedness of such
Person issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or
services (other than accrued employee compensation), whether or not
any such notes, drafts, obligations or Indebtedness would otherwise
represent “Indebtedness for Money Borrowed” and
(e) all capitalized interest under any capital leases and the
principal balance outstanding with respect to any Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities where such transaction is considered borrowed money
indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating
lease in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition,
(i) interest which is accrued but not paid on the original due
date or within any applicable cure or grace period as provided by
the underlying contract for such interest shall be deemed
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed and (ii) trade account
payables arising in the ordinary course of business and not
delinquent by more than ninety (90) days shall not be deemed
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed. Indebtedness for Money Borrowed
with respect to the Borrower, the Consolidated Entities and/or the
Unconsolidated Entities shall not include any obligations of
Investment Entities except, for clarification purposes, to the
extent any other Unconsolidated Entity or Consolidated Entity is
liable for the same (disregarding any liability with respect to
customary recourse carve-outs applicable to any nonrecourse secured
Indebtedness and disregarding any general partnership liability of
the Designated Entities).
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.05 .
“ Indemnitees ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.05 .
“ Initial Maturity Date
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(a)(ii) .
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“ Interest Capitalized
” means, in respect of any period, interest capitalized by
the Borrower and its Consolidated Entities in such period
calculated in accordance with GAAP plus to the extent not already
included herein the Borrower’s pro rata share of the interest
capitalized of its Unconsolidated Entities.
“ Interest Expense
” means, in respect of any period, an amount equal to the sum
of (a) the interest payable during such period with respect to
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Entities (and, when specified in the applicable
covenant, a pro rata share of the interest payable for the
Unconsolidated Entities), and (b) the interest component of
capitalized lease obligations of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Entities, less any Interest Capitalized.
“ Interest Expense for
Unsecured Debt ” means for any period, Interest Expense
with respect to Unsecured Debt of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Entities.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan,
the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and
the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made;
provided , however , that if any Interest Period for
a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates
that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest
Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any
Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the fifth (5
th )
day of each calendar month and the Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made.
“ Interest Period
” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or
converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on
the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by
the Borrower (on its behalf or on behalf of a Co-Borrower) in a
Loan Notice; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period that begins
on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(c) no Interest Period shall extend
beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was
made; and
(d) the Borrower may (on its own
behalf or on behalf of any Co-Borrower), in addition to the periods
set forth above, request and receive an Interest Period for a
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Eurodollar Rate
Loan shorter than one (1) month if and to the extent that the
Administrative Agent has pre-approved such shorter period (such
approval to be withheld in the absolute and sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent) and no Lender objects to the use of such
shorter period prior to the establishment thereof (such objections
to be raised in the absolute and sole discretion of the respective
Lenders).
“ Investment ”
means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or
investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the
purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities
of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution
to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest
in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture
interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other
acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of
assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For
purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall
be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent
increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
“ Investment Entities
” means, as of any date of determination, those Persons in
which the Borrower, any of the Consolidated Entities or any of the
Unconsolidated Entities directly or indirectly owns any Capital
Stock which satisfy each of the following criteria: (a) such
Person is an unconsolidated entity with respect to the Borrower for
financial reporting purposes or is an entity that is consolidated
with the Borrower as a result of the pronouncement entitled
Financial Interpretation 46 “Consolidation of Variable
Interest Entities” by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board on January 17, 2003 as revised from time to time,
(b) a party other than Borrower, a Consolidated Entity or an
Unconsolidated Entity has primary control over day-to-day
management of such Person (responsibilities under management
agreements shall not constitute control), and (c) none of the
Borrower, any Consolidated Entity or any Unconsolidated Entity is
directly or contingently liable for indebtedness of such Person,
except for standard and customary recourse carve-outs commonly
included in non-recourse financings in the form of guarantees or
indemnities. For a list of the entities which are Investment
Entities of the Borrower as of the Closing Date, see
Schedule 1.1(b) attached hereto.
“ IP Rights ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.17.
“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ ISP ” means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International
Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of
International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version
thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“ Issuer Documents
” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter
Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and
instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer
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and the
Borrower (or any Consolidated Entity) or in favor of the L/C Issuer
and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“ Joinder Agreement
” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit G hereto, executed and delivered by a new
Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.12 .
“ Land and Condominium
Assets ” means Non-Income Producing Assets that consist
primarily of undeveloped land and residential condominium
assets.
“ Laws ” means,
collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation
or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case to the extent from time to time in full force and effect
or otherwise having the force of law.
“ L/C Advance ”
means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving
Credit Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C
Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“ L/C Borrowing ”
means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any
Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when
made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line
Loan.
“ L/C Credit Extension
” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of
the amount thereof.
“ L/C Issuer ”
means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of
Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ L/C Obligations
” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be
drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of
Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.07 . For all purposes of this Agreement, if
on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its
terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of
the
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operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall
be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so
remaining available to be drawn.
“ Lender ” has the
meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the
context requires, includes the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender,
each Revolving Credit Lender and each Term Lender.
“ Lending Office ”
means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative
Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from
time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
“ Letter of Credit
” means any letter of credit issued hereunder and shall
include the Existing Letters of Credit. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Letter of Credit may be a standby letter of credit
only and may not be a commercial letter of credit.
“ Letter of Credit
Application ” means an application and agreement for the
issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time
to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“ Letter of Credit Cash
Collateral Date ” means the day that is ten
(10) days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect for the
Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day,
the preceding Business Day).
“ Letter of Credit Fee
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i)
.
“ Letter of Credit
Expiration Date ” means the day that is one year after
the Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the preceding Business
Day).
“ Letter of Credit
Sublimit ” means, for any date of determination, an
amount equal to fifty percent (50.0%) multiplied by the amount of
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments in existence as of such
date. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition
to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
“ Lien ” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in
the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
and any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing).
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“ Liquid Assets ”
means, as of any date of determination, the following assets of the
Combined Parties: (a) unrestricted cash and marketable
securities; and (b) notes receivable (related to loans that
are not in default and otherwise fully performing as of such date)
secured by a mortgage instrument with a valid and enforceable first
priority mortgage lien on a fee or leasehold interest held by the
debtor in the applicable real estate assets, where the fair market
value of such real estate assets is greater than 110% of the amount
of Indebtedness secured thereby.
“ Loan ” means an
extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower or any Co-Borrower
under Article II in the form of a Revolving Credit
Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a Term Loan.
“ Loan Documents ”
means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, each Joinder
Agreement, each Co-Borrower Joinder Agreement and the Fee
Letter.
“ Loan Notice ”
means a Term Loan Notice, a Revolving Credit Loan Notice or a Swing
Line Loan Notice.
“ Loan Parties ”
means, as of any date of determination, a collective reference to
the Borrower, each Co-Borrower and each Guarantor existing as of
such date.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse effect upon,
the results of operations, business, properties, financial
condition or business prospects of the Combined Parties taken as a
whole; (b) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan
Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations under any
Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which
it is a party.
“ Maturity Date ”
means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the
later to occur of (i) the Initial Maturity Date; and
(ii) to the extent maturity is extended pursuant to
Section 2.14 , the Extended Maturity Date, and
(b) with respect to the Term Facility, August 29, 2012;
provided , that , in each case, if such date is not a
Business Day, then the Maturity Date shall be the preceding
Business Day.
“ Measurement Period
” means, at any date of determination, the most recently
completed four calendar quarters of the Borrower.
“ Monetized Guarantee
” means any Guarantee which (a) is a Guarantee of
Indebtedness for Money Borrowed; (b) is a Guarantee that has
been reduced to judgment or otherwise liquidated for a specified
monetary amount; or (c) is a Guarantee of performance of
any
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obligation which obligation is past due beyond any applicable grace
or cure period and the liability under which can be reasonably
quantified in terms of the monetary liability of the applicable
obligor.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during
the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“ Non-Income Producing
Asset ” means any real property asset of the Borrower,
any Consolidated Entity, or any Unconsolidated Entity which does
not qualify as an “Income Producing Asset” (following
application of subsection (b)(iii)(B) and each other provision of
the definition thereof).
“ Note ” means
each Term Note and each Revolving Credit Note, or any of
them.
“ Obligations ”
means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan
Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit,
whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including (a) interest and
fees that accrue under the Loan Documents after the commencement by
or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the
debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and
fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and (b) any Swap
Contract entered into in connection with the Loans by any Loan
Party with respect to which a Lender or any Affiliate of such
Lender is a party.
“ Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Person as of any
date of determination thereof, without duplication and to the
extent not included as a liability on the consolidated balance
sheet of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP: (a) with respect to any asset
securitization transaction (including any accounts receivable
purchase facility) (i) the unrecovered investment of
purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred and
(ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless,
indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or payments made in
respect thereof, other than limited recourse provisions that are
customary for transactions of such type and that neither
(x) have the effect of limiting the loss or credit risk of
such purchasers or transferees with respect to payment or
performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred nor
(y) impair the characterization of the transaction as a true
sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor Relief Laws);
(b) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or
so-called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance
sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any Debtor
Relief Law to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, would be
characterized as indebtedness; or (c) the monetary obligations
under any sale and
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leaseback transaction which does not create a liability on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries; or
(d) any other monetary obligation arising with respect to any
other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes
the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on
the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(for purposes of this clause (d), any transaction structured to
provide tax deductibility as interest expense of any dividend,
coupon or other periodic payment will be deemed to be the
functional equivalent of a borrowing).
“ Organization Documents
” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the
certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or
equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any
non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited
liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or
organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to
any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation or organization and any agreement,
instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in
connection with its formation or organization with the applicable
Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or
organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of
formation or organization of such entity.
“ Outstanding Amount
” means (i) with respect to Term Loans, Revolving Credit
Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and
Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and
(ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the
amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to
any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other
changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such
date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding
unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in
the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit
taking effect on such date.
“ Participant ”
has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d) .
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“ Pension Plan ”
means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is
sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or
to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an
obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or
other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made
contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five
plan years.
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“ Permitted Liens
” means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of the
Borrower, Consolidated Entities and/or Unconsolidated Entities
constituting:
(a) Liens existing pursuant to any
Loan Document;
(b) Liens (other than Liens imposed
under ERISA) for taxes, assessments (including private assessments
and charges) or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with
GAAP, or which have been insured over without qualification,
condition or assumption by title insurance or otherwise in a manner
acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords and
Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and
suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary
reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course
of business, provided that such Liens secure only amounts
not yet due and payable or, if due and payable, no action has been
taken to enforce the same (other than filing of a Lien) and which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for
which adequate reserves determined in accordance with GAAP have
been established or which have been bonded;
(d) zoning restrictions, easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other encumbrances affecting real
property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the applicable Person;
(e) leases or subleases to third
parties (including any Affiliates of Borrower or any Combined
Party);
(f) Liens securing judgments for the
payment of money not constituting an Event of Default hereunder or
securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such
judgments;
(g) any interest of title of a lessor
under, and Liens arising from UCC financing statements (or
equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign
jurisdictions) relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;
and
(h) Liens incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers compensation,
unemployment insurance or other social security obligations.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
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“ Plan ” means any
“employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with
respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“ Platform ” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .
“ Pro Rata Share ”
means, (a) in respect of the Term Facility, with respect to
any Term Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the
ninth decimal place) of the aggregate Term Facility represented by
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Term Lender’s
Term Commitment at such time, over the aggregate Term Commitments
of all Term Lenders at such time, and (ii) thereafter, the
principal amount of such Term Lender’s Term Loans at such
time, over the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans at such
time, and (b) in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility,
with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal
place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator
of which is the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all
Revolving Credit Lenders at such time; provided that if the
Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make
Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make
L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.02 , then the Pro Rata Share of each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata
Share of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such
termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments
made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial Pro Rata Share of
each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on
Schedules 2.01(a) and (b) , as applicable, or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable.
“ Register ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.07(c) .
“ REIT ” means a
Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment
trust” under the Code.
“ Reportable Event
” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period
has been waived.
“ Request for Credit
Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans,
a Term Loan Notice or a Revolving Credit Loan Notice, as the case
may be, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter
of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line
Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
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“ Required Lenders
” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding
more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings (with
the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing
Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit
Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) the aggregate
unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the
unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.
“ Required Revolving Credit
Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination,
Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the
(a) Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate
amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation
and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans
being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for
purposes of this definition) and (b) the aggregate unused
Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that the unused
Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total
Revolving Credit Outstandings held or deemed held by, any
Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
“ Required Term Lenders
” means, as of any date of determination, Term Lenders
holding more than 50% of the Term Facility on such date;
provided , that , the portion of the Term Facility
held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of
making a determination of Required Term Lenders.
“ Responsible Officer
” means the chief executive officer, any vice chairman,
president, chief financial officer, chief investment officer, chief
administrative officer, general counsel or, solely with respect to
the ability to request advances of Loans, L/C Credit Extensions and
continuations and conversions of Loans and to sign Compliance
Certificates, any other Person who is authorized in writing by any
of the foregoing to make such requests. Any document delivered
hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party
shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of
such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively
presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“ Restricted Payment
” means any cash dividend or other distribution with respect
to any Capital Stock (including preferred stock) or other equity
interest of the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, or any
payment, including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account
of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation
or termination of any such Capital Stock or other equity interest,
other than any distribution or other payment solely in Capital
Stock of such Person.
“ Restricted Purchase
” means any payment on account of the purchase, redemption,
or other acquisition or retirement of any Capital Stock (including
preferred equity) of the Borrower.
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“ Revolving Credit
Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of
Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each
of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(a) .
“ Revolving Credit
Commitment ” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender,
its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) ,
(b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and
(c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Credit
Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(a) or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Credit
Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ Revolving Credit
Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of
the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at
such time.
“ Revolving Credit
Lender ” means, at any time, (a) so long as the
Revolving Credit Commitments are outstanding, any Lender that has a
Revolving Credit Commitment at such time or (b) if the Revolving
Credit Commitments have been terminated or expired, hold a
Revolving Credit Loan or a participation in L/C Obligations or
Swing Line Loans at such time.
“ Revolving Credit Loan
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a)
.
“ Revolving Credit Loan
Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Revolving Credit
Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type
to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans
made under the Revolving Credit Facility, pursuant to Section
2.02(a) , which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A .
“ Revolving Credit Note
” means a promissory note made by the Borrower or any
Co-Borrowers in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing
Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans, as the case may be,
made by such Revolving Credit Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1 , together with each Co-Borrower Joinder
Agreement executed by any Co-Borrower, to the extent the same has
not been terminated pursuant to Section 6.12
hereof.
“ SEC ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“ Secured Debt ”
means, for any given calculation date, the total aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness for Money Borrowed of the Borrower
and the Consolidated Entities, on a consolidated basis (and without
duplication on account of the guaranty obligations of the Borrower
or any Consolidated Entity relating to the Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed of another Consolidated Entity), that is secured in any
manner by any Lien; provided, that obligations in respect of
Capitalized Leases shall not be deemed to be Secured Debt. For
clarification purposes, (i) any unsecured guaranty given by
the Borrower or any Consolidated
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Entity
of secured obligations of a Person who is not a Consolidated Entity
does not constitute Secured Debt of the Person giving the guaranty,
(ii) any unsecured guaranty given by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Entity of the Secured Debt of another Consolidated
Entity constitutes the Secured Debt of the Person directly
incurring the Secured Debt and shall not be calculated as part of
the obligations of the Person giving the guaranty, (iii) any
unsecured guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
of the unsecured obligations of a Person who is not a Consolidated
Entity does not constitute Secured Debt of the Person giving the
guaranty, (iv) any unsecured guaranty given by the Borrower or
any Consolidated Entity of the unsecured obligations of another
Consolidated Entity does not constitute the Secured Debt of the
Person directly incurring such obligations and shall not be
calculated as part of the obligations (secured or otherwise) of the
Person giving the guaranty, (v) any secured guaranty given by the
Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of secured obligations of a
Person who is not a Consolidated Entity constitutes Secured Debt of
such Person giving the guaranty, (vi) any secured guaranty
given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of the secured
obligations of another Consolidated Entity constitutes the Secured
Debt of the Person directly incurring the secured obligations and
shall not be calculated as part of the obligations (secured or
otherwise) of the Person giving the guaranty, (vii) any
secured guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
of the unsecured obligations of a Person who is not a Consolidated
Entity constitutes the Secured Debt of the Person giving the
guaranty, and (viii) any secured guaranty given by the
Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of the unsecured obligations of
any Consolidated Entity constitutes the Secured Debt of the Person
giving the guaranty and shall not be calculated as part of the
obligations (secured or otherwise) of the Person directly incurring
such obligations.
“ Shareholders’
Equity ” means, as of any date of determination,
consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Entities as of that date determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Subsidiary ” of
a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of
the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Swap Contract ”
means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps,
credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap
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transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master
agreement relating to the foregoing, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement related to any of
the foregoing (any such master agreement, together with any related
schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), including
any such obligations or liabilities under any Master
Agreement.
“ Swap Termination Value
” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting
agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on
or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available
quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts
(which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“ Swing Line ”
means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line Borrowing
” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.04 .
“ Swing Line Lender
” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing
Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“ Swing Line Loan
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a)
.
“ Swing Line Loan Notice
” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b) , which, if in writing, shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
“ Swing Line Sublimit
” means an amount equal to (a) $50,000,000, less (b) a
percentage equal to the percentage reduction in the Revolving
Credit Commitments below a level of $500,000,000. The Swing Line
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments.
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“ Synthetic Lease
Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person
under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax
retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession
of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance
sheet of such Person where such transaction is considered borrowed
money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an
operating lease in accordance with GAAP.
“ Tax Driven Lease
Transaction ” means (i) the DAFC Transactions and
(ii) any transaction pursuant to which a Combined Entity
conveys record title to a real property asset to a governmental
entity and then leases such asset back from the governmental entity
for the purposes of effecting a reduction in real property taxes
where (i) the conveying Combined Entity can repurchase the
conveyed asset at any time for nominal consideration, (ii) no
Indebtedness is incurred by any Combined Entity under GAAP;
provided , that , if the structure of any such
transaction requires the issuance of bonds by the applicable
governmental entity, such bonds are purchased by a Combined Entity
as consideration for the applicable real property transfer and the
amounts receivable by a Combined Entity on such bonds equals the
rent payable under the applicable Lease, (iii) no net payments
are required to be made to any third party as a result of such
transaction and the corresponding Tax Driven Lease Transaction
Documents (other than the reduced real property taxes and customary
closing costs and fees), and (iv) such transaction, however
structured, is consummated on terms substantially similar to the
DAFC Transactions.
“ Tax Driven Lease
Transaction Documents ” means (i) the DAFC
Indentures and DAFC Leases and (ii) with respect to any Tax
Driven Lease Transaction other than the DAFC Transactions, leases,
indentures and such other documents that are customarily required
for a transaction of that type and that satisfy the requirements of
the definition of Tax Driven Lease Transaction.
“ Term Borrowing ”
means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same
Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same
Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) .
“ Term Commitment
” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make Term
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Term Lender’s name
on Schedule 2.01(b) or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as
applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
“ Term Facility ”
means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Closing Date, the
aggregate amount of the Term Commitments of all Term Lenders at
such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount
of the Term Loans of all Term Lenders outstanding at such
time.
“ Term Lender ”
means (a) at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, any
Lender that has a Term Commitment at such time and (b) at any
time after the Closing Date, any Lender that holds Term Loans at
such time.
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“ Term Loan ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b) .
“ Term Loan Notice
” means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a
conversion of Term Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans made under the Term Loan
Facility, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing,
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
“ Term Note ”
means a promissory note made by the Borrower or any Co-Borrower in
favor of a Term Lender evidencing Term Loans made by such Term
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 ,
together with each Co-Borrower Joinder Agreement executed by any
Co-Borrower, to the extent the same has not been terminated
pursuant to Section 6.12 hereof.
“ Terminus Project
” means the project commonly known as “Terminus
100” located at 3280 Peachtree Road in Atlanta, Georgia;
provided , however , the Terminus Project does not
include the other land at 3280 Peachtree Street and adjacent
thereto owned by the Borrower or its Consolidated Entities, the air
rights above the parking structure which may be used for future
development, or the parking within the parking structure being
developed which will serve such potential future development above
the parking structure.
“ Threshold Amount
” means $10,000,000.
“ Total Assets ”
means, as of any calculation date, the sum of (a) the Value of
Income Producing Assets for all such assets of the Combined
Parties, plus (b) the Value of Liquid Assets of the
Combined Parties, plus (c) the Value of Non-Income
Producing Assets of the Combined Parties, that are not Land and
Condominium Assets, plus (d) the Value of Non-Income Producing
Assets of the Combined Parties that are Land and Condominium
Assets; provided, however, that in calculating Total Assets the sum
of items (c) and (d) shall be reduced to the extent
necessary (with a corresponding reduction in the sum of items (a),
(b), (c) and (d)) to establish that the sum of items
(c) and (d) shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the
sums of items (a), (b), (c) and (d); provided ,
further, that in calculating Total Assets, item (d) shall be
reduced to the extent necessary (with a corresponding reduction in
the sum of items (a), (b), (c) and (d), to establish that item
(d) shall not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the sum of
items (a), (b), (c) and (d).
“ Total Debt ”
means, as of any calculation date, for the Combined Parties
(reduced to the extent necessary to reflect the portion thereof not
attributable to Borrower’s direct and indirect ownership
interest), the sum of (without duplication): (a) all
outstanding Indebtedness for Money Borrowed; (b) all Capital
Lease Obligations, and (c) all obligations constituting
Monetized Guarantees of such Persons; provided ,
however , that in calculating the Total Debt of each
Consolidated Entity and Unconsolidated Entity, the amount of the
items described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above of such
Consolidated Entity and Unconsolidated Entity shall be multiplied
by the percentage of the Borrower’s direct and indirect
ownership interest in such Consolidated Entity and Unconsolidated
Entity. Total Debt shall not include any such obligation of
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Investment Entities except, for clarification purposes, to the
extent any Consolidated Entity is liable for the same (disregarding
any Consolidated Entity’s liability with respect to customary
recourse carve-outs applicable to any nonrecourse secured
Indebtedness) and disregarding any general partnership liability of
the Designated Entities.
“ Total Outstandings
” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all
L/C Obligations.
“ Total Revolving Credit
Outstanding ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
all Revolving Credit Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“ Trust Preferred
Securities ” means trust preferred securities issued by a
Trust Preferred Securities Issuer, the proceeds of which will be
used to make loans to the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity.
“ Trust Preferred Securities
Issuer ” means a special purpose entity of which the
Borrower or any Consolidated Entity owns 100% of the common
interests, which special purpose entity is established for the
purpose of issuing such trust preferred securities and using the
proceeds of such issuance to make loans to the Borrower or a
Consolidated Entity.
“ Type ” means,
with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“ Unconsolidated
Entities ” means, as of any date of determination, those
Persons in which the Borrower or any of the Consolidated Entities
owns some portion of Capital Stock and which are not consolidated
with the Borrower on the financial statements of the Borrower in
accordance with GAAP. Unconsolidated Entities shall not include
Investment Entities.
“ Unencumbered
Properties ” means (i) all real property assets
owned by the Borrower or the Consolidated Entities that are not
subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens and are located in
the United States of America and (ii) the 191 Peachtree
Building, the Terminus Project and any other asset that is the
subject of a Tax Driven Lease Transaction, for so long as such
properties are subject to Tax Driven Lease Transaction Documents
and are not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens.
“ Unfunded Pension
Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over
the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined
in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan
year.
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“ United States ”
and “ U.S. ” mean the United States of
America.
“ Unreimbursed Amount
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i)
.
“ Unsecured Debt ”
means, as of any date, the aggregate of all Indebtedness for Money
Borrowed of the Borrower and the Consolidated Entities that was
incurred, and continues to be outstanding, without granting a Lien
(other than Permitted Liens not described in clauses (a) or
(f) of such definition) as security for such Indebtedness for
Money Borrowed. Unsecured Debt shall not include any such
obligations of Unconsolidated Entities or Investment Entities
except, for clarification purposes, to the extent any Consolidated
Entity is liable for the same (disregarding any liability with
respect to customary recourse carve-outs applicable to any
nonrecourse secured obligations and disregarding any general
partnership liability of the Designated Entities). For
clarification purposes, (a) any unsecured guaranty given by
the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of secured obligations of a
Person who is not the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity constitutes
Unsecured Debt of the Borrower or such Consolidated Entity giving
the guaranty, (b) any unsecured guaranty given by the Borrower
or any Consolidated Entity of the secured obligations of the
Borrower or another Consolidated Entity constitutes the Secured
Debt of the Borrower or the Consolidated Entity directly incurring
the secured obligations and shall not be calculated as part of the
obligations (either secured or unsecured) of the Borrower or such
Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty (except to the extent that
the relevant calculation does not otherwise account for the
obligations of the Borrower or the Consolidated Entity directly
incurring the underlying secured obligations, in which case it
shall constitute the Unsecured Debt of the Borrower or the
Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty), (c) any unsecured
guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity of the
unsecured obligations of a Person who is not the Borrower or a
Consolidated Entity constitutes the Unsecured Debt of the Borrower
or such Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty, (d) any
unsecured guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
of the unsecured obligations of the Borrower or another
Consolidated Entity constitutes the Unsecured Debt of the Borrower
or the Consolidated Entity directly incurring such obligations and
shall not be calculated as part of the obligations (either secured
or unsecured) of the Borrower or such Consolidated Entity giving
the guaranty (except to the extent that the relevant calculation
does not otherwise account for the obligations of the Borrower or
the Consolidated Entity directly incurring the underlying unsecured
obligations, in which case it shall constitute the Unsecured Debt
of the Borrower or the Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty),
(e) any secured guaranty given by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Entity of secured obligations of a Person who is not
the Borrower or a Consolidated Entity constitutes secured debt of
the Borrower or such Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty,
(f) any secured guaranty given by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Entity of the secured obligations of the Borrower or
another Consolidated Entity constitutes the secured debt of the
Borrower or the Consolidated Entity directly incurring the secured
obligations and shall not be calculated as part of the obligations
(either secured or unsecured) of the Borrower or such Consolidated
Entity giving the guaranty (except to the extent that the relevant
calculation does not otherwise account for the obligations of the
Borrower or the Consolidated Entity directly incurring the
underlying secured obligations, in which case it shall constitute
the secured debt of the Borrower or the Consolidated Entity giving
the guaranty), (g)
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any
secured guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
of the unsecured obligations of a Person who is not the Borrower or
a Consolidated Entity constitutes the secured debt of the Borrower
or such Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty, and (h) any
secured guaranty given by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity
of the unsecured obligations of the Borrower or another
Consolidated Entity constitutes the secured debt of the Borrower or
such Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty and shall not be
calculated as part of the obligations (either secured or unsecured)
of the Borrower or the Consolidated Entity directly incurring such
obligations (except to the extent that the relevant calculation
does not otherwise account for the obligations of the Borrower or
such Consolidated Entity giving the guaranty, in which case it
shall constitute the Unsecured Debt of the Borrower or the
Consolidated Entity directly incurring the underlying unsecured
obligations). For purposes of calculating the financial covenants
contained herein, obligations of the Borrower or any Consolidated
Entity pursuant to the terms of any letter of credit shall be
treated in the same manner as a guaranty.
“ Unused Fee ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.09(a) .
“ Value of Income Producing
Assets ” means, as of any date, the aggregate value of
each Income Producing Asset existing as of such date, where the
value of each such Income Producing Asset equals: the product of
(a) the Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent
calendar quarter allocable to such Income Producing Asset, (i)
multiplied by four (4), (ii) then, divided by
the Applicable Capitalization Rate, multiplied by (b)
(i) if such asset is owned by the Borrower or any Consolidated
Entity, 100% (adjusted, in the case of such an asset owned by a
Consolidated Entity, appropriately to reflect the relative direct
and indirect economic interest (calculated as a percentage) of the
Borrower in such Consolidated Entity determined in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the organizational documents of such
Consolidated Entity), and (ii) if such asset is owned by an
Unconsolidated Entity, the percentage of the Borrower’s
direct or indirect ownership in the Unconsolidated Entity owning
such asset; provided , however , that (A) if any
Income Producing Asset has been an Income Producing Asset for a
period of less than four (4) calendar quarters, then such
Income Producing Asset will be assigned a value which is the
greater of (i) the value of such asset determined in
accordance with clauses (a) and (b) above and
(ii) the value of such asset determined in accordance with
clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of “Value of
Non-Income Producing Assets” and (B) notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, the 191 Peachtree Building shall
be assigned a value which is the greater of (i) the value of
such asset determined in accordance with clauses (a) and
(b) above and (ii) the value of such asset determined in
accordance with clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of
“Value of Non-Income Producing Assets”; provided
, that at any time the Borrower may by delivery of written notice
to the Administrative Agent elect to have the provisions of this
clause (B) and of Section 7.03(a)(ii)(A)(2) no longer
apply, in which event the 191 Peachtree Building shall be assigned
a value as determined pursuant to this Agreement at all times
thereafter (without regard to the terms of this clause (B) and
Section 7.03(a)(ii)(A)(2)).
“ Value of Liquid Assets
” means, as of any date, the sum of (a) the amount of
cash included in Liquid Assets, plus (b) an amount equal to
(i) the market value of any marketable
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securities included in Liquid Assets, less (ii) to the extent
not included in Total Debt, any margin indebtedness with respect
thereto, plus (c) the book value of notes receivable secured
by a mortgage instrument with a valid and enforceable first
priority mortgage lien on a fee or leasehold interest held by the
debtor in the applicable real estate assets and included in Liquid
Assets (where the fair market value of such real estate assets is
greater than or equal to 110% of the amount of indebtedness secured
thereby); provided , that with respect to each asset the
respective amounts used in calculating clauses (a), (b) and
(c) above shall be multiplied by (1) if such asset is
owned by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, 100% (adjusted,
in the case of such an asset owned by a Consolidated Entity,
appropriately to reflect the relative direct and indirect economic
interest (calculated as a percentage) of the Borrower in such
Consolidated Entity determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the organizational documents of such Consolidated
Entity), and (2) if such asset is owned by an Unconsolidated
Entity, the percentage of the Borrower’s direct or indirect
ownership in the Unconsolidated Entity owning such asset.
“ Value of Non-Income
Producing Assets ” means on any calculation date, the
aggregate value of all Non-Income Producing Assets, where the value
of each such Non-Income Producing Asset is equal to the product of
(a) the cost of such asset reported to the date of calculation
in accordance with GAAP, times (b) (i) if such asset is
owned by the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity, 100% (adjusted,
in the case of such an asset owned by a Consolidated Entity,
appropriately to reflect the relative direct and indirect economic
interest (calculated as a percentage) of the Borrower in such
Consolidated Entity determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the organizational documents of such Consolidated
Entity), or (ii) if such asset is owned by an Unconsolidated
Entity, the percentage of the Borrower’s direct or indirect
ownership in the Unconsolidated Entity owning such asset;
provided , however , that the Wildwood, North Point
and Paulding undeveloped land and pad sites located at Ten
Peachtree Place, One Georgia Center and Points at Waterview held by
the Borrower or its Consolidated Entities shall be valued at a
total of $87,332,000 for purposes of this definition as of closing
($16,400,000 of such amount is attributable to the Wildwood
undeveloped land, $18,184,000 to the North Point undeveloped land,
$37,548,000 to the Paulding undeveloped land, $8,000,000 to the pad
site at Ten Peachtree Place, $6,000,000 to the pad site at One
Georgia Center and $1,2000,000 to the pad site at Points at
Waterview); provided further , that in the event any
parcels of such undeveloped land are sold, such aggregate value
amount shall be reduced according to the value attributed to the
undeveloped land sold, or, in the event that only a portion of any
such undeveloped land is sold, to be reduced pro rata according to
square footage or acreage, as applicable), subject to the right of
the Administrative Agent to request the re-appraisal of one or more
of such properties in the event that the Administrative Agent
reasonably believes that the value thereof has been materially
reduced for any reason.
1.02 Other Interpretive
Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other
Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other
Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined
terms.
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(b) (i) The words “
herein ,” “ hereto ,” “
hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and
words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer
to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision thereof.
(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and
Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such
reference appears.
(iii) The term “
including ” is by way of example and not
limitation.
(iv) The term “
documents ” includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in
physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of periods of
time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
“ from ” means “ from and including
;” the words “ to ” and “
until ” each mean “ to but excluding
;” and the word “ through ” means “
to and including .”
(d) Section headings herein and in
the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference
only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms .
(a) All accounting terms not
specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in
conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant
to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP
(except as provided in this Agreement with respect to Investment
Entities) applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to
time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing
the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
(b) If at any time any change in GAAP
would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement
set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend
such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the
Required Lenders); provided that , until so amended,
(i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the
Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
financial statements and other documents required under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a
reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement
made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04 Rounding . Any financial
ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component
by the
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other
component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of
places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the
result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if
there is no nearest number).
1.05 References to Agreements and
Laws . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a)
references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the
Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed
to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions,
supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent
that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and
other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and
(b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and
regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
supplementing or interpreting such Law.
1.06 Times of Day . Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts
. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount
of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the
maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to
all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
Issuer Documents related thereto, whether or not such maximum face
amount is in effect at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Loans .
(a) Revolving Credit
Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each
such loan, a “ Revolving Credit Loan ”) to the
Borrower and/or the Co-Borrower identified by Borrower in the
applicable Revolving Credit Loan Notice from time to time (on any
Business Day during the Availability Period) in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time the amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Commitment; provided , however ,
that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing,
(i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed
the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (ii) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender,
plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and
(iii) the aggregate Unsecured Debt of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Entities (including any requested or pending Credit
Extension) shall not exceed the amount permitted pursuant to
Section 7.03(a)(ii) hereof. Within the limits of each
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower and Co-Borrowers
may borrow under this Section 2.01(a) , prepay under
Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(a) . Revolving Credit Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided
herein.
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(b) Term Loans . Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender
severally agrees to make a single loan on the Closing Date to the
Borrower and/or any Co-Borrower identified by the Borrower in an
amount not to exceed such Term Lender’s Term Commitment (each
such loan, a “Term Loan”). The Term Borrowing shall
consist of Term Loans made simultaneously by the Term Lenders in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Share of the Term
Facility. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b)
and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided
herein.
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and
Continuations of Loans .
(a) Each Term Borrowing and each
Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans and
Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon
irrevocable notice from the Borrower (on its own behalf or on
behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower) to the Administrative Agent,
which may be given by telephone ( provided that such
telephonic notice complies with the information requirements of the
form of an applicable Loan Notice attached hereto). Each such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
1:00 p.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date
of any Term Borrowing or Revolving Credit Borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (ii) on the
requested date of any Term Borrowing or Revolving Credit Borrowing
of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by
delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower. Each Term Borrowing and each Revolving Credit Borrowing
of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000
in excess thereof. Except as provided in
Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of
or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of
$500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each
Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify
(i) whether the Borrower or a Co-Borrower is requesting a Term
Borrowing or a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date
of the applicable Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the
case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the
principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans to be
borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Term Loan
or Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and
(v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with
respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in
a Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice
requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to,
Eurodollar Rate Loans with an interest period of one month. Any
such automatic conversion to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect
with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the
Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Loan Notice, but fails to specify
an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest
Period of one month. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, a Swing Line Loan may
not be converted into a
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Eurodollar Rate Loan (but may be converted to a Revolving Credit
Loan, which can be either a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate
Loan).
(b) Following receipt of a Term
Loan Notice or a Revolving Credit Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the amount
of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Term Loans or Revolving
Credit Loans, and if notice of a conversion or continuation is not
provided by the Borrower by 1:00 p.m. three Business Days prior to
the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Appropriate Lender of the details of any
automatic conversion to Eurodollar Rate Loans described in the
preceding subsection. In the case of a Term Borrowing or Revolving
Credit Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of
its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not
later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the
applicable Loan Notice for notices related to Eurodollar Rate Loans
or notices related to Base Rate Loans and given by the Borrower on
or prior to 3:00 p.m. on the day prior to the requested date for
such Credit Extension or 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in
the applicable Loan Notice for notices related to Base Rate Loans
delivered after such time; provided, in each case, that nothing
contained in this sentence shall be deemed to alter the
requirements contained in the previous sentence for timely delivery
of notices relating to Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans.
Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower or
the applicable Co-Borrower in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of
the Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower on the books of Bank of
America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of
such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided
to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower (on its own behalf or on behalf of the applicable
Co-Borrower).
(c) Except as otherwise provided
herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only
on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate
Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be
requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans
without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(d) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest
rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the
Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are
outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and
the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate
used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public
announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all
Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there
shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect
with respect to Term Loans. After giving effect to all Revolving
Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from
one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit
Loans as the same Type, there shall not be !
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more
than fifteen (15) Interest Periods in effect with respect to
the Revolving Credit Facility. No more than eight (8) Revolving
Credit Borrowings may be initiated in any given calendar
month.
(f) Any Revolving Credit Loan
Notice or Term Loan Notice identifying a Co-Borrower as the party
to whom the applicable Revolving Credit Loan or Term Loan should be
directed may designate such Co-Borrower as the “primary
obligor” with respect to such Loan and amounts payable with
respect thereto. Such designation, however, shall not prevent the
Borrower, each other Co-Borrower and each Guarantor hereunder from
remaining liable for the full and final repayment of such Loan and
such other amounts and for the full and final repayment of the
Obligations as required pursuant to the terms hereof and the
Borrower, each Co-Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges
and agrees that each of them shall be and shall remain liable for
the full and final repayment of each Revolving Credit Loan or Term
Loan, as applicable, made pursuant to the terms hereof in
accordance with this Agreement, regardless of the party to whom
such Revolving Credit Loan or Term Loan, as applicable, is funded
and regardless of whether a specific party is designated as the
“primary obligor” with respect thereto.
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2.03 Letters of Credit
.
(a) The Letter of Credit
Commitment .
(i) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders
set forth in this Section 2.03 , (1) from time to
time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Date, to issue Letters
of Credit for the account of the Borrower, any Consolidated Entity
or any Unconsolidated Entity, and to amend or extend Letters of
Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b)
below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit;
and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to
participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the
Borrower, any Consolidated Entity or any Unconsolidated Entity and
any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect
to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit,
(w) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed
the Revolving Credit Commitments, (x) the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Revolving
Credit Lender, plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro
Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the
Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the
Letter of Credit Sublimit and (z) the aggregate Unsecured Debt
of the Borrower and the Consolidated Entities (including any
requested or pending Credit Extension) shall not exceed the amount
permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(ii) hereof. Each
request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter
of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower
that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the
conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.
Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters
of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower
may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to
replace Letters of Credit that are expiring or have expired or that
have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit
shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and
after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the
terms and conditions hereof.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue
any Letter of Credit if:
(A) subject to
Section 2.03(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months
after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required
Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested
Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date, unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such
expiry date; or
(C) the requested Letter of Credit is
not a standby letter of credit.
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(iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be
under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of
any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport
to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of
Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any
Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall
prohibit or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from the issuance
of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in
particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such
Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement
(for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C
Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good
faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of
Credit would violate any Laws or one or more policies of the L/C
Issuer;
(C) such Letter of Credit is to be
denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains
any provision for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount
after any drawing thereunder; or
(E) a default of any Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligations to fund under
Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Credit Lender
is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower
or such Revolving Credit Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s
risk with respect to such Revolving Credit Lender.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend
any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at
such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under
the terms hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no
obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer
would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of
Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) Procedures for Issuance
and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of
Credit .
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be
issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the
Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must
be
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received by the
L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and
time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a
particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed
issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case
of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date
of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day);
(B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof;
(D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any
drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C
Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an
amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of
Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to
the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended;
(B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a
Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and
(D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably
require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer
and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information
pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or
amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any
Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit
Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one
Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment
of the applicable Letter of Credit , that one or more of the
applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then
be satisfied, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a
Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable
Consolidated Entity or Unconsolidated Entity) or enter into the
applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in
accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business
practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit,
each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C
Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount
equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro
Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in
any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer shall
agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension
provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit
”) so long as no Default exists on the renewal date or would
be caused by such renewal; provided that any such
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to
prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month
period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of
Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later
than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”)
in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the
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time such
Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C
Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific
request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving
Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not
require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of
Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of
Credit Expiration Date; provided , however , that the
L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C
Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have
no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
revised form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of
clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or
otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by
telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business
Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the
Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders
have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the
Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or any Loan Party
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case
directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) If the Borrower so requests in
any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in
its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit
that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the
stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder that occurs
prior to the Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Date (each, an
“ Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit ”). Unless
otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be
required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit
such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has
been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the
Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but
may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of
the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such
Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such
Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to
decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount
thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such
non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such
drawing (the “ Non-Reinstatement Deadline ”),
the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has
received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or
before the day that is five Business Days before the
Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent
that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to
permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative
Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more
of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02
is not then satisfied and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer
not to permit such reinstatement.
(v) Promptly after its delivery of
any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an
advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof,
the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of
Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and
Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .
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(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such
Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the
date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit
(each such date, an “ Honor Date ”), the
Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative
Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing. If the
Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit
Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing
(the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”), and the amount of
such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In
such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on
the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount,
without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in
Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate
Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the
Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Revolving
Credit Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if
immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of
such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness
or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender
(including the Revolving Credit Lender acting as L/C Issuer) shall
upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make
funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount
equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later
than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Revolving Credit Lender
that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base
Rate Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility to the Borrower in
such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any
Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving
Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set
forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any
other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from
the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed
Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due
and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall (except to
the extent such Unreimbursed Amount was not refinanced as a result
of the failure of Revolving Credit Lenders to fund a Revolving
Credit Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
herein) bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each
Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its
participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C
Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.03 .
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(iv) Until each Revolving Credit
Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to
this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely
for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C
Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under
Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
Section 2.03(c) , shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the L/C
Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or
(C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however ,
that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make
Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02
(other than delivery by the Borrower of a Revolving Credit Loan
Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer
under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided
herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender
fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving
Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.03(c)(ii) , the L/C Issuer shall be entitled
to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at
a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time
in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the
foregoing. If such Revolving Credit Lender pays such amount (with
interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall
constitute such Revolving Credit Lender’s Loan included in
the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant
L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer
submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this
clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of
Participations .
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer
has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from
any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s
L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with
Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives
for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the
related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly
from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash
Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Credit
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Lender its Pro
Rata Share thereof in the same funds as those received by the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any
of the circumstances described in Section 10.06
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C
Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its
Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
amount is returned by such Revolving Credit Lender, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect.
(e) Obligations Absolute
. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C
Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any
other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim,
counterclaim, set-off, defense (other than a defense of payment) or
other right that the Borrower or any Consolidated Entity may have
at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such
Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or
any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other
Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate
or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to
be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or
any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of
Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer
under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or
certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such
Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in
bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or
successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower
or any Consolidated Entity;
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in each case,
to the extent not resulting from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the L/C Issuer.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a
copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is
delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance
with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall
be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the
L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer .
Each Revolving Credit Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying
any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have
any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight
draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter
of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or
accuracy (other than conformance to the terms of the Letter of
Credit) of any such document or the authority of the Person
executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer,
any Agent-Related Person nor any of the respective correspondents,
participants or assignees of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any
Revolving Credit Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in
connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the
Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders,
as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence
of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due
execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any
document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of
Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the
acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to
its use of any Letter of Credit; provided , however ,
that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude
the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may
have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any
other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, any Agent-Related Person,
nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees
of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the
matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of
Section 2.03(e) ; provided , however ,
that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C
Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to
the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or
exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower, Consolidated Entities
or Unconsolidated Entities which the Borrower proves were caused by
the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or
the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight
draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and
conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents
that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility
for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information
to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for
the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or
the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or
in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason.
(g) Cash Collateral . Upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has
honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of
Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or
(ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Cash Collateral Date, any
Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially
or wholly undrawn,
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the
Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to such
Outstanding Amount determined as of the Letter of Credit Cash
Collateral Date). Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set
forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral
hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03 ,
Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c) , “
Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with
or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C
Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C
Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby
consented to by the Revolving Credit Lenders). Derivatives of such
term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash,
deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the
foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest
bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
(h) Applicability of ISP
. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the
Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such
agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of
the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit
Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its
Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit Fee (the “ Letter of
Credit Fee ”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the
Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility times the
daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of
Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under
such Letter of Credit). Letter of Credit Fees shall be
(i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due
and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March,
June, September and December, commencing with the first such date
after the Closing Date to occur after the issuance of such Letter
of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter
on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate for the
Revolving Credit Facility during any quarter, the daily maximum
amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by
the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility separately
for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate for
the Revolving Credit Facility was in effect. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the
Required Revolving Credit Lenders, while any Event of Default
exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default
Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Processing
Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Borrower shall pay directly
to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee for each
Letter of Credit equal to 0.125% per annum times the daily maximum
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether
or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of
Credit). Such fronting fee for each Letter of Credit shall be
(i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due
and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March,
June, September and December, commencing with the first such date
to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter
of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter within five (5) days
of demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C
Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation,
amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and
charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from
time to time in effect. Such
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customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable
on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer
Documents . In the event of any conflict between the terms
hereof and the terms of any Issuer Documents, the terms hereof
shall control. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement shall
govern the reimbursement of draws under Letters of Credit.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued
for Consolidated Entities/Unconsolidated Entities .
Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding
hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the
account of, a Consolidated Entity or Unconsolidated Entity, the
Borrower shall (i) be required to sign the applicable Letter
of Credit Application and (ii) be obligated to reimburse the
L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of
Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of any Consolidated Entity and/or
any Unconsolidated Entity inures to the benefit of the Borrower,
and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits
from the businesses of such Persons.
2.04 Swing Line Loans .
(a) The Swing Line .
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing
Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other
Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04
, to make loans (each such loan, a “ Swing Line Loan
”) to the Borrower and/or the Co-Borrower identified by
Borrower in the applicable Swing Line Loan Notice from time to time
on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the
Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line
Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the
Revolving Credit Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment;
provided , however , that after giving effect to any
Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings
shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments,
(ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans of any Revolving Credit Lender, plus such Revolving
Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of
all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all
Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and (iii) the aggregate
Unsecured Debt of the Borrower and the Consolidated Entities
(including any requested or pending Credit Extension) shall not
exceed the amount permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(a)(ii)
hereof, and provided , further , that the Borrower
shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any
outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower and
Co-Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04 ,
prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this
Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base
Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender
a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share
times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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(b) Borrowing Procedures
. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s
irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative
Agent (on Borrower’s own behalf or on behalf of a
Co-Borrower), which may be given by telephone (provided that such
telephonic notice complies with the informational requirements of
the form of Swing Line Loan Notice attached hereto). Each such
notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the requested
borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be
borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the
requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such
telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the
Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing
Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the
Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the
Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by
telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also
received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line
Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in
writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has
received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the
Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving
Credit Lender) prior to 5:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing
Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make
such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in
the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) ,
or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified
in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to
the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not
later than 5:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing
Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available
to the Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing
Line Loans .
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time
five (5) or more Business Days after the making of a Swing
Line Loan and in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on
behalf of the Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower (which hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its
behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in
an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such
request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be
deemed to be a Revolving Credit Loan Notice for purposes hereof)
and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02
, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for
the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the
unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . The Swing Line Lender
shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Revolving
Credit Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the
Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an
amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such
Revolving Credit Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent
in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line
Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than
1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Revolving Credit Loan
Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) ,
each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be
deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate
Loan to the Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower in
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such amount.
The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the
Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line
Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for
Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth
herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender
that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving
Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section
2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such
participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender
fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such
Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in
Section 2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be
entitled to recover from such Revolving Credit Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with
interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is
required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal
Funds Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line
Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Credit
Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the
amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be.
A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving
Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to
purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant
to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other
right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing
Line Lender, the Borrower, any Co-Borrower or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided ,
however , that each Revolving Credit Lender’s
obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 4.02 . No such funding of risk
participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.
(d) Repayment of
Participations .
(i) At any time after any Revolving
Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a
Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on
account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will
distribute to such
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Revolving
Credit Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment thereof in the
same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the
Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing
Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under
any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06
(including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing
Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall
pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand
of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of
such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent
will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line
Lender.
(e) Interest for Account of
Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible
for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans.
Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to
refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share
shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to
Swing Line Lender . The Borrower shall (on its own behalf or on
behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or the applicable
Co-Borrower may make all payments of principal and interest in
respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line
Lender.
(g) Swing Line Loans to
Co-Borrowers . Any Swing Line Loan Notice identifying a
Co-Borrower as the party to whom the applicable Swing Line Loan
should be directed may designate such Co-Borrower as the
“primary obligor” with respect to such Swing Line Loan
and amounts payable with respect thereto. Such designation,
however, shall not prevent the Borrower, each other Co-Borrower and
each Guarantor hereunder from remaining liable for the full and
final repayment of such Swing Line Loan and such other amounts and
for the full and final repayment of the Obligations as required
pursuant to the terms hereof and the Borrower, each Co-Borrower and
each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that each of them
shall be and shall remain liable for the full and final repayment
of each Swing Line Loan made pursuant to the terms hereof in
accordance with this Agreement, regardless of the party to whom
such Swing Line Loan is funded and regardless of whether a specific
party is designated as the “primary obligor” with
respect thereto.
2.05 Prepayments .
(a) The Borrower (and the
Co-Borrowers) shall be permitted to prepay the Loans in accordance
with the following terms and conditions:
(i) The Borrower (on its own behalf
or on behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or the applicable
Co-Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any
time or from time to time (A) voluntarily prepay Base Rate
Loans in whole
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or in part
without premium or penalty and (B) voluntarily prepay
Eurodollar Rate Loans in whole or in part on the last day of the
applicable Interest Period without premium or penalty;
provided that (1) such notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (A) one
(1) Business Day prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar
Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate
Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in
a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire
principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of
Loans to be prepaid and whether the Loans to be prepaid are Term
Loans or Revolving Credit Loans (or any applicable combination
thereof) (and in the absence of any designation in such notice as
to which Facility to prepay, prepayment amounts shall be applied to
Revolving Credit Loans).
(ii) The Borrower (on its own behalf
or on behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or the applicable
Co-Borrower may voluntarily prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans in whole
or in part on any date other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto without premium; provided that the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a timely notice
of prepayment in accordance with clause (a) above and pay any
“breakage” charges and increased costs or charges
incurred by the Lenders as the result of such prepayment pursuant
to Section 3.05 .
In the
case of any prepayment made or to be made in connection with
subclauses (i) or (ii) above: (A) the Administrative
Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt
of each such notice with respect thereto, and of the amount of such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such proposed prepayment;
(B) if such notice is given by the Borrower (whether on its
own behalf or on behalf of any Co-Borrower) or the applicable
Co-Borrower, the Borrower (on its own behalf or on behalf of the
applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or the applicable Co-Borrower shall make
such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the date specified therein;
(C) any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 ;
and (D) each such prepayment shall be applied to the applicable
Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata
Shares. The failure of the Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower
to make a prepayment hereunder following the delivery of a notice
of a pending prepayment pursuant to the provisions contained in
this clause (a) shall not constitute a Default or Event of
Default hereunder; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent
shall not be required to accept any prepayment offered by the
Borrower or the applicable Co-Borrower hereunder unless timely
notice thereof has been given in accordance with (and to the extent
required by) this clause (a) and Borrower’s or the
applicable Co-Borrower’s prepayment is accompanied by any
“breakage” charges and all other increased costs or
charges incurred by the Lenders as the result of such
prepayment.
(b) The Borrower (on its own
behalf or on behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or the
applicable Co-Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time
to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in
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whole or
in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and
the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of
the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall be in a
minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is
given by the Borrower (whether on its own behalf or on behalf of
any Co-Borrower) or the applicable Co-Borrower, the Borrower (on
its own behalf or on behalf of the applicable Co-Borrower(s)) or
the applicable Co-Borrower shall make such prepayment and the
payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date specified therein. The failure of the Borrower or the
applicable Co-Borrower to make a prepayment hereunder following the
delivery of a notice of a pending prepayment pursuant to the
provisions contained in this clause (b) shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default hereunder; provided ,
however , that the Ad
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