EXHIBIT 10.23
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December
22, 2004
among
ALEXANDRIA REAL
ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.,
ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, L.P.,
ARE-QRS CORP.,
ARE ACQUISITIONS, LLC,
and
The Other Subsidiaries Party Hereto
as the Borrowers,
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A. ,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
CITICORP NORTH
AMERICA, INC.
and
COMMERZBANK AG NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES,
as
Co-Syndication Agents
SOCIETE
GENERALE
and
EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Co-Documentation
Agents
and
The Other Lenders
Party Hereto
BANC OF AMERICA
SECURITIES LLC
and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL
MARKETS INC.
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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2
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1.01
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Defined Terms
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2
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1.02
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Other Interpretive Provisions
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34
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1.03
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Accounting Terms
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35
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1.04
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Rounding
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35
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1.05
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Times of Day
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35
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1.06
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Letter of Credit Amounts
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35
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ARTICLE II.
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THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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36
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2.01
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Committed Loans
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36
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2.02
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Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans
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36
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2.03
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Letters of Credit
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38
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2.04
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Swing Line Loans
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47
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2.05
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Prepayments
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50
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2.06
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Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments
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51
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2.07
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Repayment of Loans
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51
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2.08
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Interest
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52
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2.09
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Fees
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52
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2.10
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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53
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2.11
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Evidence of Debt
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54
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2.12
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Payments Generally; Administrative Agent's Clawback
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54
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2.13
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Sharing of Payments by Lenders
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56
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2.14
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Extension of Revolving Commitment Termination Date
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57
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2.15
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Increase in Commitments
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57
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2.16
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Unencumbered Asset Pool
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59
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ARTICLE III.
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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
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59
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3.01
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Taxes
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59
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3.02
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Illegality
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61
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3.03
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Inability to Determine Rates
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62
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3.04
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Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans
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62
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3.05
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Compensation for Losses
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64
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3.06
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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64
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3.07
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Survival
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65
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ARTICLE IV.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE
EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENTS AND FURTHER CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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65
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4.01
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Conditions of Effectiveness of this Agreement
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65
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4.02
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Conditions to all Credit Extensions
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67
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ARTICLE V.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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68
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5.01
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Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws
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68
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5.02
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Authorization; No Contravention
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68
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5.03
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Governmental Authorization; Other Consents
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68
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5.04
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Binding Effect
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69
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5.05
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Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect
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69
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5.06
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Litigation
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69
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5.07
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No Default
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69
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5.08
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Ownership of Property; Liens
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70
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5.09
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Environmental Compliance
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70
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5.10
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Insurance
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70
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5.11
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Taxes
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70
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5.12
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ERISA Compliance
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70
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5.13
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Subsidiaries; Equity Interests
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71
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5.14
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Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility
Holding Company Act; REIT and Tax Status; Stock Exchange
Listing
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71
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5.15
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Disclosure
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72
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5.16
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Compliance with Laws
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72
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5.17
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Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
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72
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5.18
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Initial Pool Properties
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72
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5.19
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Property
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73
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5.20
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Brokers
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73
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5.21
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Other Debt
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73
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5.22
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Solvency
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73
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5.23
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No Fraudulent Intent
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74
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5.24
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Transaction in Best Interests of Borrowers; Consideration
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74
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5.25
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No Bankruptcy Filing
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74
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5.26
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Tax Shelter Representation
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74
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ARTICLE VI.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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74
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6.01
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Financial Statements
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75
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6.02
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Certificates; Other Information
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75
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6.03
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Compliance Certificates
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78
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6.04
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Payment of Obligations
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78
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6.05
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Preservation of Existence, Etc.
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79
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6.06
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Maintenance of Properties
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79
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6.07
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Maintenance of Insurance
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79
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6.08
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Compliance with Laws
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79
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6.09
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Books and Records
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79
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6.10
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Inspection Rights
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79
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6.11
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Use of Proceeds
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80
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6.12
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Distributions of Income to the Borrowers
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80
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6.13
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Unencumbered Asset Pool
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80
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6.14
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Revenue-Producing Property
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81
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6.15
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Additional Borrowers
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81
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ARTICLE VII.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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81
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7.01
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Liens
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82
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7.02
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Investments
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83
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7.03
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Omitted
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84
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7.04
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Fundamental Changes
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84
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7.05
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Omitted
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85
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7.06
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Restricted Payments
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85
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7.07
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Change in Nature of Business
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85
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7.08
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Transactions with Affiliates
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85
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7.09
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Burdensome Agreements
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85
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7.10
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Use of Proceeds
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86
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7.11
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Financial Covenants
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86
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ARTICLE VIII.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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86
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8.01
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Events of Default
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86
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8.02
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Remedies Upon Event of Default
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88
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8.03
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Application of Funds
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89
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ARTICLE IX.
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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90
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9.01
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Appointment and Authority
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90
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9.02
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Rights as a Lender
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90
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9.03
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Exculpatory Provisions
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91
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9.04
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Reliance by Administrative Agent.
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91
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9.05
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Delegation of Duties
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92
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9.06
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Successor Administrative Agent
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92
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9.07
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
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93
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9.08
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No Other Duties, Etc
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93
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9.09
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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93
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9.10
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Collateral and Guaranty Matters
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94
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9.11
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No Obligations of Borrowers
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95
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ARTICLE X.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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95
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10.01
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Amendments, Etc.
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95
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10.02
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Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication
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97
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10.03
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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98
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10.04
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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98
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10.05
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Payments Set Aside
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100
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10.06
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Successors and Assigns
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101
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10.07
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Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality
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105
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10.08
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Right of Setoff
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107
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10.09
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Interest Rate Limitation
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108
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10.10
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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108
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10.11
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Survival of Representations and Warranties
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108
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10.12
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Severability
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109
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10.13
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Replacement of Lenders
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109
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10.14
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
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110
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10.15
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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110
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10.16
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice
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111
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10.17
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Time of the Essence
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111
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10.18
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Borrowers' Obligations
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111
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10.19
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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115
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10.20
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Hazardous Material Indemnity
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115
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10.21
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Release of Borrowers
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116
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SCHEDULES
1.01A
Initial Pool Properties
2.01A
Revolving Commitments and Applicable Percentages
5.06
Litigation
5.09
Environmental Matters
5.13
Subsidiaries
5.19
Real Property owned by Parent
5.21
Secured and Recourse Debt
10.02
Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
10.06
Processing and Recording Fees
EXHIBITS
Form of
A
Committed Loan Notice
B
Swing Line Loan Notice
C-1 Revolving
Note
C-2 Term
Note
D
Compliance Certificate
E
Assignment and Assumption
F
Reserved
G
Opinion Matters
H
Reserved
I
Joinder Agreement
J
Reserved
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of
December 22, 2004, among Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (" Parent "), Alexandria Real Estate
Equities, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (" Operating
Partnership "), ARE- QRS Corp., a Maryland corporation ("
QRS "), ARE Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (" ARE "), the other borrowers set forth
on the signature pages of this Agreement, each other Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Parent which becomes a party to this Agreement as a
borrower (collectively, together with Parent, Operating
Partnership, QRS and ARE, the " Borrowers "); 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; Citicorp
North America, Inc. and Commerzbank AG New York and Grand Cayman
Branches, as Co-Syndication Agents; Societe Generale and Eurohypo
AG, New York Branch, as Co-Documentation Agents; and Banc of
America Securities LLC, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, with reference to the
following Recitals:
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Fleet National Bank, as the
administrative agent thereunder, and the financial institutions
identified on the signature pages thereto (the " Existing
Revolving Lenders ") are parties to that certain Fourth Amended
and Restated Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2003
(as amended, the " Existing Revolving Loan Agreement "),
pursuant to which the Existing Revolving Lenders agreed to provide
the Borrowers with a revolving credit facility;
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, Fleet National Bank, as the
administrative agent thereunder, and the financial institutions
identified on the signature pages thereto (collectively, the "
Existing Term Lenders ") are parties to that certain Term
Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2003 (as amended,
the " Existing Term Loan Credit Agreement " and together
with the Existing Revolving Loan Agreement, the " Existing
Credit Agreements "), pursuant to which the Existing Term
Lenders agreed to provide the Borrowers with a term credit
facility; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the parties amend and
restate and combine the Existing Credit Agreements so that, among
other things, the Lenders can provide a single revolving and term
credit facility and modify certain of the terms thereof from the
terms set forth in the Existing Credit Agreements and install Bank
of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders are
willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree
that the Existing Credit Agreements are hereby amended and restated
in their entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth below:
" Adjusted EBITDA " means for
any period of determination and without duplication, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries for
such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, minus (b) the Capital Improvement Reserve for the Real
Property of Parent and its Subsidiaries.
" Adjusted NOI " means for any
period and with respect to a Revenue-Producing Property, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) NOI of that Revenue-Producing Property,
minus (b) the Capital Improvement Reserve for such
Revenue-Producing Property.
" Adjusted Tangible Assets "
means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the
sum of (a) Total Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries
as of that date, minus (b) Intangible Assets of Parent
and its Subsidiaries as of that date, minus (c) any
Minority Interest's share of Total Assets as of that date.
" Adjusted Tangible Net Worth "
means, as of any date of determination, without
duplication, the sum of (a) Adjusted Tangible
Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date, minus
(b) Total Liabilities of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of
that date.
" 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 to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
" Administrative Agent " means
Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any
of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
" 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.
" Aggregate Commitments " means
the Commitments of all the Lenders.
" Aggregate Revolving
Commitments " means all Commitments of the Revolving
Lenders.
" Agreement " means this Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, restated,
amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified
in writing from time to time.
" Applicable Percentage " means
with respect to any Lender at any time, the following percentages
(carried out to the ninth decimal place), as of the date of
determination:
(a)
with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans and
receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses
with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolving Commitments
being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by
dividing (x) such Lender's Revolving Commitment, by
(y) the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that all Revolving Commitments
have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by
dividing (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
such Lender's Revolving Loans by (y) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Revolving Loans;
(b)
with respect to a Lender's obligation to participate in Letters of
Credit, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, and to receive payments of
fees with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolving
Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage
obtained by dividing (x) such Lender's Revolving Commitment,
by (y) the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii)
from and after the time that the Revolving Commitments have been
terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing
(x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
Revolving Loans by (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of all Revolving Loans;
(c)
with respect to a Lender's obligation to make a Term Loan and
receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect
thereto, (i) prior to the making of the Term Loan, the percentage
obtained by dividing (x) such Lender's Term Loan Commitment, by (y)
the aggregate amount of all Lenders' Term Loan Commitments,
and (ii) from and after the making of the Term Loan, the percentage
obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate outstanding amount of
such Lender's Term Loans by (y) the Term Loan Amount;
(d)
with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender
(including the indemnification obligations arising under
Section 10.04), the percentage obtained by dividing
(i) such Lender's Revolving Commitment, plus such Lender's
portion of the Term Loan Amount, by (ii) the aggregate amount
of Revolving Commitments of all Lenders, plus the Term Loan Amount;
provided, however, that in the event the Revolving Commitments have
been terminated or reduced to zero, the Applicable Percentage under
this clause (d) shall be the percentage obtained by dividing
(A) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's
Revolving Loans, plus such Lender's ratable portion of the
outstanding Letters of Credit, plus such Lender's portion of the
Term Loan Amount by (B) the principal amount of all
outstanding Revolving Loans, plus the aggregate amount of
outstanding Letters of Credit, plus the Term Loan Amount; and
(e)
the initial Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender is set
forth opposite the name of such Lender on
Schedule 2.01A or in the Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, and the
initial Applicable Percentage of each Term Lender is set forth in
the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes
a party hereto or in the records of the Administrative Agent, as
applicable.
" Applicable Rate " means, from
time to time, the following percentages per annum, initially based
upon the Debt Rating and Leverage Ratio as set forth in the
certificate received by Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(vii):
|
Pricing
Level
|
Debt Rating
|
Leverage
Ratio
|
Eurodollar
Rate
+
|
Base Rate +
|
Facility Fee
|
Unused Fee
|
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1
|
≥ BBB+/Baa1
|
N/A
|
0.65%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
|
2
|
BBB/Baa2
|
N/A
|
0.75%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
|
3
|
BBB-/Baa3
|
N/A
|
0.90%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
|
4
|
unrated or <BBB-/
Baa3
|
<40%
|
1.15%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
|
5
|
unrated or <BBB-/
Baa3
|
≥40% and <50%
|
1.30%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
|
6
|
unrated or <BBB-/
Baa3
|
≥50%
|
1.50%
|
0.20%
|
0%
|
0.20%
|
For any applicable period, the
Applicable Rate shall be the rate set forth opposite the Debt
Rating of the Parent for such period; provided, however, that if in
any period the Parent does not have a Debt Rating of BBB- /Baa3 or
better, then the Applicable Rate shall be the rate set forth
opposite the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time.
Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be
determined based upon the Debt Rating and/or Leverage Ratio
specified in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section
4.01(a)(vii). Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate
resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall
be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period
commencing on the date of delivery by any Borrower to the
Administrative Agent of notice thereof pursuant to Section 6.02(i)
and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of
the next such change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the
period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof
and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of
the next such change.
Any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall
become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following
the date the Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 4.01(a)(vii) and/or the Compliance Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 6.03; provided , however , that
if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered in accordance with
such Section, then the Applicable Rate for Pricing Level 6 shall
apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such
Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered, until the
Business Day such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
" 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.
" Arrangers " mean Banc of
America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in their
capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners.
" Asset Value " means, as of any
date of determination and without double counting any item, the sum
of the following:
(a)
with respect to any improved Real Property (other than Real
Property constituting Development Investments) owned by a Person
for a full four consecutive fiscal quarter period or longer, an
amount equal to (i) the Adjusted NOI of such Person from such Real
Property for the prior four full consecutive fiscal quarters
divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate;
(b)
with respect to any Real Property owned by a Person for less than
four full consecutive fiscal quarters, an amount equal to (i) the
Adjusted NOI of such Real Property for the period which a Person
has owned and operated such Real Property, adjusted by the
Borrowers to an annual Adjusted NOI in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, divided by (ii) the
Capitalization Rate; and
(c)
with respect to improved Real Property owned by a Person that is
not a Development Investment but which is being renovated by a
Person or with respect to which a partial or total renovation was
recently completed by a Person, an amount as determined at the sole
election of the Administrative Agent based on (i) the annualized
Adjusted NOI with respect to such Real Property, annualized based
on bona fide, arms length signed tenant leases which are in full
force and effect requiring current rental payments, and
divided by the Capitalization Rate, or (ii) on the cost
basis of the Real Property determined in accordance with GAAP.
" 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 entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit E or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
" Attributable Indebtedness "
means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation 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.
" Audited Financial Statements "
means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and
the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the
Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
" Availability Period " means
the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of
(a) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, (b) the date of
termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the
commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of
the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
pursuant to Section 8.02.
" Bank of America " means Bank
of America, N.A. and its successors.
" BAS " means Banc of America
Securities LLC and its successors.
" 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 Bank of
America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank
of America based upon various factors including Bank of America'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 Bank of America shall take effect
at the opening of business on the day specified in the public
announcement of such change.
" Base Rate Loan " means a
Committed Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
" Borrower Materials " has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
" Borrowers " has the meaning
specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. Any reference to
Borrowers herein shall be deemed to refer to each Person
constituting Borrowers, and the responsibilities, obligations and
covenants of each such Person under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be joint and several, unless expressly stated
otherwise herein or the context otherwise requires; provided,
however, that the obligations of Borrowers with respect to the
delivery of reports, financial statements, certifications and
requests for Borrowings may be performed and executed by Parent,
the Operating Partnership, QRS and ARE with the effect of binding
all Borrowers.
" Borrowing " means a Committed
Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may
require.
" Borrowing Base " means, as of
any date of determination and without duplication, an amount equal
to the lesser of (a) the amount which, when added to the total
outstanding principal amount of all unsecured Indebtedness of the
Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Outstanding Amount of
the Loans), would not exceed 57.5% of the aggregate Asset Value of
the Unencumbered Asset Pool as of such date, and (b) the amount
which, when added to the total outstanding principal amount of all
unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
(including the Outstanding Amount of the Loans), would not cause
the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.00:1.00.
" 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 of the United States 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 Improvement Reserve "
means with respect to any Real Property now or hereafter owned by
the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, an amount equal to thirty
cents ($.30) multiplied by the Net Rentable Area of the Real
Property.
" Capital Lease Obligations "
means all monetary obligations of a Person under any leasing or
similar arrangement which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified
as a capital lease.
" Capitalization Rate " means
9.00%.
" Cash " means money, currency
or a credit balance in any demand, time, savings, passbook or like
account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or
like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable
certificate of deposit.
" Cash Collateral " has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
" Cash Collateralize " has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
" Cash Equivalents " means:
-
-
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States Government or any agency thereof and backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States having maturities of not more
than one year from the date of acquisition;
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certificates of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits, eurodollar
time deposits, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase
agreements, or bankers' acceptances, having in each case a term of
not more than one year, issued by Administrative Agent or any
Lender, or by any U.S. commercial bank (or any branch or agency of
a non-U.S. bank licensed to conduct business in the U.S.) having
combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 whose
short-term securities are rated (at the time of acquisition
thereof) at least A- 1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody's;
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demand deposits on deposit in accounts maintained at commercial
banks having membership in the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding
the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder; and
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commercial paper of an issuer rated (at the time of acquisition
thereof) at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody's and in either
case having a term of not more than one year; and
-
money market mutual or similar funds that invest primarily in
assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (d) of
this definition.
" Cash Interest Expense " means
Interest Expense of a Person that is paid or currently payable in
Cash.
" Change in Control " means (a)
any transaction or series of related transactions in which any
Unrelated Person or two or more Unrelated Persons acting in concert
acquire beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d
3(a)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the outstanding Common
Stock, (b) Parent consolidates with or merges into another Person
or conveys, transfers or leases its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person or any Person
consolidates with or merges into Parent, in either event pursuant
to a transaction in which the outstanding Common Stock is changed
into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, with the
effect that any Unrelated Person becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of Common Stock or that the
Persons who were the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to
the transaction hold less than 60% of the common stock of the
surviving corporation after the transaction, (c) during any period
of 24 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such
period constituted the board of directors of Parent (together with
any new or replacement directors whose election by the board of
directors, or whose nomination for election, was approved by a vote
of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who
were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose
election or nomination for reelection was previously so approved)
cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors then
in office, or (d) a "change in control" as defined in any document
governing Indebtedness or Preferred Equity of Parent in excess of
$25,000,000 which gives the holders of such Indebtedness or
Preferred Equity the right to accelerate or otherwise require
payment of such Indebtedness or Preferred Equity prior to the
maturity date thereof.
" Change in Law " means the
occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation
or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance
of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
" 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-Documentation Agents "
means Societe Generale and Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, in their
capacity as co-documentation agents.
" Co-Syndication Agents " means
Citicorp North America, Inc. and Commerzbank AG New York and Grand
Cayman Branches, in their capacity as co-syndication agents.
" Code " means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
" Commitment " means any Term
Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment, as applicable.
" Committed Borrowing " means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed 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.
" Committed Loan " means a
Revolving Loan or a Term Loan.
" Committed Loan Notice " means
a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of
Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in
writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A .
" Common Stock " means the
common stock of Parent.
" Compliance Certificate " means
a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D
.
" Confidential Information "
means (a) all of the terms, covenants, conditions or agreements set
forth in any letters of intent or in this Agreement or any
amendments hereto and any related agreements of whatever nature,
(b) the information and reports provided in compliance with Article
VI of this Agreement, (c) any and all information provided,
disclosed or otherwise made available to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders including, without limitation, any and all plans,
maps, studies (including market studies), reports or other data,
operating expense information, as-built plans, specifications, site
plans, drawings, notes, analyses, compilations, or other documents
or materials relating to the properties or their condition or use,
whether prepared by Borrowers or others, which use, or reflect, or
that are based on, derived from, or are in any way related to the
foregoing, and (d) any and all other information of Borrowers that
the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have access to
including, without limitation, ideas, samples, media, techniques,
sketches, specifications, designs, plans, forecasts, financial
information, technical information, drawings, works of authorship,
models, inventions, know- how, processes, apparatuses, equipment,
algorithms, financial models and databases, software programs,
software source documents, manuals, documents, properties, names of
tenants or potential tenants, vendors, suppliers, distributors and
consultants, and formulae related to the current, future, and
proposed products and services of Borrowers or tenants or potential
tenants (including, without limitation, information concerning
research, experimental work, development, design details and
specifications, engineering, procurement requirements, purchasing,
manufacturing, customer lists, investors, employees, clients,
business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, and
sales and marketing plans). Confidential Information may be
disclosed or accessible to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
as embodied within tangible material (such as documents, drawings,
pictures, graphics, software, hardware, graphs, charts, or disks),
orally, or visually.
" 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 " 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.
" Controlled Entity " means a
Person (a) that is a Subsidiary of Parent, (b) that is a general
partnership or a limited partnership in which a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary is the sole managing general partner and such managing
general partner has the sole power to (i) sell all or substantially
all of the assets of such Person, (ii) incur Indebtedness in the
name of such Person, (iii) grant a Lien on all or any portion of
the assets of such Person and (iv) otherwise generally manage the
business and assets of such Person or (c) that is a limited
liability company for which a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the sole
manager and such manager has the sole power to do the acts
described in subclauses (i) through (iv) of clause (b) above.
" Credit Extension " means each
of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
" Debt Offering " means the
issuance and sale by any Borrower of any debt securities of such
Borrower.
" Debt Rating " means, as of any
date of determination, the higher of the credit ratings then
assigned to Parent's long-term senior unsecured debt by either of
the Rating Agencies. For purposes of the foregoing, a credit rating
of BBB- from S&P is equivalent to a credit rating of Baa3 from
Moody's and vice versa. A credit rating of BBB from S&P is
equivalent to a credit rating of Baa2 from Moody's and vice versa.
It is the intention of the parties that if Parent shall only obtain
a Debt Rating from one of the Rating Agencies without seeking a
credit rating from the other of the Rating Agencies, the Borrowers
shall be entitled to the benefit of the Pricing Level for such
credit rating. If Parent obtains a Debt Rating from both of the
Rating Agencies, the higher of the two ratings shall control,
provided that the lower rating is only one level below that of the
higher rating. If the lower rating is more than one level below
that of the higher Debt Rating, the lower Debt Rating shall
control. If Parent obtains a Debt Rating from both of the Rating
Agencies and thereafter loses such rating from one of the Rating
Agencies, the Parent shall be deemed to not have a Debt Rating. At
any time, if either of the Rating Agencies shall no longer perform
the functions of a securities rating agency, then the Borrowers and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly negotiate in good faith to
agree upon a substitute rating agency or agencies (and to correlate
the system of ratings of each substitute rating agency with that of
the rating agency being replaced), and pending such amendment, the
Debt Rating of the other of the Rating Agencies, if one has been
provided, shall continue to apply.
" Debt Service " means for any
period with respect to a Person's Indebtedness, the sum of all
Interest Charges and mandatory principal payments or regularly
scheduled principal payments due and payable during such period,
excluding any balloon payments due upon maturity of the
Indebtedness, refinancing of the Indebtedness or repayments thereof
in connection with asset sales. Debt Service shall include the
portion of rent payable by a Person during such period under
Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as principal in
accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, mandatory
principal payments do not include repayments of principal required
as a result of application of casualty or condemnation proceeds or
out of the proceeds of equity issuances or similar events or equity
or debt sweeps.
" 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, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate
plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to
Base Rate Loans 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)
otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and
(b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate
equal to the Applicable Revolving Rate plus 2% per
annum.
" Defaulting Lender " means any
Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed
Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing
Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one
Business Day after 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 after 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.
" Development Investments "
means, as of any date of determination, direct or indirect
investments in Real Property which, as of such date, is the subject
of ground-up development, new construction, substantial renovation
or expansion of improvements to Real Property for its own account
of properties to be used principally for office, office/laboratory,
research or manufacturing/warehouse purposes; provided, that such
Real Property or any portion thereof will only constitute a
Development Investment from the date of issuance of permits for
construction until the date on which the Real Property and
applicable improvements receive a final certificate of occupancy or
equivalent certification allowing legal occupancy for its intended
purpose.
" Disposition " or "
Dispose " means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and
dispositions due to casualty or condemnation) 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.
" Dollar " and " $ " mean
lawful money of the United States.
" EBITDA " means, with respect
to any Person (or any asset of a Person) for any fiscal period and
without double counting, the sum of (a) the Net
Income of such Person (or attributable to asset of the Person) for
that period, plus the following to the extent deducted in
calculating Net Income of such Person (b) any non-recurring
loss, minus (c) any non-operating, non-recurring gain,
plus (d) Interest Expense for that period, plus
(e) the aggregate amount of federal and state taxes on or
measured by income of such Person for that period (whether or not
payable during that period), plus (f) depreciation,
amortization and all other non-cash expenses ( including
non-cash officer compensation and any write-down of goodwill
pursuant to FASB 142) of such Person for that period, in each case
as determined in accordance with GAAP.
" Eligible Assignee " means (a)
a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and
(d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i)
the Administrative Agent, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Parent (on behalf of the Borrowers)
(each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible
Assignee" shall not include the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers'
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
" Environmental Laws " means any
and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes,
laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions governing pollution and the protection of
the environment or the release of any Hazardous 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 Borrowers, 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 by any Borrower pursuant to which
liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
" Equity Interest " means, with
respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other
interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person
(including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether
voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants,
options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
" Equity Offering " means the
issuance and sale by any Borrower of any equity securities of such
Borrower.
" ERISA " means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
" ERISA Affiliate " means any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common
control with the Borrowers 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 any of the
following: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan;
(b) a withdrawal by the Borrowers 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 Borrowers 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 Pension 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 material liability
under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrowers or any
ERISA Affiliate.
" Eurodollar Rate " means, for
any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, 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 the Administrative 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 Rate" for such
Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative 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 to major banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
" Eurodollar Rate Loan " means a
Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Eurodollar Rate.
" Event of Default " has the
meaning specified in Section 8.01.
" Exchange Proceeds " means the
net issuance proceeds from Equity Offerings after the Closing Date,
which Borrowers have designated or otherwise stated that they
intend to use to make Restricted Payments on account of then
existing Preferred Equity.
" Excluded Taxes " means, with
respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or
any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income (or any Person whose net income
is measured with reference to it) (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located, or in which it is doing business, or in the case
of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located,
(b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the
Borrowers are located and (c) other than with respect to an
assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section
10.13, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to
such Person at the time such Person becomes a party hereto (or
designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such
Person's failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change
in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that
such Person (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of
its appointment or designation of a new Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with
respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
" Existing Credit Agreements "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
" Existing Revolving Commitment
Termination Date " is defined in Section 2.14(a).
" Existing Revolving Lenders "
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
" FASB 142 " shall mean
Statement of Accounting Standards No. 142 issued on June 29, 2001
by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
" Federal Funds Rate " means,
for any day, the rate per annum 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 (rounded upward, if necessary, to a
whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such
day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
" Fee Letter " means the letter
agreement, dated December 22, 2004, among the Parent, the
Administrative Agent and BAS.
" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio "
means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio
of (a) Adjusted EBITDA for the period consisting of that
fiscal quarter and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters
to (b) an amount equal to the sum of
(i) Debt Service of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such
period, plus (ii) all Preferred Distributions of Parent
and its Subsidiaries during such period.
" Foreign Lender " means any
Lender that is not a United States person as defined in
Section 770(a)(30) of the Code.
" 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.
" Funds From Operations " means
with respect to any fiscal period and without double counting, an
amount equal to the Net Income (or deficit) of Parent and its
Subsidiaries for that period computed on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of
property, plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments
for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be calculated
to reflect Funds From Operations on the same basis. Funds From
Operations shall be reported in accordance with the NAREIT Policy
Bulletin dated April 5, 2002, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
" 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
the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central
bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such
as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
" Granting Lender " has the
meaning specified in Section 10.06(h).
" Guarantee " means, as to any
Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness 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, (ii) to purchase or
lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or
performance of such Indebtedness, (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
(iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or
performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in
respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any
assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness of any other
Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is
assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of
any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). 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.
" 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 under any Environmental Law.
" Honor Date " is defined in
Section 2.03(c)(i).
" Increase Effective Date " is
defined in Section 2.15(d).
" Indebtedness " means, as to
any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities
in accordance with GAAP:
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all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes,
loan agreements or other similar instruments;
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all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under
letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers'
acceptances and bank guaranties;
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net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
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all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price
of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the
ordinary course of business);
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indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien
on property owned or being purchased 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;
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Capital Lease Obligations; and
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all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the
foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations,
contingent and otherwise, that in accordance with GAAP should be
classified upon the obligor's balance sheet as liabilities,
including all of the foregoing whether or not so classified,
including the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture
(other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited
liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or is
otherwise liable for such Indebtedness, unless such Indebtedness is
expressly made non-recourse to such Person. 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 as of any date shall be deemed to
be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of
such date.
" Indemnified Taxes " means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
" Indemnitees " has the meaning
specified in Section 10.04(b).
" Initial Pool Properties "
means the Revenue-Producing Properties described in Schedule
1.01A .
" Intangible Assets " means the
value of all assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries (without
duplication), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP, that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP,
including customer lists, goodwill, copyrights, trade names,
trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred
charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and
development costs.
" Interest Charges " means, as
of the last day of any fiscal period and without double counting,
the sum of (a) Cash Interest Expense of a
Person, plus (b) all interest currently payable in Cash
by a Person which is incurred during that fiscal period and
capitalized under GAAP, plus (c) a Person's
Proportional Share of the Cash Interest Expense and capitalized
interest of Related Ventures payable in Cash during that fiscal
period.
" Interest Coverage Ratio "
means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio obtained
by dividing (a) the sum of the aggregate Adjusted NOI from the
Unencumbered Asset Pool for that fiscal quarter and the preceding
three full fiscal quarters, by (b) the aggregate Interest
Charges for such period in respect of the Borrowers' unsecured
Indebtedness. The Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined by
the Borrowers and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent excluding interest during construction to the
extent capitalized.
" Interest Expense " means, with
respect to any Person as of the last day of any fiscal period and
without duplication, the sum of (a) all interest, fees,
charges and related expenses paid or payable (without duplication)
for that fiscal period by that Person to a lender in connection
with borrowed money ( including any obligations for fees,
charges and related expenses payable to the issuer of any letter of
credit but excluding financing fees to the extent amortized and any
amortization thereof (including fees payable under a Swap Contract)
or deferred financing costs) or the deferred purchase price of
assets that are considered "interest expense" under GAAP,
plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without
duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person under Capital
Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance
with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13,
minus ( or plus, as applicable ) (c) amounts received
(or paid) under Swap Contracts.
" Interest Payment Date " means
the fifth (5th) calendar day of each month; provided that if the
fifth (5th) calendar day of any month falls on a day other than a
Business Day, then the Interest Payment Date shall be the
immediately succeeding Business Day.
" 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 Borrowers in their applicable
Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(i)
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;
(ii)
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; and
(iii) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date (in the case of Interest Periods relating to
Revolving Loans) or the Term Loan Maturity Date (in the case of
Interest Periods relating to Term Loans), as applicable.
" 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 and any
arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness
of 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, but reduced by any
amounts received in respect of such Investment which constitute
capital distributions, principal, sale proceeds or otherwise in
respect thereof.
" 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 of Credit Application,
and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by
the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers (or any Subsidiary) or in favor
the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.
" Joinder Agreement " means a
joinder agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I .
" 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
whether or not having the force of law.
" L/C Advance " means, with
respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender's funding
of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its
Applicable Percentage.
" 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 Committed Borrowing.
" 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 amount available to be
drawn under 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 1.06. 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 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 Swing Line Lender.
" Lender Party " has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.07.
" 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 Borrowers
and the Administrative Agent.
" Letter of Credit " means any
standby letter of credit issued hereunder.
" 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 Expiration
Date " means the day that is seven days prior to the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
" Letter of Credit Fee " has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
" Letter of Credit Sublimit "
means an amount equal to $40,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit
is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
" Leverage Ratio " means, as of
the last day of each fiscal quarter, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage) of (a) Total Liabilities of Parent and
its Subsidiaries as of that date to (b) the Adjusted
Tangible Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date.
" Lien " means any mortgage,
deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other),
charge, 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, other than a precautionary
financing statement with respect to a lease that is not in the
nature of a security interest).
" Loan " means a Term Loan, a
Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan and an L/C Borrowing, as the
context requires.
" Loan Documents " means this
Agreement, each Revolving Note, each Term Note, each Issuer
Document, the Fee Letter and other instrument, document or
agreement from time to time delivered by a Borrower in connection
with this Agreement.
" Majority Lenders " means, as of any date of determination,
at least two Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the
Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Commitment of each
Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the
L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated
pursuant to Section 8.02, the Total Revolving Outstandings
(with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender's risk
participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing
Line Loans being deemed "held" by such Revolving Lender for
purposes of this definition), and (b) the Term Loan Amount;
provided that the 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
Majority Lenders.
" Material Adverse Effect "
means any set of circumstances or events which (a) has had or could
reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect
whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document
(other than as a result of any action or inaction of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender), (b) has been or could
reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business
or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrowers or (c) has
materially impaired or could reasonably be expected to materially
impair the ability of Borrowers to perform the Obligations.
" Maturity Date " means the
later to occur of the Term Loan Maturity Date or the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
" Maximum Rate " has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.09.
" Minority Interest " means,
with respect to any Person, an ownership or other equity interest
in another Person, which interest is consolidated in accordance
with GAAP with the operations of the Person owning the
interest.
" Moody's " means Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
" Mortgageable Ground Lease "
means on any date of determination, a lease (a) which is a direct
lease granted by the fee owner of Real Property, (b) which has a
remaining term (calculated only once on the Closing Date or the
date the Real Property subject to such lease becomes part of the
Qualified Unencumbered Asset Pool) of not less than thirty (30)
years, including extension options exercisable solely at the
discretion of a Borrower, (c) under which no material default has
occurred and is continuing and (d) with respect to which a security
interest may be granted (i) without the consent of the lessor
or (ii) pursuant to the consent of the lessor, which consent has
been granted.
" Multiemployer Plan " means any
employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA, to which the Borrowers 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.
" Negative Pledge " means a
Contractual Obligation that contains a covenant binding on
Borrowers that prohibits Liens on any of their Property,
other than (a) any such covenant contained in a
Contractual Obligation granting or relating to a particular Lien
which affects only the property that is the subject of such Lien
and (b) any such covenant that does not apply to Liens which
may secure the Obligations now or in the future.
" Net Income " means, for any
period and for any Person, the net income of the Person for that
period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that
there shall be excluded therefrom the net amount of any real estate
gains or losses.
" Net Rentable Area " means with
respect to any Real Property, the floor area of any buildings,
structures or improvements available for leasing to tenants
(excluding storage lockers and parking spaces) determined in
accordance with the Rent Roll for such Real Property, the manner of
such determination shall be consistently applied for all Real
Property, unless otherwise approved by the Administrative
Agent.
" NOI " means, with respect to
any Revenue-Producing Property and with respect to any fiscal
period, the sum of (a) the net income of that
Revenue-Producing Property for that period, plus
(b) Interest Expense of that Revenue-Producing Property for
that period, plus (c) the aggregate amount of federal
and state taxes on or measured by income of that Revenue-Producing
Property for that period (whether or not payable during that
period), plus (d) depreciation, amortization and all
other non-cash expenses of that Revenue-Producing Property for that
period, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.
" Non-Recourse Debt " means
Indebtedness of any Person for which the liability of such Person (
except with respect to fraud, Environmental Laws liability
and other customary exceptions) either is contractually limited to
collateral securing such Indebtedness or is so limited by operation
of Laws.
" Note(s) " means either or both
of the Term Note or Revolving Note, as the context requires.
" NYSE " means the New York
Stock Exchange.
" Obligations " means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations of, any Borrower
arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any
Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising
and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement
by or against any Borrower 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.
" 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.
" Other Taxes " means all
present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment
made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided ,
however , that "Other Taxes" shall not include such amounts
to the extent imposed as a result of any transfer by any Lender or
the Administrative Agent of any interest in or under any Loan
Document.
" Outstanding Amount " means (i)
with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and
prepayments or repayments thereof 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 10.06(d).
" Partnership Units " means the
units of limited partnership interests in the Borrowers or any of
their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, issued and outstanding from
time to time.
" 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 Borrowers
or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrowers 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.
" Permitted Purposes " has the
meaning specified in Section 10.07(a).
" Person " means any natural
person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority
or other entity.
" Plan " means any "employee
benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA)
established by the Borrowers 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 set
forth in Section 6.02.
" Preferred Distributions "
means for any period, the amount of any and all Restricted Payments
due and payable in cash to the holders of Preferred Equity.
" Preferred Equity " means any
form of preferred stock (whether perpetual, convertible or
otherwise) or other ownership or beneficial interest in Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries that entitles the holders thereof to
preferential payment or distribution priority with respect to
dividends, assets or other payments over the holders of any other
stock or other ownership or beneficial interest in such Person.
" Proportional Share " means,
with respect to any Related Venture, the percentage of the direct
and indirect equity interest of a Person in the Related
Venture.
" Public Lender " has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.02.
" Qualified Unencumbered Asset Pool
Property " means a Revenue-Producing Property that:
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is wholly owned in fee simple absolute or a leasehold interest
pursuant to a Mortgageable Ground Lease by Parent or any other
Borrower that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
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is occupied or available for occupancy (subject to final tenant
improvements);
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to the best of Borrowers' knowledge and belief, does not have any
title, survey, environmental or other defects that would give rise
to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability
to sell or refinance such property;
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is Unencumbered; and
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would not cause the Borrowers to be in violation of the covenant
set forth in Section 6.13.
In no event, shall a Development
Investment be considered a Qualified Unencumbered Asset Pool
Property.
" Rating Agencies " means (a)
S&P and (b) Moody's.
" Real Property " means, as of
any date of determination, real property (together with the
underlying real property interests and appurtenant real property
rights) then owned, leased or occupied by any of Borrowers.
" Register " has the meaning
specified in Section 10.06(c).
" REIT Status " means, with
respect to any Person, (a) the qualification of such Person as
a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860
of the Code, and (b) the applicability to such Person and its
shareholders of the method of taxation provided for in
Sections 857 et seq . of the Code.
" Related Parties " means, with
respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates and the partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and of such Person's Affiliates.
" Related Venture " means a
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other Person
that owns one or more Revenue- Producing Properties and which is
not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
" Rent Roll " means a report
prepared by a Borrower for its owned or leased Real Property, the
occupancy, lease expiration dates, lease rent and other information
in substantially the form presented to the Administrative Agent
prior to the date hereof or in such other form as may have been
approved by the Administrative Agent.
" 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 Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (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.
" Required Lenders " means, as
of any date of determination, at least two Lenders having at least
66-2/3% of the sum of (a) the Revolving Commitments then in effect
or, if the Commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving
Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, the
Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each
Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by such
Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) the Term
Loan Amount; provided that the 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 Lenders "
means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Lenders having
more than 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or if the
commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and the
obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extension have been
terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, at least two or more
Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 66-2/3% of the
Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each
Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in
L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans deemed "held" by such
Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition).
" Responsible Officer " means
the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer,
treasurer, assistant treasurer or any executive vice president of a
Borrower. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Borrower shall be conclusively presumed to
have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or
other action on the part of such Borrower and such Responsible
Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of
such Borrower.
" Restricted Payment " means,
with respect to any equity interest or any warrant or option to
purchase an equity interest issued by a Person, (a) the
retirement, redemption, purchase or other acquisition for Cash or
for Property by such Person of any such security or interest
(excluding any Indebtedness which by its terms is convertible into
an Equity Interest), (b) the declaration or (without
duplication) payment by such Person of any dividend in Cash or in
Property on or with respect to any such security or interest,
(c) any Investment by such Person in the holder of 5% or more
of any such security or interest if a purpose of such Investment is
to avoid characterization of the transaction as a Restricted
Payment and (d) any other payment in Cash or Property by such
Person constituting a distribution under applicable Laws with
respect to such security or interest.
" Revenue-Producing Property "
means an identifiable improved Real Property that is used
principally for office, office/laboratory, research or
manufacturing/warehouse purposes, or for such other revenue-
producing purposes as the Required Lenders may approve.
" Revolving Commitment " means,
as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving
Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01, (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 Lender's name on Schedule 2.01A or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The
aggregate Revolving Commitment shall not exceed $500,000,000,
unless increased pursuant to Section 2.15.
" Revolving Commitment Termination
Date " means the later of (a) December 22, 2007 and
(b) if the Existing Revolving Commitment Termination Date is
extended pursuant to Section 2.14, such extended Existing
Revolving Commitment Termination Date as determined pursuant to
such Section 2.14.
" Revolving Lender " means each
Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, following termination of
the Revolving Commitments, has Revolving Loans outstanding.
" Revolving Loan " means a Base
Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan made to the Borrowers by a
Revolving Lender in accordance with their Applicable Percentage
pursuant to Section 2.01(a), except as otherwise provided
herein.
" Revolving Note " means a
promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of, and payable to
the order of, a Revolving Lender evidencing Revolving Loans made by
such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-1 .
" S&P " means Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc. and any successor thereto.
" SEC " means the Securities and
Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to
any of its principal functions.
" SEC Report " means all filings
on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K with the SEC made by the Parent
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
" Secured Debt " means
Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (
including Indebtedness of a Related Venture which is the
subject of a Guarantee of Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent or, if
such Person is a partnership, of which Parent or a Subsidiary of
Parent is a general partner, Parent's or such Subsidiaries' pro
rata share of any such Indebtedness of unconsolidated Persons) that
is secured by a Lien or is subject to a Negative Pledge; provided,
that Secured Debt shall not include any of the Obligations.
" Secured Debt Ratio " means, as
of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) the Secured
Debt of Parent and its Subsidiaries to (b) the Adjusted
Tangible Assets, as of such date.
" SPC " has the meaning
specified in Section 10.06(h).
" 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 Borrowers.
" 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
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, 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 (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 B .
" Swing Line Sublimit " means an
amount equal to the lesser of (a) $30,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate
Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Aggregate Commitments.
" Taxes " means all present or
future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings,
assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
" Term Lenders " means the
Lenders with a Term Loan Commitment or holding a Term Loan.
" Term Loan " means a Loan of
any type made to Borrowers by the Term Lenders in accordance with
their Applicable Percentage pursuant to Section 2.01(b), except as
otherwise provided herein.
" Term Loan Amount " means, at
any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans
outstanding, which amount on the Closing Date is equal to
$250,000,000, as such amount may be increased from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.15 or decreased from time to time.
" Term Loan Commitment " means,
as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the
Borrowers pursuant Section 2.01(b), in an aggregate principal
amount on the Closing Date not to exceed such Term Lender's portion
of the Term Loan Amount or the amount set forth 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 Loan Maturity Date "
means December 22, 2009.
" Term Note " means a promissory
note made by the Borrowers in favor of, and payable to the order
of, a Term Lender evidencing that portion of the Term Loan made by
such Term Lender substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-2 .
" Total Assets " means the value
of all assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries (without
duplication), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP; provided that all Real Property owned by a Person that is
improved and operating and is not a Development Investment, shall
be valued based on its Asset Value. In the event that a Person has
an ownership or other equity interest in any other Person, which
investment is not consolidated in accordance with GAAP (that is,
such interest is a "minority interest"), then the assets of a
Person and its Subsidiaries shall include such Person's or its
Subsidiaries' allocable share of all assets of such Person in which
a minority interest is owned based on such Person's respective
ownership interest in such other Person.
" Total Liabilities " means all
liabilities of a Person and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and (without
duplication) all Indebtedness and Guarantees of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), whether or not
so classified; provided , that , Total Liabilities
shall not include any Minority Interest's share of liabilities. In
the event that a Person has an ownership or other equity interest
in any other Person, which investment is not consolidated in
accordance with GAAP (that is, such interest is a "minority
interest"), then the liabilities of a Person and its Subsidiaries
shall include such Person's or its Subsidiaries' allocable share of
all liabilities of such Person in which a minority interest is
owned based on such Person's respective ownership interest in such
other Person.
" Total Outstandings " means the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C
Obligations.
" Total Revolving Outstandings "
means the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Revolving Loans, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all
Swing Line Loans, and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount
of all L/C Obligations.
" to the best knowledge of "
means, when modifying a representation, warranty or other statement
of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is
known by the Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a
natural Person, known by a Responsible Officer of that Person)
making the representation, warranty or other statement, or with the
exercise of reasonable due diligence under the circumstances (in
accordance with the standard of what a reasonable Person in similar
circumstances would have done) would have been known by the Person
(or, in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, would
have been known by a Responsible Officer of that Person).
" Trade Date " has the meaning
set forth in Section 10.06(b).
" Type " means, with respect to
a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar
Rate Loan.
" Unencumbered " means, with
respect to any Revenue- Producing Property, that such
Revenue-Producing Property (a) is not subject to any Lien
other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01,
(b) is not subject to any Negative Pledge and (c) is not
held by a Person any of whose direct or indirect equity interests
are subject to a Lien or Negative Pledge.
" Unencumbered Asset Pool "
means, as of any date of determination, (a) the Initial Pool
Properties, plus (b) each other Qualified Unencumbered Asset
Pool Property added to the Unencumbered Asset Pool pursuant to
Section 2.16 as of such date, excluding (c) any Revenue-
Producing Property removed from the Unencumbered Asset Pool
pursuant to Section 2.16 as of such date.
" 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.
" United States " and "
U.S. " mean the United States of America.
" Unreimbursed Amount " has the
meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
" Unrelated Person " means any
Person other than (i) a Subsidiary of Parent, (ii) an employee
stock ownership plan or other employee benefit plan covering the
employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries or (iii) any Person that
held Common Stock on the day prior to the effective date of
Parent's registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933
covering the initial public offering of Common Stock.
" Wholly-Owned Subsidiary "
means a Subsidiary of Parent, 100% of the capital stock or other
equity interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
Parent, except for director's qualifying shares required by
applicable Laws.
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:
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The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular
and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words "include," "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation." The word "will" shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word "shall." Unless the context requires
otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document (including any Organization Document)
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (iii)
the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder," and words of similar
import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer
to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular
provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any
reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory
provisions consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such
law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless
otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words
"asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
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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."
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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 .
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Generally . 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 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.
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Changes in GAAP . 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 Borrowers or the
Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Borrowers 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, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers);
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) upon written request, the Borrowers 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 Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component
by the 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 Times of Day . Unless
otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be
references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as
applicable).
1.06 Letter of Credit Amounts .
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit
at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter
of Credit in effect at such time; provided , however
, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or
the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one
or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the
amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum
stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all
such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in
effect at such time.
ARTICLE 2
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Committed Loans .
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Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender with a Revolving Commitment (a "
Revolving Lender ") severally agrees to make loans (each
such loan, a " Revolving Loan ") to the Borrowers 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 such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment; provided, however,
that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, the Total
Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments or (b) the Borrowing Base. Within
the limits of each Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment, and
subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may
borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a).
Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as
further provided herein.
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Term Loan . Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender
severally agrees to fund the portion of the Term Loan Amount
represented by its Term Loan Commitment to the Borrowers on the
Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term
Lender's Term Loan Commitment or the Term Loan Amount. The Term
Loan shall be made in one draw on the Closing Date. To the extent
all or any portion of the Term Loans are repaid or prepaid, they
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 Committed Loans .
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Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from
one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans shall be made upon the Borrowers' irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
(i) 11:00 a.m., three Business Days prior to the requested date of
any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate
Loans, and (ii) 11:00 a.m., one Business Day prior to the requested
date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or of any conversion of
Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by
the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed
promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written
Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. Each Borrowing of, conversion
to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 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 $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or
written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrowers are requesting a
Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type
to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the
requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the
case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal
amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued,
(iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which
existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if
applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If the Borrowers fail to specify a Type of Committed Loan
in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrowers fail to give a
timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the
applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base
Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base 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
Borrowers request a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fail
to specify an Interest Period, they will be deemed to have
specified an Interest Period of one month.
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Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its
Applicable Percentage of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no
timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the
details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in
the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing,
each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available
to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the
Administrative Agent's Office not later than 11:00 a.m. on the
Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice.
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 Borrowers in like funds as received by
the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the
Borrowers on the books of Administrative Agent 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 Borrowers; provided, however,
that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such
Borrowing is given by the Borrowers, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be
applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and
second, shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided
above.
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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 a Default or
Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or
continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the
Required Lenders.
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The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and
the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period
for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate.
At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers 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.
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After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of
Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations
of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than
20 Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.
2.03 Letters of Credit .
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The Letter of Credit Commitment.
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Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C
Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving
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 Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit
for the account of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, and to
amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with
Section 2.03(b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the
Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to
participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the
Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder;
provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with
respect to any Letter of Credit, the Total Revolving Outstandings
shall not exceed (y) the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments or (ii) the Borrowing Base and (z) the Outstanding
Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit
Sublimit. Each request by the Borrowers for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a
representation by the Borrowers 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 Borrowers' ability to obtain
Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and, accordingly, the
Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of
Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have
been drawn upon and reimbursed.
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The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if the expiry
date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders
have approved such expiry date.
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The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any
Letter of Credit if:
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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;
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the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more
policies of the L/C Issuer;
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except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount of
less than $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;
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such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars;
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such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic
reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder;
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a default of any Revolving Lender's obligations to fund under
Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time
a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered
into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrowers or such Revolving
Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer's risk with respect to such
Revolving Lender.
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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.
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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.
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The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with
respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents
associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the
benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in
Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions
suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit
issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents
pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term
"Administrative Agent" as used in Article IX included the L/C
Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as
additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
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Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
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Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may
be, upon the request of the Borrowers 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 Borrowers. Such Letter of Credit
Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five
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
Borrowers 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
require.
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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 Borrowers 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 Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at
least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or
amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more
applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then
be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit
for the account of the Borrowers (or the applicable Subsidiary) 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 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 Lender's Applicable
Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
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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 Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and to any
requesting Lender a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit
or amendment.
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If the Borrowers so request 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 has automatic
extension provisions (each, an " Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit "); 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 sixty (60) days (the "
Non-Extension Notice Date ") in each such twelve-month
period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is
issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers
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 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 (as extended) 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 Lenders have elected not to
permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Borrowers that one or more of the applicable
conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in
each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such
extension.
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Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
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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 Borrowers 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 ") or 9:00 a.m. on the following Business Day if the
notification is later than 11:00 a.m. on the Honor Date, the
Borrowers shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative
Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing (unless the
Borrowers elect to reimburse the L/C Issuer through a Revolving
Loan, as set forth below). If the Borrowers fail to so reimburse
the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the " Unreimbursed Amount "), and the
amount of such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof and
in such event, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a
Committed 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 Aggregate Commitments and the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery
of a Committed 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.
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Each Revolving Lender 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 Applicable Percentage of
the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business
Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, which
date will not be earlier than the Business Day after the Honor
Date, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes
funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to
the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit
the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.
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With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully
refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or
for any other reason, the Borrowers 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 bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each
Revolving 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 Revolving
Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this
Section 2.03.
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Until each Revolving Lender funds its Committed 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 Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of such
amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.
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Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed 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 setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may
have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers 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 Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant
to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrowers of a
Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers 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.
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If any Revolving 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 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 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 greater of the Federal Funds Rate and
a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C
Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this
clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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Repayment of Participations.
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At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any
Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such
Revolving 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 Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of
Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its
Applicable Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case
of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which
such Lender's L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as
those received by the Administrative Agent.
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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 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered
into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer its Applicable Percentage 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
Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from
time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders
under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the
Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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Obligations Absolute . The obligation of the Borrowers 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:
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any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit,
this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;
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the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other
right that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary 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;
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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;
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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
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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 Borrowers or any Subsidiary.
The Borrowers 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 Borrowers' instructions or other irregularity, the
Borrowers will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrowers
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.
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Role of L/C Issuer . Each Revolving Lender and the Borrowers
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 of any such document or the authority of
the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the
L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective
Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of
the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any
action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or
with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required
Revolving 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 Issuer
Document. The Borrowers hereby assume 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 Borrowers' 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, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related
Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee 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 Borrowers may have a claim against the L/C
Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrowers, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrowers which
the Borrowers prove 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.
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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 which has not been repaid as provided
for herein, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date,
any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the
Borrowers shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the
then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. 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 Lenders, as
collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account
balances (collectively, " Cash Collateral ") pursuant to
documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby
consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Derivatives of such term
have corresponding meanings. The Borrowers hereby grant to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the
Revolving 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,
non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
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Applicability of ISP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by
the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued
the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
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Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrowers shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in
accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee
(the " Letter of Credit Fee ") for each Letter of Credit
equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans, stated as a
percentage per annum times the daily amount available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily
amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount
of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.06. 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 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 Eurodollar Rate Loans during any quarter,
the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit
shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate for
Eurodollar Rate Loans separately for each period during such
quarter that such Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans was in
effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event
of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the
Default Rate.
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Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to
L/C Issuer . The Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer
for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of
Credit, at the rate equal to 0.125% per annum, computed on the
daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a
quarterly basis in arrears, and 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 on demand. For purposes of computing
the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit,
the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.06 . 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
customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable
on demand and are nonrefundable.
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Conflict with Issuer Documents . In the event of any
conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer
Document, the terms hereof shall control.
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Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding
that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in
support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a
Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C
Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of
Credit. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the
benefit of the Borrowers, and that the Borrowers' business derives
substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
2.04 Swing Line Loans .
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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 Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a " Swing Line
Loan ") to the Borrowers 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 Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount
of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Lender
acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such
Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that
after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving
Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments, and (ii)
the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any
Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender's Applicable
Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus
such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Commitment, and provided, further, that the
Borrowers 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
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 or Loan at a fixed
interest rate as agreed upon between Borrowers and Swing Line
Lender (which interest rate may be lower than the Base Rate).
Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving
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 Lender's Applicable Percentage times
the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
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Borrowing Procedures . Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be
made upon the Borrowers' irrevocable notice to the Swing Line
Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by
telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line
Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 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 Borrowers. 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 the Required
Revolving Lenders) prior to 2:00 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
Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than
2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line
Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to
the Borrowers at its office by crediting the account of the
Borrowers on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately
available funds.
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Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
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The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute
discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby
irrevocably authorize the Swing Line Lender to so request on their
behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an
amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage 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
Committed 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 Commitments and the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the
Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice
promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent.
Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable
Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed 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 Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to
Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the
funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
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If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such
a Committed 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 Lenders fund its risk
participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving
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.
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If any Revolving 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 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 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 greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to
any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with
respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
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Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed 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
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such
Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers 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 Lender's obligation to make
Committed 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 Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together
with interest as provided herein.
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Repayment of Participations.
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At any time after any Revolving 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 Revolving Lender its Applicable
Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of
interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Revolving Lender's risk participation was funded) in the same funds
as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
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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 10.05 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its
discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line
Lender its Applicable Percentage 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. The
obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
of this Agreement.
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Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line
Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for
interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds
its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this
Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender's Applicable
Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such
Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing
Line Lender.
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Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender . The Borrowers shall
make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing
Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments .
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The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any
time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in
whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment
of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base
Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be
in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000
in excess thereof; and (iii) 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
Committed Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice and
the contents thereof, and of the amount of such Lender's Applicable
Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the
Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan
shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid,
together with any additional amounts required pursuant to
Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the
Committed Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Applicable Percentages.
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The Borrowers 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 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 9:00 a.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 Borrowers, the Borrowers
shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
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If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time
exceed the lesser of the Revolving Commitments and the Borrowing
Base then in effect, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay the
Revolving Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an
aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the
Borrowers shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) unless after the
prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans the Total Revolving
Outstandings exceed the lesser of the Revolving Commitments and the
Borrowing Base then in effect.
2.06 Termination or Reduction of
Revolving Commitments . The Borrowers may, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Commitments, or from
time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments;
provided that the Revolving Commitments may not be reduced
below $150,000,000 (except in connection with a termination of the
Revolving Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations
thereunder); and, provided further (i) any such notice shall
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m.
three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction,
(ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
(iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving
Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent
prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would
exceed the Revolving Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect
to any reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit
Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the
Revolving Commitments, such Sublimit shall be automatically reduced
by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify the Revolving Lenders of any such notice of
termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments and the
contents thereof. Any reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall
be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Revolving Lender
according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued pursuant
to Section 2.09(a) until the effective date of any termination of
the Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of
such termination.
2.06 Repayment of Loans .
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The Borrowers shall repay on the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding
on such date.
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The Borrowers shall repay to the Swing Line Lender each Swing Line
Loa