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Exhibit 10.1 CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 25,
2008 by and among PACIFIC OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P., AS BORROWER,
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER LENDERS THAT MAY BECOME
PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT,
AND KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS,
AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK MANAGER
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the
25th day of August, 2008, by and among PACIFIC OFFICE
PROPERTIES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Borrower"), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("KeyBank") and
the other lending institutions that may become parties hereto
pursuant to §18 (together with KeyBank, the "Lenders"), and
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Agent for the Lenders (the
"Agent"), and KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS , as Sole Lead
Arranger and Sole Book Manager. R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS , the Borrower has
requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility to
the Borrower; and WHEREAS ,
the Agent and the Lenders are willing to provide such revolving
credit facility to the Borrower on and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein; NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the recitals herein and mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto
hereby covenant and agree as follows: §1. DEFINITIONS AND
RULES OF INTERPRETATION. §1.1
Definitions . The following terms shall have the meanings
set forth in this §l or elsewhere in the provisions of this
Agreement referred to below:
Acknowledgments . The Acknowledgments executed by each
Company in favor of the Agent, acknowledging the pledge of Equity
Interests in such Company to Agent, such Acknowledgement to be in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
Additional Commitment Request Notice . See §2.10(a).
Additional Guarantor . Each additional Subsidiary of
Borrower which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
§5.2.
Additional Pledgor . Each additional Pledgor which becomes a
Pledgor pursuant to §5.3.
Additional Security Documents. See § 5.3.
Adjusted Consolidated Fixed Charges . On any date of
determination, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense,
plus (b) the amount of any Preferred Distributions
attributable to Borrower and REIT during such period, plus
(c) all regularly scheduled principal payments made with
respect to Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, other
than any balloon, bullet or similar principal payment which repays
such Indebtedness in full, plus (d) federal and state
income taxes paid, in each of (a), (b), (c) and (d) as
measured for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters most
recently ended (provided however that if financial information has
not existed for four (4) fiscal quarters as of the date of
determination, then such calculation shall be
based upon the period of those calendar quarters that are
available commencing April 1, 2008 and ended prior to the date
of determination annualized in a manner reasonably acceptable to
Agent). Adjusted Consolidated Fixed Charges shall include such
Person’s Equity Percentage in the Adjusted Consolidated Fixed
Charges of its Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA . On any date of determination,
the sum of (a) the Consolidated EBITDA for the prior four
(4) fiscal quarters most recently ended (provided however that
if financial information has not existed for four (4) fiscal
quarters as of the date of determination, then such calculation
shall be based upon the period of those calendar quarters that are
available commencing April 1, 2008 and ended prior to the date
of determination annualized in a manner reasonably acceptable to
Agent), less (b) the Capital Reserve.
Adjusted Real Estate Collateral Value . An amount equal to
the Real Estate Collateral Value divided by 1.25.
Advisor . Pacific Office Management, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
Advisory Agreement . That certain Advisory Agreement dated
as of March 19, 2008 by and between Borrower, the REIT and
Advisor.
Affiliate . An Affiliate, as applied to any Person, shall
mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as applied to any Person, means (a) the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten
percent (10%) or more of the stock, shares, voting trust
certificates, beneficial interest, partnership interests, member
interests or other interests having voting power for the election
of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise, or (b) the ownership of (i) a general
partnership interest, (ii) a managing member’s or
manager’s interest in a limited liability company or
(iii) a limited partnership interest or preferred stock (or
other ownership interest) representing ten percent (10%) or more of
the outstanding limited partnership interests, preferred stock or
other ownership interests of such Person.
Agent . KeyBank National Association, acting as
administrative agent for the Lenders, and its successors and
assigns.
Agent’s Head Office . The Agent’s head office
located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, or at
such other location as the Agent may designate from time to time by
notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
Agent’s Special Counsel . McKenna Long & Aldridge
LLP or such other counsel as selected by Agent.
Agreement . This Credit Agreement, including the
Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
Agreement Regarding Fees . See §4.2.
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Arranger . KeyBanc Capital Markets or any successor.
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement . See §18.1.
Assignment of Interests . The Assignment of Interests dated
of even date herewith made by Pledgors in favor of Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders.
Authorized Officer . Any of the following Persons: Jim Kasim
and such other Persons as Borrower shall designate in a written
notice to Agent.
Balance Sheet Date . June 30, 2008.
Bankruptcy Code . Title 11, U.S.C.A., as amended from time
to time or any successor statute thereto.
Base Rate . The greater of (a) the fluctuating annual
rate of interest announced from time to time by the Agent at the
Agent’s Head Office as its "prime rate" or (b) one half
of one percent (0.5%) above the Federal Funds Effective Rate. The
Base Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent
the lowest or best rate being charged to any customer. Any change
in the rate of interest payable hereunder resulting from a change
in the Base Rate shall become effective as of the opening of
business on the day on which such change in the Base Rate becomes
effective, without notice or demand of any kind.
Base Rate Loans . Loans bearing interest calculated by
reference to the Base Rate.
Borrower . Pacific Office Properties, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.
Borrowing Base . The Borrowing Base shall be the amount
which is the sum of the aggregate Borrowing Base Asset Values of
the Borrowing Base Assets.
Borrowing Base Asset . Borrowing Base Asset shall mean any
Eligible Asset which satisfies the conditions set forth in
§7.17(a). The initial Borrowing Base Assets are described on
Schedule 7.17 hereto.
Borrowing Base Asset Value . The Borrowing Base Asset Value
of any Borrowing Base Asset shall be the Interest Value;
provided that the Borrowing Base Asset Value of any
Borrowing Base Asset shall be deemed to be zero in the event of any
event of default or other event which would permit the acceleration
of any senior mortgage or mezzanine Indebtedness with respect to
such Borrowing Base Asset has occurred and is continuing.
Borrowing Base Certificate . See §7.4(c).
Borrowing Base Covenant . The covenant set forth in
§ 9.5.
Breakage Costs . The cost to any Lender of re-employing
funds bearing interest at LIBOR incurred (or reasonably expected to
be incurred) in connection with (i) any payment of any portion
of the Loans bearing interest at LIBOR prior to the termination of
any applicable Interest Period, (ii) the conversion of a LIBOR
Rate Loan to any other applicable interest rate on
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a date other than the last day of the relevant Interest Period,
or (iii) the failure of the Borrower to draw down, on the
first day of the applicable Interest Period, any amount as to which
the Borrower has elected a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Building . With respect to each parcel of Real Estate, all
of the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter
located thereon.
Business Day . Any day on which banking institutions located
in the same city and State as the Agent’s Head Office is
located and in Los Angeles, California are open for the transaction
of banking business and, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, which
also is a LIBOR Business Day.
Capital Reserve . For any period and with respect to any
improved Real Estate, an amount per annum equal to $0.50 multiplied
by the total square footage of the Buildings in such Real Estate,
less the amount of related cash balances maintained in lender
reserve accounts pursuant to Senior Loan Documents which are
attributable to the Buildings in such Real Estate. If the term
Capital Reserve is used without reference to any specific Real
Estate, then the amount shall be determined on an aggregate basis
with respect to all Real Estate of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and a proportionate share of all Real Estate of all
Unconsolidated Affiliates. The Capital Reserve shall be calculated
based on the total square footage of the Buildings owned (or ground
leased) at the end of each fiscal quarter.
Capitalization Rate . 6.50%.
Capitalized Lease . A lease under which the discounted
future rental payment obligations of the lessee or the obligor are
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Value . For any Real Estate, an amount equal to
(a) the sum of the Net Operating Income for such Real Estate
for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters most recently ended
(provided however that if financial information has not existed for
four (4) fiscal quarters as of the date of determination, then
such calculation shall be based upon the period of those calendar
quarters that are available commencing April 1, 2008 and ended
prior to the date of determination annualized in a manner
reasonably acceptable to Agent), minus the Capital Reserve for such
Real Estate for such period, divided by (b) the Capitalization
Rate.
Cash Collateral Agreement . The Cash Collateral Account and
Control Agreement among Borrower, Guarantors, Agent and KeyBank as
depository, as the same may be modified or amended, such agreement
to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
Carve-Out Guarantors . Collectively, Shidler West Investment
Partners, L.P. and Shidler Hawaii Investment Partners, LLC.
Carve-Out Guaranty . That certain Indemnity and Guaranty
Agreement dated as of the date hereof executed by the Carve-Out
Guarantors.
Cash Collateralize . To pledge and deposit with or deliver
to Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender of a Letter of
Credit, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Liabilities and
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other Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the
Issuing Lender. Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Lender, shall
have a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all
balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Such cash
collateral shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit
accounts at KeyBank which bear interest at the rate available for
KeyBank’s standard institutional money market accounts.
CERCLA . The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C § 9601,
et seq.).
Change of Control . A Change of Control shall exist upon the
occurrence after the Closing Date of any of the following:
(a) any
Person (including a Person’s Affiliates and associates) or
group (as that term is understood under Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
and the rules and regulations thereunder), shall have acquired
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act) of a percentage (based on voting power, in the
event different classes of stock or voting interests shall have
different voting powers) of the voting stock or voting interests of
REIT, POP Venture or the Borrower equal to at least thirty-five
percent (35.0%);
(b) as
of any date a majority of the Board of Directors or Trustees or
similar body (the "Board") of REIT or the Borrower consists of
individuals who were not either (i) directors or trustees of
REIT or the Borrower as of the date hereof, or (ii) selected
or nominated to become directors or trustees by the Board of REIT
or the Borrower of which a majority consisted of individuals
described in clause (b)(i) above, or (iii) selected or
nominated to become directors or trustees by the Board of REIT or
the Borrower, which majority consisted of individuals described in
clause (b)(i) above and individuals described in clause (b)(ii),
above (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and
(iii) above, any individual whose initial nomination for, or
assumption of office as, a member of the Board occurs as a result
of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for
the election or removal of one or more directors or trustees by any
Person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one
or more directors or trustees by or on behalf of the Board); or
(c) REIT,
the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries consolidates
with, is acquired by, or merges into or with any Person (other than
a merger permitted by §8.4); or
(d) REIT
and POP Venture shall fail to own directly or indirectly at least
fifty-five percent (55%) of Borrower; or
(e) the
Borrower shall no longer be controlled by REIT; or
(f) the
Borrower fails to own, directly or indirectly, free of any lien,
encumbrance or other adverse claim, at least one hundred percent
(100%) of the economic, voting and beneficial interest of each
Subsidiary Guarantor; or
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(g)
(i) the Borrower shall no longer be managed and advised by
Advisor, or (ii) the Advisor shall no longer be directly or
indirectly majority owned and controlled by one or more of Jay H.
Shidler, James C. Reynolds, Lawrence J. Taff, James R. Ingebritsen
and Matthew J. Root.
Clifford Center Real Estate . That certain Real Estate owned
by City Center, LLC that is commonly referred to as "Clifford
Center".
Closing Date . The first date on which all of the conditions
set forth in §10 and §11 have been satisfied.
Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral . All of the property, rights and interests of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are subject to the security
interests and liens created by the Security Documents.
Commitment . With respect to each Lender, the amount set
forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment to make or maintain Loans to the Borrower
and to participate in Letters of Credit for the account of the
Borrower, as the same may be changed from time to time in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Commitment Increase . An increase in the Total Commitment to
not more than $40,000,000.00 pursuant to §2.10.
Commitment Increase Date . See §2.10(a).
Commitment Percentage . With respect to each Lender, the
percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as such
Lender’s percentage of the Total Commitment, as the same may
be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement; provided that if the Commitments of the Lenders have
been terminated as provided in this Agreement, then the Commitment
of each Lender shall be determined based on the Commitment
Percentage of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and
after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to
the terms hereof.
Company . Each "Company" as defined in the Assignment of
Interests.
Compliance Certificate . See §7.4(c).
Consolidated . With reference to any term defined herein,
that term as applied to the accounts of a Person and its
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated EBITDA . With respect to any period, an amount
equal to the EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
period determined on a Consolidated basis.
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Consolidated Fixed Charges . On any date of determination,
the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus
(b) all regularly scheduled principal payments made with
respect to Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, other
than any balloon, bullet or similar principal payment which repays
such Indebtedness in full, plus (c) federal and state
income taxes paid, in each of (a), (b) and (c) as
measured for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters most
recently ended (provided however that if financial information has
not existed for four (4) fiscal quarters as of the date of
determination, then such calculation shall be based upon the period
of those calendar quarters that are available commencing
April 1, 2008 and ended prior to the date of determination
annualized in a manner reasonably acceptable to Agent).
Consolidated Fixed Charges shall include such Person’s Equity
Percentage in the Consolidated Fixed Charges of its Unconsolidated
Affiliates but shall exclude Preferred Distributions.
Consolidated Interest Expense . On any date of
determination, without duplication, (a) total Interest Expense
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP,
plus (b) the applicable Person’s Equity
Percentage of Interest Expense (subject to §8.15, other than
Interest Expense from Excluded Affiliate Debt) of its
Unconsolidated Affiliates for the applicable period.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth . The amount by which Gross
Asset Value exceeds Consolidated Total Indebtedness.
Consolidated Total Indebtedness . All Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis
including (without duplication), such Person’s Equity
Percentage of the Indebtedness of its Unconsolidated Affiliates but
excluding Excluded Affiliate Debt.
Contribution Agreement . That certain Contribution Agreement
dated of even date herewith among the Borrower, the Guarantors and
each Additional Guarantor which may hereafter become a party
thereto, as the same may be modified, amended or ratified from time
to time.
Conversion/Continuation Request . A notice given by the
Borrower to the Agent of its election to convert or continue a Loan
in accordance with §4.1.
Debt Expense Rate . 6.00%.
Default . See §12.1.
Default Rate . See §4.11.
Delinquent Lender . See §14.5(c).
Derivatives Contract . Any and all rate swap transactions,
basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate
transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond
price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward
bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate
options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions,
floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap
transactions, cross-currency rate swap
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transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether
or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master
agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the term
"Derivatives Contract" includes 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, including any such obligations or
liabilities under any such master agreement.
Derivatives Termination Value . In respect of any one or
more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of
any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such
Derivatives Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date
such Derivatives 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 Derivatives Contracts, as determined based upon
one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations
provided by any recognized dealer in such Derivatives Contracts
(which may include the Agent or any Lender).
Development Property . Real Estate currently under
development that has not become a Stabilized Property or on which
the improvements related to the development have not been
completed, provided that such a Development Property on which all
improvements related to the development of such Real Estate have
been substantially completed (excluding tenants improvements) for
at least twelve (12) months shall cease to constitute a
Development Property notwithstanding the fact that such Real Estate
has not become a Stabilized Property, and shall be considered a
Stabilized Property for the purposes of the calculation of Gross
Asset Value.
Distribution . Any (a) dividend or other distribution,
direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interest of REIT, the
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter
outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in Equity Interests
of identical class to the holders of that class;
(b) redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund
or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct
or indirect, of any Equity Interest of REIT, the Borrower or any of
their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; and
(c) payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity
Interests of REIT, the Borrower or any of their respective
Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding.
Dollars or $ . Dollars in lawful currency of the
United States of America.
Domestic Lending Office . Initially, the office of each
Lender designated as such on Schedule 1.1 hereto;
thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, located
within the United States that will be making or maintaining Base
Rate Loans.
Drawdown Date . The date on which any Loan is made or is to
be made, and the date on which any Loan is converted in accordance
with §4.1.
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EBITDA . With respect to a Person for any period (without
duplication): (a) net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (but excluding with respect to any Unconsolidated
Affiliate) for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, exclusive of the following (but only to the
extent included in the determination of such net income (loss)):
(i) depreciation and amortization expense; (ii) Interest
Expense; (iii) income tax expense; (iv) extraordinary or
non-recurring gains and losses; (v) share-based compensation;
and (vi) other reasonable and customary non-cash expenses;
plus (b) such Person’s pro rata share of EBITDA
determined in accordance with clause (a) above of its
Unconsolidated Affiliates.
Eligible Asset . Eligible Real Estate or a limited liability
company, partnership, common stock or other form of ownership
approved by the Agent in a special purpose, bankruptcy remote
Person which owns, directly or through one or more special purpose,
bankruptcy remote Persons, Eligible Real Estate. Such Eligible Real
Estate and any equity interests in the Person owning such Eligible
Real Estate (other than the Eligible Asset) may be subject to a
mortgage loan or a mezzanine loan, provided that each such loan is
performing in accordance with its payment terms, no event of
default or other event which would permit the acceleration of such
loan shall have occurred under the applicable documents and, except
with respect to loans pursuant to the agreements listed on
Schedule 8.1(f), the holder of such loan has entered into an
intercreditor agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent which
consents to the pledge of 100% of the Eligible Assets to Agent to
secure the Obligations and the foreclosure and sale by Agent of
such Eligible Assets and which provides, among other things, for
notice to Agent of any default under such loan and the right to
cure such default.
Eligible Real Estate . Real Estate shall constitute Eligible
Real Estate if:
(a) such
Real Estate is wholly-owned in fee (or a ground lease acceptable to
the Agent in its reasonable discretion provided that such ground
lease has not been terminated and is performing in accordance with
its payment terms and no event of default or other event which
would permit the termination of such ground lease shall have
occurred under the applicable ground lease documents and provided
further that upon a First Insurance Ground Lease Subordination
Event, Borrower has delivered to Agent a commercially reasonable
subordination, attornment and non-disturbance agreement from the
fee mortgagee in favor of the holder of the leasehold interest
which is reasonably acceptable to Agent) by Borrower or a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower;
(b) such
Real Estate is located within California, Arizona or Hawaii and is
consistent with Borrower’s business strategy as of the date
of this Agreement;
(c) such
Real Estate is improved with a completed income-producing office
building;
(d) such
Real Estate is managed by the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof;
(e) no
interest of the Borrower or any Guarantor therein is subject to any
Lien (other than the Liens securing mortgage and mezzanine loans
permitted in the definition of Eligible Asset); and
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(f) such
Real Estate is free of all structural defects or major
architectural deficiencies, title defects, environmental conditions
or other adverse matters except for defects, deficiencies,
conditions or other matters individually or collectively which are
not material to the profitable operation of such Real Estate and
would not materially adversely affect the value, use or ability to
sell or refinance such Real Estate.
Employee Benefit Plan . Any employee benefit plan within the
meaning of §3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by REIT
or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental Engineer . Any firm of independent
professional engineers or other scientists generally recognized as
expert in the detection, analysis and remediation of Hazardous
Substances and related environmental matters and acceptable to the
Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Environmental Laws . As defined in the Indemnity Agreement.
Equity Interests . With respect to any Person, any share of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any
security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or
warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from
such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and any other
ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without
limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein),
whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share,
warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise
existing on any date of determination.
Equity Offering . The issuance and sale after the Closing
Date by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, POP Venture or
REIT of any equity securities of such Person.
Equity Percentage . The aggregate ownership percentage of
REIT, the Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries in each
Unconsolidated Affiliate.
ERISA . The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended and in effect from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate . Any Person which is treated as a single
employer with REIT or its Subsidiaries under §414 of the Code.
ERISA Reportable Event . A reportable event with respect to
a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of §4043 of ERISA
and the regulations promulgated thereunder as to which the
requirement of notice has not been waived.
Event of Default . See §12.1.
Excluded Affiliate Debt . Seller -financed indebtedness
incurred in connection with the acquisition and formation of an
Unconsolidated Affiliate and contributor-financed
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indebtedness incurred in connection with the formation
transactions of the Borrower and certain Affiliates thereof on
March 19, 2008, or in connection with additional acquisitions
as permitted in §8.11, in each case that are expressly and
satisfactorily subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a
Subordination and Standstill Agreement.
Extension Request . See §2.9.
Federal Funds Effective Rate . For any day, the rate per
annum (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the
previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal
Reserve Bank in substantially the same manner as such Federal
Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers
to as the "Federal Funds Effective Rate."
First Insurance Ground Lease . That certain Ground Lease
dated December 20, 2005, between 101 Park Avenue (1100 Ward)
LLC, as Landlord, and POP Ward Avenue, as Tenant.
First Insurance Ground Lease Subordination Event . The
subordination of the leasehold interest of POP Ward Avenue under
the First Insurance Ground Lease to the interest of the mortgagee
of the fee interest in the First Insurance Real Estate.
First Insurance Real Estate . That Real Estate described in
and subject to the First Insurance Ground Lease.
Funds from Operations . With respect to any Person for any
period, an amount equal to the Net Income (or Loss) of such Person
for such period, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains
(or losses) from sales of property, plus real estate depreciation
and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated
partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated
partnerships and joint ventures will be recalculated to reflect
funds from operations on the same basis.
GAAP . Principles that are (a) consistent with the
principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board and its predecessors, as in effect from time to
time and (b) consistently applied with past financial
statements of the Person adopting the same principles;
provided that a certified public accountant would, insofar
as the use of such accounting principles is pertinent, be in a
position to deliver an unqualified opinion (other than a
qualification regarding changes in generally accepted accounting
principles) as to financial statements in which such principles
have been properly applied.
Gross Asset Value . On a consolidated basis for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, Gross Asset Value shall mean the sum of
(without duplication with respect to any Real Estate):
(i) with
respect to each Stabilized Property, the Capitalized Value of all
such Real Estate; plus
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(ii) with
respect to Development Properties until the earlier of (A) the
one (1) year anniversary of the acquisition of such Real
Estate by such Person or (B) the first day of the first fiscal
quarter following the date such Real Estate becomes a Stabilized
Property, the lesser of (x) the cost (determined in accordance with
GAAP) of such Development Property and (y) the as-is appraised
value of such Development Property as determined by a current
appraisal satisfactory to Agent. Gross Asset Value will be
adjusted, as appropriate, for acquisitions, dispositions and other
changes to the portfolio during the calendar quarter most recently
ended prior to a date of determination. All income, expense and
value associated with assets included in Gross Asset Value disposed
of during the calendar quarter most recently ended prior to the
date of determination will be eliminated from calculations. Gross
Asset Value will be adjusted to only include an amount equal to
Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ pro rata share
(based upon such Person’s Equity Percentage in such
Unconsolidated Affiliate) of the Gross Asset Value attributable to
any of the items listed above in this definition owned by such
Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Guaranteed Pension Plan . Any employee pension benefit plan
within the meaning of §3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed
to by REIT or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are
guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant
to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantor . Collectively, REIT, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and each Additional Guarantor, and individually any one of them.
Guaranty . The Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and
Performance dated of even date herewith made by the Guarantors in
favor of the Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be modified or
amended, such Guaranty to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent.
Hazardous Substances . As defined in the Indemnity
Agreement.
Inactive Amount . An amount equal to $10,000,000.00, which
as of the date hereof is not available to be borrowed by the
Borrower, and which does not constitute a part of the Commitments
or Total Commitments.
Increase Notice . See §2.10(a).
Indebtedness . With respect to a Person, at the time of
computation thereof, all of the following (without duplication):
(a) all obligations of such Person in respect of money
borrowed (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of
business which is not more than ninety (90) days past due);
(b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money
borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted,
in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or
(iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness, conditional
sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar
instruments, upon which interest charges are customarily paid or
that are issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property
or services rendered; (c) all obligations of such Person as a
lessee or obligor under a Capitalized Lease; (d) all
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reimbursement obligations of such Person under any letters of
credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented
for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such
Person; (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of any
purchase obligation, repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or
forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding
agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the
obligation can be satisfied solely by the issuance of Equity
Interests), (g) net obligations under any Derivatives Contract
not entered into as a hedge against existing Indebtedness, in an
amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof;
(h) all obligations of such Person to redeem, retire, defease
or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Mandatorily
Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other Person, valued
at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation
preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; (i) all
Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has guaranteed or
is otherwise recourse to such Person (except for guaranties of
customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds,
environmental indemnities, violation of "special purpose entity"
covenants, and other similar exceptions to recourse liability (but
not exceptions relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership and
other similar events) until a claim is made with respect thereto,
and then shall be included only to the extent of the amount of such
claim ), including liability of a general partner in respect of
liabilities of a partnership in which it is a general partner which
would constitute "Indebtedness" hereunder, any obligation to supply
funds to or in any manner to invest directly or indirectly in a
Person, to maintain working capital or equity capital of a Person
or otherwise to maintain net worth, solvency or other financial
condition of a Person, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the
owner of indebtedness against loss, including, without limitation,
through an agreement to purchase property, securities, goods,
supplies or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make
payment of the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise;
(j) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or
assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or
other payment obligation; and (k) such Person’s pro rata
share of the Indebtedness (based upon its Equity Percentage in such
Unconsolidated Affiliates) of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such
Person.
Indemnity Agreement . The Indemnity Agreement Regarding
Hazardous Materials made by the Borrower, Carve-Out Guarantors and
Guarantors in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, as the same may
be modified, amended or ratified, pursuant to which the Borrower,
each Carve-Out Guarantor and each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the
Agent and the Lenders with respect to Hazardous Substances and
Environmental Laws.
Interest Expense . On any date of determination, with
respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (but excluding with
respect to any Unconsolidated Affiliate except as set forth in (b)
below), without duplication, (a) interest incurred (in
accordance with GAAP) for the period of four (4) fiscal
quarters most recently ended (provided however that if financial
information has not existed for four (4) fiscal quarters as of
the date of determination, then such calculation shall be based
upon the period of those calendar quarters that are available
commencing April 1, 2008 and ended prior to the date of
determination annualized in a manner reasonably acceptable to
Agent), including capitalized interest not funded under a
construction loan, plus (b) the Borrower’s and
its Subsidiaries’ Equity Percentage of Interest Expense of
their Unconsolidated Affiliates for such same period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Interest Expense shall not
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include (i) interest expense attributable to Excluded
Affiliate Debt unless otherwise specified herein or
(ii) amortization expense.
Interest Payment Date . As to each Loan, the first (1st) day
of each calendar month during the term of such Loan.
Interest Period . With respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan
(a) initially, the period commencing on the Drawdown Date of
such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending one, two, three or six months
thereafter, and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the
last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth
above, as selected by the Borrower in a Loan Request or
Conversion/Continuation Request; provided that all of the
foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to
the following:
(i) if
any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would
otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such
Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding LIBOR Business
Day, unless such next succeeding LIBOR Business Day occurs in the
next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end
on the next preceding LIBOR Business Day, as determined
conclusively by the Agent in accordance with the then current bank
practice in London;
(ii) if
the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided in §4.1,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a continuation of
the affected LIBOR Rate Loan, on the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto, as a LIBOR Rate Loan with an
Interest Period of one month;
(iii) any
Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate Loan 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 applicable calendar month; and
(iv) no
Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan shall extend beyond
the Maturity Date.
Interest Value . With respect to any Eligible Asset, an
amount equal to the product of (a) the sum of (i) the
Adjusted Real Estate Collateral Value for the applicable Eligible
Real Estate minus (ii) any Indebtedness encumbering such
Eligible Real Estate or any Senior Equity Interest therein,
multiplied by (b) the Borrower’s or Subsidiary
Guarantor’s, as applicable, ownership interest (expressed as
a percentage) in such Eligible Real Property which has been pledged
to Lender as Collateral.
Investments . With respect to any Person, all shares of
capital stock, evidences of Indebtedness and other securities
issued by any other Person and owned by such Person, all loans,
advances, or extensions of credit to, or contributions to the
capital of, any other Person, all purchases of the securities or
business or integral part of the business of any other Person and
commitments and options to make such purchases, all interests in
real property, and all other investments; provided ,
however , that the term "Investment" shall not include
(i) equipment, inventory and other tangible personal property
acquired in the ordinary course of business, or
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(ii) current trade and customer accounts receivable for
services rendered in the ordinary course of business and payable in
accordance with customary trade terms. In determining the aggregate
amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time:
(a) there shall be included as an Investment all interest
accrued with respect to Indebtedness constituting an Investment
unless and until such interest is paid; (b) there shall be
deducted in respect of each Investment any amount received as a
return of capital; (c) there shall not be deducted in respect
of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such
Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, except
that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing clause
(a) may be deducted when paid; and (d) there shall not be
deducted in respect of any Investment any decrease in the value
thereof.
Issuing Lender . KeyBank, in its capacity as the Lender
issuing the Letters of Credit and any successor thereto.
Joinder Agreement . The Joinder Agreement with respect to
the Guaranty, the Contribution Agreement and the Indemnity
Agreement to be executed and delivered pursuant to §5.2 by any
Additional Guarantor, such Joinder Agreement to be substantially in
the form of Exhibit B hereto.
KeyBank . As defined in the preamble hereto.
Leases . Leases, licenses and agreements, whether written or
oral, relating to the use or occupation of space in any Building or
of any Real Estate.
Lenders . KeyBank, the other lending institutions which are
party hereto and any other Person which becomes an assignee of any
rights of a Lender pursuant to §18 (but not including any
participant as described in §18). The Issuing Lender shall be
a Lender, as applicable.
Letter of Credit . Any standby letter of credit issued at
the request of the Borrower and for the account of the Borrower in
accordance with §2.8.
Letter of Credit Liabilities . At any time and in respect of
any Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the maximum undrawn face
amount of such Letter of Credit plus (b) the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit
which have not been repaid (including repayment by a Loan). For
purposes of this Agreement, a Lender (other than the Lender acting
as the Issuing Lender) shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit
Liability in an amount equal to its participation interest in the
related Letter of Credit under §2.8, and the Lender acting as
the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit
Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the
related Letter of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by
the Lenders other than the Lender acting as the Issuing Lender of
their participation interests under such Section.
Letter of Credit Request . See §2.8(a).
LIBOR . For any LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period, the
average rate as shown in Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page at which
deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by first class banks in the
London Interbank Market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) on the
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day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period with a maturity approximately equal to
such Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the
amount to which such Interest Period relates, adjusted for reserves
and taxes if required by future regulations. If such service no
longer reports such rate or Agent determines in good faith that the
rate so reported no longer accurately reflects the rate available
to Agent in the London Interbank Market, Loans shall accrue
interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Loan.
For any period during which a Reserve Percentage shall apply, LIBOR
with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be equal to the amount
determined above divided by an amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve
Percentage.
LIBOR Business Day . Any day on which commercial banks are
open for international business (including dealings in Dollar
deposits) in London, England.
LIBOR Lending Office . Initially, the office of each Lender
designated as such on Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter,
such other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making or
maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans.
LIBOR Rate Loans . Loans bearing interest calculated by
reference to LIBOR.
Lien . See §8.2.
Loan Documents . This Agreement, the Guaranty, the Carve-Out
Guaranty, the Notes, the Letter of Credit Request, the Security
Documents, the Subordination of Management Agreements, the
Subordination of Advisory Fees, the Subordination and Standstill
Agreement and all other documents, instruments or agreements now or
hereafter executed or delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or
any Guarantor in connection with the Loans.
Loan Request . See §2.5.
Loan and Loans . An individual loan or the aggregate
loans, as the case may be, in the maximum principal amount of
$30,000,000.00 (subject to increase as provided in §2.10) to
be made by the Lenders hereunder as more particularly described in
§2. Without limiting the foregoing, Loans shall also include
Loans made pursuant to §2.8(f). All Loans shall be made in
Dollars.
Management Agreements . Agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the management of any Real Estate, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance
with the terms hereof.
Mandatorily Redeemable Stock . With respect to any Person,
any Equity Interest of such Person which by the terms of such
Equity Interest (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon
the happening of any event or otherwise (a) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise (other than an Equity Interest to the extent redeemable
in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity
Interests), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for Indebtedness or Mandatorily Redeemable Stock, or
(c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in
whole or in part (other than an Equity Interest
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which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock or other
equivalent common Equity Interests).
Material Adverse Effect . A material adverse effect on
(a) the business, properties, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of REIT, the Borrower and their
respective Subsidiaries considered as a whole; (b) the ability
of REIT, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform any of
its obligations under the Loan Documents; (c) the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the creation,
perfection and priority of any Liens of Agent in the Collateral; or
(d) the rights or remedies of Agent or the Lenders under the
Loan Documents.
Material Subsidiary . Any existing or future Subsidiary of
the Borrower which at any time has assets that constitute five
percent (5%) or more of the Gross Asset Value.
Maturity Date . August 25, 2010, as such date may be
extended as provided in §2.9, or such earlier date on which
the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms
hereof.
Moody’s . Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties . The Eligible
Real Estate owned by Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor which is
security for the Obligations pursuant to the Mortgages.
Mortgages . The mortgages, deeds to secure debt and/or deeds
of trust from Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Agent for
the benefit of the Lenders (or to trustees named therein acting on
behalf of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders), as the same
may be modified or amended, pursuant to which such Borrower or
Subsidiary Guarantor has conveyed or granted a mortgage lien upon
or a conveyance in fee simple of a Mortgaged Property as security
for the Obligations, each such Mortgage entered into after the date
hereof to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Agent.
Multiemployer Plan . Any multiemployer plan within the
meaning of §3(37) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by
REIT or any ERISA Affiliate.
Net
Income (or Loss) . With respect to any Person (or any asset of
any Person) for any period, the net income (or loss) of such Person
(or attributable to such asset), determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Net Offering Proceeds . The gross cash proceeds received by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, POP Venture or REIT as a
result of an Equity Offering less the customary and
reasonable costs, expenses and discounts paid by the Borrower or
such Subsidiary, POP Venture or REIT in connection therewith.
Net
Operating Income . For any Real Estate and for a given period,
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the rents, common area
reimbursements and other revenue (including interest income) for
such Real Estate for such period received in the ordinary course of
business from tenants in occupancy (excluding pre-paid rents and
revenues and security deposits except to
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the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ obligations
for rent) minus (b) all expenses paid or accrued and
related to the ownership, operation or maintenance of such Real
Estate for such period, including, but not limited to, taxes,
assessments and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs,
maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses, marketing expenses,
and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate
allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other
expenses incurred in connection with such Real Estate, but
specifically excluding general overhead expenses of REIT, the
Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and any property
management fees), minus (c) the greater of
(i) actual property management expenses of such Real Estate or
(ii) an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross
revenues from such Real Estate, minus (d) all rents,
common area reimbursements and other income for such Real Estate
received from tenants in default of obligations under their lease
or with respect to leases as to which the tenant or any guarantor
thereunder is subject to any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution,
liquidation or similar debtor relief proceeding, plus
(e) in connection with the calculation of Gross Asset Value
(and without duplication), one-third of the base return allocation
paid to Borrower from an Unconsolidated Affiliate included in the
applicable operating agreement or other organizational agreement of
such Unconsolidated Affiliate.
Net
Rentable Area . With respect to any Real Estate, the floor area
of any buildings, structures or other improvements available for
leasing to tenants determined in accordance with the Rent Roll for
such Real Estate, the manner of such determination to be reasonably
consistent for all Real Estate of the same type unless otherwise
approved by the Agent.
Non-Recourse Exclusions . With respect to any Non-Recourse
Indebtedness of any Person, any usual and customary exclusions from
the non-recourse limitations governing such Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, exclusions for claims that
(i) are based on fraud, intentional misrepresentation or
misapplication of funds, (ii) result from intentional
mismanagement of or waste at the Real Property securing such
Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (iii) arise from the presence of
Hazardous Substances on the Real Property securing such
Non-Recourse Indebtedness; (iv) are the result of any unpaid
real estate taxes and assessments (whether contained in a loan
agreement, promissory note, indemnity agreement or other document);
or (v) result from the borrowing Subsidiary and/or its assets
becoming the subject of a voluntary bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar proceeding.
Non-Recourse Indebtedness . With respect to a Person,
Indebtedness in respect of which recourse for payment (except for
Non-Recourse Exclusions until a claim is made with respect thereto,
and then such Indebtedness shall not constitute Non-Recourse
Indebtedness only to the extent of the amount of such claim) is
contractually limited to specific assets of such Person encumbered
by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.
Notes . See §2.1(b).
Notice . See §19.
Obligations . All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower or any Guarantor to any of the Lenders or the
Agent, individually or collectively, under this Agreement
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or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the
Loans, the Notes or the Letters of Credit, or other instruments at
any time evidencing any of the foregoing, whether existing on the
date of this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or
indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured,
arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise.
OFAC . Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of
the Treasury of the United States of America.
Off-Balance Sheet Obligations . Liabilities and obligations
of REIT, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
any other Person in respect of "off-balance sheet arrangements" (as
defined in the SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules) which REIT or Borrower,
as applicable, would be required to disclose in the
"Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" section of REIT’s or
Borrower’s, as applicable, report on Form 10-Q or Form
10-K (or their equivalents) which REIT or Borrower, as applicable,
is required to file with the SEC or would be required to file if it
were subject to the jurisdiction of the SEC (or any Governmental
Authority substituted therefore). As used in this definition, the
term "SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules" means the Disclosure in
Management’s Discussion and Analysis About Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements, Securities Act Release No. 33-8182, 68 Fed. Reg.
5982 (Feb. 5, 2003) (codified at 17 CFR pts. 228, 229 and
249).
Outstanding . With respect to the Loans, the aggregate
unpaid principal thereof as of any date of determination. With
respect to Letters of Credit, the aggregate undrawn face amount of
issued Letters of Credit.
POP
Ward Avenue . Pacific Office Properties Trust (Ward Avenue)
LLC.
Patriot Act . The Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and corresponding provisions of future laws.
PBGC . The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by
§4002 of ERISA and any successor entity or entities having
similar responsibilities.
Permitted Liens . See §8.2.
Person . Any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business,
or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental
agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan Assets . Assets of any employee benefit plan subject to
Part 4, Subtitle B, Title I of ERISA.
Pledgors . Collectively, the Borrower and each Additional
Pledgor, and individually any one of them.
POP
Venture . POP Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
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Preferred Distributions. For any period and without
duplication, all Distributions paid, declared but not yet paid or
otherwise due and payable during such period on Preferred
Securities issued by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
REIT. Preferred Distributions shall not include dividends or
distributions: (a) paid or payable solely in Equity Interests
of identical class payable to holders of such class of Equity
Interests; (b) paid or payable to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries; or (c) constituting or resulting in the
redemption of Preferred Securities, other than scheduled
redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions
in full.
Preferred Securities . With respect to any Person, Equity
Interests in such Person, which are entitled to preference or
priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect
of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon
liquidation, or both.
Proceeds. The proceeds received by Borrower, REIT, POP
Venture or any of the respective Subsidiaries or an Unconsolidated
Affiliate of Borrower in connection with the sale or refinancing of
Real Estate or in connection with an Equity Offering and any other
net proceeds received by Borrower, REIT, POP Venture or any of the
respective Subsidiaries or an Unconsolidated Affiliate of Borrower
from any other capital raising activities or sale of any kind.
Real Estate . All real property at any time owned or leased
(as lessee or sublessee) in whole or in part or operated by REIT,
the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or an
Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Borrower, and which is located in
the United States of America.
Real Estate Collateral Value . An amount equal to (A)
(x) the Net Operating Income attributable to such Real Estate
for the period of the calendar quarter most recently ended prior to
the date of determination, minus (y) the Capital
Reserve for such Real Estate for such period, times
(B) four (4) (which is the annualization factor)
divided by (C) the Debt Expense Rate.
Record . The grid attached to any Note, or the continuation
of such grid, or any other similar record, including computer
records, maintained by the Agent with respect to any Loan referred
to in such Note.
Register . See §18.2.
REIT . Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation.
REIT Status . With respect to a Person, its status as a real
estate investment trust as defined in §856(a) of the Code.
Release . Any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping,
disposing or dumping (other than the storing of materials in
reasonable quantities to the extent necessary for the operation of
property in the ordinary course of business, and in any event in
compliance with all Environmental Laws) of Hazardous
Substances.
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Removed Borrowing Base Asset . Any property previously
included within the definition of "Borrowing Base Asset" as to
which all of the following conditions have been met: (a) the
Borrower has notified the Agent in writing that it wishes to
exclude such property from the definition of "Borrowing Base Asset"
as a result of the sale or other permanent disposition of such
Borrowing Base Asset, (b) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or is reasonably expected to occur at
the time such property is excluded from the definition of
"Borrowing Base Asset" or would result from such exclusion, and
(c) prior to the exclusion of such property from the
definition of "Borrowing Base Asset", the Borrower has delivered to
the Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate demonstrating, after giving
effect to such exclusion, compliance with the Borrowing Base
Covenant.
Rent Roll . A report prepared by the Borrower showing for
all Real Estate owned or leased by the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, its occupancy, lease expiration dates, lease rent and
other information in substantially the form presented to Agent
prior to the date hereof or in such other form as may be reasonably
acceptable to the Agent.
Required Lenders . As of any date, the Lender or Lenders
whose aggregate Commitment Percentage is equal to or greater than
sixty-six and 7/10 percent (66.7%) of the Total Commitment;
provided that in determining said percentage at any given time, all
then existing Delinquent Lenders will be disregarded and excluded
and the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders shall be redetermined
for voting purposes only to exclude the Commitment Percentages of
such Delinquent Lenders.
Reserve Percentage . For any Interest Period, that
percentage which is specified two (2) Business Days before the
first day of such Interest Period by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (or any successor) or any other governmental
or quasi-governmental authority with jurisdiction over Agent or any
Lender for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including,
but not limited to, any marginal reserve requirement) for Agent or
any Lender with respect to liabilities constituting of or including
(among other liabilities) Eurocurrency liabilities in an amount
equal to the Loans to which such Interest Period applies and with a
maturity equal to such Interest Period.
SEC . The federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
Security Documents . Collectively, the Acknowledgements, the
Mortgages, the Joinder Agreements, the Assignment of Interests, the
Cash Collateral Agreement, the Indemnity Agreement, and any further
collateral assignments to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
including without limitation the Additional Security Documents.
Senior Equity Interest . As to any Eligible Asset, any other
Equity Interest which is entitled in whole or in part to payment of
distributions or return of capital prior to such Eligible Asset.
Senior Loan Documents . Any and all loan documents
evidencing or issued in connection with senior mortgage or
mezzanine Indebtedness in connection with a Borrowing Base Asset
which is permitted in the definition of Eligible Asset.
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Single Asset Entity . A bankruptcy remote, single purpose
entity which is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor which owns real property and related assets
which are security for Indebtedness of such entity, and which
Indebtedness does not constitute Indebtedness of any other Person.
S&P . Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
Stabilized Property . A completed project that has been
substantially completed (excluding tenants improvements) for at
least six (6) months shall constitute a Stabilized Property.
Once a project becomes a Stabilized Property under this Agreement,
it shall remain a Stabilized Property.
Subordination and Standstill Agreement . Any and all
subordination and standstill agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent executed to specifically subordinate any
Excluded Affiliate Debt to the Obligations.
State . A state of the United States of America and the
District of Columbia.
Subordination of Advisory Fees . The Subordination of
Advisory Fees dated as of the date hereof and entered into between
the Borrower, REIT and the Advisor evidencing the subordination of
the advisor fees payable by the Borrower pursuant to the relevant
Advisory Agreement to the Obligations, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the
terms hereof.
Subordination of Management Agreement . Collectively,
(i) the Subordination of Management Agreement dated as of the
date hereof and entered into between Shidler Hawaii Investment
Partners, LLC and City Center, LLC, Davies Pacific, LLC, Pan Am I,
LLC, Pan Am II, LLC, Pan Am III, LLC, And Pan Am IV, LLC, PBN
Office, LLC, Pacific Office Properties Trust (Ward Avenue) LLC,
Waterfront A, LLC, Waterfront B, LLC, Waterfront C, LLC, Waterfront
D, LLC and Waterfront E, LLC and (ii) the Subordination of
Management Agreement dated as of the date hereof and entered into
between SHIDLER WEST INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P. and Pacific Office
Properties Trust/3800 N. Central, LLC, Pacific Office Properties
Trust/3838 N. Central, LLC, Pacific Office Properties Trust/4000 N.
Central, LLC and Pacific Office Properties/Sorrento Tech, LLC, each
evidencing the subordination of the management fees payable by the
parties thereto pursuant to the relevant Management Agreement(s) to
the Obligations, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
Subsidiary . For any Person, any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity of which at least a
majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by
the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of
such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at
the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person
or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and
one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all
Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such
Person pursuant to GAAP.
Subsidiary Guarantors . City Center, LLC and each Additional
Guarantor.
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Titled Agents . The Arranger, and any co-syndication agents
or documentation agent designated by Agent or Arranger.
Total Commitment . The sum of the Commitments of the
Lenders, as in effect from time to time. As of the date of this
Agreement, the Total Commitment is Thirty Million and No/100
Dollars ($30,000,000.00).
Type . As to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a
LIBOR Rate Loan.
Unconsolidated Affiliate . In respect of any Person, any
other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment,
(a) which Investment is accounted for in the financial
statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and
whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with
the financial results of such first Person on the consolidated
financial statements of such first Person, or (b) which is not
a Subsidiary of such first Person.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary . As to the Borrower, any Subsidiary
of Borrower that is directly or indirectly owned 100% by the
Borrower. §1.2 Rules of
Interpretation .
(a) A
reference to any document or agreement shall include such document
or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The
singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
(c) A
reference to any law includes any amendment or modification of such
law.
(d) A
reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and
permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them by GAAP applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity
to which they refer.
(f) The
words "include", "includes" and "including" are not limiting.
(g) The
words "approval" and "approved", as the context requires, means an
approval in writing given to the party seeking approval after full
and fair disclosure to the party giving approval of all material
facts necessary in order to determine whether approval should be
granted.
(h) All
terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are
defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York, have the meanings assigned to them therein.
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(i) Reference
to a particular "§", refers to that section of this Agreement
unless otherwise indicated.
(j) The
words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of like import
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
section or subdivision of this Agreement.
(k) In
the event of any change in generally accepted accounting principles
after the date hereof or any other change in accounting procedures
pursuant to §7.3 which would affect the computation of any
financial covenant, ratio or other requirement set forth in any
Loan Document, then upon the request of the Borrower or Agent, the
Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent and the Lenders shall negotiate
promptly, diligently and in good faith in order to amend the
provisions of the Loan Documents such that such financial covenant,
ratio or other requirement shall continue to provide substantially
the same financial tests or restrictions of the Borrower and the
Guarantors as in effect prior to such accounting change, as
determined by the Required Lenders in their good faith judgment.
Until such time as such amendment shall have been executed and
delivered by the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent and the
Required Lenders, such financial covenants, ratio and other
requirements, and all financial statements and other documents
required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, shall be
calculated and reported as if such change had not occurred.
§2. THE CREDIT FACILITY.
§2.1 Loans .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of
the Lenders severally agrees to lend to the Borrower, and the
Borrower may borrow (and repay and reborrow) from time to time
between the Closing Date and the Maturity Date upon notice by the
Borrower to the Agent given in accordance with §2.5, such sums
as are requested by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in
§2.7 up to a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding
(after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time
equal to the lesser of (i) such Lender’s Commitment and
(ii) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the sum of
(1) the amount of all outstanding Loans, and (2) the
aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided ,
that, in all events no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and provided , further ,
that the outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after giving
effect to all amounts requested) and Letter of Credit Liabilities
shall not at any time exceed the Total Commitment or the Borrowing
Base (except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted in Section
3.2(b)). The Loans shall be made pro rata in
accordance with each Lender’s Commitment Percentage. Each
request for a Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower that all of the conditions required of the
Borrower set forth in §10 and §11 have been satisfied on
the date of such request. The Agent may assume that the conditions
in §10 and §11 have been satisfied unless it receives
prior written notice from a Lender that such conditions have not
been satisfied. No Lender shall have any obligation to make Loans
to the Borrower in the aggregate principal outstanding balance of
more than the principal face amount of its Note. The face amount of
KeyBank’s Note includes the Inactive Amount, which as of the
date hereof is not available to be borrowed by the Borrower.
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(b) The
Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory notes of the
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto
(collectively, the "Notes"), dated of even date with this Agreement
(except as otherwise provided in §18.3) and completed with
appropriate insertions. One Note shall be payable to the order of
each Lender in the principal amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment or, if less, the outstanding amount of all Loans made by
such Lender, plus interest accrued thereon, as set forth below
(provided that without increasing the Commitment of KeyBank, the
initial Note delivered to KeyBank shall be in the principal face
amount equal to the sum of KeyBank’s Commitment and the
Inactive Amount). The Borrower irrevocably authorizes Agent to make
or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of
any Loan or the time of receipt of any payment of principal
thereof, an appropriate notation on Agent’s Record reflecting
the making of such Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such
payment. The outstanding amount of the Loans set forth on
Agent’s Record shall be prima facie evidence of
the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to each Lender, but
the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such
amount on Agent’s Record shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Note to make
payments of principal of or interest on any Note when due.
§2.2 Facility Unused Fee
. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages
a facility unused fee calculated at the rate of 0.35% per annum on
the average daily amount by which the Total Commitment exceeds the
sum of the outstanding principal amount of Loans and the
outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities during each calendar
quarter or portion thereof, commencing on the date hereof and
ending on the Maturity Date. The facility unused fee shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on the first (1st) day of each
calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter or
portion thereof, and on any earlier date on which the Commitments
shall be reduced or shall terminate as provided in §2.3, with
a final payment on the Maturity Date.
§2.3 Reduction and
Termination of the Commitments . The Borrower shall have the
right at any time and from time to time upon five (5) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Agent to reduce by
$5,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000.00 in excess
thereof ( provided that in no event shall the Total
Commitment be reduced in such manner to an amount less than
$20,000,000.00) or to terminate entirely the Commitments, whereupon
the Commitments of the Lenders shall be reduced pro rata in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages of the
amount specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated,
any such termination or reduction to be without penalty except as
otherwise set forth in §4.8; provided , however
, that each time that Proceeds are received on and after January 1,
2010, the Total Commitment shall be reduced by the amount of such
Proceeds; provided , further however , that no
such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving
effect thereto, the sum of Outstanding Loans and the Letter of
Credit Liabilities would exceed the Commitments of the Lenders as
so terminated or reduced. Promptly after receiving any notice from
the Borrower delivered pursuant to this §2.3, the Agent will
notify the Lenders of the substance thereof. Any reduction of the
Commitments pursuant to this §2.3 or §3.5 shall also
result in a proportionate reduction (rounded to the next lowest
integral multiple of $100,000.00) in the maximum amount of Letters
of Credit. Upon the effective date of any such reduction or
termination, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the respective
accounts of the Lenders the full amount of any facility fee under
§2.2 then accrued on the amount of the reduction. No reduction
or termination of the Commitments may be reinstated.
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§2.4 Interest on Loans
.
(a) Each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with
the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the date on which such Base
Rate Loan is repaid or converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan at the rate
per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus 2.25%.
(b) Each
LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with
the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of each
Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to
the sum of LIBOR determined for such Interest Period plus 3.50%.
(c) The
Borrower promises to pay interest on each Loan in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.
(d) Base
Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans may be converted to Loans of the
other Type as provided in §4.1.
§2.5 Requests for Loans .
Except with respect to the initial Loan on the Closing Date, the
Borrower shall give to the Agent written notice executed by an
Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit C hereto (or
telephonic notice confirmed in writing in the form of
Exhibit C hereto) of each Loan requested hereunder (a
"Loan Request") by 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) one (1) Business
Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to Base Rate
Loans and three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed
Drawdown Date with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans. Each such notice
shall specify with respect to the requested Loan the proposed
principal amount of such Loan, the Type of Loan, the initial
Interest Period (if applicable) for such Loan and the Drawdown
Date. Each such notice shall also contain (i) a general
statement as to the purpose for which such advance shall be used
(which purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of §2.7)
and (ii) a certification by the chief financial officer or
chief accounting officer of the Borrower that the Borrower and
Guarantors are and will be in compliance with all covenants under
the Loan Documents after giving effect to the making of such Loan.
Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall notify
each of the Lenders thereof. Each such Loan Request shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the
Borrower to accept the Loan requested from the Lenders on the
proposed Drawdown Date. Each Loan Request shall be (a) for a
Base Rate Loan in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000.00 or an
integral multiple of $100,000.00 in excess thereof; or (b) for
a LIBOR Rate Loan in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000.00 or
an integral multiple of $100,000.00 in excess thereof;
provided , however , that there shall be no more than
four (4) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one time.
§2.6 Funds for Loans .
(a) Not
later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the proposed Drawdown Date
of any Loans, each of the Lenders will make available to the Agent,
at the Agent’s Head Office, in immediately available funds,
the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the
amount of the requested Loans which may be disbursed pursuant to
§2.1. Upon receipt from each such Lender of such amount, and
upon receipt of the documents required by §10 and §11
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and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein,
to the extent applicable, the Agent will make available to the
Borrower the aggregate amount of such Loans made available to the
Agent by the Lenders by crediting such amount to the account of the
Borrower maintained at the Agent’s Head Office. The failure
or refusal of any Lender to make available to the Agent at the
aforesaid time and place on any Drawdown Date the amount of its
Commitment Percentage of the requested Loans shall not relieve any
other Lender from its several obligation hereunder to make
available to the Agent the amount of such other Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of any requested Loans, including any
additional Loans that may be requested subject to the terms and
conditions hereof to provide funds to replace those not advanced by
the Lender so failing or refusing. In the event of any such failure
or refusal, the Lenders not so failing or refusing shall be
entitled to a priority secured position as against the Lender or
Lenders so failing or refusing to make available to the Borrower
the amount of its or their Commitment Percentage for such Loans as
provided in §12.5.
(b) Unless
the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the
applicable Drawdown Date that such Lender will not make available
to Agent such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of a proposed
Loan, Agent may in its discretion assume that such Lender has made
such Loan available to Agent in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and the Agent may, if it chooses, in reliance upon
such assumption make such Loan available to the Borrower, and such
Lender shall be liable to the Agent for the amount of such advance.
If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount upon the
Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent will promptly notify the
Borrower, and the Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding
amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be entitled to recover
from the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on
such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by the Agent to the
Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the
Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i) from the Borrower at
the applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from a Lender at the
Federal Funds Effective Rate.
§2.7 Use of Proceeds .
The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of
Credit solely to fund the acquisition of new real estate related
assets, capital expenditures and short term operating expenses
related to real estate assets and other related purposes and
expenditures reasonably approved by Agent.
§2.8 Letters of Credit .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any
time and from time to time from the Closing Date through the day
that is ninety (90) days prior to the Maturity Date, the
Issuing Lender shall issue such Letters of Credit as the Borrower
may request upon the delivery of a written request in the form of
Exhibit D hereto (a "Letter of Credit Request") to the
Issuing Lender, provided that (i) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) upon
issuance of such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Liabilities
shall not exceed Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) (as such
amount may be reduced pursuant to §2.3), (iii) in no
event shall the outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the
Letters of Credit (after giving effect to any requested Letters of
Credit) exceed the Total Commitment or the Borrowing Base,
(iv) the conditions set forth in §§10 and 11 shall
have been satisfied, (v) no Lender is a Delinquent Lender
(provided Issuing Lender may, in its sole
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discretion, be entitled to waive this condition), and
(vi) in no event shall any amount drawn under a Letter of
Credit be available for reinstatement or a subsequent drawing under
such Letter of Credit. The Issuing Lender may assume that the
conditions in §10 and §11 have been satisfied unless it
receives written notice from a Lender that such conditions have not
been satisfied. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by
an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall be
entitled to conclusively rely on an Authorized Officer’s
authority to request a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower.
The Issuing Lender shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of
any signature appearing on a Letter of Credit Request. The Borrower
assumes all risks with respect to the use of the Letters of Credit.
Unless the Issuing Lender and the Required Lenders otherwise
consent, the term of any Letter of Credit shall not exceed a period
of time commencing on the issuance of the Letter of Credit and
ending one year after the date of issuance thereof, subject to
extension pursuant to an "evergreen" clause acceptable to Agent and
Issuing Lender (but in any event the term shall not extend beyond
the Maturity Date). The amount available to be drawn under any
Letter of Credit shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the
amount available to be drawn under the Total Commitment as a Loan.
(b) Each
Letter of Credit Request shall be submitted to the Issuing Lender
at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Issuing Lender may approve) prior to the date upon which the
requested Letter of Credit is to be issued. Each such Letter of
Credit Request shall contain (i) a statement as to the purpose
for which such Letter of Credit shall be used (which purpose shall
be in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and (ii) a
certification by the chief financial or chief accounting officer of
the Borrower that the Borrower and Guarantors are and will be in
compliance with all covenants under the Loan Documents after giving
effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall
further deliver to the Issuing Lender such additional applications
(which application as of the date hereof is in the form of
Exhibit E attached hereto) and documents as the Issuing
Lender may require, in conformity with the then standard practices
of its letter of credit department, in connection with the issuance
of such Letter of Credit; provided that in the event of any
conflict, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
(c) The
Issuing Lender shall, subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, issue the Letter of Credit on or before five
(5) Business Days following receipt of the documents last due
pursuant to §2.8(b). Each Letter of Credit shall be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its
reasonable discretion.
(d) Upon
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to
have purchased a participation therein from Issuing Lender in an
amount equal to its respective Commitment Percentage of the amount
of such Letter of Credit. No Lender’s obligation to
participate in a Letter of Credit shall be affected by any other
Lender’s failure to perform as required herein with respect
to such Letter of Credit or any other Letter of Credit.
(e) Upon
the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay to
the Issuing Lender (i) for its own account, a Letter of Credit
fronting fee calculated at the rate set forth in the Agreement
Regarding Fees, and (ii) for the accounts of the Lenders
(including the Issuing Lender) in accordance with their respective
percentage shares of participation in such Letter of Credit, a
Letter of Credit fee calculated at the rate of 3.50% per annum on
the amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Such
fees shall be payable in quarterly
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installments in arrears with respect to each Letter of Credit on
the first day of each calendar quarter following the date of
issuance and continuing on each quarter or portion thereof
thereafter, as applicable, or on any earlier date on which the
Commitments shall terminate and on the expiration or return of any
Letter of Credit. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to Issuing
Lender for its own account within five (5) days of demand of
Issuing Lender the standard issuance, documentation and service
charges for Letters of Credit issued from time to time by Issuing
Lender.
(f) In
the event that any amount is drawn under a Letter of Credit by the
beneficiary thereof, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing
Lender by having such amount drawn treated as an outstanding Base
Rate Loan under this Agreement (the Borrower being deemed to have
requested a Base Rate Loan on such date in an amount equal to the
amount of such drawing and such amount drawn shall be treated as an
outstanding Base Rate Loan under this Agreement) and the Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender by telecopy, telephone (confirmed
in writing) or other similar means of transmission, and each Lender
shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Agent, for the
Issuing Lender’s own account, an amount equal to such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Letter of Credit (to
the extent of the amount drawn). If and to the extent any Lender
shall not make such amount available on the Business Day on which
such draw is funded, such Lender agrees to pay such amount to the
Agent forthwith on demand, together with interest thereon, for each
day from the date on which such draw was funded until the date on
which such amount is paid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate until three (3) days after the date on which
the Agent gives notice of such draw and at the Federal Funds
Effective Rate plus one percent (1.0%) for each day thereafter.
Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all
payments made of principal and interest on its Loans, amounts due
with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit and any
other amounts due to it hereunder to the Agent to fund the amount
of any drawn Letter of Credit which such Lender was required to
fund pursuant to this §2.8(f) until such amount has been
funded (as a result of such assignment or otherwise). In the event
of any such failure or refusal, the Lenders not so failing or
refusing shall be entitled to a priority secured position for such
amounts as provided in §12.5. The failure of any Lender to
make funds available to the Agent in such amount shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make funds
available to the Agent pursuant to this §2.8(f).
(g) If
after the issuance of a Letter of Credit pursuant to §2.8(c)
by the Issuing Lender, but prior to the funding of any portion
thereof by a Lender, for any reason a drawing under a Letter of
Credit cannot be refinanced as a Loan, each Lender will, on the
date such Loan pursuant to §2.8(f) was to have been made,
purchase an undivided participation interest in the Letter of
Credit in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of the
amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Lender will immediately
transfer to the Issuing Lender in immediately available funds the
amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Issuing
Lender will deliver to such Lender a Letter of Credit participation
certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such
amount.
(h) Whenever
at any time after the Issuing Lender has received from any Lender
any such Lender’s payment of funds pursuant to its
participation in a Letter of Credit and thereafter the Issuing
Lender receives any payment on account thereof, then the Issuing
Lender will distribute to such Lender its participation interest in
such amount (appropriately adjusted in
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the case of interest payments to reflect the period of time
during which such Lender’s participation interest was
outstanding and funded); provided , however , that in
the event that such payment received by the Issuing Lender is
required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Issuing
Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing
Lender to it.
(i) The
issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment, renewal or
extension to or of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all
respects the same as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit.
(j) The
Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions, or misuse of any
Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof. Neither Agent, Issuing
Lender nor any Lender will be responsible for (i) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
Letter of Credit or any document submitted by any party in
connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if such
document should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the form,
validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or
assign any 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; (iii) failure of any
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with the
conditions required in order to demand payment under a Letter of
Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, telecopy or
otherwise; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms;
(vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
document or draft required by or from a beneficiary in order to
make a disbursement under a Letter of Credit or the proceeds
thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any
Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter
of Credit; and (viii) any consequences arising from causes
beyond the control of Agent or any Lender. None of the foregoing
will affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the rights or
powers granted to Agent, Issuing Lender or the Lenders hereunder.
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation or derogation of
any of the foregoing, any act taken or omitted to be taken by
Agent, Issuing Lender or the other Lenders in good faith will be
binding on the Borrower and will not put Agent, Issuing Lender or
the other Lenders under any resulting liability to the Borrower;
provided nothing contained herein shall relieve Issuing
Lender for liability to the Borrower arising as a result of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Lender as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the
exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods.
§2.9 Extension of Maturity
Date . The Borrower shall have the one-time right and option to
extend the Maturity Date by six (6) months to
February 25, 2011, upon satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent, which must be satisfied prior to the
effectiveness of any extension of the Maturity Date:
(a)
Extension Request . The Borrower shall deliver written
notice of such request (the "Extension Request") to the Agent not
earlier than the date which is one hundred twenty (120) days
and not later than the date which is sixty (60) days prior to
the Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension).
Any such Extension Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower.
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(b)
Payment of Extension Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the pro rata accounts of the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitments an extension fee in an
amount equal to twenty-five (25) basis points on the Total
Commitment in effect on the Maturity Date (as determined without
regard to such extension), which fee shall, when paid, be fully
earned and non-refundable under any circumstances.
(c)
No Default . On the date the Extension Request is given and
on the Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such
extension) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.
(d)
Representations and Warranties . The representations and
warranties made by the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Loan
Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the
Guarantors in connection therewith or after the date thereof shall
have been true and correct in all material respects when made and
shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the date
the Extension Request is given and on the Maturity Date (as
determined without regard to such extension) (except to the extent
such representations relate expressly to an earlier date, which
representations shall be required to be true and correct in all
material respects only as of such specified date).
§2.10 Increase in Total
Commitment .
(a) Provided
that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this §2.10,
the Borrower shall have the option at any time and from time to
time before the date that is six (6) months after the Closing
Date to request an increase in the Total Commitment to not more
than $40,000,000.00 by giving written notice to the Agent (an
"Increase Notice"; and the amount of such requested increase is the
"Commitment Increase"), provided that any such individual
increase must be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 and there
shall be no more than two (2) individual increases. Each
Commitment Increase shall be applied to activate the Inactive
Amount, which subject to the terms hereof shall be activated and
become a part of the KeyBank Commitment.
(b) On
the effective date of the Commitment Increase (the "Commitment
Increase Date") the outstanding principal balance of the Loans
shall be reallocated among the Lenders such that after the
applicable Commitment Increase Date the outstanding principal
amount of Loans owed to each Lender shall be equal to such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage (as in effect after the
applicable Commitment Increase Date) of the outstanding principal
amount of all Loans. The participation interests of the Lenders in
Letters of Credit shall be similarly adjusted.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligation of the
Agent and the Lenders to increase the Total Commitment pursuant to
this §2.10 shall be conditioned upon satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent which must be satisfied prior to the
effectiveness of any increase of the Total Commitment:
(i)
No Default . On the date any Increase Notice is given and on
the date such increase becomes effective, both immediately before
and after the Total Commitment is increased, there shall exist no
Default or Event of Default; and
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(ii)
Representations True . The representations and warranties
made by the Borrower and the Pledgors in the Loan Documents or
otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Pledgors in
connection therewith or after the date thereof shall have been true
and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be
true and correct in all material respects on the date of such
Increase Notice and on the date the Total Commitment is increased
(except to the extent such representations relate expressly to an
earlier date, which representations shall be required to be true
and correct in all material respects only as of such specified
date), both immediately before and after the Total Commitment is
increased; and
(iii)
Additional Documents and Expenses . The Borrower and the
Pledgors shall execute and deliver to Agent and the Lenders such
additional documents, instruments, certifications and opinions as
the Agent may reasonably require in its sole and absolute
discretion, including, without limitation, a Compliance Certificate
and a Borrowing Base Certificate, demonstrating compliance with all
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in the Loan
Documents after giving effect to the increase, and the Borrower
shall pay all recording costs and fees, and any and all intangible
taxes or other documentary taxes, assessments or charges or any
similar fees, taxes or expenses which are payable in connection
with such increase. §3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS.
§3.1 Stated Maturity .
The Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity Date and there shall
become absolutely due and payable on the Maturity Date all of the
Loans and other Letter of Credit Liabilities outstanding on such
date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. §3.2 Mandatory
Prepayments .
(a) If
at any time the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities exceeds the
Total Commitment, then the Borrower shall immediately pay the
amount of such excess to the Agent for the respective accounts of
the Lenders, as applicable, for application to the Loans as
provided in §3.4, together with any additional amounts payable
pursuant to §4.8.
(b) If
at any time the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities exceeds the
Borrowing Base, then the Borrower shall immediately pay the amount
of such excess to the Agent for the respective accounts of the
Lenders for application to the Loans together with any additional
interest or amounts payable pursuant to §4.8. Notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence or the restrictions of Section 2.1(a)
hereof, if the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
and the Letter of Credit Liabilities exceeds the Borrowing Base,
Borrower shall not be required to pay the amount of such excess to
the Agent for application to the Loans as required by the preceding
sentence until May 25, 2009 (it being acknowledged that
although the Borrowing Base as of the date of this Agreement is
$21,758,692, the Lenders have, subject to the terms hereof, agreed
to make available the sum of up to $30,000,000 until May 25,
2009); provided that if at such time an event occurs that would
otherwise reduce the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall be required to
reduce the outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities as
provided in this Agreement.
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(c) The
Borrower shall pay the amount of all Proceeds to the Agent for the
respective accounts of the Lenders for application to the Loan
immediately upon receipt of any such Proceeds; provided however
that notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after January 1,
2010, such Proceeds shall be applied, first, to Cash Collateralize
any Letter of Credit Liabilities (in an amount equal to the then
Outstanding amount thereof) and, second, for application to the
Loans. §3.3 Optional
Prepayments .
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to prepay the
outstanding amount of the Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time
without penalty or premium; provided , that if any
prepayment of the outstanding amount of any LIBOR Rate Loans
pursuant to this §3.3 is made on a date that is not the last
day of the Interest Period relating thereto, such prepayment shall
be accompanied by the payment of any amounts due pursuant to
§4.8.
(b) The
Borrower shall give the Agent, no later than 1:00 p.m.
(Cleveland time) at least three (3) days prior written notice
of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.3, in each case
specifying the proposed date of prepayment of the Loans and the
principal amount to be prepaid (provided that any such notice may
be revoked or modified upon one (1) day’s prior notice
to the Agent). §3.4 Partial
Prepayments . Each partial prepayment of the Loans under
§3.3 shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 or an
integral multiple of $100,000.00 in excess thereof, shall be
accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal
prepaid to the date of payment. Each partial payment under
§3.2 and §3.3 shall be applied to the principal of Loans
(first to the principal of Base Rate Loans, and then to the
principal of LIBOR Rate Loans).
§3.5 Effect of
Prepayments . Amounts of the Loans prepaid under §3.2 and
§3.3 prior to the Maturity Date may be reborrowed as provided
in §2; provided however that after January 1, 2010,
amounts of the Loans that are prepaid or applied to Cash
Collateralize a Letter of Credit under §3.2(c) may not be
reborrowed or redrawn and shall result in a dollar for dollar
reduction in the Total Commitment. §4. CERTAIN GENERAL
PROVISIONS. §4.1 Conversion
Options .
(a) The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any of its
outstanding Loans to a Loan of another Type and such Loans shall
thereafter bear interest as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan,
as applicable; provided that (i) with respect to any
such conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, the
Borrower shall give the Agent at least one (1) Business
Day’s prior written notice of such election, and such
conversion shall only be made on the last day of the Interest
Period with respect to such LIBOR Rate Loan; (ii) with respect
to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan,
the Borrower shall give the Agent at least three (3) LIBOR
Business Days’ prior written notice of such election and the
Interest Period requested for such Loan, the principal amount of
the Loan so converted shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$1,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $100,000.00 in excess
thereof and, after giving effect to the making of such Loan, there
shall be no more than
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four (4) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one time; and
(iii) no Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. All or
any part of the outstanding Loans of any Type may be converted as
provided herein, provided that no partial conversion shall
result in a Base Rate Loan in a principal amount of less than
$1,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $100,000.00 or a LIBOR
Rate Loan in a principal amount of less than $1,000,000.00 or an
integral multiple of $100,000.00. On the date on which such
conversion is being made, each Lender shall take such action as is
necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage of such Loans to
its Domestic Lending Office or its LIBOR Lending Office, as the
case may be. Each Conversion/Continuation Request relating to the
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be
irrevocable by the Borrower.
(b) Any
LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as such Type upon the expiration
of an Interest Period with respect thereto by compliance by the
Borrower with the terms of §4.1; provided that no LIBOR
Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, but shall be automatically
converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest
Period relating thereto ending during the continuance of any
Default or Event of Default.
(c) In
the event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent of its
election hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, such Loan
shall be automatically continued at the end of the applicable
Interest Period as a LIBOR Rate Loan with a one-month Interest
Period. §4.2 Fees . The
Borrower agrees to pay to KeyBank and Agent for their own account
certain fees for services rendered or to be rendered in connection
with the Loans as provided pursuant to a fee letter dated of even
date herewith between the Borrower and KeyBank (the "Agreement
Regarding Fees"). All such fees shall be fully earned when paid and
nonrefundable under any circumstances.
§4.3 Funds for Payments .
(a) All
payments of principal, interest, facility fees, Letter of Credit
fees, closing fees and any other amounts due hereunder or under any
of the other Loan Documents shall be made to the Agent, for the
respective accounts of the Lenders and the Agent, as the case may
be, at the Agent’s Head Office, not later than 2:00 p.m.
(Cleveland time) on the day when due, in each case in lawful money
of the United States in immediately available funds. The Agent is
hereby authorized to charge the accounts of the Borrower with
KeyBank, on the dates when the amount thereof shall become due and
payable, with the amounts of the principal of and interest on the
Loans and all fees, charges, expenses and other amounts owing to
the Agent and/or the Lenders under the Loan Documents. Subject to
the foregoing, all payments made to Agent on behalf of the Lenders,
and actually received by Agent, shall be deemed received by the
Lenders on the date actually received by Agent.
(b) All
payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan
Documents shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and
clear of and without deduction for any taxes (other than income or
franchise taxes imposed on any Lender), levies, imposts, duties,
charges, fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans,
restrictions or
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conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by
any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or
other authority therein unless the Borrower is compelled by law to
make such deduction or withholding. If any such obligation is
imposed upon the Borrower with respect to any amount payable by it
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, the Borrower
will pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the
case may be) the Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and
payable hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such
additional amount in Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the
Lenders or the Agent to receive the same net amount which the
Lenders or the Agent would have received on such due date had no
such obligation been imposed upon the Borrower. The Borrower will
deliver promptly to the Agent certificates or other valid vouchers
for all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect
to payments made by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
(c) Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, if requested in writing by the Borrower (but only so
long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide
the Borrower with such duly executed form(s) or statement(s) which
may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and, which, pursuant
to applicable provisions of (i) an income tax treaty between
the United States and the country of residence of such Lender,
(ii) the Code, or (iii) any applicable rules or
regulations in effect under (i) or (ii) above, indicates
the withholding status of such Lender; provided that nothing
herein (including without limitation the failure or inability to
provide such form or statement) shall relieve the Borrower of its
obligations under §4.3(b). In the event that the Borrower
shall have delivered the certificates or vouchers described above
for any payments made by the Borrower and such Lender receives a
refund of any taxes paid by the Borrower pursuant to §4.3(b),
such Lender will pay to the Borrower the amount of such refund
promptly upon receipt thereof; provided that if at any time
thereafter such Lender is required to return such refund, the
Borrower shall promptly repay to such Lender the amount of such
refund.
(d) The
obligations of the Borrower to reimburse drawings under Letters of
Credit pursuant to this Agreement (and of the Lenders to make
payments to the Issuing Lender with respect to Letters of Credit)
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the following circumstances: (i) any lack of
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit
or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) any improper use
which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any improper acts or
omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit
in connection therewith; (iii) the existence of any claim,
set-off, defense or any right which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or persons
or entities for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee
may be acting) or the Lenders (other than the defense of payment to
the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any
other person, whether in connection with any Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any unrelated transaction;
(iv) any draft, demand, certificate, statement or any other
documents presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be
insufficient, forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
whatsoever; (v) any breach of any agreement between the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and any
beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit; (vi) any
irregularity in the transaction with respect to which any Letter of
Credit
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is issued, including any fraud by the beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit; (vii) payment by the
Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a
sight draft, demand, certificate or other document which does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, provided
that such payment shall not have constituted gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all
applicable appeal periods; (viii) any non-application or
misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of the
proceeds of such Letter of Credit; (ix) the legality,
validity, form, regularity or enforceability of the Letter of
Credit; (x) the failure of any payment by Issuing Lender to
conform to the terms of a Letter of Credit (if, in Issuing
Lender’s good faith judgment, such payment is determined to
be appropriate); (xi) the surrender or impairment of any
security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of
any of the Loan Documents; (xii) the occurrence of any Default
or Event of Default; and (xiii) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, provided that such other circumstances or
happenings shall not have been the result of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all
applicable appeal periods. §4.4
Computations . All computations of interest on the Loans and
of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based on a 360-day
year (or a 365 or 366 day year, as applicable, in the case of
Base Rate Loans) and paid for the actual number of days elapsed.
Except as otherwise provided in the definition of the term
"Interest Period" with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, whenever a
payment hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents becomes
due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and
interest shall accrue during such extension. The Outstanding Loans
and Letter of Credit Liabilities as reflected on the records of the
Agent from time to time shall be considered prima facie evidence of
such amount absent demonstrable error.
§4.5 Suspension of LIBOR Rate
Loans . In the event that, prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent shall
determine that adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for
ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or the Agent shall
reasonably determine that LIBOR will not accurately and fairly
reflect the cost of the Lenders making or maintaining LIBOR Rate
Loans for such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith give
notice of such determination (which shall be conclusive and binding
on the Borrower and the Lenders absent demonstrable error) to the
Borrower and the Lenders. In such event (a) any Loan Request
with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be automatically withdrawn
and shall be deemed a request for a Base Rate Loan and
(b) each LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day
of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, become a
Base Rate Loan, and the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR
Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Agent determines that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist,
whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
§4.6 Illegality .
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or
future law, regulation, treaty or directive or the interpretation
or application thereof shall make it unlawful, or any central bank
or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over a Lender
or its LIBOR Lending Office shall assert that it is unlawful, for
any Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall
forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Agent and the
Borrower and thereupon (a) the commitment of the Lenders to
make LIBOR Rate Loans
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shall forthwith be suspended and (b) the LIBOR Rate Loans
then outstanding shall be converted automatically to Base Rate
Loans on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such
LIBOR Rate Loans or within such earlier period as may be required
by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, before giving such notice,
the applicable Lender shall designate a different lending office if
such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and
will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise materially
disadvantageous to such Lender or increase any costs payable by the
Borrower hereunder. §4.7
Additional Interest . If any LIBOR Rate Loan or any portion
thereof is repaid or is converted to a Base Rate Loan for any
reason on a date which is prior to the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan, or if repayment of the
Loans has been accelerated as provided in §12.1, the Borrower
will pay to the Agent upon demand for the account of the applicable
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages,
in addition to any amounts of interest otherwise payable hereunder,
the Breakage Costs. The Borrower understands, agrees to and
acknowledges the following: (i) no Lender has any obligation
to purchase, sell and/or match funds in connection with the use of
LIBOR as a basis for calculating the rate of interest on a LIBOR
Rate Loan; (ii) LIBOR is used merely as a reference in
determining such rate; and (iii) the Borrower has accepted
LIBOR as a reasonable and fair basis for calculating such rate and
any Breakage Costs. The Borrower further agrees to pay the Breakage
Costs, if any, whether or not a Lender elects to purchase, sell
and/or match funds. §4.8
Additional Costs, Etc . Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, if any future applicable law, or change in or phasing
in of any presently existing law, which expression, as used herein,
includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and
interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any
governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the
administration or the interpretation thereof and requests,
directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to
time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the
Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other
authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall:
(a) subject
any Lender or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge,
fee, deduction or withholding of any nature with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, such Lender’s
Commitment, a Letter of Credit or the Loans (other than taxes based
upon or measured by the gross receipts, income or profits of such
Lender or the Agent or its franchise tax), or
(b) materially
change the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on gross
receipts, income or profits or its franchise tax) of payments to
any Lender of the principal of or the interest on any Loans or any
other amounts payable to any Lender under this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, or
(c) impose
or increase or render applicable any special deposit, reserve,
assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar
requirements (whether or not having the force of law and which are
not already reflected in any amounts payable by the Borrower
hereunder) against assets held by, or deposits in or for the
account of, or loans by, or commitments of an office of any Lender,
or
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(d) impose
on any Lender or the Agent any other conditions or requirements
with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
Loans, such Lender’s Commitment, a Letter of Credit or any
class of loans or commitments of which any of the Loans or such
Lender’s Commitment forms a part; and the result of any of
the foregoing is:
(i) to
increase the cost to any Lender (beyond the cost that would be
applicable on the date hereof) of making, funding, issuing,
renewing, extending or maintaining any of the Loans, the Letters of
Credit or such Lender’s Commitment, or
(ii) to
reduce the amount of principal, interest or other amount payable to
any Lender or the Agent hereunder on account of such Lender’s
Commitment or any of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, or
(iii) to
require any Lender or the Agent (beyond the requirement that would
be applicable on the date hereof) to make any payment or to forego
any interest or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which
payment or foregone interest or other sum is calculated by
reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed
received by such Lender or the Agent from the Borrower hereunder,
then, and in each such case, the
Borrower will, within fifteen (15) days of demand made by such
Lender or (as the case may be) the Agent at any time and from time
to time and as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to
such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as such Lender or
the Agent shall determine in good faith to be sufficient to
compensate such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost,
reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum. Each Lender
and the Agent in determining such amounts may use any reasonable
averaging and attribution methods generally applied by such Lender
or the Agent. §4.9 Capital
Adequacy . If after the date hereof any Lender determines that
(a) the adoption of or change in any law, rule, regulation or
guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding
companies or any change in the interpretation or application
thereof by any governmental authority charged with the
administration thereof, or (b) compliance by such Lender or
its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or
directive of any such entity regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return
on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a
consequence of such Lender’s commitment to make Loans or
participate in Letters of Credit hereunder to a level below that
which such Lender or holding company could have achieved but for
such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such
Lender’s or such holding company’s then existing
policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full
utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by
such Lender to be material, then such Lender may notify the
Borrower thereof. The Borrower agrees to pay to such Lender the
amount of such reduction in the return on capital as and when such
reduction is determined, upon presentation by such Lender of a
statement of the amount setting forth the Lender’s
calculation thereof. In determining such amount, such Lender may
use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods generally
applied by such Lender. §4.10
Breakage Costs . The Borrower shall pay all Breakage Costs
required to be paid by them pursuant to this Agreement and incurred
from time to time by any Lender upon demand
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within fifteen (15) days from receipt of written notice
from Agent, or such earlier date as may be required by this
Agreement. §4.11 Default
Interest; Late Charge . Following the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, and regardless of whether or
not the Agent or the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of
the Loans, all Loans shall bear interest payable on demand at a
rate per annum equal to four percent (4.0%) above the rate for Base
Rate Loans that would otherwise be applicable at such time (the
"Default Rate"), until such amount shall be paid in full (after as
well as before judgment), and the fee payable with respect to
Letters of Credit shall be increased to a rate equal to four
percent (4.0%) above the Letter of Credit fee that would otherwise
be applicable at such time, or if any of such amounts shall exceed
the maximum rate permitted by law, then at the maximum rate
permitted by law. In addition, the Borrower shall pay a late charge
equal to three percent (3.0%) of any amount of interest and/or
principal payable on the Loans or any other amounts payable
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (other than payments
due at maturity or upon acceleration), which is not paid by the
Borrower within five (5) Business Days of the date when due.
§4.12 Certificate . A
certificate setting forth any amounts payable pursuant to
§4.7, §4.8, §4.9, §4.10 or §4.11 and a
reasonably detailed explanation of such amounts which are due,
submitted by any Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be
conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error.
§4.13 Limitation on
Interest . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents to the contrary, all agreements between or
among the
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