dated as of September 4,
2008
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Administrative Agent,
ING REAL ESTATE FINANCE
(USA) LLC,
as Syndication Agent,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
and
ING REAL ESTATE FINANCE
(USA) LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
TD BANK N.A.
and
US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
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SECTION 1.2. Accounting Terms and
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SECTION 1.3. Types of Borrowings
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SECTION 2.1. Commitments to Lend
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SECTION 2.2. Notice of Borrowing
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SECTION 2.3. Intentionally Omitted
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SECTION 2.4. Intentionally Omitted
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SECTION 2.5. Notice to Banks; Funding of
Loans
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SECTION 2.7. Method of Electing Interest
Rates
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SECTION 2.8. Interest Rates
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SECTION 2.10. Maturity Date
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SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments
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SECTION 2.12. Mandatory Prepayments
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SECTION 2.13. General Provisions as to
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SECTION 2.14. Funding Losses
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SECTION 2.15. Computation of Interest and
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SECTION 2.16. Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 2.17. Release of Collateral; Additional
Collateral
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 4.1. Existence and Power
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SECTION 4.2. Power and Authority
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SECTION 4.3. No Violation
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SECTION 4.4. Financial Information
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SECTION 4.6. Intentionally Omitted
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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SECTION 4.7. Environmental
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SECTION 4.9. Full Disclosure
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SECTION 4.11. Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 4.12. Governmental Approvals
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SECTION 4.13. Investment Company Act; Public
Utility Holding Company Act
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SECTION 4.14. Principal Offices
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SECTION 4.15. REIT Status
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SECTION 4.16. Patents, Trademarks,
etc.
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SECTION 4.19. Licenses, etc.
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SECTION 4.20. Compliance With Law
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SECTION 4.21. No Burdensome
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SECTION 4.22. Brokers’ Fees
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SECTION 4.23. Intentionally Omitted
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SECTION 4.25. Organizational
Documents
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SECTION 4.26. Unencumbered Properties
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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SECTION 5.2. Payment of Obligations
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SECTION 5.3. Maintenance of Property; Insurance;
Affiliate Transfers
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SECTION 5.4. Maintenance of Existence
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SECTION 5.5. Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 5.6. Inspection of Property, Books and
Records
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SECTION 5.8. Financial Covenants
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SECTION 5.9. Restriction on Fundamental
Changes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 5.10. Changes in Business
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SECTION 5.11. General Partner Status
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SECTION 5.12. Other Indebtedness
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SECTION 5.13. Forward Equity
Contracts
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SECTION 5.14. Capital Funding Loans
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SECTION 5.15. Liens and Indebtedness
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SECTION 6.1. Events of Default
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SECTION 6.2. Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 6.3. Notice of Default
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SECTION 6.4. Distribution of Proceeds after
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SECTION 7.1. Appointment and
Authorization
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SECTION 7.2. Agency and Affiliates
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SECTION 7.3. Action by Agents
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SECTION 7.4. Consultation with
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SECTION 7.5. Liability of Agents
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SECTION 7.6. Indemnification
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SECTION 7.7. Credit Decision
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SECTION 7.8. Successor Agents
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SECTION 7.9. Consents and Approvals
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SECTION 7.10. Collateral Matters
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ARTICLE VIII CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
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SECTION 8.1. Basis for Determining Interest Rate
Inadequate or Unfair
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SECTION 8.3. Increased Cost and Reduced
Return
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SECTION 8.5. Base Rate Loans Substituted for
Affected Euro-Dollar Loans
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 9.3. Expenses;
Indemnification
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SECTION 9.4. Sharing of Set-Offs
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SECTION 9.5. Amendments and Waivers
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SECTION 9.6. Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 9.8. Governing Law; Submission to
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SECTION 9.9. Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 9.12. Domicile of Loans
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SECTION 9.13. Limitation of Liability
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SECTION 9.14. Recourse Obligation
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SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality
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SECTION 9.16. Bank’s Failure to
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SECTION 9.17. Banks’ ERISA
Covenant
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SECTION 9.18. Intentionally Omitted
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SECTION 9.19. Optional Increase in
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SECTION 9.20. Managing Agents, Documentation
Agents and Co-Agents
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SECTION 9.21. USA PATRIOT Act
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SECTION 9.22. Parallel Debt
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EXHIBIT A
– Form of Note
EXHIBIT B – Form of Transfer Supplement
EXHIBIT C – Form of Borrowing Base Report
EXHIBIT D – Form of Security Agreement
EXHIBIT E – Form of Letter of Credit
EXHIBIT F – Form of Subordination Agreement
SCHEDULE
1.1
SCHEDULE 4.4 (b) SCHEDULE 4.6
SCHEDULE 5.11(c)(1) SCHEDULE 5.1 1(c)(2
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THIS CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of
September 4, 2008 among AMB PROPERTY, L.P. (the “
Borrower ”), the BANKS listed on the signature pages
hereof, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Administrative Agent, ING REAL
ESTATE FINANCE (USA) LLC, as Syndication Agent, THE BANK OF
NOVA SCOTIA and ING REAL ESTATE FINANCE (USA) LLC, as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and TD BANK N.A. and US BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agents.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions . The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:
“
Additional Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.17 .
“
Adjusted EBITDA ” means EBITDA for such period
minus an amount equal to appropriate reserves for
replacements of Ten Cents ($0.10) (or in the case of any Real
Property Asset owned by an Investment Affiliate or by a
Consolidated Subsidiary, Borrower’s Share of Ten Cents
($0.10)) per square foot per annum for each Real Property Asset (
provided that, as to any Real Property Asset acquired during
such period such Ten Cents ($0.10) per square foot adjustment shall
be prorated for the period of ownership). Adjusted EBITDA includes
rental income actually earned and shall exclude the application of
FAS 141, and non-cash expenses related to employee and trustee
stock and stock options.
“
Adjusted Interbank Offered Rate ” as applicable to any
Interest Period means a rate per annum equal to the quotient
obtained (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of
1%) by dividing (i) the Interbank Offered Rate applicable
during such Interest Period by (ii) 1.00 minus the Euro-Dollar
Reserve Percentage.
“
Administrative Agent ” shall mean The Bank of Nova
Scotia, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder, and its
permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement.
“
Administrative Questionnaire ” means with respect to
each Bank, an administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by
the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent
(with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such
Bank.
“
Affiliate ”, as applied to any Person, means any other
Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or
is 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 the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to vote ten percent (10.0%) or more of the equity Securities
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
equity Securities or by contract or otherwise.
“
Agents ” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the
Syndication Agent, collectively.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Credit Agreement as the
same may from time to time hereafter be modified, supplemented or
amended.
“
Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per
annum equal to the higher of (i) the Base Rate for such day and
(ii) the sum of 0.50% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such
day. Each change in the Alternate Base Rate shall become effective
automatically as of the opening of business on the date of such
change in the Alternate Base Rate, without prior written notice to
Borrower or Banks.
“
Applicable Interest Rate ” means (i) with respect
to any Fixed Rate Indebtedness, the fixed interest rate applicable
to such Fixed Rate Indebtedness at the time in question, and
(ii) with respect to any Floating Rate Indebtedness, either
(x) the rate at which the interest rate applicable to such
Floating Rate Indebtedness is actually capped (or fixed pursuant to
an interest rate hedging device), at the time of calculation, if
Borrower has entered into an interest rate cap agreement or other
interest rate hedging device with respect thereto or (y) if
Borrower has not entered into an interest rate cap agreement or
other interest rate hedging device with respect to such Floating
Rate Indebtedness, the greater of (A) the rate at which the
interest rate applicable to such Floating Rate Indebtedness could
be fixed for the remaining term of such Floating Rate Indebtedness,
at the time of calculation, by Borrower’s entering into any
unsecured interest rate hedging device either not requiring an
upfront payment or if requiring an upfront payment, such upfront
payment shall be amortized over the term of such device and
included in the calculation of the interest rate (or, if such rate
is incapable of being fixed by entering into an unsecured interest
rate hedging device at the time of calculation, a fixed rate
equivalent reasonably determined by Administrative Agent) or
(B) the floating rate applicable to such Floating Rate
Indebtedness at the time in question.
“
Applicable Lending Office ” means with respect to any
Bank, (i) in the case of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic
Lending Office, and (ii) in the case of its Euro-Dollar Loans,
its Euro-Dollar Lending Office.
“
Applicable Margin ” means with respect to each Loan,
the respective percentages per annum determined, at any time, based
on the range into which Borrower’s Credit Rating then falls,
in accordance with the table set forth below. Any change in
Borrower’s Credit Rating causing it to move to a different
range on the table shall effect an immediate change in the
Applicable Margin. Borrower shall have not less than two
(2) Credit Ratings at all times. In the event that Borrower
receives only two (2) Credit Ratings (one of which must be
from S&P or
2
Moody’s),
and such Credit Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Margin
shall be determined by the higher of such two (2) Credit
Ratings. In the event that Borrower receives more than two (2)
Credit Ratings, and such Credit Ratings are not all equivalent, the
Applicable Margin shall be determined by the highest Credit Rating,
provided that said highest rating shall be from S&P or
Moody’s; provided , further , that if the
highest rating is not from S&P or Moody’s, then the
Applicable Margin shall be determined by the highest Credit Rating
from either S&P or Moody’s.
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Assignee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.6(c) .
“ Balance
Sheet Indebtedness ” means with respect to any Person and
assuming such Person is required to prepare financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, without duplication, the Indebtedness of such
Person which would be required to be included on the liabilities
side of the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP
excluding, in the case of Borrower or General Partner, the Balance
Sheet Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Balance Sheet Indebtedness shall include current
liabilities and all guarantees of Indebtedness of any
Person.
“ Balloon
Payments ” shall mean with respect to any loan
constituting Balance Sheet Indebtedness, any required principal
payment of such loan which is either (i) payable at the
maturity of such Indebtedness or (ii) in an amount which
exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the original principal amount of
such loan; provided , however , that the final
payment of a fully amortizing loan shall not constitute a Balloon
Payment.
“
Bank ” means each entity (other than Borrower) listed
on the signature pages hereof, each Assignee which becomes a Bank
pursuant to Section 9.6(c) , and their respective
successors.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” shall mean Title 11 of the United
States Code, entitled “Bankruptcy”, as amended from
time to time, and any successor statute or statutes.
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“ Base
Rate ” at any time the rate of interest then most
recently established by the Administrative Agent in New York as its
base rate for Dollars loaned in the United States. The Base Rate is
not necessarily intended to be the lowest rate of interest
determined by the Administrative Agent in connection with
extensions of credit.
“ Base
Rate Loan ” means a Loan to be made by a Bank as a Base
Rate Loan in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“ Benefit
Arrangement ” means at any time an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a
Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“
Borrower ” means AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership.
“
Borrower’s Share ” means Borrower’s and
General Partner’s direct or indirect share of a Consolidated
Subsidiary, a Joint Venture Subsidiary or an Investment Affiliate
as reasonably determined by Borrower based upon Borrower’s
and General Partner’s economic interest (whether direct or
indirect) of such Consolidated Subsidiary, Joint Venture Subsidiary
or Investment Affiliate, as of the date of such
determination.
“
Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3 .
“
Borrowing Base ” means the undrawn amount of any
Letters of Credit posted pursuant to Section 2.12(a)
plus the Borrowing Base Value; provided that (i) the
portion of the Borrowing Base Value attributable to properties
located in Canada or Europe in excess of 25% of the Borrowing Base
(without regard to the limitation set forth in clause
(ii) below) shall be disregarded in determining the Borrowing
Base and (ii) the portion of the Borrowing Base Value
attributable to Eligible Undeveloped Land in excess of 50% of the
Borrowing Base (without regard to the limitation set forth in
clause (i) above) shall be disregarded in determining the
Borrowing Base. The Properties included in the Borrowing Base as of
the Closing Date are listed on Part B of
Schedule 1.1 .
“
Borrowing Base Value ” means, at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of (a) seventy five percent (75%) of the Net
Book Value for each Eligible Asset (other than Eligible Undeveloped
Land) and (b) fifty percent (50%) of the Net Book Value for
each parcel of Eligible Undeveloped Land.
“
Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are
authorized by law to close.
“ BV
Security Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of the term “Security Agreement”.
“ Capital
Leases ” as applied to any Person, means any lease of any
property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee
which, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a
capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“ Capital
Funding Loan ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 hereof.
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“ Cash or
Cash Equivalents ” shall mean (a) cash;
(b) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by an agency
thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after the date of
acquisition thereof; (c) marketable direct obligations issued
by any state of the United States of America or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof
maturing within ninety (90) days after the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two
highest ratings obtainable from any two of S & P, Moody’s
or Fitch (or, if at any time no two of the foregoing shall be
rating such obligations, then from such other nationally recognized
rating services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (d) domestic
corporate bonds, other than domestic corporate bonds issued by
Borrower or any of its Affiliates, maturing no more than two
(2) years after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A or the
equivalent from any two (2) of S & P, Moody’s or
Fitch (or, if at any time no two of the foregoing shall be rating
such obligations, then from such other nationally recognized rating
services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (e) variable-rate
domestic corporate notes or medium term corporate notes, other than
notes issued by Borrower or any of its Affiliates, maturing or
resetting no more than one (1) year after the date of
acquisition thereof and having a rating of at least AA or the
equivalent from two of S & P, Moody’s or Fitch (or, if at
any time no two of the foregoing shall be rating such obligations,
then from such other nationally recognized rating services
acceptable to Administrative Agent); (f) commercial paper (foreign
and domestic) or master notes, other than commercial paper or
master notes issued by Borrower or any of its Affiliates, and, at
the time of acquisition, having a long-term rating of at least A or
the equivalent from S & P, Moody’s or Fitch and having a
short-term rating of at least A-1 and P-1 from S & P and
Moody’s, respectively (or, if at any time neither S & P
nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, then the
highest rating from such other nationally recognized rating
services acceptable to Administrative Agent); (g) domestic and
foreign certificates of deposit or domestic time deposits or
foreign deposits or bankers’ acceptances (foreign or
domestic) in Dollars, Hong Kong Dollars, Singapore Dollars,
Japanese Yen, Euros or Pounds Sterling that are issued by a bank
(I) which has, at the time of acquisition, a long-term rating
of at least A or the equivalent from S & P, Moody’s or
Fitch and (II) if a domestic bank, which is a member of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (h) overnight
securities repurchase agreements, or reverse repurchase agreements
secured by any of the foregoing types of securities or debt
instruments, provided that the collateral supporting such
repurchase agreements shall have a value not less than 101% of the
principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus accrued interest;
and (i) money market funds invested in investments
substantially all of which consist of the items described in
clauses (a) through (h) foregoing.
“ Closing
Date ” means the date on or after the Effective Date on
which the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 shall
have been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, and as it may be further amended from time to time, any
successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S. Department of
Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or final
form.
“
Collateral ” means all Property that is subject to
Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Banks under the terms of any Security Agreement and any Letters of
Credit then held by the Administrative Agent.
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“
Commitment ” means with respect to each Bank, the
amount set forth under the name of such Bank on the signature pages
hereof as its commitment for Loans in Dollars (and, for each Bank
which is an Assignee, the amount set forth in the Transfer
Supplement entered into pursuant to Section 9.6(c) as
the Assignee’s Commitment), as such amount may be reduced
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(e) or in
connection with an assignment to an Assignee, and as such amount
may be increased pursuant to Section 9.19 or in
connection with an assignment from an Assignor. The initial
aggregate amount of the Banks’ Commitments is
$230,000,000.
“
Consolidated Subsidiary ” means at any date any
Subsidiary or other entity which is consolidated with Borrower or
General Partner in accordance with GAAP.
“
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” means, at any time,
the tangible net worth of Borrower, on a consolidated basis,
determined in accordance with GAAP, plus preferred units issued by
Consolidated Subsidiaries, plus all accumulated depreciation and
amortization of Borrower plus Borrower’s Share of accumulated
depreciation and amortization of Investment Affiliates, deducted,
in either case, from earnings in calculating Net Income.
“
Construction Asset ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of the term “Construction Asset
Cost”.
“
Construction Asset Cost ” shall mean, with respect to
a Real Property Asset (or, in the case of any Real Property Asset
to be developed in phases, any phase thereof) in which Development
Activity has begun (as evidenced by obtaining a permit to commence
construction of the applicable industrial or retail improvements by
the applicable governmental authority) but has not yet been
substantially completed (substantial completion shall be deemed to
mean not less than 90% completion, as such completion shall be
evidenced by a certificate of occupancy or its equivalent and the
commencement of the payment of rent by tenants of such Real
Property Asset or phase) (a “ Construction Asset
”), (i) in the case of the development and construction
by the Borrower described in clause (a) of the definition of
Development Activity, the aggregate, good faith estimate of the
total cost to be incurred by the Borrower in the construction of
such improvements (including land acquisition costs); (ii) in
the case of the development and construction by a Joint Venture
Subsidiary or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower described
in clause (a) of the definition of Development Activity, an
amount equal to Borrower’s Share of the aggregate, good faith
estimate of the total cost to be incurred by such Joint Venture
Subsidiary or such Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable, in the
construction of such improvements (including land acquisition
costs); (iii) in the case of the financing of any development
and construction by the Borrower, the amount the Borrower has
committed to fund to pay the cost to complete such development and
construction, (iv) in the case of the financing of any
development and construction by a Joint Venture Subsidiary or a
Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower, an amount equal to
Borrower’s Share of the amount such Joint Venture Subsidiary
or such Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable, has committed to
fund to pay the cost to complete such development and construction;
(v) in the case of the incurrence of any Contingent
Obligations in connection with any development and construction by
the Borrower, the amount of such Contingent Obligation of the
Borrower, (vi) in the case of the incurrence of any Contingent
Obligations in connection with any development and construction by
a Joint Venture Subsidiary or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the
Borrower, an amount equal to
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Borrower’s Share of the amount of such
Contingent Obligation of such Joint Venture Subsidiary or such
Consolidated Subsidiary, as applicable.
“
Contingent Obligation” as to any Person means, without
duplication, (i) any contingent obligation of such Person
required to be shown on such Person’s balance sheet in
accordance with GAAP, and (ii) any obligation required to be
disclosed in the footnotes to such Person’s financial
statements, guaranteeing partially or in whole any Non-Recourse
Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation, exclusive of
contractual indemnities (including, without limitation, any
indemnity or price-adjustment provision relating to the purchase or
sale of securities or other assets) and guarantees of non-monetary
obligations (other than guarantees of completion) which have not
yet been called on or quantified, of such Person or of any other
Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation described in
clause (ii) shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a
guaranty of interest or interest and principal, or operating income
guaranty, the Net Present Value of the sum of all payments required
to be made thereunder (which in the case of an operating income
guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to the debt service for the
note secured thereby), calculated at the Applicable Interest Rate,
through (i) in the case of an interest or interest and
principal guaranty, the stated date of maturity of the obligation
(and commencing on the date interest could first be payable
thereunder), or (ii) in the case of an operating income
guaranty, the date through which such guaranty will remain in
effect, and (b) with respect to all guarantees not covered by
the preceding clause (a) , an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such guaranty is made or, if not stated or determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as
recorded on the balance sheet and on the footnotes to the most
recent financial statements of Borrower required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, guarantees of completion
shall not be deemed to be Contingent Obligations unless and until a
claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder, at which
time any such guaranty of completion shall be deemed to be a
Contingent Obligation in an amount equal to any such claim. Subject
to the preceding sentence, (i) in the case of a joint and
several guaranty given by such Person and another Person (but only
to the extent such guaranty is recourse, directly or indirectly to
Borrower), the amount of the guaranty shall be deemed to be 100%
thereof unless and only to the extent that such other Person has
delivered Cash or Cash Equivalents to secure all or any part of
such Person’s guaranteed obligations, (ii) in the case
of joint and several guarantees given by a Person in whom Borrower
owns an interest (which guarantees are non-recourse to Borrower),
to the extent the guarantees, in the aggregate, exceed 15% of Total
Asset Value, the amount which is the lesser of (x) the amount
in excess of 15% or (y) the amount of Borrower’s
interest therein shall be deemed to be a Contingent Obligation of
Borrower, and (iii) in the case of a guaranty (whether or not
joint and several) of an obligation otherwise constituting
Indebtedness of such Person, the amount of such guaranty shall be
deemed to be only that amount in excess of the amount of the
obligation constituting Indebtedness of such Person.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, “
Contingent Obligations ” shall be deemed not to
include guarantees of Unused Commitments or of construction loans
to the extent the same have not been drawn. All matters
constituting “ Contingent Obligations ” shall be
calculated without duplication.
“
Convertible Securities ” means evidences of shares of
stock, limited or general partnership interests or other ownership
interests, warrants, options, or other rights or
securities
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which are
convertible into or exchangeable for, with or without payment of
additional consideration, common shares of beneficial interest of
General Partner or partnership interests of Borrower, as the case
may be, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date
or the happening of a specified event.
“
Covenant Modification ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.5(b) .
“ Credit
Rating ” means the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies
to Borrower’s senior unsecured long term
indebtedness.
“ Debt
Restructuring ” means a restatement of, or material
change in, the amortization or other financial terms of any
Indebtedness of General Partner, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
Investment Affiliate.
“ Debt
Service ” means, for any period and without duplication,
Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled principal
amortization (excluding Balloon Payments) for such period on all
Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and General Partner, plus
Borrower’s Share of scheduled principal amortization
(excluding Balloon Payments) for such period on all Balance Sheet
Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates and Consolidated
Subsidiaries.
“
Default ” means any condition or event which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
“ Default
Rate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(d) .
“
Development Activity ” means (a) the development
and construction or redevelopment of industrial or retail
facilities by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
or Joint Venture Subsidiaries excluding Unimproved Assets,
(b) the financing by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries or Joint Venture Subsidiaries of any such development
or construction or redevelopment and (c) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or Joint Venture
Subsidiaries of any Contingent Obligations in connection with such
development or construction or redevelopment (other than purchase
contracts for Real Property Assets which are not payable until
after completion of development or construction).
“
Dollars ” and “ $ ” means the
lawful money of the United States.
“
Domestic Lending Office ” means, as to each Bank, its
office located at its address in the United States set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other office
as such Bank may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office
by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“
EBITDA ” means, for any period
(i) Borrower’s and General Partner’s Income from
Operations for such period, including Borrower’s Share of the
Consolidated Subsidiary Income from Operations for each
Consolidated Subsidiary, plus (ii) Borrower’s and
General Partner’s depreciation and amortization expense and
other non-cash items deducted in the calculation of Income from
Operations for such period, plus (iii) Borrower’s
and General Partner’s Interest Expense deducted in the
calculation of Income from Operations for such period,
plus
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(iv) Borrower’s Share of the
Investment Affiliate EBITDA for each Investment Affiliate, all of
the foregoing without duplication.
“
Effective Date ” means the date this Agreement becomes
effective in accordance with Section 9.9 .
“
Eligible Assets ” means, as of any date, any real
property (a) located within the U.S., Canada or Europe,
(b) owned in fee simple or pursuant to a ground lease directly
or indirectly by an Encumbered Entity, (c) which is free from
any material environmental, title or structural issues,
(d) which is in scope and quality, consistent with the
Borrower’s other similarly situated property under
development, and (e) which is not subject to any Lien in favor
of any Person (other than Liens described in clauses
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (f) or
(g) of the definition of the term “Permitted
Liens”).
“
Eligible Undeveloped Land ” means, as of any date, any
Eligible Assets containing no material improvements (other than
infrastructure improvements such as roads, utility feeder lines and
the like).
“
Encumbered Entity ” means, as of any date, any Person
all of whose Equity Interests have been pledged to Administrative
Agent under the terms of the Security Agreement.
“
Environmental Affiliate ” means any partnership, joint
venture, trust or corporation in which an equity interest is owned
directly or indirectly by the Borrower and, as a result of the
ownership of such equity interest, Borrower may have recourse
liability for Environmental Claims against such partnership, joint
venture, trust or corporation (or the property thereof).
“
Environmental Claim ” means, with respect to any
Person, any notice, claim, demand or similar communication (written
or oral) by any other Person alleging potential liability of such
Person for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental
response costs, natural resources damage, property damages,
personal injuries, fines or penalties arising out of, based on or
resulting from (i) the presence, or release into the
environment, of any Materials of Environmental Concern at any
location, whether or not owned by such Person or (ii) circumstances
forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any
Environmental Law, in each case (with respect to both (i) and
(ii) above) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of
an adverse determination with respect thereto and which, if
adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Borrower.
“
Environmental Laws ” means any and all federal, state,
and local statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations,
ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions,
permits, concessions, grants, licenses, agreements and other
governmental restrictions relating to the environment, the effect
of the environment on human health or to emissions, discharges or
releases of Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment
including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground
water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Materials of Environmental Concern or the
clean up or other remediation thereof.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the
shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other
rights
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for the
purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock
of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of
the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other
interests), and all of the ownership or profit interests in such
Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein),
whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares,
warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any
date of determination.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.
“ ERISA
Group ” means the Borrower, any Subsidiary, General
Partner and all members of a controlled group of corporations and
all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common
control and all members of an “affiliated service
group” which, together with the Borrower, any Subsidiary or
General Partner, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of
ERISA.
“
Euro-Dollar Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3 .
“
Euro-Dollar Business Day ” means any Business Day on
which banks are open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London
interbank market and any day on which commercial banks are open for
foreign exchange business in London.
“
Euro-Dollar Lending Office ” means, as to each Bank,
its office, branch or affiliate located at its address set forth in
its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its
Administrative Questionnaire as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) or
such other office, branch or affiliate of such Bank as it may
hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by notice to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“
Euro-Dollar Loan ” means a Loan to be made by a Bank
as a Euro-Dollar Loan in accordance with the applicable Notice of
Borrowing.
“
Euro-Dollar Reference Bank ” means the principal
London offices of the Administrative Agent.
“
Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage ” means for any day
that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such
day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) under Regulation D, as
Regulation D may be amended, modified or supplemented, for
determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of
the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding
five billion dollars in respect of “Eurocurrency
liabilities” (or in respect of any other category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on Euro-Dollar Loans is determined or any category of
extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a
non-United States office of any Bank to United States residents).
The Adjusted Interbank Offered Rate shall be adjusted automatically
on and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Dollar
Reserve Percentage.
“ Event
of Default ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1 .
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“
Existing Credit Agreement ” means the Third Amended
and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 1,
2006, among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as Administrative
Agent for Alternate Currencies, and the banks party
thereto.
“
Extension Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(b) .
“
Extension Fee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9(a) .
“
Extension Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10(b) .
“
Facility Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 .
“ Federal
Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal
to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on
the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is
so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the
Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined
by the Administrative Agent.
“ Federal
Reserve Board ” means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as constituted from time to time.
“ FFO
” means “funds from operations,” defined to mean,
without duplication for any period, Income from Operations,
plus (i) Borrower’s Share of Income from
Operations of any Investment Affiliate (plus Borrower’s Share
of real estate depreciation and amortization expenses of Investment
Affiliates), plus (ii) real estate depreciation and
amortization expense for such period.
“
Financing Partnerships ” means any Subsidiary which is
wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by Borrower or by Borrower
and General Partner, with General Partner holding, directly or
indirectly other than through its interest in Borrower, no more
than a 2% economic interest in such Subsidiary.
“ First
Tier JV ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“ Fiscal
Quarter ” means a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal
Year.
“ Fiscal
Year ” means the fiscal year of Borrower and General
Partner.
“
Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
“ Fixed
Charges ” for any Fiscal Quarter period means the sum of
(i) Debt Service for such period, (ii) dividends on
preferred units payable by Borrower for such period, and
(iii)
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distributions
made by Borrower in such period to Guarantor for the purpose of
paying dividends on preferred shares in Guarantor. If any of the
foregoing Indebtedness is subject to an interest rate cap agreement
purchased by the Borrower, the Guarantor or a Consolidated
Subsidiary, the interest rate shall be assumed to be the lower of
the actual interest payable on such Indebtedness or the capped rate
of such interest rate cap agreement. In no event shall any
dividends payable on the Guarantor’s or any Consolidated
Subsidiary’s common stock be included in Fixed
Charges.
“ Fixed
Rate Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.3 .
“ Fixed
Rate Indebtedness ” means all Indebtedness which accrues
interest at a fixed rate.
“
Floating Rate Indebtedness ” means all Indebtedness
which is not Fixed Rate Indebtedness and which is not a Contingent
Obligation or an Unused Commitment.
“ FMV Cap
Rate ” means seven and three-quarters percent
(7.75%).
“ Foreign
Property Interests ” means Borrower’s or General
Partner’s interest, without duplication, in Properties
located outside the United States.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
recognized as such in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination.
“ General
Partner ” means AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland
corporation qualified as a real estate investment trust and the
sole general partner of Borrower.
“ Group
of Loans ” means, at any time, a group of Loans
consisting of (i) all Loans which are Base Rate Loans at such
time, or (ii) all Euro-Dollar Loans having the same Interest
Period at such time; provided that, if a Loan of any
particular Bank is converted to or made as a Base Rate Loan
pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.5 , such Loan shall
be included in the same Group or Groups of Loans from time to time
as it would have been in if it had not been so converted or
made.
“
Guarantor ” shall mean AMB Property Corporation, a
Maryland corporation qualified as a real estate investment
trust.
“
Guaranty ” shall mean that certain Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by General Partner, as guarantor, to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Banks.
“ Income
from Operations ” means, for any period, Net Income
before the deduction of (i) Taxes, (ii) minority interests,
(iii) gains and losses on asset sales, Debt Restructurings or
write-ups or forgiveness of indebtedness, (iv) gains and
losses from extraordinary items, (v) payment of preferred
dividends, calculated in conformity with GAAP, and (vi) an
adjustment to exclude the straight-lining of rents.
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“
Indebtedness ” as applied to any Person (and without
duplication), means (a) all indebtedness, obligations or other
liabilities of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services, including all liabilities
of such Person evidenced by Securities or other similar
instruments, (b) all Contingent Obligations of such Person,
(c) all indebtedness obligations or other liabilities of such
Person or others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, in
excess of 2.5% of Total Liabilities in the aggregate, whether or
not such indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are assumed by,
or are a personal liability of such Person, and (d) all other
items which, in accordance with GAAP, would be included as
liabilities on the liability side of, or in the footnotes to the
balance sheet of such Person, exclusive, however, of all dividends
and distributions declared but not yet paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, whenever the term “Indebtedness” is used
with respect to Borrower or General Partner without expressly
stating that such Indebtedness is to be determined on a
consolidated basis, such “Indebtedness” shall only
include Borrower’s Share of any Indebtedness of a
Consolidated Subsidiary.
“
Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.3(b) .
“
Interbank Offered Rate ” applicable to any Interest
Period means the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next
higher 1/16 of 1%) of the respective rates per annum at which
deposits in Dollars are offered to the Euro-Dollar Reference Bank
in the interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Euro-Dollar Business Days before the first day of such
Interest Period in an amount approximately equal to the principal
amount of the Euro-Dollar Borrowing or Group of Loans or portion
thereof to be converted into or continued as Euro-Dollar Loans to
which such Interest Period is to apply and for a period of time
comparable to such Interest Period.
“
Interest Expense ” means, for any period and without
duplication, total interest expense, whether paid, accrued or
capitalized, determined in accordance with GAAP, with respect to
Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and General Partner, plus
Borrower’s Share of accrued, paid or capitalized interest
with respect to any Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Investment
Affiliates and Consolidated Subsidiaries (in each case, including,
without limitation, the interest component of Capital Leases but
excluding interest expense covered by an interest reserve
established under a loan facility such as capitalized construction
interest provided for in a construction loan).
“
Interest Period ” means: with respect to each
Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing specified in the Notice of Borrowing or on the date
specified in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and
ending 2, 3, 6, or if available from all the Banks, 12 months
thereafter as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election; provided ,
that:
(a) any Interest
Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a
Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding
Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
(b) any Interest
Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the
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calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month; and
(c) no Interest
Period may end later than the Maturity Date.
“
Interest Rate Contracts ” means, collectively,
interest rate swap, collar, cap or similar agreements providing
interest rate protection.
“
Intermediate Tier Entity ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.14 .
“
International FinCo ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“
Intracompany Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness whose
obligor and obligee are each the Borrower, the Guarantor or a
Consolidated Subsidiary.
“
Investment Affiliate ” means any Person in whom
Guarantor or Borrower holds an equity interest, directly or
indirectly, whose financial results are not consolidated under GAAP
with the financial results of Guarantor or Borrower on the
consolidated financial statements of General Partner and
Borrower.
“
Investment Affiliate EBITDA ” means, for any period
(i) Income from Operations of an Investment Affiliate for such
period, plus (ii) depreciation and amortization expense
and other non-cash items deducted in the calculation of Income from
Operations of such Investment Affiliate for such period,
plus (iii) Interest Expense deducted in the calculation
of Income from Operations of such Investment Affiliate for such
period, all of the foregoing without duplication.
“
Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating for a
Person’s senior long-term unsecured debt of BBB- or better
from S&P or a rating of Baa3 or better from Moody’s. In
the event that Borrower receives Credit Ratings only from S&P
and Moody’s, and such Credit Ratings are not equivalent, the
higher of such two (2) Credit Ratings shall be used to
determine whether an Investment Grade Rating was achieved. In the
event that Borrower receives more than two (2) Credit Ratings,
and such Credit Ratings are not all equivalent, the highest Credit
Rating shall be used to determine whether an Investment Grade
Rating was achieved, provided that said highest rating is
from S&P or Moody’s; provided , further ,
that if the highest rating is not from S&P or Moody’s,
then the highest Credit Rating from either S&P or Moody’s
shall be used to determine whether an Investment Grade Rating was
achieved.
“
Investment Mortgages ” means mortgages securing
indebtedness with respect to Real Property Assets directly or
indirectly owed to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including,
without limitation, certificates of interest in real estate
mortgage investment conduits.
“ Joint
Bookrunners ” means The Bank of Nova Scotia and ING Real
Estate Finance (USA) LLC, in their capacity as Joint Bookrunners
hereunder.
“ Joint
Lead Arrangers ” means The Bank of Nova Scotia and ING
Real Estate Finance (USA) LLC, in their capacity as Joint Lead
Arrangers hereunder.
“ Joint
Lenders ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
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“ Joint
Venture Interests ” means partnership, joint venture,
membership or other equity interests issued by any Person which is
an Investment Affiliate that is not a Subsidiary, is not
consolidated with Borrower and is not controlled by a Joint Venture
Parent.
“ Joint
Venture Parent ” means Borrower or one or more Financing
Partnerships of Borrower which directly or indirectly owns any
interest in a Joint Venture Subsidiary.
“ Joint
Venture Subsidiary ” means any entity (other than a
Financing Partnership) in which (i) a Joint Venture Parent
owns at least 50% of the economic interests and (ii) the sale
or financing of any Property owned by such Joint Venture Subsidiary
is substantially controlled by a Joint Venture Parent, subject to
customary provisions set forth in the organizational documents of
such Joint Venture Subsidiary with respect to refinancings or
rights of first refusal granted to other members of such Joint
Venture Subsidiary. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
sale or financing of a Property owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary
shall be deemed to be substantially controlled by a Joint Venture
Parent, if such Joint Venture Parent has the ability to exercise a
buy-sell right in the event of a disagreement regarding the sale or
financing of such Property.
“ JV
Non-US Property Owner ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“ Letter
of Credit ” means a letter of credit in substantially the
form of Exhibit E in favor of the Administrative Agent, or
such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind,
or any other type of preferential arrangement, in each case that
has the effect of creating a security interest, in respect of such
asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien
any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of
a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such
asset.
“
Loan ” means a loan made by a Bank pursuant to
Section 2.1 ; provided that, if any such loan or
loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant to
a Notice of Interest Rate Election, the term “Loan”
shall refer to the combined principal amount resulting from such
combination or to each of the separate principal amounts resulting
from such subdivision, as the case may be.
“ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Security
Agreements and the Guaranty.
“ Loan
Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower, the
Guarantor and each Pledgor.
“
Majority Banks ” means at any time Banks having at
least 51% of the aggregate amount of Commitments, or if the
Commitments shall have been terminated, holding Notes evidencing at
least 51% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Loans.
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“
Material Adverse Effect ” means an effect resulting
from any circumstance or event or series of circumstances or
events, of whatever nature (but excluding general economic
conditions), which does or could reasonably be expected to,
materially and adversely impair (i) the ability of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, or
(ii) the ability of Administrative Agent or the Banks to
enforce the Loan Documents.
“
Materials of Environmental Concern ” means and
includes pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, toxic and
hazardous substances, asbestos, lead, petroleum and petroleum
by-products.
“
Maturity Date ” shall mean the date when all of the
Obligations hereunder shall be due and payable which shall be
September 4, 2010, unless otherwise extended in accordance
with Section 2.10(b) or accelerated pursuant to the
terms hereof.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” means at any time an employee
pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions or has at any time
after September 25, 1980 made contributions or has been
required to make contributions (for these purposes any Person which
ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group after September 25,
1980 will be treated as a member of the ERISA Group).
“
Negative Pledge ” means, with respect to any Property,
any covenant, condition, or other restriction entered into by the
owner of such Property or directly binding on such Property which
prohibits or limits the creation or assumption of any Lien upon
such Property to secure any or all of the Obligations;
provided , however , that such term shall not include
(a) any covenant, condition or restriction contained in any ground
lease from a governmental entity, and (b) financial covenants
given for the benefit of any Person that may be violated by the
granting of any Lien on any Property to secure any or all of the
Obligations.
“ Net
Income ” means, for any period, net income as calculated
in conformity with GAAP.
“ Net
Book Value ” means, as of any date with respect to any
Eligible Asset, the Net Price to the owner of such Property
adjusted to reflect the development costs associated with such
Property to such date, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Net
Offering Proceeds ” means all cash or other assets
received by General Partner or Borrower as a result of the issuance
or sale of common shares of beneficial interest, preferred shares
of beneficial interest, partnership interests, preferred
partnership units, limited liability company interests, Convertible
Securities or other ownership or equity interests in General
Partner or Borrower less customary costs and discounts of issuance
paid by General Partner or Borrower, as the case may be.
“ Net
Price ” means, with respect to the purchase of any
Property, without duplication, (i) the aggregate purchase
price paid as cash consideration for such purchase (without
adjustment for prorations), including, without limitation, the
principal amount of any note received or other
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deferred
payment to be made in connection with such purchase (except as
described in clause (ii) below) and the value of any
non-cash consideration delivered in connection with such purchase
(including, without limitation, shares or preferred shares of
beneficial interest in General Partner and OP Units or Preferred OP
Units (as defined in Borrower’s partnership agreement))
plus (ii) reasonable costs of sale and non-recurring
taxes paid or payable in connection with such purchase or
sale.
“ Net
Present Value ” shall mean, as to a specified or
ascertainable dollar amount, the present value, as of the date of
calculation of any such amount using a discount rate equal to the
Alternate Base Rate in effect as of the date of such
calculation.
“
Non-Recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness with
respect to which recourse for payment is limited to
(i) specific Property or Properties encumbered by a Lien
securing such Indebtedness and/or another Person so long as there
is no recourse to Borrower or the General Partner, or (ii) any
Consolidated Subsidiary or Investment Affiliate ( provided
that if an entity is a partnership, there is no recourse to
Borrower or General Partner as a general partner of such
partnership); provided , however , that personal
recourse of Borrower or General Partner for any such Indebtedness
for fraud, misrepresentation, misapplication of cash, waste,
environmental claims and liabilities and other circumstances
customarily excluded by institutional lenders from exculpation
provisions and/or included in separate indemnification agreements
in non-recourse financing of real estate shall not, by itself,
prevent such Indebtedness from being characterized as Non-Recourse
Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing and for the avoidance
of doubt, (a) if the Indebtedness is partially guaranteed by
the Borrower or the General Partner, then the portion of such
Indebtedness that is not so guaranteed shall still be Non-Recourse
Indebtedness if it otherwise satisfies the requirements in this
definition, and (b) if the liability of Borrower or the
General Partner under any such guaranty is itself limited to
specific Property or Properties, then such Indebtedness shall still
be Non-Recourse Indebtedness if such Indebtedness otherwise
satisfies the requirements of this definition.
“ Non-US
Property ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“ Non-US
Property Owners ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“
Notes ” means the promissory notes of the Borrower,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans, and
“Note” means any one of such promissory notes issued
hereunder.
“ Notice
of Borrowing ” means a notice from Borrower in accordance
with Section 2.2 .
“ Notice
of Interest Rate Election ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7 .
“
Obligations ” means all obligations, liabilities,
indemnity obligations and Indebtedness of every nature of the
Borrower, from time to time owing to Administrative Agent or any
Bank under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“
Parent ” means, with respect to any Bank, any Person
controlling such Bank.
“
Participant ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.6(b) .
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“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under
ERISA.
“
Permitted Holdings ” means Unimproved Assets,
interests in Taxable REIT Subsidiaries and Investment Mortgages,
but only to the extent permitted in Section 5.8
.
“
Permitted Liens ” means:
(a) Liens for
Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and
payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(b) statutory
liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and other
similar liens imposed by law, which are incurred in the ordinary
course of business for sums not more than sixty (60) days
delinquent or which are being contested in good faith in accordance
with the terms hereof;
(c) deposits made
in the ordinary course of business in connection with
worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation or to secure liabilities to insurance
carriers;
(d) utility
deposits and other deposits to secure the performance of bids,
trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, purchase
contracts, construction contracts, governmental contracts,
statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) Liens for
purchase money obligations for equipment (or Liens to secure
Indebtedness incurred within 90 days after the purchase of any
equipment to pay all or a portion of the purchase price thereof or
to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing
the acquisition of any such equipment, or extensions, renewals, or
replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or lesser
amount); provided that (i) the Indebtedness secured by
any such Lien does not exceed the purchase price of such equipment,
(ii) any such Lien encumbers only the asset so purchased and
the proceeds upon sale, disposition, loss or destruction thereof,
and (iii) such Lien, after giving effect to the Indebtedness
secured thereby, does not give rise to an Event of
Default;
(f) easements,
rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, other similar charges or
encumbrances and all other items listed on Schedule B to
Borrower’s owner’s title insurance policies, except in
connection with any Indebtedness, for any of Borrower’s Real
Property Assets, so long as the foregoing do not interfere in any
material respect with the use or ordinary conduct of the business
of Borrower and do not diminish in any material respect the value
of the Property to which it is attached or for which it is
listed;
(g) (I) Liens
and judgments which have been or will be bonded (and the Lien on
any cash or securities serving as security for such bond) or
released of record within thirty (30) days after the date such Lien
or judgment is entered or filed against General Partner, Borrower,
or any Subsidiary, or (II) Liens which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings for review and in respect of
which there shall have been
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secured a
subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings and
as to which the subject asset is not at risk of
forfeiture;
(h) Liens on
Property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than
Unencumbered Property) securing Indebtedness which may be incurred
or remain outstanding without resulting in an Event of Default
hereunder; and
(i) Liens in favor
of Borrower, General Partner or a Consolidated Subsidiary against
any asset of any Consolidated Subsidiary or any Investment
Affiliate.
“
Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust
or any other entity or organization, including, without limitation,
a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“
Plan ” means at any time an employee pension benefit
plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under
Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is maintained, or
contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of
any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within
the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any
Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for
employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the
ERISA Group.
“
Pledgor ” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that
is a party to any Security Agreement.
“
Preferred Stock Subsidiary ” means a corporation
organized with two classes of stock, consisting of one class of
voting common shares and one class of non-voting preferred shares,
all of whose preferred shares are owned by a Person seeking to be
treated as a real estate investment trust under the Code (or an
operating partnership of which such Person is general partner) and
all of the common shares of which are owned by individuals or
entities who are neither owned nor controlled by such Person (but
which individuals may be, and which entities may be owned and
controlled by, officers, directors or employees of such Person),
and to which such Person (or an operating partnership of which such
Person is general partner) has contributed at least ninety-five
percent (95%) or more of the equity capital raised by such
corporation in exchange for the issuance of such
corporation’s shares.
“ Pro
Rata Share ” means, with respect to any Bank, a fraction
(expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which shall be the
amount of such Bank’s Commitment and the denominator of which
shall be the aggregate amount of all of the Banks’
Commitments, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
“
Property ” means, with respect to any Person, any real
or personal property, building, facility, structure, equipment or
unit, or other asset owned by such Person.
“
Qualified Institution ” means a Bank, or one or more
banks, finance companies, insurance or other financial institutions
which (A) has (or, in the case of a bank which is a
subsidiary, such bank’s parent has) a rating of its senior
debt obligations of not less than Baa-1
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by
Moody’s or a comparable rating by a rating agency acceptable
to Syndication Agent and (B) has total assets in excess of Ten
Billion Dollars ($10,000,000,000).
“ Rating
Agencies ” means, collectively, S&P, Moody’s
and Fitch.
“ Real
Property Assets ” means as to any Person as of any time,
the real property assets (including, without limitation, interests
in participating mortgages in which such Person’s interest
therein is characterized as equity according to GAAP) owned
directly or indirectly by such Person at such time.
“
Recourse Debt ” shall mean Indebtedness that is not
Non-Recourse Indebtedness.
“
Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from
time to time
“
REIT ” means a real estate investment trust, as
defined under Section 856 of the Code.
“ Revised
Adjusted EBITDA ” means, for any period, Adjusted EBITDA
for such period, less (a) interest income, and (b) a
management fee equal to three percent (3%) of consolidated rental
revenue from Real Property Assets of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries and Investment Affiliates for such
period, plus (i) actual general and administrative expenses
for such period to the extent deducted in calculating Adjusted
EBITDA, and (ii) actual management fees with respect to Real
Property Assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
and Investment Affiliates for such period.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
“ Second
Tier Funding Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“ Secured
Debt ” means Indebtedness (but excluding Intracompany
Indebtedness), the payment of which is secured by a Lien (other
than a Permitted Lien, except for those Permitted Liens described
in clause (h) of the definition thereof) on any Property owned
or leased by General Partner or Borrower plus Borrower’s
Share of Indebtedness (but excluding Intracompany Indebtedness),
the payment of which is secured by a Lien (other than a Permitted
Lien, except for those Permitted Liens described in clause
(h) of the definition thereof) on any Property owned or leased
by any Investment Affiliate or any Consolidated
Subsidiary.
“
Securities ” means any stock, partnership interests,
shares, shares of beneficial interest, voting trust certificates,
bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in
general any instruments commonly known as “securities,”
or any certificates of interest, shares, or participations in
temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition
of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire any of the
foregoing, but shall not include Joint Venture Interests, any
interest in any Subsidiary of General Partner or Borrower, any
interest in a Taxable REIT Subsidiary, any Indebtedness which would
not be required to be included on the liabilities side of the
balance sheet of General Partner or Borrower on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP, any Cash or Cash Equivalents or any
evidence of the Obligations.
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“
Security Agreement ” means (i) with respect to
the pledge of Equity Interests in Encumbered Entities that are
organized within the United States, the US Security Agreement as
defined in Section 3.1(d) , (ii) with respect to
the pledge of Equity Interests in Encumbered Entity which is a
private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap
met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) incorporated under the laws of
the Netherlands (a “ Dutch BV ”), a share pledge
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-1 executed and
delivered by any Pledgor pledging its Equity Interests in a Dutch
BV for the benefit of the Administrative Agent (the “ BV
Security Agreement ”), and (iii) with respect to the
pledge of Equity Interests in Encumbered Entity which is not
organized within the United States and which is not a Dutch BV, the
local equivalent of a security agreement used in the applicable
jurisdiction which is sufficient to grant a Lien (or the local
equivalent) on the Equity Interests in such entity, in the form
agreed upon by Borrower and the Administrative Agent, acting
reasonably.
“
Solvent ” means, with respect to any Person, that the
fair saleable value of such Person’s assets exceeds the
Indebtedness of such Person.
“
Subordinated Intracompany Indebtedness ” means
Intracompany Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Obligations
pursuant to a subordination agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit F .
“
Subsidiary ” means any corporation or other entity of
which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Borrower or General Partner.
“
Subsidiary Operating Partnership ” shall mean a
limited liability company or limited partnership in which the only
interest therein not owned (directly or indirectly) by Borrower
and/or General Partner shall be preference interests or preference
units, respectively.
“
Substantially Controlled by Borrower ” means, with
respect to any action, that such action is substantially controlled
by Borrower as contemplated under Section 5.14
.
“
Syndication Agent ” means ING Real Estate Finance
(USA) LLC, in its capacity as syndication agent hereunder and
its permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
“ Taxable
REIT Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than a
REIT) in which General Partner directly or indirectly owns stock
and General Partner and such corporation jointly elect that such
corporation shall be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary of
General Partner under and pursuant to Section 856 of the
Code.
“
Taxes ” means all federal, state, local and foreign
income and gross receipts taxes.
“
Term ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.10 .
“
Termination Event ” shall mean (i) a
“reportable event”, as such term is described in
Section 4043 of ERISA (other than a “reportable
event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC), or an event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA,
(ii) the withdrawal by
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any member of
the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan during a plan year in
which it is a “substantial employer” (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the incurrence of liability
by any member of the ERISA Group under Section 4064 of ERISA
upon the termination of a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the filing
of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041
of ERISA, other than in a standard termination within the meaning
of Section 4041 of ERISA, or the treatment of a Plan amendment
as a distress termination under Section 4041 of ERISA,
(iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate,
impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007
of ERISA) in respect of, or cause a trustee to be appointed to
administer, any Plan or (v) any other event or condition that
might reasonably constitute grounds for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or the imposition
of any liability or encumbrance or Lien on the Real Property Assets
or any member of the ERISA Group under ERISA or the
Code.
“ Tiered
Non-US Property ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14 .
“ Total
Asset Value ” means, with respect to Borrower and without
duplication, (i) the quotient obtained by dividing (a) (x)
(1) Revised Adjusted EBITDA for the previous four
(4) Fiscal Quarters most recently ended, minus
(2) for any Property (other than Construction Assets or
Unimproved Assets) which was acquired by Borrower, a Consolidated
Subsidiary or an Investment Affiliate in any of the previous four
(4) Fiscal Quarters, the Revised Adjusted EBITDA attributable
to such Property to the extent the same was included in the Revised
Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower in clause (1) of this definition
by (b) the FMV Cap Rate, plus (ii) for any
Property which was acquired by Borrower in any of the previous four
(4) Fiscal Quarters, the sum of (x) the Net Price of the
Property paid by Borrower for such Property and (y) the cost
of capital expenditures actually incurred in connection with such
Property, plus (iii) for any Property which was
acquired by an Investment Affiliate or a Consolidated Subsidiary in
any of the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters, the sum of
(x) Borrower’s Share of the Net Price of the Property
paid by such Investment Affiliate or by such Consolidated
Subsidiary, as applicable, for such Property, and
(y) Borrower’s share of the cost of capital expenditures
actually incurred in connection with such Property plus
(iv) the value of any Cash or Cash Equivalent owned by
Borrower (including Cash or Cash Equivalents held in restricted
Section 1031 accounts under the control of Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary), and Borrower’s Share of any Cash or
Cash Equivalent owned by any Consolidated Subsidiary or Investment
Affiliate (including Cash or Cash Equivalents held in restricted
Section 1031 accounts under the control of Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary), plus (v) the value of any
Construction Assets, Unimproved Assets and any other tangible
assets of Borrower (including foreign currency exchange agreements,
to the extent such agreements are material and are reported or are
required under GAAP to be reported by the Borrower in its financial
statements), as measured on a GAAP basis, plus (vi)
Borrower’s Share of the value of any Construction Assets,
Unimproved Assets and any other tangible assets of any Investment
Affiliate or any Consolidated Subsidiary as measured on a GAAP
basis. For purposes of the foregoing, a Property which was a
Construction Asset will be deemed to have been acquired on the date
it ceases to be a Construction Asset.
“ Total
Liabilities ” means, as of the date of determination and
without duplication, all Balance Sheet Indebtedness of Borrower and
General Partner, plus Borrower’s Share of all Balance Sheet
Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates and Consolidated
Subsidiaries.
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“
Unencumbered Net Operating Cash Flow ” means, as of
any date of determination, the Unencumbered Net Operating Income
for the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters ( provided
that as to any Unencumbered Property acquired during such period
and owned for not less than one (1) Fiscal Quarter, Unencumbered
Net Operating Income attributable to such period occurring after
such acquisition shall be annualized).
“
Unencumbered Net Operating Income ” means, for any
period, for all Unencumbered Properties, the aggregate revenues
from each such Unencumbered Property for such period (including,
without limitation, lease termination fees appropriately amortized,
but excluding deferred rents receivable) or in the case of any
Unencumbered Property owned by a Joint Venture Subsidiary,
Borrower’s Share thereof, less the cost of maintaining such
Unencumbered Properties (including, without limitation, taxes,
insurance, repairs and maintenance, but excluding depreciation,
amortization, interest costs and capital expenditures) or in the
case of any Unencumbered Property owned by a Joint Venture
Subsidiary, Borrower’s Share thereof ( provided that
as to any Unencumbered Property acquired during such period, only
revenues and property level expenses attributable to such period
occurring after such acquisition shall be included), as adjusted
for (i) capital expenditure reserves at the rate of Ten Cents
($0.10, or in the case of any Unencumbered Property owned by a
Joint Venture Subsidiary, Borrower’s Share of Ten Cents
($0.10)) per square foot per annum of space leased as of the
applicable date of determination ( provided that, as to any
Unencumbered Property acquired during such period, such amount per
square foot shall be pro-rated for the period of ownership) and
(ii) to exclude the effects of straight-lining of
rents.
“
Unencumbered Property ” means any retail or industrial
Property (including Unimproved Assets and Construction Assets, but
excluding interests in participating mortgages in which such
Person’s interest therein is characterized as equity
according to GAAP) from time to time which (i) is an operating Real
Property Asset which is owned directly or indirectly 100% in fee
(or ground leasehold) by Borrower, a Financing Partnership or a
Joint Venture Subsidiary, (ii) is not subject (nor are any
equity interests in such Property that are owned directly or
indirectly by Borrower, General Partner or any Joint Venture Parent
subject) to a Lien which secures Indebtedness of any Person other
than Permitted Liens, and (iii) is not subject (nor are any
equity interests in such Property that are owned directly or
indirectly by Borrower, General Partner or any Joint Venture Parent
subject) to any Negative Pledge ( provided that a financial
covenant given for the benefit of any Person that may be violated
by the granting of any Lien on any Property to secure any or all of
the Obligations shall not be deemed a Negative Pledge).
“
Unimproved Assets ” means Real Property Assets (or, in
the case of any Real Property Assets to be developed in phases, any
phase thereof) containing no material improvements other than
infrastructure improvements such as roads, utility feeder lines and
the like.
“ United
States ” means the United States of America, including
the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
“
Unsecured Debt ” means the amount of Indebtedness
(excluding Intracompany Indebtedness) for borrowed money of General
Partner, Borrower, any Financing Partnership, any Preferred Stock
Subsidiary or Joint Venture Subsidiary and which is not Secured
Debt, including, without limitation, the amount of all then
outstanding Loans.
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“
Unsecured Interest Expense ” means, as of any date of
determination, for the previous four (4) Fiscal Quarters, the
Interest Expense paid, accrued or capitalized on Unsecured Debt,
provided , however , in the case of any Preferred
Stock Subsidiary, Joint Venture Subsidiary or Consolidated
Subsidiary only an amount equal to the Borrower’s Share of
any such Interest Expense on Unsecured Debt of such entity shall be
included in Unsecured Interest Expense.
“ Unused
Commitments ” shall mean an amount equal to all
unadvanced funds (other than unadvanced funds in connection with
any construction loan) which any third party is obligated to
advance to Borrower or another Person or otherwise pursuant to any
loan document, written instrument or otherwise.
“ US
Security Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(d) .
SECTION 1.2.
Accounting Terms and Determinations . Unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made,
and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower’s
independent public accountants) with the most recent audited
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent;
provided that for purposes of references to the financial
results and information of “General Partner, on a
consolidated basis,” General Partner shall be deemed to own
one hundred percent (100%) of the partnership interests in
Borrower; and provided further that, if the Borrower
notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend
any covenant in Article V to eliminate the effect of
any change in GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Majority Banks
wish to amend Article V for such purpose), then the
Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined
on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant
change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is
withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower and the Majority Banks.
SECTION 1.3.
Types of Borrowings . The term “Borrowing”
denotes the aggregation of Loans of one or more Banks to be made to
the Borrower pursuant to Article II on the same date,
all of which Loans are of the same type (subject to
Article VIII ) and, except in the case of Base Rate
Loans, have the same initial Interest Period. Borrowings are
classified for purposes of this Agreement either by reference to
the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing (e.g., a
“Fixed Rate Borrowing” is a Euro-Dollar Borrowing; and
a “Euro-Dollar Borrowing” is a Borrowing comprised of
Euro-Dollar Loans).
SECTION 2.1.
Commitments to Lend . Each Bank severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make Loans to
the Borrower pursuant to this Article from time to time during the
term hereof in amounts such that the aggregate principal amount of
Loans by such Bank at any one time outstanding shall not exceed its
Commitment. The initial Borrowing shall be made on the Effective
Date in an amount equal to the aggregate
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Commitments,
and shall be made from the several Banks ratably in proportion to
their respective Commitments. Subject to the provisions of
Section 9.19 hereof, in no event shall the aggregate
amount of Loans outstanding at any time, exceed the lesser of (i)
$230,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 9.19 , the
“ Facility Amount ”) or (ii) the Borrowing
Base. In the event that the Facility Amount shall be increased
pursuant to Section 9.19 , each Borrowing thereafter
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (except that any
such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount of the Commitments
then available to be borrowed). Any amounts repaid may not be
reborrowed.
SECTION 2.2.
Notice of Borrowing . With respect to any Borrowing, the
Borrower shall give Administrative Agent notice not later than 1:00
P.M. (New York City or London time, as applicable) (x) the
Business Day prior to each Base Rate Borrowing, or (y) the
third (3rd) Euro-Dollar Business Day before each Euro-Dollar
Borrowing denominated in Dollars, specifying:
(i) the date of
such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day in the case of a Base
Rate Borrowing or a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a
Euro-Dollar Borrowing,
(ii) the aggregate
amount of such Borrowing,
(iii) whether the
Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be Base Rate Loans or
Euro-Dollar Loans,
(iv) in the case
of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of
Interest Period,
(v) payment
instructions for delivery of such Borrowing; and
(vi) certify that
no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is
continuing.
SECTION 2.3.
Intentionally Omitted .
SECTION 2.4.
Intentionally Omitted .
SECTION 2.5.
Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans .
(a) Upon
receipt of a Notice of Borrowing from Borrower in accordance with
Section 2.2 hereof, the Administrative Agent shall, on
the date such Notice of Borrowing is received by the Administrative
Agent, notify each applicable Bank of the contents thereof and of
such Bank’s share of such Borrowing, of the interest rate
determined pursuant thereto and the Interest Period(s) (if
different from those requested by the Borrower) and such Notice of
Borrowing shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower, unless
Borrower shall pay any applicable expenses pursuant to
Section 2.14 .
(b) Not later
than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of each Borrowing
as indicated in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, each Bank shall
(except as provided in subsection (d) of this Section) make
available its share of such Borrowing in Federal funds
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immediately
available in New York, New York, to the Administrative Agent at its
address referred to in Section 9.1 .
(c) Intentionally
Omitted.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank
prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Bank’s share of
such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank
has made such share available to the Administrative Agent on the
date of such Borrowing in accordance with this
Section 2.5 and the Administrative Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, but shall not be obligated to, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount on
behalf of such Bank. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not
have so made such share available to the Administrative Agent, such
Bank agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative
Agent, at the rate of interest applicable to such Borrowing
hereunder. If such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent
such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute
such Bank’s Loan included in such Borrowing for purposes of
this Agreement. If such Bank shall not pay to Administrative Agent
such corresponding amount after reasonable attempts are made by
Administrative Agent to collect such amounts from such Bank,
Borrower agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amounts together with interest thereto,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to
Borrower, until the date such amount is repaid to Administrative
Agent, at the interest rate applicable thereto one
(1) Business Day after demand. Nothing contained in this
Section 2.5(d) shall be deemed to reduce the Commitment
of any Bank or in any way affect the rights of Borrower with
respect to any defaulting Bank or Administrative Agent. The failure
of any Bank to make available to the Administrative Agent such
Bank’s share of any Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.5(b) hereof shall not relieve any other Bank
of its obligations to fund its Commitment, in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
(e) Subject
to the provisions hereof, the Administrative Agent shall make
available each Borrowing to Borrower in Federal funds immediately
available in accordance with, and on the date set forth in, the
applicable Notice of Borrowing.
(a) The Loans
of each Bank shall be evidenced by a single Note made by each
Borrower payable to the order of such Bank for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office.
(b) Each Bank
may, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
request that its Loans of a particular type be evidenced by a
separate Note in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of such Loans. Any additional costs incurred by the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower or the Banks in connection with
preparing such a Note shall be at the sole cost and expense of the
Bank requesting such Note. In the event any Loans evidenced by such
a Note are paid in full prior to the Maturity Date, any such Bank
shall return such Note to Borrower. Each such Note shall be in
substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto with
appropriate modifications to reflect the fact that it evidences
solely Loans of the relevant
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type. Upon the
execution and delivery of any such Note, any existing Note payable
to such Bank shall be replaced or modified accordingly. Each
reference in this Agreement to the “Note” of such Bank
shall be deemed to refer to and include any or all of such Notes,
as the context may require.
(c) Upon
receipt of each Bank’s Note pursuant to
Section 3.1(a) , the Administrative Agent shall forward
such Note to such Bank. Each Bank shall record the date, amount,
type and maturity of each Loan made by it and the date and amount
of each payment of principal made by the Borrower, with respect
thereto, and may, if such Bank so elects in connection with any
transfer or enforcement of its Note, endorse on the appropriate
schedule appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing
information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding;
provided that the failure of any Bank to make any such
recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the
Borrower hereunder or under the Notes. Each Bank is hereby
irrevocably authorized by the Borrower so to endorse its Note and
to attach to and make a part of its Note a continuation of any such
schedule as and when required.
(d) The Loans
shall mature, and the principal amount thereof shall be due and
payable, on the Maturity Date.
(e) There
shall be no more than five (5) Euro-Dollar Groups of Loans
outstanding at any one time.
SECTION 2.7.
Method of Electing Interest Rates . (a) The Loans
included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the
type of rate specified by the Borrower in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may from time to time elect to
change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Group of
Loans (subject in each case to the provisions of
Article VIII ), as follows:
(i) if such Loans
are Base Rate Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert all or any
portion of such Loans to Euro-Dollar Loans as of any Euro-Dollar
Business Day;
(ii) if such Loans
are Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert all or any
portion of such Loans to Base Rate Loans and/or elect to continue
all or any portion of such Loans as Euro-Dollar Loans for an
additional Interest Period or additional Interest Periods, in each
case effective on the last day of the then current Interest Period
applicable to such Loans, or on such other date designated by
Borrower in the Notice of Interest Rate Election provided Borrower
shall pay any losses pursuant to Section 2.14
.
Each such
election shall be made by delivering a notice (a “ Notice
of Interest Rate Election ”) to the Administrative Agent
at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to, but
excluding, the effective date of the conversion or continuation
selected in such notice. A Notice of Interest Rate Election may, if
it so specifies, apply to only a portion of the aggregate principal
amount of the relevant Group of Loans; provided that
(i) such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans
comprising such Group, (ii) the portion to which such Notice
applies, and the remaining portion to which it does not apply, are
each in the amount of $5,000,000 or any larger multiple of
$1,000,000, (iii) there shall be no more than five
(5) Euro-Dollar Groups of Loans outstanding at any time,
(iv) no Loan may be continued as, or converted into, a
Euro-Dollar Loan when any
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Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and (v) no Interest
Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
(b) Each
Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:
(i) the Group of
Loans (or portion thereof) to which such notice applies;
(ii) the date on
which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to
be effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of
subsection (a) above;
(iii) if the Loans
comprising such Group are to be converted, the new type of Loans
and, if such new Loans are Euro-Dollar Loans, the duration of the
initial Interest Period applicable thereto; and
(iv) if such Loans
are to be continued as Euro-Dollar Loans for an additional Interest
Period, the duration of such additional Interest Period.
Each Interest
Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election shall comply
with the provisions of the definition of Interest
Period.
(c) Upon
receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrower
pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Administrative Agent
shall notify each Bank the same day as it receives such Notice of
Interest Rate Election of the contents thereof, the interest rates
determined pursuant thereto and the Interest Periods (if different
from those requested by the Borrower) and such notice shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrower. If the Borrower fails to
deliver a timely Notice of Interest Rate Election to the
Administrative Agent for any Group of Euro-Dollar Loans, such Loans
in Dollars shall be converted into Base Rate Loans.
SECTION 2.8.
Interest Rates .
(a) Each Base
Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until the
date it is repaid or converted into a Euro-Dollar Loan pursuant to
Section 2.7 , at a rate per annum equal to sum of the
Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans
for such day.
(b) Each
Euro-Dollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof, for each day during the Interest Period applicable
thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable
Margin for Euro-Dollar Loans for such day plus the Adjusted
Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest
Period.
(c) Intentionally
Omitted.
(d) In the
event that, and for so long as, any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of the
Loans, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue
interest in respect of all Loans, shall bear interest at the annual
rate equal to the sum (i) of the Alternate Base Rate,
(ii) the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans and
(iii) two percent (2%) (the “ Default Rate
”).
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(e) The
Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable
to the Loans hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt
notice to the Borrower and the Banks of each rate of interest so
determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in
the absence of demonstrable error.
(f) Intentionally
Omitted.
(g) Interest
on all Loans bearing interest at the Alternate Base Rate shall be
payable on the first Business Day of each calendar month. Interest
on all Loans bearing interest based on the London Interbank Offered
Rate shall be payable on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of the
applicable Interest Period, but no less frequently than every three
months determined on the basis of the first (1st) day of the
Interest Period applicable to the Loan in question.
(a)
Extension Fee . If Borrower elects to extend the term of the
Loan in accordance with Section 2.10(b) , the Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Banks
in proportion to their interests, a fee (a “ Extension
Fee ”) in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate
Commitments. The Extension Fee shall be paid by Borrower on or
before the Extension Date.
(b) Fees
Non-Refundable . All fees set forth in this
Section 2.9 shall be deemed to have been earned on the
date payment is due in accordance with the provisions hereof and
shall be non-refundable. The obligation of the Borrower to pay such
fees in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Banks regardless of whether any Loans are actually
made.
SECTION 2.10.
Maturity Date .
(a) The term
(the “ Term ”) of the Commitments (and each
Bank’s obligations to make Loans) shall terminate and expire
on the Maturity Date. Upon the date of the termination of the Term,
any Loans then outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon
and all other Obligations) shall be due and payable on such
date.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Borrower may extend the Maturity Date for a
period of one (1) year upon the following terms and
conditions: (i) delivery by Borrower of a written notice to
the Administrative Agent (the “ Extension Notice
”) on or before a date that is not more than twelve and one
half (12 1
/ 2 ) months
nor less than one (1) month prior to the Maturity Date, which
Extension Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver to
the Banks; (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing both on the date the Borrower delivers the Extension
Notice and on the original Maturity Date (the “ Extension
Date ”), (iii) Borrower shall maintain an Investment
Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody’s, and
(iv) Borrower shall pay the Extension Fee to Administrative
Agent on or before the Extension Date. Borrower’s delivery of
the Extension Notice shall be irrevocable.
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SECTION 2.11.
Optional Prepayments .
(a) The
Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Business Day’s
notice to the Administrative Agent, prepay any Group of Base Rate
Loans pursuant to Section 8.1 , in whole at any time,
or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000) or more, by paying the principal amount to be
prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the date of
prepayment. Each such optional prepayment shall be applied to
prepay ratably the Loans of the several Banks included in such
Group or Borrowing.
(b) The
Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Euro-Dollar Business
Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, pay all or any
portion of any Euro-Dollar Loan as of the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto. Except as provided in
Article 8 and except with respect to any Euro-Dollar
Loan which has been converted to a Base Rate Loan pursuant to
Section 8.2 , 8.3 or 8.4 hereof, the
Borrower may not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount
of any Euro-Dollar Loan prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto unless the Borrower shall also pay any
applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.14 . Any such
prepayment shall be given on or prior to the third (3rd)
Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to, but excluding, the date of
prepayment to the Administrative Agent. Each such optional
prepayment shall be in the amounts set forth in
Section 2.11(a) above and shall be applied to prepay
ratably the Loans of the Banks included in any Group of Euro-Dollar
Loans, except that any Euro-Dollar Loan which has been converted to
a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 8.2 , 8.3
or 8.4 hereof may be prepaid without ratable payment of the
other Loans in such Group of Loans which have not been so
converted.
(c) The
Borrower may at any time and from time to time cancel all or any
part of the Commitments by the delivery to the Administrative Agent
of a notice of cancellation within the applicable time periods set
forth in Sections 2.11(a) and (b) if there are
Loans then outstanding or, if there are no Loans outstanding at
such time as to which the Commitments with respect thereto are
being canceled, upon at least three (3) Business Day’s
notice to the Administrative Agent, whereupon, in either event, all
or such portion of the Commitments, as applicable, shall terminate
as to the applicable Banks, pro rata on the date set forth in such
notice of cancellation, and, if there are any Loans then
outstanding, Borrower shall prepay, as applicable, all or such
portion of Loans outstanding on such date in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.11(a) and (b)
.
(d) Any
amounts so prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11 (a) or
(b) may not be reborrowed. In the event Borrower elects to
cancel all or any portion of the Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.11(c) hereof, such amounts may not be
reborrowed.
SECTION 2.12.
Mandatory Prepayments .
(a) Within
five Business Days after notice from the Administrative Agent to
the Borrower or from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent that
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans exceeds the
Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment of
its Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess;
provided , however, that, in lieu of making
all or any portion of such prepayment, the Borrower may cause
Additional Collateral to be added to the Borrowing Base or post a
Letter of Credit with the Administrative Agent as additional
security for the Loans, such that, after giving effect to
such
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prepayment, and
Additional Collateral and Letters of Credit, the Borrowing Base
shall equal or exceed the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Loans. Whenever any payment is made, Additional Collateral is
provided or Letter of Credit is posted pursuant to this
Section 2.12(a) , the Borrower shall, concurrently with
such payment or provision of Additional Collateral, deliver to the
Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Bank) a
Borrowing Base Report showing that, after giving effect to such
action, the Borrower shall be in compliance with the requirements
of Section 2.1 . At Borrower’s request, the
Administrative Agent shall return any Letter of Credit designated
by Borrower in such request to the Administrative Agent, together
with a direction to the Letter of Credit issuer to cancel such
Letter of Credit, so long as, after giving effect to such action,
no Event of Default shall then be continuing and the Borrower shall
be in compliance with the requirements of Section 2.1
.
(b) Immediately
upon any acceleration of the Maturity Date of any Loans pursuant to
Section 6.2 , the Borrower shall repay all of the
Loans.
Each prepayment
of any Loans made pursuant to this Section shall be without premium
or penalty, except as may be required by Section 2.14
.
SECTION 2.13.
General Provisions as to Payments .
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment of the principal of and interest
on the Loans and fees hereunder, by initiating a wire transfer not
later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date when due, of
Federal or other funds immediately available in New York, New York,
to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in
Section 9.1 , and the Borrower shall deliver a federal
reference number evidencing such wire to Administrative Agent as
soon as possible thereafter on the date when due. The
Administrative Agent will promptly (and in any event within one
(1) Business Day after receipt thereof) distribute to each
Bank its ratable share of each such payment received by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks. If and to the
extent that the Administrative Agent shall receive any such payment
for the account of the Banks on or before 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on any Business Day (or Euro-Dollar Business Day, as
applicable), and Administrative Agent shall not have distributed to
any Bank its applicable share of such payment on such day,
Administrative Agent shall distribute such amount to such Bank
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount should have been distributed to such Bank until the date
Administrative Agent distributes such amount to such Bank, at the
Federal Funds Rate. Whenever any payment of principal of, or
interest on the Base Rate Loans or of fees shall be due on a day
which is not a Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment
of principal of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be due
on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for
payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding
Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment
thereof shall be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day. If
the date for any payment of principal is extended by operation of
law or otherwise, interest thereon shall be payable for such
extended time.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has
made
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such payment in
full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause
to be distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to
the amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent that the
Borrower shall not have so made such payment, each Bank shall repay
to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each
day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the
date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at
the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.14.
Funding Losses . If the Borrower makes any payment of
principal with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan (pursuant to
Article II , VI or VIII or otherwise) on
any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, or if the Borrower fails to borrow any Euro-Dollar Loans
after notice has been given to any Bank in accordance with
Section 2.5(a) , or if the Borrower shall deliver a
Notice of Interest Rate Election specifying that a Euro-Dollar Loan
shall be converted on a date other than the first (1st) day of the
then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall
reimburse each Bank within 15 days after certification of such
Bank of such loss or expense (which shall be delivered by each such
Bank to Administrative Agent for delivery to Borrower) for any
resulting loss or expense incurred by it (or by an existing
Participant in the related Loan), including, without limitation,
any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits
from third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period
after any such payment or failure to borrow, provided that
such Bank shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and
Administrative Agent shall have delivered to the Borrower a
certification as to the amount of such loss or expense, which
certification shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for
and calculation of such loss or expense and shall be conclusive in
the absence of demonstrable error.
SECTION 2.15.
Computation of Interest and Fees . Interest based on the
Base Rate hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
365 days (or, in the case of interest based on the Base Rate
only, 366 days in a leap year) and paid for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day). All other interest and fees shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day).
SECTION 2.16.
Use of Proceeds . The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the
Loans to fund and refinance development and construction and other
real estate related activities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.17.
Release of Collateral; Additional Collateral .
(a) Upon not
less than three (3) Business Days prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, any Eligible Asset, or any direct or indirect
ownership interests therein, may be conveyed, assigned, encumbered,
pledged or otherwise transferred without the consent of the
Administrative Agent or any Bank so long as, following such
conveyance, assignment, encumbrance, pledge or transfer,
(i) no Event of Default shall then be continuing and
(ii) Borrower shall be in compliance with the requirements of
Section 2.1 or, in connection with such conveyance,
assignment, encumbrance, pledge or transfer, shall comply with the
requirements of Section 2.12 . Any Eligible Asset that,
following such conveyance, assignment, encumbrance,
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pledge or
transfer, shall no longer satisfy the conditions contained in the
definition of Eligible Asset shall immediately cease to be an
Eligible Asset or part of the Borrowing Base.
(b) So long
as there shall not then exist any Event of Default, Borrower may
deliver a written request to the Administrative Agent to release
any Equity Interests specified in such written request from the
Lien of the applicable Security Agreement. Any such request shall
include a Borrowing Base Report showing that, after giving effect
to such release and any prepayment of the Loans or provision of
Additional Collateral pursuant to the requirements of
Section 2.12 , Borrower shall be in compliance with
Section 2.1 . Within three (3) Business Days after
its receipt of such written request and Borrowing Base Report, the
Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower such
documentation as may be reasonably required by Borrower to release
such Equity Interests from the Lien of the applicable Security
Agreement, including, without limitation, authorizing Borrower to
file any UCC termination statements with respect to the interests
being released.
(c) Upon the
conveyance, assignment or transfer of any real property, or the
direct or indirect ownership interests therein, to one or more
Encumbered Entities, such real property shall immediately become an
Eligible Asset and a part of the Borrowing Base at such time as
such real property satisfies the other conditions contained in the
definition of Eligible Asset. Any real property that is owned
directly or indirectly by one or more Encumbered Entities that is
not an Eligible Assets shall immediately become an Eligible Asset
and a part of the Borrowing Base at such time as such real property
satisfies the other conditions contained in the definition of
Eligible Asset. Each such real property that becomes an Eligible
Asset as described in this section shall constitute “
Additional Collateral ”.
(d) Any
Person shall immediately become an Encumbered Entity at the time
that the Equity Interests in such Person are pledged to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the US Security
Agreement, if such Person is organized within the United States,
the BV Security Agreement, if such Person is a Dutch BV, and, in
all other cases, an instrument or agreement satisfying the
requirements of clause (iii) of the definition of Security
Agreement. The Administrative Agent agrees to use reasonable
commercial efforts so that the Equity Interests in any Person that
Borrower desires to be an Encumbered Person are pledged to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to an appropriate Security Agreement.
At such time as a Person becomes an Encumbered Entity, all real
property owned directly or indirectly by such Person which
satisfies the other conditions contained in the definition of
Eligible Asset shall immediately become an Eligible Asset and a
part of the Borrowing Base. Any such real property that becomes an
Eligible Asset as described in this section shall also constitute
“ Additional Collateral ”.
SECTION 3.1.
Closing . The closing hereunder shall occur on the date when
each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in writing
by the Administrative Agent and the Banks), each document to be
dated the Closing Date unless otherwise indicated:
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(a) the Borrower
shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a
Note for the account of each Bank dated on or before the Closing
Date complying with the provisions of Section 2.6
;
(b) the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent and each of the Banks shall have
executed and delivered to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
a duly executed original of this Agreement;
(c) Guarantor
shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a
duly executed original of the Guaranty;
(d) a pledge and
security agreement, in substantially the form of
Exhibit D (the “ US Security Agreement
”), duly executed by each Pledgor, together with:
(A) in the case of
certificated securities, certificates representing the Equity
Interests referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers
executed in blank,
(B) proper
financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the
Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the
Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in
order to perfect the Liens created under the US Security Agreement,
covering the Collateral described in the US Security
Agreement.
(C) completed
requests for information, dated on or before the date of the
initial Loan, listing all effective financing statements filed in
the jurisdictions referred to in clause (B) above that name
any Pledgor as debtor, together with copies of such other financing
statements, and
(D) evidence of
the completion of all other actions, recordings and filings of or
with respect to the US Security Agreement that the Administrative
Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to
perfect the Liens created thereby;
(e) the BV
Security Agreements duly executed by AMB Hausbruch Industrial
Center 2 B.V., AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center 3 B.V., AMB
Hausbruch Industrial Center 4 B.V., AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center
5 B.V., together with certified copies of the updated
shareholders’ registers of AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center 2
B.V., AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center 3 B.V., AMB Hausbruch
Industrial Center 4 B.V., AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center 5 B.V.,
reflecting the creation of the Dutch share pledges under the BV
Security Agreements.
(f) the
Administrative Agent shall have received opinions of DLA Piper US
LLP and Loyens & Loeff N.V., counsel for the Loan Parties,
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Banks and their
counsel;
(g) the
Administrative Agent shall have received all documents the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request relating to the
existence of the Borrower,
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the General
Partner and each Pledgor, the authority for and the validity of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the incumbency of
officers executing this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
any other matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such
documentation
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