Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Fifth Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of July 16, 2007
among
The Borrowers Described
Herein,
AMB Property,
L.P.,
Guarantor
AMB Property
Corporation,
Guarantor
The Banks Listed
Herein,
Bank of America,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent,
The Bank of Nova
Scotia,
as Syndication
Agent,
Calyon New York Branch,
Citicorp North America, Inc.,
and The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc.,
as Co-Documentation
Agents,
Banc of America
Securities Asia Limited
(formerly BA Asia
Limited),
as Hong Kong Dollars
Agent,
AND
Bank of America, N.A.,
Singapore Branch,
as Singapore Dollars
Agent
Banc of America
Securities LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and
Sole Book Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
Definitions
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Section 1.2
Other Interpretive Provisions
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Section 1.3
Accounting Terms and Determinations
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Section 1.4
Types of Borrowings
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ARTICLE II THE
CREDITS
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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
Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans
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Section 2.4
Notes
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Section 2.5
Method of Electing Interest Rates
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Section 2.6
Interest Rates
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Section 2.7
Fees
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Section 2.8
Maturity Date; Extensions
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Section 2.9
Optional Prepayments
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Section 2.10
Mandatory Prepayments
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Section 2.11
General Provisions as to Payments
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Section 2.12
Funding Losses
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Section 2.13
Computation of Interest and Fees
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Section 2.14
Use of Proceeds
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Section 2.15
Increase in Commitments
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Section 2.16
Special Provisions Regarding Loans Denominated in an Alternate
Currency
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Section 2.17
Letters of Credit
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Section 2.18
Letter of Credit Usage Absolute
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Section 2.19
Establishment of a Supplemental Tranche
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Section 2.20
Letters of Credit Maturing after the Maturity Date
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ARTICLE III
GUARANTY
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Section 3.1
Guaranty of Payment
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Section 3.2
Obligations Unconditional
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Section 3.3
Modifications
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Section 3.4
Waiver of Rights
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Section 3.5
Reinstatement
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Section 3.6
Remedies
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Section 3.7
Subrogation
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
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Section 4.1
Closing
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Section 4.2
Borrowings
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section 5.1
Existence and Power
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Section 5.2
Power and Authority
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Section 5.3
No Violation
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Section 5.4
Financial Information
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Section 5.5
Litigation
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Section 5.6
Intentionally Omitted
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Section 5.7
Environmental
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Section 5.8
Taxes
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Section 5.9
Full Disclosure
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Section 5.10
Solvency
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Section 5.11
Use of Proceeds
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Section 5.12
Governmental Approvals
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Section 5.13
Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act
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Section 5.14
Principal Offices
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Section 5.15
REIT Status
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Section 5.16
Patents, Trademarks, etc
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Section 5.17
Judgments
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Section 5.18
No Default
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Section 5.19
Licenses, etc
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Section 5.20
Compliance With Law
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Section 5.21
No Burdensome Restrictions
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Section 5.22
Brokers’ Fees
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Section 5.23
Intentionally Omitted
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Section 5.24
Insurance
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Section 5.25
Organizational Documents
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Section 5.26
Unencumbered Properties
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ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 6.1
Information
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Section 6.2
Payment of Obligations
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Section 6.3
Maintenance of Property; Insurance; Leases
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Section 6.4
Maintenance of Existence
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Section 6.5
Compliance with Laws
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Section 6.6
Inspection of Property, Books and Records
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Section 6.7
Existence
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Section 6.8
Financial Covenants
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Section 6.9
Restriction on Fundamental Changes
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Section 6.10
Changes in Business
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Section 6.11
AMB Status
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Section 6.12
Other Indebtedness
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Section 6.13
Forward Equity Contracts
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Section 6.14
Capital Funding Loans
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Section 6.15
Additional Borrowers and Authorized Borrowers
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Section 6.16
Other Information
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ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
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Section 7.1
Events of Default
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Section 7.2
Rights and Remedies
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Section 7.3
Notice of Default
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Section 7.4
Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit
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Section 7.5
Distribution of Proceeds after Default
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ARTICLE VIII THE
AGENTS
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Section 8.1
Appointment and Authorization
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Section 8.2
Agency and Affiliates
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Section 8.3
Action by Administrative Agent
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Section 8.4
Consultation with Experts
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Section 8.5
Liability of Administrative Agent
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Section 8.6
Indemnification
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Section 8.7
Credit Decision
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Section 8.8
Successor Agents
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Section 8.9
Consents and Approvals
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ARTICLE IX CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES
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Section 9.1
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
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Section 9.2
Illegality
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Section 9.3
Increased Cost and Reduced Return
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Section 9.4
Taxes
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Section 9.5
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Euro-Dollar Loans
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Section 9.6
Interest Rate Limitation
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.1
Notices
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Section 10.2
Electronic Delivery of Certain Documents
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Section 10.3
No Waivers
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Section 10.4
Expenses; Indemnification
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Section 10.5
Sharing of Set-Offs
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Section 10.6
Amendments and Waivers
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Section 10.7
Successors and Assigns
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Section 10.8
Collateral
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Section 10.9
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Judgment Currency
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Section 10.10
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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Section 10.11
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 10.12
Survival
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Section 10.13
Domicile of Loans
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Section 10.14
Limitation of Liability
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Section 10.15
Recourse Obligation
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Section 10.16
Confidentiality
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Section 10.17
Bank’s Failure to Fund
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Section 10.18
Banks’ ERISA Covenant
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Section 10.19
Several Obligations; Communication with Borrowers
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Section 10.20
Amendments to AMB Revolving Credit Facility Covenants
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Section 10.21
Syndication Agent and Co-Documentation Agents
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Section 10.22
USA Patriot Act
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SCHEDULE 1.1
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Initial Qualifying Unencumbered
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SCHEDULE 2.1
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Commitments and Currency
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SCHEDULE 2.2
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Calculation of Outstandings and
Available Commitments |
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SCHEDULE
5.4(b)
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Disclosure of Additional Material
Indebtedness |
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SCHEDULE
6.11(c)(i)
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AMB Investment Interests |
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SCHEDULE
6.11(c)(ii)
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AMB Interests in Property |
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SCHEDULE 6.15
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Authorized Borrowers |
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Note |
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of Qualified Borrower Joinder
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of Assignment and
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EXHIBIT D
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Addresses for Notices and Account
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EXHIBIT E
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Form of Supplemental Addendum |
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FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) dated as of July 16, 2007 among each Qualified Borrower
(as hereinafter defined and as listed on the signature page
hereof), AMB PROPERTY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“ AMB LP ”), AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation qualified as a real estate investment trust
(“ AMB ” and, collectively with AMB LP,
“ Guarantors ,” and, individually, a
“ Guarantor ”), the banks and financial
institutions listed on the signature pages hereof as the Initial
Banks (the “ Initial Banks ”), BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (in its individual
capacity, “ Bank of America ”), as
Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined), THE BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA, a bank listed on Schedule I of the Bank Act
(Canada) (in its individual capacity, “ Bank of Nova
Scotia ”), as Syndication Agent (as hereinafter
defined), CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., and
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC., as Co-Documentation Agents (as
hereinafter defined), BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES ASIA LIMITED
(formerly BA Asia Limited), a company registered and existing under
the laws of Hong Kong, as Hong Kong Dollars Agent (as hereinafter
defined), Bank of America, N.A., acting by its Canada branch, as
Canadian Administrative Agent and as a Reference Bank (as
hereinafter defined), and Bank of America, Singapore branch, as the
Singapore Dollars Agent (as hereinafter defined), for the Banks (as
hereinafter defined), each of the other lending institutions that
becomes a lender hereunder (herein collectively, with the Initial
Banks, referred to as the “ Banks ;” and
each individually referred to as a “ Bank
”).
W I T
N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, AMB LP, AMB, the initial
Qualified Borrower, Bank of America, Société
Générale, and the Banks entered into that certain
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2003 (the "
Original Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Original
Credit Agreement entered into that certain First Amendment to
Revolving Credit Agreement on or about May 21, 2004 (the
“ First Amendment to Credit Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Original
Credit Agreement entered into that certain Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Agreement on or about June 29, 2004 (the
“ Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement entered into that certain Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
June 22, 2005 (the “ Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into that certain
Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
February 16, 2006 (the " Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Third
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into that certain
Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
June 13, 2006 (the " Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other things,
AMB - SERVICIOS ESTRATÉGICOS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V. ceased to
be a Borrower (as hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS the parties hereto have
agreed to amend and restate the terms and conditions of the Fourth
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. The Fourth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement is hereby modified so that all of the
terms and conditions of the aforesaid Fourth Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement shall be restated in their entirety as set forth
herein, and the Borrowers agree to comply with and be subject to
all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement.
II. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and
their respective successors and assigns, and shall be deemed to be
effective as of the date hereof.
III. Any reference in the Notes, any
other Loan Document or any other document executed in connection
with the Original Credit Agreement, the First Amendment to Credit
Agreement, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Second
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement or the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.
IV. The parties hereto further
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions
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The following terms, as used herein,
have the following meanings:
“ 100% AMB Non-US
Property Owner ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ Additional
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.4 .
“ 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, AMB LP’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 pro-rated 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: (i) with respect to the
determination of HIBOR, and the disbursement and re-payment of
Loans denominated in Hong Kong Dollars, the Hong Kong Dollars
Agent; (ii) with respect to the determination of the Swap
Offer Rate, and the disbursement and re-payment of Loans
denominated in Singapore Dollars, the Singapore Dollars Agent;
(iii) with respect to the determination of Canadian LIBOR,
CDOR, or the Canadian Base Rate, the Reference Bank; (iv) with
respect to the administration of Canadian Dollar Tranche B, the
Canadian Administrative Agent; and (v) for all other purposes
under this Agreement (including, without limitation all matters
related to Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars except as set
forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) above),
Bank of America, in each case in its respective capacity as
Administrative Agent hereunder, and its
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respective 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 Guarantors) 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.
“ Aggregate
Loans, ” with respect to any Bank, shall mean the
amount equal to (i) the amount of Loans made by such Bank
plus (ii) if applicable, the amount of loans made by
such Bank pursuant to the Rupee Facility.
“ Agreement
” shall mean this Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement as the same may from time to time hereafter be modified,
supplemented or amended.
“ Alternate
Currency ” means (a) the lawful currency of:
(i) the Republic of Singapore (Singapore Dollars or S$),
(ii) Canada (Canadian Dollars or CA$), (iii) the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic
of China (Hong Kong Dollars or HK$); (iv) the United Kingdom
(Pounds Sterling or £); or (v) the European Economic
Union (Euros or € ) or
(b) a Supplemental Currency. For all purposes of this
Agreement, including without limitation the calculation of the
Dollar Equivalent Amount at any time and from time to time, each
Alternate Currency will be marked-to-market in the manner set forth
in Section 2.10 .
“ Alternate Currency
Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.4 .
“ AMB ”
means AMB Property Corporation, a Maryland corporation qualified as
a real estate investment trust and the sole general partner of AMB
LP.
“ AMB LP ”
means AMB Property, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“ AMB LP’s
Share ” means the Guarantors’ direct or
indirect share of a Consolidated Subsidiary, a Joint Venture
Subsidiary or an Investment Affiliate as reasonably determined by
AMB LP based upon each Guarantor’s economic interest (whether
direct or indirect) of such Consolidated Subsidiary, Joint Venture
Subsidiary or Investment Affiliate, as of the date of such
determination.
“ AMB Revolver
Provisions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.20 .
“ AMB Revolving Credit
Agreement ” means that certain Third Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 1, 2006
among AMB Property, L.P., JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative
Agent, and the Agents and Banks described therein, as the same may
have been and may hereafter be amended from time to time.
“ AMB Revolving Credit
Facility ” means that certain credit facility
evidenced by the AMB Revolving Credit Agreement.
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“ Applicable Bank
” means, with regard to a Loan to be made or a Letter of
Credit to be issued in respect of a Tranche, a Bank that has a
Currency Commitment in such Tranche.
“ Applicable Fee
Percentage ” means the respective percentages per
annum determined, at any time, based on the range into which AMB
LP’s Credit Rating then falls, in accordance with the table
set forth below. Any change in AMB LP’s Credit Rating causing
it to move to a different range on the table shall effect an
immediate change in the Applicable Fee Percentage. AMB LP shall
have not less than two (2) Credit Ratings at all times. In the
event that AMB LP receives only two (2) Credit Ratings (one of
which must be from S&P or Moody’s), and such Credit
Ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Fee Percentage shall be
determined by the higher of such two (2) Credit Ratings. In
the event that AMB LP receives more than two (2) Credit
Ratings, and such Credit Ratings are not all equivalent, the
Applicable Fee Percentage 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 Fee Percentage
shall be determined by the highest Credit Rating from either
S&P or Moody’s.
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Applicable Fee Percentage |
| A-/A3 or better |
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0.15% |
| BBB+/Baa1 |
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0.20% |
| BBB/Baa2 |
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0.20% |
| BBB-/Baa3 |
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0.25% |
| <BBB-/Baa3 |
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0.35% |
“ 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 AMB LP has entered into an
interest rate cap agreement or other interest rate hedging device
with respect thereto or (y) if AMB LP 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 AMB
LP’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 or Euro-Dollar Loans (including
Canadian Base Rate Loans) with respect to Canadian Dollar Tranche
A, its
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Domestic
Lending Office; (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans or
Euro-Dollar Loans (including Canadian Base Rate Loans) with respect
to Canadian Dollar Tranche B, its Canadian Lending Office; and
(iii) in the case of its other 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 AMB LP’s Credit Rating then falls, in
accordance with the table set forth below. Any change in AMB
LP’s Credit Rating causing it to move to a different range on
the table shall effect an immediate change in the Applicable
Margin. AMB LP shall have not less than two (2) Credit Ratings
at all times. In the event that AMB LP receives only two
(2) Credit Ratings (one of which must be from S&P or
Moody’s), and such Credit Ratings are not equivalent, the
Applicable Margin shall be determined by the higher of such two
(2) Credit Ratings. In the event that AMB LP 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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Applicable Margin |
| Range of AMB LP’s |
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Euro-Dollar Loans |
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| Credit Rating |
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(other than Canadian |
|
Base Rate Loans and Canadian |
| (S&P/Moody’s |
|
Dollar Loans utilizing the |
|
Dollar Loans utilizing the |
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Ratings) |
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Canadian Base Rate) |
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Canadian Base Rate |
| A-/A3 or better |
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0.60% |
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0% |
| BBB+/Baa1 |
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0.60% |
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0% |
| BBB/Baa2 |
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0.70% |
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0% |
| BBB-/Baa3 |
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0.85% |
|
0% |
| <BBB-/Baa3 |
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1.15% |
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0% |
“ Assignee
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.7(b) .
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
“ Authorized
Borrower ” means, with regard to the Borrowing in a
Tranche, the following:
(a) for
Dollar Tranche A, a Dollar Tranche A Borrower;
(b) for
Dollar Tranche B, a Dollar Tranche B Borrower;
(c) for
the Canadian Dollar Tranche A, a Canadian Dollar Tranche A
Borrower;
(d) for
the Canadian Dollar Tranche B, a Canadian Dollar Tranche B
Borrower;
(e) for
the Euro Tranche, a Euro Borrower;
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(f) for
the Hong Kong Dollars Tranche, a Hong Kong Borrower;
(g) for
the Pounds Sterling Tranche, a Pounds Sterling Borrower;
(h) for
the Singapore Dollars Tranche, a Singapore Borrower; and
(i) for
a Supplemental Tranche, a Supplemental Borrower.
“ 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 AMB or AMB LP, 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 Guarantors or any Borrower) listed on
the signature pages hereof, each Assignee which becomes a Bank
pursuant to Section 10.7(c) , and their
respective successors.
“ Bank Reply
Period ” has the meaning given to such term in
Section 8.9 .
“ 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.
“ Base Rate
” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher
of: (i) the Prime Rate for such day; and (ii) the sum of
0.50% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day. Each change in the
Base Rate shall become effective automatically as of the opening of
business on the date of such change in the Base Rate, without prior
written notice to Guarantors, Borrowers or Banks.
“ 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 at any date, a Qualified Borrower that has duly
executed and delivered the Qualified Borrower Joinder Documents to
the Administrative Agent and has satisfied all of the conditions
precedent contained therein in accordance with
Section 6.15 , and “
Borrowers ” means two or more of them,
collectively.
“ Borrowing
” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4
.
“ 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.
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“ Canadian Administrative
Agent ” means Bank of America, N.A., acting through
its Canada branch with its registered office at 200 Front Street
West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3L2, Canada, in its capacity as
Canadian Administrative Agent.
“ Canadian Base
Rate ” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate of
interest equal to the higher of (a) the rate of interest,
expressed on a per annum basis, that would apply to a one month
bankers’ acceptance accepted by the Reference Bank if made on
such day plus 0.75%; and (b) the Canadian Prime Rate.
“ Canadian Base Rate
Loan ” means any Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars
and bearing interest at the Canadian Base Rate.
“ Canadian Dollar
” and “ CA$ ” means the lawful
money of Canada.
“ Canadian Dollar
Loan ” means any Euro-Dollar Loan denominated in
Canadian Dollars.
“ Canadian Dollar Tranche
A ” means the aggregate principal amount or face
amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian
Dollars funded and repaid outside Canada as committed, loaned or
issued, as applicable, to Canadian Dollar Tranche A
Borrowers.
“ Canadian Dollar Tranche
A Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the
heading “Canadian Dollar Tranche A Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15.
“ Canadian Dollar Tranche
B ” means the aggregate principal amount or face
amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Canadian
Dollars funded and repaid inside Canada as committed, loaned or
issued, as applicable, to Canadian Dollar Tranche B
Borrowers.
“ Canadian Dollar Tranche
B Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the
heading “Canadian Dollar Tranche B Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15.
“ Canadian Interest
Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.13 .
“ Canadian Lending
Office ” means, as to each Bank with respect to
Canadian Dollar Tranche B, its office located at its address in
Canada set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified
in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Canadian Lending Office)
or such other office located in Canada as such Bank may hereafter
designate as its Canadian Lending Office by notice to Guarantors
and the Administrative Agent.
“ Canadian LIBOR
” shall mean, with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan or
Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars: (a) the interest
rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to
the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered
rate that appears on the “LIBOR01” page of the Reuters
screen that displays the average British Bankers Association
Interest Settlement Rates (such page currently being page number
3000 Xtra) for deposits in Canadian Dollars (for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such
Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period; or (b) in the event that the rate referenced
in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such
page or service or such page or service shall cease to be
available, the rate per annum (carried to the fifth decimal place)
equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the
offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an
average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rates for
deposits in Canadian Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
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“ Canadian Prime
Rate ” means the rate of interest in effect for such
day as publicly announced from time to time by the Reference Bank
as its “Prime Rate” in Canada. The Canadian Prime Rate
is based upon various factors including the Reference Bank’s
costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other
factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,
which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any
change in such rate announced by the Reference Bank shall take
effect at the opening of business on the day specified and the
public announcement of such change.
“ Capital Funding
Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 hereof.
“ 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.
“ 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 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 AMB LP 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 AMB LP 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 AMB LP 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, Pounds Sterling, Euros, Yen or an Alternate Currency 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.
“ CDOR ”
means, with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Canadian Dollars, the per annum rate of
interest which is the rate based on an average rate applicable to
Canadian dollar bankers’ acceptances for a term equivalent to
the term of the relevant requested Interest Period appearing on the
“Reuters Screen CDOR Page” (as defined in the
International Swap Dealer Association, Inc. definitions, as
modified and amended from time to time) as of 10:00 a.m.,
Toronto time, on the first day of such Interest
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Period,
or if such date is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, then on the
immediately preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.
“ Closing Date
” means the date on or after the Effective Date on which the
conditions set forth in Section 4.1 shall have
been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent.
“ Co-Documentation
Agent ” shall mean Calyon New York Branch, Citicorp
North America, Inc., and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc., each in
its capacity as co-documentation agent hereunder, and its permitted
successors in such capacity in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“ 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.
“ Commitment
” means with respect to each Bank, the amount set forth on
Schedule 2.1 hereof opposite such Bank’s
name as its “ Commitment ” (and, for each Bank
which is an Assignee, the aggregate of the amounts set forth in the
Assignment and Assumption entered into pursuant to
Section 10. 7(c) as the
Assignee’s Commitment), as such amount may be reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.
9(e) or in connection with an assignment to an
Assignee, and as such amount may be increased pursuant to
Section 2.15 or in connection with an assignment
from an Assignor.
“ Confidential
Information ” has the meaning assigned in
Section 10.16 .
“ Consolidated
Subsidiary ” means at any date any Subsidiary or
other entity which is consolidated with either Guarantor in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth ” means, at any time, the tangible net
worth of AMB LP, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP, plus preferred units issued by Consolidated
Subsidiaries, plus all accumulated depreciation and amortization of
AMB LP plus AMB LP’s Share of accumulated depreciation and
amortization of Investment Affiliates, deducted, in either case,
from earnings in calculating Net Income.
“ Constituent
Documents ” means, for any entity, its constituent or
organizational documents, including: (i) in the case of a
limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and its
limited partnership agreement; (ii) in the case of a limited
liability company, its certificate of formation or organization and
its operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (to
the extent applicable); (iii) in the case of a corporation,
its articles or certificate of incorporation and its bylaws, and
(iv) in the case of each such entity, its certificate of good
standing (to the extent available); or correlative documents if
such entity is not a limited partnership, limited liability
company, or corporation.
“ Construction
Asset ” has the meaning set forth in the definition
of “ 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) (“ Construction Asset
”): (i) in the case of the development and construction
by AMB LP in clause (a) of the definition of
Development Activity, the aggregate, good faith estimate of the
total cost to be incurred by AMB LP 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 AMB LP described in
clause (a) of the definition of Development Activity,
an amount equal to AMB LP’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
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acquisition costs); (iii) in the case of the financing of any
development and construction by AMB LP, the amount AMB LP 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 AMB LP, an amount equal to AMB
LP’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
AMB LP, the amount of such Contingent Obligation of AMB LP; and
(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 AMB
LP, an amount equal to AMB LP’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 AMB LP required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6.1 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
AMB LP), 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 AMB LP
owns an interest (which guarantees are non-recourse to AMB LP), 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 AMB LP’s interest
therein shall be deemed to be a Contingent Obligation of AMB LP;
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
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Commitments or of construction loans to the extent the same have
not been drawn. All matters constituting Contingent Obligations
shall be calculated without duplication.
“ Controlling
Requirement ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Qualified Borrower.
“ Convertible
Securities ” means evidences of shares of stock,
limited or general partnership interests or other ownership
interests, warrants, options, or other rights or securities which
are convertible into or exchangeable for, with or without payment
of additional consideration, common shares of beneficial interest
of AMB or partnership interests of AMB LP, 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 10.20 .
“ Credit Parties
” means each Borrower and each Guarantor and “
Credit Party ” means any one of them.
“ Credit Rating
” means the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies to AMB
LP’s senior unsecured long term indebtedness.
“ Currency
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Bank, the
amount set forth on Schedule 2.1 hereof opposite
such Bank’s name as its commitment for Loans in Dollars or
one or more Alternate Currencies (and, for each Bank which is an
Assignee, the amounts set forth in the Assignment and Assumption
entered into pursuant to Section 10.
7(c) as the Assignee’s Currency Commitment), as
such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2. 9(e) or in connection
with an assignment to an Assignee, and as such amount may be
increased pursuant to Section 2.15 or in
connection with an assignment from an Assignor.
“ Debt
Restructuring ” means a restatement of, or material
change in, the amortization or other financial terms of any
Indebtedness of AMB, AMB LP 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 AMB LP and AMB, plus AMB LP’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 2.6(d) .
“ Defaulting Bank
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
17(b)(i) .
“ Development
Activity ” means: (a) the development and
construction or redevelopment of industrial or retail facilities by
AMB LP or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or Joint Venture
Subsidiaries excluding Unimproved Assets; (b) the financing by
AMB LP or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or Joint Venture
Subsidiaries of any such development or construction or
redevelopment; and (c) the incurrence by AMB LP 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).
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“ Dollar Equivalent
Amount ” shall mean: (i) with respect to any
amount of an Alternate Currency on any day, the equivalent amount
in Dollars of such amount of Alternate Currency as determined by
the Administrative Agent using the applicable Exchange Rate on such
day; and (ii) with respect to any amount of Dollars, such
amount.
“ Dollar Tranche
A ” means the aggregate principal amount or face
amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars as
committed, loaned or issued, as applicable, to Dollar Tranche A
Borrowers.
“ Dollar Tranche A
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
“Dollar Tranche A Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15
“ Dollar Tranche
B ” means the aggregate principal amount or face
amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars as
committed, loaned or issued, as applicable, to Dollar Tranche B
Borrowers.
“ Dollar Tranche B
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
“Dollar Tranche B Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15
“ 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 located in the
United States as such Bank may hereafter designate as its Domestic
Lending Office by notice to Guarantors and the Administrative
Agent.
“ EBITDA ”
means, for any period: (i) AMB LP’s and AMB’s
Income from Operations for such period, including AMB LP’s
Share of the Consolidated Subsidiary Income from Operations for
each Consolidated Subsidiary, plus (ii) AMB LP’s and
AMB’s depreciation and amortization expense and other
non-cash items deducted in the calculation of Income from
Operations for such period, plus (iii) AMB LP’s and
AMB’s Interest Expense deducted in the calculation of Income
from Operations for such period, plus (iv) AMB LP’s
Share of the Investment Affiliate EBITDA for each Investment
Affiliate, plus (v) AMB LP’s Share of the Consolidated
Subsidiary EBITDA for each Consolidated Subsidiary, all of the
foregoing without duplication.
“ Effective Date
” means the date this Agreement becomes effective in
accordance with Section 10.10 .
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means an Eligible Bank that is: (a) a
Bank; (b) an Affiliate of a Bank, so long as the assigning
Bank is not released from its obligations hereunder; or
(c) any other Person approved by Administrative Agent, such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
“ Eligible Bank
” shall mean a Qualified Institution that satisfies each of
the following conditions applicable to such Qualified
Institution’s Currency Commitments:
(a) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for Dollar Tranche A, is (i) registered with the
Mexican Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito
Público (the “ Ministry of Finance
”) as a bank or financial institution for purposes of
paragraph I(a) of Article 195 of the Mexican
Ley del Impuesto Sobre la Renta (the “ Income
Tax Law ”) under Section I of Book I of
the Registro de Bancos, Entidades de Financiamiento, Fondos de
Pensiones y Jubilaciones y Fondos de Inversión del
Extranjero referred to in Article 197 of the Income
Tax Law; (ii) is the real beneficiary of the interest paid;
and (iii) is resident for tax purposes in a country with which
Mexico has executed a broad treaty for the avoidance of double
taxation, as determined by the Ministry of Finance pursuant to
general rules under the Income Tax Law;
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(b) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for Singapore Dollars, is (i) in possession of a
valid license granted under the Banking Act, Chapter 19
of Singapore, authorizing it to conduct banking business in
Singapore; and (ii) in respect of which a Borrower shall not
be required to deduct Singapore tax from any interest and other
income payable by such Borrower to or for the account of such
Qualified Institution under this Agreement, which Qualified
Institution shall have given to the Singapore Dollars Agent its
confirmation in writing to such effect. If the Qualified
Institution is not a tax resident of Singapore and Loans are to be
made to a Borrower which is a Singapore entity, then, upon the
request of AMB LP and to the extent then available, such Qualified
Institution shall endeavor to obtain and provide such Borrower a
confirmation in writing by the Singapore Comptroller of Income Tax
that payments of interest and other income can be made to the
Qualified Institution free of any Singapore withholding
taxes;
(c) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for Hong Kong Dollars, is an authorized institution as
defined in the Banking Ordinance (Chapter 155) of Hong
Kong;
(d) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for Canadian Dollars with respect to Canadian Dollar
Tranche A, is able to make Canadian Dollar Loans (including
Canadian Base Rate Loans) from its Domestic Lending Office;
(e) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for Canadian Dollars with respect to Canadian Dollar
Tranche B, is a bank listed on Schedule I or
Schedule III of the Bank Act (Canada); or
(f) in the case of a Currency
Commitment for a Supplemental Currency, is able to make
Supplemental Tranche Loans in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations.
“ Environmental
Affiliate ” means any partnership, joint venture,
trust or corporation in which an equity interest is owned directly
or indirectly by AMB LP and, as a result of the ownership of such
equity interest, AMB LP 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 AMB LP.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means any and all federal, state, provincial,
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.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or any successor statute.
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“ ERISA Group
” means AMB LP, any Subsidiary, AMB 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 AMB LP, any Subsidiary or AMB, are treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code or
Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
“ Euro ”
and “ € ” means the single currency
introduced in the member states of the European Community which
adopted the single currency in accordance with the Treaty of Rome
of March 25, 1957, as amended, inter alia , by the
Single European Act 1986 and the Treaty of European Union of
February 7, 1992, establishing the European Union.
“ Euro Borrower
” means a Borrower listed under the heading “Euro
Borrower” on Schedule 6.15
“ Euro Tranche
” means the aggregate principal amount or face amount of all
Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in Euros as committed,
loaned or issued, as applicable, to Euro Borrowers.
“ Euro-Dollar
Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.4 .
“ Euro-Dollar Business
Day ” means any Business Day on which banks are open
for dealings in Dollar deposits or deposits in the applicable
Alternate Currency in the London interbank market and any day on
which commercial banks are open for foreign exchange business in
(i) London, or (ii) if such reference relates to the date
on which any amount is to be paid or made available in an Alternate
Currency, the Principal Financial Center in the country of such
Alternate Currency.
“ 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 AMB LP 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 Loans may be denominated in an Alternate
Currency or in Dollars.
“ 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 7.1 .
“ Excess Withholding
Taxes ” means any Taxes in respect of a payment made
hereunder which are imposed by Mexico in excess of the Minimum
Mexican Withholding Tax to the extent such excess Taxes have been
imposed as a direct result of: (a) the failure by any Bank to
provide the affected Credit Parties upon request, if and when
required under applicable law, a certificate specifying that such
Bank is the ultimate beneficiary of any interest paid by the
affected Credit Parties pursuant to this Agreement, as set forth in
the
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“
Resolución que Establece Para 2001 Reglas de
Carácter General aplicables a los Impuestos y Derechos
Federales, excepto a los relacionados con el Comercio Exterior
” (as amended from time to time), or any administrative rule;
(b) the failure by any Bank, following a reasonable request of
the affected Credit Parties, to complete and file with the
appropriate Mexican governmental authority, or to provide to the
affected Credit Parties, such forms, certificates, documents,
information, applications, declarations or returns prescribed by
any law, rule or regulation enacted or issued by Mexico or any
political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein, or a
double taxation treaty to which Mexico is a party, that are
necessary to avoid or reduce any such taxes, assessments, duties,
levies or imposts pursuant to the provisions of any such law, rule
or regulation; or (c) the failure by any Bank to maintain
registration with the Mexican Ministry of the Treasury and Public
Finance ( Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito
Público ) as a foreign financial institution for
purposes of paragraph I(a) of Article 195 of the
Mexican Income Tax Law ( Ley del Impuesto Sobre la Renta ),
under Section I of Book I of the Registro de
Bancos, Entidades de Financiamiento, Fondos de Pensiones y
Jubilaciones y Fondos de Inversión del Extranjero
referred to in Article 197 of the Mexican Income Tax
Law or any successor provision thereto; or (d) the
redesignation of a Bank’s Applicable Lending Office.
“ Exchange Rate
” means (i) the rate appearing on the relevant display
page (as determined by the Administrative Agent) on the Reuters
screen for the sale of the applicable Alternate Currency for
Dollars in the London foreign exchange market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) for delivery two (2) Euro-Dollar
Business Days later or if not available (ii) the spot selling
rate at which the Administrative Agent offers to sell such
Alternate Currency for Dollars in the London foreign exchange
market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) for delivery
two Euro-Dollar Business Days later; provided , however,
that if, at the time of any such determination, no such spot rate
can reasonably be quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any
reasonable method (including obtaining quotes from two (2) or
more market makers for the applicable Alternate Currency) as it
deems applicable to determine such rate, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
“ Extension Date
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(b) .
“ Extension Fee
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(d) .
“ Extension
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(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) AMB LP’s Share of Income from Operations of
any Investment Affiliate (plus AMB LP’s Share of real estate
depreciation and amortization expenses of Investment Affiliates),
plus (ii) real estate depreciation and amortization expense
for such period.
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“ Financing
Partnerships ” means any Subsidiary which is
wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by AMB LP or by AMB LP and
AMB, with AMB holding, directly or indirectly other than through
its interest in AMB LP, no more than a 2% economic interest in such
Subsidiary.
“ First Tier JV
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ Fiscal Quarter
” means a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal Year.
“ Fiscal Year
” means the fiscal year of AMB LP and AMB.
“ 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 AMB LP for such period; and (iii)
distributions made by AMB LP in such period to AMB for the purpose
of paying dividends on preferred shares in AMB. If any of the
foregoing Indebtedness is subject to an interest rate cap agreement
purchased by AMB LP, AMB 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
AMB’s or any Consolidated Subsidiary’s common stock be
included in Fixed Charges.
“ 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 the Guarantors’ interests,
without duplication, in Properties located outside the United
States.
“ Fronting Bank
” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., or such other Bank which
has notified the Administrative Agent that it is willing to be a
Fronting Bank and which is designated by Borrower in its Notice of
Borrowing as the Bank which shall issue a Letter of Credit with
respect to such Notice of Borrowing.
“ Fronting Bank
Fee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(c) .
“ 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.
“ Governmental
Acts ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.17(g) .
“ Group of Loans
” means, at any time, a group of Loans consisting of:
(i) all Loans which are Base Rate Loans at such time;
(ii) all Loans which are Canadian Base Rate Loans of the same
Tranche at such time; or (iii) all Euro-Dollar Loans (other
than Canadian Base Rate Loans) in the same currency 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 Sections 9.2 or 9.5 ,
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.
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“ Guaranty
” shall mean the guaranty agreement made by Guarantors in
Article III hereof, as it may be amended or
restated from time to time.
“ HIBOR ”
shall mean, with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Hong Kong Dollars, the average rate designated
“Fixing” at 11:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time), as
displayed on the “HIBOR1=R” page of the Reuters screen
(rounded upwards if necessary to the next higher 1/16 of 1% if the
same is not already such a percentage) (if there is such an average
rate displayed) or the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if
necessary to the next higher 1/16 of 1% if the same is not already
such a percentage) of the quotations in effect at or about
11:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time), as displayed under the heading
“HONG KONG INTERBANK OFFERED RATES (HK DOLLAR)” on the
“HIBOR1=R” page of the Reuters screen (or any such
successor page/source)(if no such average rate is displayed) on the
first day of each Interest Period for Hong Kong Dollar deposits for
a period of the same duration as the relevant Interest Period or,
if such period is not available, for a period as determined by the
Hong Kong Dollars Agent as approximately equal to the duration of
such Interest Period and if in the latter case less than two
quotations are available, the rate quoted by the Reference Bank to
the Hong Kong Dollars Agent at the request of the Hong Kong Dollars
Agent as being the rate which was being offered on deposits of Hong
Kong Dollars in an amount comparable to the relevant advance on the
first day of the relevant Interest Period by prime banks at or
about 11:00 a.m. (Hong Kong time) on such day to such
Reference Bank in the Hong Kong interbank market for delivery on
such day for the number of days comprised in such Interest
Period.
“ Hong Kong
” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the
People’s Republic of China.
“ Hong Kong
Dollars ” and “ HK$ ” means
the lawful money of Hong Kong.
“ Hong Kong Dollars
Agent ” means Banc of America Securities Asia Limited
(formerly BA Asia Limited), a company registered and existing under
the laws of Hong Kong, with its registered office at 2 nd Floor, Bank of
America Tower, Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong, in its capacity
as Hong Kong Dollars Agent.
“ Hong Kong Dollars
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
“Hong Kong Dollars Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15
“ Hong Kong Dollars
Tranche ” means the aggregate principal amount of all
Loans denominated in Hong Kong Dollars as committed, loaned or
issued, as applicable, to Hong Kong Dollars Borrowers.
“ 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.
“ 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 AMB LP or AMB without expressly stating that such
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Indebtedness is to be determined on a consolidated basis, such
“ Indebtedness ” shall only include AMB
LP’s Share of any Indebtedness of a Consolidated
Subsidiary.
“ Indemnitee
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.4(b) .
“ Indian Rupee
” means, with respect to the Rupee Facility, the lawful money
of India.
“ Interbank Offered
Rate ” applicable to any Interest Period means,
(a) with respect to any Euro-Dollar
Loan or Borrowing denominated in Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Euros,
the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/16
of 1%) of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars, Pounds
Sterling or Euros, as applicable, 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 denominated in Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Euros, as
applicable, to which such Interest Period is to apply and for a
period of time comparable to such Interest Period;
(b) with respect to any Euro-Dollar
Loan or Borrowing denominated in Hong Kong Dollars, HIBOR;
(c) with respect to any Euro-Dollar
Loan or Borrowing denominated in Singapore Dollars, the Swap Offer
Rate; and
(d) with respect to any Euro-Dollar
Loan or Borrowing denominated in Canadian Dollars, Canadian LIBOR,
provided , that if Canadian LIBOR cannot be determined for
any Interest Period as provided in this Agreement, then each
Euro-Dollar Loan or Borrowing in Canadian Dollars (except for any
such Loan or Borrowing that has not reached the end of its
then-current Interest Period) shall bear interest at CDOR.
“ 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 AMB LP and AMB, plus AMB LP’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 1, 2, 3, 6, or, if
available from all the Banks, 12 months thereafter (or a
period less than 1 month with the reasonable approval of
Administrative Agent, unless any Bank has previously advised
Administrative Agent and AMB LP that it is unable to enter into
Interbank Offered Rate Contracts for an Interest Period of the same
duration) as a 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;
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(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
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.
“ Intermediate Tier
Entity ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ International
FinCo ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ Intracompany
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness whose obligor and
obligee are AMB LP, AMB or a Consolidated Subsidiary.
“ IntraLinks
” means the IntraLinks digital workspace or any successor
digital workspace or interactive document platform.
“ Investment
Affiliate ” means any Person in whom AMB or AMB LP
holds an equity interest, directly or indirectly, whose financial
results are not consolidated under GAAP with the financial results
of AMB or AMB LP on the consolidated financial statements of AMB
and AMB LP.
“ 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 AMB LP
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 AMB LP
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 credit 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
AMB LP or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation,
certificates of interest in real estate mortgage investment
conduits.
“ Joint Lenders
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ 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 AMB LP and is not controlled by a Joint Venture
Parent.
“ Joint Venture
Parent ” means AMB LP or one or more Financing
Partnerships of AMB LP 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
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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.
“ Junior Creditor
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
17(b)(ii) .
“ JV Non-US Property
Owner ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ Lender Taxes
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4
.
“ Letter of
Credit ” means any stand-by letter of credit (not
including a letter of credit the face amount of which increases
automatically by its terms) or bank guarantee issued by the
Fronting Bank pursuant to Section 2.
2(b) hereof, denominated in Dollars or an Alternate
Currency, either as originally issued or as the same may, from time
to time, be amended or otherwise modified or extended; and “
Letters of Credit ” means one or more such
letters of credit or bank guarantees.
“ Letter of Credit
Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4 .
“ Letter of Credit
Collateral Account ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4 .
“ Letter of Credit
Documents ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.18(a) .
“ Letter of Credit
Fee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b) .
“ Letter of Credit
Sublimit ” shall at no time be more than
$100,000,000.
“ Letter of Credit
Usage ” means at any time the sum of: (i) the
aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn under the Letters of
Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements
for drawing referred to therein; and (ii) the aggregate amount
of the Borrowers’ unpaid obligations under this Agreement in
respect of the Letters of Credit.
“ 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, AMB LP 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 , as well as loans required to be
made by a Bank pursuant to Section 2.17 to
reimburse a Fronting Bank for a Letter of Credit that has been
drawn down, 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; and “Loans” means one
or more such loans.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the
Letter of Credit Documents, any Supplemental Addendum, and the
Qualified Borrower Joinder Agreements.
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“ London Business
Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banks in London, England are authorized by law
to close.
“ 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.
“ 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:
(a) impair the ability of AMB LP, AMB and their Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform their respective
obligations under the Loan Documents; or (b) impair the
ability of the 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 July 16, 2011, unless
otherwise extended in accordance with
Section 2.8(b) or accelerated pursuant to the
terms hereof.
“ Maximum Rate
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6
.
“ Mexico ”
means the United Mexican States.
“ Minimum Mexican
Withholding Tax ” means the lowest rate applicable to
interest payable by Borrowers on a loan granted by a bank,
insurance company or other financial institution that is a resident
of the United States (within the meaning of the tax treaty between
Mexico and the United States), which rate is four point nine
percent (4.9%) as of the date of this Agreement.
“ 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 Offering
Proceeds ” means all cash or other assets received by
AMB or AMB LP 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
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ownership or equity interests in AMB or AMB LP less customary costs
and discounts of issuance paid by AMB or AMB LP, as the case may
be.
“ 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
Base Rate in effect as of the date of such calculation.
“ 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 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
AMB and OP Units or Preferred OP Units (as defined in AMB
LP’s partnership agreement)), plus (ii) reasonable costs
of sale and non-recurring taxes paid or payable in connection with
such purchase or sale.
“ 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 AMB LP or AMB; or (ii) any Consolidated Subsidiary or
Investment Affiliate (provided that if an entity is a partnership,
there is no recourse to AMB LP or AMB as a general partner of such
partnership); provided, however, that personal recourse of AMB LP
or AMB 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 AMB LP or AMB, 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
AMB LP or AMB 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 6.14 .
“ Non-US Property
Owners ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
“ Notes ”
means the promissory notes of the Borrowers substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the
obligation of each such Borrower to repay the Loans, and
“Note” means any one of such promissory notes issued
hereunder.
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” means a notice from a Borrower in
accordance with Section 2.2 .
“ Notice of Interest Rate
Election ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5 .
“ Obligations
” means all obligations, liabilities, indemnity obligations
and Indebtedness of every nature of the Borrowers or the
Guarantors, from time to time owing to the Administrative Agent or
any Bank under or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
“ Other Taxes
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.4(c) .
“ Parent ”
means, with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such
Bank.
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“ Participant
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.7(d) .
“ Payment in Full
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
17(b)(iii) .
“ 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 6.8(h) .
“ 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 AMB LP’s
owner’s title insurance policies, except in connection with
any Indebtedness, for any of AMB LP’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 AMB LP 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 AMB, AMB LP, or any Subsidiary, or
(ii) Liens which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings for review and in
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respect of
which there shall have been 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 AMB LP 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 AMB LP, AMB 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.
“ Pounds Sterling
” of “ £ ” means the lawful
money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
“ Pounds Sterling
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
“Pounds Sterling Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15
“ Pounds Sterling
Tranche ” means the aggregate principal amount or
face amount of all Loans and Letters of Credit denominated in
Pounds Sterling as committed, loaned or issued, as applicable, to
Pounds Sterling Borrowers.
“ 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.
“ Prime Rate
” means the rate of interest publicly announced by the
Administrative Agent from time to time as its Prime Rate (it being
understood that the same shall not necessarily be the best rate
offered by the Administrative Agent to customers).
“ Principal Financial
Center ” means, when used in reference to an
Alternate Currency, (a) in the case of Hong Kong Dollars, Hong
Kong, (b) in the case of Singapore Dollars, Singapore;
(c) in the case of Canadian Dollars, Toronto, Canada,
(d) in the case of Pounds Sterling, London, England, and
(e) in the case of Euros, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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“ 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 or Currency Commitment in respect of any
Tranche or commitment under the Rupee Facility, as applicable, and
the denominator of which shall be the aggregate amount of all of
the Banks’ Commitments or Currency Commitments in respect of
any Tranche or commitment under the Rupee Facility, as applicable,
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
Borrower ” means, at any date, any entity, which
entity may be organized in the United States or outside of the
United States, of which a Guarantor (or a Person owned and
controlled by a Guarantor) (a) is the sole general partner or
managing member, or (b) otherwise exercises control over such
entity (each, a “ Controlling Requirement
”), the indebtedness of which entity can be guaranteed by
such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of its Constituent Documents.
With respect to any Qualified Borrower whose Obligations are
unconditionally guaranteed by a Guarantor in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the Controlling Requirements shall be
waived at any time with respect to such Qualified Borrower to the
extent: (i) a Guarantor guarantee continues with respect to
the Obligations of such Qualified Borrower, (ii) such
Qualified Borrower has otherwise satisfied the requirements for a
Borrower under the Facility set forth in Section 6.15
, (iii) at such time, all principal Obligations of such
Qualified Borrower shall have been outstanding for not less than
forty (40) days; and (iv) subsequent to such time, no
additional Loans or issuances of Letter of Credit may be made to
such Qualified Borrower; provided , however , all
Obligations of such Qualified Borrower shall be repaid, and
borrowing availability to such Qualified Borrower shall be
terminated, within twenty (20) days of the date such Qualified
Borrower ceased to satisfy at least one of the Controlling
Requirements.
“ Qualified Borrower
Joinder Agreements ” means collectively, the one or
more Qualified Borrower Joinder Agreements, among Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the Banks) and a Qualified Borrower relating to
a Qualified Borrower which is to become a Borrower hereunder at any
time on or after the date of this Agreement, the form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B .
“ Qualified Borrower
Joinder Documents ” means, collectively, the
Qualified Borrower Joinder Agreements and all documents,
instruments and certificates required by such Qualified Borrower
Joinder Agreements to be delivered pursuant to the terms
thereof.
“ 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 by Moody’s or a comparable rating by a
rating agency acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and
(B) has total assets in excess of Ten Billion Dollars
($10,000,000,000).
“ Quotation Day
” means, the day falling two (2) Euro-Dollar Business
Days before the first day of an Interest Period.
“ 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.
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“ Reference Bank
” means: (a) in connection with HIBOR, Bank of America,
Hong Kong branch, or such other bank(s) as may be appointed from
time to time by the Hong Kong Dollars Agent (acting on the
instructions of the Majority Banks) and agreed to by the Guarantors
(which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld) for the
purpose of this Agreement; (b) in connection with the Swap
Offer Rate, Bank of America, Singapore branch, or such other
bank(s) as may be appointed from time to time by the Singapore
Dollars Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks)
and agreed to by the Guarantors (which agreement shall not be
unreasonably withheld) for the purpose of this Agreement; and
(c) in connection with CDOR, the Canadian Prime Rate, and the
Canadian Base Rate, Bank of America, N.A., acting by its Canada
branch, or such other bank(s) as may be appointed from time to time
by the Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the
Majority Banks) and agreed to by the Guarantors (which agreement
shall not be unreasonably withheld) for the purpose of this
Agreement.
“ Register
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.7(c) .
“
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.
“ Rupee Facility
” means that certain credit facility entered into by and
among the Guarantors, certain Lenders and the borrowers named
therein on or after the Closing Date with respect to loans and
letters of credit (or bank guaranties) denominated in Indian
Rupees, and the Administrative Agent shall be notified in writing
by the lenders in such facility (or by the administrative agent for
such facility on behalf of all such lenders) upon the effective
date of the Rupee Facility with respect to the effectiveness of the
Rupee Facility.
“ Rupee Letter of Credit
Usage ” shall mean the amount equal to sum of:
(x) the aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn under
letters of credit or bank guaranties then outstanding and issued
pursuant to the Rupee Facility, assuming compliance with all
requirements for drawing referred to therein; and (y) the
aggregate amount of the Borrowers’ unpaid obligations under
the Rupee Facility in respect of such letters of credit or bank
guaranties.
“ S&P ”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“ Screen Rate
” means the rate per annum for the relevant period displayed
on page ABSIRFIX01 of the Reuters screen (or such other page as may
replace that page for the purpose of displaying Singapore
inter-bank swap offer rates of leading reference banks, or as the
case may be, the arithmetic mean of such rates) or, if that
services ceases to be available, on page 50157 of the Telerate
screen under the caption “ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN SINGAPORE
SIBOR AND SWAP OFFER RATE FIXING AT 11:00 A.M. SINGAPORE
TIME” (or such other page as may replace that page for the
purpose of displaying Singapore inter-bank swap offer rates of
leading reference banks or, as the case may be, the arithmetic mean
of such rates).
“ Second Tier Funding
Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.14 .
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“ 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 AMB or AMB LP, plus AMB LP’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 AMB or AMB LP, 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 AMB or AMB
LP on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, any Cash or
Cash Equivalents or any evidence of the Obligations.
“ Senior Debt
” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
17(b)(iv) .
“ Singapore
” means the Republic of Singapore.
“ Singapore
Dollars ” or “ S$ ” means
the lawful money of Singapore.
“ Singapore Dollars
Agent ” means Bank of America, Singapore branch, a
national banking association registered and existing under the laws
of the United States, acting through its registered office at 9
Raffles Place, Number 18-00 Republic Plaza, Tower 1, Singapore
048619, in its capacity as Singapore Dollars Agent.
“ Singapore Dollars
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
“Singapore Dollars Borrower” on
Schedule 6.15.
“ Singapore Dollars
Tranche ” means the aggregate principal amount of all
Loans denominated in Singapore Dollars as committed, loaned or
issued, as applicable, to Singapore Dollars Borrowers.
“ Solvent ”
means, with respect to any Person, that the fair saleable value of
such Person’s assets exceeds the Indebtedness of such
Person.
“ Subordinated
Debt ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10. 17(b)(v) .
“ 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
AMB LP or AMB.
“ Subsidiary Operating
Partnership ” shall mean a limited liability company
or limited partnership in which the only interest therein not owned
(directly or indirectly) by AMB LP and/or AMB shall be preference
interests or preference units, respectively.
“ Substantially
Controlled by AMB LP ” means, with respect to any
action, that such action is substantially controlled by AMB LP as
contemplated under Section 6.14 .
“ Supplemental
Addendum ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.19 .
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“ Supplemental
Borrower ” means a Borrower listed under the heading
associated with a Supplemental Tranche on
Schedule 6.15.
“ Supplemental
Currency ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.19 .
“ Supplemental
Tranche ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.19 .
“ Supplemental Tranche
Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.19 .
“ Supplemental Tranche
Request ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.19 .
“ Swap Offer Rate
” means, with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Singapore Dollars:
(a) the applicable Screen Rate as of
11:00 a.m. (Singapore time) on the Quotation Day for the
displaying of the swap rate for a period comparable to the Interest
Period for that Loan; or
(b) (if no Screen Rate is available
for the Interest Period of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the
rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as supplied to the
Singapore Dollars Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Bank
to leading banks in the Singapore interbank market, to be in
relation for the Interest Period for that Loan equal to Y (rounded
upwards to four decimal places) calculated in accordance with the
following formula:
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