Exhibit 10.2
LOAN AGREEMENT
Between
GTY MD LEASING,
INC.,
a Delaware corporation
GETTY PROPERTIES
CORP.,
a Delaware corporation
GETTY REALTY CORP.,
a Maryland corporation
and
TD BANK, N.A.
Dated as of September 25,
2009
LOAN
AGREEMENT
This Loan Agreement (“
Agreement ”) is dated this 25 th day of
September, 2009, by and between GTY MD LEASING, INC. , a
Delaware corporation (“ SPE Owner ”), GETTY
PROPERTIES CORP. , a Delaware Corporation (“ Getty
Properties ”), GETTY REALTY CORP., a Maryland
corporation (“ Company ”), and TD Bank, N.A . , a national
banking association (“ Lender ”).
RECITALS
A. Company,
Getty Properties and SPE Owner desire to establish financing
arrangements with Lender and Lender is willing to make a term loan
to Company, Getty Properties and SPE Owner under the terms and
provisions hereinafter set forth.
B. The
parties desire to define the terms and conditions of their
relationship in writing.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION I
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
1.1.
Terms Defined . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the following respective meanings:
Adjusted LIBOR Rate - For each LIBOR Interest Period, a per annum
interest rate determined pursuant to the following
formula:
Adjusted LIBOR Rate
=
London Interbank Offered Rate
1 minus the LIBOR Reserve Percentage
Affiliate - With respect to a specified Person, another
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
Anti-Terrorism Laws - Any statute, treaty, law (including common
law), ordinance, regulation, rule, order, opinion, release,
injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental Authority
relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive
Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act.
Applicable Margin - Three and one tenth percent
(3.10%).
Approved Acquisition Add-Backs
- Costs incurred by the Company or
its Subsidiaries in connection with acquisitions which costs are
expensed rather than capitalized, in accordance with GAAP and which
are approved as additions to EBITDA and FFO by Lender; provided,
however, that Lender will not withhold its approval if such
additions to EBITDA and FFO are approved in accordance with the
Company Credit Agreement.
Bank Affiliate - With respect to Lender, any Person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with Lender. For purposes of
this definition only, “control” of a Person shall mean
the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote 25% or more of any class
of Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar
functions for any such Person, or (y) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by
ownership of Capital Stock, contract or otherwise.
Bankruptcy Code – Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now or hereinafter in effect,
or any successor statute.
Base Rate - On any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greatest of (i) The “Prime Rate” of interest as
published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall
Street Journal on the applicable date (or the highest
“Prime Rate” if more than one is published) as such
rate may change from time to time, provided, however, that
if The Wall Street Journal ceases to be
published or goes on strike or is otherwise not published, Lender
may use a similar published prime rate or (ii) the Federal Funds
Rate in effect on such day plus one-half of one percent
(½%).
Base Rate Loan – That portion of the Term Loan accruing
interest based on a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate,
if applicable.
Blocked Person - Section 5.17.
Board -
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
Borrower - Company, Getty Properties and SPE Owner,
individually and collectively, and jointly and
severally.
Business Day – (i) A day other than Saturday
or Sunday when Lender is open for business in the Commonwealth of
Virginia; or (ii) if the Term Loan is LIBOR Rate Loan, any day
which is a Business Day as described in clause (i) and which is
also a day for trading by and between banks in dollar deposits in
the London interbank market.
Capital Lease Obligations - Of any Person means the
obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such
obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP. The term “Capital Lease” shall
mean a lease meeting the requirements of this
definition.
Capital Stock - Any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests
in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Cash Equivalents - Short-term investments in liquid accounts, such
as money-market funds, bankers acceptances, certificates of deposit
and commercial paper.
Control - The possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling” and “Controlled” have
meanings correlative thereto.
Change in Control - (a) The acquisition of ownership, directly or
indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of
Equity Interests representing more than 30% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of Company; or (b) occupation of a majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of
Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of
directors of Company or by a majority of any nominating committee
appointed by such board of directors for the purpose of nominating
directors for election to such board nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated nor (iii) directors on September 25,
2009.
Closing - As defined in Section 4.6.
Closing Date - As defined in Section 4.6.
Code -
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
Company Credit Agreement - The $175,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 27, 2007, by and between Company, the Lenders party thereto
from time to time, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent and Charter One Bank as Syndication Agent, as the same may be
amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from time to
time.
Contracts - All of the right, title, and interest
of SPE Owner, if any, including equitable rights, in,
to, and under any and all contracts and agreements relating in any
way or manner to any part of the Mortgage Property, whether such
contracts are now or at any time hereafter existing including but
not limited to the following: (i) all rights under the
comfort letter executed in connection with the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, (ii) all other contracts for the purchase and/or sale of
all or any portion of the Mortgage Property, whether such Contracts
are now or at any time hereafter existing, including but without
limitation, any and all earnest money or other deposits escrowed or
to be escrowed or letters of credit provided or to be provided by
the purchasers under the Contracts, including all amendments and
supplements to and renewals and extensions of the Contracts at any
time made, and together with all payments, earnings, income, and
profits arising from the sale of all or any portion of the Mortgage
Property or from the Contracts and all other sums due or to become
due under and pursuant thereto and together with any and all
earnest money, security, letters of credit or other deposits under
any of the Contracts; (iii) contracts, licenses, permits, and
rights relating to living unit equivalents or other entitlements
with respect to water, wastewater, and other utility services
whether executed, granted, or issued by a Person, which are
directly or indirectly related to, or connected with, the
development, ownership, maintenance or operation of the Mortgage
Property, whether such contracts, licenses, and permits are now or
at any time thereafter existing, including without limitation, any
and all rights of living unit equivalents or other entitlements
with respect to water, wastewater, and other utility services,
certificates, licenses, zoning variances, permits, and no-action
letters from each Governmental Authority required: (a) to evidence
compliance by SPE Owner and all improvements constructed or to be
constructed on the Mortgage Property with all legal requirements
applicable to the Mortgage Property; and (b) to develop and/or
operate the Mortgage Property as a commercial and/or residential
project, as the case may be; (iv) any and all right, title, and
interest SPE Owner may have in any financing arrangements relating
to the financing of or the purchase of all or any portion of the
Mortgaged Property by future purchasers; and (v) all other
contracts which in any way relate to the use, enjoyment, occupancy,
operation, maintenance, repair, management or ownership of the
Mortgage Property (save and except any and all leases, subleases,
or other agreements pursuant to which SPE Owner is granted a
possessory interest in the Land), including but not limited to
engineers contracts, architects contracts, construction contracts,
maintenance agreements, equipment leases, personal property leases,
management agreements and service contracts.
Conversion Date - If any, the date on which the Term Loan
converts to the Secured Loan.
Conversion LTV - With respect to the Term Loan, as of the
Conversion Date, a loan to value ratio of not less than 60% based
on appraised value of the Mortgage Properties as set forth in
appraisals ordered and approved by Lender.
Conversion Margin - If the Secured Loan Maturity Date is 5 years
from the Conversion Date 3.00% and if the Secured Loan Maturity
Date is 7 years from the Conversion Date 3.25%.
DAG Entity - White Oak Petroleum, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
DAG Lease - That certain Unitary Net Lease Agreement, dated
as on or about the date hereof, by and between SPE Owner and the
DAG Entity, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or
replaced from time to time.
Debt Service - As of any date of determination,
Borrower’s payments of principal and interest with respect to
the Obligations payable during the applicable period.
Deed of Trust – That certain Deed of Trust, Assignment
and Security Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, executed
by SPE Owner in favor of Lender on or prior to Closing Date, which
shall encumber the Mortgage Properties, as the same may be amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
Default - Any event, act, condition or occurrence which
with notice, or lapse of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default hereunder.
EBITDA -
For any Person or Property, the consolidated net income of such
Person and its Subsidiaries or Property, as the case may be, after
deduction for environmental expenses (without duplication) and
adjusted for straight-line rents, plus income taxes, interest,
depreciation, amortization and Approved Acquisition Add-Backs, and
calculated exclusive of (i) gains or losses on sales of operating
real estate and marketable securities, (ii) other extraordinary
items and (iii) non-cash impairments taken in accordance with GAAP,
all determined in accordance with GAAP.
EBITDAR - For Company and its Subsidiaries, EBITDA plus
rent expense of Company and its Subsidiaries, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Eligible Ground Lease - Any Property with a ground lease which (a) has
a remaining term (including any renewal options exercisable at the
sole option of the lessee) of at least twenty (20) years; (b) may
be transferred and/or assigned by the lessee either without the
consent of the lessor or with the consent of the lessor so long as
the lease provides that such consent is not to be unreasonably
withheld; (c) contains customary lender protection provisions which
provide or allow for, without the consent of the lessor, (i) notice
and cure rights, (ii) pledge and mortgage of the leasehold
interest, (iii) recognition of a foreclosure of leasehold interests
including entering into a new lease with the Lender and (iv) no
right of landlord to terminate without the consent of
lessor’s lender. In addition, “Eligible Ground
Leases” shall include such other Properties with ground
leases as are, upon Company’s request, approved as
“Eligible Ground Leases” by Lender in its sole
discretion from time to time.
Eligible Leasehold Property
- Those Properties described in
Schedule 1, as such Schedule 1 may be revised by Company, from time
to time, upon approval by Lender.
Environmental Laws - means all laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any
Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
release or threatened release of any Materials of Environmental
Concern.
Equity Interests - Shares of capital stock, partnership interests,
membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a
Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the
holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest.
Equity Issuance - Any issuance or sale by a Person of its Capital
Stock or other similar equity security, or any warrants, options or
similar rights to acquire, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for, such Capital Stock or other similar equity
security.
ERISA -
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same
may be amended, from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate - Any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with Company, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
ERISA Event - (a) Any “reportable event”, as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued
thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which
the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect
to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as
defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA),
whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of
the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver
of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination
of any Plan; (e) the receipt by Company or any ERISA Affiliate from
the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an
intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by Company or any of its
ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or
partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the
receipt by Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the
receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal
Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning
of Title IV of ERISA.
Event of Default - As defined in Section 8.1.
Excluded Taxes - With respect to Lender or any other recipient
of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of
Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or
measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by
the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located
or by another jurisdiction as a result of a present or former
connection between Lender and such other jurisdiction, (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which Borrower is
located.
Executive Order No. 13224 - The Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist
Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or
shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or
replaced.
Expenses - As defined in Section 10.6.
Federal Funds Rate - For any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100
th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the next
succeeding Business Day or if such rate is not so published for any
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100
th of 1% of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by Lender from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by the Lender.
FFO -
Funds from operations, which shall mean consolidated net income of
Company and its Subsidiaries plus the sum, without duplication, of
depreciation and amortization and Approved Acquisition Add-Backs,
exclusive of any gain or loss from debt restructuring or property
sales plus or minus, as applicable, other non-cash charges and
expenses.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
- As of the date of determination,
the ratio of (a) EBITDAR for the most recently ended
fiscal quarter, to (b) the sum of all interest incurred (accrued,
paid or capitalized) plus all regularly scheduled principal
payments with respect to Indebtedness (excluding optional
prepayments and balloon principal payments due on maturity in
respect of any Indebtedness) paid, plus rent expense, dividends on
preferred stock or minority interest distributions for such fiscal
quarter, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
GAAP -
Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United
States of America on the Closing Date applied in a manner
materially consistent with the most recent audited financial
statements of Company furnished to Lender and described in Section
5.4 herein.
Governmental Authority - The government of the United States
of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
GPMI Lease --The Consolidated, Amended and
Restated Master Lease, dated as of November 2, 2000, between Getty
Properties., as Landlord, and Getty Petroleum Marketing Inc., as
tenant, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time.
Hazardous Substances - Any substances defined or designated as
hazardous or toxic waste, hazardous or toxic material, hazardous or
toxic substance or similar term, under any Environmental
Law.
Hedging Agreements - Any Interest Hedging Instrument or any other
interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange
agreement, commodity purchase or option agreement, or any other
interest rate hedging device or swap agreement (as defined in 11
U.S.C. § 101 et. seq. ).
Indebtedness - Of any Person means, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money
or with respect to unfunded deposits or advances of any kind, (b)
all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person
upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,
(e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts
payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person,
whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed,
(g) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h)
all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in
respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of
bankers’ acceptances and (k) net obligations arising under
Hedging Agreements (to the extent required to be reflected on the
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), exclusive,
however, of all accounts payable, accrued interest and expenses,
prepaid rents, security deposits and dividends and distributions
declared but not yet paid. The Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with
such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness
provide that such Person is not liable therefor. Indebtedness shall
not include any Intracompany Indebtedness. “Intracompany
Indebtedness” means any indebtedness whose obligor and
obligee are Company, Borrower and/or any Subsidiary of Company or
Borrower.
Indemnified Taxes - Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Interest Hedging Instrument
- Any documentation evidencing any
interest rate swap, interest “cap” or
“collar” or any other interest rate hedging device or
swap agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101 et.
seq. ) between Borrower and Lender (or any Affiliate of
Lender) with respect to the Term Loan.
IRS -
Internal Revenue Service.
Kleinfelder Agreement - Collectively, the following documents which
pertain to the monitoring and remediation of environmental
contamination on the Land: (i) that certain Master
Services Agreement for Environmental Services, dated on or about
the date hereof, by and between Kleinfelder East, Inc., a
California corporation, and DAG Enterprises, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, as same may be amended or assigned, and
(ii) any work orders or change orders issued in relation to such
Master Services Agreement.
Land -Collectively, all of SPE Owner’s right,
title and fee interest in and to all of those certain real
properties or interests more particularly therein described in
Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference, together with all rights, titles, interests and
privileges of SPE Owner in and to (i) all streets, ways, roads,
alleys, easements, rights of way, licenses, rights of ingress and
egress, vehicle parking rights and public places, existing or
proposed, abutting, adjacent, used in connection with or pertaining
to such real property or the improvements thereon; (ii) any strips
or gores of real property between such real property and abutting
or adjacent properties; (iii) all water and water rights, timber,
crops, pertaining to such real property; and (iv) all appurtenances
and all reversions and remainders in or to such real
property.
Legal Requirements - Any and all (i) present and future judicial
decisions, statutes (including PMPA and Environmental Laws), laws,
rulings, rules, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees,
permits, certificates or ordinances of any Governmental Authority
in any way applicable to Borrower or the Mortgage Property,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
ownership, use, occupancy, possession, operation, maintenance,
alteration, repair or reconstruction thereof; (ii) covenants,
conditions and restrictions contained in any deeds, other forms of
conveyance or in any other instruments of any nature that relate in
any way or are applicable to the Mortgage Property or the
ownership, use or occupancy thereof; (iii) presently or
subsequently effective bylaws and articles of incorporation,
operating agreement and articles of organization or partnership,
limited partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business
association agreement of Borrower; and (iv) leases, above, and
other contracts (written or oral), of any nature that relate in any
way to the Mortgage Property and to which Borrower may be bound,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
lease or other contract pursuant to which Borrower is granted a
possessory interest in and to the Mortgage Property.
LIBOR Interest Period - A period of one month; provided however, (i)
if any LIBOR Interest Period would end on a day which is not a
Business Day, such LIBOR Interest Period shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day (except that where the next succeeding
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then on
the next preceding Business Day), (ii) no LIBOR Interest Period
shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (iii) any
LIBOR Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such LIBOR
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant
calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period.
LIBOR Rate Loan - The Term Loan when interest is accruing based
on a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate.
LIBOR Reserve Percentage - For any day, that percentage (expressed as a
decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D,
as such regulation may be amended from time to time or any
successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement
(including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency,
special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to
Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D
(or against any other category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate of the LIBOR Rate
Loan is determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency
liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that
time. The LIBOR Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to
reserve requirements without benefits of credits for proration,
exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to
Lender. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
LIBOR Reserve Percentage.
Lien -
With respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset other than Permitted Encumbrances, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of
securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third
party with respect to such securities.
Loan Documents – Collectively, this Agreement, the Term
Loan Note, the Deed of Trust and all agreements, instruments and
documents executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, all as
may be supplemented, restated, superseded, amended or replaced from
time to time.
London Interbank Offered Rate
- With respect to the LIBOR Rate Loan
for any LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of
interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100 of 1%) equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“BBA LIBOR”) as published by Bloomberg (or such other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as
designated by Lender from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR
Interest Period for a term comparable to such LIBOR Interest
Period; provided however, if more than one BBA LIBOR Rate is
specified, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all
such rates. If, for any reason, such rate is not
available, the term London Interbank Offered Rate shall mean, with
respect to the LIBOR Rate Loan for the LIBOR Interest Period
applicable thereto, the rate of interest per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by
Lender to be the average rates per annum at which deposits in
dollars are offered for such LIBOR Interest Period to major banks
in the London Interbank market in London, England at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) 2 Business Days prior to the first
day of such LIBOR Interest Period for a term comparable to such
LIBOR Interest Period.
Materials of Environmental Concern
- Any gasoline or petroleum
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products
or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes defined
or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including
asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, explosive or radioactive
substances, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes.
Material Adverse Effect - A material adverse effect on (a) the business,
assets, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or, with respect to Section
2.6(c), the DAG Entity, or (b) the rights of or benefits available
to Lender under this Agreement.
Material Indebtedness - Indebtedness (other than the Term Loan), or
obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any
one or more of Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $15,000,000 with respect for
Indebtedness that is recourse to Company or $20,000,000, with
respect to Indebtedness that is without recourse to
Company. For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Hedging
Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving
effect to any netting agreements) that Company or such Subsidiary
would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated
at such time.
Minimum Interest Rate - Three and one half percent (3.5%).
Mortgage Property or Mortgage
Properties - means, in
each case, the Land and all buildings and improvements now or
hereafter located thereon and owned by SPE Owner, and all other
“Mortgaged Property”, as such term is defined in the
Deed of Trust. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Mortgage Property” shall be expressly defined as
meaning all or, where the context permits or requires, any part of
the above and all or, where the context permits or requires, any
interest therein.
Mortgage Property Litigation
- Collectively, (i) the Complaint for
Declaratory Injunctive Relief/Action Affecting Re Property (the
“ Duncan Complaint ”) naming Duncan Services,
Inc, and certain other dealers as plaintiffs (the “
Plaintiffs ”), and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation as a
defendant, filed on or about September 23, 2009 in the Unites
States District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern
Division, which names the following Mortgage Properties (each an
“ Affected Property ” or, collectively, the
“ Affected Properties ”): 8850 Gorman Road,
Laurel, MD; 4040 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD; 6411 Coventry
Way, Clinton, MD; 11055 Baltimore Blvd, Beltsville, MD; 10405
Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD; 8901 Central Avenue, Capitol
Heights MD; 3384 Fort Meade Rd., Laurel MD; 5921 Marlboro Pike,
District Heights, MD; and 6117 Baltimore Avenue, Riverdale, MD.,
and (ii) any other lawsuit or legal proceeding filed by any
Plaintiff against Borrower and naming any of the Affected
Properties.
Mortgage Property Litigation Release
Payment - With respect to
each Affected Property released or conveyed as a result of a full
and final disposition of the Mortgage Property Litigation as
described in Section 2.6(c) hereof, an amount equal to Release
Amount for such Affected Property multiplied by 150%.
Multiemployer Plan - A multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Net Operating Income - For any applicable period, the amount by which
payments made to SPE Owner under the DAG Lease during such period,
or any other income from operations received by the SPE Owner
during such period, exceed ordinary and customary operating
expenses of the Mortgage Properties during such
period. Operating expenses of the Mortgage Properties
include, without limitation, (a) management fees applicable to the
Mortgage Properties for such period in an amount not to
exceed the greater of (1) the actual management fees paid over such
period, or (2) the amount which is 3% of gross income (determined
in accordance GAAP) of the Mortgage Properties for such period, (b)
other actual ordinary and customary operating expenses of the
Mortgage Properties during such period, and (c) other ordinary and
customary operating expenses of the Mortgage Properties which are
not incurred during the applicable period, but which recur
annually, included, but not limited to, taxes and insurance
premiums applicable to the Mortgage Properties. Lender
reserves the right to establish such reserves or make such
adjustments to the foregoing calculation as it shall deem
appropriate or necessary in the exercise of its sole and
commercially reasonable discretion. Ordinary and
customary operating expenses shall not include expenses for
depreciation, amortization and debt service payments and any other
non-cash expenses, nor payments for capital expenditures, building
improvements and tenant improvements. Operating expenses paid by
the DAG Entity under the DAG Lease shall be excluded from the
forgoing calculations.
NOI to Debt Service Ratio - As of any date of determination, the ratio of
Net Operating Income for the most recently ended fiscal quarter to
Debt Service for such fiscal quarter.
Non-consolidated Affiliate
- An Affiliate of Company, in which
Company, directly or indirectly through ownership of one or more
intermediary entities, owns an Equity Interest but that is not
required in accordance with GAAP to be consolidated with Company
for financial reporting purposes.
Obligations - All existing and future debts, liabilities and
obligations of every kind or nature at any time owing by Borrower
to Lender or any other subsidiary of Lender or a Bank Affiliate
under this Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or Interest Hedging
Instrument with Lender or a Bank Affiliate or any other Loan
Document, whether joint or several, related or unrelated, primary
or secondary, matured or contingent, due or to become due
(including debts, liabilities and obligations obtained by
assignment), and whether principal, interest, fees, indemnification
obligations hereunder or Expenses (specifically including interest
accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar proceeding with respect to Borrower, whether or not a claim
for such post-commencement interest is allowed), including, without
limitation, debts, liabilities and obligations in respect of the
Term Loan and any extensions, modifications, substitutions,
increases and renewals thereof; any amount payable by Borrower or
any Subsidiary of Borrower pursuant to an Interest Hedging
Instrument; and all Expenses incurred by Lender or any other
subsidiary of Lender or a Bank Affiliate, together with other
debts, liabilities or obligations owing to Lender or any other
subsidiary of Lender or a Bank Affiliate in connection with any
lockbox, cash management, or other services (including electronic
funds transfers or automated clearing house transactions) provided
by Lender or any other subsidiary of Lender or a Bank Affiliate to
Borrower.
Other Taxes - means any and all present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect
to, this Agreement.
PBGC -
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Permitted Encumbrances - Any of the following:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being
contested in compliance with Section 6.4;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in
the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are
not overdue by more than 60 days or are being contested in
compliance with Section 6.4;
(c)
pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance
and other social security laws or regulations or to secure
liabilities to other insurance carrier;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases,
statutory obligations, purchase contracts, construction contracts,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of
a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of
Default under clause (k) of Section 8.1;
(f) (i)
with respect to any Property (including, but not limited to, the
Mortgage Properties), easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way
and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising
in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary
obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the
affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of
business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) with
respect to any Mortgaged Property, any matter listed or described
in the owner’s title insurance policies of Borrower provided
by SPE Owner to Lender prior to the date hereof;
(g) 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 Indebtedness secured thereby, does not
give rise to an Event of Default;
(h) (x)
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 Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (y) Liens which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings for review and in 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 forefeiture;
(i) Liens
on Property of Company or its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness
which may be incurred or remain outstanding without resulting in an
Event of Default hereunder;
(j) Liens
in favor of Company or any Subsidiary of Company against any asset
of Company or any Subsidiary or Non-consolidated Affiliate of
Company;
(k) Leases
that are not Capital Leases; and
(l) Liens
or other encumbrances of tenants of Company or its
Subsidiaries.
Permitted Investments - Any of the following:
(a) owning,
leasing and operating gasoline station or convenience store
properties, and related petroleum distribution terminals, and other
retail real property and other related business activities,
including the creation or acquisition of any interest in any
Subsidiary (or entity that following such creation or acquisition
would be a Subsidiary), for the purpose of owning, leasing and
operating gasoline station or convenience store properties, and
related petroleum distribution terminals, and other retail real
property, and other related business activities;
(b) acquisitions
of mortgages, provided that the aggregate amount of all such
investments in mortgages shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the
Total Asset Value;
(c) investments
in unimproved land, provided that the aggregate amount of all such
investments in unimproved land shall not exceed five percent (5%)
of the Total Asset Value;
(d) investments
in marketable securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE), the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) or NASDAQ (National
Market System Issues only), provided that the aggregate amount of
such investments shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Total
Asset Value;
(e) investments
in Non-consolidated Affiliates (excluding marketable securities
described in clause (d) above), provided that the aggregate amount
of such investments shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Total
Asset Value; and
(f) investments
in real property under development (i.e., a property which is being
developed for which a certificate of occupancy has not been
issued), provided that the aggregate amount of all such investments
in development property shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the
Total Asset Value.
Person -
Any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
Plan -
Any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Company
or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
PMPA -
The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2801 et
seq.
Principal Officer - The President, the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller or a Vice President of
Company or SPE Owner.
Property or Properties - The real property, including the Mortgage
Properties, owned by Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, or in
which Company or any of its Subsidiaries has a leasehold
interest.
Purchase and Sale Agreement
- That certain Agreement of Purchase
and Sale dated December 12, 2008, between Seller and DAG
Enterprises, Inc., pursuant to which Seller agreed to sell and DAG
Enterprises, Inc. agreed to purchase certain property, including
but not limited to, the Mortgage Properties, as such agreement has
been amended and assigned.
Qualified Real Estate Assets
- Any Property that is (a) either (i)
wholly owned, (ii) ground leased under an Eligible Ground Lease by
Company and its Subsidiaries or (iii) an Eligible Leasehold
Property; (b) is not subject to any liens other than Permitted
Encumbrances or, other than with respect to any Eligible Leasehold
Property, to any agreement that prohibits the creation of any lien
thereon as security for indebtedness of Company, (c) other than
with respect to an Eligible Leasehold Property, is not subject to
any agreement, including the organizational documents of the owner
of the asset, which limits, in any way, the ability of Company to
create any lien thereon as security for indebtedness, (d) is free
from material structural defects and material title defects and (e)
except for those properties leased by Company to Getty Petroleum
Marketing Inc. or any affiliate of GPM Investments, LLC, is free
from any material environmental condition that impairs, in any
material respect, the operation and use of such premises for its
intended purpose.
Recording Event - The occurrence of an Event of Default under
this Agreement or the occurrence of a Material Monetary Default, as
such term is defined in the GPMI Lease.
Release Amount - With respect to any Mortgage Property, amount
set forth on the Schedule of Release Amounts attached
hereto.
Release Payment - With respect to any Mortgage Property to be
released pursuant to Section 3.2, an amount equal to the Release
Amount multiplied by 125%.
Regulation D - Regulation D of the Board comprising Part 204
of Title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, and any
successor thereto.
Requirement of Law – As to any Person, each law, treaty, rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
SEC -
The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Secured Indebtedness - All Indebtedness of Company and its
Subsidiaries which is secured by a Lien on any Properties including
the Term Loan, from and after the occurrence of a Recording Event
or conversion to the Secured Loan.
Secured Loan Maturity Date
- From the Conversion Date, at the
election of SPE Owner, a date that is either 5 or 7 years from the
Conversion Date.
Secured Recourse Indebtedness
- All Secured Indebtedness except
Indebtedness with respect to which recourse for payment is
contractually limited (except for customary exclusions) to the
specific Property encumbered by the Lien securing such Indebtedness
and other than Indebtedness fully collateralized by cash or Cash
Equivalents and recourse is limited to such cash or Cash
Equivalents.
Seller -
ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, a New York corporation, and ExxonMobil
Corporation, a New Jersey corporation.
Subsidiary - means, with respect to any Person (the
“parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association or other entity the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in
the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such
financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of
such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership
interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b)
that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or
one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or
more subsidiaries of the parent. For all purposes under
this Agreement, SPE Owner shall be considered, in all respects, a
Subsidiary of Company.
Subsidiary Indebtedness - All Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries of the
Company owing to Persons other than Company or any other Subsidiary
of Company, which Indebtedness is not secured by a Lien on any
income, Capital Stock, property or other asset of a Subsidiary of
Company, including, the Indebtedness of SPE Owner in connection
with the Term Loan.
Tangible Net Worth - The sum of the shareholders’ equity of
Company and its Subsidiaries minus goodwill, trademarks,
tradenames, licenses and other intangible assets (as shown on the
balance sheet of Company), as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
Taxes or
Tax - Any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any
Governmental Authority.
Term Loan - As defined in Section 2.1(a).
Term Loan Maturity Date - September 25, 2012.
Term Loan Note - As defined in Section 2.1 (b).
Term Loan Closing Fee - As defined in Section 2.5(a).
Title Company - Stewart Title Guaranty Company or such other
national title company, licensed to operate in the State of
Maryland, selected by Borrower and acceptable to Lender in its
reasonable discretion.
Title Insurance - One or more title insurance commitments,
binders or policies, as Lender may reasonably require, issued by
the Title Company, on a coinsurance or reinsurance basis (with
direct access endorsement or rights) if and as reasonably required
by Lender, in the maximum amount of the Loan insuring or committing
to insure that the Deed of Trust constitutes a valid first lien
covering the applicable Mortgage Property and the improvements
thereon, subject only to the exceptions listed thereon and agreed
to by Lender in its sole discretion.
Total Asset Value - As of any relevant date, the sum of, without
duplication, (i) for Properties owned or leased for one full
quarter or more, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) EBITDA for
such Properties for the most recently concluded fiscal quarter
multiplied by 4 by (b) 10.50%, (ii) for Properties owned or leased
for less than one full quarter, the cost of such Properties,
including the cost of capital expenditures actually incurred in
connection with such Properties, (iii) Unrestricted Cash and Cash
Equivalents of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such
date, (iv) investments in Non-consolidated Affiliates, valued at an
amount equal to (a) EBITDA received by Company from such
Non-consolidated Affiliates for the most recently concluded fiscal
quarter multiplied by 4, divided by (b) 10.50%, (v) investments in
marketable securities, valued at the lower of “cost” or
“market”, (vi) investments in land and development
properties, valued at “cost” and (vi) the book value of
notes and mortgages receivable.
Total Indebtedness - As of the date of determination, all
Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on such
date.
Total Liabilities - For any Person, all liabilities which would be
classified as liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of such
person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, all guarantees
and contingent obligations (excluding terminal indemnifications or
litigation which Company is not required to accrue as a liability
under GAAP) of such person and its Subsidiaries including, but not
limited to, letters of credit, net obligations arising under
Hedging Agreements (to the extent required to be reflected on the
balance sheet of such Person, in accordance with GAAP), forward
equity commitments, obligations to pay the deferred purchase price
of property and the pro rata share of indebtedness of
Non-consolidated Affiliates.
Total Secured Indebtedness
- As of any date of determination,
the aggregate of: (a) Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries
outstanding as of such date, secured by a Lien on any asset of
Company and its Subsidiaries, and (b) all Subsidiary Indebtedness
outstanding as of such date.
Total Unsecured Indebtedness
- As of the date of determination,
all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding
Subsidiary Indebtedness) which is not secured by Lien on any
income, Capital Stock, property or other asset of Company and its
Subsidiaries.
Transactions - The borrowing of the Term Loan by
Borrower hereunder.
Unencumbered Asset Value - With respect to the Qualified Real Estate
Assets, the sum of (a) for Properties owned or leased for at least
one full calendar quarter, the quotient obtained by dividing (i)
EBITDA for such Properties for the most recent quarter multiplied
by 4, by (ii) 10.5% and (b) for such Properties acquired during the
calendar quarter, the cost of such Properties, including the cost
of capital expenditures actually incurred in connection with such
Properties. In determination of Unencumbered Asset Value,
properties under Eligible Ground Leases (exclusive of any
Property that is an Eligible Leasehold Property) shall
be limited to maximum of 10% of Unencumbered Asset
Value.
Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents
- At any date of determination, the
sum of: (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash then held by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, plus (b) the aggregate amount
of unrestricted Cash Equivalents (valued at fair market value) then
held Company or any of its Subsidiaries, plus (c) the aggregate
amount of cash or Cash Equivalents in restricted 1031 accounts for
the benefit of Company. As used in this definition,
“Unrestricted” means, with respect to any asset, the
circumstance that such asset is not subject to any Liens or claims
of any kind in favor of any Person.
Unsecured Debt Service Coverage Ratio
- As of the date of determination,
the ratio of (a) EBITDA from Qualified Real Estate Assets, for the
most recently ended fiscal quarter to (b) the sum of all interest
incurred (accrued, paid or capitalized) plus all regularly
scheduled principal payments with respect to Total Unsecured
Indebtedness (excluding optional prepayments and balloon principal
payments due on maturity in respect of any Indebtedness) paid
during such fiscal quarter, all determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP.
Withdrawal Liability - Liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result
of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan,
as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of
ERISA.
1.2.
Accounting Principles . Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect
from time to time; provided that, if Company or SPE Owner notifies
Lender that Company or SPE Owner requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring
after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if Lender notifies Company or SPE
Owner that Lender requests an amendment to any provision hereof for
such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given
before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof,
then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
1.3.
Construction . No doctrine of construction of
ambiguities in agreements or instruments against the interests of
the party controlling the drafting shall apply to any Loan
Documents.
SECTION II
THE TERM LOAN
a. Lender
hereby agrees to advance to Borrower, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000,000) (the “ Term Loan
”).
b. At
Closing, Borrower shall execute and deliver a promissory note to
Lender in the original principal amount of the Term Loan (the
“ Term Loan Note ”). The Term Loan
Note shall evidence Borrower’s unconditional obligation to
repay to Lender the Term Loan with interest as herein provided. The
Term Loan Note shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender.
c. Beginning
on November 2, 2009, and continuing on the first day of each
calendar month thereafter until the Term Loan Maturity Date, the
principal balance of the Term Loan shall be paid in thirty-six (36)
equal and consecutive monthly installments of principal of $65,000
each. A final installment of all unpaid principal and
all accrued and unpaid interest outstanding under the Term Loan
shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
a. Except
to the extent otherwise set forth in this Agreement (or in the case
of an Interest Hedging Instrument under the applicable agreements),
all payments of principal and of interest on the Term Loan
and all Expenses, fees, indemnification obligations
and all other charges and any other Obligations of Borrower, shall
be made to Lender at its banking office, 2070 Chain Bridge
Road, Suite 145, Vienna, Virginia 22182, in
United States dollars, in immediately available
funds. Lender shall have the unconditional right and
discretion (and Borrower hereby authorizes Lender) to charge
Borrower’s operating and/or deposit account(s) for all of
Borrower’s Obligations as they become due from time to time
under this Agreement including, without limitation, interest,
principal, fees, indemnification obligations and reimbursement of
Expenses. Any payments received prior to 2:00 p.m.
Eastern time on any Business Day shall be deemed received on such
Business Day. Any payments (including any payment in
full of the Obligations), received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on
any Business Day shall be deemed received on the immediately
following Business Day.
a. The
unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan shall bear interest at a
per annum rate equal to the greater of (i) Adjusted
LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin and (ii) the Minimum Interest
Rate.
b. Beginning
on November 2, 2009, and continuing on the first Business Day of
each calendar month thereafter until the Term Loan Maturity Date,
Borrower shall pay interest on the Term Loan at the rate specified
in Section 2.3(a).
c. Interest
shall begin to accrue on the Term Loan on the date on which Lender
deposits the proceeds thereof in escrow with the Title
Company
2.4.
Additional Interest Provisions .
a. Interest
on the Term Loan shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
three hundred sixty (360) days but charged for the actual number of
days elapsed.
b. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
hereunder, the per annum effective rate of interest on all
outstanding principal under the Term Loan, shall be increased by
three hundred (300) basis points. All such increases may
be applied retroactively to the date of the occurrence of the Event
of Default. Borrower agrees that the default rate
payable to Lender is a reasonable estimate of Lender’s
damages and is not a penalty.
c. All
contractual rates of interest chargeable on outstanding principal
under the Term Loan shall continue to accrue and be paid even after
Default, an Event of Default, maturity, acceleration, judgment,
bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings of any kind or the happening of
any event or occurrence similar or dissimilar.
d. In
no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder and charged or collected pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible
under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a
final determination, deem applicable hereto. In the
event that such court determines Lender has charged or received
interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, Lender
shall apply, in its sole discretion, and set off such excess
interest received by Lender against other Obligations due or to
become due and such rate shall automatically be reduced to the
maximum rate permitted by such law.
a. At
Closing, Lender shall have fully earned and Borrower shall
unconditionally pay to Lender a non-refundable fee with respect to
the Term Loan (“ Term Loan Closing Fee” ) of One
Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000), less amounts
previously paid thereon.
b. Borrower
shall unconditionally pay to Lender a late charge equal to five
percent (5%) of any and all payments of principal or interest on
the Term Loan that is not paid within fifteen (15) days of the due
date. Such late charge shall be due and payable
regardless of whether Lender has accelerated the
Obligations. Borrower agrees that any late fee payable
to Lender is a reasonable estimate of Lender’s damages and is
not a penalty.
a. Borrower
may prepay the Term Loan in whole or in part at any
time or from time to time, without penalty or premium except as
provided herein, provided that (i) any such prepayments are in a
minimum amount of $500,000 and (ii) any prepayment shall be
accompanied by all accrued and unpaid interest. Any
partial prepayment of the Term Loan shall be applied to the Term
Loan in the inverse order of maturity.
b. Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.6(a), any prepayment of the Term Loan,
shall, if such prepayment is the result of any refinancing of the
Term Loan by any lender or other party other than Lender, be
accompanied by a fee equal to: (i) the amount of principal prepaid,
multiplied by 1.5% if such prepayment is made within the first 12
months after the Closing Date; (ii) the amount of principal
prepaid, multiplied by 1% if such prepayment is made more than 12
months after the Closing Date and less than 24 months after the
Closing Date; and (iii) the amount of principal prepaid, multiplied
by 0.5%, if such prepayment is made more than 24 months after the
Closing Date and less than 30 months after the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have
the right to prepay the Term Loan, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time, without payment of any amounts described in
this subsection (b) or any other penalty or premium: (1) if the
rate of interest payable in connection with this loan is converted
from the Adjusted LIBOR Rate to the Base Rate pursuant to this
Article II, and for so long as the rate of interest continues to be
the Base Rate; and (2) in connection with any Partial
Release.
c. If
the full and final disposition of the Mortgage Property Litigation
by a court of competent jurisdiction results in any Affected
Property (i) being released from the lien Deed of Trust and/or (ii)
having to be conveyed by SPE Owner to any third party, then
Borrower shall repay the Term Loan in an amount equal to the
Mortgage Property Litigation Release Payment for each such Affected
Property. In addition, if Lender determines that the
final disposition of the Mortgage Property Litigation by a court of
competent jurisdiction has a Material Adverse Effect on the ability
of the DAG Entity to comply with its obligations under or pursuant
to the DAG Lease, and such Material Adverse Effect is reasonable
likely to cause an Event of Default under Section 7.2 of this
Agreement, Lender shall have the right to give written notice to
Borrower requiring prepayment of the Term Loan in full, and
Borrower shall make such prepayment in full, without premium or
penalty, within 45 days after it receives such notice.
2.7.
Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Term Loan
shall be used to fund up to fifty (50%) of the costs of
Borrower’s acquisition of the Mortgage Properties.
2.8.
Capital Adequacy . If there is a change in any
present law, governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline,
directive or similar requirement (whether or not having the force
of law) or any such law, governmental rule, regulation, policy,
guideline, directive or similar requirement is enacted after the
date hereof, that imposes, modifies, or deems applicable any
capital adequacy, capital maintenance or similar requirement which
affects the manner in which Lender allocates capital resources to
its commitments (including any commitments hereunder but excluding
any requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate), and as a
result thereof, in the reasonable opinion of Lender, the rate of
return on Lender’s capital with regard to the Term Loan is
reduced to a level below that which Lender could have achieved but
for such circumstances, then in such case and upon written notice
from Lender to Borrower, from time to time, Borrower shall pay
Lender such additional amount or amounts as shall compensate Lender
for such reduction in Lender’s rate of
return. Such notice shall contain the statement of
Lender with regard to any such amount or amounts which shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be binding upon
Borrower. In determining such amount, Lender may use any
reasonable method of averaging and attribution that it deems
applicable.
2.9.
Funding Indemnity . Borrower shall indemnify
Lender, and hold Lender harmless from any loss, damages, liability,
or expense which Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of
the making of a prepayment of the LIBOR Rate Loan on a day which is
not the last day of a LIBOR Interest Period with respect
thereto. With respect to the LIBOR Rate Loan, such
indemnification shall equal the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so
prepaid for the period from the date of such prepayment until the
end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period at the applicable rate
of interest for the LIBOR Rate Loan provided for herein
over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by
Lender) which would have accrued to Lender on such amount by
placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading
banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market. This covenant
shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and the payment of
the Obligations.
2.10.
Inability to Determine Interest Rate .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if Lender
shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive
and binding absent manifest error) that, (i) by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, reasonable and
adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate for a LIBOR Interest Period, or (ii) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate
does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lender of
funding or maintaining the LIBOR Rate Loan during a LIBOR Interest
Period, Lender shall notify Borrower and thereafter will have no
obligation to make, fund or maintain the LIBOR Rate Loan, and
thereafter the LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Base
Rate, with the interest rate being adjusted simultaneously with any
change in the Base Rate.
2.11.
Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, if the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof
to Lender by the relevant Governmental Authority shall make it
unlawful for Lender to make or maintain the LIBOR Rate Loan as
contemplated by this Agreement, or to obtain in the interbank
Eurodollar market, the funds with which to make or maintain the
Libor Rate Loan, (a) Lender shall promptly notify Borrower thereof,
(b) the commitment of Lender hereunder to continue the LIBOR Rate
Loan shall forthwith be suspended until Lender shall give notice
that the condition or situation which gave rise to the suspension
shall no longer exist, and (c) the LIBOR Rate Loan shall be
converted on the last day of the current LIBOR Interest Period, or
within such earlier period as required by law, to a Base Rate
Loan. Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate
Lender for actual and direct costs (but not including anticipated
profits) reasonably incurred by Lender in connection with any
repayment in accordance with this Section 2.11, including but not
limited to, any interest or fees payable by Lender to lenders of
funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain the LIBOR Rate
Loan hereunder. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable
pursuant to this Section 2.11 submitted by Lender, to Borrower
shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts
owing. Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid
or to minimize any amounts which may otherwise be payable pursuant
to this Section 2.11; provided however, that such efforts shall not
cause the imposition on Lender of any additional costs or legal or
regulatory burdens deemed by Lender in its reasonable discretion to
be material.
2.12.
Requirements of Law.
a. If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by Lender with
any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made
subsequent to the date hereof:
i. shall
subject Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to
the LIBOR Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to Lender in respect thereof (except for changes in the
rate of tax on the overall net income of Lender);
ii. shall
impose, modify, or hold applicable, any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan, or similar requirement against assets held by,
deposits or other liabilities in, or for the account of, advances,
loans, or other extension of credit (including participations
therein) by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of
Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the
LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
iii. shall
impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the
foregoing is to materially increase the cost to Lender of making or
maintaining the LIBOR Rate Loan, or to materially reduce any amount
receivable hereunder, or under the Term Loan or the Term Loan Note,
then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay Lender, upon
its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender
for such additional costs or reduced amount receivable which Lender
reasonably deems to be material as determined by Lender, with
respect to the LIBOR Rate Loan. A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.12 submitted
by Lender to Borrower shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts
owing. Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid,
or to minimize, any amounts which might otherwise be payable
pursuant to this Section 2.12; provided however, that such efforts
shall not cause the imposition on Lender of any additional costs or
legal regulatory burdens deemed by Lender in good faith to be
material.
The agreements in this Section 2.12
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the
Obligations.
a. Any
and all payments by or on account of any obligation of Borrower
hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if Borrower
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then
i. the
sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Lender receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made,
ii. Borrower
shall make such deductions, and
iii. Borrower
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
b. In
addition, Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
c. Borrower
shall indemnify Lender, within 10 days after written demand
therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes paid by Lender on or with respect to any payment by or on
account of any obligation of Borrower hereunder (including
Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or
attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, provided, that, as to penalties, interest or
expenses relating to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, Lender has
provided reasonably prompt notice to Borrower after any officer of
Lender first becomes aware of such Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such
payment or liability delivered to Borrower by Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
d. As
soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other
Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority, Borrower shall
deliver to Lender the original or a certified copy of a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a
copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such
payment reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
e. If
Lender determines, in its reasonable good faith discretion, that it
has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it
has been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower
has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.13, it shall
pay over such refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower
under this Section 2.13 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund);
provided, that Borrower, upon the request of Lender, agrees to
repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority to the extent imposed due to any act or failure to act on
the part of Borrower) to Lender in the event Lender is required to
repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section
shall not be construed to require Lender to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it
deems confidential) to Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION III
RECORDABLE DOCUMENTS; PARTIAL
RELEASE.
3.1.
Recordation; Requirements after a Recording Event.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Recording Event, Lender shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to (A) order appraisals, at Borrower’s expense,
of each of the Mortgaged Properties, and (B) record the Deed of
Trust (if not already recorded by Borrower) in the appropriate land
records. In addition, after a Recording Event, Borrower
shall, within thirty (30) days after a demand therefor, deliver to
Lender:
a. to
the extent not already delivered to Lender, one or more current
surveys of the Mortgaged Properties, prepared by a registered
surveyor or engineer and certified to Lender, Borrower and the
Title Company, in form and substance acceptable to Lender, showing
all easements, building or setback lines, rights of way and
dedications affecting the Land and showing no state of facts which
would have an adverse effect on the value of the Mortgaged
Properties;
b. evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Lender showing the availability of all
necessary utilities at the boundary lines of the Land, including
sanitary and storm sewer facilities, potable water, telephone,
electricity, gas and municipal services;
c. evidence
that the current and proposed use of the Mortgage Properties
complies with all Legal Requirements, including but not limited to
copies of any and all (i) certificates of occupancy, (ii) special
use permits, (iii) beer/wine/liquor permits, and (iv) petroleum
handling and other related permits;
d. evidence,
which shall include any zoning reports received by Borrower with
respect to the Mortgage Property and any zoning confirmation
letters received from the cities in which the Mortgage Property is
located, that all applicable zoning ordinances and restrictive
covenants affecting the Land permit the use for which the
improvements thereon are intended and have been or will be complied
with;
e. one
or more Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Reports with respect
to the Mortgage Property prepared by a firm of engineers approved
by Lender, which report shall be satisfactory in form and substance
to Lender, and if required by Lender one or more Phase II
Environmental Site Assessment Reports, expanded Phase II
Environmental Site Assessment Reports, a Phase II Site Remediation
Reports and copies of all testing results with respect to any of
the Mortgage Property and any and all other environmental due
diligence received or reviewed by Purchaser or Borrower in
connection with its purchase of the Mortgage Property;
f. certificates
or other evidence showing that Borrower has obtained the insurance
required by the Deed of Trust (or that the DAG Entity under the DAG
Lease has procured the insurance required thereby) and the other
Loan Documents;
g. copies
of any and all Contracts in effect at the Mortgage Properties
including but not limited to any Contracts relating to maintenance
and landscaping, utilities, parking agreements, personal property
leases, joint use agreements, option agreements, or any other
service or maintenance contracts;
h. a
full size, single sheet copy of all recorded subdivision or plat
maps of the Land approved (to the extent required by Legal
Requirements) by all Governmental Authorities, if applicable, and
legible copies of all instruments representing exceptions to the
state of title to the Mortgage Properties;
i. the
Title Insurance, which shall be at the sole expense of
Borrower;
j. payment
of all of Lender’s attorneys’ fees, closing costs,
taxes (including, without limitation, recordation tax for filing of
the Deed of Trust and any financing statements perfecting the
security interests created thereby) and recordation
costs.
If Borrower elects to record the Deed
of Trust prior to a Recording Event, then, notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, SPE Owner shall have the right,
so long as no Recording Event has occurred and is continuing and
the Term Loan has not been converted to the Secured Loan, to
request, in writing, that Lender release the Deed of Trust on one
or more of the Mortgage Properties from the applicable land
records, provided that such written request shall contain a
certification from a Principal Officer of SPE Owner that no
Recording Event has occurred and is continuing. After
receipt of the request and certification described above, Lender
agrees to release any such applicable Deed of Trust and will use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such release to be
delivered to SPE Owner within 10 Business Days provided that (i)
Borrower pays all costs associated with such removal, and (ii)
prior to such removal, Borrower shall deliver to Lender as many
additional fully executed and notarized Deeds of Trust as may be
required by Lender.
3.2.
Partial Release. Lender shall consent to the
sale or other transfer one or more of the individual gas station
sites which comprise the Mortgage Properties together with the
improvements thereon (hereinafter whether one or more, a “
Release Lot ”), and if the Deed of Trust has been and
continues to be recorded in the applicable land records, a release
of the Release Lot from the lien of the Deed of Trust (each a
“ Partial Release ”) upon the satisfaction of
each and every of the following conditions precedent (singularly
and collectively referred to as a “ Partial Release
Condition ”):
a. No
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;.
b. Not
more than ten (10) Partial Releases shall be permitted;
c. The
Partial Release shall only be permitted in conjunction with a sale
of the Release Lot to a third-party who is not an Affiliate or
Subsidiary of Borrower or Company and such sale shall be evidenced
by a written agreement;
d. Borrower
shall, simultaneously with the completion of the Partial Release of
the Release Lot, make a mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan in an
amount equal to the applicable Release Payment for such Release
Lot;
e. Such
Partial Release shall not constitute a Material Adverse
Effect;
f. Borrower
shall sell or otherwise transfer the Release Lot to another party
such that Borrower retains no ownership interest in, or liabilities
or obligations with respect to, such Release Lot other than the
customary post closing obligations in a purchase and sale
agreement;
g. Borrower
shall deliver to Lender a copy of any proposed sales contract
showing the sales price and the anticipated closing date, together
with a schedule (certified as true and complete by Borrower)
setting forth all of commissions and other closing
costs. If the Deed of Trust is recorded in the
applicable land records at the time of the Partial Release,
Borrower also shall deliver to Lender (at Borrower’s expense)
(i) an updated title report or commitment (issued by the Title
Company) reflecting that no additional title matters cover the
portions of the Mortgage Property not released, other than the
title matters set forth in the title insurance policy (the “
Title Policy ”) issued by such Title Company and
delivered and accepted by Lender in conjunction with the funding of
the Term Loan and any other title matters that would not, in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) an endorsement
to the Title Policy bringing the date of the Title Policy to the
date of the Partial Release and evidencing the continued first lien
priority of the Deed of Trust (and with no such additional title
matters);
h. Borrower
shall submit a prepared partial release instrument (the “
Partial Release Instrument ”) which must be deemed
reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and any information necessary
for Lender to process the Partial Release Instrument, including a
lot and block or metes and bounds description of the Release Lot,
the name and address of the title insurance company, if any, to
whose attention the Partial Release Instrument should be directed,
numbers that reference the Partial Release Instrument (i.e., tax
parcel numbers, title company order numbers, release numbers,
etc.), the date when the Partial Release is to become effective,
and such other documents and information as Lender may reasonably
request in order to process the Partial Release
request. The Partial Release Instrument shall be
delivered and recorded in accordance with Lender’s escrow
requirements, requiring delivery of the Release Payment to Lender
prior to delivery and (if the Deed of Trust is recorded in the
applicable land records at the time of the Partial Release)
recordation of the Partial Release Instrument and the satisfaction
of all Partial Release Conditions. In no event shall the
execution and delivery of a Partial Release Instrument affect any
of Lender’s obligations under the Loan Documents;
and
i. All
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with
the review, approval and execution of any Partial Release shall be
paid by Borrower prior to and as a condition of the execution of
any Partial Release Instrument, including (but not limited to), all
costs incurred in connection with the Release Payment, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, all costs and expenses of Lender incurred in
connection with obtaining the endorsement to the Title
Policy. All recording fees and taxes with respect to the
Partial Release are to be paid by Borrower or the applicable
purchaser, as may be allocated in accordance with the applicable
purchase agreement.
3.3.
Conversion Option . Subject to the conditions
contained in this Section 3.3, Borrower shall have the right,
within 90 days from the Closing Date, to convert the Term Loan into
a secured term loan (the “ Secured Loan ”; after
the Conversion (as defined below) of the Term Loan to the Secured
Loan, each reference in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to the term “Term Loan” shall thereafter be deemed a
reference to the “Secured Loan”). The
conversion of the Term Loan into the Secured Loan (the “
Conversion ”) may only occur if, as of the Conversion
Date, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii)
Lender has ordered and received appraisals on each of the Mortgage
Properties which evidence, in the determination of Lender, that the
Conversion LTV has been satisfied, (iii) all of the requirements of
Section 3.1 are satisfied, and (iv) Lender has received all
resolutions, consents and certificates it requires, in its sole but
reasonable discretion, relating to the Conversion ((i)-(iv)
collectively, the “ Conversion Conditions
”). If the Conversion Conditions have been
satisfied, the Conversion will be evidenced and documented by
amending or modifying this Agreement and any other Loan Document as
Lender may require (the “ Conversion Documents
”) to incorporate the following terms and conditions in form
and substance acceptable to Lender:
a. The
maturity date of the Secured Loan shall be the Secured Loan
Maturity Date, as selected by Borrower prior to the Conversion
Date;
b. The
unpaid principal balance of the Secured Loan shall bear interest at
a per annum rate equal to the greater of (i) Adjusted
LIBOR Rate plus the Conversion Margin and (ii) the Minimum
Interest Rate;
c. The
joint and several personal liability for repayment of the Secured
Loan by Company and Getty Properties shall be limited to
only the following (i) repayment of principal up to $12,500,000,
plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (iii) all
costs of collection with respect thereto;
d. Substitutions
of Mortgage Properties for Property substituted pursuant to the DAG
Lease, provided that such substituted Property is acceptable to
Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion;
e. The
Secured Loan shall be secured by the Deed of Trust on each of the
Mortgage Properties and by a first priority security interest in
(A) all the assets of SPE Owner, and (B) a pledge of all of the
stock of the SPE Owner by Company; and
f. The
Title Company insures without exception for the Mortgage Property
Litigation, to the satisfaction of Lender in its reasonable
discretion, the first priority lien of the Deed of Trust
encumbering each Mortgage Property subject to the Mortgage Property
Litigation.
SECTION IV
CLOSING AND CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
Closing under this Agreement is
subject to the following conditions precedent (all instruments,
documents and agreements to be in form and substance satisfactory
to Lender and Lender’s counsel):
4.1.
Resolutions, Opinions, and Other Documents . SPE
Owner and Company, as applicable, shall have delivered, or caused
to be delivered to Lender the following:
a. this
Agreement, the Term Loan Note and each of the other Loan Documents
all properly executed, notarized or acknowledged as
appropriate;
b. (i)
certified copies of resolutions of SPE Owner’s and
Company’s board of directors’ or managing
members (as applicable) authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Term Loan Note and each of the
other Loan Documents to which each is a party required to be
delivered by any Section hereof, (ii) certified copies of the
articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws, articles or
certificate of organization and operating agreement of SPE Owner
and Company, (iii) a certificate of incumbency for the
officers of SPE Owner and Company executing the Loan Documents or
any certificates related thereto, (iv) a good standing
certificate, dated not more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date,
from the appropriate state official of any state in which SPE Owner
and Company are incorporated or qualified to do business (other
than, with respect to the latter, for any jurisdiction where the
failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect), and (v) such additional
supporting documents as Lender or counsel for Lender reasonably may
request.
c. a
written opinion of Company’s in-house counsel addressed to
Lender and opinions of such other counsel as Lender deems
reasonably necessary;
d. such
financial statements, reports, certifications and other operational
information of SPE Owner and Company as Lender may reasonably
require, satisfactory in all respects to Lender;
e. certification
by the Chief Financial Officer of Company that there has not
occurred any material adverse change in the operations and
condition (financial or otherwise) of Company since June 30,
2009;
f. such financing
statement, judgment and tax lien searches reflecting that there are
no Liens outstanding against the Mortgage Properties and Lender
shall have received duly executed and enforceable payoff letters
from the holders of any Liens containing provisions for the
termination of such Liens acceptable to Lender;
g. the
final, duly executed Purchase and Sale Agreement, which shall be
acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion, and shall provide for
a purchase price of not more than $51,000,000;
h. SPE
Owner’s five (5) year operating projection (including income
and expenses) with respect to the Mortgage Properties, which shall
be acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion;
i. evidence
that there is no litigation pending with respect to SPE Owner or
Company that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
j. the
final, duly executed DAG Lease providing for annual rent, on a
triple net basis, of not less than $5,400,000;
k. copies
of all title reports, surveys, environmental reports, remediation
agreements, environmental insurance policies, zoning reports,
certificates of occupancy, permits, licenses, Contracts, dealer
agreements, supply agreements, distribution agreements and any
other such certificates, reports, studies or documents relating to
the ownership, leasing and operation of the Mortgage Property
and/or SPE Owner’s acquisition thereof obtained by SPE Owner
or Company in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage
Properties and the leasing thereof to DAG;
l. evidence
of all insurance required to be maintained by Borrower pursuant to
the Loan Documents, which shall be acceptable to Lender in its sole
discretion;
m. a
copy of the final executed Klienfelder Agreement;
n. evidence
that environmental liability insurance providing insurance on a
“claims made basis” (as opposed to an “occurrence
basis”) against liability for third-party bodily injury and
property damage for pre-existing and new conditions on- and
off-site and clean-up of unknown pre-existing conditions and new
conditions on- and off-site with respect to the Mortgage
Properties, with limits of liability no less than the amounts set
forth in the environmental insurance policy or certificates
obtained by Borrower and approved by Lender as of the date hereof,
copies of which have been provided to Lender, has been obtained;
and
o. such
other documents reasonably required by Lender.
4.2.
Absence of Certain Events . At the Closing Date,
no Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and be
continuing.
4.3.
Warranties and Representations at Closing . The
warranties and representations contained in Section 5 as well as
any other Section of this Agreement shall be true and correct in
all respects on the Closing Date with the same effect as though
made on and as of that date. Company and/or SPE Owner
shall not have taken any action or permitted any condition to exist
which would have been prohibited by any Section hereof.
4.4.
Compliance with this Agreement . Company and SPE
Owner shall have performed and complied with all agreements,
covenants and conditions contained herein including, without
limitation, the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof, which are
required to be performed or complied with by Company and SPE Owner
before or at the Closing Date.
4.5.
Officers’ Certificate . Lender shall have
received a certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the
chief financial officer of Borrower certifying that all of the
conditions specified in this Section have been
fulfilled.
4.6.
Closing . Subject to the conditions of this
Section, the Term Loan shall be made on the date hereof (the
“ Closing Date ”) contemporaneously with the
execution hereof (“ Closing ”).
4.7.
Waiver of Rights . Disbursement of the Term Loan
shall be evidence that all of the conditions to closing set forth
above have been satisfied or waived by Lender unless otherwise
agreed in writing by Borrower and Lender; provided, however, that
by completing the Closing hereunder, Lender does not thereby waive
a breach of any warranty or representation made by Company or SPE
Owner hereunder or under any agreement, document, or instrument
delivered to Lender or otherwise referred to herein, and any claims
and rights of Lender resulting from any breach or misrepresentation
by Company or SPE Owner are specifically reserved by
Lender.
4.8.
Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall have paid all fees
including, without limitation, the Term Loan Closing Fee, the cost
of any and all appraisal fees, environmental fees and the Expenses
associated with the Tem Loan.
SECTION V
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To induce Lender to complete the
Closing and make the Term Loan to Borrower, Company and Borrower
warrant and represent to Lender that:
5.1.
Organization; Powers . Each of Company and its
Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as
now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually
or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is
in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is
required. Borrower represents and warrants that it has delivered to
Lender true, correct and complete copies of its articles or
certificates of incorporation, and that such articles or
certificates have not been amended, modified, supplemented or
replaced since the date of delivery to Lender.
5.2.
Authorization; Enforceability . The Transactions
are within SPE Owner’s and Company’s’ corporate
powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by SPE
Owner and Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Company and SPE Owner, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
5.3.
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The
Transactions:
a. do
not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing
with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except
such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect,
b. will
not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter,
by-laws or other organizational documents of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority,
c. will
not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement
or other instrument binding upon Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any
payment to be made by Company or any of its Subsidiaries except for
any such violation or default that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, and
d. will
not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.4.
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
a. Company
has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance
sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows
as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, reported on
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public
accountants. Such financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position and results of operations
and cash flows of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of
such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP.
b.
Since December 31, 2008, there has been no material adverse change
in the business, assets, prospects or condition, financial or
otherwise, of Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
a. Each
of Company and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid
leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material
to its business, except where the failure to have such good title
or valid leasehold interest could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
b. Each
of Company and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual
property material to its business, except where the impairment of
such ownership or license is not reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and the use thereof by Company and its
Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person,
except for any such infringements that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.6.
No Material Litigation . Except for such
litigation previously disclosed by Company in its periodic filings
made with the SEC or on Schedule 5.6, no litigation, investigation
or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority
is pending or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened by or
against Company or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of its or
their respective properties or revenues with respect to this
Agreement, any of the other documents or agreements executed and
delivered in connection therewith, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
5.7.
Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each of
Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to
it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other
instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No
Default has occurred and is continuing.
5.8.
Investment and Holding Company Status . Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a. an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or
b. a
“holding company” as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935.
5.9.
Taxes. Each of Company and its Subsidiaries has
timely filed or caused to be filed all tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all
Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for
which Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on
its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure
to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.10.
ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is
reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all
other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected
to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit
obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for
purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did
not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements
reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets
of such Plan by an amount which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the present value of all
accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on
the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most
recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the
fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an
amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.11.
Federal Regulations. Neither the making of the
Term Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof will be used for any
purpose which violates or is inconsistent with the provisions of
Regulation U of the Board.
5.12.
Environmental Matters . Except to the extent that
the facts and circumstances giving rise to any such failure to be
so true and correct, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or have been previously
disclosed by Company in its periodic filings made with the SEC or
have been otherwise disclosed by Company or SPE Owner to
Lender:
a. The
Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in
amounts or concentrations which constitute a violation of, or could
reasonably give rise to liability under, Environmental
Laws;
b. The
Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no violation
of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties;
c. Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or
potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance
with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties that
(except for sites in pre-delineation phase) has not been or is not
currently the subject of a remedial action work plan the applicable
governmental authority, nor does Company have knowledge or reason
to believe that any such notice will be received or is being
threatened.
d. Materials
of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of
from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a
location which could reasonably give rise to liability under,
Environmental Laws, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern
been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any
of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give
rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental
Laws.
e. Except
for such actions previously disclosed by Company in its
periodic filings made with the SEC, no judicial proceeding or
governmental or administrative action is pending, or, to the
knowledge of Company, threatened, under any Environmental Law to
which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of
Company, will be named as a party with respect to the Properties,
nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders,
administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative of
judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with
respect to the Properties.
f. There
has been no release or threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or
related to the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries in
connection with the Properties in violation of or in amounts or in
a manner that could give rise to liability under Environmental
Laws.
5.13.
Insurance. Company and each of its Subsidiary
maintains with insurance companies rated at least A- by A.M. Best
& Co., with premiums at all times currently paid, insurance
upon fixed assets, including general and excess liability
insurance, fire and all other risks insured against by extended
coverage, employee fidelity bond coverage, business interruption
insurance, and all insurance required by law, all in form and
amounts required by law and customary to the respective natures of
their businesses and properties, except in cases where failure to
maintain such insurance will not have or potentially have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.14.
Condition of Properties. Each of the following
representations and warranties is true and correct except to the
extent disclosed on Schedule 5.6 or that the facts and
circumstances giving rise to any such failure to be so true and
correct, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect:
a. All
of the improvements located on the Properties and the use of said
improvements comply and shall continue to comply in all respects
with all applicable zoning resolutions, building codes, subdivision
and other similar applicable laws, rules and regulations and are
covered by existing valid certificates of occupancy and all other
certificates and permits required by applicable laws, rules,
regulations and ordinances or in connection with the use, occupancy
and operation thereof.
b. No
material portion of any of the Properties, nor any improvements
located on said Properties that are material to the operation, use
or value thereof, have been damaged in any respect as a result of
any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty.
c. No
condemnation or eminent domain proceeding has been commenced or to
the knowledge of Company is about to be commenced against any
portion of any of the Properties, or any improvements located
thereon that are material to the operation, use or value of said
Properties.
d. No
notices of violation of any federal, state or local law or
ordinance or order or requirement have been issued with respect to
any Properties.
5.15.
REIT Status. Company is a real estate investment
trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
5.16.
Disclosure. Company has disclosed to Lender all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to
which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other
matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None
of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other
information furnished by or on behalf of Company to Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered
hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so
furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, Company represents only that such information was
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be
reasonable at the time.
5.17.
Anti-Terrorism Laws.
a.
General . Neither Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or
intentionally engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction
that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding,
or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any
Anti-Terrorism Law.
b.
Executive Order No. 13224 . Neither Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is any of the following (each a “
Blocked Person ”):
i. a
Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, the Executive Order No. 13224;
ii. a
Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any
Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to
the provisions of, the Executive Order No. 13224;
iii. a
Person with which Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise
engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
iv. a
Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order No.
13224;
v. a
Person that is named as a “specially designated
national” on the most current list published by the U.S.
Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control at its official
website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list; or
vi. a
Person who is affiliated with a Person listed above.
5.18.
DAG Lease. To Borrower’s knowledge, the
DAG Lease is in full force and effect, has not been amended,
modified, supplemented or replaced, and there are no defaults or
events of default under the DAG Lease.
SECTION VI
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Until all of the Obligations are paid
and satisfied in full, Company and SPE Owner covenant and agree
with Lender:
6.1.
Financial Statements and Other Information.
Company and SPE Owner will furnish to Lender:
a. as
soon as available, but in any event, on or before the tenth day
following the date on which the following are required to be filed
with the SEC, Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet
and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized national standing
(without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied. The report on Form 10K filed with the SEC
shall satisfy the requirement of this clause (a) and shall be
deemed delivered to Lender so long as the same is posted on
Company’s Web site;
b. as
soon as available, but in any event, on or before the tenth day
following the date on which the following are required to be filed
with the SEC, Company’s consolidated balance sheet and
related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the
then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case
in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or
periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of)
the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial
Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes. The report on Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC shall satisfy the requirement of this clause (b)
and shall be deemed delivered to Lender so long as the same is
posted on Company’s website;
c. concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b)
above (or, if such physical delivery is not required, within the
time provided therein), a certificate of a Principal Officer of
Company
i. certifying
as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has
occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or
proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
ii. setting
forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance
with Section 7.1 and
iii. stating
whether any material change in the application of GAAP has occurred
since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in
Section 5.4 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such
certificate;
d. as
soon as available and, in any event, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of SPE Owner, SPE Owner shall deliver unaudited
financial statements consisting of the balance sheet of SPE Owner
as of the end of such fiscal year, and the related statements of
profit and loss, stockholder’s equity and cash flow for such
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in
accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements shall be certified
to be accurate in all material respects to the knowledge of the SPE
Owner (exclusive of footnote disclosures);
e. as
soon as available and in any event within 60 days of the last month
of each fiscal quarter of SPE Owner, SPE Owner shall deliver
unaudited financial statements consisting of the balance sheet of
SPE Owner as of the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related
statements of profit and loss, stockholder’s equity and cash
flow for such fiscal quarter for the period commencing at the end
of the previous fiscal quarter and ending with the end of such
fiscal quarter, all in reasonable detail and all prepared in
accordance with GAAP. Such financial statements shall be
certified to be accurate in all material respects to the knowledge
of SPE Owner (subject to year-end adjustments and exclusive of
footnote disclosures);
f. promptly
after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic
and other reports, proxy statements and other required filings
filed by Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC, or
with any national securities exchange, or distributed by Company to
its share-holders generally, as the case may be, provided that in
lieu of delivery of such information, Company may send a notice to
Lender referencing that Company’s website contains copies of
such materials;
g. prompt
written notice to Lender of the delivery or receipt by SPE Owner of
a written notice of default with respect to the DAG Lease;
and
h. promptly
following any request therefor, such other information
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