Dated as of September 30,
2008
Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas,
as Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement referred to below
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Re: Grubb &
Ellis Company Credit Facility
Reference is made
to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
December 7, 2007 (as amended by that certain First Letter
Amendment dated as of August 4, 2008, the “ Credit
Agreement ”) by and among Grubb & Ellis Company
(the “ Borrower ”), the guarantors named
therein, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative
agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”), the
financial institutions identified therein as lender parties (the
“ Lender Parties ”), Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as syndication agent, and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., as sole book running manager and sole lead
arranger. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
their respective meanings set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
It is hereby
agreed by you and us as follows:
Section 1.
Amendments to Credit Agreement . The Credit Agreement is,
upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined in
Section 3 below), hereby amended as follows:
(a) The
definition of “ Applicable Margin ” set
forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the pricing grid therein and substituting the
following pricing grid therefor:
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Applicable Margin
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Applicable Margin
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Pricing
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for Base Rate
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for Eurodollar Rate
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Level
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Debt/EBITDA Ratio
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Advances
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Advances
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I
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> 2.50:1.00
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2.50%
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3.50%
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II
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> 1.50:1.00 but <
2.50:1.00
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2.00%
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3.00%
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III
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< 1.50:1.00
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1.50%
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2.50%
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(b) The
definition of “ Dividend/Share Repurchase
Limitation ” set forth in Section 1.01 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(c) The
definition of “ Limited Purpose Subsidiary
” is hereby amended by (i) inserting the words
“and/or owning” immediately prior to the words
“and improving” in the fifth (5th) line thereof and
(ii) inserting the following sentence at the end thereof:
“As of the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower
acknowledges that the Limited Purpose Subsidiaries include
(i) GERA Abrams Centre LLC, (ii) GERA 6400 Shafer LLC,
(iii) GERA Danbury Corporate Center LLC, (iv) NNN 200
Galleria, LLC and (v) NNN Avallon, LLC.”
(d) Section 1.01
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
new defined terms thereto in appropriate alphabetical
order:
“ GERA
Assets ” means any real property owned or held by any
of the GERA Property Acquisition Subsidiaries, which includes,
(i) the property located at 6400 Shafer Court, Rosemont,
Illinois, (ii) the property located at 9330 LBJ Freeway,
Dallas, Texas, and (iii) the property located at 39 & 55
Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut.
“
Second Amendment Effective Date ” means
September 30, 2008.
(e) Section 2.01(a)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting
“the Termination Date” on the fourth (4th) line thereof
and substituting therefor “September 30, 2008, but
expressly subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2.01(a),”, and (ii) inserting the following
sentence at the end thereof: “For the avoidance of doubt,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no
Revolving Credit Advances shall be available after
September 30, 2008 until such time as the Revolving Credit
Commitments have been reduced to less than $50,000,000, at which
time Revolving Credit Advances shall be available up to the Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders at
such time.”
(f) Section 2.01(b)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting
“the Termination Date” on the third (3rd) line thereof
and substituting therefor “September 30, 2008, but
expressly subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2.01(b),”, and (ii) inserting the following
sentence at the end thereof: “For the avoidance of doubt,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Swing
Line Advances shall be available after September 30, 2008
until such time as the Revolving Credit Commitments have been
reduced to less than $50,000,000, at which time Swing Line Advances
shall be available (i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed at
any time outstanding the Swing Line Bank’s Swing Line
Commitment at such time and (ii) in an amount for each such
Swing Line Advance not to exceed the aggregate of the Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders at
such time.”
(g) Section 2.01(c)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting
“60 days before the Termination Date” on the
fourth (4th) line thereof and substituting therefor
“September 30, 2008, but expressly subject to the last
sentence of this Section 2.01(c),”, and
(ii) inserting the following sentence at the end thereof:
“For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no Letters of Credit shall be available
after September 30, 2008 until such time as the Revolving
Credit Commitments have been reduced to less than $50,000,000, at
which time Letters of Credit shall be available in an Aggregate
Available Amount (i) for all Letters of Credit issued by the
Issuing Bank not to exceed at any time the Letter of Credit
Facility at such time, (ii) for all Letters of Credit issued
by the Issuing Bank not to exceed such Issuing Bank’s Letter
of Credit Commitment at such time and (iii) for each such
Letter of Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the Unused
Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders at
such time.”
(h) The
following new subsection (iii) is hereby added to the end of
Section 2.05(b) of the Credit Agreement:
(iii) Upon the
receipt of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.06(e), the
Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permanently reduced by one
hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of such prepayment;
provided, however, under no circumstances shall the
Revolving Credit Commitments be reduced to less than $50,000,000 by
reason of the operation of this Section 2.05(b)(iii).
(i) Section 2.06(e)(i)
is hereby amended by (i) deleting “In the event that the
sale contemplated by Section 5.02(e)(v) is not consummated on
or before September 30, 2008, the” at the beginning
thereof and substituting therefor “The”, and
(ii) inserting the words “of GERA Assets”
immediately following the word “sale” in the
parenthetical on the third (3rd) line thereof.
(j) Section 2.07(a)(1)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following sentence at the end of such Section immediately prior to
the period: “; provided, however , such rate shall
never be less than the sum of the Eurodollar Rate plus the
Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Rate Advances (assuming a one
(1) month Interest Period) plus 1.00%.”
(k) Section 5.01(s)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “real
property held by each Limited Purpose Subsidiary” and
substituting therefor “GERA Assets”.
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(l) Section 5.02(b)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting
“and Preferred Interests” at the end of the title of
such Section immediately prior to the period, and (ii) inserting
the following immediately after the word “Debt” and
prior to the word “except”: “or create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Preferred Interests, in each case”.
(m) Section 5.02(b)(iii)(F)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
“$125,000,000” and substituting therefor
“$50,000,000”.
(n) Section 5.02(b)(iii)(H)
is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
“(H) other
Debt subordinated to Debt incurred hereunder and/or Preferred
Interests, in each case in amounts and on terms and conditions
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Required
Lenders;”
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