SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 31, 2006

among

ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.,

ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, L.P.,

ARE-QRS CORP.,

ARE ACQUISITIONS, LLC,

and

The Other Subsidiaries Party Hereto,

as the Borrowers,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

as Syndication Agent,

Eurohypo AG, New York Branch,

SOCIETE GENERALE ,

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, PLC,

CALYON, NEW YORK BRANCH,

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,

and

UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC

as Co-Documentation Agents,

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SCHEDULES

2.01A Revolving Commitments and Applicable Percentages
5.18 Initial Pool Properties
10.02 Administrative Agent's Office; Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

Form of

A Committed Loan Notice
B Swing Line Loan Notice
C-1 Revolving Note
C-2 Term Note
D Compliance Certificate
E Assignment and Assumption
F Joinder Agreement
G Lender Joinder Agreement

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 31, 2006, among Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (" Parent "), Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (" Operating Partnership "), ARE-QRS Corp., a Maryland corporation (" QRS "), ARE Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" ARE "), the other borrowers set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement, each other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Parent which becomes a party to this Agreement as a borrower (collectively, together with Parent, Operating Partnership, QRS and ARE, the " Borrowers "); each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the " Lenders " and individually, a " Lender "); Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, with reference to the following Recitals:

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 22, 2004 (as amended previously from time to time, the " Existing Credit Agreement "); and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the parties amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree that the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

" Adjusted EBITDA " means, for any period of determination and without duplication, an amount equal to (a) EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) the Capital Improvement Reserve for the Real Property of Parent and its Subsidiaries, minus (c) (without duplication to the extent already deducted in the calculation of EBITDA) any Minority Interest's share of the EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period.

" Adjusted Interest Expense " means, with respect to any Person as of the last day of any fiscal period and without duplication, an amount equal to Interest Expense less any financing fees to the extent amortized and any amortization thereof (including fees payable under a Swap Contract), prepayment penalties or deferred financing costs.

" Adjusted NOI " means, for any period and with respect to a Revenue-Producing Property, an amount equal to (a) NOI of that Revenue-Producing Property, minus (b) the Capital Improvement Reserve for such Revenue- Producing Property, minus (c) any Minority Interest's share of the NOI of that Revenue-Producing Property.

" Adjusted Tangible Assets " means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, an amount equal to (a) Total Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date, minus (b) Intangible Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date, plus (c) any Minority Interest's share of Intangible Assets minus (d) any Minority Interest's share of Total Assets as of that date.

" Administrative Agent's Office " means the Administrative Agent's address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 , or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrowers and the Lenders.

" Administrative Agent " means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

" Administrative Questionnaire " means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

" Affiliate " means, with respect to any 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.

" Aggregate Commitments " means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

" Aggregate Revolving Commitments " means all Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders. As of the Closing Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments are equal to $800,000,000.

" Agreement " means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time.

" Applicable Percentage " means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the following percentages (carried out to the ninth decimal place), as of the date of determination:

• (a) with respect to a Lender's obligation to make Revolving Loans and receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) such Lender's Revolving Commitment, by (y) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) from and after the time the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans by (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans;

  (b) with respect to a Lender's obligation to participate in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, to reimburse the Issuing Lender or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, and to receive payments of fees with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) such Lender's Revolving Commitment, by (y) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) from and after the time the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans by (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans;

  (c) with respect to a Term Lender's right to receive payments of interest, fees, and principal with respect to Term Loans made by such Term Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Lender's Term Loans by (ii) the Term Loan Amount;

  (d) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under Section 10.04), the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the sum of such Lender's Revolving Commitment, plus such Lender's portion of the Term Loan Amount, by (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments plus the Term Loan Amount; provided , however , that in the event the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the Applicable Percentage under this clause (d) shall be the percentage obtained by dividing (A) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans, plus such Lender's ratable portion of the outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans, plus such Lender's portion of the Term Loan Amount by (B) the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans, plus the aggregate amount of outstanding Letters of Credit, plus the aggregate amount of outstanding Swing Line Loans, plus the Term Loan Amount; and

  (e) the initial Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Lender and Term Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01A (as it may be amended hereunder) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, or in the records of the Administrative Agent, as applicable.

" Applicable Rate " means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum:

For any applicable period, the Applicable Rate shall be the rate set forth opposite the Debt Rating of the Parent for such period; provided , however , that, subject to the definition of Debt Rating, if in any period the Parent does not have a Debt Rating of BBB- or better from S&P or a Debt Rating of Baa3 or better from Moody's, then the Applicable Rate shall be the rate set forth opposite the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time.

Initially, the Applicable Rate shall be set at Pricing Level 4. Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a publicly announced change in the Debt Rating shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date the Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a)(i); provided , however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered timely in accordance with such Section, then the Applicable Rate for Pricing Level 7 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to be delivered, until the Business Day such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

" Appraised Value " means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, with respect to any Real Property, the appraised value (if any) thereof based on its unimproved as-is basis determined pursuant to an appraisal prepared by an M.A.I. certified appraisal and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (it being understood and agreed that in no event shall the Borrowers be required to deliver updated appraisals more frequently than once during any 24-month period).

" Approved Fund " means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

" Arrangers " mean Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.

" Asset Value " means, as of any date of determination and without double counting any item, the following amounts for the following types of Real Property:

• (a) with respect to any Qualified Revenue-Producing Property or Qualified Encumbered Asset Property owned for a full four consecutive fiscal quarter period or longer, an amount equal to (i) the Adjusted NOI of such Real Property for the prior four full consecutive fiscal quarters divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate.

  (b) with respect to any Qualified Revenue-Producing Property or Qualified Encumbered Asset Property owned for less than four full consecutive fiscal quarters, an amount equal to (i) the Adjusted NOI of such Real Property for the period which the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary has owned and operated such Real Property, adjusted by the Parent to an annual Adjusted NOI in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, divided by (ii) the Capitalization Rate.

  (c) with respect to Qualified Revenue-Producing Property or Qualified Encumbered Asset Property that is being renovated or with respect to which a partial or total renovation was recently completed, an amount as determined at the sole election of the Administrative Agent based on (i) the annualized Adjusted NOI with respect to such Real Property, annualized based on bona fide, arms length signed tenant leases which are in full force and effect requiring current rental payments, divided by the Capitalization Rate, or (ii) the cost basis of such Real Property determined in accordance with GAAP multiplied by the Borrowers' or their Subsidiaries' percentage ownership interest in such Qualified Revenue Property or Qualified Encumbered Asset Property.

  (d) with respect to any Real Property that constitutes Qualified Land, an amount equal to, at the option of the Borrowers, (i) the cost basis or the Appraised Value (if any) of such Qualified Land multiplied by (ii) the Borrowers' or their Subsidiaries' percentage ownership interest in such Qualified Land.

  (e) with respect to any Real Property that constitutes Qualified Development Assets, an amount equal to (i) the cost basis of such Qualified Development Asset multiplied by (ii) the Borrowers' or their Subsidiaries' percentage ownership interest in such Qualified Development Asset.

" Assignee Group " means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

" Assignment and Assumption " means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

" Attributable Indebtedness " means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease Obligation of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

" Audited Financial Statements " means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.

" Availability Period " means the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02.

" Bank of America " means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

" BAS " means Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors.

" Base Rate " means, for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its "prime rate." The "prime rate" is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America's costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

" Base Rate Loan " means a Committed Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

" Borrower Materials " has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

" Borrowers " has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. Any reference to Borrowers herein shall be deemed to refer to each Person constituting Borrowers, and the responsibilities, obligations and covenants of each such Person under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be joint and several, unless expressly stated otherwise herein or the context otherwise requires; provided, however, that the obligations of Borrowers with respect to the delivery of reports, financial statements, certifications and requests for Borrowings may be performed and executed by Parent with the effect of binding all Borrowers.

" Borrowing " means a Committed Borrowing or a Swing Line Borrowing, as the context may require.

" Borrowing Base " means, as of any date of determination, the Gross Borrowing Base minus (i) the Term Loan Amount minus (ii) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than Total Revolving Outstandings) plus (iii) any Minority Interest's share of other unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent and its Subsidiaries.

" Business Day " means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of or are in fact closed in, the state of the United States where the Administrative Agent's Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London Interbank Eurodollar market.

" Capital Improvement Reserve " means, with respect to any Real Property now or hereafter owned by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, an amount equal to thirty cents ($.30) multiplied by the Net Rentable Area of the Real Property.

" Capital Lease Obligations " means all monetary obligations of a Person under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as a capital lease.

" Capitalization Rate " means 8.25% or such greater amount pursuant to Section 2.14.

" Cash " means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.

" Cash Collateral " has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

" Cash Collateralize " has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

" Cash Equivalents " means:

• (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;

  (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits, eurodollar time deposits, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, or bankers' acceptances, having in each case a term of not more than one year, issued by Administrative Agent or any Lender, or by any U.S. commercial bank (or any branch or agency of a non-U.S. bank licensed to conduct business in the U.S.) having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 whose short-term securities are rated (at the time of acquisition thereof) at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by Moody's;

  (c) demand deposits on deposit in accounts maintained at commercial banks having membership in the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder;

  (d) commercial paper of an issuer rated (at the time of acquisition thereof) at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody's and in either case having a term of not more than one year; and

  (e) money market mutual or similar funds that invest primarily in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (d) of this definition.

" Cash Interest Expense " means Adjusted Interest Expense of a Person that is paid or currently payable in Cash.

" Change of Control " means (a) any transaction or series of related transactions in which any Unrelated Person or two or more Unrelated Persons acting in concert acquire beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d 3(a)(l) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (b) Parent consolidates with or merges into another Person or conveys, transfers or leases its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person or any Person consolidates with or merges into Parent, in either event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Common Stock is changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, with the effect that any Unrelated Person becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 40% or more of Common Stock or that the Persons who were the holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the transaction hold less than 60% of the common stock of the surviving corporation after the transaction, (c) during any period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of Parent (together with any new or replacement directors whose election by the board of directors, or whose nomination for election, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for reelection was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the directors then in office, or (d) a "change of control" as defined in any document governing Indebtedness or Preferred Equity of Parent in excess of $50,000,000 which gives the holders of such Indebtedness or Preferred Equity the right to accelerate or otherwise require payment of such Indebtedness or Preferred Equity prior to the maturity date thereof.

" Change in Law " means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

" Closing Date " means the first date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

" Co-Documentation Agents " means Eurohypo AG, New York Branch, Societe Generale, The Royal Bank of Scotland, plc, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Calyon, New York Branch, and UBS Loan Finance LLC in their capacity as co- documentation agents.

" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

" Commitment " means any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment, as applicable.

" Committed Borrowing " means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Committed Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.

" Committed Loan " means a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan.

" Committed Loan Notice " means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

" Common Stock " means the common stock of Parent.

" Compliance Certificate " means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

" Confidential Information " means (a) all of the terms, covenants, conditions or agreements set forth in any letters of intent or in this Agreement or any amendments hereto and any related agreements of whatever nature, (b) the information and reports provided in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, (c) any and all information provided, disclosed or otherwise made available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders including, without limitation, any and all plans, maps, studies (including market studies), reports or other data, operating expense information, as-built plans, specifications, site plans, drawings, notes, analyses, compilations, or other documents or materials relating to the properties or their condition or use, whether prepared by Borrowers or others, which use, or reflect, or that are based on, derived from, or are in any way related to the foregoing, and (d) any and all other information of Borrowers that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have access to including, without limitation, ideas, samples, media, techniques, sketches, specifications, designs, plans, forecasts, financial information, technical information, drawings, works of authorship, models, inventions, know-how, processes, apparatuses, equipment, algorithms, financial models and databases, software programs, software source documents, manuals, documents, properties, names of tenants or potential tenants, vendors, suppliers, distributors and consultants, and formulae related to the current, future, and proposed products and services of Borrowers or tenants or potential tenants (including, without limitation, information concerning research, experimental work, development, design details and specifications, engineering, procurement requirements, purchasing, manufacturing, customer lists, investors, employees, clients, business and contractual relationships, business forecasts, and sales and marketing plans). Confidential Information may be disclosed or accessible to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as embodied within tangible material (such as documents, drawings, pictures, graphics, software, hardware, graphs, charts, or disks), orally, or visually.

" Contractual Obligation " means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

" Control " means 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.

" Credit Extension " means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

" Debt Rating " means, as of any date of determination, the higher of the credit ratings then assigned to Parent's long-term senior unsecured debt by either of the Rating Agencies. For purposes of the foregoing, a credit rating of BBB- from S&P is equivalent to a credit rating of Baa3 from Moody's and vice versa. A credit rating of BBB from S&P is equivalent to a credit rating of Baa2 from Moody's and vice versa. It is the intention of the parties that if Parent shall only obtain a Debt Rating from one of the Rating Agencies without seeking a credit rating from the other of the Rating Agencies, the Borrowers shall be entitled to the benefit of the Pricing Level for such credit rating. If Parent obtains a Debt Rating from both of the Rating Agencies, the higher of the two ratings shall control, provided that the lower rating is only one level below that of the higher rating. If, however, the lower rating is more than one level below that of the higher Debt Rating, the Pricing Level that is one level higher than the lower Debt Rating shall apply. If Parent obtains a Debt Rating from both of the Rating Agencies and thereafter loses such rating from one of the Rating Agencies, the Parent shall be deemed to not have a Debt Rating from such Rating Agency. At any time, if either of the Rating Agencies shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, then the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall promptly negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency or agencies (and to correlate the system of ratings of each substitute rating agency with that of the rating agency being replaced), and pending such amendment, the Debt Rating of the other of the Rating Agencies, if one has been provided, shall continue to apply.

" Debt Service " means, for any period with respect to a Person's Indebtedness, the sum of all Interest Charges and mandatory principal payments or regularly scheduled principal payments due and payable during such period, excluding any balloon payments due upon maturity of the Indebtedness, refinancing of the Indebtedness or repayments thereof in connection with asset sales; provided that Debt Service shall not include any Minority Interest's share of any of the foregoing. Debt Service shall include the portion of rent payable by a Person during such period under Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as principal in accordance with GAAP but shall exclude Interest Charges related to committed construction loans. For purposes of this definition, mandatory principal payments do not include repayments of principal required as a result of application of casualty or condemnation proceeds or out of the proceeds of equity issuances or similar events or equity or debt sweeps.

" Debtor Relief Laws " means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

" Default " means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

" Default Rate " means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided , however , that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans plus 2% per annum.

" Defaulting Lender " means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Committed Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day after the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day after the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

" Development Investments " means, as of any date of determination, direct or indirect investments in Real Property which, as of such date, is the subject of ground-up development to be used principally for office, office/laboratory, research or manufacturing/warehouse purposes; provided , that , such Real Property or any portion thereof will only constitute a Development Investment from the date construction has commenced thereon until the date on which the Real Property and applicable improvements receive a final certificate of occupancy or equivalent certification allowing legal occupancy for its intended purpose.

" Disposition " or " Dispose " means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction and dispositions due to casualty or condemnation) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith.

" Dollar " and " $ "mean lawful money of the United States.

" EBITDA " means, with respect to any Person (or any asset of a Person) for any fiscal period and without double counting, the sum of (a) the Net Income of such Person (or attributable to asset of the Person) for that period, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating Net Income of such Person (b) any non-recurring loss, minus (c) any non-operating, non-recurring gain, plus (d) Interest Expense for that period, plus (e) the aggregate amount of federal and state taxes on or measured by income of such Person for that period (whether or not payable during that period), plus (f) depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash expenses ( including non-cash officer compensation and any write-down of goodwill pursuant to FASB 142) of such Person for that period, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.

" Eligible Assignee " means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, and (ii) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Parent (on behalf of the Borrowers) (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers' Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

" Environmental Laws " means any and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions governing pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

" Environmental Liability " means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrowers, or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement by any Borrower pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

" Equity Interest " means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

" Equity Offering " means the issuance and sale by any Borrower of any equity securities of such Borrower.

" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

" ERISA Affiliate " means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).

" ERISA Event " means any of the following: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the imposition of any material liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate.

" Eurodollar Rate " means, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (" BBA LIBOR") , as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the "Eurodollar Rate" for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.

" Eurodollar Rate Loan " means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

" Event of Default " has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01.

" Exchange Proceeds " means the net issuance proceeds from Equity Offerings, which Borrowers have designated or otherwise stated that they intend to use to make Restricted Payments on account of then existing Preferred Equity.

" Excluded Taxes " means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrowers hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (or any Person whose net income is measured with reference to it) (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located, or in which it is doing business, or in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrowers are located and (c) other than with respect to an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrowers under Section 10.13, any United States Federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Person at the time such Person becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Person's failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Person (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of its appointment or designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrowers with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a).

" Existing Credit Agreement " has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

" Existing Revolving Commitment Termination Date " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

" Existing Term Loan Maturity Date " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).

" FASB 142 " shall mean Statement of Accounting Standards No. 142 issued on June 29, 2001 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

" Federal Funds Rate " means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

" Fee Letter " means that certain letter agreement dated as of August 31 , 2006 among the Parent, the Administrative Agent and BAS.

" Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio " means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio obtained by dividing (a) Adjusted EBITDA for the period consisting of that fiscal quarter and the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters by (b) an amount equal to (i) Debt Service of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (ii) all Preferred Distributions (other than redemptions) of Parent and its Subsidiaries during such period.

" Fixed Eurodollar Rate " means, on any date of determination, for any Swing Line Loan, the sum of: (a) the rate per annum equal to the BBA LIBOR (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for a 30 day interest period at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) on the date of borrowing; plus (b) the Applicable Rate. If such rate is not available for any reason, then the "Fixed Eurodollar Rate", on such date of determination, shall be (a) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of a 30 day interest period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Swing Line Loan by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to a 30 day interest period would be offered by Bank of America's London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 4:00 p.m. (London time) on the day of commencement of such 30 day interest period; plus (b) the Applicable Rate.

" Fixed Eurodollar Rate Loan " means a Swing Line Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Fixed Eurodollar Rate.

" Foreign Lender " means any Lender that is not a United States person as defined in Section 770(a)(30) of the Code.

" FRB " means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

" Fund " means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.

" Funds From Operations " means, with respect to any fiscal period and without double counting, an amount equal to the Net Income (or deficit) of Parent and its Subsidiaries for that period computed on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property, plus depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be calculated to reflect Funds From Operations on the same basis. Funds From Operations shall be reported in accordance with the NAREIT Policy Bulletin dated April 5, 2002, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

" GAAP " means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied. !

" Governmental Authority " means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

" Granting Lender " has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(h).

" Gross Borrowing Base " means, with respect to Qualified Asset Pool Properties, as of any date of determination and without duplication, and subject to the limitations set forth below, an amount equal to: (i) 65% of the aggregate Asset Value of the Qualified Revenue-Producing Properties in the Unencumbered Asset Pool, as of such date, plus (ii) 50% of the aggregate Asset Value of the Qualified Lands in the Unencumbered Asset Pool, as of such date, plus (iii) 65% of the aggregate Asset Value of Qualified Development Assets in the Unencumbered Asset Pool as of such date plus (iv) (A) 60% of the aggregate Asset Value of Qualified Encumbered Asset Properties in the Unencumbered Asset Pool as of such date minus (B) the aggregate indebtedness associated with the Qualified Encumbered Asset Properties.

• For purposes of calculating the Gross Borrowing Base:

  • (a) the portion of the Gross Borrowing Base attributable to Qualified Development Assets pursuant to clause (iii) above plus the portion of the Borrowing Base attributable to Qualified Land pursuant to clause (ii) above cannot exceed 35% of the Gross Borrowing Base.

    (b) the portion of the Gross Borrowing Base attributable to Qualified Encumbered Asset Properties pursuant to clause (iv) above (whether or not owned by a Borrower) cannot exceed 10% of the Gross Borrowing Base.

    (c) the portion of the Gross Borrowing Base attributable to Qualified Asset Pool Properties that are not owned either by the Parent or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Parent that is a Borrower cannot exceed 15% of the Gross Borrowing Base. Notwithstanding this clause (c), if the Operating Partnership issues partnership units to third parties but remains a Borrower hereunder (and jointly and severally liable for all obligations hereunder), any Qualified Asset Pool Properties owned by the Operating Partnership shall not be applied toward the limitation set forth in this clause (c).

" Guarantee " means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness payable or performable by another Person (the " primary obligor" ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term "Guarantee" as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

" Hazardous Materials " means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated under any Environmental Law.

" Honor Date " is defined in Section 2.03(c)(i).

" Indebtedness " means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with

GAAP:

• (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

  (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers' acceptances and bank guaranties;

  (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

  (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

  (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

  (f) Capital Lease Obligations; and

  (g) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations, contingent and otherwise, that in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon the obligor's balance sheet as liabilities, including all of the foregoing whether or not so classified, including the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or is otherwise liable for such Indebtedness, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person but Indebtedness shall not include any Minority Interest's share of any of the foregoing. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capital Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

" Indemnified Taxes " means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

" Indemnitees " has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b).

" Initial Pool Properties " means the Qualified Asset Pool Properties described in Schedule 5.18 hereto.

" Intangible Assets " means the value of all assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries (without duplication), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.

" Interest Charges " means, as of the last day of any fiscal period and without double counting, the sum of (a) Cash Interest Expense of a Person, plus (b) all interest currently payable in Cash by a Person which is incurred during that fiscal period and capitalized under GAAP, minus (c) any Minority Interest's share of Cash Interest Expense.

" Interest Coverage Ratio " means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the aggregate Adjusted NOI from the Unencumbered Asset Pool for that fiscal quarter and the preceding three full fiscal quarters, by (b) the aggregate Interest Charges for such period in respect of the Borrowers' unsecured Indebtedness and Indebtedness associated with the Qualified Encumbered Assets. The Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined by the Borrowers and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent excluding interest during construction to the extent capitalized.

" Interest Expense " means, with respect to any Person as of the last day of any fiscal period and without duplication, an amount equal to (a) all interest, fees, charges and related expenses paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person to a lender in connection with borrowed money (including any obligations for fees, charges and related expenses payable to the issuer of any letter of credit) or the deferred purchase price of assets that are considered "interest expense" under GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person under Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, minus ( or plus, as applicable ) (c) amounts received (or paid) under Swap Contracts plus (d) all other amounts considered to be "interest expense" under GAAP.

" Interest Payment Date " means the fifth (5th) calendar day of each month; provided that if the fifth (5th) calendar day of any month falls on a day other than a Business Day, then the Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day.

" Interest Period " means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrowers in their applicable Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

• (i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

  (ii) any 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 Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

  (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (in the case of Interest Periods relating to Revolving Loans) or the Term Loan Maturity Date (in the case of Interest Periods relating to Term Loans), as applicable.

" Investment " means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, but reduced by any amounts received in respect of such Investment which constitute capital distributions, principal, sale proceeds or otherwise in respect thereof

" IP Rights " has the meaning specified in Section 5.17.

" IRS " means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

" ISP " means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the "International Standby Practices 1998" published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

" Issuer Documents " means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers (or any Subsidiary) or in favor the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.

" Joinder Agreement " means a joinder agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F .

" Laws " means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

" L/C Advance " means, with respect to each Revolving Lender, such Revolving Lender's funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.

" L/C Borrowing " means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Committed Borrowing.

" L/C Credit Extension " means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

" L/C Issuer " means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

" L/C Obligations " means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.05. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be "outstanding" in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

" Lender " has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

" Lender Joinder Agreement " means a lender joinder agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G .

" Lender Party " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07.

" Lending Office " means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender's Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

" Letter of Credit " means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder.

" Letter of Credit Application " means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

" Letter of Credit Expiration Date " means the day that is seven days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

" Letter of Credit Fee " has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).

" Letter of Credit Sublimit " means an amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

" Leverage Ratio " means, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, the ratio obtained by dividing (a) Total Indebtedness of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date by (b) the Adjusted Tangible Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date.

" Lien " means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, other than a precautionary financing statement with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security interest).

" Loan " means a Term Loan, a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan and/or an L/C Borrowing, as the context requires.

" Loan Documents " means this Agreement, each Revolving Note, each Term Note, each Issuer Document, the Fee Letter and any other instrument, document or agreement from time to time delivered by a Borrower in connection with this Agreement.

" Majority Lenders " means, as of any date of determination, at least two Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, the Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) the Term Loan Amount; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Majority Lenders.

" Material Adverse Effect " means any set of circumstances or events which (a) has had or could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document (other than as a result of any action or inaction of the Administrative Agent or any Lender), (b) has been or could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrowers or (c) has materially impaired or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of Borrowers to perform the Obligations.

" Maximum Rate " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.09.

" Minimum Book Value " means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, the sum of: (a) all consolidated assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date, plus (b) Parent's and its Subsidiaries' minority interest in unconsolidated assets as of that date, minus (i) Intangible Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries and (ii) Total Liabilities of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of that date.

" Minority Interest " means, with respect to any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, direct or indirect, of the Parent, any ownership interest of a third party in such Subsidiary.

" Moody's " means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

" Mortgageable Ground Lease " means on any date of determination, a lease (a) which is a lease granted by the fee owner of Real Property, (b) which has a remaining term (calculated only once on the Closing Date or the date the Real Property subject to such lease becomes part of the Qualified Unencumbered Asset Pool) of not less than thirty (30) years, including extension options exercisable solely at the discretion of a Borrower or any applicable Subsidiary, (c) under which no material default has occurred and is continuing and (d) with respect to which a security interest may be granted (i) without the consent of the lessor or (ii) pursuant to the consent of the lessor, which consent has been granted.

" Multiemployer Plan " means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

" Negative Pledge " means a Contractual Obligation that contains a covenant binding on Borrowers that prohibits Liens on any of their Property, other than (a) any such covenant contained in a Contractual Obligation granting or relating to a particular Lien which affects only the property that is the subject of such Lien and (b) any such covenant that does not apply to Liens which may secure the Obligations now or in the future.

" Net Income " means, for any period and for any Person, the net income of the Person for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom the net amount of any real estate gains or losses.

" Net Rentable Area " means with respect to any Real Property, the floor area of any buildings, structures or improvements available for leasing to tenants (excluding storage lockers and parking spaces) determined in accordance with the Borrowers' rent roll for such Real Property, the manner of such determination shall be consistently applied for all Real Property, unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.

" NOI " means, with respect to any Revenue-Producing Property and with respect to any fiscal period, the sum of (a) the net income of that Revenue-Producing Property for that period, plus (b) Interest Expense of that Revenue-Producing Property for that period, plus (c) the aggregate amount of federal and state taxes on or measured by income of that Revenue-Producing Property for that period (whether or not payable during that period), plus (d) depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash expenses of that Revenue-Producing Property for that period, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.

" Non-Recourse Debt " means Indebtedness of any Person for which the liability of such Person ( except with respect to fraud, Environmental Laws liability and other customary exceptions) either is contractually limited to collateral securing such Indebtedness or is so limited by operation of Laws.

" Note(s) " means either or both of the Term Notes or Revolving Notes, as the context requires.

" NYSE " means the New York Stock Exchange.

" Obligations " means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations of, any Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Borrower or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

" Organization Documents " means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

" Other Taxes " means 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 under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided, however , that "Other Taxes" shall not include such amounts to the extent imposed as a result of any transfer by any Lender or the Administrative Agent of any interest in or under any Loan Document.

" Outstanding Amount " means (i) with respect to Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments thereof occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

" Participant " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(d).

" PBGC " means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

" Pension Plan " means any "employee pension benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

" Permitted Purposes " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07(a).

" Person " means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

" Plan " means any "employee benefit plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) established by the Borrowers or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

" Platform " has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

" Preferred Distributions " means for any period, the amount of any and all Restricted Payments due and payable in cash to the holders of Preferred Equity but shall not include any Minority Interest's share of any such Restricted Payments.

" Preferred Equity " means any form of preferred stock (whether perpetual, convertible or otherwise) or other ownership or beneficial interest in Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that entitles the holders thereof to preferential payment or distribution priority with respect to dividends, assets or other payments over the holders of any other stock or other ownership or beneficial interest in such Person.

" Property " means all assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, whether real property or personal property.

" Public Lender " has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02.

" Qualified Asset Pool Property " means Qualified Land, Qualified Revenue-Producing Property, Qualified Development Assets and Qualified Encumbered Asset Property that is owned by the Parent, another Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent.

" Qualified Development Asset " means a Real Property that:

• (a) is either owned in fee simple absolute (or through ownership of a condominium unit) or with a leasehold interest pursuant to a Mortgageable Ground Lease, in either case, by the Parent, another Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent;

  (b) to the best of Borrowers' knowledge and belief, does not have any title, survey, environmental or other defects that would give rise to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability to sell or refinance such property;

  (c) constitutes a Development Investment;

  (d) is Unencumbered; and

  (e) does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Revenue-Producing Property or Qualified Land.

" Qualified Encumbered Asset Property " means a Revenue-Producing Property that:

• (a) is owned in fee simple absolute (or through ownership of a condominium unit) or with a leasehold interest pursuant to a Mortgageable Ground Lease, in either case, directly or indirectly, by the Parent, another Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent;

  (b) is occupied or available for occupancy (subject to final tenant improvements);

  (c) to the best of Borrowers' knowledge and belief, does not have any title, survey, environmental or other defects that would give rise to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability to sell or refinance such property; and

  (d) does not have debt associated with such Revenue-Producing Property (which, for the sake of clarity, excludes the Obligations) that is in excess, at the time such Property is added to the Borrowing Base or at the end of any fiscal quarter thereafter, of 55% of its Asset Value; and

  (e) does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Development Asset or Qualified Land.

" Qualified Land " means, as of any date of determination, without duplication, Real Property that:

• (a) has received all entitlements required for the contemplated development of the Real Property into Revenue-Producing Property;

  (b) is owned in fee simple absolute or with a leasehold interest pursuant to a Mortgageable Ground Lease, in either case by the Parent, another Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent;

  (c) to the best of Borrowers' knowledge and belief, does not have any title, survey, environmental or other defects that would give rise to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability to sell or refinance such property;

  (d) is Unencumbered; and

  (e) does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Revenue-Producing Property or Qualified Development Asset.

" Qualified Revenue-Producing Property " means a Revenue-Producing Property that:

• (a) is owned in fee simple absolute (or through ownership of a condominium unit) or with a leasehold interest pursuant to a Mortgageable Ground Lease, in either case by the Parent, another Borrower or a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Parent;

  (b) is occupied or available for occupancy (subject to final tenant improvements);

  (c) to the best of Borrowers' knowledge and belief, does not have any title, survey, environmental or other defects that would give rise to a materially adverse effect as to the value, use of or ability to sell or refinance such property;

  (d) is Unencumbered; and

  (e) does not otherwise constitute a Qualified Development Asset or Qualified Land.

" Rating Agencies " means (a) S&P and (b) Moody's.

" Real Property " means, as of any date of determination, real property (together with the underlying real property interests and appurtenant real property rights) then owned, leased or occupied by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

" Register " has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c).

" REIT Status " means, with respect to any Person, (a) the qualification of such Person as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, and (b) the applicability to such Person and its shareholders of the method of taxation provided for in Sections 857 et seq . of the Code.

" Related Parties " means, with respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person's Affiliates.

" Reportable Event " means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

" Request for Credit Extension " means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Committed Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

" Required Lenders " means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the sum of (a) the Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, the Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed "held" by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition), and (b) the Term Loan Amount; !provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

" Required Revolving Lenders " means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Lenders having more than 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02, Revolving Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 66-2/3% of the Total Revolving Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Lender's risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans deemed "held" by such Revolving Lender for purposes of this definition); provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.

" Responsible Officer " means, (i) with respect to delivery of executed copies of this Agreement or any Compliance Certificate, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or any executive vice president of a Borrower and (ii) for all other purposes, the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary or any executive vice president of a Borrower. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Borrower shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Borrower and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Borrower.

" Restricted Payment " means, with respect to any equity interest or any warrant or option to purchase an equity interest issued by a Person, (a) the retirement, redemption, purchase or other acquisition for Cash or for Property by such Person of any such security or interest (excluding any Indebtedness which by its terms is convertible into an Equity Interest), (b) the declaration or (without duplication) payment by such Person of any dividend in Cash or in Property on or with respect to any such security or interest, (c) any Investment by such Person in the holder of 5% or more of any such security or interest if a purpose of such Investment is to avoid characterization of the transaction as a Restricted Payment and (d) any other payment in Cash or Property by such Person constituting a distribution under applicable Laws with respect to such security or interest.

" Revenue-Producing Property " means an identifiable improved Real Property that is used principally for office, office/laboratory, research or manufacturing/warehouse purposes, or for such other revenue-producing purposes as the Required Lenders may approve.

" Revolving Commitment " means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Revolving Lender's name on Schedule 2.01A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

" Revolving Commitment Termination Date " means the earlier of (a) the later of (i) October 29, 2010 and (ii) if the Existing Revolving Commitment Termination Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.14, such extended Revolving Commitment Termination Date as determined pursuant to such Section 2.14 and (b) the date the Revolving Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.06 or Article VIII.

" Revolving Lender " means each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or, following termination of the Revolving Commitments, has Revolving Loans outstanding.

" Revolving Loan " means a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan made to the Borrowers by a Revolving Lender in accordance with their Applicable Percentage pursuant to Section 2.01(a), except as otherwise provided herein.

" Revolving Note " means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of, and payable to the order of, a Revolving Lender evidencing Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 .

" S&P " means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.

" SEC " means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

" SEC Report " means all filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K with the SEC made by the Parent pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

" Secured Debt " means Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries ( including Indebtedness of any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is the subject of a Guarantee of Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent or, if such Person is a partnership, of which Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent is a general partner, Parent's or such Subsidiaries' pro rata share of any such Indebtedness of unconsolidated Persons but excluding any Minority Interest's share of Indebtedness) that is secured by a Lien or is subject to a Negative Pledge; provided, that Secured Debt shall not include any of the Obligations.

" Secured Debt Ratio " means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio obtained by dividing (a) the Secured Debt of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of such date by (b) the Adjusted Tangible Assets, as of such date.

" SPC " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(h).

" Subsidiary " of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrowers.

" Swap Contract " means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a " Master Agreement "), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

" Swap Termination Value " means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

" Swing Line " means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.

" Swing Line Borrowing " means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

" Swing Line Lender " means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

" Swing Line Loan " has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

" Swing Line Loan Notice " means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

" Swing Line Sublimit " means an amount equal to $75,000,000. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.

" Syndication Agent " means Citicorp North America, Inc., in its capacity as syndication agent.

" Taxes " means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

" Term Lenders " means the Term A Lenders and any other Term Lenders holding a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.15.

" Term A Lenders " means Lenders with a Term A Loan Commitment or holding Term A Loans.

" Term A Loan " means a Term A Loan of any type made to Borrowers by the Term A Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentage pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

" Term A Loan Amount " means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of the Term A Loans outstanding, which on the Closing Date is equal to $600,000,000.

" Term A Loan Commitment " means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make a Term A Loan to the Borrowers pursuant Section 2.01(b), in an aggregate principal amount on the Closing Date not to exceed such Term A Lender's portion of the Term A Loan Amount or the amount set forth in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

" Term Loan " means a Term A Loan or any other term loan made pursuant to Section 2.15.

" Term Loan Amount " means, at any time, the Term A Loan Amount plus the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other Term Loans.

" Term Loan Maturity Date " means the later of (a) October 31, 2011 and (b) if the Existing Term Loan Maturity Date is extended pursuant to Section 2.14, such extended Term Loan Maturity Date as determined pursuant to such Section 2.14.

" Term Note " means a promissory note made by the Borrowers in favor of, and payable to the order of, a Term Lender evidencing that portion of the Term Loan made by such Term Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit C- 2.

" Total Assets " means the value of all assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries (without duplication), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that all Real Property shall be valued based on its Asset Value (it being understood that the Asset Value for any Real Property that is not a Qualified Asset Pool Property shall be calculated as if it was a Qualified Asset Pool Property). In the event that a Person has an ownership or other equity interest in any other Person, which investment is not consolidated in accordance with GAAP (that is, such interest is a "minority interest"), then the assets of a Person and its Subsidiaries shall include such Person's or its Subsidiaries' allocable share of all assets of such Person in which a minority interest is owned based on such Person's respective ownership interest in such other Person.

" Total Indebtedness " means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

• (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

  (b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers' acceptances and bank guaranties;

  (c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;

  (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);

  (e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

  (f) Capital Lease Obligations; and

  (g) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, Total Indebtedness shall not include any Minority Interest's share of any of the foregoing. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be (i) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (ii) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (i), zero. The amount of any Capital Lease Obligation as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.

" Total Liabilities " means all liabilities of a Person and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, and (without duplication) all Indebtedness and Guarantees of such Person and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis), whether or not so classified; provided , that , Total Liabilities shall not include any Minority Interest's share of liabilities. In the event that a Person has an ownership or other equity interest in any other Person, which investment is not consolidated in accordance with GAAP (that is, such interest is a "minority interest"), then the liabilities of a Person and its Subsidiaries shall include such Person's or its Subsidiaries' allocable share of all liabilities of such Person in which a minority interest is owned based on such Person's respective ownership interest in such other Person.

" Total Outstandings " means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

" Total Revolving Outstandings " means the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans plus (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans plus (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.

" to the best knowledge of " means, when modifying a representation, warranty or other statement of any Person, that the fact or situation described therein is known by the Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, known by a Responsible Officer of that Person) making the representation, warranty or other statement, or with the exercise of reasonable due diligence under the circumstances (in accordance with the standard of what a reasonable Person in similar circumstances would have done) would have been known by the Person (or, in the case of a Person other than a natural Person, would have been known by a Responsible Officer of that Person).

" Trade Date " has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(b).

" Type " means, with respect to a Committed Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

" Unencumbered " means, with respect to any Revenue-Producing Property, Qualified Land or Qualified Development Assets, that such Revenue-Producing Property, Qualified Land or Qualified Development Assets (a) is not subject to any Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01, (b) is not subject to any Negative Pledge and (c) is not held by a Person any of whose direct or indirect equity interests are subject to a Lien or Negative Pledge.

" Unencumbered Asset Pool " means, as of any date of determination, (a) the Initial Pool Properties, plus (b) each other Qualified Asset Pool Property added to the Unencumbered Asset Pool pursuant to Section 2.16 as of such date, less (c) any Qualified Asset Pool Property removed from the Unencumbered Asset Pool pursuant to Section 2.16 as of such date; provided that:

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2. if all or any material portion of a Qualified Revenue-Producing Property is materially damaged then, except for a Qualified Revenue-Producing Property that is covered by business interruption insurance in an amount substantially similar to the NOI of such Qualified Revenue-Producing Property during such period, such Qualified Revenue-Producing Property shall no longer be a part of the Unencumbered Asset Pool until such damage is repaired or restored and such Qualified Revenue-Producing Property becomes fully operational and the Administrative Agent receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the Asset Value of such Property, including the NOI of any Qualified Revenue-Producing Property;

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4. if all or any material portion of a Qualified Development Asset is materially damaged, such Qualified Development Asset shall no longer be a part of the Unencumbered Asset Pool until such damage is repaired or restored and such Qualified Asset Pool Property becomes fully operational and the Administrative Agent receives evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the Asset Value of such Qualified Development Asset; provided that such Qualified Development Asset may be included as an Unencumbered Asset Pool Property in the amount assigned to such Qualified Development Asset prior to the damage less the amount (as determined by the Borrowers in good faith) by which the casualty insurance proceeds that are owed or received in respect of such casualty event are insufficient to restore such Qualified Development Asset for a period of up to the lesser of (A) 365 days following such casualty event and (B) the date such Qualified Development Asset is restored and fully functional or the Borrowers submit another Property in substitution therefore; and

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6. if all or any material portion of a Qualified Asset Pool Property is taken by condemnation, then such Qualified Asset Pool Property shall no longer be a part of the Unencumbered Asset Pool.

" Unfunded Pension Liability " means the excess of a Pension Plan's benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

" United States " and " U.S. " mean the United States of America.

" Unreimbursed Amount " has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).

" Unrelated Person " means any Person other than (i) a Subsidiary of Parent, (ii) an employee stock ownership plan or other employee benefit plan covering the employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries or (iii) any Person that held Common Stock on the day prior to the effective date of Parent's registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 covering the initial public offering of Common Stock.

" Wholly-Owned Subsidiary " means a Subsidiary of Parent, 100% of the capital stock or other equity interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, except for director's qualifying shares required by applicable Laws.

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions .

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

• (a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation." The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall." Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (iii) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder," and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof; (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

  (b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including;" the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding;" and the word "through" means "to and including."

  (c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

1.03 Accounting Terms .

(a) Generally . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b) Changes in GAAP If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrowers or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) upon written request, the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

1.04 Times of Day .

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.05 Letter of Credit Amounts .

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however , that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof; the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

ARTICLE II

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

2.01 Committed Loans .

(a) Revolving Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender with a Revolving Commitment (a " Revolving Lender ") severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a " Revolving Loan ") to the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Committed Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or (ii) the Borrowing Base then in effect. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(a). On the Closing Date, all Revolving Loans shall be Base Rate Loans unless the Borrowers shall have delivered at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a funding indemnity letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) Term A Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender severally agrees to fund the portion of the Term A Loan Amount represented by its Term A Loan Commitment to the Borrowers on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Term A Lender's Term A Loan Commitment or the Term A Loan Amount. The Term A Loan shall be made in one draw on the Closing Date. To the extent all or any portion of the Term A Loans are repaid or prepaid, they may not be reborrowed. On the Closing Date, all Term A Loans shall be Base Rate Loans unless the Borrowers shall have delivered at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a funding indemnity letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans .

• (a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrowers' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 12:00 Noon, three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (ii) 12:00 Noon, one Business Day prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrowers are requesting a Committed Borrowing, a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrowers fail to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrowers fail to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrowers request a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fail to specify an Interest Period, they will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.

  (b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent's Office not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers; provided, however, that if; on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by the Borrowers, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, shall be made available to the Borrowers as provided above.

  (c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default or Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

  (d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America's prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

  (e) After giving effect to all Committed Borrowings, all conversions of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Committed Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 20 Interest Periods in effect with respect to Committed Loans.

2.03 Letters of Credit .

• (a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.

  • (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries, and to amend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (y) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or (ii) the Borrowing Base and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrowers for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrowers that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers' ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and, accordingly, the Borrowers may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

    (ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

    • (A) Subject to Section 2.03(b)(iv), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

      (B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.

    (iii) The L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

    • (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

      (B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

      (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount of less than $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

      (D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

      (E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

      (F) a default of any Revolving Lender's obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c) exists or any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrowers or such Revolving Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer's risk with respect to such Revolving Lender.

    (iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

    (v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof; or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

    (vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term "Administrative Agent" as used in Article IX included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

  (b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.

  • (i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrowers delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrowers shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

    (ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrowers and, if not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof; the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrowers (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer's usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

    (iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof; the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and to any requesting Lender a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

    (iv) If the Borrowers so request in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an " Auto-Extension Letter of Credit "); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than sixty (60) days (the " Non-Extension Notice Date" ) in each such twelve- month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however , that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Borrowers that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

    (v) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

  (c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.

  • (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an " Honor Date ") or 9:00 am. on the following Business Day if the notification is later than 11:00 a.m. on the Honor Date, the Borrowers shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing (unless the Borrowers elect to reimburse the L/C Issuer through a Revolving Loan, as set forth below). If the Borrowers fail to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the " Unreimbursed Amount "), and the amount of such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage thereof and in such event, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

    (ii) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent's Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, which date will not be earlier than the Business Day after the Honor Date, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer.

    (iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from the L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender's payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Revolving Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

    (iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its Committed Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

    (v) Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrowers of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

    (vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender's Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

  (d) Repayment of Participations.

  • (i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Revolving Lender's L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

    (ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Revolving Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

  (e) Obligations Absolute . The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

  • (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

    (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrowers or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

    (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

    (iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or

    (v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary.

  The Borrowers shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrowers' instructions or other irregularity, the Borrowers will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

  (f) Role of L/C Issuer . Each Revolving Lender and the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Revolving Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrowers hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers' pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrowers, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrowers which the Borrowers prove were caused by the L/C Issuer's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer's willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

  (g) Cash Collateral . Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing which has not been repaid as provided for herein, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrowers shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Sections 2.05 and 8.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 8.02(c), "Cash Collateralize" means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (collectively, " Cash Collateral ") pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.

  (h) Applicability of ISP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.

  (i) Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the " Letter of Credit Fee ") for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans, stated as a percentage per annum times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.05 . Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate Loans was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, while any Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.

  (j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate equal to 0.125% per annum, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears, and due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.05 . In addition, the Borrowers shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

  (k) Conflict with Issuer Documents . In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

  (l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of; a Subsidiary, the Borrowers shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrowers, and that the Borrowers' business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

2.04 Swing Line Loans .

• (a) The Swing Line . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a " Swing Line Loan ") to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender, plus such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Revolving Lender's Revolving Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof; the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan or a Fixed Eurodollar Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

  (b) Borrowing Procedures . Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrowers' irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrowers. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers at its office by crediting the account of the Borrowers on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

  (c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .

  • (i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorize the Swing Line Lender to so request on their behalf), that each Revolving Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrowers with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent's Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

    (ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Committed Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Lender's payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

    (iii) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Revolving Lender's Committed Loan included in the relevant Committed Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

    (iv) Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Revolving Lender's obligation to make Committed Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

  (d) Repayment of Participations .

  • (i) At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Lender's risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

    (ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

  (e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

  (f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender . The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

2.05 Prepayments .

• (a) The Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Committed Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Committed Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice and the contents thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrowers, the Borro