Exhibit 10.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNSECURED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2007
AMONG
BIOMED REALTY, L.P.,
AS BORROWER
AND
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LEAD ARRANGER
AND
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS
AND
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND SOCIETE GENERAL
AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS
AND
THE
SEVERAL LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,
AS LENDERS
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNSECURED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 2007
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of August 1,
2007 (the “Agreement Effective Date”) by and among
BIOMED REALTY, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership
(“Borrower” or “Operating Partnership”),
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
(“KeyBank”), each lender whose name is set forth on the
signature pages of this Agreement, and each lender which may
hereafter become a party to this Agreement pursuant to
Section 2.8 or Section 11.8 (collectively,
together with KeyBank, the “Lenders” and, individually,
a “Lender”) and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not
individually but as “Administrative Agent.”
RECITALS
WHEREAS, certain of the Lenders have
previously provided an unsecured revolving credit facility to
Borrower pursuant to a First Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit
Agreement dated as of June 28, 2006 as amended by a First
Amendment thereto dated as of November 3, 2006 (collectively,
the “Prior Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that
the Lenders amend and restate the Prior Agreement to extend the
maturity date thereof, provide for the possible addition of a term
loan component and make certain other modifications thereto;
and
WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to
do so on the terms set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the recitals herein and the mutual covenants contained herein, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1 Defined Terms . As used in
this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set
forth below:
“ Adjusted Current Value
” means, as of any date with respect to any Income-Producing
Project, (i) if such Project has been owned by one or more
members of the Consolidated Group for at least one full Fiscal
Quarter for which financial results have been reported, the
Adjusted NOI for such Project divided by the Capitalization Rate or
(ii) if such Project has not been so owned for a full Fiscal
Quarter, the purchase price paid for such Project, net of fees and
closing costs.
“ Adjusted EBITDA
” means, as of any date, (a) EBITDA with respect to the
Consolidated Group for the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which
financial results have been reported less (b) Capital Reserves
divided by four (4).
“ Adjusted NOI ”
means, as of any date with respect to any Project or group of
Projects, an annualized amount determined by multiplying four
(4) times NOI of such Project or group of Projects for the
most recent Fiscal Quarter for which financial results have been
reported and
deducting therefrom the then-current annualized Capital Reserves
with respect to such Project or group of Projects.
“ Adjusted Unencumbered
NOI ” means, as of any date, Adjusted NOI attributable to
Qualified Unencumbered Projects that are then included in the
Unencumbered Pool, provided that, with respect to any such
Qualified Unencumbered Project that was either (i) acquired by
the Consolidated Group after the first day of the Fiscal Quarter on
which such Adjusted NOI is based, or (ii) first opened for
occupancy after the first day of such Fiscal Quarter, the Adjusted
NOI for such Project for such Fiscal Quarter shall be deemed to be
increased by the per diem Adjusted NOI for such Project after
acquisition or opening times the number of days in such Fiscal
Quarter prior to the date of acquisition.
“ Administrative Agent
” means KeyBank, when acting in its capacity as the
Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any
successor Administrative Agent.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s office located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio
44114, or such other office as the Administrative Agent hereafter
may designate by written notice to Borrower and the Lenders.
“ Advance ” means
any advance made or to be made by any Lender to Borrower as
provided in Article 2 , and includes each Alternate
Base Rate Advance and LIBOR Rate Advance, whether such advance is a
Line Advance or a Term Advance.
“ Affiliate ”
means, as to any Person, any other Person which directly or
indirectly controls, or is under common control with, or is
controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition,
“control” (and the correlative terms, “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) shall mean
possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of
securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract
or otherwise); provided that, in any event, any Person which
owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other
governing body of a corporation, or 10% or more of the partnership
or other ownership interests of any other Person, will be deemed to
be an Affiliate of such corporation, partnership or other
Person.
“ Aggregate Adjusted Current
Value ” means, as of any date, the sum of (i) the
Adjusted Current Values for all Income-Producing Projects (other
than the HGS Borrowing Base Project) then included in the
Unencumbered Pool plus (ii) if the HGS Borrowing Base
Project is then included in the Unencumbered Pool, either
(x) until the repurchase right held by the former owner of the
HGS Borrowing Base Project has expired unexercised or otherwise
been terminated, the lesser of (A) the Net HGS Repurchase
Price and (B) the Adjusted Current Value for the HGS Borrowing
Base Project or (y) thereafter, the Adjusted Current Value for
the HGS Borrowing Base Project.
“ Aggregate Commitment
” means, subject to Section 2.7 and
Section 2.8 , Six Hundred Million Dollars
($600,000,000). The respective Commitments and Percentages of the
Lenders with respect to the Aggregate Commitment are set forth on
Schedule 1.1 .
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“ Aggregate Line
Commitment ” means the initial Aggregate Commitment of
$600,000,000 plus any increase in the Aggregate Commitment
under Section 2.8 , which is not a Term
Commitment.
“ Aggregate Term
Commitment ” means zero as of the Agreement Effective
Date and thereafter means the aggregate of all Term Commitments
hereunder, not to exceed $400,000,000.
“ Agreement ”
means this Second Amended and Restated Unsecured Credit Agreement,
either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
extended, supplemented, consolidated, amended, restated, increased,
renewed or modified.
“ Alternate Base Rate
” means, as of any date of determination, the rate per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
date and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such date plus one-half of 1% (50 basis points) plus, in either
case, the then-current Applicable Margin.
“ Alternate Base Rate
Advance ” means an Advance made hereunder and specified
to be an Alternate Base Rate Advance in accordance with
Article 2 .
“ Alternate Base Rate
Loan ” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be an
Alternate Base Rate Loan in accordance with Article 2
.
“ Applicable Margin
” means the interest rate margin set forth below in the LIBOR
Rate Margin column with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans or in the Base
Rate Margin column with respect to Alternate Base Rate Loans, as
the case may be, opposite the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of
the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended:
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Leverage Ratio |
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LIBOR Rate Margin |
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Base Rate Margin |
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Less than
35%
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1.00 |
% |
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0 |
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Equal to or
greater than 35% but less than 45%
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1.10 |
% |
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0 |
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Equal to or
greater than 45% but less than 55%
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1.20 |
% |
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0 |
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Equal to or
greater than 55% but less than 60%
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1.35 |
% |
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0.15 |
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Equal to or
greater than 60%
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1.55 |
% |
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0.25 |
% |
The Applicable Margin for each Fiscal
Quarter shall be established based on the Leverage Ratio in effect
as of the last day of the preceding Fiscal Quarter; provided
, however , that any such change in the Applicable Margin
(and therefore any change in the applicable interest rates for
Loans) shall not be effective until 50 days following the
commencement of each Fiscal Quarter. Each previously Applicable
Margin shall remain in effect until a new Applicable Margin is
established as aforesaid. If Borrower fails to deliver a Compliance
Certificate containing the necessary financial information within
50 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter in order to
determine the new Applicable Margin, or should the Administrative
Agent reasonably believe that such financial information does not
accurately reflect the Leverage Ratio, the Administrative Agent may
of its own volition, upon prior written notice to Borrower (which
notice shall include the basis for the Administrative Agent’s
determination), establish the Applicable Margin based upon what the
Administrative Agent reasonably believes was in fact the Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of the prior Fiscal Quarter.
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“ Banking Day ”
means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of LIBOR Rate Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or
Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Cleveland, Ohio, and
New York, New York for the conduct of substantially all of their
commercial lending activities and on which dealings in Dollars are
carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all
other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks generally are open in Cleveland, Ohio, and New York, New York
for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities.
“ Bayshore Project
” means the Project currently owned by Borrower and located
in Brisbane, California.
“ Borrowing Base ”
means, as of any date, an amount equal to (i) sixty-five
percent (65%) of the Aggregate Adjusted Current Value of those
Income-Producing Projects in the Unencumbered Pool, plus
(ii) sixty-five percent (65%) of the Invested Cash in
Unstabilized Projects in the Unencumbered Pool, provided, however,
that (A) the aggregate amount contributed to the Borrowing
Base under clause (ii) with respect to Unstabilized Projects
shall in no event exceed twenty percent (20%) of the total
Borrowing Base and (B) the aggregate amount contributed to the
Borrowing Base on account of Exception Projects shall in no event
exceed ten percent (10%) of the total Borrowing Base.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” means all monetary obligations of a Person
under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, is classified as a
capital lease, other than those obligations so classified solely as
a result of FAS 141.
“ Capital Reserves
” means, as of any date with respect to any Income-Producing
Project or group of Income-Producing Projects, an annual amount
equal to (i) $0.30 per square foot of the aggregate Net Rentable
Area of those Income-Producing Projects owned by a member of the
Consolidated Group as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal
Quarter for which financial results have been reported and
(ii) the applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of $0.30
per square foot of the Net Rentable Area of those Income-Producing
Projects owned by an Investment Affiliate as of the last day of
such Fiscal Quarter.
“ Capitalization Rate
” means eight and one-quarter of one percent (8.25%). The
Capitalization Rate shall be reviewed annually by the Lenders and
may be adjusted (upward or downward) effective as of each
anniversary of the date of this Agreement to such percentage as the
Requisite Lenders may determine, in good faith and in their
reasonable discretion, after consultation with Borrower, to reflect
then-current capitalization rates for similar assets.
“ Cash Equivalents
” means, as of any date:
(i) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than one year from such date;
(ii) mutual funds organized under the
United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, rated AAm
or AAm-G by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s;
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(iii) certificates of deposit or
other interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust company which
is a member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a
short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1 by S&P
and not less than P-1 by Moody’s (or in each case, if no bank
or trust company is so rated, the highest comparable rating then
given to any bank or trust company, but in such case only for funds
invested overnight or over a weekend) provided that such
investments shall mature or be redeemable upon the option of the
holders thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of
their purchase;
(iv) certificates of deposit or other
interest-bearing obligations of a bank or trust company which is a
member in good standing of the Federal Reserve System having a
short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P,
and not less than P-1 by Moody’s and which has a long term
unsecured debt rating of not less than A1 by Moody’s (or in
each case, if no bank or trust company is so rated, the highest
comparable rating then given to any bank or trust company, but in
such case only for funds invested overnight or over a weekend)
provided that such investments shall mature or be redeemable upon
the option of the holders thereof on or prior to a date three
months from the date of their purchase;
(v) bonds or other obligations having
a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P
and P-1+ by Moody’s and having a long term debt rating of not
less than A1 by Moody’s issued by or by authority of any
state of the United States of America, any territory or possession
of the United States of America, including the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and agencies thereof, or any political subdivision of
any of the foregoing;
(vi) repurchase agreements issued by
an entity rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than
P-1 by Moody’s which are secured by United States of America
government securities of the type described in clause (i) of
this definition maturing on or prior to a date one month from the
date the repurchase agreement is entered into;
(vii) short term promissory notes
rated not less than A-1+ by S&P, and not less than P-1 by
Moody’s maturing or to be redeemable upon the option of the
holders thereof on or prior to a date one month from the date of
their purchase; and
(viii) commercial paper (having
original maturities of not more than 365 days) rated at least
A-1+ by S&P and P-1 by Moody’s and issued by a foreign or
domestic issuer who, at the time of the investment, has outstanding
long-term unsecured debt obligations rated at least A1 by
Moody’s.
“ Certificate ”
means a certificate signed by a Senior Officer or Responsible
Official (as applicable) of the Person providing the
certificate.
“ CFLS Project ”
means that certain Project known as the Center for Life Sciences
Building located at 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, Massachusetts,
consisting of approximately 1.520 acres of land on which an
eighteen (18) story office building/laboratory research center
containing approximately 705,642 rentable square feet is under
construction and which is owned in fee simple by a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Borrower.
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“ Closing Date ”
means the time and Banking Day on which the conditions set forth in
Section 8.1 are satisfied or waived. The Administrative
Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders of the date that is the
Closing Date.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended or replaced and as in
effect from time to time.
“ Commitments ”
means, collectively, all of the Line Commitments and all of the
Term Commitments, if any.
“ Commitment Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
“ Compliance Certificate
” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit B ,
properly completed and signed by a Senior Officer of
Borrower.
“ Confidential
Information ” means (i) all of the terms, covenants,
conditions or agreements set forth in this Agreement or any
amendments hereto and any related agreements of whatever nature,
(ii) the information and reports provided in compliance with
Article 7 of this Agreement, (iii) 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
Projects or their condition or use, whether prepared by Borrower or
others, which use, or reflect, or that are based on, derived from,
or are in any way related to the foregoing, and (iv) any and
all other information of Parent, its Subsidiaries or the Investment
Affiliates 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 Parent,
its Subsidiaries, the Investment Affiliates, 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). Such 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.
“ Consolidated Group
” means Parent, Borrower and all Subsidiaries of Borrower
which are consolidated with Parent and Borrower for financial
reporting purposes under GAAP.
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“ Consolidated Group Pro
Rata Share ” means, with respect to any Investment
Affiliate, the percentage of the issued and outstanding stock,
partnership interests or membership interests held by the
Consolidated Group in the aggregate in such Investment
Affiliate.
“ Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination,
without duplication, the sum of (a) all Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Group outstanding at such date, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (whether recourse or
non-recourse), plus, without duplication, (b) the applicable
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any Indebtedness of each
Investment Affiliate other than Indebtedness of such Investment
Affiliate to a member of the Consolidated Group.
“ Continuing Tenant
” means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any
Fiscal Quarter, a tenant of such Project which was leasing space in
such Project at all times during such Fiscal Quarter and paying
rent.
“ Contractual Obligation
” means, as to any Person, any provision of any outstanding
security issued by that Person or of any material agreement,
instrument or undertaking to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its Property is bound.
“ Controlled Entity
” means a Person (a) that is a Subsidiary of Parent,
(b) that is a general partnership or a limited partnership in
which Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower is the sole
managing general partner and such managing general partner has the
sole power to (i) sell all or substantially all of the assets
of such Person, (ii) incur Indebtedness in the name of such
Person, (iii) grant a Lien on all or any portion of the assets
of such Person and (iv) otherwise generally manage the business and
assets of such Person or (c) that is a limited liability
company for which Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower
is the sole manager and such manager has the sole power to do the
acts described in subclauses (i) through (iv) of
clause (b) above.
“ Debt Offering ”
means the issuance and sale by any member of the Consolidated Group
of any debt securities of such member, excluding debt securities
issued to and retained by another member of the Consolidated
Group.
“ Debt Service ”
means, for any Fiscal Quarter, the sum of all Interest Expense and
all mandatory or regularly scheduled principal payments due and
payable during such Fiscal Quarter on the related Indebtedness,
excluding any balloon payments due upon maturity of such
Indebtedness (provided that Debt Service with respect to the
Consolidated Group shall include only the applicable Consolidated
Group Pro Rata Share of all such principal payments for such Fiscal
Quarter with respect to Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates).
Debt Service shall include the portion of rent payable by a Person
during such Fiscal Quarter under Capital Lease Obligations that
should be treated as principal in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.
“ Debtor Relief Laws
” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America,
as amended from time to time, and all other applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement,
receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief
Laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
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“ Default ” means
any event that, with the giving of any applicable notice or passage
of time specified in Section 9.1 or both, would be an
Event of Default.
“ Defaulting Lender
” means (a) any Lender that has failed to fund any
Advance within two (2) Banking Days after such funding is
required pursuant to this Agreement; or (b) any Lender that
has (i) breached any other material term or condition of this
Agreement or (ii) failed to make any other payment to the
Administrative Agent (whether such payment is a reimbursement for
costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees, an indemnity payment, the
repayment of erroneously paid funds, a portion of any set-off to be
turned over to the Administrative Agent or otherwise) when such
payment is due and payable under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, if such breach or failure has not been cured or paid
within ten (10) days after notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent to such Lender.
“ Default Rate ”
means the interest rate prescribed in Section 3.6
.
“ Designated Deposit
Account ” means a deposit account to be maintained by
Borrower with KeyBank or one of its Affiliates, as from time to
time designated by Borrower by written notification to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Distribution ”
means, with respect to any shares of capital stock or any warrant
or option to purchase an equity security or other equity security
or interest issued by a Person, (i) the retirement, redemption,
purchase or other acquisition for cash or for Property by such
Person of any such security or interest, (ii) the payment by
such Person of any dividend in cash or in Property on or with
respect to any such security or interest, (iii) 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 Distribution or
(iv) any other payment in cash or Property by such Person
constituting a distribution under applicable Laws with respect to
such security or interest.
“ Dollars ” or
“ $ ” means United States of America
dollars.
“ EBITDA ” means,
with respect to any Person for any Fiscal Quarter, the Net Income
of such Person (from operations and from discontinued operations)
for that Fiscal Quarter, before (i) interest, income taxes,
minority interests, depreciation, amortization and all other
non-cash expenses (including non-cash compensation, to the extent
not actually paid as a cash expense) of such Person for that Fiscal
Quarter and (ii) extraordinary gains (and losses) of such
Person, in each case as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
provided , that in performing the foregoing calculation of
EBITDA with respect to the Consolidated Group, that portion of
EBITDA attributable to the Consolidated Group’s equity
interests in any Investment Affiliates shall be deducted, and the
applicable Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of EBITDA in each such
Investment Affiliate shall be added back into the
calculation.
“ Eligible Assignee
” means (a) another Lender, (b) with respect to any
Lender, any Affiliate of that Lender, (c) any commercial bank
having a combined capital and surplus of $5,000,000,000 or more,
(d) the central bank of any country which is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (e) any
savings bank, savings and loan association or similar financial
institution which (A) has a net worth of $500,000,000 or more,
(B) is engaged in the
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business
of lending money and extending credit under credit facilities
substantially similar to those extended under this Agreement and
(C) is operationally and procedurally able to meet the
obligations of a Lender hereunder to the same degree as a
commercial bank, and (f) any other financial institution
(including a mutual fund or other fund) approved by the
Administrative Agent and, unless an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, Borrower (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) having total assets of
$500,000,000 or more which meets the requirements set forth in
subclauses (B) and (C) of clause (e) above;
provided that each Eligible Assignee must either (a) be
organized under the Laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia or (b) be organized under
the Laws of the Cayman Islands or any country which is a member of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a
political subdivision of such a country, and (i) act hereunder
through a branch, agency or funding office located in the United
States of America and (ii) be exempt from withholding of tax
on interest and deliver the documents related thereto pursuant to
Section 11.21 .
“ Employee Plan ”
means any (a) employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA,
(b) any plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code) that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code,
(c) any entity the underlying assets of which include plan
assets (as defined in 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101 or
otherwise under ERISA) by reason of a plan’s investment in
such entity (including an insurance company general account), or
(d) a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of
ERISA or Section 414(d) of the Code) organized in a jurisdiction
within the United States of America having prohibitions on
transactions with such governmental plan substantially similar to
those contained in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code.
“ Equity Offering
” means the issuance and sale by any member of the
Consolidated Group of any equity securities of such member,
excluding equity securities issued to and retained by another
member of the Consolidated Group.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any
regulations issued pursuant thereto, as amended or replaced and as
in effect from time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means each Person (whether or not incorporated) which is
required to be aggregated with Parent pursuant to Section 414
of the Code.
“ Event of Default
” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1
.
“ Exception Projects
” means, as of any date, any Qualified Unencumbered Project
(other than the Landmark at Eastview Project and the KOP Project)
which is not wholly-owned in fee simple by Borrower or a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower but which (i) is owned by
a member of the Consolidated Group and (ii) has been added to,
and is then included in, the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to the
exceptions provided in Section 2.11 .
“ Excluded Tenant
” means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any
Fiscal Quarter, a tenant of such Project (i) whose lease
expired or was terminated during such Fiscal Quarter or within
thirty (30) days after the expiration of such Fiscal Quarter
or (ii) which either defaulted in the payment of any of its
lease obligations during such Fiscal Quarter (and such
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payment
default is continuing after all required notices have been given
and all applicable cure periods provided for in such lease have
expired) or was the debtor in a voluntary or involuntary proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law during such Fiscal Quarter.
“ Facility ” means
the Loans, Swing Loans and Letters of Credit made available to
Borrower hereunder from time to time by the Lenders.
“ Facility Availability
Amount ” means, as of any date, the lowest of
(a) the Aggregate Commitment, (b) the Borrowing Base as
of such date less the excess, if any, of Total Unsecured
Indebtedness (excluding Subordinated Debt) over the Outstanding
Facility Amount and (c) the maximum aggregate Outstanding
Facility Amount that could be outstanding on such date without
causing the Unsecured Debt Service Coverage Ratio to fall below
2.00 to 1.00.
“ FAS 141 ” means
Statement No. 141 issued by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
“ Federal Funds Effective
Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on such day as
being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous
trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank
in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank
computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the
“Federal Funds Effective Rate.”
“ Fee Letter ”
means that certain fee letter dated as of June 29, 2007 among
the Parent, Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Fiscal Quarter ”
means the fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Group ending on each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31.
“ Fiscal Year ”
means the fiscal year of Borrower ending on each
December 31.
“ Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” means, as of any date, (a) Adjusted EBITDA
divided by (b) the sum of (i) Debt Service with
respect to the Consolidated Group plus (ii) all Preferred
Distributions of the Consolidated Group plus (iii) the
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of all Preferred Distributions of
Investment Affiliates, in each case based on the most recent Fiscal
Quarter for which financial results have been reported.
“ Funds From Operations
” with respect to any fiscal period shall have the same
meaning determined from time to time by the National Association of
Real Estate Investment Trusts to be the meaning most commonly used
by its members.
“ Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles ” or “ GAAP ”
means, as of any date of determination, accounting principles
(a) set forth as generally accepted in then currently
effective Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (b) set
forth as generally accepted in then currently effective Statements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or (c) that are
then approved by such other entity as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession in the United
States of America. The term “consistently applied,” as
used in connection therewith, means that the accounting
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principles applied are consistent in all material respects with
those applied at prior dates or for prior periods.
“ Governmental Agency
” means (a) any international, foreign, federal, state,
county or municipal government, or political subdivision thereof,
(b) any governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority,
board, bureau, commission, department, instrumentality or public
body or (c) any court or administrative tribunal, each of
competent jurisdiction.
“ Gross Asset Value
” means, as of any day, an amount equal to the sum of the
following assets then owned by a member of the Consolidated Group
or an Investment Affiliate and valued as follows: (i) Adjusted
NOI attributable to Projects owned by a member of the Consolidated
Group (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share thereof with
respect to Projects owned by an Investment Affiliate) (excluding
any such portion of such Adjusted NOI attributable to (a) the
HGS Borrowing Base Project, (b) those buildings in the Sun
Campus Project not yet designated by Borrower to be valued based on
Adjusted NOI as described below, (c) the CFLS Project,
(d) Projects that were Unstabilized Projects at any time
during the Fiscal Quarter with respect to which Adjusted NOI is
determined, (e) Projects acquired after the first day of such
Fiscal Quarter, or (f) Projects disposed of during or after
such Fiscal Quarter), divided by the Capitalization Rate;
plus , without duplication, (ii) with respect to the
CFLS Project and each such Project that was an Unstabilized
Project, the greater of (a) the portion of such Adjusted NOI
attributable to such Project (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata
Share thereof with respect to any such excluded Project owned by an
Investment Affiliate), divided by the Capitalization Rate
and (b) the Consolidated Group’s GAAP cost basis (or the
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share thereof with respect to any such
excluded Project owned by an Investment Affiliate) in such Project;
plus (iii) either (x) until the repurchase right held
by the former owner of the HGS Borrowing Base Project has expired
unexercised or otherwise been terminated, the lesser of
(a) the Net HGS Repurchase Price and (b) the Adjusted NOI
attributable to the HGS Borrowing Base Project divided by the
Capitalization Rate, or (y) thereafter, the Adjusted NOI
attributable to the HGS Borrowing Base Project divided by the
Capitalization Rate plus (iv) the applicable aggregate
acquisition cost as shown on Exhibit H for those
buildings in the Sun Campus Project Borrower has not yet designated
for valuation based on Adjusted NOI by giving an irrevocable
written notice to such effect to the Administrative Agent;
plus (v) the acquisition cost of all Projects acquired
after the first day of such Fiscal Quarter and on or prior to such
date of determination (or the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share
thereof with respect to any such acquired Project owned by an
Investment Affiliate); plus (vi) the acquisition cost
of all raw land held for development as of such date (or the
Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share thereof with respect to any such
land owned by an Investment Affiliate) (provided that the amount
contributed to Gross Asset Value under this clause (vi) shall
not exceed 10% of the total Gross Asset Value); plus
(vii) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Consolidated Group as
of such date of determination.
“ Guarantors ”
means, collectively, (a) Parent, (b) the Initial
Unencumbered Project Subsidiaries, and (c) any other
Subsidiary of Borrower that hereafter owns a Qualified Unencumbered
Project and executes a Joinder Agreement pursuant to
Section 5.13 . Guarantors are jointly and severally
obligated with respect to the Obligations.
“ Guarantee” or
“Guaranteed Obligation ” means, as to any Person,
any (a) guarantee by that Person of Indebtedness of, or other
obligation performable by, any other Person or (b) assurance
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given by
that Person to an obligee of any other Person with respect to the
performance of an obligation by, or the financial condition of,
such other Person, whether direct, indirect or contingent,
including any purchase or repurchase agreement covering such
obligation or any collateral security therefor, any agreement to
provide funds (by means of loans, capital contributions or
otherwise) to such other Person, any agreement to support the
solvency or level of any balance sheet item of such other Person or
any “keep-well” or other arrangement of whatever nature
given for the purpose of assuring or holding harmless such obligee
against loss with respect to any obligation of such other Person;
provided , however , that the term Guarantee
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation in respect of Indebtedness shall
be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable
amount of the related Indebtedness (unless the Guarantee Obligation
is limited by its terms to a lesser amount, in which case to the
extent of such amount) or, if not stated or determinable, the
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined
by the Person in good faith pursuant to Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles.
“ Guaranties ”
means that certain Amended and Restated Parent Guaranty dated as of
the Agreement Effective Date executed by Parent in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C-1 and made a part hereof,
and that certain Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty dated as
of the Agreement Effective Date executed by the Initial
Unencumbered Project Subsidiaries in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C-2 and made a part hereof, as such Subsidiary
Guaranty may be amended from time to time including by the joinder
of additional Guarantors therein pursuant to a Joinder Agreement
pursuant to Section 5.13 .
“ Hazardous Materials
” means substances defined as “hazardous
substances” pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C.
§9601 et seq., or as “hazardous”,
“toxic” or “pollutant” substances or as
“solid waste” pursuant to the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §1801, et seq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §6901, et seq., or as
“friable asbestos” pursuant to the Toxic Substances
Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. or any other applicable
Hazardous Materials Law, in each case as such Laws are amended from
time to time.
“ Hazardous Materials
Laws ” means all Laws governing the treatment,
transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials applicable to any
of the Projects.
“ HGS Borrowing Base
Project ” means that certain Project located at 9911
Belward Campus Drive, Rockville, Maryland consisting of
approximately nine and one-half acres of land improved with a
building containing approximately 289,912 gross square feet of
laboratory manufacturing space and owned in fee simple by a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
“ Income-Producing
Project ” means any Project other than an Unstabilized
Project.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, with respect to a Person, at the time of computation
thereof, all of the following (without duplication): (a) all
obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed;
(b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money
borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted,
in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced
by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or
(iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness,
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conditional sales contracts or other similar instruments, upon
which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or
assumed as full or partial payment for Property or services
rendered; (c) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;
(d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person under any
letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been
presented for payment); (e) all off-balance sheet obligations
of such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person in respect
of any repurchase obligation, takeout commitment or forward equity
commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (it being
understood that the term “Indebtedness” shall not
include trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business
or obligations of such Person under purchase agreements pertaining
to potential acquisition by such Person of additional real
properties (and related assets)); (g) net mark to market
exposure of such Person under any interest rate protection
agreement (including, without limitation, any interest rate swaps,
caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and currency swaps
and similar agreements; (h) all Indebtedness of other Persons
which such Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such
Person (except for guaranties of customary non-recourse
“carve-out” exceptions for fraud, misapplication of
funds, environmental indemnities and other similar exceptions to
recourse liability (but not exceptions relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar events)); and
(i) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by any Lien on
Property owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or
other payment obligation. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness
shall not include premiums required by FAS 141 as a result of the
assumption of Indebtedness bearing an interest rate that was above
market interest rates at the time of assumption.
“ Initial Unencumbered
Projects ” means the Qualified Unencumbered Projects so
identified in Schedule 4.18 .
“ Initial Unencumbered
Project Subsidiaries ” means the Subsidiaries of Borrower
which own Qualified Unencumbered Projects as of the Agreement
Effective Date and have executed the Guaranty.
“ Intangible Assets
” means assets that are considered intangible assets under
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, including customer
lists, goodwill, copyrights, trade names, trademarks and
patents.
“ Interest Expense
” means, with respect to the Consolidated Group and measured
as of the last day of the most recent Fiscal Quarter for which
financial results have been reported, the sum of (a) all
interest of the Consolidated Group (whether accrued or paid,
without duplication) for such Fiscal Quarter, excluding any
non-cash interest expense, but including capitalized interest due
to any Person who is not a member of the Consolidated Group which
is not funded from the proceeds of a construction loan, plus
(b) the portion of rent paid or payable by the Consolidated
Group (without duplication) for such Fiscal Quarter under Capital
Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance
with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13,
plus (c) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of any interest
expense of the type described in clause (a) and clause
(b) above of each Investment Affiliate for such Fiscal Quarter
.
“ Invested Cash ”
means all cash equity invested by the Consolidated Group in an
Unstabilized Project, including the purchase price, hard
construction costs and soft costs reasonably
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acceptable to the Administrative Agent that have been directly
expended toward the acquisition or development of such Unstabilized
Project.
“ Investment ”
means, when used in connection with any Person, any investment by
or of that Person, whether by means of purchase or other
acquisition of stock or other securities of any other Person or by
means of a loan, advance creating a debt, capital contribution,
guaranty or other debt or equity participation or interest in any
other Person, including any partnership and joint venture interests
of such Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested ( minus any return of capital with respect
to such Investment which has actually been received in cash or Cash
Equivalents or has been converted into cash or Cash Equivalents),
without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the
value of such Investment.
“ Investment Affiliate
” means any Person in which the Consolidated Group, directly
or indirectly, has either a controlling interest or a ten percent
(10%) or greater ownership interest, whose financial results, in
either case, are not consolidated under GAAP with the financial
results of the Consolidated Group.
“ Joinder Agreement
” means the joinder agreement with respect to the Guaranty to
be executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.13 by
any additional Subsidiary Guarantor in the form of
Exhibit C-3 (with such changes thereto as the
Administrative Agent shall in its discretion reasonably require)
either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented, modified, amended, extended or supplanted.
“ KOP Project ”
means that certain Project currently owned by a member of the
Consolidated Group (sometimes referred to by the Parties as the
“King of Prussia Project”) and located in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
“ Landmark at Eastview
” means that certain Project currently owned by a member of
the Consolidated Group and located in Westchester County, New
York.
“ Laws ” means,
collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents.
“ Lead Arranger ”
means KeyBanc Capital Markets.
“ Lender ” means
each Lender whose name is set forth in the signature pages of this
Agreement and each lender which may hereafter become a party to
this Agreement pursuant to Section 2.8 or
Section 11.8 .
“ Letter of Credit
” means a standby letter of credit which is payable upon
presentation of a sight draft and other documents, as originally
issued pursuant to this Agreement or as amended, modified,
extended, renewed or supplemented thereafter.
“ Letter of Credit
Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at
such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all
unreimbursed drawings under Letters of Credit at such time.
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“ Letter of Credit Fee
” means the fees payable to the Lenders with respect to a
Letter of Credit as described in Section 2.6(e) .
“ Letter of Credit
Request ” means the request described in
Section 2.6 .
“ Leverage Ratio ”
means, as of any day, (a) Consolidated Outstanding
Indebtedness as of such date less Qualifying Trust Preferred
Obligations as of such date, divided by (b) Gross Asset Value
as of such date, expressed as a percentage.
“ LIBOR Base Rate
” means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Advance for the
relevant LIBOR Period, the applicable British Bankers’
Association LIBOR rate for deposits in Dollars as reported by any
generally recognized financial information service as of
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Banking Days prior to the first
day of such LIBOR Period, and having a maturity equal to such LIBOR
Period, provided that, if no such British Bankers’
Association LIBOR rate is available to the Administrative Agent,
the applicable LIBOR Base Rate for the relevant LIBOR Period shall
instead be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be
the rate at which KeyBank or one of its Affiliate banks offers to
place deposits in Dollars with first class banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Banking Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Period, in the
approximate amount of the relevant LIBOR Rate Advance and having a
maturity equal to such LIBOR Period.
“ LIBOR Lending Office
” means, as to each Lender, its office or branch so
designated by written notice to Borrower and the Administrative
Agent as its LIBOR Lending Office. If no LIBOR Lending Office is
designated by a Lender, its LIBOR Lending Office shall be its
office at its address for purposes of notices hereunder.
“ LIBOR Period ”
means, as to each LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date specified by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(d)
and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months (or, if available from all
Lenders, 12 months) thereafter, as specified by Borrower in
the applicable Request for Loan; provided that:
(a) the first day of any LIBOR
Period shall be a Banking Day;
(b) any LIBOR Period that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Banking Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding Banking Day unless such Banking Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such LIBOR Period shall end
on the next preceding Banking Day;
(c) any LIBOR Period which
begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
date in the calendar month in which such LIBOR Period would
otherwise end shall instead end on the last Banking Day of such
calendar month; and
(d) no LIBOR Period shall extend
beyond the Maturity Date.
“ LIBOR Rate ”
means, as of any date during any LIBOR Period, the sum of
(A) the LIBOR Base Rate applicable to such LIBOR Period
divided by one minus the then-current Reserve Percentage and
(B) the then-current Applicable Margin with respect to LIBOR
Rate Loans.
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“ LIBOR Rate Advance
” means an Advance made hereunder and specified to be a LIBOR
Rate Advance in accordance with Article 2 .
“ LIBOR Rate Loan
” means a Loan made hereunder and specified to be a LIBOR
Rate Loan in accordance with Article 2 .
“ Lien ” means any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for
security, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any
kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of Law
or otherwise, affecting any Property, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature of a security interest, and/or the filing of any
financing statement (other than a precautionary financing statement
with respect to a lease that is not in the nature of a security
interest) under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable Law of
any jurisdiction with respect to any Property.
“ Life Sciences
Buildings ” means (i) office buildings,
office/laboratory buildings and research or manufacturing/warehouse
buildings, leased primarily to medical, pharmaceutical, biotech or
other life sciences companies, or to companies which are otherwise
affiliated with the life sciences industry, and
(ii) traditional office buildings intended to be redeveloped
and converted to buildings leased primarily to the companies
described in clause (i) of this definition.
“ Line Advance ”
means any Advance made from time to time to Borrower hereunder, on
a revolving basis, by a Lender then holding a Line
Commitment.
“ Line Commitment
” means the commitment of each of the Lenders (as initially
specified in Schedule 1.1 hereto) to make Advances to
fund Line Loans on a revolving basis under
Section 2.1(a ) and to participate in Letters of Credit
issued under Section 2.6 and Swing Loans made under
Section 2.5 , as such commitment may increase or
decrease pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Line Facility ”
means the Line Loans, Swing Loans and Letters of Credit made
available to Borrower hereunder from time to time by the Lenders
under their Line Commitments.
“ Line Lender ”
means any Lender providing a Line Commitment.
“ Line Loan ”
means a Loan to Borrower under the Aggregate Line Commitment funded
by Line Advances from the Lenders made pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) .
“ Line Note ”
means any of the promissory notes made by Borrower to a Lender
holding a Line Commitment evidencing Line Advances under that
Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Line Commitment,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D , either as
originally executed or as the same may from time to time be
supplemented, modified, amended, renewed or extended.
“ Loan ” means the
aggregate of the Advances made at any one time by the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or
Section 2.1(b) and the Swing Loans made pursuant to
Section 2.5 .
“ Loan Documents ”
means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties and
each Joinder Agreement and any other agreements of any type or
nature hereafter executed and delivered
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by
Borrower or Guarantors to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender
in any way relating to or in furtherance of this Agreement, in each
case either as originally executed or as the same may from time to
time be supplemented, modified, amended, restated, extended or
supplanted.
“ Loan Parties ”
means, collectively, as of any date, Borrower and the
Guarantors.
“ Margin Stock ”
means “margin stock” as such term is defined in
Regulation T, U or X.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (a) a material adverse change in the
status of the business, results of operations or condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Consolidated Group taken as a
whole, and/or (b) any set of circumstances or events which
(i) has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect 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), or
(ii) has materially impaired or would reasonably be expected
to materially impair the ability of Borrower and the Guarantors to
perform the Obligations.
“ Maturity Date ”
means (i) with respect to the Line Facility either
August 1, 2011 (which is the day immediately preceding the
fourth (4th) anniversary of the Agreement Effective Date), or, if
the Maturity Date with respect to the Line Facility is extended
pursuant to Section 2.10 , August 1, 2012 and
(ii) with respect to any Term Facility, August 1, 2012
(which is the day immediately preceding the fifth (5th) anniversary
of the Agreement Effective Date).
“ Monthly Payment Date
” means the first day of each calendar month.
“ Moody’s ”
means Moody’s Investor Service, Inc. and its
successors.
“ Mortgageable Ground
Lease ” means any lease (a) which is a direct lease
granted by the fee owner of the applicable Project, (b) which
has a remaining term, as of the date such Project becomes a
Qualified Unencumbered Project, of not less than thirty
(30) years, including extension options which are exercisable
solely at the discretion of the lessee thereunder, (c) under
which no material default has occurred and is continuing,
(d) with respect to which a leasehold mortgage may be granted,
and (e) which the Administrative Agent has otherwise
reasonably determined is financeable.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which one or more members of the
Consolidated Group or any of their ERISA Affiliates contribute or
are obligated to contribute.
“ Negative Pledge
” means a Contractual Obligation (other than the Loan
Documents and the documents executed in connection with the Related
Facility) that contains a covenant binding on any owner of a
Project that prohibits Liens on any of such owner’s Projects,
other than any such covenant contained in a Contractual Obligation
(other than the Loan Documents and the documents executed in
connection with the Related Facility) granting or relating to a
particular Lien on a Project which prohibits further Liens on such
Project and on the direct or indirect ownership interests in the
entity owning such Project.
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“ Net HGS Repurchase
Price ” means, as of any date, the net price that the
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower owning the HGS Borrowing Base
Project would have received if such Project had been repurchased by
the former owner thereof on the last day of the most recent Fiscal
Quarter for which financial results have been reported pursuant to
the exercise of such former owner’s rights as evidenced by
that certain Memorandum of Option dated as of May 1, 2006 and
recorded among the Land Records of Montgomery County in Liber
32247, folio 445 as corrected by Corrective Memorandum of Option
dated as of May 22, 2006 and recorded among such Land Records
in Liber ___, folio ___, after applying all credits that would have
then been due to such former owner on account of rents paid as
described in such Memorandum of Option.
“ Net Income ”
means, with respect to any Person and with respect to any fiscal
period, the net income of that Person for that period, determined
in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
consistently applied.
“ Net Rentable Area
” means with respect to any Project, the floor area of any
buildings, structures or improvements available for leasing to
tenants (excluding storage lockers and parking spaces), as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, the manner of
such determination to be consistent for all Projects unless
otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Net Worth ”
means, as of any day, (a) Gross Asset Value as of such date
minus (b) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness as of
such date.
“ New Tenant ”
means, with respect to any Income-Producing Project for any Fiscal
Quarter, a tenant of such Project which first commenced leasing its
premises at such Project and commenced paying rent at any time
during the period from the second day of such Fiscal Quarter
through and including the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the
end of such Fiscal Quarter.
“ NOI ” means,
with respect to any Project for any applicable Fiscal Quarter, the
sum of (i) actual rental income for such Fiscal Quarter
attributable to Continuing Tenants and New Tenants; (ii) with
respect to any New Tenant, an imputed amount of net rental income
for those days during such Fiscal Quarter during which such New
Tenant was not leasing space and paying rent based on the per diem
net rental income being paid by such New Tenant as of the
commencement of its obligation to pay rent on its lease;
(iii) all actual expense reimbursements received from such
tenants for such Fiscal Quarter; and (iv) all actual other
income for such Fiscal Quarter less (A) actual
operating expenses for such Fiscal Quarter (excluding from
operating expenses, any allocation of general and administrative
expenses related to the operations of the Consolidated Group and
its Investment Affiliates), (B) actual management fees payable
with respect to such Project for such Fiscal Quarter and
(C) any actual or imputed rental income for such Fiscal
Quarter attributable to Excluded Tenants, provided, however, that
in the case of any such Project owned by an Investment Affiliate,
only the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of the foregoing amount
attributable to such Project shall be included in
“NOI”.
“ Non-Recourse
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness for which the liability
of the obligor thereunder ( except with respect to fraud,
Hazardous Materials Laws liability and other customary non-recourse
“carve-out” exceptions) either is contractually limited
to collateral securing such Indebtedness or is so limited by
operation of Law.
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“ Notes ” means,
collectively, the Line Notes, the Term Notes and the Swing Loan
Note.
“ Obligations ”
means all present and future obligations of every kind or nature of
the Loan Parties at any time and from time to time owed to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any one or more of them,
under any one or more of the Loan Documents, whether due or to
become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, or
contingent or noncontingent, including obligations of
performance as well as obligations of payment, and including
interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law by or against any member of the
Consolidated Group.
“ Opinions of Counsel
” means the favorable written legal opinions of Latham &
Watkins LLP and Venable LLP, counsel to Borrower, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Outstanding Facility
Amount ” means, as of any date, the sum of the
Outstanding Line Amount and the Outstanding Term Amount, if
any.
“ Outstanding Line
Amount ” means, as of any date, the aggregate of all Line
Loans, Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure, outstanding on
such date.
“ Outstanding Term
Amount ” means, as of any date, the aggregate of all Term
Loans, if any, outstanding on such date.
“ Parent ” means
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“ Party ” means
any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
which now or hereafter is a party to any of the Loan
Documents.
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereof
established under ERISA.
“ Pension Plan ”
means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA and with
respect to the Consolidated Group is maintained by a member of the
Consolidated Group or to which a member of the Consolidated Group
contributes or has an obligation to contribute.
“ Percentage ”
means, with respect to each Lender as of any date, the percentage
derived by dividing that Lender’s then-current Commitment by
the then-current Aggregate Commitment. If an Aggregate Term
Commitment is established, a Lender’s
“Percentage” of the Aggregate Line Commitment or the
Term Commitment, as of any date, shall be the percentage derived by
dividing that portion of such Lender’s then-current
Commitment allocated to the Aggregate Line Commitment or the
Aggregate Term Commitment, as the case may be, by the then-current
full Aggregate Line Commitment or full Aggregate Term Commitment as
applicable.
“ Permitted Business
Activities ” means the acquisition, development,
renovation, ownership, leasing, sale and operation of Life Sciences
Buildings (including Projects and Unstabilized Projects that will
be used as Life Sciences Buildings following completion of
development) plus free-
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standing
parking garages that serve such Life Sciences Buildings, in the
case of the 47 Erie Parking Garage in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the
parking garage associated with the HGS Borrowing Base Project and
any such parking garage that may be acquired as part of a future
acquisition of Life Sciences Buildings, so long as Borrower has
obtained the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent to
the inclusion of such garage, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed.
“ Permitted Liens
” is defined in Section 6.14 .
“ Person ” means
any individual or entity, including a trustee, corporation,
limited liability company, general partnership, limited
partnership, joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated
organization, business association, firm, joint venture,
Governmental Agency, or other entity.
“ Preferred
Distributions ” means, as of any date with respect to any
Person, the Distributions due and payable to the holders of
Preferred Equity in such Person for the most recent Fiscal Quarter
for which financial results have been reported.
“ Preferred Equity
” means, with respect to any Person, any form of preferred
stock (whether perpetual, convertible or otherwise) or other
ownership or beneficial interest in such Person 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.
“ Prime Rate ”
means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest publicly
announced from time to time by KeyBank or its parent as its prime
rate (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any
customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes. In the
event that there is a successor to the Administrative Agent by
merger, or the Administrative Agent assigns its duties and
obligations to an Affiliate, then the term “Prime Rate”
as used in this Agreement shall mean the prime rate, base rate or
other analogous rate of the new Administrative Agent.
“ Project ” means
any parcel of real property located in the 48 states that comprise
the continental United States of America or in the District of
Columbia which is owned, leased or operated (in each case in whole
or in part) by Borrower, or any of its Subsidiaries or Investment
Affiliates and which is either (i) improved with completed
Life Sciences Buildings or (ii) held for the development of
Life Sciences Buildings, or (iii) a free-standing parking
garage serving such Life Sciences Buildings in the case of the 47
Erie Parking Garage in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the parking garage
associated with the HGS Borrowing Base Project and any other
parking garages acquired hereafter with the prior approval of the
Administrative Agent, as provided above.
“ Property ” means
any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real,
personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“ Qualified Unencumbered
Project ” means an Income-Producing Project or an
Unstabilized Project that (a) other than as specified below,
is wholly owned in fee simple by Borrower or a Guarantor that is a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower, (b) is leased in
accordance with Section 5.17 , (c) does not have
any title, survey, environmental or other defects that would
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reasonably be expected to materially impair the value, use of or
ability to sell or refinance such Project, (d) is
Unencumbered, and (e) would not cause Borrower to be in
violation of the covenants set forth in Section 5.17 .
Notwithstanding clause (a) of the preceding sentence,
(i) with respect to the Landmark at Eastview Project and any
Exception Project not owned in fee simple, Borrower or a Guarantor
that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower may own a leasehold
interest (as opposed to a fee simple interest) pursuant to a
Mortgageable Ground Lease in such Project, (ii) with respect
to the KOP Project, Borrower or a Guarantor which is a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Borrower (A) owns at least 89% of the equity
interests in the Person that owns such KOP Project and (B) receives
as a return on equity or debt 100% of the cash flow from such KOP
Project and (iii) with respect to any Exception Project that
is not so wholly owned, Borrower or a Guarantor that is a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower need not own such Exception
Project directly, provided that the Person that owns such an
Exception Project has executed a Joinder Agreement and become a
Subsidiary Guarantor.
“ Qualifying Trust Preferred
Obligation ” means any Indebtedness of the Consolidated
Group which (i) has an original maturity of not less than
thirty (30) years, (ii) is non-amortizing and
non-callable, (iii) provides for payment of interest only not
more often than quarterly, (iv) imposes no financial covenants on
the Consolidated Group, (v) provides for the subordination of
such Indebtedness to repayment of the Obligations on such terms as
are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(vi) when aggregated with any other such Indebtedness then
outstanding does not exceed five percent (5%) of the then-current
Gross Asset Value.
“ Redevelopment Project
” means any Project with fifty percent (50%) or more of its
Net Rentable Area vacant and under renovation, reconstruction or
other redevelopment.
“ Regulation D
” means Regulation D, as at any time amended, of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any other
regulation in substance substituted therefor.
“ Regulations T, U and X
” means Regulations T, U and X, as at any time amended, of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any other
regulations in substance substituted therefor.
“ Related Facility
” means the term loan to Borrower made pursuant to the
Secured Term Loan Agreement.
“ Request for Loan
” means a written request for a Loan substantially in the
form of Exhibit E , signed by a Senior Officer of
Borrower, and properly completed to provide all information
required to be included therein.
“ Requirement of Law
” means, as to any Person, the articles or certificate of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person, and any Law, or judgment, award, decree,
writ or determination of a Governmental Agency, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or
to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.
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“ Requisite Lenders
” means (a) as of any date of determination if the
Aggregate Commitment is then in effect, Lenders having in the
aggregate 66-2/3% or more of the Aggregate Commitment then in
effect and (b) as of any date of determination if the
Aggregate Commitment has then been suspended or terminated, Lenders
holding Advances and participation interests in Letters of Credit
and Swing Loans evidencing in the aggregate 66-2/3% or more of the
aggregate Outstanding Facility Amount.
“ Reserve Percentage
” means for any day with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the
maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which any lender subject
thereto would be required to maintain reserves (including, without
limitation, all base, supplemental, marginal and other reserves)
under Regulation D against “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” (as that term is used in Regulation D), if
such liabilities were outstanding. The Reserve Percentage shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in the Reserve Percentage.
“ Responsible Official
” means (a) when used with reference to a Person other
than an individual, any corporate officer of such Person, general
partner or managing member of such Person, corporate officer of a
corporate general partner or managing member of such Person, or
corporate officer of a corporate general partner of a partnership
that is a general partner of such Person or corporate managing
member of a limited liability company that is a managing member of
such Person, or any other responsible official thereof duly acting
on behalf thereof, and (b) when used with reference to a
Person who is an individual, such Person. The Administrative Agent
and the Lenders shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any
document or certificate that is signed or executed by a Responsible
Official of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries as having been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other
action on the part of Parent or such Subsidiary.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or its successors.
“ Secured Indebtedness
” means any Indebtedness of a Person that is secured by a
Lien on a Project or on any ownership interests in any other Person
or on any other assets, provided that the portion of such
Indebtedness included in “Secured Indebtedness” shall
not exceed the aggregate value of the assets securing such
Indebtedness at the time such Indebtedness was incurred.
“ Secured Term Loan
Agreement ” means that certain First Amended and Restated
Secured Term Loan Agreement of even date herewith by and among
Borrower, KeyBank and certain other lenders identified therein, as
it may be amended or modified from time to time.
“ Senior Officer ”
means (a) the chief executive officer, (b) the chairman,
(c) the chief financial officer, (d) the executive vice
president or (e) the vice president of finance, of any of the
members of the Consolidated Group or of any of their corporate
general partners or managing members, as applicable.
“ Special LIBOR
Circumstance ” means the application or adoption after
the Closing Date of any Law or interpretation, or any change
therein or thereof, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Agency, central bank or
comparable authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or its
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Lending Office with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such
Governmental Agency, central bank or comparable authority.
“ Stabilization ”
means, as of any date with respect to any Project, that either
(i) the entire Project, or in the case of a Redevelopment
Project, the redeveloped portion thereof, was substantially
completed one (1) year or more prior to such date or
(ii) the entire Project has, as of such date, tenants in
occupancy of eighty-five percent (85%) or more of the total Net
Rentable Area thereof, each of which is either paying rent or is
obligated to begin paying rent not later than ninety (90) days
after the commencement date of such tenant’s lease.
“ Subordinated Debt
” means Indebtedness, including Qualifying Trust Preferred
Obligations, which is or has been subordinated to repayment of the
Obligations on such terms as are reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any
Person, (a) any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or other Person (whether or not, in any case,
characterized as such or as a joint venture), whether now existing
or hereafter organized or acquired: (i) in the case of a
corporation, of which a majority of the securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or other governing body
(other than securities having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned by
such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or
(ii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, of which a majority of the partnership, membership or
other ownership interests are at the time beneficially owned by
such Person and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries; and
(b) any other Person the accounts of which are consolidated
with the accounts of the designated parent.
“ Subsidiary Guarantor
” means, as of any date, any of those Subsidiaries that are a
party to the Guaranties.
“ Sun Campus Project
” means that certain Project located in Newark, California
consisting of ten (10) buildings comprising a total of
approximately 1,400,000 square feet of primarily office space, plus
additional land which can support the future development of another
400,000 square feet of space being purchased by Borrower from Sun
Microsystems, Inc. and leased back by Sun Microsystems, Inc. under
short-term leases. An agreed allocation of Borrower’s
aggregate acquisition costs among such buildings is attached hereto
as Exhibit H and made a part hereof.
“ Swap Agreement ”
means a written agreement between Borrower and one or more
financial institutions, including without limitation, KeyBank,
providing for “swap”, “cap”,
“collar” or other interest rate protection with respect
to any Indebtedness.
“ Swing Loan Commitment
” means $75,000,000 of the then-effective Aggregate Line
Commitment, subject to possible reduction as provided for in
Section 2.7 in the case of any reductions in the
Aggregate Line Commitment made by Borrower.
“ Swing Loan Lender
” means KeyBank, in its capacity as the Swing Loan Lender
under this Agreement.
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“ Swing Loan Note
” means the note described in Section 2.5 .
“ Swing Loans ”
means those Loans described in Section 2.5 that are
made or to be made by the Swing Loan Lender and evidenced by the
Swing Loan Note.
“ Term Advance ”
means any Advance made from time to time to Borrower hereunder, on
a non-revolving basis, by a Term Lender.
“ Term Commitment
” means that portion of any increase in the Aggregate
Commitment under Section 2.8(a) which is so designated
by Borrower under Section 2.8(b) and accepted by the
applicable Subsequent Lenders and/or Increasing Lenders.
“ Term Facility ”
means the Term Loans made available to Borrower hereunder from time
to time by the Lenders under their Term Commitments.
“ Term Lender ”
means a Subsequent Lender or an Increasing Lender which has agreed
to provide all or a portion of its increased Commitment as a Term
Commitment.
“ Term Loan ”
means a Loan to Borrower under the Term Commitment, if established,
funded by Term Advances from the Term Lenders made pursuant to
Section 2.1(b) .
“ Term Loan Borrowing
Date ” is defined in Section 2.1(b ).
“ Term Note ”
means any of the promissory notes made by Borrower to a Term Lender
evidencing Term Advances under that Term Lender’s Percentage
of the Aggregate Term Commitment, substantially in the form of
Exhibit D , as modified to apply to the Term Facility
either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time
be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed or extended.
“ Total Unsecured
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date,
(A) Consolidated Outstanding Indebtedness (including without
limitation all Indebtedness under this Agreement and all
Indebtedness represented by “Exchangeable Senior Notes”
issued by members of the Consolidated Group) less (B) all
Secured Indebtedness of the Consolidated Group (including without
limitation all Indebtedness under the Related Facility) less
(C) the Consolidated Group Pro Rata Share of all Secured
Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates and less (D) Qualifying
Trust Preferred 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 Official 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 Official of
that Person).
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“ type ”, when
used with respect to any Loan or Advance, means the designation of
whether such Loan or Advance (i) is being made under the Line
Facility or the Term Facility and (ii) is an Alternate Base
Rate Loan or Advance or a LIBOR Rate Loan or Advance.
“ Unencumbered ”
means, with respect to any property, that such property (a) is
not subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens which do not
secure Indebtedness, (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 Pool
” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the
Initial Unencumbered Projects, plus (b) each other
Qualified Unencumbered Project which has been added to the
Unencumbered Pool pursuant to Section 2.11 as of such
date, minus (c) any Project which has been removed from the
Unencumbered Pool pursuant to Section 2.11 as of such
date, (d) minus any Project which has been removed from the
Unencumbered Pool pursuant to the next sentence hereof as of such
date (and plus any Qualified Unencumbered Project which has
been added back into the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to the next
sentence hereof). In the event that all or any material portion of
an Income-Producing Project then within the Unencumbered Pool shall
be damaged or taken by condemnation, then such Project shall no
longer be a part of the Unencumbered Pool unless and until any
damage to such Project is repaired or restored, such
Income-Producing Project becomes fully operational and the
Administrative Agent shall receive evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent of the Adjusted Current Value and NOI of such
Income-Producing Project following such repair or restoration. In
the event that all or any material portion of an Unstabilized
Project then within the Unencumbered Pool shall be damaged or taken
by condemnation, then the Administrative Agent may reduce the
amount of the Borrowing Base in an amount which the Administrative
Agent reasonably deems appropriate in light of such damage or
condemnation; or may remove such Unstabilized Project from the
Unencumbered Pool unless and until such Unstabilized Project is
repaired or restored to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable
satisfaction.
“ Unsecured Debt Service
Amount ” means, as of any date, an amount equal to one
year of simple interest on an amount equal to the then-current
Total Unsecured Indebtedness (excluding Subordinated Debt) at an
interest rate equal to the then-current LIBOR Rate for a LIBOR
Period of one (1) month.
“ Unsecured Debt Service
Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any date, (a) an
amount equal to Adjusted Unencumbered NOI divided by (b) the
Unsecured Debt Service Amount.
“ Unstabilized Project
” means, as of any date, either (i) a Redevelopment
Project or (ii) a Project that is currently under construction
or has been recently completed (as to its initial construction),
but which in either case (i) or (ii) above, has not yet
reached Stabilization. Once a Project has reached Stabilization,
whether by passage of time or leasing, it shall not thereafter
qualify as an Unstabilized Project unless it subsequently becomes a
Redevelopment Project.
“ Unused Fee Percentage
” means, with respect to any day during a calendar quarter
prior to the Maturity Date with respect to the Line Facility, 0.15%
per annum.
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“ Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, a
Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the capital stock or other
equity interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person.
1.2 Use of Defined Terms . Any
defined term used in the plural shall refer to all members of the
relevant class, and any defined term used in the singular shall
refer to any one or more of the members of the relevant
class.
1.3 Accounting Terms . All
accounting terms not specifically defined in this Agreement shall
be construed in conformity with, and all financial data required to
be submitted by this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity
with, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles applied on a
consistent basis, except as otherwise specifically prescribed
herein. In the event that Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
change during the term of this Agreement such that the covenants
contained in Sections 6.5 through 6.15 ,
inclusive, would then be calculated in a different manner or with
different components, (a) Borrower and the Lenders agree to
amend this Agreement in such respects as are necessary to conform
those covenants as criteria for evaluating Borrower’s
financial condition to substantially the same criteria as were
effective prior to such change in Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles and (b) Borrower shall be deemed to be in
compliance with the covenants contained in the aforesaid Sections
if and to the extent that Borrower would have been in compliance
therewith under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as in
effect immediately prior to such change, but shall have the
obligation to deliver each of the materials described in
Article 7 to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
on the dates therein specified, with financial data presented in a
manner which conforms with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
as in effect immediately prior to such change.
1.4 Exhibits and Schedules .
All Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement, either as originally
existing or as the same may from time to time be supplemented,
modified or amended, are incorporated herein by this reference. A
matter disclosed on any Schedule shall be deemed disclosed on all
Schedules.
1.5 Miscellaneous Terms . The
term “or” is disjunctive; the term “and” is
conjunctive. The term “shall” is mandatory; the term
“may” is permissive. Masculine terms also apply to
females; feminine terms also apply to males. The term
“including” is by way of example and not
limitation.
ARTICLE 2
LOANS
2.1 Loans General .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any
time and from time to time from the Closing Date through the last
Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date with respect
to the Line Facility, each Line Lender shall make, on a pro rata
basis according to that Lender’s Percentage of the
then-current Aggregate Line Commitment, its share of a Line Loan to
Borrower in such amounts as Borrower may request that do not result
in (A) the
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Outstanding Line Amount (after giving effect to all amounts
requested thereunder) exceeding the Aggregate Line Commitment or
(B) the Outstanding Facility Amount (after giving effect to
all amounts requested thereunder) being in excess of the Facility
Availability Amount, and provided that in all events no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and all
conditions to Advances hereunder shall have been satisfied. Subject
to the limitations set forth herein, Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow under the Line Facility without premium or penalty.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the
date on which any Term Commitment or increase in a Term Commitment
becomes effective (a “ Term Loan Borrowing Date
”) , the Term Lender providing such Term Commitment or
increase shall make a Term Advance to Borrower in the full amount
of such Term Commitment or increase, so long as, after giving
effect to the funding of all Term Advances and other Advances
requested to be disbursed on such Term Loan Borrowing Date, the
Outstanding Facility Amount will not exceed the Facility
Availability Amount and provided that in all events no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and all
conditions to Advances hereunder shall have been satisfied.
Borrower may not reborrow all or any portion of any Term Loans once
repaid.
(c) The
obligation of each Lender to make Advances (including Swing Loan
Advances) in accordance with its respective Commitments is several,
and not joint and several; and no Lender shall be obligated to
advance more than its respective Commitment, notwithstanding the
default of any other Lender.
(d) Each
Loan shall be made pursuant to a Request for Loan which shall
specify the requested (i) date of such Loan (which must be a
Banking Day), (ii) type of Loan, (iii) amount of such
Loan, and (iv) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, LIBOR Period
for such Loan.
(e) Promptly
following receipt of a Request for Loan, the Administrative Agent
shall (by the end of business on the same day that the request was
received) notify each Lender of the date and type of the Loan, the
applicable LIBOR Period, and that Lender’s Percentage of the
Loan. Not later than 1:00 p.m., Cleveland time, on the date
specified for any Loan (which must be a Banking Day), each Lender
shall make its Percentage of the Loan in immediately available
funds available to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent’s Office. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article 8 , all Advances shall
be credited on that date in immediately available funds to the
Designated Deposit Account.
(f) Unless
the Requisite Lenders otherwise consent, each Alternate Base Rate
Loan shall be not less than $1,000,000, each LIBOR Rate Loan shall
be not less than $1,000,000 and all Loans shall be in an integral
multiple of $250,000.
(g) The
Advances made by each Lender under its Line Commitment shall be
evidenced by that Lender’s Line Note.
(h) The
Advances made by each Term Lender under its Term Commitment shall
be evidenced by that Lender’s Term Note.
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(i) A
Request for Loan shall be irrevocable upon the Administrative
Agent’s first notification thereof.
(j) If
no Request for Loan has been made within the requisite notice
periods set forth in Section 2.2 or 2.3 prior to
the end of the LIBOR Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, then on the
last day of such LIBOR Period, such LIBOR Rate Loan shall be
automatically converted into an Alternate Base Rate Loan in the
same amount.
2.2 Alternate Base Rate Loans
. Each request by Borrower for an Alternate Base Rate Loan shall be
made pursuant to a Request for Loan received by the Administrative
Agent, at the Administrative Agent’s Office, not later than
1:00 p.m., Cleveland time, on the Banking Day immediately prior to
the date of the requested Alternate Base Rate Loan. All Loans shall
constitute Alternate Base Rate Loans unless properly designated as
a LIBOR Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.3 .
2.3 LIBOR Rate Loans .
(a) Each
request by Borrower for a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be made pursuant to
a Request for Loan received by the Administrative Agent, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office, not later than 1:00 p.m.,
Cleveland time, at least three (3) Banking Days before the
first day of the applicable LIBOR Period.
(b) On
the date which is two (2) Banking Days before the first day of
the applicable LIBOR Period, the Administrative Agent shall confirm
its determination of the applicable LIBOR Rate (which determination
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error) and promptly
shall give notice of the same to Borrower and the Lenders.
(c) Unless
the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders otherwise
consent, there shall be no more than eight (8) LIBOR Periods
in effect at any one time.
(d) No
LIBOR Rate Loan may be requested or continued during the
continuation of a Default or Event of Default.
(e) Nothing
contained herein shall require any Lender to fund any LIBOR Rate
Advance in the London interbank market.
2.4 [Intentionally Omitted.]
2.5 Swing Loan Commitments
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Swing Loan
Lender agrees to lend to Borrower (the “Swing Loans”),
and Borrower may borrow (and repay and reborrow) from time to time
between the Closing Date and the date which is thirty
(30) Banking Days prior to the Maturity Date upon notice by
Borrower to the Swing Loan Lender given in accordance with this
Section 2.5 such sums as are requested by Borrower for
the purposes set forth in Section 5.9 that do not
result in (i) an aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans at
any one time outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts
requested thereunder) being in excess of the Swing
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Loan
Commitment, or (ii) the Outstanding Line Amount (after giving
effect to all Swing Loans requested thereunder) shall not exceed
the Aggregate Line Commitment, or (iii) the Outstanding
Facility Amount (after giving effect to all amounts requested
thereunder) being in excess of the Facility Availability Amount.
Swing Loans shall constitute “Line Loans” for all
purposes hereunder, but shall not be considered the utilization of
a Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Line Commitment. The
funding of a Swing Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation
and warranty by Borrower that all of the conditions set forth in
Article 8 have been satisfied on the date of such
funding (other than advance notice requirements).
(b) The
Swing Loans shall be evidenced by a separate promissory note of
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto
(the “Swing Loan Note”), dated the date of this
Agreement and completed with appropriate insertions. The Swing Loan
Note shall be payable to the order of the Swing Loan Lender in such
amount as may be outstanding from time to time thereunder and shall
be payable as set forth below. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes
the Swing Loan Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about the
time of the date of any Swing Loan or at the time of receipt of any
payment of principal thereof, an appropriate notation on the Swing
Loan Lender’s record reflecting the making of such Swing Loan
or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The
outstanding amount of the Swing Loans set forth on the Swing Loan
Lender’s record shall be prima facie evidence of the
principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to the Swing Loan Lender,
but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such
amount on the Swing Loan Lender’s record shall not limit or
otherwise affect the obligations of Borrower hereunder or under the
Swing Loan Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any
Swing Loan Note when due.
(c) Each
borrowing of a Swing Loan shall be subject to the limits for
Alternate Base Rate Loans set forth in this Agreement. The Borrower
shall request a Swing Loan by delivering to the Swing Loan Lender a
Request for Loan no later than 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the
requested date specifying the amount of the requested Swing Loan.
Each such Request for Loan shall be irrevocable and binding on
Borrower and shall obligate Borrower to accept such Swing Loan on
the requested date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, a Swing Loan shall be an Alternate Base Rate Loan that
shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate. The proceeds of the
Swing Loan will be made available by the Swing Loan Lender to
Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Office (on the same
Banking Day that the Request for Loan was received, if received
prior to the deadline stated above on such day) by crediting the
account of Borrower at such office with such proceeds.
(d) The
Swing Loan Lender shall within five (5) Banking Days after the
date a Swing Loan is made, request each Lender, including the Swing
Loan Lender, to make a Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.1(a) in an amount equal to such
Lender’s Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loan
outstanding on the date such notice is given. The Borrower hereby
irrevocably authorizes and directs the Swing Loan Lender to so act
on its behalf, and agrees that any amount advanced to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Swing Loan Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.5(d) shall be considered a Line
Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(a) . Unless any of the
events described in Section 9.1(j) shall have occurred
(in which event the procedures of Section 2.5(e) shall
apply), each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Line Loan
available to the Swing Loan Lender for the account of the Swing
Loan Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office prior to
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p.m.
(Cleveland time) in funds immediately available no later than the
next Banking Day after the date such notice is given just as if the
Lenders were funding an Alternate Base Rate Loan directly to
Borrower, so that thereafter such Obligations shall be evidenced by
the Line Notes. The proceeds of such Line Loan shall be immediately
applied to repay the Swing Loans.
(e) If
prior to the making of a Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.5(d) by all of the Lenders, one of the events
described in Section 9.1(j) shall have occurred, each
Lender will, on the date such Line Loan pursuant to
Section 2.5(d) was to have been made, purchase an
undivided participating interest in the Swing Loan in an amount
equal to its Percentage of such Swing Loan. Each Lender will
immediately transfer to the Swing Loan Lender in immediately
available funds the amount of its participation and upon receipt
thereof the Swing Loan Lender will deliver to such Lender a Swing
Loan participation certificate dated the date of receipt of such
funds and in such amount.
(f) Whenever
at any time after the Swing Loan Lender has received from any
Lender such Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Loan,
the Swing Loan Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the
Swing Loan Lender will distribute to such Lender its participating
interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted in the case of
interest payments to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded);
provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by
the Swing Loan Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will
return to the Swing Loan Lender any portion thereof previously
distributed by the Swing Loan Lender to it.
(g) Each
Lender’s obligation to fund a Line Loan as provided in
Section 2.5(d) or to purchase participating interests
pursuant to Section 2.5(e) shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance (except
only the failure of the Swing Loan Lender to make the request
described in Section 2.5(d) ), including, without
limitation, (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense
or other right which such Lender or Borrower may have against the
Swing Loan Lender, Borrower or anyone else for any reason
whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or
an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of Borrower or any other member of the
Consolidated Group; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents by any Lender; (v) the failure to
satisfy all of the conditions to disbursement set forth in
Article 8 ; or (vi) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing. No such funding or purchase by a Lender under the
preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a waiver of any claim that
a Lender may otherwise have against the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The provisions of
Section 2.9 shall apply to any Lender which fails or
refuses to make a Line Loan or fund its participation as provided
herein. Each Swing Loan, once so converted, shall cease to be a
Swing Loan for the purposes of this Agreement, but shall be a Line
Loan made by each Lender under its Commitment.
2.6 Letters of Credit .
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any
time and from time to time from the Closing Date through the day
that is thirty (30) Banking Days prior to the Maturity Date,
the Administrative Agent (including any successor Administrative
Agent that
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takes
over such position from KeyBank in accordance with the terms
hereof) shall issue such Letters of Credit as Borrower may request,
for the purposes provided in Section 5.9 , upon the
delivery of a written request in the form of Exhibit G
hereto (a “Letter of Credit Request”) to the
Administrative Agent, provided that (i) upon issuance of such
Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Exposure shall not exceed
$75,000,000, (ii) the Outstanding Line Amount (after giving
effect to all Letters of Credit requested thereunder) shall not
exceed the Aggregate Line Commitment, (iii) the Outstanding
Facility Amount (after giving effect to all letters of credit
requested thereunder) shall not exceed the Facility Availability
Amount, (iv) the conditions set forth in Article 8
shall have been satisfied, and (v) in no event shall any
amount drawn under a Letter of Credit be available for
reinstatement or a subsequent drawing under such Letter of Credit.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, the term of any
Letter of Credit shall not exceed the lesser of twelve
(12) months or a period of time commencing on the issuance of
the Letter of Credit and ending on the Banking Day which is
immediately prior to the Maturity Date, provided that any such
Letter of Credit may contain an automatic extension or renewal
clause, so long as the final expiration date of such Letter of
Credit shall not be later than the Banking Day immediately
preceding the Maturity Date. The amount available to be drawn under
any Letter of Credit shall reduce on a dollar for dollar basis the
amount available to be drawn under the Line Commitments as a Line
Loan.
(b) Each
Letter of Credit Request shall be submitted to the Administrative
Agent at least three (3) Banking Days prior to the date upon
which the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued. Each such
Letter of Credit Request shall contain (i) a statement as to
the purpose for which such Letter of Credit shall be used (which
purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of Section
5.9) , and (ii) a certification by a Responsible Official
of Borrower that Borrower is and will be in compliance with all
covenants under the Loan Documents after giving effect to the
issuance of such Letter of Credit. Borrower shall further deliver
to the Administrative Agent such additional applications and
documents as the Administrative Agent may require, in conformity
with the then standard practices of its letter of credit department
in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit; provided
that in the event of any conflict, the terms of this Agreement
shall control.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall, if it approves of the content of the
Letter of Credit Request (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, issue the Letter of Credit. Each
Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion. Upon issuance of
a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
the Lenders of such issuance and shall provide copies of each
Letter of Credit Request and the corresponding Letter of Credit to
any Lender which requests same.
(d) Upon
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to
have purchased a participation therein from the Administrative
Agent in an amount equal to its respective Percentage of the amount
of such Letter of Credit, provided that no Lender shall be
obligated to transfer funds in such amount to the Administrative
Agent at such time.
(e) Upon
the issuance of each Letter of Credit, Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent (i) for its own account, an issuance fee
equal to the greater of (A) $1,500 or (B) one eighth of one
percent (0.125%) per annum to be calculated on the face amount of
each Letter of Credit for the stated duration thereof, based on the
actual number of days and using a 360-
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day year
basis, payable by Borrower on the issuance of each such Letter of
Credit and on the date of any increase therein or extension
thereof, plus all reasonable out of pocket costs and the
Administrative Agent’s standard charges of issuing, amending
and servicing such Letter of Credit and processing draws
thereunder, and (ii) for the accounts of the Lenders in
accordance with their Percentages in such Letter of Credit, a
“Letter of Credit Fee” calculated at the rate of the
Applicable Margin per annum in effect from time to time with
respect to LIBOR Rate Loans on the face amount of such Letter of
Credit during the period from and including the issuance date of
such Letter of Credit to its expiration or termination date. The
Letter of Credit Fee payable to the Lenders shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable quarterly
in arrears as of the first day of each calendar quarter (commencing
with the first calendar quarter following the date of issuance of
the Letter of Credit) and on the Maturity Date with respect to the
Line Facility. Following its receipt of any such Letter of Credit
Fee, Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender its pro
rata share of such Letter of Credit Fee.
(f) If
and to the extent that any amounts are drawn upon any Letter of
Credit, the amounts so drawn shall, from the date of payment
thereof by the Administrative Agent to either the date of
reimbursement thereof by Borrower or repayment through a borrowing
by Borrower of a Line Loan, bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate. Upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of any draw or
other presentation for payment of a Letter of Credit and the
payment by the Administrative Agent of any amount under a Letter of
Credit which is not reimbursed by Borrower within twenty four (24)
hours of receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of such
draw, the Administrative Agent shall, without further notice to or
the consent of Borrower, direct the Lenders to fund to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.9 on
or before 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the next Banking Day
following Borrower’s failure to reimburse the Administrative
Agent, their respective Percentage of the amount so paid by the
Administrative Agent as a Line Loan. The proceeds of such funding
shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for the payment made by it under the Letter of
Credit and shall thereafter be evidenced by the Line Notes. The
provisions of Section 2.9 shall apply to any Lender or
Lenders failing or refusing to fund its Percentage of any such
draw. The Lenders shall be required to make such Line Loans
regardless of whether all of the conditions to disbursement set
forth in Article 8 have been satisfied, provided that the
making of such Line Loans shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any
claim that a Lender may otherwise have against the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) If,
following a draw under any Letter of Credit, but prior to the
making of a Line Loan with respect thereto under
Section 2.6(f) above, one of the events described in
Section 9.1(j) shall have occurred, each Lender will
promptly pay to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds its Percentage of the amount drawn under such Letter of
Credit, and upon receipt thereof the Administrative Agent will
deliver to such Lender a Letter of Credit participation certificate
dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount funded
by such Lender. The provisions of Section 2.9 shall
apply to any Lender which fails or refuses to fund its
participation as provided herein.
(h) Whenever
at any time after the Administrative Agent has received from any
Lender such Lender’s payment of funds for its participating
interest under a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent
receives any payment on account thereof, the Administrative Agent
will
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distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount
(appropriately adjusted in the case of interest payments to reflect
the period of time during which such Lender’s participating
interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in
the event that such payment (or portion thereof) received by the
Administrative Agent is required to be returned, such Lender will
return to the Administrative Agent any pro rata portion thereof
previously distributed by the Administrative Agent to it.
(i) Unless
otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent, each Letter of
Credit shall be in an amount of not less than $100,000.
(j) The
issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment, renewal or
extension to or of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all
respects the same as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit.
(k) The
obligations of Borrower to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
to reimburse drawings under Letters of Credit under this Agreement
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of
any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which Borrower may
have or have had against the Administrative Agent or any of the
Lenders (except such as may arise out of the Administrative
Agent’s or any Lender’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct), including, without limitation, any setoff,
counterclaim or defense based upon or arising out of the following
circumstances: (i) any improper use which may be made of any
Letter of Credit or any improper acts or omissions of any
beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit in connection
therewith; (ii) the existence of any claim, set off, defense
or any right which Borrower may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or persons
or entities for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee
may be acting) or the Lenders (other than the defense of payment to
the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any
other person, whether in connection with any Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any statement or any other documents presented under any
Letter of Credit proving to be insufficient, forged, fraudulent or
invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (iv) any breach of any
agreement between any Borrower and any beneficiary or transferee of
any Letter of Credit; (v) any irregularity in the transaction
with respect to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including any
fraud by the beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit; and (vi) payment by the Administrative Agent under any
Letter of Credit against presentation of a sight draft or a
certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of
Credit, provided that such payment shall not have constituted gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Administrative
Agent.
2.7
Voluntary Reduction of Aggregate Line Commitment . Borrower
shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, without
penalty or charge, upon at least three (3) Banking Days’
prior written notice by a Responsible Official of Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, voluntarily to reduce, permanently and
irrevocably, in aggregate principal amounts in an integral
multiples of $1,000,000 but not less than $5,000,000, or to
terminate, all or a portion of the then undisbursed portion of the
Aggregate Line Commitment; provided that in no event shall the
Aggregate Line Commitment be reduced to an amount less than
$100,000,000 (unless terminated in
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its
entirety). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Lenders of any reduction or termination of the Aggregate Line
Commitment under this Section. Any reduction of the Aggregate Line
Commitment shall be allocated pro rata among the Line Lenders in
accordance with their respective Percentages of the Aggregate Line
Commitment. Upon any such reduction of the Aggregate Commitment,
the Swing Loan Lender and the Administrative Agent may each elect,
at its option, to reduce the Swing Loan Commitment or the maximum
amount of Letter of Credit Exposure pursuant to
Section 2.6(a) , as the case may be, by the same
percentage as the percentage reduction in the Aggregate Line
Commitment.
2.8 Increase in Aggregate
Commitment .
(a) At
any time after the Closing Date of this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent may in its discretion (which discretion shall
not be arbitrarily or unreasonably exercised contrary to the
request of Borrower so long as the conditions set forth below are
satisfied), without the consent of the Lenders (except as specified
in this Section 2.8) , from time to time at the request
of Borrower, increase the Aggregate Commitment by
(i) admitting additional Lenders hereunder (each a
“Subsequent Lender”), or (ii) increasing the
Commitment of any Lender (each an “Increasing Lender”),
subject to the following conditions:
(i) each
Subsequent Lender is an Eligible Assignee;
(ii) except
to the extent Borrower elects to designate all or a portion of such
increase in the Aggregate Commitment as a Term Facility as
described in Section 2.8(b) below, Borrower executes
(A) a new Line Note payable to the order of a Subsequent
Lender in the amount of its Commitment, or (B) a replacement
Line Note payable to the order of an Increasing Lender in the
amount of its new, increased Commitment;
(iii) each
Subsequent Lender executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent
a signature page to this Agreement, and each Increasing Lender
executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a new signature
page to this Agreement reflecting its increased Commitment;
(iv) after
giving effect to the admission of any Subsequent Lender or the
increase in the Commitment of any Increasing Lender, the Aggregate
Commitment does not exceed $1,000,000,000;
(v) no
Event of Default exists; and
(vi) no
Lender shall be an Increasing Lender without the written consent of
such Lender, which consent such Lender may withhold in its sole and
absolute discretion.
After
the admission of any Subsequent Lender or increase in the
Commitment of any Increasing Lender, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly provide to each Lender and to Borrower copies of the
signature pages of such Subsequent Lender or Increasing Lender, and
a statement of the current Aggregate Commitment and related
Percentage of each Lender (which may be in the form of a revised
Schedule 1.1 ).
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(b) Borrower
may, at its option, elect to designate all, or any portion of at
least $50,000,000, of any increase in the Aggregate Commitment
under Section 2.8(a) as the Term Facility (or any
portion of at least $10,000,000 with respect to any subsequent
increase to the Aggregate Commitment after the Term Facility has
been established), provided that each Subsequent Lender and
Increasing Lender providing the Commitments so designated has
agreed in writing to provide a Term Commitment or increase its Term
Commitment. Any such election must be made by written notice to the
Administrative Agent given along with Borrower’s request for
an increase in the Aggregate Commitment under
Section 2.8(a) and must specify the portion of the
increase Borrower desires to so designate as Term Commitments, the
Lenders that will be providing such Term Commitments. Borrower
shall execute a new or replacement Term Note payable to the order
of each such Subsequent Lender and Increasing Lender in the amount
of such Term Lender’s Percentage of the Aggregate Term
Commitment.
2.9 Administrative Agent’s
Right to Assume Funds Available for Loans . Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender no
later than 1:00 p.m., Cleveland time on the Banking Day of the
proposed funding by the Administrative Agent of any Loan that such
Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lender’s portion of the total amount of such Loan,
the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
amount available to the Administrative Agent on the date of the
Loan and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. If
the Administrative Agent has made funds available to Borrower based
on such assumption and such corresponding amount is not in fact
made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount on demand from such Lender plus an
administrative fee of $200. If such Lender does not pay such
corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative
Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent promptly
shall notify Borrower and Borrower shall pay such corresponding
amount (but not the administrative fee) to the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent also shall be entitled to recover
from such Lender or Borrower interest on such corresponding amount
in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was
made available by the Administrative Agent to Borrower to the date
such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent,
at a rate per annum equal to (i) from such Lender, the daily
Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) from Borrower, at the
applicable rate for such Loan. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or
to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or Borrower
may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such
Lender hereunder.
2.10 Extension of Line Facility
Maturity Date . Borrower shall have the one time right and
option to extend the Maturity Date with respect to the Line
Facility to August 1, 2012 (which is the day immediately
preceding the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Agreement Effective
Date) upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent,
which must be satisfied prior to the effectiveness of such
extension of the Maturity Date:
(a)
Extension Request . Borrower shall deliver written notice of
such request (the “Extension Request”) to the
Administrative Agent not earlier than one hundred fifty
(150) days and not later than the date which is ninety
(90) days prior to the initial Maturity Date.
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(b)
Payment of Extension Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, at the time of the Extension Request, for the
benefit of the Lenders holding Line Commitments an extension fee
equal to fifteen one-hundredths of one percent (0.15%) of the
then-current Aggregate Line Commitment. Following its receipt of
the Extension Fee, Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to each
Lender its pro rata share of such Extension Fee.
(c)
No Default . On the date the Extension Request is given and
on the initial Maturity Date there shall exist no Event of
Default.
(d)
Representations and Warranties . On the date of such
Extension Request Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent a Certificate of a Responsible Official signed by a Senior
Officer on behalf of Borrower stating that the representations and
warranties contained in Article 4 (other than
(i) representations and warranties which expressly speak as of
a particular date or are no longer true and correct as a result of
a change which is not in violation of this Agreement and
(ii) as otherwise disclosed by Borrower and approved in
writing by the Requisite Lenders) will be true and correct in all
material respects, both immediately before and after giving effect
to the Extension Request, as though such representations and
warranties were made on and as of that date.
Nothing
in this Section 2.10 shall give Borrower any right to
extend the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Facility.
2.11 Unencumbered Pool .
Borrower may at any time add a Qualified Unencumbered Project to
the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to this Section 2.11 ,
which process shall be initiated by delivery by Borrower to the
Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall promptly
distribute to the Lenders) of a description, in reasonable detail,
of the Qualified Unencumbered Project, the most recent year
operating income statement related thereto (to the extent
available), cash flow projections for such property for the next
twelve (12) months, a rent roll for such Project, and a
certification of a Senior Officer of Borrower that Borrower has
obtained a reasonably current (but in no event older than twelve
months) Phase I environmental site assessment prepared by a
qualified independent expert with respect to such Qualified
Unencumbered Project which provides that there are no recognized
environmental conditions thereon that require further action. If
any such Project to be added to the Unencumbered Pool hereafter is
not wholly-owned in fee simple by Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Borrower and Borrower is seeking approval for the
inclusion of such Project in the Unencumbered Pool as an Exception
Project, Borrower must also deliver either the agreement creating
the leasehold interest in such Project or the organizational
documents for the direct or indirect owners of such Project,
together with any related resolutions and consents, as the case may
be. The Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable
discretion, whether or not such agreement is a Mortgageable Ground
Lease or whether or not such organizational documents, resolutions
and consents properly authorize the owner of such Project to
execute the Joinder Agreement, as the case may be. Upon the
satisfaction of all criteria specified in this Agreement, such
Qualified Unencumbered Project presented by Borrower for inclusion
in the Unencumbered Pool shall be deemed added to and to constitute
part of the Unencumbered Pool and the Administrative Agent shall so
notify Borrower and the Lenders in writing. Borrower may remove a
property from the Unencumbered Pool by delivery to the
Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders) of a written
notice to that effect, accompanied by a Certificate of a Senior
Officer of Borrower setting forth the revised Borrowing Base
resulting from such removal,
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which
removal shall be effective on the third (3rd) day after the date of
such notice. The Administrative Agent may, upon five
(5) Banking Days’ notice to Borrower, remove any Project
from the Unencumbered Pool which at any time fails to continue to
meet the requirements of a Qualified Unencumbered Project , as
specified in this Agreement. Upon the effective date of any such
removal under either of the two preceding sentences, the Borrowing
Base shall be reduced and Borrower shall make any principal
prepayment that may be required under Section 3.1(e) as
a result of such reduction in the Borrowing Base. Upon any removal
of a Project from the Unencumbered Pool by Borrower or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.11 ,
the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from all
obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Administrative
Agent shall provide to Borrower, on behalf of itself and the
Lenders, a written acknowledgement thereof.
ARTICLE 3
PAYMENTS AND FEES
3.1 Principal and Interest
.
(a) Interest
shall be payable on the outstanding daily unpaid principal amount
of each Advance from the date thereof until payment in full is made
and shall accrue and be payable at the rates set forth or provided
for herein before and after Default, before and after maturity,
before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, with interest on
overdue interest at the Default Rate in each case to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable Laws. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans
shall be computed on a 360 day year, and actual days elapsed.
Interest on Alternate Base Rate Loans shall be computed on a 365 or
366 day year, as applicable, and actual days elapsed.
(b) Interest
accrued on each Alternate Base Rate Loan shall be due and payable
on each Monthly Payment Date or at maturity, whether by
acceleration or otherwise. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 3.6 , the unpaid principal amount of any
Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a fluctuating rate
per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate. Each change in the
interest rate under this Section 3.1(b) due to a change
in the Alternate Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with
the corresponding change in the Alternate Base Rate.
(c) Interest
accrued on each LIBOR Rate Loan shall be due and payable on each
Monthly Payment Date or at maturity, whether by acceleration or
otherwise. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.6
, the unpaid principal amount of any LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for the
applicable LIBOR Period.
(d) In
the event that any additional interest becomes due and payable for
any period with respect to a Loan as a result of the Applicable
Margin being changed due to any change in the Leverage Ratio, and
the interest for such period has previously been paid by Borrower,
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders the amount of such increase within ten (10) days
of demand.
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(e) If
not sooner paid, the principal Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes
shall be payable as follows:
(i) the
amount, if any, by w
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