SECURED TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
FIRST POTOMAC REALTY INVESTMENT
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
OTHER LENDERS WHICH MAY BECOME
PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.,
AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK MANAGER
Dated as of August 11,
2008
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§1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF
INTERPRETATION
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§1.2. Rules of Interpretation
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§2.3. Interest on the Term Loan;
Fees
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§2.4. Request for the Term Loan
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§2.8. Increase in Total
Commitment
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§2.9. Extension of Term Loan Maturity
Date
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§3. REPAYMENT OF THE TERM LOAN
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§3.2. Optional Repayments of the Term
Loan
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§3.3. Mandatory Repayment of the Term
Loan
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§4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS
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§4.3. Inability to Determine Libor
Rate
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§4.5. Additional Costs, Etc.
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§4.7. Certificate; Limitations
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§4.9. Interest on Overdue Amounts; Late
Charge
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§6. RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; JOINT AND SEVERAL
LIABILITY
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§7. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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§7.2. Governmental Approvals
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§7.3. Title to Properties;
Leases
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§7.4. Financial Statements
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§7.5. No Material Changes, Etc.
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§7.6. Franchises, Patents, Copyrights,
Etc.
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§7.8. No Materially Adverse Contracts,
Etc.
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§7.9. Compliance With Other Instruments,
Laws, Etc.
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§7.11 No Event of Default
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§7.12. Investment Company Acts
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§7.13. Name; Jurisdiction of Organization;
Absence of UCC Financing Statements, Etc.
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§7.15. Certain Transactions
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§7.16. Employee Benefit Plans;
Multiemployer Plans; Guaranteed Pension Plans
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§7.17. Regulations U and X
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§7.18. Environmental Compliance
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§7.22. Anti-Terrorism
Regulations
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§8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE
BORROWER
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§8.2. Maintenance of Office; Jurisdiction
of Organization, Etc.
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§8.3. Records and Accounts
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§8.4. Financial Statements, Certificates
and Information
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§8.6. Existence of Borrower; Maintenance of
Properties
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§8.7. Existence of the Trust; Maintenance
of REIT Status of the Trust; Maintenance of Properties
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§8.10. Inspection of Properties and
Books
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§8.11. Compliance with Laws, Contracts,
Licenses, and Permits
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§8.13. Additional Borrower; Solvency of
Borrower; Removal of Borrower; Addition of Real Estate Asset to
Unencumbered Pool
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§8.14. Further Assurances; Release of
Liens
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§8.15. Interest Rate Protection
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§8.16. Environmental
Indemnification
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§8.18. Environmental Assessments
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§8.19. Employee Benefit Plans
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§8.20. No Amendments to Certain
Documents
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§9. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE
BORROWER
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§9.1. Restrictions on
Indebtedness
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§9.2. Restrictions on Liens,
Etc.
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§9.3. Restrictions on
Investments
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§9.4. Merger, Consolidation and Disposition
of Assets; Assets of the Trust
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§9.5. Compliance with Environmental
Laws
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§9.7. Government Regulation
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§10. FINANCIAL COVENANTS; COVENANTS
REGARDING BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES
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§10.1. Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio
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§10.3. Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio
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§10.5. Borrowing Base Pool
Leverage
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§10.6. Borrowing Base Pool Debt Service
Coverage Ratio
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§12. CONDITIONS TO THE FIRST
ADVANCE
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§12.2. Certified Copies of Organization
Documents
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§12.3. By-laws; Resolutions
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§12.4. Incumbency Certificate: Authorized
Signers
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§12.5. Opinion of Counsel Concerning
Organization and Loan Documents
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§12.7. Financial Analysis of Eligible
Borrowing Base Properties; Diligence on Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties
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§12.8. Inspection of Eligible Borrowing
Base Properties
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§12.9. Certifications from Government
Officials; UCC-11 Reports
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§12.10. Proceedings and
Documents
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§12.12. Closing Certificate
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§14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION;
ETC.
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§14.1. Events of Default and
Acceleration
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15. SECURITY INTEREST AND SET-OFF
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§16.2. Employees and Agents
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§16.4. No Representations
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§16.9. Notification of Defaults and Events
of Default
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§16.10. Duties in Case of
Enforcement
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§19. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC.
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§20. ASSIGNMENT; PARTICIPATIONS;
ETC.
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§20.1. Conditions to Assignment by
Lenders.
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§20.2. Certain Representations and
Warranties; Limitations; Covenants
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§20.7. No Assignment by Borrower
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§22. FPLP AS AGENT FOR THE SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS
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§23. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
AND SERVICE
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§26. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC.
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§27. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN
DAMAGE CLAIMS
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§28. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS,
ETC.
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§30. INTEREST RATE LIMITATION
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§31. USA PATRIOT ACT
NOTIFICATION
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Exhibits to Secured Term Loan
Agreement
Exhibit A
– Form of Term Note
Exhibit B
– Form of Completed Loan Request
Exhibit C
– Forms of Compliance Certificates
Exhibit D
– Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit E
– Form of Joinder Agreement
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Schedules to Secured Term Loan
Agreement
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Subsidiary
Guarantors
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Borrowing Base
Pool
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Lender’s
Commitments
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Capitalization
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Liens
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Litigation
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Legal Name;
Jurisdiction
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Affiliate
Transactions
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Subsidiaries
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Contingent
Liabilities
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SECURED TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
This SECURED TERM
LOAN AGREEMENT is made as of the 11 th day of August, 2008, by and among FIRST POTOMAC
REALTY INVESTMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Borrower” or “FPLP”),
having its principal place of business at 7600 Wisconsin Avenue,
11 th
Floor, Bethesda, Maryland 20814;
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“KeyBank”), having a
principal place of business at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio
44114 and the other lending institutions which are as of the date
hereof or may become parties hereto pursuant to §20
(individually, a “Lender” and collectively, the
“Lenders”); and KEYBANK, as administrative agent for
itself and each other Lender (the “Agent”); and KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS INC., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book
Manager.
A. The
Borrower is primarily engaged in the business of owning, acquiring,
developing, renovating and operating office, industrial and
so-called flex properties in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United
States.
B. First
Potomac Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
“Trust”), is the sole general partner of FPLP, holds in
excess of 80% of the partnership interests in FPLP as of the date
of this Agreement, and is qualified to elect REIT status for income
tax purposes and has agreed to guaranty the obligations of the
Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (as defined
below).
C. The
Borrower and the Trust have requested, and the Lenders have agreed
to establish, a senior secured term loan in favor of the Borrower
pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement as set forth below:
§1.
DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION .
§1.1.
Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth
in this §1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement
referred to below:
AAP
Qualification . See §7.6.
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Account
Agreement . Collectively, (i) the Account Pledge,
Assignment and Control Agreement in favor of the Agent on behalf of
the Lenders with respect to the pledged deposit account into which
Distributions pledged pursuant to an Equity Pledge Agreement will
be deposited and (ii) each of the other documents, agreements
and instruments, including control agreements, entered into by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor and/or any financial institution
in favor of the Agent on behalf of the Lenders with respect to
Distributions.
Accountants . In each case, independent certified public
accountants reasonably acceptable to the Majority Lenders. The
Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Accountants may include KPMG
LLP and any other so-called “big-four” accounting
firm.
Accounts
Payable . Accounts payable of the Borrower, the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Adjusted
EBITDA . As at any date of determination, an amount equal to
(i) Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable period;
minus (ii) the Capital Reserve on such date.
Adjusted Net
Operating Income . As at any date of determination, an amount
equal to (i) the Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base
Pool for the applicable period; minus (ii) the
Borrowing Base Pool Capital Reserve on such date.
Affiliate
. With reference to any Person, (i) any director, officer,
general partner, trustee or managing member (or the equivalent
thereof) of that Person, (ii) any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control of that
Person, (iii) any other Person directly or indirectly holding
5% or more of any class of the capital stock or other equity
interests (including options, warrants, convertible securities and
similar rights) of that Person, (iv) any other Person 5% or
more of any class of whose capital stock or other equity interests
(including options, warrants, convertible securities and similar
rights) is held directly or indirectly by that Person, and
(v) any Person directly or indirectly controlling that Person,
whether through a management agreement, voting agreement, other
contract or otherwise.
Agent .
See the preamble to this Agreement. The Agent shall include any
successor agent, as permitted by §16.
Agent’s
Head Office . The Agent’s office located at 127 Public
Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, or at such other location as the
Agent may designate from time to time, or the office of any
successor agent permitted under §16.
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Agreement
. This Secured Term Loan Agreement, including the Schedules
and Exhibits hereto, as the same may be from time to time
amended, restated, modified and/or supplemented and in
effect.
Agreement of
Limited Partnership of the Borrower . The Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of FPLP, dated September 15,
2003, as amended, among the Trust and the limited partners named
therein, as amended through the date hereof and as the same may be
further amended from time to time as permitted by
§8.20.
Anti-Terrorism
Laws . Any laws relating to terrorism or money laundering,
including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act of
2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318, the laws comprising or
implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the laws administered by the
United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset
Control (as any of the foregoing laws may from time to time be
amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).
Applicable
Base Rate Margin . The Applicable Base Rate Margin is set forth
in §2.3(c).
Applicable
Libor Margin . The Applicable Libor Margin is set forth in
§2.3(c).
Arranger .
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
Assignment and
Assumption . See §20.1.
Base Rate
. As at any applicable date of determination, the higher of
(i) the variable per annum rate of interest announced from
time to time by KeyBank as its “base rate” and
(ii) one half of one percent (1/2%) plus the Federal
Funds Rate. The Base Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate being charged to any
customer. Any change in the Base Rate during an Interest Period
shall be effective and result in a corresponding change on the same
day in the rate of interest accruing from and after such day on the
unpaid balance of principal of the Base Rate Loans, if any,
effective on the day of such change in the Base Rate, without
notice or demand of any kind.
Base Rate
Loan(s) . The portion(s) of the Term Loan bearing interest
calculated by reference to the Base Rate.
Borrower .
See the preamble hereto.
Borrowing Base
Pool . As determined from time to time, collectively, the
Eligible Borrowing Base Properties that the Borrower has designated
in writing to be included in the Borrowing Base Pool, subject to
and in accordance with the terms hereof. The Borrowing Base Pool as
of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 1A
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Borrowing Base
Pool Capital Reserve . As at any date of determination, a
capital reserve equal to the total number of square feet of the
Eligible Borrowing Base Properties on such date, multiplied
by $0.15.
Borrowing Base
Property Conditions . See definition of “Eligible
Borrowing Base Property(ies)”.
Building(s) . Individually and collectively, the buildings,
structures and improvements now or hereafter located on the Real
Estate Assets.
Business
Day . (i) For all purposes other than as covered by clause
(ii) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday on which banks in Cleveland, Ohio are open for the conduct
of a substantial part of their commercial banking business; and
(ii) with respect to all notices and determinations in
connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Libor
Rate Loans, any day that is a Business Day described in clause
(i) and that is also a Libor Business Day.
Capital
Expenditures . Any expenditure for any item that would be
treated or defined as a capital expenditure under GAAP.
Capital
Reserve . As at any date of determination, a capital reserve
equal to the total number of square feet of the Real Estate Assets
on such date, multiplied by $0.15 per
annum.
Capitalization
Rate . The Capitalization Rate shall be 8.00%.
Capitalized
Leases . Leases under which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Partially-Owned Entity is the lessee or
obligor, the discounted future rental obligations under which are
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or
obligor in accordance with GAAP.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents . As of any date of determination, the sum of
(a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash then actually
held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the
aggregate amount of unrestricted cash equivalents (valued at fair
market value) then held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
and (c) the aggregate amount of cash then actually held by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the form of tenant security
deposits, but only to the extent such tenant security deposits are
included as a liability on the Borrower’s Consolidated
balance sheet, escrows and reserves. As used in this definition,
(i) “unrestricted” means the specified asset is not
subject to any Liens in favor of any Person, and (ii) “cash
equivalents” means that such asset has a liquid, par value in
cash and is convertible to cash on demand. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the term Cash and Cash
Equivalents shall not include the Loan.
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Closing
Date . August 11, 2008.
Code . The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time
to time.
Collateral
. Collectively, the property, rights and interests of the Borrower
and the Subsidiary Guarantors which are subject to the security
interests and liens created by the Security Documents.
Commitment
. With respect to each Lender, the amount set forth from time to
time on Schedule 2 hereto as the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment to make the Term Loan to the Borrower, as
such Schedule 2 may be updated by the Agent from time
to time.
Commitment
Percentage . With respect to each Lender, the percentage set
forth on Schedule 2 hereto as such Lender’s
percentage of the Total Commitment, as such Schedule 2
may be updated by the Agent from time to time.
Completed Loan
Request . A loan request accompanied by all information
required to be supplied under the applicable provisions of
§2.4.
Consolidated
or consolidated . With reference to any term defined herein,
shall mean that term as applied to the accounts of the Borrower,
the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries, consolidated in
accordance with GAAP in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
Consolidated
Borrowing Base Indebtedness . As of any date of determination,
the aggregate principal amount of the Obligations outstanding at
such time less the aggregate amount of cash collateral maintained
in any deposit account in which the Agent has a perfected, first
priority security interest.
Consolidated
EBITDA . In relation to the Borrower, the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries for any applicable period, an amount equal
to, without double-counting, the net income or loss of the
Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries determined in
accordance with GAAP (before minority interests and excluding the
adjustment for so-called “straight-line rent
accounting”) for such period, plus (x) the
following to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated net
income for such period: (i) Consolidated Total Interest
Expense for such period, (ii) losses attributable to the sale
or other disposition of assets or debt restructurings in such
period, (iii) real estate depreciation and amortization for
such period, and (iv) other non-cash charges for such period;
and minus (y) all gains attributable to the sale or
other disposition of assets or
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debt
restructurings in such period, in each case adjusted to include the
Borrower’s, the Trust’s or any Subsidiary’s
pro rata share of EBITDA (and the items comprising
EBITDA) from any Partially-Owned Entity in such period, based on
its percentage ownership interest in such Partially-Owned Entity
(or such other amount to which the Borrower, the Trust or such
Subsidiary is entitled or for which the Borrower, the Trust or such
Subsidiary is obligated based on an arm’s length
agreement).
Consolidated
Fixed Charges . For any applicable period, an amount equal to
the sum of (i) Consolidated Total Interest Expense for such
period plus (ii) the aggregate amount of scheduled
principal payments of Indebtedness (excluding balloon payments at
maturity) required to be made during such period by the Borrower,
the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis
plus (iii) the dividends and distributions, if any,
paid or required to be paid during such period on the Preferred
Equity, if any, of the Borrower, the Trust and their respective
Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in the form of capital
stock).
Consolidated
Gross Asset Value . As of any date of determination, the sum of
(i)(x) the Net Operating Income for the most recent fiscal quarter
of all of the Real Estate Assets owned by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for at least two complete fiscal quarters, less
the Management Fee Adjustment, with the sum thereof
multiplied by (y) 4; with the product thereof
being divided by (z) the Capitalization Rate;
plus (ii) an amount equal to the Cost Basis Value of
Real Estate Assets not owned for two complete fiscal quarters;
plus (iii) an amount equal to the Cost Basis Value of
Real Estate Assets Under Development on such date, plus
(iv) the Cost Basis Value of Land on such date, plus
(v) the cost basis of Mortgage Notes on such date, plus
(vi) the value of Cash and Cash Equivalents on such date, as
determined in accordance with GAAP and approved by the Agent,
provided that (i) Net Operating Income from Real Estate
Assets included at their Cost Basis Value shall be excluded, and
(ii) Net Operating Income from Real Estate Assets sold or
otherwise transferred (unless transferred to a member of the
Potomac Group (other than the Trust)) during the applicable quarter
shall be excluded, with Consolidated Gross Asset Value being
adjusted to include the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or any
Subsidiary’s pro rata share of Net Operating
Income (and the items comprising Net Operating Income) from any
Partially-Owned Entity in such period, based on its percentage
ownership interest in such Partially-Owned Entity (or such other
amount to which the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiary is
entitled or for which the Borrower, the Trust or such Subsidiary is
obligated based on an arm’s length agreement).
Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth . As of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the Consolidated Gross Asset Value of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries at such date, minus Consolidated Total
Indebtedness outstanding on such date, provided that any
amounts attributable to Real Estate Assets that are required to be
reported as “intangibles” under GAAP pursuant to
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Policy
No. 141 and 142 shall be permitted to be added back to
“tangible property” for purposes of calculating such
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
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Consolidated
Total Indebtedness . As of any date of determination,
Consolidated Total Indebtedness means for the Borrower, the Trust
and their respective Subsidiaries, all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, which should be classified on the obligor’s
balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made
by footnotes thereto, all in accordance with GAAP, including, in
any event, the sum of (without double-counting), (i) all
Accounts Payable on such date, and (ii) all Indebtedness
outstanding on such date, in each case whether Recourse, Without
Recourse or contingent, provided , however , that
(without double-counting), each of the following shall be included
in Consolidated Total Indebtedness: (a) all amounts of
guarantees, indemnities for borrowed money, stop-loss agreements
and the like provided by the Borrower, the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries, in each case in connection with and
guarantying repayment of amounts outstanding under any other
Indebtedness; (b) all amounts for which a letter of credit has
been issued for the account of the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their respective Subsidiaries; (c) all amounts of bonds posted
by the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries
guaranteeing performance or payment obligations; (d) all lease
obligations (including under Capital Leases, but excluding
obligations under ground leases); and (e) all liabilities of
the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries as
partners, members or the like for liabilities (whether such
liabilities are Recourse, Without Recourse or contingent
obligations of the applicable partnership or other Person) of
partnerships or other Persons in which any of them have an equity
interest, which liabilities are for borrowed money or any of the
matters listed in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.
Without limitation of the foregoing (without double counting), with
respect to any Partially-Owned Entity, (x) to the extent that
the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries or
such Partially-Owned Entity is providing a completion guaranty in
connection with a construction loan entered into by a
Partially-Owned Entity, Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall
include the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such
Subsidiary’s pro rata liability under the
Indebtedness relating to such completion guaranty (or, if greater,
the Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such Subsidiary’s
potential liability under such completion guaranty) and (y) in
connection with the liabilities described in clauses (a) and
(d) above (other than completion guarantees, which are
referred to in clause (x)), the Consolidated Total Indebtedness
shall include the portion of the liabilities of such
Partially-Owned Entity which are attributable to the
Borrower’s, the Trust’s or such Subsidiary’s
percentage equity interest in such Partially-Owned Entity or such
greater amount of such liabilities for which the Borrower, the
Trust or their respective Subsidiaries are, or have agreed to be,
liable by way of guaranty, indemnity for borrowed money, stop-loss
agreement or the like, it being agreed that, in any case,
Indebtedness of a Partially-Owned Entity shall not be excluded from
Consolidated Total Indebtedness by virtue of the liability of such
Partially-Owned Entity being Without Recourse. For purposes hereof,
the amount of borrowed money shall equal the sum of (1) the
amount of borrowed money as determined in accordance with GAAP
plus (2) the amount of those contingent liabilities for
borrowed money set forth in subsections (a) through
(e) above, but shall exclude any adjustment for so-called
“straight-line interest accounting”.
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Consolidated
Total Interest Expense . For any applicable period, the
aggregate amount of interest required in accordance with GAAP to be
paid, accrued, expensed or, to the extent it could be a cash
expense in the applicable period, capitalized, without
double-counting, by the Borrower, the Trust and their respective
Subsidiaries during such period on: (i) all Indebtedness of
the Borrower, the Trust and their respective Subsidiaries
(including the Term Loan, obligations under Capital Leases (to the
extent Consolidated EBITDA has not been reduced by such Capital
Lease obligations in the applicable period) and any Subordinated
Indebtedness and including original issue discount and amortization
of prepaid interest, if any, but excluding any Distribution on
Preferred Equity), (ii) all amounts available for borrowing,
or for drawing under letters of credit, if any, issued for the
account of the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, but only if such interest was or is required to be
reflected as an item of expense, and (iii) all commitment
fees, agency fees, facility fees, balance deficiency fees and
similar fees and expenses in connection with the borrowing of
money.
Conversion
Request . A notice given by the Borrower to the Agent of its
election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with
§2.5.
Cost Basis
Value . The total contract purchase price of a Real Estate
Asset plus all commercially reasonable acquisition costs (including
but not limited to title, legal and settlement costs, but excluding
financing costs) that are capitalized in accordance with
GAAP.
Default .
When used with reference to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, an event or condition specified in §14.1 that, but
for the requirement that time elapse or notice be given, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
Delinquent
Lender . See §16.5(c).
Disqualifying
Environmental Event . Any Release or threatened Release of
Hazardous Substances, any violation of Environmental Laws or any
other similar environmental event with respect to any Eligible
Borrowing Base Property that could reasonably be expected to cost
in excess of $500,000 to remediate or, which, with respect to all
of the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties, could reasonably be
expected to cost in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate to
remediate.
Disqualifying
Structural Event . Any structural issue which, with respect to
any Eligible Borrowing Base Property, could reasonably be expected
to cost in excess of $500,000 to remediate or, which, with respect
to all of the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties, could reasonably
be expected to cost in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate to
remediate.
Distribution . With respect to any Person, the declaration
or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any shares of any
class of capital stock or other equity of
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such Person;
the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement of any
shares of any class of capital stock or other equity or beneficial
interest of such Person, directly or indirectly through a
Subsidiary of such Person or otherwise; the return of capital by
such Person to its shareholders, members or partners as such; or
any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class
of capital stock or other equity or beneficial interest of such
Person.
Dollars or
$ . Lawful currency of the United States of America.
Drawdown
Date . The date on which the Term Loan is made, and the date on
which any portion of the Term Loan is converted or continued in
accordance with §2.5.
Eligible
Assignee . Any of (a) a commercial bank (or similar
financial institution) organized under the laws of the United
States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and
having total assets in excess of $500,000,000; (b) a savings
and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of
the United States, or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, and having a net worth of at least $100,000,000,
calculated in accordance with GAAP; and (c) a commercial bank
(or similar financial institution) organized under the laws of any
other country (including the central bank of such country) which is
a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (the “OECD”), or a political subdivision of
any such country, and having total assets in excess of
$500,000,000, provided that such bank (or similar financial
institution) is acting through a branch or agency located in the
United States of America. In no event will the Borrower or any
Affiliate of the Borrower be an Eligible Assignee.
Eligible
Borrowing Base Property(ies) . As of any date of determination,
a Real Estate Asset that: (i) is a Permitted Property,
(ii) is wholly-owned in fee simple by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) the Borrower or such Subsidiary
Guarantor has total control over all decisions regarding such Real
Estate Asset (including the operation, financing and disposition
thereof), (iv) is not the subject of a Disqualifying
Environmental Event or a Disqualifying Structural Event,
(v) is not subject to any Liens (other than Permitted Liens)
or any material title, survey or similar defect, and (vi) if
owned by any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Equity Interests of such
Subsidiary Guarantor are not subject to any Lien in favor of any
Person other than the Agent and the Lenders and are not subject to
any negative pledge in favor of any Person other than the Agent and
the Lenders (the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi) being
herein referred to collectively as the “Borrowing Base
Property Conditions”).
Employee
Benefit Plan . Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of
§3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Environmental
Laws . See §7.18(a).
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Environmental
Reports . See §7.18
Equity
Interests . Any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a
corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person
which is not a corporation and any and all warrants or options to
purchase any of the foregoing.
Equity Pledge
Agreement . The one or more Equity Pledge Agreements entered
into by the Borrower and/or a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to
which the Pledged Equity Interests are pledged to the Agent and the
Lenders.
ERISA .
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and
in effect from time to time.
ERISA
Affiliate . Any Person which is treated as a single employer
with the Borrower under §414 of the Code.
ERISA
Reportable Event . A reportable event with respect to a
Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of §4043 of ERISA
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Event of
Default . See §14.1.
Existing Term
Loan Agreement . The Secured Term Loan Agreement dated as of
August 7, 2007, among the Borrower and certain of its
subsidiaries, KeyBank National Association, individually and as
administrative agent and certain other lenders, as the same may be
modified, increased, amended or restated from time to
time.
Federal Funds
Rate . For any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal
to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent
from 3 federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Agent.
Fee Letter
. The letter, dated as of July 23, 2008, from the Agent to the
Trust specifying certain fees payable in connection with this
Agreement.
Financial
Statement Date . March 31, 2008.
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“funds
from operations” . As defined in accordance with
resolutions adopted by the Board of Governors of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, as in effect at the
applicable date of determination.
GAAP .
Generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
Guaranteed
Pension Plan . Any employee pension benefit plan within the
meaning of §3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the
Borrower or the Trust, as the case may be, or any ERISA Affiliate
of any of them the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination
in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other
than a Multiemployer Plan.
Hazardous
Substances . See §7.18(b).
Implied Debt
Service . As at any date of determination, an amount equal to
(a) the average amount of Consolidated Borrowing Base
Indebtedness outstanding during the applicable period,
multiplied by (b) the Mortgage
Constant.
Increase
Conditions . The approval of the Agent and the satisfaction of
each and all of the following:
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Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
(both before and after giving effect to the Increase) and all
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents
shall be true and correct as of the effective date of the Increase
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate expressly to an earlier date);
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the
Increase shall be extended on the same terms and conditions
applicable to the Term Loan;
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the extent any portion of the Increase is committed to by a third
party financial institution or institutions not already a Lender
hereunder, such financial institution shall be an Eligible Assignee
and approved by the Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) and each such financial institution shall have
signed a counterpart signature page becoming a party to this
Agreement and a “Lender” hereunder;
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or more of the existing Lenders or such other financial
institutions which may become parties hereto incident to
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committed in writing pursuant to the terms hereof to lend the full
aggregate amount of the Increase; and
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Borrower shall have delivered new Notes or amended and restated
Notes or allonges to the extent necessary to reflect each
Lender’s Commitment after giving effect to the Increase;
and
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Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the applicable fees specified
in the Fee Letter.
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Indebtedness . All obligations, contingent and otherwise,
that in accordance with GAAP should be classified upon the
obligor’s balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference
should be made by footnotes thereto, including in any event and
whether or not so classified: (a) all debt and similar
monetary obligations, whether direct or indirect, including,
without limitation, all Obligations and all obligations under any
hedge, swap or other interest rate protection arrangement, any
forward purchase contract or any put; (b) all liabilities
secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge,
or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject
thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have
been assumed; (c) all reimbursement obligations under letters of
credit; and (d) all guarantees for borrowed money,
endorsements and other contingent obligations, whether direct or
indirect, in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others,
including any obligation to supply funds (including partnership
obligations and capital requirements) to or in any manner to invest
in, directly or indirectly, the debtor, to purchase indebtedness,
or to assure the owner of indebtedness against loss, through an
agreement to purchase goods, supplies, or services for the purpose
of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by
such owner or otherwise.
Interest
Payment Date . As to any portion of the Term Loan, the last day
of every calendar month in which such Loan is outstanding, and, in
addition, with respect to any Libor Rate Loan, the last day of the
applicable Interest Period.
Interest
Period . With respect to any portion of the Term Loan, but
without duplication of any other Interest Period,
(a) initially, the period commencing on the Drawdown Date of
such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the following
periods (as selected by the Borrower in a Completed Loan Request):
(i) for any Base Rate Loan, the calendar month in which such
Base Rate Loan is made (whether by borrowing or by conversion from
a Libor Rate Loan), and (ii) for any Libor Rate Loan, 1, 2 or
3 months; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing at
the end of the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period applicable to such portion of the Term Loan and ending on
the last day of the applicable period set forth in (a)(i) and
(ii) above (as selected by the Borrower in a Conversion
Request); provided that all of the foregoing provisions
relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
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(A) if any
Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise
end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such Interest Period
shall end on the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day, unless such
next succeeding LIBOR Business Day occurs in the next calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding LIBOR Business Day, as determined conclusively by the
Agent in accordance with the then current bank practice in
London;
(B) if the
Borrower shall fail to give notice of conversion as provided in
§2.5, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
conversion of the affected Libor Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on
the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto;
(C) any Interest
Period relating to any Libor Rate Loan that begins on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period) shall, subject to subparagraph
(D) below, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
and
(D) no Interest
Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date.
Investments . All expenditures made and all liabilities
incurred (contingently or otherwise, but without double-counting):
(i) for the acquisition of stock, partnership or other equity
interests or for the acquisition of Indebtedness of, or for loans,
advances, capital contributions or transfers of property to, any
Person; (ii) in connection with Real Estate Assets Under
Development; and (iii) for the acquisition of any other
obligations of any Person. In determining the aggregate amount of
Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) there
shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount
received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase,
redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or
liquidating distribution); (b) there shall not be deducted in
respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such
Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise; and
(c) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of
Investments any decrease in the value thereof.
Joinder
Documents . The one or more Joinder Agreements among the Agent
(on behalf of itself and the Lenders) and any Wholly-owned
Subsidiary which is to become a Subsidiary Guarantor at any time
after the Closing Date, the form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit E , together with all other documents,
instruments and certificates required by any such Joinder Agreement
to be delivered by such Wholly-owned Subsidiary to the Agent and
the Lenders on the date such Wholly-owned Subsidiary becomes a
Borrower hereunder.
Land . An
undeveloped Real Estate Asset owned in fee by the
Borrower.
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Leases .
Leases, licenses and other written agreements relating to the use
or occupation of space in or on the Buildings or on the Real Estate
Assets by persons other than the Borrower or any other member of
the Potomac Group.
Lenders .
Collectively, KeyBank and each other lending institution which, as
of any date of determination, is a party to this Agreement, and any
other Person who becomes an assignee of any rights of a Lender
pursuant to §20 or a Person who acquires all or substantially
all of the stock or assets of a Lender.
Libor Business
Day . Any day on which commercial banks are open for
international business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in
London, England.
Libor Breakage
Costs . With respect to any Libor Rate Loan to be prepaid prior
to the end of the applicable Interest Period or not borrowed,
converted or continued (“drawn” and, with correlative
meaning, “draw”) after elected, a prepayment
“breakage” fee in an amount, as reasonably determined
by the Agent, required to compensate the Lenders for any and all
additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lenders incur as a
result of such prepayment or failure to borrow, convert or continue
a Libor Rate Loan, including, without limitation, any loss
(excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred
by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits of other
funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Libor Rate
Loan.
Libor Rate
. For any Libor Rate Loan for any Interest Period, the average rate
(rounded upwards to the nearest 1/16th) as shown in Dow Jones
Markets (formerly Telerate) (Page 3750) at which deposits in U.S.
dollars are offered by first class banks in the London Interbank
Market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day
that is two (2) Libor Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest Period with a maturity approximately equal to such
Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the amount
to which such Interest Period relates, adjusted for reserves and
taxes if required by future regulations. If Dow Jones Markets no
longer reports such rate or Agent determines in good faith that the
rate so reported no longer accurately reflects the rate available
to Agent in the London Interbank Market, Agent may select a
comparable replacement index. For any period during which a Reserve
Percentage shall apply, the Libor Rate with respect to Libor Rate
Loans shall be equal to the amount determined above divided by an
amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve Percentage.
Libor Rate
Loan(s) . The portion(s) of the Term Loan bearing interest
calculated by reference to the Libor Rate.
Loan
Documents . Collectively, this Agreement, the Trust Guaranty,
the Subsidiary Guaranties, the Notes, the Security Documents, the
Joinder Documents and any and all other agreements, instruments,
documents or certificates now or hereafter
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evidencing or
otherwise relating to the Term Loan and executed and delivered by
or on behalf of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the Trust or
its Subsidiaries in connection with or in any way relating to the
Term Loan or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
all schedules, exhibits and annexes hereto or thereto, as any of
the same may from time to time be amended and in effect.
Loan . The
Term Loan or any portion thereof, as the context may
require.
Majority
Lenders . As of any date of determination, the Lenders whose
aggregate Commitments constitute at least sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66-2/3%) of the Total Commitment.
Management
Fee . For any applicable period, an amount equal to three
percent (3%) of revenue.
Management Fee
Adjustment . For any applicable period, the difference between
the Management Fee and the Overhead Allocation, expressed as a
positive or negative number, as the case may be.
Maturity
Date . August 11, 2010, or such earlier date (or later
date pursuant to §2.9) on which the Term Loan shall become due
and payable pursuant to the terms hereof. The Maturity Date may be
extended to August 11, 2011 in accordance with the terms of
§2.9.
Mortgage
Constant . As at any date of determination, a ratio that
represents the payment of principal and interest on an amortizing
mortgage loan based on (i) an interest rate equal to the
greater of (x) the then 10-year treasury rate plus 2.50% and
(y) 7.50%, and (ii) a 30-year mortgage-style amortization
schedule.
Mortgage
Note(s) . A mortgage note, in which the Borrower holds a direct
interest as payee, for real estate that is developed, so long as at
the relevant date of determination, such Mortgage Note is not in
default.
Multiemployer
Plan . Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of §3(37)
of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or the Trust,
as the case may be, or any ERISA Affiliate.
Net Operating
Income . For any period, an amount equal to (i) the
aggregate rental and other income from the operation of the
applicable Real Estate Assets during such period; minus
(ii) all expenses and other proper charges incurred in
connection with the operation of such Real Estate Assets
(including, without limitation, real estate taxes, management fees,
payments under ground leases and bad debt expenses) during such
period; but, in any case, before payment of or provision for debt
service charges for such period, income taxes for such period,
capital expenses for such period, and depreciation,
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amortization,
and other non-cash expenses for such period, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP (except that any rent leveling adjustments
shall be excluded from rental income).
Note
Record . A Record with respect to any Note.
Notes .
Collectively, the separate promissory notes of the Borrower in
favor of each Lender in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto, in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the Total Commitment in effect from time to time, dated as
of the date hereof or as of such later date as any Person becomes a
Lender under this Agreement, and completed with appropriate
insertions, as each of such notes may be amended, replaced,
substituted and/or restated from time to time (including in
connection with any Increase).
Obligations . All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders or the
Agent, individually or collectively (but without double-counting),
under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and in
respect of any of the Term Loan, the Notes and the Security
Documents and other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof,
whether existing on the date of this Agreement or arising or
incurred hereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise, and including any indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any
Protected Interest Rate Agreement entered into with any
Lender.
Organizational
Documents . Collectively, (i) the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of FPLP, (ii) the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of FPLP, (iii) the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust, (iv) the Amended and
Restated By-Laws of the Trust, and (v) all of the partnership
agreements, corporate charters and by-laws, limited liability
company operating agreements, joint venture agreements or similar
agreements, charter documents and certificates or other agreements
relating to the formation, organization or governance of the
Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case as any of the
foregoing may be amended in accordance with §8.20.
Overhead
Allocation . For any period, the amount of corporate overhead
included as a property operating expense in lieu of a management
fee.
Partially-Owned Entity(ies) . Any of the partnerships,
associations, corporations, limited liability companies, trusts,
joint ventures or other business entities or Persons in which the
Borrower or the Trust, directly, or indirectly through its full or
partial ownership of another entity, own an equity interest, but
which is not required in accordance with GAAP to be consolidated
with the Borrower or the Trust for financial reporting
purposes.
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PBGC . The
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA
and any successor entity or entities having similar
responsibilities.
Permits .
All governmental permits, licenses, and approvals necessary for the
lawful operation and maintenance of the Real Estate
Assets.
Permitted
Liens . Liens permitted by §9.2.
Permitted
Property . A property which is an income producing office,
industrial or a so-called flex property and is located in the
States of Maryland or West Virginia or the Commonwealth of
Virginia.
Person .
Any individual, corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, trust, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, unincorporated association, business, or other legal
entity, and any government (or any governmental agency or political
subdivision thereof).
Pledged Entity
(ies) . Collectively, the Subsidiary Guarantors whose Equity
Interests become Pledged Equity Interests.
Pledged
Interests . Collectively, one hundred percent (100%) of the
legal, equitable and beneficial ownership interests in any
Subsidiary Guarantor that is a direct or indirect owner of an
Eligible Borrowing Base Property.
Pledged
Properties . Collectively, the Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties directly or indirectly owned by the Pledged Equity
Entities.
Potomac
Group . Collectively, (i) FPLP, (ii) the Trust, and
(iii) the respective Subsidiaries of FPLP and the
Trust.
Preferred
Equity . Any preferred stock, preferred partnership interests,
preferred member interests or other preferred equity interests
issued by the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
Protected
Interest Rate Agreement . An agreement which evidences the
interest protection arrangements required by §8.15, and all
extensions, renewals, modifications, amendments, substitutions and
replacements thereof.
Rate
Period . The period beginning on the first day of any fiscal
month following delivery to the Agent of the annual or quarterly
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to
§8.4.1(a) or §8.4(b) and ending on the last day of the
fiscal month in which the next such annual or quarterly financial
statements are delivered to the Agent.
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Real Estate
Assets . The fixed and tangible properties consisting of Land
and/or Buildings owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
at the relevant time of reference thereto, including, without
limitation, the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties at such time of
reference.
Real Estate
Assets Under Development . Any Real Estate Assets for which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is actively pursuing
construction of one or more Buildings or other improvements and for
which construction is proceeding to completion without undue delay
from Permit denial, construction delays or otherwise, all pursuant
to such Person’s ordinary course of business, provided
that any such Real Estate Asset (or, if applicable, any Building
comprising a portion of any such Real Estate Asset) will no longer
be considered a Real Estate Asset Under Development upon the
earlier to occur of (i) Stabilization or (ii) the date
which is six months after a certificate of occupancy has issued for
such Real Estate Asset (or Building) or such Real Estate Asset (or
Building) may otherwise be lawfully occupied for its intended
use.
Record .
The grid attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or
any other similar record, including computer records, maintained by
any Lender with respect to any Loan.
Recourse .
With reference to any obligation or liability, any liability or
obligation that is not Without Recourse to the obligor thereunder,
directly or indirectly. For purposes hereof, a Person shall not be
deemed to be “indirectly” liable for the liabilities or
obligations of an obligor solely by reason of the fact that such
Person has an ownership interest in such obligor, provided
that such Person is not otherwise legally liable, directly or
indirectly, for such obligor’s liabilities or obligations
(e.g., without limitation, by reason of a guaranty or contribution
obligation, by operation of law or by reason of such Person being a
general partner of such obligor).
REIT . A
“real estate investment trust”, as such term is defined
in Section 856 of the Code.
Related
Parties . With respect to any Person, such Person’s
Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
Release .
See §7.18(c)(iii).
Reserve
Percentage . The maximum aggregate reserve requirement
(including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves)
which is imposed on member banks of the Federal Reserve System
against “ Euro-currency Liabilities
” as defined in Regulation D.
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SEC . The
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor
thereto.
SEC
Filings . Collectively, (i) each Form 10-K, 10-Q and Form
8-K filed by the Trust with the SEC from time to time and
(ii) each of the other public forms and reports filed by the
Trust with the SEC from time to time.
Security
Documents . Collectively, (i) the Equity Pledge Agreement,
(ii) the Account Agreement, (iii) any UCC-1 financing
statement relating to the Collateral, and (iv) each other
document, agreement or instrument that at any time evidences the
Collateral.
Stabilization . With respect to any particular Real Estate
Asset, the date upon which such Real Estate Asset first becomes 85%
occupied.
Subsidiary
. Any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture or other business entity or Person
which is required to be consolidated with the Borrower or the Trust
in accordance with GAAP.
Subsidiary
Guarantors . Each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of
the Borrower which either owns an Eligible Borrowing Base Property
or which has entered into a Subsidiary Guaranty or any Security
Document, as applicable. All of the Subsidiary Guarantors as of the
Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 1 .
Subsidiary
Guaranty . Collectively, the one or more Subsidiary Guaranties
made by certain Subsidiary Guarantors, on a joint and several
basis, in favor of the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to which the
Subsidiary Guarantors guarantee to the Agent and the Lenders the
unconditional payment and performance of the Obligations, as the
same may be modified, amended, restated or reaffirmed from time to
time.
Term Loan
. The term loan made by the Lenders to the Borrower on the Closing
Date pursuant to §2.
Total
Commitment . As of any date, the sum of the then current
Commitments of the Lenders. As of the Closing Date, the Total
Commitment is $35,000,000. After the Closing Date, the aggregate
amount of the Total Commitment may be increased to an amount not
exceeding $70,000,000, provided that such Increase is in
accordance with the provisions of §2.8 and, provided
further , that at no time shall the outstanding amount of the
Term Loan exceed (i) 60% of the Value of Borrowing Base
Properties or (ii) such amount as would cause the Borrower to
fail to comply with the covenants contained in §10.5 or
§10.6.
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Trust
Guaranty . The Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, made by
the Trust in favor of the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to which
the Trust guarantees to the Agent and the Lenders the unconditional
payment and performance of the Obligations, as the same may be
modified, amended, restated or reaffirmed from time to
time.
Type . As
to any portion of the Term Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or
a Libor Rate Loan.
Unanimous
Lender Approval . The written consent of each Lender that is a
party to this Agreement at the time of reference.
Unsecured
Revolver . The $125,000,000 revolving credit facility pursuant
to the Unsecured Revolver Agreement, as the same may be modified,
increased, amended or restated from time to time.
Unsecured
Revolver Agreement . The Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of April 26, 2006, among the Borrower and
certain of its Subsidiaries, KeyBank National Association,
individually and as administrative agent and certain other lenders,
as the same may be modified, increased, amended or restated from
time to time.
Value of
Eligible Borrowing Base Properties . At any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of (i) (x) the Net
Operating Income for the most recent fiscal quarter of the Eligible
Borrowing Base Properties owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor for at least two complete fiscal quarters, less the
Management Fee Adjustment relating to such Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties, with the sum thereof multiplied by
(y) 4; with the product thereof being divided by
(z) the Capitalization Rate, plus (ii) an amount
equal to the Cost Basis Value of any Eligible Borrowing Base
Property not owned for two complete fiscal quarters,
provided that (a) the Net Operating Income attributable
to any Eligible Borrowing Base Property sold or otherwise
transferred during the applicable period shall be excluded from the
calculation of the Value of Eligible Borrowing Base Properties and
(b) the Net Operating Income of Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties included at their Cost Basis Value shall be
excluded.
Wholly-owned
Subsidiary . Any single purpose entity which is a Subsidiary of
FPLP and of which FPLP at all times owns directly or indirectly
(through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) 100% of the outstanding
voting or controlling interests and of the economic interests, as a
result of which FPLP, directly or indirectly (through a Subsidiary
or Subsidiaries) has total control over all decisions regarding
such Subsidiary.
“Without
Recourse” or “without recourse” . With
reference to any obligation or liability, any obligation or
liability for which the obligor thereunder is not liable
or
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obligated other
than as to its interest in a designated Real Estate Asset or other
specifically identified asset only, subject to such limited
exceptions to the non-recourse nature of such obligation or
liability, such as fraud, misappropriation and misapplication
indemnities, as are usual and customary in like transactions
involving institutional lenders at the time of the incurrence of
such obligation or liability, and to usual and customary
environmental indemnification obligations in connection with such
designated Real Estate Asset.
§1.2.
Rules of Interpretation .
(i) A reference to
any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement
as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms or the terms of this
Agreement.
(ii) The singular
includes the plural and the plural includes the
singular.
(iii) A reference
to any law includes any amendment or modification to such
law.
(iv) A reference
to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted
assigns.
(v) Accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them by generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they
refer.
(vi) The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” are not limiting.
(vii) All terms
not specifically defined herein or by generally accepted accounting
principles, which terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect in New York, have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
(viii) Reference
to a particular “§” refers to that section of this
Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(ix) The words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”
and words of like import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular section or subdivision of this
Agreement.
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§2.1
Commitment to Lend . Subject to the provisions of §2.4,
§12 and the other terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees to make a term loan
to the Borrower on the Closing Date (and thereafter pursuant to
Section 2.8 hereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to
such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Total Commitment.
The outstanding amount of the Term Loan shall not at any time
exceed the Total Commitment. In no event shall any Lender be
required to fund any amounts in excess of its then-current
Commitment.
The Term Loan
shall be made pro rata in accordance with each
Lender’s Commitment Percentage. The request for the Term Loan
shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that
the conditions set forth in §12 have been satisfied as of the
Closing Date, provided that the making of such
representation and warranty by the Borrower shall not limit the
right of any Lender not to lend if such conditions have not been
met. No portion of the Term Loan or other extension of credit shall
be required to be made by any Lender unless all of the conditions
contained in §12 have been satisfied as of the Closing
Date.
§2.2. The
Term Notes . The Term Loan shall be evidenced by the Term
Notes. A Term Note shall be payable to the order of each Lender in
an aggregate principal amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes each Lender to make
or cause to be made an appropriate notation on such Lender’s
applicable Note Record reflecting the making of its portion of the
Term Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of any payment
thereon. The outstanding amount of the Term Loan set forth on such
applicable Note Record shall be prima facie evidence
of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to such Lender,
but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such
amount on such Note Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the
rights and obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Term
Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Term Note
when due.
§2.3.
Interest on the Term Loan; Fees .
(a) Each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with
the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of each
Interest Period with respect thereto (unless earlier paid in
accordance with §3.2) at a rate equal to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin.
(b) Each
Libor Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with
the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of each
Interest Period with respect thereto (unless earlier paid in
accordance with §3.2) at a rate equal to the Libor Rate
determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable
Libor Margin.
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(c) With
reference to Base Rate Loans, the “Applicable Base Rate
Margin” shall be equal to 0.25% and, with reference to Libor
Rate Loans, the “Applicable Libor Margin” shall be
equal to 2.25%.
(d) The
Borrower unconditionally promises to pay interest on the Term Loan
in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto, and
when the principal of such Term Loan is due (whether at maturity,
by reason of acceleration or otherwise).
§2.4.
Request for the Term Loan .
The following
provisions shall apply to the initial request by the Borrower for
the Term Loan:
(i)
The Borrower shall submit a Completed Loan Request to the Agent.
The Completed Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Term Loan
requested from the Lenders on the Closing Date.
(ii)
The Completed Loan Request shall specify: (1) the principal
amount of the Term Loan, (2) the Interest Period applicable to
such Term Loan (or portions thereof), and (3) the Type of Loan
being requested, and certifying that, after giving effect to such
requested Term Loan, no Default or Event of Default will exist
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that, after
giving effect to the Term Loan, the Borrower is in compliance with
the covenants set forth in §10 (which calculations required by
such covenants shall be submitted with such Completed Loan
Request).
(iii)
No Lender shall be obligated to fund any portion of the Term Loan
unless:
(a)
a Completed Loan Request has been timely received by the Agent as
provided in subsection (i) above; and
(b)
both before and after giving effect to the Term Loan to be made
pursuant to the Completed Loan Request, all of the conditions
contained in §12 shall have been satisfied as of the Closing
Date.
§2.5.
Conversion Options .
(a) The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any portion of the
outstanding Term Loan to another Type, provided that
(i) subject to the further
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proviso at the
end of this §2.5(a) and subject to §2.5(b) and
§2.5(d), with respect to any conversion of a Base Rate Loan to
a Libor Rate Loan (or a continuation of a Libor Rate Loan, as
provided in §2.5(b)), the Borrower shall give the Agent at
least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of
such election, which such notice must be received by the Agent by
10:00 a.m. on any Business Day; and (ii) no Loan may be
converted into a Libor Rate Loan when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing. All or any part of the
outstanding Term Loan of any Type may be converted as provided
herein, provided that each Conversion Request relating to
the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Libor Rate Loan shall be
for an amount equal to $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof and shall be irrevocable by the
Borrower.
(b) Any
portion of the Term Loan of any Type may be continued as such upon
the expiration of the Interest Period with respect thereto
(i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, automatically and (ii) in
the case of Libor Rate Loans by compliance by the Borrower with the
notice provisions contained in §2.5(a)(i); provided
that no Libor Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing but shall be
automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the
first Interest Period relating thereto ending during the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default. The Borrower shall
notify the Agent promptly when any such automatic conversion
contemplated by this §2.5(b) is scheduled to occur.
(c) In
the event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent of its
election hereunder with respect to any portion of the Term Loan in
accordance with the terms hereof, such portion of the Term Loan
shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of
the applicable Interest Period.
(d) The
Borrower may not request or elect a Libor Rate Loan pursuant to
§2.4, elect to convert a Base Rate Loan to a Libor Rate Loan
pursuant to §2.5(a) or elect to continue a Libor Rate Loan
pursuant to §2.5(b) if, after giving effect thereto, there
would be greater than five (5) Libor Rate Loans then
outstanding. Any Loan Request or Conversion Request for a Libor
Rate Loan that would create greater than five (5) Libor Rate
Loans outstanding shall be deemed to be a Loan Request or
Conversion Request for a Base Rate Loan. By way of explanation of
the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower wishes to convert or
continue two or more portions of the Term Loan into one Libor Rate
Loan on the same day and for identical Interest Periods, such Libor
Rate Loan shall constitute one single Libor Rate Loan for purposes
of this clause (d).
(e) The
Agent will promptly notify each Lender of any Conversion Request
received pursuant to §2.5(a) or continuation pursuant to
§2.5(b) in accordance with its customary practices.
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§2.8.
Increase in Total Commitment . At any time (but at least
60 days prior to the Maturity Date), the Borrower shall have
the right, upon written notice to the Agent and satisfaction of the
Increase Conditions, to cause the Total Commitment to increase by
an amount not exceeding $35,000,000 in the aggregate (the
“Increase”), in which event Schedule 2 will
be deemed to be amended to reflect the increased Commitment of each
Lender, if any, that has agreed in writing to an increase and to
add any third party financial institution that may have become a
party to, and a “Lender” under, this Agreement in
connection with the Increase (and the Agent is hereby authorized to
effect such amendment on behalf of the Lenders and the Borrower,
together with other conforming amendments); provided ,
however , that it shall be a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of the Increase that the Increase Conditions shall
have been satisfied. In the event that the Increase results in any
change to the Commitment Percentage of any Lender, then on the
effective date of such Increase in the Total Commitment
(i) any new Lender, and any existing Lender whose Commitment
has increased, shall pay to the Agent such amounts as are necessary
to fund its new or increased Commitment Percentage of the Term
Loan, (ii) the Agent will use the proceeds thereof to pay to
all Lenders whose Commitment Percentage is decreasing such amounts
as are necessary so that each such Lender’s participation in
the existing Term Loan will be equal to its adjusted Commitment
Percentage, and (iii) if the effective date of such Increase
in the Total Commitment occurs on a date other than the last day of
an Interest Period applicable to any outstanding Libor Rate Loan,
the Borrower will be responsible for Libor Breakage Costs and any
other amounts payable pursuant to §4.8 on account of the
payments made pursuant to clause (ii) above. No Lender shall have
any obligation to increase its Commitment in connection with the
Increase.
§2.9.
Extension of Term Loan Maturity Date . At least 60 days
but in no event more than 120 days prior to August 11,
2010, the Borrower, by written notice to the Agent (with copies for
each Lender), may request an extension of the Maturity Date by a
period of one year from the Maturity Date then in effect (the
“Extension”). The Extension shall become effective on
August 11, 2010 so long as (i) the Borrower has paid to
the Agent on such date, for the ratable accounts of the Lenders, an
extension fee in an amount equal to 25 basis points on the Total
Commitment in effect on such date, and (ii) no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on such date and
all representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents
are true and correct as of such date (except to the extent that
such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier
date). The notice referred to in the first sentence of this
§2.9 shall constitute and shall be deemed to be a
certification by the Borrower as to the truth and accuracy of the
statements contained in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence.
In addition, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a Certificate
of Compliance certifying compliance with the covenants set forth in
§10 as of the date of such Extension.
§3.
REPAYMENT OF THE TERM LOAN .
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§3.1.
Maturity . The Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity
Date, and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the
Maturity Date, all unpaid principal of the Term Loan outstanding on
such date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon and any and all other unpaid amounts due under this
Agreement, the Notes or any other of the Loan Documents.
§3.2.
Optional Repayments of the Term Loan . The Borrower shall
have the right, at its election, to prepay the outstanding amount
of the Term Loan, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty
or premium; provided that the outstanding amount of any
Libor Rate Loans may not be prepaid on a date other than the last
day of an Interest Period unless the Borrower pays the Libor
Breakage Costs for each Libor Rate Loan so prepaid at the time of
such prepayment. The Borrower shall give the Agent (with copies to
the Agent for each Lender), no later than 10:00 a.m.,
Cleveland, Ohio time, at least two (2) Business Days’
prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.2
of any Base Rate Loans, and at least four (4) Business
Days’ notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this
§3.2 of Libor Rate Loans, specifying the proposed date of
prepayment and the principal amount to be prepaid. Each such
partial prepayment of the Term Loan shall be in an amount equal to
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
shall be accompanied by the payment of all charges, if any,
outstanding on the Term Loan so prepaid and of all accrued interest
on the principal prepaid to the date of payment, and shall be
applied, in the absence of instruction by the Borrower, first to
the principal of Base Rate Loans and then to the principal of Libor
Rate Loans.
§3.3.
Mandatory Repayment of the Term Loan . Without limitation of
any of the Agent’s or the Lenders’ rights hereunder,
including §7, if, at any time, the outstanding amount of the
Term Loan exceeds 60% of the Value of Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties, or to the extent necessary for the Borrower to be in
compliance with the covenants contained in §10.5 or
§10.6, the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, the amount of such excess or the amount
necessary to so comply, as applicable.
§4.
CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS .
§4.1.
Funds for Payments .
(a) All
payments of principal, interest, fees, and any other amounts due
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made to
the Agent, for the respective accounts of the Lenders or (as the
case may be) the Agent, at the Agent’s Head Office, in each
case in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Borrower
shall make each payment of principal of and interest on the Term
Loan and of fees hereunder not later than 12:00 p.m.
(Cleveland, Ohio time) on the due date thereof.
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(b) All
payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan
Documents shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and
clear of and without deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory liens,
restrictions or conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed
or levied by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof
or taxing or other authority therein unless the Borrower is
compelled by law to make such deduction or withholding. If the
Borrower is compelled by law to make any such deduction or
withholding with respect to any amount payable by it hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents (except with respect to taxes
on the income or profits of the Agent or any Lender), the Borrower
shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the
case may be) the Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and
payable hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such
additional amount in Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the
Lenders to receive the same net amount which the Lenders would have
received on such due date had no such deduction or withholding
obligation been imposed upon the Borrower. The Borrower will
deliver promptly to the Agent (with copies to the Agent for each
Lender) certificates or other valid vouchers for all taxes or other
charges deducted from or paid with respect to payments made by the
Borrower hereunder or under such other Loan Document.
§4.2.
Computations . All computations of interest on Libor Rate
Loans and of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based on
a 360-day year and all computations of interest on Base Rate Loans
shall be based on a 365/366 day year, in each case paid for
the actual number of days elapsed. Except as otherwise provided in
the definition of the term “Interest Period” with
respect to Libor Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during
such extension. The outstanding amount of the Loans as reflected on
the Note Records or record attached to any other Note from time to
time shall constitute prima facie evidence of the principal amount
thereof.
§4.3.
Inability to Determine Libor Rate . In the event, prior to
the commencement of any Interest Period relating to any Libor Rate
Loan, the Agent shall determine that adequate and reasonable
methods do not exist for ascertaining the Libor Rate that would
otherwise determine the rate of interest to be applicable to any
Libor Rate Loan during any Interest Period, the Agent shall
forthwith give notice of such determination (which shall be
conclusive and binding on the Borrower) to the Borrower and the
Lenders. In such event (a) any Conversion Request with respect
to Libor Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn and shall be
deemed a request for Base Rate Loans, (b) each Libor Rate Loan
will automatically, on the last day of the then current Interest
Period applicable thereto, become a Base Rate Loan, and
(c) the obligations of the Lenders to make Libor Rate Loans
shall be suspended, in each case unless and until the Agent
determines that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no
longer exist, whereupon the Agent shall so notify the Borrower and
the Lenders.
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§4.4.
Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if
any present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or in
the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful
for any Lender to make or maintain Libor Rate Loans, such Lender
shall forthwith give notice of such circumstances to the Agent and
the Borrower and thereupon (a) the obligation of such Lender
to make Libor Rate Loans or convert Base Rate Loans to Libor Rate
Loans shall forthwith be suspended and (b) such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of Libor Rate Loans then outstanding shall be
converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such Libor Rate Loans or within such
earlier period as may be required by law, all until such time as it
is no longer unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Libor
Rate Loans. The Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay the Agent
for the account of such Lender, upon demand, any additional amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender for Libor Breakage Costs
incurred by such Lender in making any conversion required by this
§4.4 prior to the last day of an Interest Period.
§4.5.
Additional Costs, Etc . If any present or future applicable
law, which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and
regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent
court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official
charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and
requests, directives, instructions and notices at any time or from
time to time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender
or the Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other
authority (whether or not having the force of law, but if not
having the force of law, then generally applied by the Lenders or
the Agent with respect to similar loans), shall:
(a) subject
any Lender or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge,
fee, deduction or withholding of any nature with respect to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, such Lender’s Commitment
or the Loans (other than taxes based upon or measured by the income
or profits of such Lender or the Agent), or
(b) change
the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on income or
profits) of payments to any Lender of the principal of or the
interest on the Term Loan or any other amounts payable to the Agent
or any Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
or
(c) impose
or increase or render applicable (other than to the extent
specifically provided for elsewhere in this Agreement) any special
deposit, reserve, assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other
similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law)
against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or
loans by, or letters of credit issued by, or commitments of an
office of any Lender, or
(d) impose
on any Lender or the Agent any other conditions or requirements
with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the
Loans, such
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Lender’s
Commitment, or any class of loans or commitments of which any of
the Loans or such Lender’s Commitment forms a
part;
and the result
of any of the foregoing is
(i) to increase
the cost to any Lender of making, funding, issuing, renewing,
extending or maintaining any of the Loans or such Lender’s
Commitment, or
(ii) to reduce the
amount of principal, interest or other amount payable to such
Lender or the Agent hereunder on account of such Lender’s
Commitment or any of the Loans, or
(iii) to require
such Lender or the Agent to make any payment or to forego any
interest or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which
payment or foregone interest or other sum is calculated by
reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed
received by such Lender or the Agent from the Borrower
hereunder,
then, and in
each such case, the Borrower will, upon demand made by the Agent or
such Lender (such demand to be made promptly by the Agent or such
Lender upon the making of any such determination), at any time and
from time to time and as often as the occasion therefor may arise,
pay to such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as such
Lender or the Agent shall determine in good faith to be sufficient
to compensate such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost,
reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum,
provided that such Lender or the Agent is generally imposing
similar charges on its other similarly situated borrowers. The
Agent shall provide the Borrower with a calculation, in reasonable
detail, of such amounts in accordance with its customary
practices.
§4.6.
Capital Adequacy . If any future law, governmental rule,
regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law, but if not having the force of law, then
generally applied by the Lenders with respect to similar loans) or
the interpretation thereof by a court or governmental authority
with appropriate jurisdiction affects the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by banks or bank holding
companies and any Lender or the Agent determines that the amount of
capital required to be maintained by it is increased by or based
upon the existence of Loans made or deemed to be made pursuant
hereto, then such Lender or the Agent may notify the Borrower of
such fact, and the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or the Agent
from time to time, upon demand made by the Agent or such Lender
(such demand to be made promptly by the Agent or such Lender upon
the making of any such determination), as an additional fee payable
hereunder, such amount as such Lender or the Agent shall determine
reasonably and in good faith and certify in a notice to the
Borrower to be an amount that will adequately compensate such
Lender in light of these circumstances for
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its increased
costs of maintaining such capital. Each Lender and the Agent shall
allocate such cost increases among its customers in good faith and
on an equitable basis, and will not charge the Borrower unless it
is generally imposing a similar charge on its other similarly
situated borrowers. The Agent shall provide the Borrower with a
calculation, in reasonable detail, of such amounts in accordance
with its customary practices.
§4.7.
Certificate; Limitations . A certificate setting forth any
additional amounts payable pursuant to §§4.5 or 4.6 and a
brief explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by any
Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be prima
facie evidence that such amounts are due and owing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Article 4, to the extent reasonably possible, each Lender
shall designate an alternate lending office in the continental
United States to make the Loans in order to reduce any liability of
Borrower to such Lender under §§4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 or to
avoid the unavailability of a Libor Rate Loan, so long as such
designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender.
§4.8.
Indemnity . In addition to the other provisions of this
Agreement regarding such matters, the Borrower agrees to indemnify
the Agent and each Lender and to hold the Agent and each Lender
harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense (including loss
of anticipated profits) that the Agent or such Lender may sustain
or incur as a consequence of (a) a default by the Borrower in
the payment of any principal amount of or any interest on any Libor
Rate Loans as and when due and payable, including any such loss or
expense arising from interest or fees payable by the Agent or such
Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its
Libor Rate Loans, (b) the failure by the Borrower to make a
borrowing or conversion after the Borrower has given the Completed
Loan Request for a Libor Rate Loan or a Conversion Request for a
Libor Rate Loan, and (c) the making of any payment of a Libor
Rate Loan or the making of any conversion of any such Loan to a
Base Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the applicable
Interest Period with respect thereto, including interest or fees
payable by the Agent or a Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it
in order to maintain any such Libor Rate Loans.
§4.9.
Interest on Overdue Amounts; Late Charge . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary stated herein, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the option of the
Majority Lenders, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
unpaid balance of all Obligations shall bear interest at the rate
otherwise applicable thereto plus 2%, compounded daily until
such Event of Default is cured or waived to the satisfaction of the
Agent and the required Lenders. In addition, the Borrower shall pay
a late charge equal to five percent (5%) of any amount of interest
charges on the Term Loan which is not paid within ten
(10) days of the date when due.
§5.1.
Security Interests . The Obligations shall be secured by
(i) a perfected first-priority lien on, or security title and
security interest to be held by the Agent for the
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benefit of the
Lenders in, the Collateral, which Collateral shall include 100% of
the Equity Interests of each entity that owns an Eligible Borrowing
Base Property, and (ii) such additional collateral, if any, as
the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders from time to time may
accept as security for the Obligations. The Obligations shall also
be guaranteed pursuant to the terms of the Trust Guaranty and the
Subsidiary Guaranties.
§6.
RECOURSE OBLIGATIONS; JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY . The
Obligations are full recourse obligations of the Borrower, and all
of the respective assets and properties of the Borrower shall be
available for the payment in full in cash and performance of the
Obligations. The obligations of the Trust under the Trust Guaranty
are full recourse obligations of the Trust, and all of the
respective assets and properties of the Trust shall be available
for the payment in full in cash and performance thereof. The
obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary
Guaranty are full recourse obligations of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, and all of the respective assets and properties of the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall be available for the payment and
performance thereof. The liability of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be joint and several for all
Obligations.
§7.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . The Borrower on its own
behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries, represents and warrants
to the Agent and the Lenders all of the statements contained in
this §7.
(a)
Organization: Good Standing .
(i) FPLP is a
limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of organization; FPLP has all
requisite limited partnership power to own its properties and
conduct its business as now conducted and as presently
contemplated; and FPLP is in good standing as a foreign entity and
is duly authorized to do business in the jurisdictions where the
Eligible Borrowing Base Properties owned by it are located and in
each other jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary
except where a failure to be so qualified would not have a
materially adverse effect on its business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or properties. Each Subsidiary
Guarantor is a limited partnership, general partnership, nominee
trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
its state of organization; each such Subsidiary Guarantor has all
requisite limited partnership, general partnership, trust, limited
liability company or corporate, as the case may be, power to own
its respective properties and conduct its respective
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business as now
conducted and as presently contemplated; and each such Subsidiary
Guarantor is in good standing as a foreign entity and is duly
authorized to do business in the jurisdictions where the Eligible
Borrowing Base Properties owned by it are located and in each other
jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary except where a
failure to be so qualified in such other jurisdiction would not
have a materially adverse effect on the business, operations,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of such
Borrower.
(ii) the Trust is
a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Maryland; each Subsidiary of the
Trust is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a
corporation, nominee trust, limited liability company, limited
partnership or general partnership, as the case may be, under the
laws of the state of its organization; the Trust and each of its
Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate, trust, limited liability
company, limited partnership or general partnership, as the case
may be, power to own its respective properties and conduct its
respective business as now conducted and as presently contemplated;
and the Trust is in good standing as a foreign entity and is duly
authorized to do business in the jurisdictions where such
qualification is necessary, except where a failure to be so
qualified in such other jurisdiction would not have a materially
adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or properties of the Trust or any such
Subsidiary.
(b)
Capitalization . The outstanding equity of FPLP is comprised
of a general partner interest and limited partner interests, all of
which have been duly issued and are outstanding and fully paid and
non-assessable. All of the issued and outstanding general partner
interests of FPLP are owned and held of record by the Trust. There
are no outstanding securities or agreements exchangeable for or
convertible into or carrying any rights to acquire a general
partner interest in FPLP. There are no outstanding commitments,
options, warrants, calls or other agreements (whether written or
oral) binding on FPLP or the Trust which require or could require
FPLP or the Trust to sell, grant, transfer, assign, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of any general partner interest in
FPLP. Except as set forth in the Agreement of Limited Partnership
of FPLP, no general partner interests of FPLP are subject to any
restrictions on transfer or any partner agreements, voting
agreements, trust deeds, irrevocable proxies; or any other similar
agreements or interests (whether written or oral). FPLP owns,
directly or indirectly, 100% (by number of votes or controlling
interests) of the outstanding voting interests and of the economic
interests in each Subsidiary Guarantor. All of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of each Subsidiary Guarantor are owned
and held of
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record by FPLP
or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of FPLP, as set forth on
Schedule 7.1(b) attached hereto, and all of such equity
interests have been duly issued and are outstanding and fully paid
and non-assessable. There are no outstanding securities or
agreements exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying any
rights to acquire any equity interests in any Subsidiary Guarantor.
There are no outstanding commitments, options, warrants, calls or
other agreements (whether written or oral) binding on any
Subsidiary Guarantor which require or could require any Subsidiary
Guarantor to sell, grant, transfer, assign, mortgage, pledge or
otherwise dispose of any equity interest of such Subsidiary
Guarantor. No equity interests of any Subsidiary Guarantor are
subject to any restrictions on transfer or any partner agreements,
voting agreements, trust deeds, irrevocable proxies; or any other
similar agreements or interests (whether written or oral). All of
the Preferred Equity which exists as of the date of this Agreement,
and each of the agreements or other documents entered into and/or
setting forth the terms, rights and restrictions applicable to any
such Preferred Equity, are listed and described on
Schedule 7.1(b) attached hereto. All of the agreements
and other documents relating to the Preferred Equity have been
furnished to the Agent.
(c)
Due Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the
Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trust is or is to become
a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
(i) are within the authority of the Borrower, such Subsidiary
Guarantor and the Trust, (ii) have been duly authorized by all
necessary proceedings on the part of the Borrower, such Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trust and any general partner or manager thereof,
(iii) do not conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation
to which the Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trust is
subject or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit
applicable to the Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trust,
(iv) do not conflict with any provision of the Organizational
Documents of the Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trust
or any general partner or manager thereof, (v) do not
contravene any provisions of, or constitute Default or Event of
Default hereunder, and (vi) will not cause a failure to comply
with any term, condition or provision of, any other agreement,
instrument, judgment, order, decree, permit, license or undertaking
binding upon or applicable to the Borrower, such Subsidiary
Guarantor or the Trust or any of the Borrower’s, such
Subsidiary Guarantor’s or the Trust’s properties
(except for any such failure to comply under any such other
agreement, instrument, judgment, order, decree, permit, license, or
undertaking as would not materially and adversely affect the
business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac
Group) or result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, security
interest, lien, encumbrance or charge upon any of the properties or
assets of the Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor or the
Trust.
(d)
Enforceability . Each of the Loan Documents to which the
Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trust is a party has been
duly executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrower, such
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Subsidiary
Guarantor and the Trust, as the case may be, subject only to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of
creditors’ rights.
§7.2.
Governmental Approvals . The execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which the Borrower or the Trust is or is to become a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not
require (i) the approval or consent of any governmental agency
or authority other than those already obtained and delivered to the
Agent, or (ii) filing with any governmental agency or
authority, other than filings which will be made with the SEC when
and as required by law or deemed appropriate by the
Trust.
§7.3.
Title to Properties; Leases .
The Borrower, each
Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trust each has good fee to all of its
respective properties, assets and rights of every name and nature
purported to be owned by it, including, without limitation,
that:
(a) The
Borrower and/or each Subsidiary Guarantor holds good and clear
record and marketable fee simple title to the Eligible Borrowing
Base Properties and all assets or properties relating thereto,
subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens and, for a period
not to exceed 30 days following the Closing Date, Liens listed
in Schedule 7.3(a) .
(b) The
Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trust will, as of the
Closing Date, own all of the assets as reflected in the financial
statements of the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trust
described in §7.4, or acquired since the date of such
financial statements (except property and assets sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business since that
date).
(c) No
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor has any direct or indirect
interest in any Partially-Owned Entity.
§7.4.
Financial Statements . The Borrower has furnished to each of
the Lenders (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Trust and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007, and the
related audited consolidated statements of income, changes in
shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the year then ended
and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Trust
and its Subsidiaries as of the fiscal quarter ended March 31,
2008, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income,
changes in shareholder’s equity and cash flows for the
quarter then ended (the “Initial Financials”). Such
Initial Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and,
with respect to the annual audited statements are accompanied by an
auditors’ report prepared without qualification by the
Accountants. The Initial Financials fairly present the financial
condition of the Trust and its Subsidiaries as at the close of
business on the date thereof
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and the results
of operations for the fiscal year (or quarter) then ended, subject
in the case of interim statements to normal and customary year-end
adjustments. There are no contingent liabilities of the Trust or
any of its Subsidiaries as of such date known to the officers of
the Trust or any of its Subsidiaries not disclosed in the Initial
Financials.
§7.5 No
Material Changes, Etc . Since the Financial Statement Date,
there has occurred no materially adverse change in the business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac
Group. Since the Financial Statement Date and the Closing Date (or
such later date upon which a Real Estate Asset became part of the
Borrowing Base Pool), there has been no material adverse change to
the Net Operating Income of any Real Estate Asset that is part of
the Borrowing Base Pool.
§7.6.
Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc . The Borrower, the
Trust and each of their respective Subsidiaries possess all
franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses
and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for
the conduct of their respective businesses substantially as now
conducted without known conflict with any rights of others, except
where the failure to so possess could not reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the Trust, FPLP
or any other member of the Potomac Group. The Borrower, the Trust
and each of their respective Subsidiaries possess all material
Permits relating to each of the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties.
FPLP is pre-approved as a landlord for the United States government
by the General Services Administration as part of the General
Services Administration’s Advanced Acquisition Program (the
“AAP Qualification”).
§7.7
Litigation . Except as disclosed on Schedule 7.7
, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any
kind pending or, to the Borrower’s or the Trust’s
knowledge, threatened against the Borrower, the Trust or any of
their respective Subsidiaries before any court, tribunal or
administrative agency or board that, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to, either individually or in the aggregate,
materially adversely affect the business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or properties of the Trust, FPLP
or any other member of the Potomac Group, or materially impair the
right of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac Group,
to carry on its businesses substantially as now conducted by it, or
result in any substantial liability not fully covered by insurance,
or for which adequate reserves are not maintained, as reflected in
the applicable consolidated financial statements or SEC Filings of
the Borrower and the Trust, or which question the validity of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any action taken
or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto.
§7.8. No
Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc . Neither the Borrower, the
Trust nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any
charter, corporate, partnership or other legal restriction, or any
judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation that has or
could
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reasonably
expected in the future to have a materially adverse effect on the
business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac
Group. None of the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective
Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement that has had,
or could reasonably be expected to have, any materially adverse
effect on the business, operations, assets, condition (financial or
otherwise) or properties of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of
the Potomac Group.
§7.9.
Compliance With Other Instruments, Laws, Etc . Neither the
Borrower, the Trust nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is in
violation of any provision of its partnership agreement, charter or
other Organizational Document, as the case may be, or any agreement
or instrument to which it may be subject or by which it or any of
its properties may be bound or any decree, order, judgment,
statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing cases
in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result,
individually or in the aggregate, in the imposition of substantial
penalties or materially and adversely affect the business,
operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or
properties of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac
Group.
§7.10. Tax
Status . (i) Each of the Borrower, the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries (a) has made or filed all federal,
state and local income and all other tax returns, reports and
declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject,
(b) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and
charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings, and (c) has set aside on its books
provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or
declarations apply, and (ii) there are no unpaid taxes claimed
to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the
respective officers of the Borrower and the Trust and their
respective Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such
claim.
§7.11 No
Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
§7.12.
Investment Company Acts . None of the Borrower, the Trust or
any of their respective Subsidiaries is an “investment
company”, or an “affiliated company” or a
“principal underwriter” of an “investment
company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
§7.13.
Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Absence of UCC Financing
Statements, Etc . The exact legal name of the Borrower, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trust, and their respective
jurisdictions of organization, are set forth on
Schedule 7.13 attached hereto. Except for Permitted
Liens, there is no financing statement, security agreement, chattel
mortgage, real estate mortgage, equipment lease, financing lease,
option, encumbrance or other document filed or recorded with any
filing records,
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registry, or
other public office, that purports to cover, affect or give notice
of any present or possible future lien or encumbrance on, or
security interest in, any Eligible Borrowing Base Property, any
Pledged Entity or the Equity Interests of any Pledged Entity.
Neither the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor nor the Trust has
pledged or granted any lien on or security interest in or otherwise
encumbered or transferred any of their respective interests in the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable (including in
the case of the Trust, its interests in FPLP).
§7.14.
Absence of Liens . The Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor is
the owner of the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties free from any
Lien, except for Permitted Liens. The Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor is the owner of the Pledged Interests free from any Lien,
except for Permitted Liens.
§7.15.
Certain Transactions . Except as set forth on
Schedule 7.15 , none of the officers, partners,
directors, or employees of the Trust, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries is presently a party to any transaction with the
Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other
than for services as employees, officers and directors), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the
furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or
personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, partner, director or such employee or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower or the Trust, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, partner,
director, or any such employee or natural Person related to such
officer, partner, director or employee or other Person in which
such officer, partner, director or employee has a direct or
indirect beneficial interest has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or partner.
§7.16.
Employee Benefit Plans; Multiemployer Plans; Guaranteed Pension
Plans . Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings or on
Schedule 7.16 , none of the Borrower, the Trust nor any
ERISA Affiliate maintains or contributes to any Employee Benefit
Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan.
§7.17.
Regulations U and X . No portion of any Loan is to be used,
and no portion of any Letter of Credit is to be obtained, for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security”
or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations
U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12
C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224.
§7.18.
Environmental Compliance . The Borrower has caused Phase I
and other environmental assessments or similar assessments
(collectively, the “Environmental Reports”) to be
conducted to investigate the past and present environmental
condition and usage of the Real Estate Assets, true and complete
copies of which have been delivered to the Agent. To the
Borrower’s knowledge, except as otherwise expressly specified
in the Environmental Reports, the Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties:
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(a) None
of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, the Trust or any operator of the
Real Estate Assets or any portion thereof, or any operations
thereon is in violation, or alleged violation, of any judgment,
decree, order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to
environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(“RCRA”), the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended
(“CERCLA”), the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), the Federal Clean
Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control
Act, or any state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, order or
decree relating to health, safety or the environment (hereinafter
“Environmental Laws”), which violation or alleged
violation has, or its remediation would have, by itself or when
aggregated with all such other violations or alleged violations, a
material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise), properties or prospects of the
Trust, FPLP or any other member of the Potomac Group, or
constitutes a Disqualifying Environmental Event with respect to any
of the Eligible Borrowing Base Properties.
(b) None
of the Borrower, the Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries
has received written notice from any third party, including,
without limitation, any federal, state or local governmental
authority, (i) that it has been identified by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA) as a
potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site
listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 300
Appendix B (1986), (ii) that any hazardous waste, as
defined by 42 U.S.C. § 9601(5), any hazardous substances as
defined by 42 U.S.C. § 9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant
as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(33) or any toxic substances, oil
or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances regulated
by any Environmental Laws (“Hazardous Substances”)
which it has generated, transported or disposed of have been found
at any site at which a federal, state or local agency or other
third party has conducted or has ordered that the Borrower, the
Trust or any of their respective Subsidiaries conduct a remedial
investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any
Environmental Law, or (iii) that it is or shall be a named
party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or
administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or otherwise)
arising out of any third party’s incurrence of costs,
expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection
with the release of Hazardous Substances, which event described in
any such notice would have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise),
properties or prospects of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of
the Potomac Group, or constitutes a Disqualifying Environmental
Event with respect to any of the Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties.
(c)
(i) No portion of the Real Estate Assets has been used for the
handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances
except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws; and no
underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for
Hazardous Substances is located on any portion of any Real Estate
Assets except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws,
(ii) in the course of
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any activities
conducted by the Borrower, the Trust, their respective Subsidiaries
or the operators of their respective properties or any ground or
space tenants on any Real Estate Asset, no Hazardous Substances
have been generated or are being used on such Real Estate Asset
except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws,
(iii) there has been no present or past releasing, spilling,
leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping (a “Release”)
or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or
from the Real Estate Assets in violation of applicable
Environmental Laws, (iv) there have been no Releases in
violation of applicable Environmental Laws upon, from or into any
real property in the vicinity of any of the Real Estate Assets
which, through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to
be located on such Real Estate Asset, and (v) to the best of
Borrower’s Knowledge, any Hazardous Substances that have been
generated on any of the Real Estate Assets during ownership thereof
by the Borrower, the Trust, their respective Subsidiaries or the
operations of their respective properties have been transported
off-site only in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws;
any of which events described in clauses (i) through
(v) above would have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise),
properties or prospects of the Trust, FPLP or any other member of
the Potomac Group, or constitutes a Disqualifying Environmental
Event with respect to any of the Eligible Borrowing Base
Properties.
(d) None
of the Borrower, the Trust or any of the Real Estate Assets is
subject to any applicable Environmental Law requiring the
performance of Hazardous Substances site assessments, or the
removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances, or the giving of
notice to any governmental agency or the recording or delivery to
other Persons of an environmental disclosure document or statement,
by virtue of the transactions set forth herein and contemplated
hereby, or as a condition to the effectiveness of any other
transactions contemplated hereby.
§7.19.
Subsidiaries . Schedule 7.19 sets forth, as of
the Closing Date, all of the respective Subsidiaries of FPLP, each
Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trust.
§7.20.
Loan Documents . All of the representations and warranties
by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Trust and their respective
Subsidiaries made in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents
or any document or instrument delivered to the Agent or the Lenders
pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan Documents are
true and correct in all material respects and do not include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated or necessary to make such
representations and warranties not materially
misleading.
§7.21.
REIT Status . The Trust has not taken any action that would
prevent it from maintaining its qualification as a REIT for its tax
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