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Exhibit 4.1
TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 21,
2008
by and among
WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT TRUST,
as
Borrower
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PARTY HERETO
AND THEIR ASSIGNEES UNDER
SECTION 13.7.,
as
Lenders
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Article I. Definitions |
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Section 1.1. Definitions |
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Section 1.2. General; References to Eastern
Time |
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| Article II. Credit Facility |
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Section 2.1. Term Loans |
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Section 2.2. Rates and Payment of Interest on
Loans |
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Section 2.3. Number of Interest Periods |
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Section 2.4. Repayment of Loans |
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Section 2.5. Prepayments |
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Section 2.6. Late Charges |
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Section 2.7. Continuation |
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Section 2.8. Conversion |
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Section 2.9. Notes |
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Section 2.10. Funds Transfer Disbursements |
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Section 2.11. Option to Replace Lenders |
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| Article III. Payments, Fees and Other General
Provisions |
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Section 3.1. Payments |
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Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment |
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Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
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Section 3.4. Several Obligations |
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Section 3.5. Minimum Amounts |
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Section 3.6. Fees |
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Section 3.7. Computations |
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Section 3.8. Usury |
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Section 3.9. Statements of Account |
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Section 3.10. Defaulting Lenders |
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Section 3.11. Taxes |
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| Article IV. Unencumbered Pool Properties |
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Section 4.1. Eligibility of Properties |
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Section 4.2. Termination of Designation as Unencumbered
Pool Property |
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| Article V. Yield Protection, Etc. |
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Section 5.1. Additional Costs; Capital
Adequacy |
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Section 5.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans |
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Section 5.3. Illegality |
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Section 5.4. Compensation |
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Section 5.5. Treatment of Affected Loans |
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Section 5.6. Change of Lending Office |
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Section 5.7. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR
Loans |
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| Article VI. Conditions Precedent |
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Section 6.1. Initial Conditions Precedent |
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Section 6.2. Additional Conditions Precedent |
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| Article VII. Representations and Warranties |
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Section 7.1. Representations and Warranties |
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Section 7.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties,
Etc. |
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| Article VIII. Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 8.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar
Matters |
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Section 8.2. Compliance with Applicable Law |
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Section 8.3. Maintenance of Property |
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Section 8.4. Conduct of Business |
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Section 8.5. Insurance |
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Section 8.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims |
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Section 8.7. Books and Records; Inspections |
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Section 8.8. Use of Proceeds |
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Section 8.9. Environmental Matters |
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Section 8.10. Further Assurances |
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Section 8.11. REIT Status |
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Section 8.12. Exchange Listing |
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Section 8.13. Guarantors |
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Section 8.14. Interest Rate Swaps |
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| Article IX. Information |
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Section 9.1. Quarterly Financial Statements |
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Section 9.2. Year-End Statements |
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Section 9.3. Compliance Certificate |
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Section 9.4. Other Information |
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| Article X. Negative Covenants |
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Section 10.1. Financial Covenants |
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Section 10.2. Reciprocal Lien |
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Section 10.3. Restrictions on Intercompany
Transfers |
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Section 10.4. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and
Other Arrangements |
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Section 10.5. Plans |
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Section 10.6. Fiscal Year |
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Section 10.7. Modifications of Organizational
Documents |
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Section 10.8. Transactions with Affiliates |
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| Article XI. Default |
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Section 11.1. Events of Default |
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Section 11.2. Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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Section 11.3. Marshaling; Payments Set Aside |
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Section 11.4. Allocation of Proceeds |
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Section 11.5. Rescission of Acceleration by Requisite
Lenders |
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Section 11.6. Performance by Agent |
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Section 11.7. Rights Cumulative |
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| Article XII. The Agent |
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Section 12.1. Appointment and Authorization |
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Section 12.2. Wells Fargo as Lender |
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Section 12.3. Approvals of Lenders |
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Section 12.4. Notice of Defaults |
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Section 12.5. Agent’s Reliance |
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Section 12.6. Indemnification of Agent |
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Section 12.7. Lender Credit Decision, Etc. |
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Section 12.8. Successor Agent |
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| Article XIII. Miscellaneous |
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Section 13.1. Notices |
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Section 13.2. Electronic Document Delivery |
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Section 13.3. Expenses |
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Section 13.4. Stamp, Intangible and Recording
Taxes |
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Section 13.5. Setoff |
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Section 13.6. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters;
Waivers |
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Section 13.7. Successors and Assigns |
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Section 13.8. Amendments and Waivers |
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Section 13.9. Nonliability of Agent and
Lenders |
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Section 13.10. Confidentiality |
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Section 13.11. Indemnification |
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Section 13.12. Termination; Survival |
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Section 13.13. Severability of Provisions |
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Section 13.14. GOVERNING LAW |
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Section 13.15. Counterparts |
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Section 13.16. Obligations with Respect to Loan
Parties |
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Section 13.17. Independence of Covenants |
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Section 13.18. Limitation of Liability |
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Section 13.19. Entire Agreement |
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Section 13.20. Construction |
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Section 13.21. USA Patriot Act Notice.
Compliance |
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| SCHEDULE 1.1. |
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List of
Loan Parties |
| SCHEDULE 4.1. |
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Initial
Unencumbered Pool Properties |
| SCHEDULE 7.1.(b) |
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Ownership
Structure |
| SCHEDULE 7.1.(f) |
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Properties |
| SCHEDULE 7.1.(g) |
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Indebtedness
and Guaranties; Liens; Total Liabilities |
| SCHEDULE 7.1.(i) |
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Litigation |
| SCHEDULE 7.1.(r) |
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Affiliate
Transactions |
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| EXHIBIT
A |
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
| EXHIBIT
B |
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Form of
Guaranty |
| EXHIBIT
C |
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Form of
Notice of Continuation |
| EXHIBIT
D |
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Form of
Notice of Conversion |
| EXHIBIT
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Form of
Note |
| EXHIBIT
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Form of
Unencumbered Pool Certificate |
| EXHIBIT
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel |
| EXHIBIT
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
| EXHIBIT
I |
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Form of
Transfer Authorizer Designation Form |
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THIS TERM LOAN AGREEMENT is
dated as of February 21, 2008 by and among WASHINGTON REAL
ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, a real estate investment trust formed
under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
“Borrower”), each of the financial institutions
initially a signatory hereto together with their assignees under
Section 13.7. (the “Lenders”), and WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wells Fargo”) as
contractual representative of the Lenders to the extent and in the
manner provided in Article XII. (in such capacity, the
“Agent”).
WHEREAS, the Agent and the
Lenders desire to make available to the Borrower term loans in an
aggregate amount of $100,000,000, on the terms and conditions
contained herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
A RTICLE I.
D EFINITIONS
Section 1.1.
Definitions.
In addition to terms defined
elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:
“ Accession
Agreement ” means an Accession Agreement substantially in
the form of Annex I to the Guaranty.
“ Additional
Costs ” has the meaning given that term in
Section 5.1.
“ Affiliate
” means any Person (other than the Agent or any Lender):
(a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with, the Borrower; (b) directly or
indirectly owning or holding fifteen percent (15.0%) or more
of any Equity Interest in the Borrower; or (c) fifteen percent
(15.0%) or more of whose voting stock or other Equity Interest
is directly or indirectly owned or held by the Borrower. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including with
correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”,
“controlled by” and “under common control
with”) means the possession directly or indirectly of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise. The Affiliates of a Person
shall include any officer or director of such Person. In no event
shall the Agent or any Lender be deemed to be an Affiliate of the
Borrower.
“ Agent ”
has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and
shall include any successor Agent appointed pursuant to
Section 12.8.
“ Agreement Date
” means the date as of which this Agreement is
dated.
“ Applicable Law
” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes,
rules, regulations and orders of all governmental bodies and all
orders and decrees of all courts, tribunals and
arbitrators.
“ Applicable
Margin ” means 1.50% with respect to LIBOR Loans and 0.0%
with respect to Base Rate Loans.
“ Assignee
” has the meaning given that term in
Section 13.7.(c).
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
among a Lender, an Assignee and the Agent, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“ Base Rate
” means the greater of (a) the rate of interest per
annum publicly announced from time to time by the Lender then
acting as Agent at its principal office as its “prime
rate” (which rate of interest may not be the lowest rate
charged by the Lender then acting as Agent or any of the other
Lenders on similar loans) and (b) the Federal Funds Rate
plus one-half of one percent (0.5%). Each change in the Base
Rate shall become effective without prior notice to the Borrower or
the Lenders automatically as of the opening of business on the date
of such change in the Base Rate.
“ Base Rate Loan
” means any portion of a Loan bearing interest at a rate
based on the Base Rate.
“ Benefit
Arrangement ” means at any time an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a
Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“ Borrower
” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
hereof and shall include the Borrower’s successors and
permitted assigns.
“ Borrowing Base
” means the aggregate Unencumbered Pool Values of all
Unencumbered Pool Properties divided by 1.67. To the extent the
Unencumbered Pool Value of any one Unencumbered Pool Property would
exceed 15.0% of the Unencumbered Pool Value of all Unencumbered
Pool Properties, such excess shall be excluded from the calculation
of the Borrowing Base. To the extent the aggregate Unencumbered
Pool Values of Unencumbered Pool Properties subject to an Eligible
Ground Lease would exceed 15.0% of the Unencumbered Pool Values of
all such Unencumbered Pool Properties, such excess shall be
excluded from the calculation of the Borrowing Base.
“ Business Day
” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banks in San Francisco, California are
authorized or required to close and (b) with reference to a
LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in
Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.
Unless specifically referenced in this Agreement as a Business Day,
all references to “days” shall be to calendar
days.
“ Capitalization
Rate ” means 7.5%.
“ Capitalized
EBITDA ” means, with respect to a Person and as of a
given date, (a) such Person’s EBITDA for the fiscal
quarter most recently ended multiplied by (b) 4 and divided by
(c) the Capitalization Rate. For purposes of determining
Capitalized EBITDA of the Borrower,
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(i) EBITDA attributable to Properties
either acquired or disposed of by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or
Unconsolidated Affiliates during such fiscal quarter shall be
disregarded, (ii) EBITDA from Properties upon which
construction is then in progress shall be excluded, (iii) to
the extent that service fees or property management fees would
account for in excess of 20% of EBITDA, such excess shall be
excluded in determining Capitalized EBITDA and
(iv) distributions of cash received by such Person during such
period from any of its Unconsolidated Affiliates shall be excluded
from EBITDA.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligation ” means obligations under a lease that are
required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP. The amount of a Capitalized Lease Obligation
is the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Commitment
” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s obligation to
make a Loan on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1., in
an amount up to, but not exceeding the amount set forth for such
Lender on its signature page hereto as such Lender’s
“Commitment Amount”.
“ Compliance
Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in
Section 9.3.
“ Construction in
Process ” means construction in process as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Continue
”, “ Continuation ” and “
Continued ” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR
Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant
to Section 2.7.
“ Continuing
Representations ” means those representations and
warranties made or deemed made under Sections 7.1.(a), (c), (d),
(e), (i), (l), (m), (n), (p), (q), (u), (v) and
(x).
“ Convert
”, “ Conversion ” and “
Converted ” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of
one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to
Section 2.8.
“ Credit Event
” means any of the following: (a) the making (or deemed
making) of any Loan, (b) the Conversion of a Loan and
(c) the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.
“ Credit Rating
” means the rating assigned by a Rating Agency to the senior
unsecured long term Indebtedness of a Person.
“ Default
” means any of the events specified in Section 11.1.,
whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.
“ Defaulting
Lender ” has the meaning given that term in
Section 3.10.
“ Derivatives
Contract ” means any and all rate swap transactions,
basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate
transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity
contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond
price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward
bond price or forward bond index
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transactions, interest rate options,
forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement. Not in limitation of the
foregoing, the term “Derivatives Contract” includes any
and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations,
which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by,
any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign
Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, including
any such obligations or liabilities under any such master
agreement.
“ Derivatives
Termination Value ” means, in respect of any one or more
Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any
legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Derivatives
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such
Derivatives Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and
(b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause
(a) the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s)
for such Derivatives Contracts, as determined based upon one or
more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by
any recognized dealer in such Derivatives Contracts (which may
include the Agent or any Lender).
“ Development
Property ” means a Property currently under development
that has not achieved an occupancy rate (weighted on an economic
basis) of 80% or more or, subject to the last sentence of this
definition, on which the improvements (other than tenant
improvements) related to the development have not been completed.
The term “Development Property” shall include real
property of the type described in the immediately preceding
sentence that satisfies both of the following conditions:
(i) it is expected to be (but has not yet been) acquired by
the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate upon
completion of construction pursuant to a contract in which the
seller of such real property is required to develop or renovate
prior to, and as a condition precedent to, such acquisition and
(ii) a third party is developing such property using the
proceeds of a loan that is Guaranteed by, or is otherwise recourse
to, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate. A
Development Property on which all improvements (other than tenant
improvements) related to the development of such Property have been
completed for at least 12 months shall cease to constitute a
Development Property notwithstanding the fact that such Property
has not achieved an occupancy rate (weighted on an economic basis)
of at least 80%.
“ Dollars
” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of
the United States of America.
“ EBITDA ”
means, with respect to any Person for any period and without
duplication, net earnings (loss) of such Person for such period
(including equity in net earnings or net loss of Unconsolidated
Affiliates) excluding the following amounts (but only to the extent
included in determining net earnings (loss) for such period):
(a) depreciation and amortization expense and other non-cash
charges of such Person for such period; (b) interest expense
of such Person for such period; (c) income tax expense of such
Person in respect of such period; and
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(d) extraordinary and nonrecurring
gains and losses of such Person for such period, including without
limitation, non-recurring severance payments and gains and losses
from the sale of assets, write-offs and forgiveness of debt. For
purposes of this definition, net earnings (loss) shall be
determined before minority interests and distributions to holders
of Preferred Stock.
“ Effective Date
” means the later of (a) the Agreement Date and
(b) the date on which all of the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 6.1. shall have been fulfilled or waived in
accordance with the provisions of Section 13.8.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means any Person that is: (a) an existing
Lender; (b) a commercial bank, trust company, savings and loan
association, savings bank, insurance company, investment bank or
pension fund organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and having
total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; or (c) a commercial
bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a
member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, and
having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000, provided that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the
United States of America. If such entity is not currently a Lender,
such entity’s (or in the case of a bank which is a
subsidiary, such bank’s parent’s) senior unsecured long
term indebtedness must be rated BBB or higher by S&P, Baa2 or
higher by Moody’s or the equivalent or higher of either such
rating by another rating agency acceptable to the Agent.
“ Eligible Ground
Lease ” means a ground lease pursuant to which the
Borrower or its Subsidiary is a lessee and that contains the
following terms (or such terms are provided for in an effective
estoppel letter executed by the lessor in favor of the Agent or a
class of financial institutions that, fairly interpreted, includes
the Agent): (a) a remaining term (including renewal options
exercisable at lessee’s sole option) of 25 years or more from
the Agreement Date; (b) the right of the lessee to pledge,
mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased property without
the consent of the lessor; (c) the obligation of the lessor to
give the holder of any mortgage Lien on such leased property
written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and
agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated
until such holder has had a reasonable opportunity to cure or
complete foreclosures, and fails to do so; (d) reasonable
transferability of the lessee’s interest under such lease,
including ability to sublease; and (e) such other rights
customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the
interest of the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to
a ground lease as determined by the Agent in its reasonable
discretion.
“ Eligible
Property ” means a Property which satisfies all of the
following requirements: (a) such Property is owned in fee
simple (or leased under an Eligible Ground Lease) by the Borrower
or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Guarantor; (b) such
Property is located in a State of the United States of America or
in the District of Columbia; (c) regardless of whether such
Property is owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary, the Borrower has
the right directly, or indirectly through a Subsidiary, to take the
following actions without the need to obtain the consent of any
Person: (i) to create Liens on such Property as security for
any of the Obligations, and (ii) to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of such Property; (d) neither such Property,
nor if such Property is owned by a Subsidiary, any of the
Borrower’s direct or indirect ownership
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interest in such Subsidiary, is subject
to (i) any Lien other than Permitted Liens or (ii) any
Negative Pledge; and (e) either (i) such Property is free
of all structural defects, title defects, environmental conditions
or other adverse matters except for defects, conditions or matters
individually or collectively which are not material to the
profitable operation of such Property or (ii) the Borrower has
identified all structural defects, title defects, environmental
conditions or other adverse matters related to such Property which
are material to the profitable operation of such Property and
delivered any documents, reports, appraisals or other information
relating to such Property including, without limitation, a copy of
a recent ALTA Owner’s Policy of Title Insurance and a
“Phase I” environmental assessment in accordance with
ASTM E 1527-00 standards (or ASTM E 1527-05 standards, if
applicable) as reasonably requested by the Agent, and the Agent has
agreed to allow such Property to be Eligible Property subject to
any discounts in the Unencumbered Pool Value of such Property
reasonably deemed necessary by the Agent as a result of such
structural defects, title defects, environmental conditions or
other adverse matters.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means any Applicable Law relating to environmental
protection or the manufacture, storage, remediation, disposal or
clean-up of Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, the
following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid
Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
§ 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42
U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the Environmental
Protection Agency and any applicable rule of common law and any
judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to the
environment or Hazardous Materials.
“ Equity
Interest ” means, with respect to any Person, any share
of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person whether or
not certificated, any security convertible into or exchangeable for
any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the
purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or
such other interests), and any other ownership or profit interest
in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member
or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and
whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest
is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of
determination.
“ Equity
Issuance ” means any issuance or sale by a Person of any
Equity Interest in such Person.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in
effect from time to time.
“ ERISA Group
” means the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together
with the Borrower or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
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“ Event of
Default ” means any of the events specified in
Section 11.1., provided that any requirement for notice or
lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.
“ Excluded
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that holds title to
assets which are collateral for any outstanding Secured
Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and which is prohibited from
Guaranteeing the Indebtedness of any other Person (other than
another Excluded Subsidiary) pursuant to (i) any document,
instrument or agreement evidencing such Secured Indebtedness or
(ii) a provision of such Person’s organizational
documents which provision was included in such Person’s
organizational documents as a condition to the extension or
continuation of such Secured Indebtedness. A Subsidiary shall only
remain an Excluded Subsidiary for so long as (A) the above
requirements are satisfied and (B) such Subsidiary does not
Guarantee any Indebtedness of any Person (other than another
Excluded Subsidiary).
“ Fair Market
Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the price which
could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market
transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing
buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete
the transaction. Except as otherwise provided herein, Fair Market
Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower
(or an authorized committee thereof) acting in good faith
conclusively evidenced by a board resolution thereof delivered to
the Agent or, with respect to any asset valued at no more than
$1,000,000, such determination may be made by the chief financial
officer of the Borrower evidenced by an officer’s certificate
delivered to the Agent.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average
of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so
published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds
Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent by
federal funds dealers selected by the Agent on such day on such
transaction as determined by the Agent.
“ Fees ”
means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in
Section 3.6. and any other fees payable by the Borrower
hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
“ Fitch ”
means Fitch, Inc.
“ Fixed Charges
” means, with respect to a Person and for a given period, the
sum of (a) the Interest Expense of such Person for such
period, plus (b) the aggregate of all scheduled
principal payments on Indebtedness made by such Person during such
period (excluding balloon, bullet or similar payments of principal
due upon the stated maturity of Indebtedness), plus
(c) the aggregate of all dividends paid or accrued by such
Person on any Preferred Stock during such period, plus ,
(d) to the extent included in the calculation of EBITDA, the
aggregate of all payments made with respect to any ground lease
plus (e) the Reserve for Replacements.
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“ GAAP ”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances as
of the date of determination.
“ Governmental
Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents,
approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings
with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any national, state or local government
(whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or
any other governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or
statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau,
commission, board, department or other entity (including, without
limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any
central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with
authority to bind a party at law.
“ Gross Asset
Value ” means, at a given time, the sum (without
duplication) of (a) Operating Property Value at such time,
plus (b) all cash, cash equivalents (excluding tenant
deposits and other cash and cash equivalents the disposition of
which is restricted) and readily marketable securities (to the
extent that the value of such marketable securities are reasonably
capable of being verified) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
such time, plus (c) the current book value of
Construction in Process (including the book value for the portion
of the land owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary related to such
Construction in Process) with respect to any Property of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries then under construction, plus
(d) the Borrower’s respective Ownership Shares of the
current book values of Construction in Process (including the book
value for the portion of the land owned by an Unconsolidated
Affiliate related to such Construction in Process) with respect to
any Property of each Unconsolidated Affiliate then under
construction, plus (e) the contractual purchase price
of Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries subject to
purchase obligations, repurchase obligations, forward commitments
and unfunded obligations but only to the extent such amounts are
included in determinations of Total Liabilities. To the extent that
more than 10% of the Gross Asset Value would be attributable to
marketable securities, such excess shall be excluded. If more than
5% of the Gross Asset Value is attributable to marketable
securities then, in order to be part of the Gross Asset Value,
(i) if such marketable securities are Equity Interests, such
marketable securities shall (x) be common or preferred Equity
Interests of Persons domiciled in the United States, (y) be
subject to price quotations on The NASDAQ Stock Market’s
National Market System or shall have trading privileges on the New
York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or another
recognized United States securities exchange and (z) be quoted
no less frequently than daily on such exchange, and (ii) if
such marketable securities are representative of Indebtedness, such
marketable securities shall (x) be issued by Persons domiciled
in the United States, (y) have a Credit Rating of BBB-/Baa3 or
better and (z) be valued at the lesser of cost or market
value.
“ Guarantor
” means any Person that is party to the Guaranty as a
“Guarantor”.
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“ Guaranty
”, “ Guaranteed ” or to “
Guarantee ” as applied to any obligation means and
includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or
all of such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting
a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment
or performance (or payment of damages in the event of
nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by:
(i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the
purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the
purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling
the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance)
of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to
assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the
supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the
obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of
amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit, or
(v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on
account of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under
a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless,
in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation.
As the context requires, “Guaranty” shall also mean the
guaranty executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.1. or
8.13. and substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all or any of the following:
(a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise
classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as
“hazardous substances”, “hazardous
materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “toxic
substances” or any other formulation intended to define, list
or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as
ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity,
reproductive toxicity, “TCLP” toxicity, or “EP
toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived
substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and
drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with
the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural
gas or geothermal resources; (c) any flammable substances or
explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any
form; (e) toxic mold; and (f) electrical equipment which
contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per
million.
“ Indebtedness
” means, with respect to a Person, at the time of computation
thereof, all of the following (without duplication): (a) all
obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed;
(b) all obligations of such Person (other than trade debt
incurred in the ordinary course of business), whether or not for
money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts
accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit,
(ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money
indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt
instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest
charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full
or partial payment for property; (c) Capitalized Lease
Obligations of such Person; (d) all reimbursement obligations
of such Person under or in respect of any letters of credit or
acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for
payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of such
Person; (f) net obligations under any Derivative Contract in
an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof; and
(g) all Indebtedness of other Persons which (i) such
Person has Guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person or
(ii) is secured by a Lien on any property of such
Person.
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“ Intellectual
Property ” has the meaning given that term in
Section 7.1.(s).
“ Interest
Expense ” means, with respect to a Person and for any
period, (a) all paid or accrued interest expense (excluding
capitalized interest expense) of such Person and in any event shall
include all letter of credit fees and all interest expense with
respect to any Indebtedness in respect of which such Person is
wholly or partially liable whether pursuant to any repayment,
interest carry, performance Guarantee or otherwise, plus
(b) to the extent not already included in the foregoing
clause (a) such Person’s Ownership Share of all paid,
accrued or capitalized interest expense for such period of
Unconsolidated Affiliates of such Person.
“ Interest
Period ” means with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each
period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made or the last
day of the next preceding Interest Period for such Loan and ending
on the numerically corresponding day in the first, second, third or
sixth calendar month thereafter, as the Borrower may select in a
Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be,
except that each Interest Period that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which there is
no numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent
calendar month) shall end on the last Business Day of the
appropriate subsequent calendar month.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the
Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination
Date; (b) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a
day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately
following Business Day (or, if such immediately following Business
Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding
Business Day); and (c) notwithstanding the immediately
preceding clauses (a) and (b), no Interest Period of a LIBOR
Loan shall have a duration of less than one month and, if the
Interest Period for any Loan would otherwise be a shorter period,
such Loan shall not be available hereunder for such
period.
“ Internal Revenue
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Investment
” means, with respect to any Person, any acquisition or
investment (whether or not of a controlling interest) by such
Person, whether by means of any of the following: (a) the
purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another
Person, (b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital
contribution to, Guaranty of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or
(c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute
the business or a division or operating unit of another Person. Any
commitment to make an Investment in any other Person, as well as
any option of another Person to require an Investment in such
Person, shall constitute an Investment. Except as expressly
provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with any
covenant contained in a Loan Document, the amount of any Investment
shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.
“ Investment Grade
Rating ” means a Credit Rating of BBB-/Baa3 (or the
equivalent) or higher from a Rating Agency.
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“ Lender ”
means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as
a “Lender”, together with its respective successors and
permitted assigns; provided, however, that in accordance with
Section 3.10., with respect to matters requiring the consent
or approval of all Lenders at any given time, all then existing
Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded, and, for
voting purposes only, all Lenders shall be deemed to mean all
Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders.
“ Lending Office
” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the
office of such Lender specified as such on its signature page
hereto or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, or
such other office of such Lender as such Lender may notify the
Agent in writing from time to time.
“ LIBOR ”
means, for any LIBOR Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the
average rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next highest 1/16th of 1%) at which deposits in immediately
available funds in Dollars are offered to the Agent (at
approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, two Business Days prior
to the first day of such Interest Period) by first class banks in
the interbank Eurodollar market where the Eurodollar operations of
the Agent are customarily conducted, for delivery on the first day
of such Interest Period, such deposits being for a period of time
equal or comparable to such Interest Period and in an amount equal
to or comparable to the principal amount of the LIBOR Loan to which
such Interest Period relates. Each determination of LIBOR by the
Agent shall, in absence of demonstrable error, be conclusive and
binding.
“ LIBOR Loan
” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on
LIBOR.
“ Lien ”
as applied to the property of any Person means: (a) any
security interest, encumbrance to provide security for an
obligation, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust,
assignment of leases or rents, pledge, lien, charge or lease
constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, or other security title or
encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person,
or upon the income, rents or profits therefrom; (b) any
arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such
Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the
purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or
performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of
the general, unsecured creditors of such Person; (c) the
authorized filing of any financing statement under the UCC or its
equivalent in any jurisdiction; and (d) any agreement by such
Person to grant, give or otherwise convey any of the foregoing
(excluding an agreement that would require such Person to grant a
Lien to one creditor as a consequence of granting the same Lien to
another creditor).
“ Loan ”
means a loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.1.
“ Loan Document
” means this Agreement, each Note, any Guaranty and each
other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and
delivered by a Loan Party in connection with, pursuant to or
relating to this Agreement.
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“ Loan Party
” means each of the Borrower, each other Person who
guarantees all or a portion of the Obligations. Schedule 1.1.
sets forth the Loan Parties in addition to the Borrower as of the
Agreement Date.
“ Major
Redevelopment Property ” means a Property (a) on
which the existing building or other improvements are undergoing
renovation and redevelopment and for which any of the following has
occurred (i) construction has commenced or (ii) the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Affiliate, as the
case may be, has entered into a binding construction contract or
(iii) the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated
Affiliate, as the case may be, has entered into a binding agreement
by an anchor tenant to enter into a lease of any such Property and
(b) either (i) that has not achieved an occupancy rate
(weighted on an economic basis) of 80% or more or (ii) on
which the improvements (other than tenant improvements) related to
the renovation and redevelopment have not been completed. The term
“Major Redevelopment Property” shall include real
property of the type described in the immediately preceding
sentence to be (but not yet) acquired by any such Person upon
completion of construction pursuant to a contract in which the
seller of such real property is required to renovate prior to, and
as a condition precedent to, such acquisition
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a materially adverse effect on
(a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or
otherwise), results of operations or business prospects of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the
ability of the Borrower and the Loan Parties to perform their
obligations under the Loan Document, (c) the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or (d) the rights
and remedies of the Lenders and the Agent under any of the Loan
Documents.
“ Material Plan
” means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded
Liabilities in excess of $5,000,000.
“ Material
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary to which more than 10%
of Gross Asset Value is attributable on an individual
basis.
“ Maximum Loan
Availability ” means, at any time, an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the Borrowing Base minus
(ii) all Unsecured Liabilities (other than the Loans), of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means at any time a multiemployer plan within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of
the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made
contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased
to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year
period.
“ Negative
Pledge ” means, with respect to a given asset, any
provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than any
Loan Document) which prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation
or assumption of any Lien on such asset as security for any of the
Obligations.
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“ Net Operating
Income ” means, for any Property and for a given period,
the sum (without duplication) of (a) rents and other revenues
received or accrued in the ordinary course from such Property
(excluding pre-paid rents and revenues and security deposits except
to the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ obligations
for rent) minus (b) all expenses paid or accrued by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries and related to the ownership,
operation or maintenance of such Property (other than those
expenses normally covered by a management fee), including but not
limited to, taxes, assessments and the like, insurance, utilities,
payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses,
marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses
(including an appropriate allocation for legal, accounting,
advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection
with such Property, but specifically excluding general overhead
expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) minus
(c) the Reserve for Replacements for such Property for such
period minus (d) the greater of (i) the actual
property management fee paid during such period with respect to
such Property and (ii) an imputed management fee in an amount
equal to 3% of the gross revenues for such Property for such
period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Net Proceeds
” means with respect to an Equity Issuance by a Person, the
aggregate amount of all cash or the Fair Market Value of all other
property received by such Person in respect of such Equity Issuance
net of investment banking fees, legal fees, accountants fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and
expenses actually incurred by such Person in connection with such
Equity Issuance.
“ Non-Guarantor
Entity ” means: (a) any Subsidiary that is not
required to become a party to the Guaranty under
Section 8.13.(a); (b) any Unconsolidated Affiliate of the
Borrower; and (c) any other Affiliate of the Borrower in which
the Borrower holds an Investment.
“ Nonrecourse
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person,
Indebtedness for borrowed money in respect of which recourse for
payment (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication
of funds, environmental indemnities, non-compliance with
“separateness covenants,” and other similar customary
exceptions to recourse liability (but not exceptions relating to
non-collusive involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar events) in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent)
is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person
encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.
“ Note ”
has the meaning given that term in Section 2.9.
“ Notice of
Continuation ” means a notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit C to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to
Section 2.7. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the
Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.
“ Notice of
Conversion ” means a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit D to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to
Section 2.8. evidencing the Borrower’s request for the
Conversion of a portion of a Loan from one Type to another
Type.
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“ Obligations
” means, individually and collectively: (a) the
aggregate principal balance of, and all accrued and unpaid interest
on, all Loans; and (b) all other indebtedness, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrower or any of the
other Loan Parties owing to the Agent or any Lender of every kind,
nature and description, under or in respect of this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the
Fees and indemnification obligations, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious,
liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any
promissory note.
“ Off-Balance Sheet
Obligations ” means liabilities and obligations of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person in respect of
“off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in
Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the
Securities Act) which the Borrower would be required to disclose in
the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” section of the
Borrower’s report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K (or their
equivalents) which the Borrower is required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (or any Governmental Authority
substituted therefor).
“ Operating Property
Value ” means, as of a given date, (a) Capitalized
EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis as of such date plus (b) for any
Property that was acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary during
the immediately preceding fiscal quarter that is not Construction
in Process, an amount equal to the purchase price paid by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary (less any amounts paid to the Borrower
or such Subsidiary as a purchase price reduction).
“ Ownership
Share ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary of a Person
(other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) or any Unconsolidated
Affiliate of a Person, the greater of (a) such Person’s
relative nominal direct and indirect ownership interest (expressed
as a percentage) in such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate or
(b) subject to compliance with Section 9.4.(q), such
Person’s relative direct and indirect economic interest
(calculated as a percentage) in such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated
Affiliate determined in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the declaration of trust, articles or certificate of
incorporation, articles of organization, partnership agreement,
joint venture agreement or other applicable organizational document
of such Subsidiary or Unconsolidated Affiliate.
“ Participant
” has the meaning given that term in
Section 13.7.(b).
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor
agency.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means, with respect to any asset or property of a
Person, (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments and other
charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding
any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or
pursuant to any Environmental Laws) or the claims of materialmen,
mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor,
materials, supplies or rentals, which are not at the time required
to be paid or discharged under Section 8.6.; and
(b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the
ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure
payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws.
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“ Person ”
means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, trust or unincorporated organization, or a
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Plan ”
means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or
subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of
the Internal Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or
contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of
any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within
the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any
Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for
employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the
ERISA Group.
“ Post-Default
Rate ” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan or
any other Obligation that is not paid when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration, by optional or mandatory prepayment or
otherwise), a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect
from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans,
plus five percent 5.0%.
“ Preferred
Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, shares of
capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, such Person which
are entitled to preference or priority over any other capital stock
of, or other Equity Interest in, such Person in respect of the
payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or
both.
“ Principal
Office ” means 2120 E. Park Place, Suite 100, El Segundo,
California 90245.
“ Property
” means, with respect to any Person, any parcel of real
property (whether owned in fee or subject to an Eligible Ground
Lease), together with any building, facility, structure, equipment
or other asset located on such parcel of real property, in each
case owned by such Person.
“ Pro Rata Share
” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a
percentage, of (a) the unpaid principal amount of such
Lender’s Loan to (b) the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all Loans.
“ Rating Agency
” means S&P, Moody’s, Fitch or any other nationally
recognized securities rating agency selected by the Borrower and
approved of by the Agent in writing.
“ Recurring Capital
Expenditures ” means capital expenditures made in respect
of a Property for maintenance of such Property and replacement of
items due to ordinary wear and tear including, but not limited to,
expenditures made for maintenance or replacement of carpeting,
roofing materials, mechanical systems, electrical systems and other
structural systems and expenditures relating to tenant improvements
and leasing commissions. “Recurring Capital
Expenditures” shall not include any of the following:
(a) improvements to the appearance of such Property or any
other major upgrade or renovation of such Property not necessary
for proper maintenance or marketability of such Property;
(b) capital expenditures for seismic upgrades; or
(c) capital expenditures for deferred maintenance for such
Property existing at the time such Property was acquired by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary.
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“ Regulatory
Change ” means, with respect to any Lender, any change
effective after the Agreement Date in Applicable Law (including
without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date
of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of
banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law
(whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure
to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental
Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request
or directive regarding capital adequacy.
“ REIT ”
means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate
investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code.
“ Requisite
Lenders ” means, as of any date, (i) any combination
of two or more Lenders (which shall include the Lender then acting
as Agent) having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans.
“ Reserve for
Replacements ” means, for any period and with respect to
any Property, an amount equal to, (a)(i) for any retail, office or
industrial property (A) the aggregate square footage of all
completed space of such Property times (B) $0.15 and
(ii) for any apartment property (A) the number of
apartment units located on such Property times
(B) $300, times (b) the number of days in such
period divided by (c) 365. If the term Reserve for
Replacements is used without reference to any specific Property,
then it shall be determined on an aggregate basis with respect to
all Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the
applicable Ownership Shares of all Properties of all Unconsolidated
Affiliates.
“ Restricted
Payment ” means: (a) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any
class of stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend
payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of
that class; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange,
retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any
class of stock or other Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) any
payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any
outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity
Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or
hereafter outstanding.
“ Secured
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, any
Indebtedness of such Person that is secured in any manner by any
Lien on any property and shall include such Person’s
Ownership Share of the Secured Indebtedness of any of such
Person’s Unconsolidated Affiliates.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time, together with all rules and regulations issued
thereunder.
“ Solvent
” means, when used with respect to any Person, that
(a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets
(excluding any Indebtedness due from any affiliate of such
Person)
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are each in excess of the fair valuation
of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities);
(b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations
in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has
capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all
business in which it proposes to be engaged.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“ Subsidiary
” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity of which at least a
majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other individuals performing similar functions of such
corporation, partnership or other entity (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the
accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person
pursuant to GAAP.
“ Substantial
Amount ” means, at the time of determination thereof, an
amount in excess of 30.0% of total consolidated assets (exclusive
of depreciation) at such time of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis.
“ Tangible Net
Worth ” means, for any Person and as of a given date,
such Person’s total consolidated stockholders’ equity
plus , in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
increases in accumulated depreciation and amortization accrued
after the Agreement Date, minus (to the extent contained in
determining stockholders’ equity of such Person):
(a) the amount of any write-up in the book value of any assets
reflected in any balance sheet resulting from revaluation thereof
or any write-up in excess of the cost of such assets acquired, and
(b) the aggregate of all amounts appearing on the assets side
of any such balance sheet for franchises, licenses, permits,
patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, goodwill, treasury stock, experimental or
organizational expenses and other like assets which would be
classified as intangible assets under GAAP, all determined on a
consolidated basis.
“ Taxes ”
has the meaning given that term in Section 3.11.
“ Termination
Date ” means February 19, 2010.
“ Total Budgeted
Cost ” means, with respect to a Development Property or a
Major Redevelopment Property, and at any time, the aggregate amount
of all costs budgeted to be paid, incurred or otherwise expended or
accrued by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an Unconsolidated
Affiliate with respect to such Property to achieve an occupancy
rate (weighted on an economic basis) of 100%, including without
limitation, all amounts budgeted with respect to all of the
following: (a) acquisition of land and any related
improvements; (b) a reasonable and appropriate reserve for
construction interest; (c) a reasonable and appropriate
operating deficit reserve; (d) tenant improvements,
(e) leasing commissions, (f) infrastructure costs and
(g) other hard and soft costs associated with the development
or redevelopment of such Property. With respect to any Property to
be developed in more than one phase, the Total Budgeted Cost shall
exclude
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budgeted costs (other than costs
relating to acquisition of land and related improvements) to the
extent relating to any phase for which (i) construction has
not yet commenced and (ii) a binding construction contract has
not been entered into by the Borrower, any other Subsidiary or any
Unconsolidated Affiliate, as the case may be.
“ Total
Liabilities ” means, as to any Person as of a given date,
all liabilities which would, in conformity with GAAP, be properly
classified as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet of such
Person as of such date, and in any event shall include (without
duplication): (a) all Indebtedness of such Person (whether or
not Nonrecourse Indebtedness, whether or not subordinated and
whether or not secured by a Lien), including without limitation,
Capitalized Lease Obligations and reimbursement obligations with
respect to any letter of credit; (b) all accounts payable and
other liabilities of such Person; (c) all purchase and
repurchase obligations and forward commitments of such Person to
the extent such obligations or commitments are evidenced by a
binding purchase agreement with respect to which the Borrower has
paid a non-refundable deposit (forward commitments shall include
without limitation (i) forward equity commitments and
(ii) commitments to purchase any real property under
development, redevelopment or renovation); but the liabilities
under this clause (c) will only be included if the asset in
question in included in Gross Asset Value; (d) all unfunded
obligations of such Person; (e) all lease obligations of such
Person (including ground leases) to the extent required under GAAP
to be classified as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person;
(f) all liabilities of any Unconsolidated Affiliate of such
Person, which liabilities such Person has Guaranteed or is
otherwise obligated on a recourse basis; and (g) such
Person’s Ownership Share of the Indebtedness of any
Unconsolidated Affiliate of such Person, including Nonrecourse
Indebtedness of such Person. For purposes of clauses (c) and
(d) of this definition, the amount of Total Liabilities of a
Person at any given time in respect of (x) a contract to
purchase or otherwise acquire unimproved or fully developed real
property shall be equal to (i) the total purchase price
payable by such Person under such contract if, at such time, the
seller of such real property would be entitled to specifically
enforce such contract against such Person, otherwise, (ii) the
aggregate amount of due diligence deposits, earnest money payments
and other similar payments made by such Person under such contract
which, at such time, would be subject to forfeiture upon
termination of the contract and (y) a contract relating to the
acquisition of real property which the seller is required to
develop or renovate prior to, and as a condition precedent to, such
acquisition, shall equal the maximum amount reasonably estimated to
be payable by such Person under such contract assuming performance
by the seller of its obligations under such contract, which amount
shall include, without limitation, any amounts payable after
consummation of such acquisition which may be based on certain
performance levels or other related criteria. For purposes of this
definition, if the assets of a Subsidiary of a Person consist
solely of Equity Interests in one Unconsolidated Affiliate of such
Person and such Person is not otherwise obligated in respect of the
Indebtedness of such Unconsolidated Affiliate, then only such
Person’s Ownership Share of the Indebtedness of such
Unconsolidated Affiliate shall be included as Total Liabilities of
such Person.
“ Transfer
Authorizer Designation Form ” means a form substantially
in the form of Exhibit I to be delivered to the Agent pursuant
to Section 6.1., as the same may be amended, restated or
modified from time to time with the prior written approval of the
Agent.
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“ Type ”
with respect to any portion of a Loan, refers to whether such
portion is a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan.
“ Unconsolidated
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is
accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an
equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be
consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person
on the consolidated financial statements of such Person.
“ Unencumbered
NOI ” means, for any period, the aggregate Net Operating
Income for such period of Unencumbered Pool Properties.
“ Unencumbered Pool
Certificate ” means a certificate in substantially the
form of Exhibit F, certified by the chief financial officer of
the Borrower, setting forth the calculations required to establish
the Unencumbered Pool Value for each Unencumbered Pool Property and
the Borrowing Base for all Unencumbered Pool Properties as of a
specified date, all in form and detail satisfactory to the
Agent.
“ Unencumbered Pool
Properties ” means those Eligible Properties that,
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, are to be included when
calculating the Borrowing Base.
“ Unencumbered Pool
Value ” means, at any time, the following amount as
determined for an Unencumbered Pool Property: (a) (i) the
Net Operating Income of such Unencumbered Pool Property for the
fiscal quarter most recently ended times (ii) 4 and divided by
(iii) the Capitalization Rate plus (b) the book value of
Construction in Process (including the book value for the portion
of the land owned by the Borrower or a Subsidiary related to such
Construction in Process) for such Unencumbered Pool Property. If an
Unencumbered Pool Property was acquired by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary during the current fiscal quarter, then such
Unencumbered Pool Property shall have an Unencumbered Pool Value
equal to the purchase price paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
(less any amounts paid to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a
purchase price reduction).
“ Unfunded
Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Plan at any
time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the value of all
benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan
termination basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for
purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds (b) the fair
market value of all Plan assets allocable to such liabilities under
Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions),
all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a
potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or
any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.
“ Unsecured
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person, all
Indebtedness of such Person that is not Secured
Indebtedness.
“ Unsecured
Liabilities ” means, as to any Person as of a given date,
the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all
Unsecured Indebtedness of such Person plus (b) all
other unsecured liabilities which would, in conformity with GAAP,
be properly classified as a liability on the balance sheet of such
Person as at such date.
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“ Wells Fargo
” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and its
successors and permitted assigns.
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect
of which all of the equity securities or other ownership interests
(other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’
qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such
Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such
Person.
Section 1.2. General; References
to Eastern Time.
Unless otherwise indicated,
all accounting terms, ratios and measurements shall be interpreted
or determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Agreement
Date; provided that, if at any time any change in GAAP would affect
the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in
any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Requisite Lenders
shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall
negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to
preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in
GAAP (subject to the approval of the Requisite Lenders); provided
further that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement
shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such
change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the
Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents
required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder
setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio
or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change
in GAAP. References in this Agreement to “Sections”,
“Articles”, “Exhibits” and
“Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits and
schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References
in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement
(a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other
attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents,
instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement
thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean
such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or
predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time to the extent not prohibited
hereby and in effect at any given time. Wherever from the context
it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or
plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated
in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the
masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth
to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary of the Borrower and a reference to an
“Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of the
Borrower. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections
and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither
limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless
otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to
Eastern time.
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A RTICLE
II. C REDIT F ACILITY
Section 2.1.
Loans.
Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, on the Effective Date, each Lender severally and
not jointly agrees to make a Loan to the Borrower in the aggregate
principal amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment and the Agent shall make available to the Borrower in
the account specified by the Borrower in the Transfer Authorizer
Designation Form, not later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on the
Effective Date, the proceeds of such amounts received by the Agent.
The Borrower may not reborrow any portion of the Loans once
repaid.
Section 2.2. Rates and Payment
of Interest on Loans.
(a) Rates . The
Borrower promises to pay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan made by
such Lender for the period from and including the date of the
making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be
paid in full, at the following per annum rates:
(i) with respect to any
portion of such Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as
in effect from time to time), plus the Applicable Margin for Base
Rate Loans; and
(ii) with respect to any
portion of such Loan that is a LIBOR Loan, at LIBOR for such Loan
for the Interest Period therefor, plus the Applicable Margin for
LIBOR Loans.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during
the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay to
the Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the
Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of the Loan
made by such Lender and on any other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder or under the Note held by such Lender to or for the
account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued and
due but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable
Law).
(b) Payment of
Interest . All accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding
principal amount of each Loan shall be payable (i) monthly in
arrears on the first Business Day of each month, commencing with
the first full calendar month occurring after the Effective Date
and (ii) on any date on which the principal balance of such
Loan is due and payable in full (whether at maturity, due to
acceleration or otherwise). Interest payable at the Post-Default
Rate shall be payable from time to time on demand. All
determinations by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrower for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
Section 2.3. Number of Interest
Periods.
There may be no more than 4
different Interest Periods outstanding at the same time.
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Section 2.4. Repayment of
Loans.
The Borrower shall repay the
entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid
interest on, the Loans on the Termination Date.
Section 2.5.
Prepayments.
(a) Optional . Subject
to Section 5.4., at any time following the first anniversary
of the Effective Date, the Borrower may prepay the Loans, in whole
or in part, at any time without premium or penalty; provided that
if the Loans are prepaid prior to August 31, 2009, the
Borrower shall pay the fees set forth in Section 3.6.(b). The
Borrower shall give the Agent at least 3 Business Days prior
written notice of the prepayment of any Loan.
(b) Mandatory . If at
any time the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans
exceeds the Maximum Loan Availability, the Borrower shall within 5
days of the Borrower obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any
such excess, deliver to the Agent for prompt distribution to each
Lender a written plan acceptable to all of the Lenders to eliminate
such excess. If such excess is not eliminated within 15 days of the
Borrower obtaining knowledge of the occurrence thereof, then the
entire outstanding principal balance of all Loans, together with
all accrued interest thereon, shall be immediately due and payable
in full. All payments under this subsection (b) shall be
applied to pay all amounts of excess principal outstanding on the
applicable Loans.
Section 2.6. Late
Charges.
If any payment required under
this Agreement (other than any payment of principal) is not paid
within 10 days after it becomes due and payable, the Borrower shall
pay a late charge for late payment to compensate the Lenders for
the loss of use of funds and for the expenses of handling the
delinquent payment, in an amount equal to four percent (4%) of
such delinquent payment. Such late charge shall be paid in any
event not later than the due date of the next subsequent
installment of principal and/or interest. In the event the maturity
of the Obligations hereunder occurs or is accelerated pursuant to
Section 2.5.(b)(ii) or Section 11.2., this Section shall
apply only to payments overdue prior to the time of such
acceleration. This Section shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
the Lenders’ right to accelerate payment of any of the
Obligations as permitted under the terms of this
Agreement.
Section 2.7.
Continuation.
So long as no Event of
Default exists and, without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, so long as no Default exists, the Borrower
may on any Business Day, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, elect to
maintain such LIBOR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBOR Loan by
selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan or any portion
thereof. Each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall
commence on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made by
the Borrower giving to the Agent a Notice of Continuation not later
than 9:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of
any such Continuation. Such notice by the Borrower of a
Continuation shall be by telecopy, electronic mail or other form of
communication in the form of
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a Notice of Continuation, specifying
(a) the proposed date of such Continuation, (b) the LIBOR
Loan and portion thereof subject to such Continuation and
(c) the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which
shall be specified in such manner as is necessary to comply with
all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of
Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower
once given. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the
Agent shall notify each Lender by facsimile, telecopy, electronic
mail or other similar form of transmission of the proposed
Continuation. If the Borrower shall fail to select in a timely
manner a new Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan in accordance with
this Section, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the
current Interest Period therefor, be continued as a LIBOR Loan with
an Interest Period having a duration of one month notwithstanding
failure of the Borrower to comply with Section 2.8.
Section 2.8.
Conversion.
So long as no Event of
Default exists and, without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, so long as no Default exists, the Borrower
may on any Business Day, upon the Borrower’s giving of a
Notice of Conversion to the Agent, Convert all or a portion of a
Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type. Any Conversion of a
LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan shall be made on, and only on, the
last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan and, upon
Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan, the Borrower
shall pay accrued interest to the date of Conversion on the
principal amount so Converted. Each such Notice of Conversion shall
be given not later than 9:00 a.m. one Business Day prior to
the date of any proposed Conversion into Base Rate Loans and three
Business Days prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into
LIBOR Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the
Agent shall notify each Lender by telecopy, electronic mail or
other similar form of transmission of the proposed Conversion.
Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of
Conversion shall be by telecopy in the form of a Notice of
Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such
Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the
portion of such Type of Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of
Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such
Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the
Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be
irrevocable by and binding on the Borrower once given.
Section 2.9.
Notes.
The Loan made by each Lender
shall, in addition to this Agreement, also be evidenced by a
promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit E (each a “Note”), payable to the order of
such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its
Commitment and otherwise duly completed.
Section 2.10. Funds Transfer
Disbursements.
(a) Generally . The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to disburse the proceeds of
any Loan to any of the accounts designated in the Transfer
Authorizer Designation Form. The Borrower agrees to be bound by any
transfer request: (i) authorized or transmitted by the
Borrower; or, (ii) made in the Borrower’s name and
accepted by the Agent in good faith and in compliance with these
transfer instructions, even if not properly authorized by the
Borrower.
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The Borrower further agrees and
acknowledges that the Agent may rely solely on any bank routing
number or identifying bank account number or name provided by the
Borrower to effect a wire or funds transfer even if the information
provided by the Borrower identifies a different bank or account
holder than named by the Borrower. The Agent is not obligated or
required in any way to take any actions to detect errors in
information provided by the Borrower. If the Agent takes any
actions in an attempt to detect errors in the transmission or
content of transfer or requests or takes any actions in an attempt
to detect unauthorized funds transfer requests, the Borrower agrees
that no matter how many times the Agent takes these actions the
Agent will not in any situation be liable for failing to take or
correctly perform these actions in the future and such actions
shall not become any part of the transfer disbursement procedures
authorized under this provision, the Loan Documents, or any
agreement between the Agent and the Borrower. The Borrower agrees
to notify the Agent of any errors in the transfer of any funds or
of any unauthorized or improperly authorized transfer requests
within 14 days after the Agent’s confirmation to the Borrower
of such transfer.
(b) Funds Transfer .
The Agent will, in its sole discretion, determine the funds
transfer system and the means by which each transfer will be made.
The Agent may delay or refuse to accept a funds transfer request if
the transfer would: (i) violate the terms of this
authorization (ii) require use of a bank unacceptable to the
Agent or prohibited by government authority; (iii) cause the
Agent to violate any Federal Reserve or other regulatory risk
control program or guideline, or (iii) otherwise cause the
Agent to violate any applicable law or regulation.
(c) Limitation of
Liability . The Agent shall not be liable to the Borrower or
any other parties for (i) errors, acts or failures to act of
others, including other entities, banks, communications carriers or
clearinghouses, through which the Borrower’s transfers may be
made or information received or transmitted, and no such entity
shall be deemed an agent of the Agent, (ii) any loss,
liability or delay caused by fires, earthquakes, wars, civil
disturbances, power surges or failures, acts of government, labor
disputes, failures in communications networks, legal constraints or
other events beyond Agent’s control, or (iii) any
special, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, whether or
not (x) any claim for these damages is based on tort or
contract or (y) the Agent or the Borrower knew or should have
known the likelihood of these damages.
Section 2.11. Option to Replace
Lenders.
If any Lender, other than the
Agent in its capacity as such, shall:
(a) have notified Agent of a
determination under Section 5.1.(a) or become subject to the
provisions of Section 5.3.; or
(b) make any demand for
payment or reimbursement pursuant to Section 5.1.(d) or
Section 5.4.;
then, provided that (i) at the time
of an assignment made by a Lender to an Eligible Assignee in
accordance with this Section 2.11. there does not then exist
any Default or Event of Default and (ii) the circumstances
resulting in such demand for payment or reimbursement under
Section 5.1.(d) or Section 5.4. or the applicability of
Section 5.1.(a) or Section 5.3. are not
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applicable to the Lenders generally, the
Borrower may demand that such Lender, and upon such demand such
Lender shall promptly, assign its Loan to an Eligible Assignee
subject to and in accordance with the provisions of
Section 13.7.(c) for a purchase price equal to the aggregate
principal balance of Loans then outstanding and owing to such
Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and
accrued but unpaid fees owing to such Lender, whereupon such Lender
shall no longer be a party hereto or have any rights or obligations
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. None of the
Agent, such Lender, or any other Lender shall be obligated in any
way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in
finding an Assignee.
A RTICLE
III. P AYMENTS , F EES
AND O THER G ENERAL P
ROVISIONS
Section 3.1.
Payments.
Except to the extent
otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and
other amounts to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement, the
Notes or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in
immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction or
counterclaim, to the Agent at the Principal Office, not later than
1:00 p.m. Eastern time on the date on which such payment shall
become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date
to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business
Day). Subject to Section 11.4., the Borrower shall, at the
time of making each payment under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, specify to the Agent the amounts payable by the Borrower
hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment
received by the Agent for the account of a Lender under this
Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender by wire transfer
of immediately available funds in accordance with the wiring
instructions provided by such Lender to the Agent from time to
time, for the account of such Lender at the applicable Lending
Office of such Lender. In the event the Agent fails to pay such
amounts to such Lender within one Business Day of receipt of such
amounts, the Agent shall pay interest on such amount at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business
Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
and interest shall continue to accrue at the rate, if any,
applicable to such payment for the period of such
extension.
Section 3.2. Pro Rata
Treatment.
Except to the extent
otherwise provided herein: (a) the making of the Loans by the
Lenders under Section 2.1. shall be pro rata according to the
amounts of the Lenders’ respective Commitments; (b) each
payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans by the Borrower
shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance
with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by
them; (c) each payment of interest on the Loans by the
Borrower shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and
payable to the respective Lenders; and (d) the Conversion and
Continuation of Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions
provided for by Section 5.5. shall be made pro rata among the
Lenders according to the principal amounts of their respective
Loans and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s
portion of each Loan of such Type shall be coterminous
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Section 3.3. Sharing of
Payments, Etc.
If a Lender shall obtain
payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan under this
Agreement or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by
the Borrower or any other Loan Party through the exercise of any
right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim or similar
right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a
Lender or other payments made by the Borrower or any other Loan
Party to a Lender not in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders in
accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 11.4., such
Lender shall promptly purchase from such other Lenders
participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such
Lender, direct interests in) the Loans made by the other Lenders or
other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and
make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be
equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit
of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may actually
be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit)
in accordance with the requirements of Section 3.2. or
Section 11.4., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders
shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale
of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender
so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or
other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all
rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar
rights with the respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such
participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to
exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to
exercise and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with
respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the
Borrower.
Section 3.4. Several
Obligations.
No Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or
to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such
other Lender hereunder, and the failure of any Lender to make a
Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by
it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender
to make any Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or
performed by such other Lender.
Section 3.5. Minimum
Amounts.
(a) Borrowings . Base
Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000
and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each
Continuation of, and each Conversion of Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR
Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and
integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount.
(b) Prepayments . Each
voluntary prepayment of Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum
amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess
thereof (or if less, the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
then outstanding).
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Section 3.6.
Fees.
(a) Closing Fee . On
the Effective Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent and
each Lender all loan fees as have been agreed to in writing by the
Borrower and the Agent or each Lender, as applicable, including,
without limitation all fees set forth in the Term Sheet dated as of
February 14, 2008 by and between the Agent and the
Borrower.
(b) Prepayment Fee .
If the Loans are prepaid after the first anniversary of the
Effective Date but prior to August 31, 2009, the Borrower
shall pay to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender, a prepayment
fee equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) times the amount of
such prepayment.
(c) Administrative and
Other Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay the administrative and
other fees of the Agent as set forth in the Fee Letter.
Section 3.7.
Computations.
Unless otherwise expressly
set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or
other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed.
Section 3.8.
Usury.
In no event shall the amount
of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed
the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any
such payment is paid by the Borrower or received by any Lender,
then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal,
unless the Borrower shall notify the respective Lender in writing
that the Borrower elects to have such excess sum returned to it
forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the
Borrower not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or
indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that
which may be lawfully paid by the Borrower under Applicable Law.
The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge
imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with
this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described
in Section 2.2.(a)(i) and (ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency
fees, syndication fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late
charges, funding or “breakage” charges, increased cost
charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and
expenses paid by the Agent or any Lender to third parties or for
damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, are charges made to
compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or
administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred,
and to be performed or incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in
connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be
deemed to be charges for the use of money. All charges other than
charges for the use of money shall be fully earned when due and
nonrefundable when paid.
Section 3.9. Statements of
Account.
The Agent will account to the
Borrower monthly with a statement of Loans, accrued interest and
Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the
other Loan
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Documents, and such account rendered by
the Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon the Borrower absent
manifest error. The failure of the Agent to deliver such a
statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrower
from any of its obligations hereunder.
Section 3.10. Defaulting
Lenders.
(a) If for any reason any
Lender (a “Defaulting Lender”) shall fail or refuse to
perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document to which it is a party within the time period
specified for performance of such obligation or, if no time period
is specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of
2 Business Days after notice from the Agent, then, in addition to
the rights and remedies that may be available to the Agent or the
Borrower under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting
Lender’s right to participate in the administration of the
Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including
without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to
or to direct any action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken
into account in the calculation of Requisite Lenders, shall be
suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal. If for
any reason a Lender fails to make timely payment to the Agent of
any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without
giving effect to any notice or cure periods), in addition to other
rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrower may have under
the immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Agent shall
be entitled (i) to collect interest from such Defaulting
Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on
which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is
made at the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) to withhold or setoff and
to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related
interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) to
bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in a court
of competent jurisdiction to recover the defaulted amount and any
related interest. Any amo
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