THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THE GUARANTORS NAMED
HEREIN ,
as Guarantors
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THE LENDERS NAMED
HEREIN ,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS ,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC. ,
as Sole Book-Running Manager
and Sole Lead Arranger ,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS ,
as Initial Issuing Bank and
Administrative Agent
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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SECTION
1.01
Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION
1.02
Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional
Provisions
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SECTION
1.03
Accounting Terms
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ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES AND THE
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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SECTION
2.01
The Advances and the Letters of Credit
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SECTION
2.02
Making the Advances
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SECTION
2.03
Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of
Credit
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SECTION
2.04
Repayment of Advances
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SECTION
2.05
Termination or Reduction of the Commitments
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SECTION
2.09
Conversion of Advances
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SECTION
2.10
Increased Costs, Etc
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SECTION
2.11
Payments and Computations
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SECTION
2.13
Sharing of Payments, Etc
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SECTION
2.14
Use of Proceeds
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SECTION
2.15
Defaulting Lenders
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SECTION
2.16
Evidence of Obligations
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SECTION
2.17
Extension of Termination Date
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SECTION
2.18
Lender Pro Rata Shares
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF LENDING
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SECTION
3.01
Conditions Precedent
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SECTION
3.02
Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and any Extension
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SECTION
3.03
Determinations Under Section 3.01
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION
4.01
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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SECTION
5.01
Affirmative Covenants
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5.02
Negative Covenants
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SECTION
5.03
Reporting Requirements
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SECTION
5.04
[Intentionally Omitted]
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ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION
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Events of Default
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SECTION
6.02
Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default
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ARTICLE VII THE Administrative Agent
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SECTION
7.01
Authorization and Action
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SECTION
7.02
Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc
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SECTION
7.03
DBTCA and Affiliates
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SECTION
7.04
Lender Party Credit Decision
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SECTION
7.05
Indemnification
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SECTION
7.06
Successor Administrative Agents
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SECTION
8.01
Guaranty; Limitation of Liability
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SECTION
8.02
Guaranty Absolute
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SECTION
8.03
Waivers and Acknowledgments
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SECTION
8.05
Guaranty Supplements
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SECTION
8.06
Subordination
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SECTION
8.07
Continuing Guaranty; Assignments
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SECTION
9.01
Amendments, Etc
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SECTION
9.02
Notices, Etc
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SECTION
9.03
No Waiver; Remedies
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9.04
Costs and Expenses
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SECTION
9.05
Right of Set-off
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SECTION
9.06
Binding Effect
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SECTION
9.07
Assignments and Participations
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SECTION
9.08
Execution in Counterparts
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SECTION
9.09
No Liability of the Issuing Bank
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SECTION
9.10
Confidentiality; Patriot Act
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SECTION
9.11
Release of Collateral
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SECTION
9.12
Jurisdiction, Etc.
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SECTION
9.13
Governing Law
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SECTION
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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Commitments,
Pro Rata Shares and Applicable Lending Offices
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Guarantors
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Real Property
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Recapitalization Plan
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Mandatory
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Assignment and Acceptance
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Security Agreement
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Compliance Certificate
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Reconciliation and Cash Flow Variance Report
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Warrants
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iii
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 18, 2009
among GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the
“ Borrower ”), the Guarantors (as
hereinafter defined), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined),
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as sole book-running manager and
sole lead arranger (the “ Lead Arranger
”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (“
DBTCA ”), as the initial issuer of Letters of
Credit (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, the “
Initial Issuing Bank ”) and administrative
agent (together with any successors appointed pursuant to
Article VII, the “ Administrative Agent
”) for the Lender Parties (as hereinafter
defined).
(1) Pursuant
to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of December 7, 2007, as amended by (i) that certain First
Letter Amendment dated as of August 4, 2008, and (ii) that
certain Second Letter Amendment dated as of September 30, 2008
(as so amended, the “ Existing Agreement
”) among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto, the
lenders described therein, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as sole
book-running manager and sole lead arranger, and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as initial issuing bank and administrative
agent, such lenders extended certain commitments to make certain
credit facilities available to the Borrower.
(2) The
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, and the
lenders party to the Existing Agreement desire to amend and restate
the Existing Agreement to modify the terms and covenants of the
credit facility provided thereunder.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend
and restate the Existing Agreement to read in its entirety as
follows:
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION 1.01
Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined):
“
Account Control Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in the Security Agreement.
“
Accounting Change ” has the meaning specified
in Section 1.03.
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Adjusted Excess Cash Flow ” means, for any
period, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to such period less (b) Fixed Charges
attributable to such period.
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Administrative Agent ” has the meaning
specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
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Administrative Agent’s Account ” means
the account of the Administrative Agent maintained at Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, ABA No. 021 001 033, for further
credit to the Commercial Loan Division, 90 Hudson Street, Jersey
City, NJ, Account No. 99401268, or such other account
maintained by the Administrative Agent and designated by the
Administrative Agent in a written notice to the Lender Parties and
the Borrower.
“
Advance ” means a Revolving Credit Advance or a
Letter of Credit Advance.
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Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with such Person or is a director or
officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term
“control” (including the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) of a Person means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of Voting Interests, by contract or
otherwise.
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Agreement ” means this Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, as amended.
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Agreement Value ” means, for each Hedge
Agreement, on any date of determination, an amount determined by
the Administrative Agent equal to: (a) in the case of a Hedge
Agreement documented pursuant to the Master Agreement
(Multicurrency-Cross Border) published by the International Swap
and Derivatives Association, Inc. (the “ Master
Agreement ”), the amount, if any, that would be
payable by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to its
counterparty to such Hedge Agreement, as if (i) such Hedge
Agreement was being terminated early on such date of determination,
(ii) such Loan Party or Subsidiary was the sole
“Affected Party”, and (iii) the Administrative
Agent was the sole party determining such payment amount (with the
Administrative Agent making such determination pursuant to the
provisions of the form of Master Agreement); (b) in the case
of a Hedge Agreement traded on an exchange, the mark-to-market
value of such Hedge Agreement, which will be the unrealized loss on
such Hedge Agreement to the Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan
Party party to such Hedge Agreement determined by the
Administrative Agent based on the settlement price of such Hedge
Agreement on such date of determination; or (c) in all other
cases, the mark-to-market value of such Hedge Agreement, which will
be the unrealized loss on such Hedge Agreement to the Loan Party or
Subsidiary of a Loan Party party to such Hedge Agreement determined
by the Administrative Agent as the amount, if any, by which
(i) the present value of the future cash flows to be paid by
such Loan Party or Subsidiary exceeds (ii) the present value
of the future cash flows to be received by such Loan Party or
Subsidiary pursuant to such Hedge Agreement; capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined in this definition shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the above described Master
Agreement.
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Applicable Lending Office ” means, with respect
to each Lender Party, such Lender Party’s Domestic Lending
Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender
Party’s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar
Rate Advance.
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Applicable Margin ” means, at any date of
determination, a percentage per annum equal to (i) for Base Rate
Advances, (a) from the Effective Date until the date on which
a recapitalization transaction is consummated in accordance with
the Recapitalization Plan, 7.00% per annum, and (b) after the date
on which a recapitalization transaction is completed in accordance
with the Recapitalization Plan, 3.00% per annum; provided,
however, that if the Borrower shall fail to consummate a
recapitalization transaction by the Mandatory Amortization Date in
accordance with the Recapitalization Plan, then the Applicable
Margin shall be 11.00% per annum effective as of the Mandatory
Amortization Date, and (ii) for Eurodollar Rate Advances,
(a) from the Effective Date until the date on which a
recapitalization transaction is consummated in accordance with the
Recapitalization Plan, 8.00% per annum, and (b) after the date
on which a recapitalization transaction is completed in accordance
with the Recapitalization Plan, 4.00% per annum; provided,
however, that if the Borrower shall fail to consummate a
recapitalization transaction by the Mandatory Amortization Date in
accordance with the Recapitalization Plan, then the Applicable
Margin shall be 12.00% per annum effective as of the Mandatory
Amortization Date.
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Applicable Paydown Percentage ” means
(i) prior to the date on which the aggregate principal amount
of outstanding Revolving Credit A Advances does not exceed
$10,710,755, 100%, and (ii) from and after such date,
50%.
“
Appropriate Lender ” means, at any time, with
respect to (a) the Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that
has a Commitment with respect to such Facility at such time, or
(b) the Letter of Credit Facility, (i) the Issuing Bank
and (ii) if the other Revolving Credit B Lenders have
participated in Letter of Credit Advances pursuant to
Section 2.03(c) that are outstanding at such time, each such
other Revolving Credit B Lender.
“
Approved Budget ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03(f).
“
Approved Fund ” means, with respect to any
Lender Party that is a fund that invests in bank loans, any other
fund that invests in bank loans and is advised or managed by the
same investment advisor as such Lender Party or by an Affiliate of
such investment advisor.
“
Assignment and Acceptance ” means an assignment
and acceptance entered into by a Lender Party and an Eligible
Assignee and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance
with Section 9.07 and in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“
Available Amount ” of any Letter of Credit
means, at any time, the maximum amount available to be drawn under
such Letter of Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such
time with all conditions to drawing).
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means any proceeding of the
type referred to in Section 6.01(f) or Title II, U.S. Code, or
any similar foreign, federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“
Base Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate
per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall
at all times be equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of
interest announced publicly by DBTCA in New York, New York, from
time to time, as its prime lending rate (the “ Prime
Lending Rate ”) (the Prime Lending Rate is a
reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or
best rate actually charged to any customer; DBTCA may make
commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or
below the Prime Lending Rate);
(b)
1 / 2
of 1% per annum above the Federal
Funds Rate; and
(c) 1% per annum
above the Eurodollar Rate.
“
Base Rate Advance ” means an Advance that bears
interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(i).
“
Beneficial Owner ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
“
Borrower’s Account ” means the account of
the Borrower specified by the Borrower in writing to the
Administrative Agent from time to time.
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Borrower Properties ” shall mean those real
estate assets owned or leased by any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, listed on Schedules 4.01(w) and 4.01(x)(i),
respectively.
“
Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
“
Breakage Indemnity Letter ” means a letter from
Borrower to the Administrative Agent delivered contemporaneously
with the Notice of Borrowing given hereunder with respect to the
initial Borrowing and addressing the obligation of the Borrower to
pay breakage costs under certain circumstances described
therein.
“
Budget Non-Compliance Event ” has the meaning
specified in Section 5.03(e).
“
Budget Reconciliation and Cash Flow Variance Report
” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.03(e).
“
Business Day ” means a day of the year on which
banks are not required or authorized by law to close in New York
City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar
Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market.
“
Capital Expenditures ” means, for any Person
for any period, the sum of, without duplication, (a) all
expenditures made, directly or indirectly, by such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries during such period for equipment, fixed assets,
real property or improvements, or for replacements or substitutions
therefor or additions thereto, that have been or should be, in
accordance with GAAP, reflected as additions to property, plant or
equipment or other tangible asset on a Consolidated balance sheet
of such Person or have a useful life of more than one year plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all Debt (including
Obligations under Capitalized Leases) assumed or incurred in
connection with any such expenditures. For purposes of this
definition, the purchase price of equipment that is purchased
simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment or with
insurance proceeds shall be included in Capital Expenditures only
to the extent of the gross amount of such purchase price less the
credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment
being traded in at such time or the amount of such proceeds, as the
case may be. Further, tenant improvement costs and expenses that
would otherwise qualify as Capital Expenditures shall be excluded
from the definition thereof to the extent such costs and expenses
are reimbursable by the landlord.
“
Capitalized Leases ” means all leases that have
been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized
leases.
“
Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following,
to the extent owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries free
and clear of all Liens other than Liens created under the
Collateral Documents and having a maturity of not greater than
180 days from the date of acquisition thereof:
(a) readily marketable direct obligations of the Government of
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or
obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit
of the Government of the United States, (b) insured
certificates of deposit of or time deposits with any commercial
bank that is a Lender Party or a member of the Federal Reserve
System, issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper
rated as described in clause (c) below, is organized under the
laws of the United States or any State thereof and has combined
capital and surplus of at least $1 billion,
(c) commercial paper issued by any corporation organized under
the laws of any State of the United States and rated at least
“Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-1” (or the
then equivalent grade) by Standard & Poor’s, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (d) Investments, classified
in accordance with GAAP as Current Assets of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
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which are
administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating
obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios
of which are limited solely to Investments of the character,
quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and
(c) of this definition or (e) Investments in marketable
securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange or any other
United States national securities exchange.
“
Cash Flow Projections ” means the cash flow
projections for the Borrower specified on Schedule VI
hereto.
“
CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from
time to time.
“
CERCLIS ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“
CFC ” means an entity that is a controlled
foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
“
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any
of the following: (a) any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
(excluding members of the Kojaian Group) shall become, or obtain
rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to
become, the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of the voting
power to (i) direct the voting of securities having more than
35% (or more than 50% in connection with implementation of the
Recapitalization Plan) of the voting power for the election of
directors of the Borrower or (ii) direct, directly or
indirectly, the management or policies of the Borrower, or
(b) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months,
commencing before or after the date of this Agreement, Continuing
Directors shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
the board of directors of the Borrower.
“
Collateral ” means all “Collateral”
and “Mortgaged Property” referred to in the Collateral
Documents and all other property that is or is intended to be
subject to any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.
“
Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified
in the Security Agreement.
“
Collateral Documents ” means the Security
Agreement, the Account Control Agreements, the Account Control
Ratifications, the Commodity Account Control Agreements, the
Securities Account Control Agreements, the Mortgages, the
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each of the collateral
documents, instruments and agreements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(j), and each other agreement that creates or
purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“
Commission Advance Program ” means any program
pursuant to which a Loan Party may make advances to its employees
and/or agents against future real estate commissions to be earned
by such employees or agents, provided that any such advances
shall be made only in accordance with the Approved
Budget.
“
Commitment ” means a Revolving Credit
Commitment or a Letter of Credit Commitment.
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“
Commodity Account Control Agreement ” has the
meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“
Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate
duly executed by any of the chairman of the board of directors,
chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of
the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters,
the president or the chief financial officer of the Borrower,
substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.
“
Confidential Information ” means information
that any Loan Party furnishes to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender Party, but does not include any such information that is or
becomes generally available to the public or that is or becomes
available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender Party from a
source other than the Loan Parties.
“
Consolidated ” refers to the consolidation of
accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any date of
determination, for the Measurement Period most recently ended, the
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
Measurement Period, as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, less the consolidated net income of
any Divested Entity on a pro forma basis for such Measurement
Period.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any date
of determination, for the Measurement Period most recently ended,
the Consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such Measurement Period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, provided that there shall be excluded
from such calculation (a) the income (or deficit) of any
Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest and
(b) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends
or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time
permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation (other than
under any Loan Document) or Applicable Law applicable to such
Subsidiary.
“
Contingent Obligation ” means, with respect to
any Person, any Obligation or arrangement of such Person to
guarantee or intended to guarantee any Debt, leases, dividends or
other payment Obligations (“ primary
obligations ”) of any other Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, (a) the
direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such
Person of the Obligation of a primary obligor, (b) the
Obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required,
regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an
agreement or (c) any Obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,
(ii) to advance or supply funds (A) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase property, assets, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any
such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to
make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to
assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount
of such primary obligation for which such Person may be liable
pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent
Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such
Person is required to perform thereunder), as determined by such
Person in good faith.
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“
Continuing Directors ” means the directors of
the Borrower on the Effective Date and thereafter, all such
directors and any additional or replacement directors if, in each
case, such other director’s nomination for election to the
board of directors of the Borrower is recommended by at least a
majority of the then Continuing Directors.
“
Conversion ”, “ Convert
” and “ Converted ” each refer to a
conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type
pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.10.
“
Current Assets ” of any Person means all assets
of such Person that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified
as current assets of a company conducting a business the same as or
similar to that of such Person, after deducting adequate reserves
in each case in which a reserve is proper in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Customary Carve-Out Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in the definition of “Non-Recourse
Debt.”
“
DBSI ” has the meaning specified in the
preamble to this Agreement.
“
DBTCA ” has the meaning specified in the
preamble to this Agreement.
“
Debt ” of any Person means, without
duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all Obligations of such Person for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than current trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s
business) to the extent required to be shown on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP, the amount of which shall equal
the amount required to be shown on such a balance sheet,
(c) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all Obligations
of such Person created or arising from or in connection with the
deposit, transfer or assignment of Equity Interests into trust,
(e) all Obligations of such Person created or arising under
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights
and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property), (f) all Obligations of such Person as lessee under
Capitalized Leases, (g) all Obligations of such Person under
acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (h) all
Obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or
otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interests in
such Person or any other Person or any warrants, rights or options
to acquire such Equity Interests, valued, in the case of Redeemable
Preferred Interests, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary
liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends,
(i) all Obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge
Agreements, valued at the Agreement Value thereof, (j) all
Contingent Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such
Person and (k) all indebtedness and other payment Obligations
referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above of another
Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien
on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract
rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or
other payment Obligations, provided that the amount of Debt
of the type referred to in clauses (j), to the extent such Debt
consists of guarantees, and (k) above will be included within
the definition of “Debt” only to the extent of the
amount of the obligations so guaranteed and to the extent of any
such Lien, respectively.
“
Debt for Borrowed Money ” of any Person means,
at any date of determination, all items that, in accordance with
GAAP, would be classified as indebtedness on a Consolidated balance
sheet of such Person at such date, including, without limitation,
any Contingent Obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
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“
Default ” means any Event of Default or any
event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the passage
of time or the requirement that notice be given or both.
“
Default Interest ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(b).
“
Defaulted Advance ” means, with respect to any
Lender Party at any time, the portion of any Advance required to be
made by such Lender Party to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 or 2.02 at or prior to such time that has not
been made by such Lender Party or by the Administrative Agent for
the account of such Lender Party pursuant to Section 2.02(e)
as of such time. In the event that a portion of a Defaulted Advance
shall be deemed made pursuant to Section 2.15(a), the
remaining portion of such Defaulted Advance shall be considered a
Defaulted Advance originally required to be made pursuant to
Section 2.01 on the same date as the Defaulted Advance so
deemed made in part.
“
Defaulted Amount ” means, with respect to any
Lender Party at any time, any amount required to be paid by such
Lender Party to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender Party
hereunder or under any other Loan Document at or prior to such time
that has not been so paid as of such time, including, without
limitation, any amount required to be paid by such Lender Party to
(a) the Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.03(c) to
purchase a portion of a Letter of Credit Advance made by the
Issuing Bank, (b) the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.02(e) to reimburse the Administrative Agent for the
amount of any Advance made by the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender Party, (c) any other Lender Party
pursuant to Section 2.13 to purchase any participation in
Advances owing to such other Lender Party and (d) the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 7.05 to reimburse the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Bank for such Lender Party’s ratable share of any
amount required to be paid by the Lender Parties to the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank as provided therein. In
the event that a portion of a Defaulted Amount shall be deemed paid
pursuant to Section 2.15(b), the remaining portion of such
Defaulted Amount shall be considered a Defaulted Amount originally
required to be paid hereunder or under any other Loan Document on
the same date as the Defaulted Amount so deemed paid in
part.
“
Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, any
Lender Party that, at such time, (a) owes a Defaulted Advance
or a Defaulted Amount or (b) shall take any action or be the
subject of any action or proceeding of a type described in
Section 6.01(f).
“
Deposit Account ” has the meaning specified in
the Security Agreement.
“
Disclosed Litigation ” has the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(e).
“
Disposition ” means, with respect to any
Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof; and the terms
“ Dispose ” and “ Dispose
of ” shall have correlative meanings.
“
Divested Entity ” means, for any date of
determination, for the Measurement Period most recently ended, any
Person (or division or similar business unit) disposed of by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary during such Measurement Period if, as of
the last day of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such
disposition, the contribution to EBITDA of such Person (or division
or similar business unit) accounted for 5% or more of Consolidated
EBITDA for the 12 months preceding such last day.
“
Domestic Lending Office ” means, with respect
to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as
its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender Party, as the case may be, or
such
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other office of
such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of
the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within
the United States of America.
“
Early Termination Date ” has the meaning
specified in the definition of “Termination Date”
herein.
“
EBITDA ” means, for any date of determination,
for the Measurement Period most recently ended, Consolidated Net
Income for such Measurement Period plus, without duplication and to
the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of Consolidated
Net Income for such Measurement Period, the sum of (a) total
income tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or
write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges associated with Debt
(including the Advances), (c) depreciation expense,
(d) amortization of intangibles (including goodwill) and
organization costs, (e) any extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring cash expenses or losses (including, whether or not
otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of
Consolidated Net Income for such Measurement Period, losses on
sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business) and
(f) any other non-cash charges; and minus, to the extent
included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such
Measurement Period, the sum of (a) interest income,
(b) any extraordinary income or gains (including, whether or
not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of
Consolidated Net Income for such Measurement Period, gains on the
sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business) and
(c) any other non-cash income, all as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“
Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01.
“
Eligible Assignee ” means (a) with respect
to any Facility (other than the Letter of Credit Facility),
(i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $100,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the
“ OECD ”), or a political subdivision of
any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $100,000,000 ( provided that such bank is acting
through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is
organized or another country which is also a member of the OECD);
(iii) a Person that is engaged in the business of commercial
banking and that is (A) an Affiliate of a Lender, (B) an
Affiliate of a Person of which a Lender is an Affiliate or
(C) a Person of which a Lender is an Affiliate; (iv) an
insurance company, mutual fund or other financial institution
organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof,
any other country which is a member of the OECD or a political
subdivision of any such country which invests in bank loans and has
a net worth of $500,000,000; (v) any fund (other than a mutual
fund) which invests in bank loans and whose assets exceed
$100,000,000; and (vi) with the prior approval of the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, any other Person;
and (b) with respect to the Letter of Credit Facility, a
Person that is an Eligible Assignee under subclause (i),
(ii) or (vi) of clause (a) of this definition (or
any Affiliate of any such Person) and is approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided , however , that
(x) neither any Loan Party nor any Affiliate of a Loan Party
shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee under this definition without
the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders
and (y) no Person shall be an “ Eligible
Assignee ” unless at the time of the proposed
assignment to such Person (i) such Person is able to make its
portion of the Revolving Credit A Advances in U.S. dollars, and
(ii) such Person is exempt from withholding of tax on interest
and is able to deliver the documents related thereto pursuant to
Section 2.12(e) of the Credit Agreement.
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“
Environmental Action ” means any action, suit,
demand, demand letter, claim, notice of non-compliance or
violation, notice of liability or potential liability,
investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent agreement
relating in any way to any Environmental Law, any Environmental
Permit or Hazardous Material or arising from alleged injury or
threat to health, safety or the environment, including, without
limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority
for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other
actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory
authority or third party for damages, contribution,
indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive
relief.
“
Environmental Law ” means any Federal, state,
local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or agency
interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution or
protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources,
including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge
of Hazardous Materials.
“
Environmental Permit ” means any permit,
approval, identification number, license or other authorization
required under any Environmental Law.
“
Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any
Person, shares of capital stock (common or preferred) of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or
other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person
of shares of capital stock (common or preferred) of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock
(common or preferred) of (or other ownership or profit interests
in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or
other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other
interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person
(including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust
interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not
such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are
authorized or otherwise existing on any date of
determination.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“
ERISA Affiliate ” means any Person that for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the controlled group
of any Loan Party, or under common control with any Loan Party,
within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
“
ERISA Event ” means (a)(i) the occurrence of a
reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA,
with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with
respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC or (ii) the
requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a
contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of
ERISA, of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10),
(11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is
reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the
following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum
funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by
the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate
such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including
any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in
Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at
a facility of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in the
circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the
withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple
Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial
employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA;
(f) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section
302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan;
(g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the
provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of
ERISA; or (h) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to
terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the
occurrence of any event or
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condition
described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, such Plan.
“
Escrow Bank ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(c).
“
Eurocurrency Liabilities ” has the meaning
specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“
Eurodollar Lending Office ” means, with respect
to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as
its “Eurodollar Lending Office” opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender Party (or, if no such office is
specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of
such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“
Eurodollar Rate ” means, for any Interest
Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum
obtained by dividing (a) the average of the respective rates
per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16th of
1%) posted by each of the principal London offices of banks posting
rates as displayed on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page or such other
page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of
displaying the London interbank offered rate of major banks for
deposits in U.S. dollars, at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period for deposits in an amount substantially equal to
DBTCA’s Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such
Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a
period equal to such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal
to 100% minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage for
such Interest Period.
“
Eurodollar Rate Advance ” means an Advance that
bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii).
“
Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage ” for any
Interest Period for all Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising part of
the same Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the
maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for
a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of
liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate on Eurodollar Rate Advances is determined) having a
term equal to such Interest Period.
“
Events of Default ” has the meaning specified
in Section 6.01.
“
Existing Agreement ” has the meaning specified
in the first Preliminary Statement.
“
Existing Agreement Date” means as of
December 7, 2007.
“
Existing Debt ” means Debt of each Loan Party
and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before and after the
occurrence of the Effective Date, other than the
Facility.
“
Existing Letters of Credit ” means the Letters
of Credit specified on Schedule III hereto.
“
Extension Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.17.
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“
Facility ” means the Revolving Credit Facility
or the Letter of Credit Facility.
“
Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such
period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business
Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is
not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of
the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by the Administrative Agent.
“
Fee Letter ” means the fee letter dated as of
even date herewith between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent, as amended.
“
Fiscal Year ” means a fiscal year of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries ending on
December 31 in any calendar year.
“
Fixed Charges ” means, for any date of
determination, for the Measurement Period most recently ended, the
sum (without duplication) of (a) Interest Expense for such
Measurement Period, (b) cash income taxes paid by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis in respect of
such Measurement Period, (c) scheduled principal payments made
during such Measurement Period on account of principal of Debt of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including Capitalized
Lease payments but excluding payments of principal of Debt due at
the maturity thereof), and (d) cash dividends paid or distributed
by the Borrower during such Measurement Period.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of
the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“
GAAP ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.03.
“
GERA Existing Financing ” means the following
first mortgage loans from Wachovia Bank, N.A., each as more
particularly described in the Registration Statement of Borrower on
Form S-4 dated October 17, 2007: (i) that certain loan in
the initial principal amount of $42,500,000 to GERA Abrams Centre
LLC and GERA 6400 Shafer LLC, and (ii) that certain loan in
the initial principal amount of $78,000,000 to GERA Danbury
LLC.
“
GERA Property Acquisition Subsidiaries ” means
the following wholly-owned Subsidiaries of GERA Property
Acquisition LLC, a Subsidiary of the Borrower: (i) GERA Abrams
Centre LLC, (ii) GERA 6400 Shafer LLC, and (iii) GERA
Danbury LLC.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any
nation or government, any state, province, city, municipal entity
or other political subdivision thereof, and any governmental,
executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory
agency, department, authority, instrumentality, commission, board,
bureau or similar body, whether federal, state, provincial,
territorial, local or foreign.
“
Governmental Authorization ” means any
authorization, approval, consent, franchise, license, covenant,
order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, notice,
declaration or similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or
by, or any filing, qualification or registration with, any
Governmental Authority.
“
Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.01.
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“
Guarantors ” means the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower listed on Schedule II hereto and each other
Subsidiary of the Borrower that shall be required to execute and
deliver a guaranty pursuant to Section 5.01(j).
“
Guaranty ” means the guaranty of the Guarantors
set forth in Article VIII together with each other guaranty
and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(j),
in each case as amended.
“
Guaranty Supplement ” has the meaning specified
in Section 8.05.
“
Hazardous Materials ” means (a) petroleum
or petroleum products, by-products or breakdown products,
radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any other
chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or
regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant
under any Environmental Law.
“
Hedge Agreements ” means interest rate swap,
cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts,
currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and
other hedging agreements.
“
Hedge Bank ” means any Lender Party or an
Affiliate of a Lender Party in its capacity as a party to a Secured
Hedge Agreement.
“
Inactive Subsidiaries ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.01(ee).
“
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning specified
in Section 9.04(b).
“
Initial Issuing Bank ” has the meaning
specified in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Initial Lender Parties ” means the Initial
Issuing Bank and the Initial Lenders.
“
Initial Lenders ” means the financial
institutions listed on the signature pages hereof as the Initial
Lenders.
“
Initial Pledged Debt ” has the meaning
specified in the Security Agreement.
“
Insufficiency ” means, with respect to any
Plan, the amount, if any, of its unfunded benefit liabilities, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
“
Intellectual Property Security Agreement ”
means the intellectual property security agreement in substantially
the form set forth in Exhibit F to the Security Agreement or
otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
“
Interest Expense ” means, for any date of
determination, for the Measurement Period most recently ended, the
sum of total cash interest expense of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period with respect to all
outstanding Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including
all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptance financing
and other Debt).
“
Interest Period ” means, for each Eurodollar
Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date
of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar
Rate Advance, and ending on the numerically
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corresponding
day in the next succeeding calendar month and, thereafter, each
subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period and ending on the numerically
corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month. The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be one month;
provided , however , that:
(a) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination
Date;
(b)
whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur
on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest
Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business
Day; provided , however , that if such extension
would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the
next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and
(c)
whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an
initial calendar month for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial
calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of
months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on
the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
“
Interim Mandatory Amortization Payments ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.06(e)(iv)(B).
“
Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“
Investment ” in any Person means any loan or
advance to such Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any
Equity Interests or Debt or the assets comprising a division or
business unit or a substantial part or all of the business of such
Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other direct
or indirect investment in such Person, including, without
limitation, any acquisition by way of a merger or consolidation (or
similar transaction) and any arrangement pursuant to which the
investor incurs Debt of the types referred to in clause (j) or
(k) of the definition of “ Debt ” in
respect of such Person. For avoidance of doubt, the term Investment
shall also include the acquisition of any real estate assets
(a) other than the acquisition of real estate assets in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the operation of
investment programs by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and
consistent with the Approved Budget, provided that
(i) the cost of such real estate assets acquired shall not
exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate, (ii) no individual real
estate asset so acquired shall remain owned by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower for longer than 90 consecutive days, and
(iii) no Debt shall be incurred by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with such real estate
assets, and (b) exclusive of the leasing of office space as a
lessee in the ordinary course of business.
“
Issuing Bank ” means the Initial Issuing Bank
and any other Revolving Credit B Lender approved as an Issuing Bank
by the Administrative Agent and any Eligible Assignee to which a
Letter of Credit Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to
Section 9.07 so long as such Revolving Credit B Lender or such
Eligible Assignee expressly agrees to perform in accordance with
their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this
Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and
notifies the Administrative Agent of its Applicable Lending Office
and the amount of its Letter of Credit Commitment (which
information shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent in the
Register), for so long as such Initial Issuing Bank, Revolving
Credit B Lender or Eligible Assignee, as the case may be, shall
have a Letter of Credit Commitment.
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“
Kojaian Group ” means Mr. C. Michael
Kojaian and any person or entity who, after the Effective Date, is
deemed to be an Affiliate of Mr. C. Michael
Kojaian.
“
L/C Collateral Account ” has the meaning
specified in the Security Agreement.
“
L/C Related Documents ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.04(d)(ii)(A).
“
Lead Arranger ” has the meaning specified in
the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Legacy TIC Syndication” means any
tenant-in-common syndication effected prior to the Effective Date
by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries that complies with each of the
following requirements: (a) such syndication was entered into
in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business,
(b) such syndication is not inconsistent with the Approved
Budget, and (c) no Default has occurred and is continuing or
could reasonably be expected to result from such
syndication.
“
Lender Party ” means any Lender or the Issuing
Bank.
“
Lender Warrants ” means warrants of the
Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit I granted in
accordance with the Warrant Agreement.
“
Lenders ” means the Initial Lenders and each
Person that shall become a Lender hereunder pursuant to
Section 9.07 for so long as such Initial Lender or Person, as
the case may be, shall be a party to this Agreement.
“
Letter of Credit Advance ” means an advance
made by the Issuing Bank or any Revolving Credit B Lender pursuant
to Section 2.03(c).
“
Letter of Credit Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.03(a).
“
Letter of Credit Commitment ” means, with
respect to the Issuing Bank at any time, the amount set forth
opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto
under the caption “Letter of Credit Commitment” or, if
such Issuing Bank has entered into one or more Assignment and
Acceptances, set forth for such Issuing Bank in the Register
maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.07(d) as such Issuing Bank’s “Letter of
Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or prior
to such time pursuant to Section 2.05.
“
Letter of Credit Facility ” means, at any time,
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of
the Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Commitment at such time
and (b) $4,289,245, as such amount may be reduced at or prior to
such time pursuant to Section 2.05. The Letter of Credit
Facility shall comprise a subfacility of the Revolving Credit B
Facility, and, for avoidance of doubt, the Available Amount of each
Letter of Credit shall reduce the Unused Revolving Credit B
Commitments of the Lenders, as more particularly described in the
definition of “Unused Revolving Credit B
Commitment”.
“
Letters of Credit ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.01(d).
“
Lien ” means any lien, security interest or
other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of
preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien
or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any
easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property.
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“
Limited Joint Venture ” means any joint venture
(a) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries holds any
Equity Interest, (b) that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries and (c) the accounts of which would
not appear on the Consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower.
“
Limited Purpose Subsidiary ” means
(i) GERA Abrams Centre LLC, (ii) GERA 6400 Shafer LLC,
(iii) GERA Danbury LLC, (iv) NNN 200 Galleria, LLC and
(v) NNN Avallon, LLC.
“
Loan Documents ” means (a) this Agreement,
(b) the Notes, (c) the Guaranties, (d) the
Collateral Documents, (e) the Fee Letter, (f) each Letter
of Credit Agreement and (g) each Secured Hedge Agreement, in
each case as amended.
“
Loan Parties ” means the Borrower and the
Guarantors.
“
Mandatory Amortization Date ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(e)(iii).
“
Mandatory Amortization Payment ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.06(e)(iii).
“
Mandatory Prepayment Event ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(e).
“
Margin Stock ” has the meaning specified in
Regulation U.
“
Material Adverse Change ” means any material
adverse change in the business, assets, properties, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, including, without
limitation, any material adverse change in the projected cash flow
of the Borrower as compared to the Cash Flow
Projections.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material
adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, properties,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender Party under any Loan Document, (c) the ability of any
Loan Party to perform its Obligations under any Loan Document to
which it is or is to be a party, or (d) the projected cash
flow of the Borrower as compared to the Cash Flow
Projections.
“
Material Contract ” means, with respect to any
Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries, each contract (other than
a contract pursuant to which such Loan Party or Subsidiary is
engaged to provide brokerage services with regard to a single
client under which a commission or other fee is payable) to which
such Loan Party or Subsidiary is a party involving aggregate
consideration (excluding (x) reimbursable expenses of such
Loan Party or Subsidiary and (y) project management fees
payable to such Loan Party or Subsidiary the amount of which cannot
yet be determined because the amount of such fees are contingent)
payable to or by such Loan Party or Subsidiary of $500,000 or more
in any year.
“
Measurement Period ” means, at any date of
determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Borrower ending on or prior to such
date.
“
Mortgages ” means deeds of trust, trust deeds,
mortgages, leasehold mortgages and leasehold deeds of trust, if
any, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and covering Borrower Properties (other than office space leases
for which Borrower is the lessee) having a fair market value
exceeding $500,000, duly executed by the appropriate Loan
Party.
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“
Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer
plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any
Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the
preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
“
Multiple Employer Plan ” means a single
employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA,
that (a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any
ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the Loan Parties
and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in
respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event
such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“
Net Cash Proceeds ” means, (a) with
respect to any direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer or other
disposition of any real property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and
Cash Equivalents received in connection with such sale, lease,
transfer or other disposition (including any cash or Cash
Equivalents received by way of a permitted deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise,
but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of
(A) the principal amount of any Non-Recourse Debt that is
secured by such asset and that is required to be repaid in
connection with such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition
thereof, (B) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs,
fees, commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by the Borrower
or relevant Subsidiary, and (C) federal, state, provincial, foreign
and local taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to
be actually payable within the current or the immediately
succeeding tax year as a result of any gain recognized in
connection therewith, (b) with respect to any conversion of
any Investment into cash or Cash Equivalents, the excess, if any,
of (i) the sum of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in
connection with such conversion over (ii) the sum of
(A) the out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and
expenses incurred by the applicable Borrower, Guarantor or
Subsidiary in connection with such conversion to the extent such
amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in
clause (i) and (B) federal, state, provincial, foreign
and local taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to
be actually payable within the current or the immediately
succeeding tax year as a result of any gain recognized in
connection therewith, (c) with respect to any refund for Taxes paid
received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if
any, of (i) the sum of the cash or Cash Equivalents received
in connection with such refund over (ii) the sum of
(A) the out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and
expenses incurred by the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary in
connection with such refund to the extent such amounts were not
deducted in determining the amount referred to in clause
(i) and (B) federal, state, provincial, foreign and local
taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to be actually
payable within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year
as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith,
(d) with respect to any direct or indirect public offering of
or private placement of any Equity Interests (including Preferred
Interests), the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash or
Cash Equivalents received in connection with such offering or
placement over (ii) the sum of (A) the out-of-pocket
costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by the
applicable Borrower, Guarantor or Subsidiary in connection with
such offering or placement to the extent such amounts were not
deducted in determining the amount referred to in clause
(i) and (B) federal, state, provincial, foreign and local
taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to be actually
payable within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year
as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith,
(e) with respect to the issuance of any Debt securities
(including mortgages, mortgage bonds and any Debt expected to be
included in or contributed to a commercial mortgage-backed
securities issuance, a collateralized debt obligation or a
collateralized loan obligation), whether placed publicly or
privately, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash or
Cash Equivalents received in connection with such issuance over
(ii) the sum of (A) the out-of-pocket costs, fees,
commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by the applicable
Borrower, Guarantor or Subsidiary in connection with issuance to
the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount
referred to in clause (i) and (B) federal, state,
provincial, foreign and
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local taxes
reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to be actually
payable within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year
as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith, and
(f) with respect to any other transaction or event occurring
outside of the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of the cash
or Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction or
event over (ii) the sum of (A) the out-of-pocket costs,
fees, commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by the applicable
Borrower or Subsidiary in connection with the transaction or event
to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the
amount referred to in clause (i) and (B) federal, state,
provincial, foreign and local taxes reasonably estimated (on a
Consolidated basis) to be actually payable within the current or
the immediately succeeding tax year as a result of any gain
recognized in connection therewith.
“
Non-Recourse Debt ” means Debt for Borrowed
Money with respect to which recourse for payment is limited to
(a) any building(s) or parcel(s) of real property or any
related assets encumbered by a Lien securing such Debt for Borrowed
Money and/or (b) the general credit of the Property-Level
Subsidiary that has incurred such Debt for Borrowed Money, and/or
the direct Equity Interests therein (any such Non-Recourse Debt
secured by Equity Interests in any Property-Level Subsidiary, being
a “ Non-Recourse Mezzanine Financing ”),
it being understood that the instruments governing such Debt may
include customary carve-outs to such limited recourse (any such
customary carve-outs or agreements limited to such customary
carve-outs, being a “ Customary Carve-Out
Agreement ”) such as, for example, personal recourse
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower for fraud,
misrepresentation, misapplication or misappropriation of cash,
waste, environmental claims, damage to properties, non-payment of
taxes or other liens despite the existence of sufficient cash flow,
interference with the enforcement of loan documents upon maturity
or acceleration, voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy filings,
violation of loan document prohibitions against transfer of
properties or ownership interests therein and liabilities and other
circumstances customarily excluded by lenders from exculpation
provisions and/or included in separate indemnification and/or
guaranty agreements in non-recourse financings of real
estate.
“
Non-Recourse Mezzanine Financing ” has the
meaning specified in the definition of “Non-Recourse
Debt”.
“
Note ” means a Revolving Credit
Note.
“
Notice of Borrowing ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.02(a).
“
NPL ” means the National Priorities List under
CERCLA.
“
Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person,
any payment, performance or other obligation of such Person of any
kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person
on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment
in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such
claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any proceeding
referred to in Section 6.01(f). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of any Loan Party
under the Loan Documents include (a) the obligation to pay
principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’
fees, commissions, including, without limitation, Letter of Credit
commissions, and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts
payable by such Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) the
obligation of such Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of
any of the foregoing that any Lender Party, in its sole discretion,
may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan
Party.
“
OECD ” means the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development.
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“
Off Balance Sheet Obligation ” means, with
respect to any Person, without duplication of any clause within
this definition or within the definition of “Debt”, all
(a) Obligations of such Person under any lease which is
treated as an operating lease for financial accounting purposes and
a financing lease for tax purposes (i.e., a “synthetic
lease”), (b) Obligations of such Person in respect of
transactions entered into by such Person, the proceeds from which
would be reflected on the financial statements of such Person in
accordance with GAAP as cash flows from financings at the time such
transaction was entered into (other than as a result of the
issuance of Equity Interests) and (c) Obligations of such
Person in respect of other transactions entered into by such Person
that are not otherwise addressed in the definition of
“Debt” or in clause (a) or (b) above that are
intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds (including,
without limitation, any minority interest transactions that
function primarily as a borrowing).
“
Other Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(b).
“
Participant ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(c).
“
Patriot Act ” means the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, as
amended from time to time.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (or any successor).
“
Permitted Cash Reserves ” means cash or Cash
Equivalents in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the
sum of (a) the minimum amount necessary to satisfy any cash on
hand or liquidity requirements imposed on the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries under the rules or regulations of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. plus (b)(i) during the
period from the Effective Date until the date of consummation of a
recapitalization transaction in accordance with the
Recapitalization Plan, $6,000,000, and (ii) after the date on
which a recapitalization transaction is consummated in accordance
with the Recapitalization Plan, $12,000,000.
“
Permitted Liens ” means such of the following
as to which no enforcement, collection, execution, levy or
foreclosure proceeding shall have been commenced: (a) Liens
for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the
extent not required to be paid under Section 5.01(b);
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen’s,
mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s and
repairmen’s Liens and other similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business securing obligations that (i) are
not overdue for a period of more than 30 days and
(ii) individually or together with all other Permitted Liens
outstanding on any date of determination do not materially
adversely affect the use of the property to which they relate;
(c) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business to
secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws or
similar legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade
contracts and leases (other than Debt), statutory obligations,
surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation),
performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred
in the ordinary course of business; (e) Liens securing
judgments (or the payment of money) not constituting a Default
under Section 6.01(g) or securing appeal or other surety bonds
related to such judgments; (f) easements, rights of way and
other encumbrances on title to real property that do not render
title to the property encumbered thereby unmarketable or materially
adversely affect the use of such property for its present purposes,
excluding any such easements, rights of way or encumbrances
securing Debt for Borrowed Money; and (g) Liens securing
insurance premium financing arrangements entered into in the
ordinary course of business and permitted under Section
5.02(b)(iii)(G).
“
Permitted Variance ” has the meaning specified
in Section 5.03(e).
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“
Person ” means an individual, partnership,
corporation (including a business trust), limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“
Plan ” means a Single Employer Plan or a
Multiple Employer Plan.
“
Pledged Debt ” has the meaning specified in the
Security Agreement.
“
Pledged Equity ” has the meaning specified in
the Security Agreement.
“
Post-Petition Interest ” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.06.
“
Preferred Interests ” means, with respect to
any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person that are
entitled to a preference or priority over any other Equity
Interests issued by such Person upon any distribution of such
Person’s property and assets, whether by dividend or upon
liquidation.
“
Pre-Negotiation Agreement ” means that certain
Pre-Negotiation Agreement dated as of February 27, 2009 by and
among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Guarantors (as
defined in the Existing Agreement).
“
Prepayment Failure Event ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(e)(iii).
“
Property ” means any right or interest in or to
property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed
and whether tangible or intangible, including Equity
Interests.
“
Property-Level Subsidiary ” means any direct or
indirect Limited Purpose Subsidiary of the Borrower that holds a
direct fee interest in any real property and related
assets.
“
Pro Rata Share ” or “ Revolver B
Pro Rata Share ” of any amount means, with respect to
any Revolving Credit B Lender at any time, the product of such
amount times a fraction the numerator of which is the amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Credit B Commitment at such time
(or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01, such Lender’s Revolving Credit B
Commitment as in effect immediately prior to such termination) and
the denominator of which is the Revolving Credit B Facility at such
time (or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01, the Revolving Credit B Facility as in
effect immediately prior to such termination). The initial Revolver
B Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of
that Lender in Schedule I annexed hereto under the heading
“Revolver B Pro Rata Share”; provided that
Schedule I shall be amended and each Revolver B Pro Rata Share
shall be adjusted from time to time to give effect to the execution
of any supplements, amendments or modifications to this Agreement
and the addition or removal of any Lender as provided herein or by
assignment pursuant to Section 9.07.
“
Real Property Assets ” means all real property
held for sale by any Limited Purpose Subsidiary as permitted by
Section 5.01(s), Section 5.01(t) and 5.02(e)(v). The
Borrower acknowledges that as of the Effective Date the Real
Property Assets consist of those properties listed on
Schedule IV.
“
Recapitalization Plan ” means a
recapitalization plan, specifying the specific steps to be taken to
implement a recapitalization of the Borrower and the specific dates
by which such steps must be completed, in the form of
Schedule V.
“
Redeemable ” means, with respect to any Equity
Interests, any such Equity Interests that (a) the issuer has
undertaken to redeem at a fixed or determinable date or dates,
whether by operation of a
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sinking fund or
otherwise, or upon the occurrence of a condition not solely within
the control of the issuer or (b) is redeemable at the option
of the holder.
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.07(d).
“
Regulation U ” means Regulation U of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect
from time to time.
“
Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders
owed or holding at least a majority in interest of the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding
at such time, (b) the aggregate Available Amount of all
Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, and (c) the
aggregate Unused Revolving Credit B Commitments at such time;
provided , however, that if any Lender shall be a
Defaulting Lender at such time, there shall be excluded from the
determination of Required Lenders at such time (A) the
aggregate principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender (in
its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time,
(B) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time
and (C) the Unused Revolving Credit B Commitment of such
Lender at such time. For purposes of this definition, the aggregate
principal amount of Letter of Credit Advances owing to the Issuing
Bank and the Available Amount of each Letter of Credit shall be
considered to be owed to the Revolving Credit B Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Revolving Credit B
Commitments.
“
Restricted Investment ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 5.02(m).
“
Restricted Payments ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 5.02(g).
“
Revised Approved Budget ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.06(e)(iv)(C).
“
Revolver A Pro Rata Share ” of any amount
means, with respect to any Revolving Credit A Lender at any time,
the product of such amount times a fraction the numerator of
which is the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit A
Commitment at such time (or, if the Commitments shall have been
terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.01, such
Lender’s Revolving Credit A Commitment as in effect
immediately prior to such termination) and the denominator of which
is the Revolving Credit A Facility at such time (or, if the
Commitments shall have been terminated pursuant to
Section 2.05 or 6.01, the Revolving Credit A Facility as in
effect immediately prior to such termination). The initial Revolver
A Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of
that Lender in Schedule I annexed hereto under the heading
“Revolver A Pro Rata Share”; provided that
Schedule I shall be amended and each Revolver A Pro Rata Share
shall be adjusted from time to time to give effect to the execution
of any supplements, amendments or modifications to this Agreement
and the addition or removal of any Lender as provided herein or by
assignment pursuant to Section 9.07.
“
Revolving Credit A Advance ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(a).
“
Revolving Credit Advance ” means a Revolving
Credit A Advance or a Revolving Credit B Advance.
“
Revolving Credit B Advance ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(b).
“
Revolving Credit A Borrowing ” means a
borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit A Advances of
the same Type made by the Revolving Credit Lenders.
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“
Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a Revolving
Credit A Borrowing or a Revolving Credit B Borrowing.
“
Revolving Credit B Borrowing ” a borrowing
consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit B Advances of the same
Type made by the Revolving Credit Lenders.
“
Revolving Credit A Commitment ” means, with
respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto
under the caption “Revolving Credit A Commitment” or,
if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and
Acceptances, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as
such Lender’s “Revolving Credit A Commitment”, as
such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“
Revolving Credit B Commitment ” means, with
respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the amount set
forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto
under the caption “Revolving Credit B Commitment” or,
if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and
Acceptances, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) as
such Lender’s “Revolving Credit B Commitment”, as
such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“
Revolving Credit Commitment ” means a Revolving
Credit A Commitment or a Revolving Credit B Commitment.
“
Revolving Credit A Facility ” means, at any
time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’
Revolving Credit A Commitments at such time.
“
Revolving Credit B Facility ” means, at any
time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’
Revolving Credit B Commitments at such time.
“
Revolving Credit Facility ” means, at any time,
the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“
Revolving Credit A Lender ” means any Lender
that has a Revolving Credit A Commitment.
“
Revolving Credit B Lender ” means any Lender
that has a Revolving Credit B Commitment.
“
Revolving Credit Lender ” means a Revolving
Credit A Lender or a Revolving Credit B Lender.
“
Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note
of the Borrower payable to the order of any Revolving Credit
Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Advances and Letter of
Credit Advances made by such Lender, as amended.
“
Secured Hedge Agreement ” means any Hedge
Agreement required or permitted under Article V that is
entered into by and between the Borrower and any Hedge
Bank.
“
Secured Obligations ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2 of the Security Agreement.
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“
Secured Parties ” means the Administrative
Agent, the Lead Arranger, the Lender Parties and the Hedge
Banks.
“
Securities Account ” has the meaning specified
in the Security Agreement.
“
Securities Account Control Agreement ” has the
meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
“
Security Agreement ” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.01(a)(ii).
“
Single Employer Plan ” means a single employer
plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that
(a) is maintained for employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA
Affiliate and no Person other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA
Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which
any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were
to be terminated.
“
Solvent ” and “ Solvency
” mean, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that
on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person
is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that
it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s
ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and
(d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which
such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small
capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
“
Subordinated Obligations ” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.06.
“
Subsidiaries Guaranty ” means the guaranty of
the Guarantors set forth in Article VIII together with each
other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(j), in each case as amended.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of
(a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of
any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have
voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the
interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint
venture or limited liability company or (c) the beneficial
interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and
one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such
Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“
Supplemental Collateral Agent ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.01(c).
“
Swing Line Bank ” has the meaning specified in
the Existing Agreement.
“
Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(a).
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“
Termination Date ” means the earliest of
(a) if a Prepayment Failure Event has occurred,
January 15, 2010 (the “ Early Termination
Date ”), (b) provided that no Prepayment Failure
Event has occurred, March 31, 2010, subject to the extension
thereof pursuant to Section 2.17, and (c) the date of
termination in whole of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the
Letter of Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.05 or
6.01.
“
Type ” refers to the distinction between
Advances bearing interest at the Base Rate and Advances bearing
interest at the Eurodollar Rate.
“
Unused Revolving Credit B Commitment ” means,
with respect to any Revolving Credit B Lender at any time, without
duplication, (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit B
Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit B
Advances and Letter of Credit Advances made by such Lender (in its
capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time plus
(ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of (A) the
aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at
such time, and (B) the aggregate principal amount of all
Letter of Credit Advances made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.03(c) and outstanding at such time.
“
Voting Interests ” means shares of capital
stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent Equity Interests in
any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person,
even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of
such a contingency.
“
Warrant Agreement” means that certain Warrant
Agreement among the Borrower and the Warrant Agent described
therein dated as of even date herewith.
“
Welfare Plan ” means a welfare plan, as defined
in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that is maintained for employees of
any Loan Party or in respect of which any Loan Party could have
liability.
“
Withdrawal Liability ” has the meaning
specified in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of
ERISA.
SECTION 1.02
Computation of Time Periods; Other Definitional Provisions .
In this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in the computation
of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “ from ” means “from and
including” and the words “ to ” and
" until ” each mean “to but
excluding”. References in the Loan Documents to any agreement
or contract “ as amended ” shall mean and
be a reference to such agreement or contract as amended, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with its terms. The term “including” is
not limiting and means “including without
limitation.”
SECTION 1.03
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principals in the United States of America as
in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use
by significant segments of the United States accounting profession,
which are applicable to the circumstances of the Borrower as of the
date of determination (“ GAAP ”), except
that for purposes of any financial or accounting terms used in this
Agreement, GAAP shall be determined on the basis of such principles
in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the
preparation of the audited financial statements of the Borrower in
respect of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 delivered
pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(viii). If any Accounting Change shall
occur and such change results in a change in the method of
calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this
Agreement, then the
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Borrower and
the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in good
faith and in a timely fashion in order to amend such provisions of
this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change
with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such
Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not been made.
Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and
delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in
this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if
such Accounting Change had not occurred. “ Accounting
Change ” refers to any change in accounting
principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation,
pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or
successors thereto or agencies with similar functions), the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other qualified,
authoritative agency or organization.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
AND THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
SECTION 2.01
The Advances and the Letters of Credit .
(a)
The Revolving Credit A Advances . The Revolving Credit A
Facility results from the bifurcation of the Revolving Credit
Facility under the Existing Agreement and consists of a tranche of
the Advances outstanding thereunder in the aggregate principal
amount of $38,000,000, the terms of which have been modified by
this Agreement to comprise the Revolving Credit A Facility. The
Revolving Credit A Commitments shall be deemed to have been fully
funded as of the Effective Date (the “ Revolving Credit
A Advance ”). No additional Advances in respect of
the Revolving Credit A Facility shall be permitted hereunder.
Amounts borrowed or deemed borrowed under this Section 2.01(a)
and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(b)
The Revolving Credit B Advances . The Revolving Credit B
Facility results from the bifurcation of the Revolving Credit
Facility under the Existing Agreement and consists of a tranche of
the Advances outstanding thereunder in the aggregate principal
amount of $29,289,245, the terms of which have been modified by
this Agreement to comprise the Revolving Credit B Facility.
Specifically, the Revolving Credit B Facility consists of
(i) Revolving Credit B Advances in the aggregate principal
amount of $25,000,000, and (ii) Letters of Credit in the
aggregate Available Amount of $4,289,245. The Revolving Credit B
Commitments hereunder shall be deemed to have been fully funded as
of the Effective Date. Each Revolving Credit B Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make
advances (each a “ Revolving Credit B Advance
”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination
Date, in respect of the Revolving Credit B Facility in an amount
for each such Advance not to exceed such Lender’s Unused
Revolving Credit B Commitment at such time. Each Revolving Credit B
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $500,000
or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (other than
the initial Borrowing to fund the L/C Collateral Account pursuant
to Section 3.01(k), a Borrowing the proceeds of which shall be
used solely to repay or prepay in full outstanding Letter of Credit
Advances or a Borrowing comprised solely of Base Rate Advances) and
shall consist of Revolving Credit B Advances made simultaneously by
the Revolving Credit B Lenders ratably according to their Revolving
Credit B Commitments. Within the limits of each Revolving Credit B
Lender’s Unused Revolving Credit B Commitment in effect from
time to time, and subject to the limitations set forth in
Sections 2.14 and 3.02, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(b), prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and
reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). No more than one
Revolving Credit B Advance shall be available per week. On the
Effective Date, the Lenders shall make Revolving Credit B
Advances
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in an aggregate
amount sufficient to fund the L/C Collateral Account pursuant to
Section 3.01(k), and such Revolving Credit B Advances shall be
deposited directly into the L/C Collateral Account.
(c)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(d)
The Letters of Credit . No additional letters of credit (the
“ Letters of Credit ”) shall be available
under this Agreement from and after the Effective Date. All
Existing Letters of Credit, as listed on Schedule III attached
hereto, shall be deemed to have been issued as Letters of Credit
hereunder, and from and after the Effective Date shall be subject
to and governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No
Existing Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date later than
the 30th day before the Termination Date (without reference to any
extension options). In the event that the expiration date of any
Existing Letter of Credit may be automatically extended beyond the
30th day before the Termination Date (without reference to any
extension options) pursuant to the terms of such Existing Letter of
Credit, the Administrative Agent is hereby permitted to send a
notice to the Borrower and the beneficiary of the applicable Letter
of Credit notifying the Borrower and such beneficiary that the
Administrative Agent has elected not to extend the expiration date
of such Existing Letter of Credit. On the Effective Date, the
Lenders shall make Revolving Credit B Advances in an amount
approved by the Issuing Bank as sufficient to cash collateralize
100% of the Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding
as of the Effective Date, and such Revolving Credit B Advances
shall be deposited into the L/C Collateral Account in compliance
with Section 3.01(k).
SECTION 2.02
Making the Advances . (a) Except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.03, each Borrowing shall be made on notice by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each
Appropriate Lender prompt notice thereof by telex or telecopier.
Each such notice of a Borrowing (a “ Notice of
Borrowing ”) in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Advance
shall be given not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the
third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, and
each Notice of Borrowing in respect of a Base Rate Advance shall be
given not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business
Day immediately prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each
Notice of Borrowing shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in
writing, or electronic mail (containing the Notice of Borrowing as
an electronic attachment containing a hand-written signature,
confirmed immediately by telephone or telecopier) or telecopier, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, specifying therein
the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Type of
Advance comprising such Borrowing, and (iii) aggregate amount
of such Borrowing. Each Appropriate Lender shall, before 1:00 P.M.
(New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing, make available
for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account,
in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such
Borrowing in accordance with the respective Commitments under the
Revolving Credit Facility of such Lender and the other Appropriate
Lenders. After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such
funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth
in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds
available to the Borrower by crediting the Borrower’s
Account.
(b)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(c) Anything
in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
(i) the Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for
any Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Borrowing is less
than $500,000 or if the obligation of the Appropriate Lenders to
make Eurodollar Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to
Section 2.09 or 2.10 and (ii) no more than eight separate
Interest Periods shall be permitted at any one time.
(d) Each
Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower. In the case of any Borrowing that the related Notice of
Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar
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Rate Advances,
the Borrower shall indemnify each Appropriate Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice
of Borrowing for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth
in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss
(including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred
by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Advance to be made by
such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a
result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(e) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from an
Appropriate Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing under a
Facility under which such Lender has a Commitment that such Lender
will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such
Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall
not have so made such ratable portion available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree
to repay or pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
such corresponding amount and to pay interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until
the date such amount is repaid or paid to the Administrative Agent,
at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate
applicable at such time under Section 2.07 to Advances
comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender,
the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so paid
shall constitute such Lender’s Advance as part of such
Borrowing for all purposes.
(f) The
failure of any Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part
of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of
such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other
Lender on the date of any Borrowing.
SECTION 2.03
Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit . (a)
[Intentionally Omitted.]
(b)
Letter of Credit Reports . Promptly after amendment of any
Letter of Credit the Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, in writing, of such amendment and such notice
shall be accompanied by a copy of such amendment. Upon receipt of
such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender, in writing, of such amendment and if so requested by a
Lender, the Administrative Agent shall provide such Lender with
copies of such amendment. The Issuing Bank shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent (unless the Issuing Bank shall be the
Administrative Agent), by facsimile on the first Business Day of
each month, a written report summarizing the aggregate daily
Available Amounts for Letters of Credit during the preceding
month.
(c)
Letter of Credit Participations; Drawing and Reimbursement .
(i) The Issuing Bank is hereby deemed to have sold and
transferred to each Revolving Credit B Lender, and each Revolving
Credit B Lender (in its capacity under this Section 2.03(c), a
“ Participant ”) is hereby deemed
irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from
the Issuing Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided
interest and participation in each Letter of Credit, to the extent
of such Participant’s Pro Rata Share of the Available Amount
of such Letter of Credit, each drawing or payment made thereunder
and the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement with
respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining
thereto. Upon any change in the Revolving Credit B Commitments or
the Revolving Credit B Lenders’ respective Pro Rata Shares
pursuant to Section 9.07, it is hereby agreed that, with
respect to all outstanding Letters of Credit and unpaid drawings
relating thereto, there shall be an
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automatic
adjustment to the participations pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) to reflect the new Pro Rata Shares of the
assignor and assignee Revolving Credit B Lenders, as the case may
be.
(ii) In
determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Bank shall not have any obligation with respect to the other
Revolving Credit B Lenders other than to confirm that any documents
required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have
been delivered and that they appear to substantially comply on
their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any
action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuing Bank under or in
connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it shall not create
for the Issuing Bank any resulting liability to the Borrower, any
other Loan Party, any Revolving Credit B Lender or any other Person
unless such action is taken or omitted to be taken with gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank
(as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final
non-appealable judgment).
(iii) The
payment by the Issuing Bank of a draft drawn under any Letter of
Credit shall constitute for all purposes of this Agreement the
making by the Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit Advance, which
shall be a Base Rate Advance, in the amount of such draft. In the
event that the Issuing Bank shall make any payment under any Letter
of Credit issued by it, all funds on deposit in the L/C Collateral
Account shall be exhausted or otherwise unavailable, and the
Borrower shall not have reimbursed any unpaid portion of such
payment in full to the Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.04(d), the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify each Participant
of such failure, and each Participant shall promptly and
unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Issuing Bank the amount of such Participant’s Pro Rata
Share of such unreimbursed payment in U.S. dollars and in same day
funds. Upon such notification by the Administrative Agent to any
Participant required to fund a payment under a Letter of Credit,
such Participant shall make available to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Bank such Participant’s Pro
Rata Share of the amount of such payment in same day funds
(x) if notified prior to 12:00 Noon (New York time) on any
Business Day, on such Business Day, and (y) if notified at or
after 12:00 Noon (New York time) on any Business Day, on the
following Business Day. If such Participant shall pay to the
Administrative Agent such amount for the account of the Issuing
Bank on any Business Day, such amount so paid in respect of
principal shall constitute a Letter of Credit Advance made by such
Participant on such Business Day for purposes of this Agreement,
and the outstanding principal amount of the Letter of Credit
Advance made by the Issuing Bank shall be reduced by such amount on
such Business Day. If and to the extent such Participant shall not
have so made its Pro Rata Share of the amount of such payment
available to the Administrative Agent, such Participant agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Bank, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest
thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount is
paid to the Administrative Agent at the Federal Funds Rate. The
failure of any Participant to make available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank its Pro Rata Share of any
payment under any Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other
Participant of its obligation hereunder to make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank its Pro
Rata Share of any payment under any Letter of Credit on the date
required, as specified above, but no Participant shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Participant to make
available to the Administrative Agent such other
Participant’s Pro Rata Share of any such payment.
(iv) Whenever
the Issuing Bank receives a payment of a reimbursement obligation
as to which it has received any payments from the Participants
pursuant to clause (iii) above, the Issuing Bank shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for the account of each such Participant
that has paid its Pro Rata Share thereof, in same day funds, an
amount equal to such Participant’s share (based upon the
proportionate aggregate amount originally funded by such
Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all Participants) of
the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest
thereon accruing after the purchase of the respective
participations.
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(v) Upon
the request of any Participant, the Issuing Bank shall furnish to
such Participant copies of any standby Letter of Credit issued by
it and such other documentation as may reasonably be requested by
such Participant.
SECTION 2.04
Repayment of Advances . (a) Revolving Credit A
Advances . The Borrower shall repay, on the Termination Date,
to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the
Revolving Credit A Lenders the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit A Advances then outstanding.
(b)
Revolving Credit B Advances . The Borrower shall repay to
the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Revolving
Credit B Lenders on the Termination Date in respect of the
Revolving Credit B Facility the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Credit B Advances then outstanding.
(c)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(d)
Letter of Credit Advances . (i) The Borrower shall
repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Bank and each other Revolving Credit B Lender that has made a
Letter of Credit Advance on the earlier of demand and the
Termination Date in respect of the Revolving Credit B Facility the
outstanding principal amount of each Letter of Credit Advance made
by each of them.
(ii) The
Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, any Letter of
Credit Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to
any Letter of Credit, and the obligations of the Participants to
make payments to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Bank in respect of Letters of Credit, shall be
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Letter of Credit
Agreement and such other agreement or instrument under all
circumstances, including, without limitation, the following
circumstances:
(A) any lack of
validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any Letter of
Credit Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto (all of the foregoing being,
collectively, the “ L/C Related Documents
”);
(B) any change in
the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all or any of the Obligations of the Borrower in respect of any L/C
Related Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent
to departure from all or any of the L/C Related
Documents;
(C) the existence
of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrower may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a
Letter of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or
any such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank or any other
Person, whether in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the L/C Related Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(D) any statement
or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to
be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect;
(E) payment by any
Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a
draft, certificate or other document that does not strictly comply
with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
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(F) any exchange,
release or non-perfection of any Collateral or other collateral, or
any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from
the Guaranties or any other guarantee, for all or any of the
Obligations of the Borrower in respect of the L/C Related
Documents; or
(G) any other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any
of the foregoing, including, without limitation, any other
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or a guarantor;
provided , however , that nothing herein waives
the Issuing Bank’s liability with respect to errors,
omissions, interruptions, delays in transmission, dispatch or
delivery of any message, payment or advice relating to any Letter
of Credit that has been determined in a final and non-appealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing
Bank.
(iii) To
the extent of funds available in the L/C Collateral Account, the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank and each
other Revolving Credit B Lender shall use such funds to repay each
Letter of Credit Advance promptly following the making of such
Advance. If at any time the funds remaining in the L/C Collateral
Account exceed the sum of the aggregate amount of all Letter of
Credit Advances then outstanding and the aggregate Available Amount
of all Letters of Credit then outstanding, such excess shall be
first applied to prepay outstanding Revolving Credit A
Advances until the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit A Advances
then outstanding shall be reduced to zero, second applied to
prepay outstanding Revolving Credit B Advances until the aggregate
amount of Revolving Credit B Advances then outstanding shall be
reduced to zero, and third , at such time as no Advances
remain outstanding, returned to the Borrower promptly following
demand.
SECTION 2.05
Termination or Reduction of the Commitments . (a)
Optional . The Borrower may, upon at least five Business
Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate in whole
or reduce in part the unused portions of the Revolving Credit A
Commitments, the Letter of Credit Facility and the Unused Revolving
Credit B Commitments; provided , however , that each
partial reduction of a Facility (i) shall be in an aggregate
amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof and (ii) shall be made ratably among the Appropriate
Lenders in accordance with their Commitments with respect to such
Facility.
(b)
Mandatory . (i) From time to time upon each repayment
or prepayment of the Revolving Credit A Advances, the aggregate
Revolving Credit A Commitments of the Revolving Credit A Lenders
shall be automatically and permanently reduced, on a pro rata
basis, by an amount equal to the amount by which the aggregate
Revolving Credit A Commitments immediately prior to such reduction
exceed the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving
Credit A Advances then outstanding (after giving effect to any such
repayment or prepayment thereof).
(ii) The
Letter of Credit Facility shall be permanently reduced from time to
time on the date of each reduction in the Revolving Credit B
Facility by the amount, if any, by which the amount of the Letter
of Credit Facility exceeds the Revolving Credit B Facility after
giving effect to such reduction of the Revolving Credit B
Facility.
SECTION 2.06
Prepayments . (a) Optional . The Borrower may, upon
at least three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative
Agent, stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of
the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall,
prepay the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Advances
comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part,
together with
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accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment on the aggregate principal
amount prepaid; provided , however , that each
partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.
Each such prepayment of Advances shall be allocated among the
Applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis.
(b)
Mandatory Prepayment of the Revolving Credit B Advances .
(i) The Borrower shall, on each Business Day, prepay an
aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit B Advances
comprising part of the same Borrowings and the Letter of Credit
Advances in an amount equal to the amount by which (A) the sum
of the aggregate principal amount of (x) the Revolving Credit
B Advances, and (y) the Letter of Credit Advances then
outstanding plus the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit then outstanding exceeds (B) the Revolving Credit B
Facility on such Business Day.
(ii)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(iii) Prepayments
of the Revolving Credit B Facility made pursuant to clause
(i) above shall be applied to prepay Revolving Credit B
Advances then outstanding comprising part of the same Borrowings
until such Advances are paid in full. Upon the drawing of any
Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit in the L/C
Collateral Account, such funds shall be promptly applied to pay the
corresponding Letter of Credit Advance made by the Issuing Bank or
Revolving Credit B Lenders, as applicable.
(c)
Change of Control Prepayment . The Borrower shall, on the
date of any Change of Control, prepay in full the aggregate
principal amount of the Facilities then outstanding.
(d)
Payments with Interest . All prepayments under subsections
(b), (c) and (e) of this Section 2.06 shall be made
together with (i) accrued interest to the date of such
prepayment on the principal amount prepaid, and (ii) if any
payment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance shall be made other than on
the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing
pursuant to Section 9.04(c).
(e)
Other Mandatory Prepayment Events . (i) The Borrower
shall on or before the 30 th day following the end of each calendar month,
prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit B
Advances (and, to the extent the Revolving Credit B Advances shall
be reduced to zero, prepay outstanding Revolving Credit A Advances)
comprising part of the same Borrowings in an amount equal to all
Adjusted Excess Cash Flow for such calendar month; provided
, however , that from and after a Prepayment Failure Event,
the Borrower shall be entitled to utilize Adjusted Excess Cash Flow
to make Interim Mandatory Amortization Prepayments, as and to the
extent necessary to make such prepayments when due, and such
utilization shall not be deemed a breach of this
Section 2.06(e).
(ii) The
Borrower shall be required to prepay outstanding Revolving Credit A
Advances (and, to the extent the Revolving Credit A Facility shall
be reduced to zero, prepay outstanding Revolving Credit B Advances)
by the Applicable Paydown Percentage of Net Cash Proceeds resulting
from any of the following (each, a “ Mandatory
Prepayment Event ”):
(A) the sale,
lease, transfer or other disposition of any assets owned by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries;
(B) the conversion
of Investments held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries into
cash or Cash Equivalents;
(C) any refund for
Taxes paid received by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
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(D) any direct or
indirect public offering of or private placement of any Equity
Interests (including Preferred Interests) by or in the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(E) the issuance
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Debt securities
(including mortgages, mortgage bonds and any Debt expected to be
included in or contributed to a commercial mortgage-backed
securities issuance, a collateralized debt obligation or a
collateralized loan obligation), whether placed publicly or
privately; and
(F) any other
transaction or event occurring outside of the ordinary course of
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
provided,
however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) with respect to any Net
Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with (i) the consummation of the sale or other
disposition (whether direct or indirect) of any of the Real
Property Assets or (ii) the Borrower’s United States federal
tax refund for 2008 of $10,205,424, such Net Cash proceeds shall be
applied first to prepay outstanding Revolving Credit B
Advances until the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Revolving Credit B Advances has been reduced to zero, and
second to prepay outstanding Revolving Credit A Advances;
and (y) the Borrower shall prepay outstanding Revolving Credit
B Advances in a principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash
Proceeds received from the sale or other disposition by GERA
Danbury LLC of all real property owned or held by it by
June 1, 2009, unless such date is extended with the approval
of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; provided
further that in the event the Borrower is not in compliance
with the Recapitalization Plan at the time of the sale or other
disposition of real property by GERA Danbury LLC, then 100% of the
Net Cash Proceeds of such sale shall be applied first to
prepay outstanding Revolving Credit A Advances until the aggregate
principal of all outstanding Revolving Credit A Advances has been
reduced to zero, and second to prepay outstanding Revolving
Credit B Advances.
(iii) The
Borrower shall be required to prepay (the “ Mandatory
Amortization Payment ”) a portion of the Revolving
Credit A Facility in an amount and by the date specified in
Schedule 2.06(e)(iii) (the “ Mandatory Amortization
Date ”); provided , however , that if
the Borrower shall fail to make such Mandatory Amortization Payment
in the amount and by the date specified in
Schedule 2.06(e)(iii) by reason of not having sufficient cash
or Cash Equivalents on hand (a " Prepayment Failure
Event ”), provided, however , notwithstanding
any provision herein to the contrary, such Prepayment Failure Event
shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder.
(iv) In
the event there occurs a Prepayment Failure Event, the following
shall apply:
(A) the
Termination Date shall not extend beyond January 15, 2010 (as
provided in the definition thereof in Section 1.01) and the
Termination Date extension option provided pursuant to
Section 2.17 shall be of no further force and
effect;
(B) on the first
Business Day of each of the calendar months October 2009,
November 2009 and December 2009, the Borrower shall be
required to prepay a portion of the Revolving Credit A Facility in
the amount of $3,333,333.33 on each such date (the “
Interim Mandatory Amortization Payments ”), and
the failure to make any such prepayment on the applicable due date
therefor shall comprise an immediate Event of Default;
(C) not later than
the date of a Prepayment Failure Event, the Borrower shall furnish
to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties a revised
consolidated,
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detailed
monthly budget prepared on a line-item basis for the calendar
months October 2009 through January 2010, together with a
cash balance report (showing day-end balances) showing the net cash
flow projected for the period covered thereby (the “
Revised Approved Budget ”), in detail, form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders, which Revised Approved Budget shall (i) provide for
the making of Interim Mandatory Amortization Payments out of
Adjusted Excess Cash Flow, and (ii) show operating cash flow
from the business operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for each of the periods covered thereby in amounts not less than
the respective amounts of operating cash flow shown for such
periods in the Approved Budget in effect on the Effective Date. The
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall review the
Revised Approved Budget after receipt thereof and Borrower shall
promptly make any and all changes as Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders may request. As soon as available, Borrower shall
provide to the Lenders significant revisions, if any, to the
Revised Approved Budget. Any amendments to or replacements of the
Revised Approved Budget shall be required to be approved by the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; and
(D) no additional
Advances shall be permitted to be drawn by the Borrower under the
Facility from and after the occurrence of a Prepayment Failure
Event.
SECTION 2.07
Interest . (a) Scheduled Interest . The Borrower
shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance
owing to each Lender from the date of such Advance until such
principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per
annum:
(i) Base Rate
Advances . During such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate
Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the Base
Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin,
payable in arrears monthly on the first day of each month during
such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be
Converted or paid in full.
(ii) Eurodollar
Rate Advances . During such periods as such Advance is a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during
each Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of the Eurodollar
Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance plus the
Applicable Margin, payable in arrears on the last day of such
Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall
be Converted or paid in full.
(b)
Default Interest . Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may,
and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require that
the Borrower pay interest (“ Default Interest
”) on (i) the unpaid principal amount of each Advance
owing to each Lender Party, payable in arrears on the dates
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of
Section 2.07(a), as applicable, and on demand, at a rate per
annum equal at all times to 5% per annum above the rate per annum
required to be paid on such Advance pursuant to clause (i) or
(ii) of Section 2.07(a), as applicable, and (ii) to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the amount of any
interest, fee or other expense reimbursement payable under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender Party that is not paid when due, from the date such
amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full,
payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full
and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 5% per
annum above the rate per annum required to be paid, in the case of
interest, on the Type of Advance on which such interest has accrued
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of Section 2.07(a),
as applicable, and, in all other cases, on Base Rate Advances
pursuant to clause (i) of Section 2.07(a); provided ,
however , that following the acceleration of the Advances,
or the giving of notice by the Administrative Agent to accelerate
the Advances, pursuant to Section 6.01, Default Interest shall
accrue and be payable hereunder whether or not previously required
by the Administrative Agent.
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(c)
Notice of Interest Period and Interest Rate . Promptly after
receipt of a Notice of Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02(a),
a notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 2.09 or a notice of
selection of an Interest Period pursuant to the terms of the
definition of “Interest Period”, the Administrative
Agent shall give notice to the Borrower and each Appropriate Lender
of the applicable Interest Period and the applicable interest rate
determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above.
SECTION 2.08
Fees . (a) Unused Commitment Fees . The Borrower
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders the following unused commitment fees, from the date hereof
in the case of each Initial Lender and from the effective date
specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender in the case of each other Lender, in each case
until the Termination Date, payable in arrears monthly on the last
day of each calendar month, commencing May 31, 2009, and on
the Termination Date in respect of the applicable Facility an
unused revolving commitment fee at the rate of 0.75% per annum of
the average daily Unused Revolving Credit B Commitment of each
Appropriate Lender during such month; provided ,
however , that any unused commitment fee accrued with
respect to any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the
period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and
unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as
such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that
such unused commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and
payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided
further that no unused commitment fee shall accrue on any of
the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall
be a Defaulting Lender.
(b)
[Intentionally Omitted].
(c)
Fees to the Administrative Agent . The Borrower shall pay to
the Administrative Agent for its own account such fees as may from
time to time be agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
(d)
Restatement Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account and ratable benefit of the
Lenders, an amendment fee equal to 1% of the sum of the Revolving
Credit Commitments on the Effective Date.
SECTION 2.09
Conversion of Advances . (a) Optional . The Borrower
may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Administrative
Agent not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and
subject to the provisions of Sections 2.07 and 2.10, Convert
all or any portion of the Advances of one Type comprising the same
Borrowing into Advances of the other Type; provided ,
however , that any Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances
into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an
Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances, any Conversion
of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in an
amount not less than the minimum amount specified in
Section 2.02(c), no Conversion of any Advances shall result in
more separate Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(c)
and each Conversion of Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing under any Facility shall be made ratably among the
Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their Commitments under such
Facility. Each such notice of Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such
Conversion, (ii) the Advances to be Converted and
(iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the
duration of the initial Interest Period for such Advances. Each
notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower.
(b)
Mandatory . (i) On the date on which the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising any
Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise,
to less than $1,000,000, such Advances shall automatically Convert
into Base Rate Advances.
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(ii) If
the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the
provisions contained in the definition of “Interest
Period” in Section 1.01, the Administrative Agent will
forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders,
whereupon each such Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on
the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into a Base Rate Advance.
(iii) Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default,
(x) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into a Base Rate Advance and (y) the obligation of the Lenders
to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances
shall be suspended.
SECTION 2.10
Increased Costs, Etc . (a) If, due to either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender Party of
agreeing to make or of making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar
Rate Advances or of maintaining or participating in Letters of
Credit or of agreeing to make or of making or maintaining Letter of
Credit Advances (excluding, for purposes of this Section 2.10,
any such increased costs resulting from (x) Taxes or Other
Taxes (as to which Section 2.12 shall govern) and
(y) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or
overall gross income by the United States or by the foreign
jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender Party is
organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof), then the Borrower shall from time to time,
upon demand by such Lender Party (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of such Lender Party additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Lender Party for such increased cost. A certificate
as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower
by such Lender Party, shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If
any Lender Party determines that compliance with any law or
regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by such Lender Party or any corporation
controlling such Lender Party and that the amount of such capital
is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender
Party’s commitment to lend or participate in Letters of
Credit hereunder and other commitments of such type or the
maintenance of or participation in the Letters of Credit (or
similar contingent obligations), then, upon demand by such Lender
Party or such corporation (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender Party, from time to time as
specified by such Lender Party, additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Lender Party in the light of such circumstances, to
the extent that such Lender Party reasonably determines such
increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender
Party’s commitment to lend or to participate in Letters of
Credit hereunder or to the maintenance of or participation in any
Letters of Credit. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to
the Borrower by such Lender Party shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) If,
with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances under any Facility,
Lenders owed at least 50% of the then aggregate unpaid principal
amount thereof notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar
Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately
reflect the cost to such Lenders of making, funding or maintaining
their Eurodollar Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the
Appropriate Lenders, whereupon (i) each such Eurodollar Rate
Advance under such Facility will automatically, on the last day of
the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base
Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Appropriate
Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate
Advances shall be suspended
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until the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower that such Lenders
have determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation
shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental
authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its
Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to
make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to continue to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, then, on notice thereof and
demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower through the
Administrative Agent, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance under
each Facility under which such Lender has a Commitment will
automatically, upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance
and (ii) the obligation of the Appropriate Lenders to make, or
to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower
that such Lender has determined that the circumstances causing such
suspension no longer exist; provided , however , that
before making any such demand, such Lender agrees to use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Eurodollar
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would allow such
Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to continue to perform its
obligations to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to continue to fund
or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances and would not, in the judgment
of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender.
SECTION 2.11
Payments and Computations . (a) The Borrower shall make
each payment hereunder and under the Notes, irrespective of any
right of counterclaim or set-off (except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.15), not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time)
on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Administrative Agent at
the Administrative Agent’s Account in same day funds, with
payments being received by the Administrative Agent after such time
being deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business
Day. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause like
funds to be distributed (i) if such payment by the Borrower is
in respect of principal, interest, unused commitment fees or any
other Obligation then payable hereunder and under the Notes to more
than one Lender Party, to such Lender Parties for the account of
their respective Applicable Lending Offices ratably in accordance
with the amounts of such respective Obligations then payable to
such Lender Parties and (ii) if such payment by the Borrower
is in respect of any Obligation then payable hereunder to one
Lender Party, to such Lender Party for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an
Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information
contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.07(d),
from and after the effective date of such Assignment and
Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments
hereunder and under the Notes in respect of the interest assigned
thereby to the Lender Party assignee thereunder, and the parties to
such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate
adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective
date directly between themselves.
(b) The
Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender Party and each of its
Affiliates, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender Party
is not made when due hereunder or, in the case of a Lender, under
the Note held by such Lender, to charge from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, against any or all of the
Borrower’s accounts with such Lender Party or such Affiliate
any amount so due.
(c) If
the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the
Obligations under the Loan Documents under circumstances for which
the Loan Documents do not specify the Advances or the manner in
which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may,
but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to
each Lender Party ratably in accordance with the amount of the
Obligations then payable to such Lender Party, in repayment or
prepayment of such of the outstanding
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Advances or
other Obligations owed to such Lender Party, and for application to
such principal installments, as the Administrative Agent shall
direct.
(d) All
computations of interest and of fees and Letter of Credit
commissions shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis
of a year of 360 days (except that with respect to Base Rate
Advances such computations shall be made by the Administrative
Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case
may be), in all cases for the actual number of days (including the
first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for
which such interest, fees or commissions are payable. Each
determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate, fee
or commission hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
(e) Whenever
any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due
on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall
in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest
or commitment or letter of credit fees or commissions, as the case
may be; provided , however , that if such extension
would cause any payment to be made in the next following calendar
month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business
Day.
(f) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to any
Lender Party hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment
in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has
made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date
and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption,
cause to be distributed to each such Lender Party on such due date
an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender Party. If and to
the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full
to the Administrative Agent, each such Lender Party shall repay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Lender Party together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such
Lender Party until the date such Lender Party repays such amount to
the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.12
Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by any Loan Party to
or for the account of any Lender Party or the Administrative Agent
hereunder or under the Notes or any other Loan Document shall be
made, in accordance with Section 2.11 or the applicable
provisions of such other Loan Document, if any, free and clear of
and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all
liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of
each Lender Party and the Administrative Agent, taxes that are
imposed on its overall net income by the United States and taxes
that are imposed on its overall net income (and franchise taxes
imposed in lieu thereof) by the state or foreign jurisdiction under
the laws of which such Lender Party or the Administrative Agent, as
the case may be, is organized or any political subdivision thereof
and, in the case of each Lender Party, taxes that are imposed on
its overall net income (and franchise taxes imposed in lieu
thereof) by the state or foreign jurisdiction of such Lender
Party’s Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of
payments hereunder or under the Notes being hereinafter referred to
as “ Taxes ”). If any Loan Party shall be
required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable hereunder or under any Note or any oth
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