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Exhibit 10.6 EXECUTION COPY
$1,000,000,000 AMENDED AND
RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN FACILITY
by and among
THE MACERICH PARTNERSHIP, L.P., as the Borrower
THE
MACERICH COMPANY, MACERICH WALLEYE LLC, IMI
WALLEYE LLC, WALLEYE RETAIL INVESTMENTS LLC, as Guarantors
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, and THE INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO as Lenders
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK,
EUROHYPO AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
KEY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as the Senior Managing Agents
Amended and Restated as of April 25, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SCHEDULE OF ANNEXES, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made and dated as of April 25, 2005, by and among THE MACERICH PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (“ Macerich Partnership ”), AS BORROWER; THE MACERICH COMPANY, a Maryland corporation (“ MAC ”); MACERICH WRLP II CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ Macerich WRLP II Corp. ”); MACERICH WRLP II LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Macerich WRLP II LP ”); MACERICH WRLP CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ Macerich WRLP Corp. ”); MACERICH WRLP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Macerich WRLP LLC ”); MACERICH TWC II CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ Macerich TWC Corp. ”); MACERICH TWC II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Macerich TWC LLC ”); MACERICH WALLEYE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Macerich Walleye LLC ”); IMI WALLEYE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ IMI Walleye LLC ”); and WALLEYE RETAIL INVESTMENTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Walleye Investments LLC ”), AS GUARANTORS; THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO (collectively and severally, the “ Lenders ”); and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and as collateral agent for the Benefited Creditors.
RECITALS
A. Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2004, as amended or otherwise modified to date (the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), by and among the Borrower, MAC, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “ Existing Lenders ”), and DBTCA, as Administrative Agent, the Existing Lenders have made $1,000,000,000 of revolving credit facilities available to the Borrower and certain subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower.
B. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders continue the outstanding amount of such credit facilities as revolving credit facilities hereunder in an aggregate amount of up to $1,000,000,000 at any one time outstanding and DBTCA agrees to act as administrative agent for the benefit of the Lenders with respect to such credit extension.
C. The Lenders party hereto and the Borrower have agreed to amend and restate such Existing Credit Agreement and DBTCA has agreed to act as administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders and as collateral agent on behalf of the Benefited Creditors on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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AGREEMENT
ARTICLE 1. The Credits .
1.1. The Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make one or more Loans to the Borrower during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in, after giving effect thereto, (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and re-borrow Loans.
1.2. Loans and Borrowings .
(1) Obligations of Lenders . Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(2) Types of Loans . Subject to Section 2.4 , each Borrowing shall be constituted entirely of Base Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith.
(3) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings . At the commencement of each Interest Period for any LIBO Rate Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000. At the time that each Base Rate Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount equal to $1,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000; provided that a Base Rate Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or in an amount that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 1.4(6) . Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be LIBO Rate Loans outstanding having more than twelve (12) different Interest Periods.
(4) Limitations on Lengths of Interest Periods . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert to or continue as a LIBO Rate Borrowing, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested therefore would end after the Commitment Termination Date.
1.3. Requests for Borrowings . To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which notice may be by facsimile) (a) in the case of a LIBO Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time), three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable, shall be signed by a Responsible Officer and shall
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be in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Each such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 1.2 :
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBO Rate Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a LIBO Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period therefor, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” as it relates to LIBO Rate Loans; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 1.5 .
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested LIBO Rate Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
1.4. Letters of Credit .
(1) General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, in addition to the Loans provided for in Section 1.1 , the Borrower may request the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit for its own account or the account of any Macerich Entity in such form as is acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its reasonable determination at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the Commitment Termination Date and (ii) the date of termination of the Commitments. Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Commitments. All Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement must be denominated in U.S. Dollars and must be standby letters of credit. The only drawings permitted on the Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be sight drawings.
(2) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal or Extension . Whenever it requires that a Letter of Credit be issued, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender written notice thereof at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Issuing Lender) in advance of the proposed date of issuance (which shall be a Business Day), which notice shall be in the form of Exhibit B (each such notice being a “ Letter of Credit Request ”). Whenever the Borrower requires an amendment, renewal or extension of any outstanding Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall, on its letter head, give the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender written notice thereof at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period acceptable to the Issuing Lender) in advance of the proposed date of the amendment (which shall be a Business Day). Letter of Credit Requests and amendment requests may be delivered by facsimile. Promptly after the issuance or amendment (including a renewal or extension) of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall notify the Borrower and the
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Administrative Agent, in writing, of such issuance or amendment and such notice will be accompanied by a copy of such issuance or amendment. Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of such issuance or amendment and if requested to do so by any Lender, the Administrative Agent shall provide such Lender with a copy of such issuance or amendment.
(3) Limitations on Amounts . A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the aggregate LC Exposure of the Issuing Lender (determined for these purposes without giving effect to the participations therein of the Lenders pursuant to Section 1.4(5) below) shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments. Each Letter of Credit shall be in an amount of $200,000 or larger.
(4) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date twelve months after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof (which renewals or extensions, subject to clause (ii) hereof, may be automatic pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit), twelve months after the then-current expiration date of such Letter of Credit and (ii) the Outside L/C Maturity Date.
(5) Participations . By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by the Issuing Lender, and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders, the Issuing Lender hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Lender, an undivided interest and participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this section in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Potential Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for account of the Issuing Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Lender promptly upon the request of the Issuing Lender at any time from the time of such LC Disbursement until such LC Disbursement is reimbursed by the Borrower or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each such payment shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 1.5 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 1.5 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to the next following paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender or, to
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the extent that the Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
(6) Reimbursement . If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice of such LC Disbursement, if such notice is received prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time; provided that, anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (A) unless the Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and such Issuing Lender prior to 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date on which the Borrower is obligated to reimburse such Issuing Lender in respect of such LC Disbursement (the “ Reimbursement Date ”) that the Borrower intends to reimburse such Issuing Lender for the amount of such payment with funds other than the proceeds of a Base Rate Borrowing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have delivered an irrevocable Borrowing Request to Administrative Agent containing all of the representations set forth in Exhibit A requesting Lenders to make Base Rate Loans on the Business Day following the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of the payment and (B) subject to satisfaction or written waiver of the conditions specified in Section 1.1 and 5.3 in accordance with the terms thereof, Lenders shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make Base Rate Loans in the amount of such payment, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse such Issuing Lender for the amount of such payment; provided , further , that no Potential Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist by reason of a failure of the Borrower to reimburse such Issuing Lender pending the making of such Loans in accordance with the terms hereof, including the prior satisfaction or written waiver of the conditions specified in Section 1.1 and 5.3 in accordance with the terms thereof; and provided , further that, if for any reason proceeds of Loans are not received by such Issuing Lender on the Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such payment, the Borrower shall immediately reimburse such Issuing Lender, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such payment over the aggregate amount of such Loans, if any, which are so received. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. The Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent upon the making of each LC Disbursement.
(7) Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section 1.4(6) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Lender
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under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply strictly with the terms of such Letter of Credit, and (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.
Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Lender, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or amendment of any Letter of Credit by the Issuing Lender or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Lender from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that: (i) the Issuing Lender may accept documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and may make payment upon presentation of documents that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (ii) the Issuing Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to decline to accept such documents and to make such payment if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (iii) this sentence shall establish the standard of care to be exercised by the Issuing Lender when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof (and the parties hereto hereby waive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any standard of care inconsistent with the foregoing).
(8) Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Lender shall, within a reasonable time following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Lender shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(9) Interim Interest . If the Issuing Lender shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date Borrower receives notice that such LC Disbursement was made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to Base Rate Loans; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse
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such LC Disbursement within three (3) days when due pursuant to Section 1.4(6) , then Section 9.1 shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this section shall be for account of the Issuing Lender, except that a pro rata portion of the interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section 1.4(5) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be for account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(10) Replacement of the Issuing Lender . The Issuing Lender may be replaced at any time by written agreement between the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Lender and the successor Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Lender. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Lender shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Lender” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Lender, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Lenders, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the replaced Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(11) Cash Collateralization .
(A) On the Commitment Termination Date, the Borrower shall deposit into an account (the “ LC Collateral Account ”) established by the Administrative Agent an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure with respect to the Borrower as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon (the “ Commitment Termination LC Exposure Deposit ”). In addition, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing more than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall immediately deposit into the LC Collateral Account an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure with respect to the Borrower as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower or any Consolidated Entities described in Section 9.7 . Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent in the LC Collateral Account as collateral in the first instance for the LC Exposure with respect to the Borrower under this Agreement and thereafter for the payment of the other Obligations of the Borrower.(B) The LC Collateral Account shall be maintained in the name of the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) and under its sole dominion and control at such place as shall be designated by the Administrative Agent. Interest shall accrue on the LC Collateral Account at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate minus .15%.(C) The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the
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Lenders a lien on and a security interest in, the following collateral (the “ Letter of Credit Collateral ”): (i) the LC Collateral Account, all cash deposited therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or evidencing the LC Collateral Account;
(ii) all notes, certificates of deposit and other cash-equivalent instruments from time to time hereafter delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Administrative Agent for or on behalf of the Borrower in substitution for or in respect of any or all of the then existing Letter of Credit Collateral;
(iii) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then existing Letter of Credit Collateral; and
(iv) to the extent not covered by the above clauses, all proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Letter of Credit Collateral.
The lien and security interest granted hereby secures the payment of all obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
(D) Neither the Borrower nor any Person claiming or acting on behalf of or through the Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in the LC Collateral Account, except as provided in Section 1.4(11)(G) .(E) The Borrower agrees that it will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any interest in the Letter of Credit Collateral or (ii) create or permit to exist any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Letter of Credit Collateral, except for the security interest created by this Section 1.4(11) .(F) At any time an Event of Default shall be continuing:(i) The Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, without notice to the Borrower except as required by law and at any time from time to time, charge, set off or otherwise apply all or any part of the LC Collateral Account to first , the aggregate amount of LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by the Borrower and second , any other unpaid Obligations then due and payable, in such order as the Administrative Agent shall elect. The rights of the Administrative Agent under this Section 1.4(11) are in addition to any rights and remedies which any Lender may have.
(ii) The Administrative Agent may also exercise, in its sole discretion, in respect of the LC Collateral Account, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC in effect in the State of New York at that time.
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(G) At such time prior to the Commitment Termination Date as all Events of Default have been cured or waived in writing and there are no unreimbursed LC Disbursements outstanding, all amounts remaining in the L/C Collateral Account shall be promptly returned to the Borrower. For avoidance of doubt, the preceding sentence shall not affect Borrower’s obligation to make the Commitment Termination LC Exposure Deposit on the Commitment Termination Date as otherwise provided in Section 1.4(11)(A). Any surplus of the funds held in the L/C Collateral Account remaining after payment in full of all of the Obligations, the termination of the Commitments and the return of all outstanding Letters of Credit shall be paid to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.1.5 Funding of Borrowings .
(1) Funding by Lenders . Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Contact Office, ABA 021-001-033 for the Administrative Agent’s Account No. 99-401-268, Ref: Macerich Partnership, no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time). The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Base Rate Borrowings made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 1.4(6) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender.
(2) Presumption by the Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 1.5(1) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans (it being intended that such interest payment shall be the only interest payment payable by the Borrower with respect to any amount repaid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this paragraph, except that Section 2.12 shall apply if the Borrower fails to make such repayment within three (3) days after the date of such payment as required hereunder). If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
(3) Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, including Section 11.2, until a Defaulting Lender cures its failure to fund its Defaulted Advance: (A) with respect to any payments to be allocated among the
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Lenders, the Applicable Percentage of the Lenders shall be reallocated by deducting from Defaulting Lender’s Commitment (and the aggregate Commitments) an amount equal to the Defaulted Advance; (B) all payments received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in respect of sums owed to any Defaulting Lender, shall be subordinated to the payment in full of all sums then due all other Lenders and Agent; (C) for purposes of voting or consenting to matters with respect to the Loan Documents and determining Applicable Percentages, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” and there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders the Revolving Credit Exposure and the Unused Commitment of such Defaulting Lender at such time; (D) such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to any portion of the Unused Line Fee; (E) the Unused Line Fee shall accrue in favor of the Lenders which have funded their respective Applicable Percentages of such requested Borrowing (including, to the extent it has funded a Loan in respect of the Defaulting Lender as provided in Section 1.5(2) above, the Administrative Agent) and shall be allocated among such performing Lenders (or, as applicable, the Administrative Agent) ratably based upon their respective Commitments (including, as applicable, any Loan made by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 1.5(2) above); and (F) any Defaulted Advance shall not be deducted from such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment for purpose of determining the Applicable Percentage of the Lenders for purposes of determining the ratable indemnification obligations of the Lenders pursuant to Section 10.7. The terms of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any Lender, or relieve or excuse the performance by the Borrower of its duties and obligations hereunder.
(4) Removal of Defaulting Lender . At the Borrower’s request, the Administrative Agent or an Eligible Assignee reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase from any Defaulting Lender, and each Defaulting Lender shall, upon such request, sell and assign to the Administrative Agent or such Eligible Assignee, all of the Defaulting Lender’s outstanding Commitments and Loans hereunder. Such sale shall be consummated promptly after the Administrative Agent has arranged for a purchase by the Administrative Agent or an Eligible Assignee pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, and at a price equal to the outstanding principal balance of the Defaulting Lender’s Loans, plus accrued interest (to the extent not subordinated pursuant to Section 1.5(3) above), without premium or discount.
1.6 Interest Elections .
(1) Elections by the Borrower for Borrowings . Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a LIBO Rate Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request (which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”). Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a LIBO Rate Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section; provided , however , any conversion or continuation of LIBO Rate Loans shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 1.2(3) and (4) . The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such
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Borrowing in accordance with such Lender’s Applicable Percentage and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(2) Notice of Elections . To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of such election (which notice may be by facsimile) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 1.3 if the Borrower was requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Rate Request shall be irrevocable, shall be signed by a Responsible Officer and shall be in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
(3) Information in Interest Election Requests . Each Rate Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 1.2 :
(i) the Borrowing to which such Rate Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this section shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Rate Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a LIBO Rate Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a LIBO Rate Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Rate Request requests a LIBO Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(4) Notice by the Administrative Agent to Lenders . Promptly following receipt of a Rate Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(5) Failure to Elect; Potential Default and Events of Default . If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Rate Request with respect to a LIBO Rate Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if a Potential Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the day occurring three Eurodollar Business Days prior to the date of, or on the date of, the requested funding, continuation or conversion, then, so long as a Potential Default or an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a LIBO Rate Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each LIBO Rate Borrowing shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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1.7 Termination; Reduction and Extension of the Commitments .
(1) Scheduled Termination . Unless previously terminated, or extended pursuant to Section 1.7(5) below, the Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Commitment Termination Date.
(2) Voluntary Termination or Reduction . The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is $5,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 1.9 , the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.
(3) Notice of Voluntary Termination or Reduction . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under Section 1.7(2) above at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.
(4) Effect of Termination or Reduction . Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
(5) Extension of Commitment Termination Date .
(A) Provided that no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the option, to be exercised by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days (but no more than ninety (90) days) prior to the Original Commitment Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to extend the Original Commitment Termination Date by twelve (12) months to July 30, 2008 (the “ Extended Commitment Termination Date ”). The request by the Borrower for the extension of the Original Commitment Termination Date shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower Parties that no Potential Default or Event of Default then exists and that all of the conditions set forth in Section 1.7(5)(B) below shall have been satisfied on the Original Commitment Termination Date.(B) The obligations of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to extend the Original Commitment Termination Date as provided in Section 1.7(5)(A) shall be subject to the prior satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent as determined by the Administrative Agent in its good faith judgment: (A) on the Original Commitment Termination Date there shall exist no Potential Default or Event of Default; (B) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders an
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extension fee (the “ Extension Fee ”) equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the total Commitments then outstanding (which fee the Borrower hereby agrees shall be fully earned and nonrefundable under any circumstances when paid); (C) the representations and warranties made by the Borrower Parties in the Loan Documents shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the Original Commitment Termination Date ( provided , however , that any factual matters disclosed in the Schedules referenced in Article 6 shall be subject to update in accordance with clause (D) below); (D) the Borrower Parties shall have delivered updates to the Administrative Agent of all the Schedules set forth in Article 6 hereof and such updated Schedules shall be acceptable to Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment; (E) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate demonstrating that MAC and the Borrower are in compliance with the covenants set forth in Article 8 ; (F) the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and all reasonable fees and expenses paid to third party consultants (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) by Administrative Agent in connection with such extension; and (G) the Guarantors shall have acknowledged and ratified that their obligations under the Guaranties remain in full force and effect, and continue to guaranty the Obligations under the Loan Documents, as extended. (C) The Administrative Agent shall notify each of the Lenders in the event that the Borrower requests that the Original Commitment Termination Date be extended as provided in this Section 1.7(5) and upon any such extension.1.8. Manner of Payment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .
(1) Repaymen t. Subject to any earlier acceleration of the Loans following an Event of Default, the Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for account of the Lenders the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on the Commitment Termination Date.
(2) Manner of Payment . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which notice may be by facsimile) of any repayment or prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of repayment or prepayment of a LIBO Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period not expiring on the date of payment, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) three Business Days before the date of repayment or prepayment, or (ii) in the case of repayment or prepayment of a LIBO Rate Borrowing with Interest Periods expiring on the date of repayment or prepayment or a Base Rate Borrowing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) one Business Day before the date of repayment or prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the repayment or prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be repaid or prepaid; provided that, if a notice of repayment or prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 1.7 , then such notice of repayment or prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 1.7 . Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each repayment or prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid or prepaid Borrowing. Repayments and prepayments shall be accompanied by (A) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 1.10 and (B) any
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payments due pursuant to Section 2.9 . If the Borrower fails to make a timely selection of the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid or prepaid, such payment shall be applied, first, to pay any outstanding Base Rate Borrowings and, second, to other Borrowings in the order of the remaining duration of their respective Interest Periods (the Borrowing with the shortest remaining Interest Period to be repaid first).
(3) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Lenders . Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(4) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by the Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(5) Effect of Entries . The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to Sections 1.8 (3) and (4) above shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(6) Promissory Notes . Upon the request of a Lender, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a Note evidencing such Lender’s Commitment.
1.9. Optional Prepayment of Loans . The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section; provided , however , that voluntary prepayments (other than a prepayment in whole) shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.
1.10. Interest .
(1) Base Rate Loans . The Loans comprising each Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Base Rate.
(2) LIBO Rate Loans . The Loans constituting each LIBO Rate Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable LIBO Rate for the Interest Period for such Borrowing.
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(3) Payment of Interest .
(A) The Borrower shall pay interest on Base Rate Borrowings monthly, in arrears, on the last Business Day of each calendar month, as set forth on an interest billing delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which delivery may be by facsimile transmission) no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on a date at least one Business Day prior to the date such interest is due.(B) The Borrower shall pay interest on the LIBO Rate Borrowings on the last day of the applicable Interest Period or, in the case of LIBO Rate Borrowings with an Interest Period ending later than three months after the date funded, converted or continued, at the end of each three month period from the date funded, converted or continued and on the last day of the applicable Interest Period, as set forth on an interest billing delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which delivery may be by facsimile transmission) no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on a date at least one Business Day prior to the date such interest is due.1.11. Presumptions of Payment . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions Regarding Payments .
2.1 Payments by the Borrower . The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or under Section 2.7 , 2.9 or 2.10 , or otherwise) or under any other Loan Document (except to the extent otherwise provided therein) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) (unless otherwise specified in this Agreement), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim; provided that if a new Loan is to be made by any Lender on a date the Borrower is to repay any principal of an outstanding Loan of such Lender, such Lender shall apply the proceeds of such new Loan to the payment of the principal to be repaid and only an amount equal to the difference between the principal to be borrowed and the principal to be repaid shall be made available by such Lender to the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 1.5 or paid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this paragraph, as the case may be. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be wired to the Administrative Agent at the Contact Office, ABA 021-001-033 for the Administrative Agent’s Account No. 99-401-268, Ref: Macerich Partnership, except as otherwise expressly provided in the relevant Loan Document, and except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Lender as expressly
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provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.7 , 2.9 , 2.10 and 11.14 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except to the extent otherwise provided therein) shall be made in Dollars.
2.2 Pro Rata Treatment . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (i) each Borrowing shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of the Unused Line Fee under Section 2.11 shall be made for account of the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 1.7 shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) each Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (in the case of the making of Loans) or their respective Loans (in the case of conversions and continuations of Loans); (iii) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; and (iv) each payment of interest on Loans by the Borrower shall be made for account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders.
2.4 Inability to Determine Rates . In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank market adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give telephonic notice of such determination to each Lender and to the Borrower. If such notice is given: (1) no portion of the Loans may be funded as a LIBO Rate Borrowing, (2) any Base Rate Borrowing that was to have been converted to a LIBO Rate Borrowing shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be continued as a Base Rate Borrowing, and (3) any outstanding LIBO Rate Borrowing shall be converted, on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, to a Base Rate Borrowing. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall not have the right to convert any Base Rate Borrowing to a LIBO Rate Borrowing or to continue a LIBO Rate Borrowing as such. The Administrative Agent shall withdraw such notice in the event that the circumstances giving rise thereto no longer pertain and that adequate and reasonable means exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period requested by the Borrower, and, following withdrawal of such notice by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall have the right to convert any Base Rate Borrowing to a LIBO Rate Borrowing and to continue any LIBO Rate Borrowing as such in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2.5 Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any law, regulation, treaty or directive issued by any Governmental Authority or any change therein or in
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the interpretation or application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender to maintain LIBO Rate Loans as contemplated by this Agreement: (1) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to continue LIBO Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to LIBO Rate Loans shall forthwith be cancelled, and (2) LIBO Rate Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans at the end of their respective Interest Periods or within such earlier period as may be required by law. In the event of a conversion of any LIBO Rate Loan prior to the end of its applicable Interest Period, the Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender affected thereby, upon demand, the amounts required pursuant to Section 2.9 below, it being agreed and understood that such conversion shall constitute a prepayment for all purposes of this Section 2.5 . The provisions hereof shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of all other Obligations.
2.6. Funding . Each Lender shall be entitled to fund all or any portion of its Commitment to make Loans in any manner it may determine in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, in the Grand Cayman inter-bank market, the London inter-bank market and within the United States, but all calculations and transactions hereunder shall be conducted as though all Lenders actually fund all LIBO Rate Loans through the purchase of offshore dollar deposits in the amount of such Lender’s Commitment of the relevant LIBO Rate Loan with a maturity corresponding to the applicable Interest Period.
2.7. Increased Costs .
(1) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any applicable law, order, regulation, treaty or directive issued by any central bank or other Governmental Authority, agency or instrumentality or in the governmental or judicial interpretation or application thereof, or compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) issued by any central bank or other Governmental Authority, agency or instrumentality:(A) Does or shall subject any Lender or the Issuing Lender to any Taxes of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Loan, or change the basis of determining the Taxes imposed on payments to such Lender or the Issuing Lender of principal, fee, interest or any other amount payable hereunder (except for change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender or Issuing Lender);(B) Does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, capital requirement, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender or the Issuing Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of interest payable on the Obligations; or(C) Does or shall impose on such Lender or Issuing Lender any other condition;
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and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Lender of making, renewing or maintaining its Commitment or its Revolving Credit Exposure or to increase the cost of such Lender or the Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce any amount receivable in respect thereof or the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender or the Issuing Lender, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall, without duplication of amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10 , promptly pay to such Lender or Issuing Lender, upon its written demand made through the Administrative Agent, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender for such additional cost or reduced amounts receivable or rate of return as determined by such Lender or Issuing Lender with respect to this Agreement or such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s Commitment, its Revolving Credit Exposure or Letter of Credit obligations, so long as such Lender or Issuing Lender require substantially all obligors under other commitments of this type made available by such Lender or Issuing Lender to similarly so compensate such Lender or Issuing Lender.
(2) If a Lender or the Issuing Lender become entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.7 , it shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts so claimed payable containing the calculation thereof in reasonable detail submitted by a Lender or the Issuing Lender to the Borrower, accompanied by a certification that such Lender or Issuing Lender has required substantially all obligors under other commitments of this type made available by such Lender or Issuing Lender to similarly so compensate such Lender or Issuing Lender, shall constitute prima facie evidence thereof; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.7 for any increased cost or reduction in respect of a period occurring more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor unless the circumstances giving rise to such increased cost or reduction became applicable retroactively, in which case no such time limitation shall apply so long as such Lender requests compensation within six months from the date such circumstances become applicable.(3) Other than as set forth in this Section 2.7 , the failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s right to demand such compensation. The provisions of this Section 2.7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the Loans and all other Obligations.2.8. Obligation of Lenders to Mitigate; Replacement of Lenders . Each Lender agrees that:
(1) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering such Lender’s Commitment becomes aware of any event or condition that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.7 above or Section 2.10 below or to cease maintaining LIBO Rate Loans under Section 2.5 above, such Lender will use reasonable efforts: (i) to maintain its Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure through another lending office of such Lender or (ii) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be
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paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.7 above or pursuant to Section 2.10 below would be materially reduced or eliminated or the conditions rendering such Lender incapable of maintaining LIBO Rate Loans under Section 2.5 above no longer would be applicable, and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the maintaining of such LIBO Rate Loans through such other lending office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise materially adversely affect such LIBO Rate Loans or the interests of such Lender. (2) If the Borrower receives a notice pursuant to Section 2.7 above or pursuant to Section 2.10 below or a notice pursuant to Section 2.5 above stating that a Lender is unable to maintain LIBO Rate Loans (for reasons not generally applicable to the Required Lenders), so long as (i) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Borrower has obtained a commitment from another Lender or an Eligible Assignee to purchase at par such Lender’s Commitment, its Revolving Loan Exposure at such time and accrued interest and fees and to assume all obligations of the Lender to be replaced under the Loan Documents and (iii) such Lender to be replaced is unwilling to withdraw the notice delivered to the Borrower, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may require, at the Borrower’s expense, the Lender giving such notice to assign, without recourse, all of its Commitment, Revolving Loan Exposure and accrued interest and fees to such other Lender or Eligible Assignee pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.8 below.2.9. Funding Indemnification . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any LIBO Rate Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any LIBO Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable under Section 1.8(2) and is revoked in accordance herewith), or (d) the assignment of any LIBO Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8(2) , then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a LIBO Rate Loan, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, conversion, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Reserve Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for dollar deposits from other banks in the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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2.10. Taxes .
(1) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.10 ) the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.(2) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.(3) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lender, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefore, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.10 ) paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest (except to the extent such penalties and/or interest arise as a result of a Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s delay in dealing with any such Indemnified Tax) and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, the Issuing Lender or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.(4) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.(5) Each Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower (with copies to the Administrative Agent) on or before the date hereof (or in the case of a Foreign Lender who became a Lender by way of an assignment, on or before the date of the assignment) or at least five (5) Business Days prior to the first date for any payment herewith to such Lender, and from time to time as required for renewal under applicable law, such certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the Code or Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-ECI, as appropriate, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required by Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code or any subsequent version thereof, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender establishing that payments to such Lender hereunder are not subject to withholding under the Code (“ Evidence of No Withholding ”). Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in its applicable lending office and upon written
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request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall, prior to the immediately following due date of any payment by the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document, deliver Evidence of No Withholding to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. The Borrower shall be entitled to rely on such forms in their possession until receipt of any revised or successor form pursuant to this Section 2.10(5) . If a Lender fails to provide Evidence of No Withholding as required pursuant to this Section 2.10(5) , then (i) the Borrower (or the Administrative Agent) shall be entitled to deduct or withhold from payments to Administrative Agent or such Lender as a result of such failure, as required by law, and (ii) the Borrower shall not be required to make payments of additional amounts with respect to such withheld Taxes pursuant to Section 2.10(1) to the extent such withholding is required solely by reason of the failure of such Lender to provide the necessary Evidence of No Withholding. (6) Any Foreign Lender that does not act or ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical participation by such Lender) shall deliver to the Borrower (with copies to the Administrative Agent and in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient), on or prior to the date such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender, or on such later date when such Foreign Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any portion of any such sums paid or payable, and from time to time thereafter, required for renewal under applicable law:(A) duly executed and properly completed copies of the forms and statements required to be provided by such Foreign Lender under Section 2.10(5), to establish the portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such Lender acts for its own account and is providing Evidence of No Withholding, and(B) copies of the Internal Revenue Service Form W 8IMY (or any successor forms) properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender, together with any information, if any, such Foreign Lender chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations thereunder, to establish that such Foreign Lender is not acting for its own account with respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Foreign Lender.(7) Any Lender that is not a Foreign Lender and has not otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that it is an exempt recipient (as defined in section 6049(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and the United States Treasury Regulations thereunder) shall deliver to the Borrower (with copies to the Administrative Agent and in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly executed and properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W 9.(8) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.10 , it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such
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refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.10 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person. 2.11 Fees .
(1) Unused Line Fee . Until the Obligations have been paid in full and the Agreement terminated, the Borrower agrees to pay, on the first day of each month and on the Commitment Termination Date, to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders, an unused line fee (the “ Unused Line Fee ”) equal to the Applicable Unused Line Fee Percentage per annum on the average daily amount by which, during the immediately preceding month or shorter period if calculated on the Commitment Termination Date, the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments during such period exceeded the sum of (i) the average daily outstanding amount of Loans and (ii) the undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit. The unused line fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
(2) Letter of Credit Fees and Costs .
(A) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Non-Defaulting Lender (based on their respective Applicable Percentage) in U.S. Dollars, a fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Macerich Entity (the “ Letter of Credit Fee ”), in each case for the period from and including the date of issuance of the respective Letter of Credit to and including the date of termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the applicable “LIBO Spread” as listed in the definition of Applicable LIBO Rate on the daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. Accrued Letter of Credit Fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day of each August, November, February and May commencing with November of 2004, and on the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which the Commitments are terminated.(B) The Borrower agrees to pay the Issuing Lender, for its own account, in U.S. Dollars, a facing fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued for the account of any Macerich Entity by such Issuing Lender (the “ Facing Fee ”), for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the date of the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to one-eighth of one percent (.125%) per annum of the daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit; provided that in no event shall the annual Facing Fee with respect to any Letter of Credit be less than $500. Accrued Facing Fees shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each August,
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November, February and May commencing with November of 2004, and on the Commitment Termination Date or such earlier date upon which the Commitments are terminated. (C) The Borrower shall pay, upon each payment under, issuance of, or amendment to, any Letter of Credit, such amount as shall at the time of such event be the administrative charge and the reasonable expenses which the applicable Issuing Lender is generally imposing for payment under, issuance of, or amendment to, Letters of Credit issued by it, not to exceed $500 per issuance or amendment.(3) Administrative Agent Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in that certain Fee Letter dated as of the date hereof.
(4) Payment of Fees . All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (except the Facing Fee which shall be paid to the Issuing Lender) for distribution, in the case of the Unused Line Fee and the Letter of Credit Fee, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
2.12. Default Interest . During such time as there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, all Obligations outstanding, shall, at the election of the Administrative Agent, bear interest at a per annum rate equal to two percent (2%) above the applicable rate of interest in effect during the applicable calculation period.
2.13. Computation . All computations of interest and fees payable hereunder shall be based upon a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year).
2.14. Application of Insufficient Payments . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
2.15 Release of Borrowers under Existing Credit Agreement . Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement, other than the Macerich Partnership, shall be unconditionally and absolutely released as a borrower thereunder, without further action by any Lender or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the release of the borrowers thereunder is not intended to limit any obligation of the Affiliate Guarantors under this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3. [RESERVED] .
ARTICLE 4. Credit Support .
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4.1. REIT Guaranty . As credit support for the Obligations, on or before the Closing Date, MAC shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the REIT Guaranty.
4.2. Guaranties . As credit support for the Obligations, on or before the Closing Date, the Westcor Guarantors, the Wilmorite Guarantors and the Affiliate Guarantors shall each execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Subsidiary Guaranty. Upon the acquisition of any Project after the Closing Date by any Borrower Party or Wholly-Owned Subsidiary thereof, in the event at the time of acquisition the principal Property comprising such Project is unencumbered by any Lien in respect of Borrowed Indebtedness (an “Unencumbered Property”), and there is no Financing with respect to such Unencumbered Property within ninety (90) days of its acquisition, such Person, if such Person is not already a Guarantor (each a “Supplemental Guarantor”), shall: (a) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Guaranty in the form of Exhibit G hereto pursuant to which such Supplemental Guarantor will unconditionally guarantee the Obligations from time to time owing to the Lenders, (b) execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such other documents or legal opinions required by the Administrative Agent confirming the authorization, execution and delivery and enforceability (subject to customary exceptions) of the Guaranty by such Supplemental Guarantor, and (c) deliver copies of its Organizational Documents, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Supplemental Guarantor (or if such Person is a limited partnership or limited liability company, an authorized representative of its general partner or manager) as of the date delivered as being accurate and complete. Upon the Disposition of any Affiliate Guarantor or Supplemental Guarantor or the Disposition or Financing of all Unencumbered Property owned by such Affiliate Guarantor or Supplemental Guarantor, the Administrative Agent shall release the guaranty executed by such Person pursuant to this Section 4.1.
4.3. Pledge Agreements . As credit support for the Aggregate Obligations, on or before the Closing Date, Macerich Partnership, MAC, and the other Pledgors shall each execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, a Pledge Agreement, pursuant to which each of them shall pledge to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Benefited Creditors, all of its direct and indirect ownership interest in the Subsidiary Entities identified therein. Upon the Disposition of the pledged equity of any Affiliate Guarantor or Supplemental Guarantor by any Pledgor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall release the pledged equity of the Person subject to such disposition.
4.4 Wilmorite Release . On not less than five (5) Business Days written notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may request a release of IMI Walleye LLC and Walleye Investments LLC as Subsidiary Guarantors, and such release shall occur on the date requested by the Borrower (such date, the “ Wilmorite Release Date ”) provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The Wilmorite JV Investment shall have occurred on or prior to the Wilmorite Release Date; and
(2) On the Wilmorite Release Date, no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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ARTICLE 5. Conditions Precedent .
5.1 Conditions to Amendment and Restatement . As conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of this Agreement:
(1) The Borrower shall have delivered or shall have caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel and duly executed by the appropriate Persons (with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders), each of the following:(A) This Agreement;(B) To the extent requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 1.8(6) above and not previously delivered, a Note payable to such Lender;(C) To the extent not previously delivered, the REIT Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranties;(D) The Pledge Agreements;(E) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the general partner or managing member of those Borrower Parties which are partnerships or limited liability companies attaching copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such general partner or managing member approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents on behalf of such Borrower Parties and certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such general partner or managing member authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Borrower Parties are party;(F) A certificate or certificates of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of those Borrower Parties which are corporations attaching copies of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Borrower Parties approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Borrower Parties are party and certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of each of such Borrower Parties authorized to sign the Loan Documents on behalf of such Borrower Parties;(G) (i) An opinion of counsel for the Borrower Parties as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and (ii) an opinion of counsel for MAC, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, regarding MAC’s status as a REIT;(H) Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Formation, or Certificate of Limited Partnership of each of the Borrower Parties, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of such Person as of a recent date; provided that if there has been no amendment or modification to the aforementioned documents since they were delivered to the Administrative Agent on July 30, 2004, then each Borrower Party may deliver a certificate from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Borrower Party (or if such Person is a limited partnership, an authorized representative of its general partner) as of the date of this
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Agreement certifying that the documents as previously delivered are true and correct and that there have been no amendments or changes to such documents; (I) Copies of the Organizational Documents of each of the Borrower Parties (unless delivered pursuant to clause (H) above) certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person (or if such Person is a limited partnership or limited liability company, an authorized representative of its general partner or manager) as of the date of this Agreement as being accurate and complete; provided that if there has been no amendment or modification to the aforementioned documents since they were delivered to the Administrative Agent on July 30, 2004, then each Borrower Party may deliver a certificate from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Borrower Party (or if such Person is a limited partnership, an authorized representative of its general partner) as of the date of this Agreement certifying that the documents as previously delivered are true and correct and that there have been no amendments or modifications to such documents;(J) A certificate of authority and good standing or analogous documentation as of a recent date for each of the Borrower Parties for the State of California and each state in which such Person is organized, formed or incorporated, as applicable;(K) From a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, a Closing Certificate dated as of the Closing Date;(L) Confirmation from the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (which may be oral) that all fees required to be paid by the Borrower on or before the Closing Date have been, or will upon the initial funding of the Loans be, paid in full;(M) Evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, fees of outside counsel and fees of third party consultants and appraisers, required to be paid by the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date have been, or will upon the funding of the Loans be, paid in full; and(N) From a Responsible Financial Officer of MAC, a Compliance Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, evidencing, as applicable, MAC’s compliance with the financial covenants set forth under Section 8.12 below at and as of December 31, 2004.(2) Each of the requirements set forth on Schedule 5.1(2) attached hereto shall have been met to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.(3) All representations and warranties of the Borrower Parties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be accurate and complete in all material respects as if made on and as of the Closing Date (unless any such representation and warranty speaks as of a particular date, in which case it shall be accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date).(4) There shall not have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date any Event of Default or Potential Default.
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(5) All acts and conditions (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any third party consents and necessary regulatory approvals and the making of any required filings, recordings or registrations) required to be done and performed and to have happened precedent to the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by each of the Borrower Parties and the consummation of the Wilmorite Acquisition shall have been done and performed.(6) There shall not have occurred any change, occurrence or development that could, in the good faith opinion of the Lenders, have a Material Adverse Effect.(7) All documentation, including, without limitation, documentation for corporate and legal proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their counsel.5.2. Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any New Borrowing (and with respect to subsection (2) below, any LIBO Rate Borrowing), and of the Issuing Lender to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(1) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (subject to updates as approved by the Administrative Agent) on and as of the date of such New Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);(2) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to a New Borrowing or any LIBO Rate Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and(3) At the time of each New Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, a Responsible Officer shall certify that (i) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) after giving effect to such New Borrowing or issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, the Borrower Parties remain in compliance with the covenants set forth in Article 8 after giving effect to such New Borrowing or issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, including supporting documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.(4) Each New Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in the preceding sentence.ARTICLE 6. Representations and Warranties . As an inducement to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender to enter into this Agreement, each of the Borrower and
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MAC, collectively and severally, represent and warrant as of the Closing Date (or such later date as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement), to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender:
6.1 Financial Condition . Complete and accurate copies of the following financial statements and materials have been delivered to the Administrative Agent: (i) audited financial statements of MAC for 2002, 2003 and 2004 and (ii) unaudited financial statements of MAC for each fiscal quarter ending after December 31, 2004 and more than 45 days prior to the Closing Date (the materials described in clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to as the “Initial Financial Statements”) ; and (iii) a pro forma balance sheet and income statement (“Pro Forma Statements”) dated December 31, 2004 reflecting the pro forma combined performance of the Consolidated Entities and Wilmorite. All financial statements included in the Initial Financial Statements were prepared in all material respects in conformity with GAAP, except as otherwise noted therein, and fairly present in all material respects the respective consolidated financial positions, and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for each of the periods covered thereby of MAC and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof. None of the Borrower Parties or any of their Subsidiaries has any Contingent Obligation, contingent liability or liability for any taxes, long-term leases or commitments, not reflected in its audited financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date or otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing, which will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Pro Forma Statements have been prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.
6.2. No Material Adverse Effect . Since the Statement Date no event has occurred which has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
6.3 Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities is in compliance with all Requirements of Law and Contractual Obligations, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Organization, Powers; Authorization; Enforceability .
(1) Macerich Partnership (A) is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) has all requisite partnership power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in connection with and following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (D) is a partnership for purposes of federal income taxation and for purposes of the tax laws of any state or locality in which Macerich Partnership is subject to taxation based on its income.(2) MAC (A) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, (B) is duly authorized and qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so
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qualified and in good standing will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted. (3) Each Westcor Guarantor, Wilmorite Guarantor and Affiliate Guarantor (A) is either a corporation, a limited partnership or a limited liability company duly incorporated, formed or organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of its incorporation, organization and/or formation, (B) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in connection with and following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.(4) True, correct and complete copies of the Organizational Documents described in Section 5.1(1)(I) have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, each of which is in full force and effect, has not been Modified except to the extent indicated therein and, to the best knowledge of each of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, there are no defaults under such Organizational Documents and no events which, with the passage of time or giving of notice or both, would constitute a default under such Organizational Documents.(5) The Borrower Parties have the requisite partnership, company or corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents which are required to be executed on their behalf. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents which must be executed in connection with this Agreement by the Borrower Parties and to which the Borrower Parties are a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby are within their partnership, company, or corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership, company, or corporate action and such authorization has not been rescinded. No other partnership, company, or corporate action or proceedings on the part of the Borrower Parties is necessary to consummate such transactions.(6) Each of the Loan Documents to which each Borrower Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Borrower Party and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), is in full force and effect and all the terms, provisions, agreements and conditions set forth therein and required to be performed or complied with by such Borrower Party on or before the Closing Date have been performed or complied with, and no Potential Default or Event of Default exists thereunder.6.5 No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, the borrowing hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, will not violate any material Requirement of Law or any Organizational Document or any material Contractual Obligation of any of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities; or, except as
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contemplated by the Pledge Agreements, create or result in the creation of any Lien on any material assets of any of the Borrower Parties.
6.6. No Material Litigation . Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.6 hereto, no litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, threatened by or against the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities or against any of such Persons’ Properties or revenues which is likely to be adversely determined and which, if adversely determined, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.7. Taxes . All tax returns, reports and similar statements or filings of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities have been timely filed. Except for Permitted Encumbrances, all taxes, assessments, fees and other charges of Governmental Authorities upon such Persons and upon or relating to their respective Properties, assets, receipts, sales, use, payroll, employment, income, licenses and franchises which are shown in such returns or reports to be due and payable have been paid, except to the extent (i) such taxes, assessments, fees and other charges of Governmental Authorities are subject to a Good Faith Contest; or (ii) the non-payment of such taxes, assessments, fees and other charges of Governmental Authorities would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower Parties party to this Agreement have no knowledge of any proposed tax assessment against the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities that will have or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8. Investment Company Act . Neither the Borrower nor any Borrower Party, nor any Person controlling such entities is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as amended from time to time).
6.9. Subsidiary Entities . Schedule 6.9 (A) contains charts and diagrams reflecting the corporate structure of the Borrower Parties and their respective Subsidiary Entities (after giving effect to the Wilmorite Acquisition) indicating the nature of the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other equity interest in each Person included in such chart or diagram; and (B) accurately sets forth (1) the correct legal name of such Person, the type of organization, and the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and (2) the percentage thereof owned by the Borrower Parties and their Subsidiaries. None of such issued and outstanding Capital Stock or Securities owned by any Borrower Entity is subject to any vesting, redemption, or repurchase agreement, and there are no warrants or options outstanding with respect to such Securities, except as noted on Schedule 6.9 . The outstanding Capital Stock of each Subsidiary Entity shown on Schedule 6.9 as being owned by a Borrower Party or its Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except where failure may not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Subsidiary Entity of the Borrower Parties: (A) is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, as indicated on Schedule 6.9 , duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (B) is duly qualified to do business and, if applicable, is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing would limit its ability to use the courts of such jurisdiction to enforce Contractual Obligations to which
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it is a party, and (C) has all requisite partnership, company or corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted hereafter.
6.10. Federal Reserve Board Regulations . Neither the Borrower nor any other Borrower Party is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “Margin Stock” within the respective meanings of such terms under Regulations U, T and X. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” “Margin Stock” as so defined or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of, the Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
6.11. ERISA Compliance . Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.11 :
(1) Each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law failure to comply with which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS and to the best knowledge of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification.(2) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.(3) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Pension Plan or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, any Multiemployer Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.(4) No Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.(5) None of the Borrower Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA), which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.(6) None of the Borrower Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred nor reasonably expects to incur any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(7) None of the Borrower Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, nor any ERISA Affiliate has transferred any Unfunded Pension Liability to any person or otherwise engaged in a transaction that is subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.6.12. Assets and Liens . Each of the Borrower Parties and their respective Subsidiary Entities has good and marketable fee or leasehold title to all Property and assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1 above, except Property and assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the respective dates thereof. None of the Borrower Parties, nor their respective Subsidiary Entities, has outstanding Liens on any of its Properties or assets nor are there any security agreements to which it is a party, except for Liens permitted in accordance with Section 8.1 .
6.13. Securities Acts . None of the Borrower Parties or their respective Subsidiary Entities has issued any unregistered securities in violation of the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, (as amended from time to time, the “ Act ”) or any other law, nor are they in violation of any rule, regulation or requirement under the Act, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (as amended from time to time) other than violations which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower Parties is required to qualify an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, (as amended from time to time) in connection with its execution and delivery of this Agreement or the incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder.
6.14. Consents, Etc. Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.14 , no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required on the part of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities in connection with the Wilmorite Acquisition, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by the Borrower Parties, or the performance of or compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions thereof by such Persons, other than those that have been obtained or will be obtained by the legally required time.
6.15. Hazardous Materials . The Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities have caused Phase I and the other environmental assessments as set forth in Schedule 6.15 to be conducted or have taken other steps to investigate the past and present environmental condition and use of their regional Retail Properties (as used in this Section 6.15 and Section 7.9 , the “ Designated Environmental Properties ”). Based on such investigation, except as otherwise disclosed in the reports listed on Schedule 6.15 , to the best knowledge of the Borrower and MAC: (1) no Hazardous Materials have been discharged, disposed of, or otherwise released on, under, or from the Designated Environmental Properties so as to be reasonably expected to result in a violation of Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Designated Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (2) the owners of the Designated Environmental Properties have obtained all material environmental, health and safety permits and licenses necessary for their respective operations, and all such permits are in good standing and the holder of each such permit is currently in compliance with all terms and conditions of such permits, except to the extent the failure to obtain such permits or comply therewith is not reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any material violation of Hazardous Materials Laws or in a material adverse effect to such Designated Environmental Property or the owner
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thereof; (3) none of the Designated Environmental Properties is listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List (“ NPL ”) pursuant to CERCLA or on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Information System List (“ CERCLIS ”) or any similar applicable state list of sites requiring remedial action under any Hazardous Materials Laws; (4) none of the owners of the Designated Environmental Properties has sent or directly arranged for the transport of any hazardous waste to any site listed or proposed for listing on the NPL, CERCLIS or any similar state list; (5) there is not now on or in any Designated Environmental Property: (a) any landfill or surface impoundment; (b) any underground storage tanks; (c) any asbestos-containing material; or (d) any polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), which in the case of any of clauses (a) through (d) could reasonably result in a violation of any Hazardous Materials Laws and a material adverse effect to such Designated Environmental Property or the owner thereof; (6) no environmental Lien has attached to any Designated Environmental Properties; and (7) no other event has occurred with respect to the presence of Hazardous Materials on or under any of the Properties of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on the Closing Date all of the representations set forth above shall be true and correct with respect to all Properties of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities (and not only the Designated Environmental Properties).
6.16. Regulated Entities . None of the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities: (1) is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities code, or any other Federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness, or (2) is a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 of the Code.
6.17. Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc. To the best knowledge of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, contractual franchises, authorizations and other rights that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To the best knowledge of the Borrower Parties party to this Agreement, no slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities infringes upon any rights held by any other Person, except for any infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which would not result, or be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.18. REIT Status . MAC: (1) is a REIT, (2) has not revoked its election to be a REIT, (3) has not engaged in any “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 856(b)(6)(iii) of the Code (or any successor provision thereto), and (4) for its current “tax year” as defined in the Code is and for all prior tax years subsequent to its election to be a REIT has been entitled to a dividends paid deduction which meets the requirements of Section 857 of the Code.
6.19. Insurance . Schedule 6.19 accurately sets forth as of the Closing Date all insurance policies currently in effect with respect to the respective Property and assets and business of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities, specifying for each such policy, (i) the amount thereof, (ii) the general risks insured against thereby, (iii) the name of the insurer
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and each insured party thereunder, (iv) the policy or other identification number thereof, and (v) the expiration date thereof. Such insurance policies are currently in full force and effect, in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.8 hereof.
6.20. Full Disclosure . None of the representations or warranties made by the Borrower Parties in the Loan Documents as of the date such representations and warranties are made or deemed made contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
6.21. Indebtedness . Schedule 6.21 sets forth, as of December 31, 2004, all Indebtedness for borrowed money of each of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities, and, except as set forth on such Schedule 6.21 , there are no defaults in the payment of principal or interest on any such Indebtedness, and no payments thereunder have been deferred or extended beyond their stated maturity, and there has been no material change in the type or amount of such Indebtedness since December 31, 2004.
6.22. Real Property . Set forth on Schedule 6.22 is a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all of the Projects of the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities, indicating in each case whether the respective property is owned or ground leased by such Persons, the identity of the owner or lessee and the location of the respective property.
6.23. Brokers . The Borrower Parties have not dealt with any broker or finder with respect to the transactions embodied in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
6.24. No Default . No Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.25. Solvency . On the Closing Date and after giving effect to all loans made on the Closing Date, each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, each Borrower Party is and shall be Solvent.
6.26. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc . None of the Macerich Entities or their Affiliates: (i) is or will be in violation of any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering (“ Anti-Terrorism Laws ”), including Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the “ Executive Order ”), the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (“ Patriot Act ”), or any other applicable requirements contained in the rules and regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”); (ii) is or will become a “blocked” person listed in or subject to the Annex to the Executive Order; (iii) has been or will be designated as a Specially Designated National on any publicly available lists maintained by OFAC or any other publicly available list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained pursuant to the Patriot Act (any person regulated pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii), a “ Prohibited Person ”); or (iv) conducts or will conduct any business or engages or will engage in any transactions or dealings with any Prohibited Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or34services to or for the benefit of any Prohibited Person; or any transactions involving any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order. ARTICLE 7. Affirmative Covenants . As an inducement to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender to enter into this Agreement, each of the Borrower and MAC, collectively and severally, hereby covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender that, as long as any Obligations remain unpaid:
7.1. Financial Statements . The Borrower Parties shall maintain, for themselves, and shall cause each of the Macerich Core Entities to maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Each of the financial statements and reports described below shall be prepared from such system and records and in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and shall be provided to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent shall provide a copy to each requesting Lender):
(1) As soon as practicable, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year of MAC, the consolidated balance sheet of MAC and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow of MAC and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the consolidated or combined figures, as the case may be, for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by a report thereon of PricewaterhouseCoopers or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which report shall be unqualified (except for qualifications that the Required Lenders do not, in their discretion, consider material) and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present the financial position of MAC and its Subsidiaries as at the date indicated and the results of their operations and cash flow for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP (except as otherwise stated therein) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;(2) As soon as practicable, and in any event within fifty (50) days after the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of MAC, for MAC and its Subsidiaries, unaudited balance sheets as at the close of each such period and the related combined statements of income and cash flow of MAC and its Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the consolidated or combined figures, as the case may be, for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and in conformity with GAAP (except as otherwise stated therein), together with a representation by a Responsible Financial Officer, as of the date of such financial statements, that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP ( provided , however , that such financial statements may not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial information) and reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information contained therein;
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(3) Together with each delivery of any quarterly or annual report pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (2) of this Section 7.1 , MAC shall deliver a Compliance Certificate signed by MAC’s Responsible Financial Officer representing and certifying (1) that the Responsible Financial Officer signatory thereto has reviewed the terms of the Loan Documents, and has made, or caused to be made under his/her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and consolidated financial condition of MAC and its Subsidiaries, during the fiscal quarter covered by such reports, that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such fiscal quarter, and that such officer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such Compliance Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower, MAC or their Subsidiaries have taken, are taking and propose to take with respect thereto, (2) the calculations (with such specificity as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request) for the period then ended which demonstrate compliance with the covenants and financial ratios set forth in Article 8 , (3) a schedule of Total Liabilities in respect of borrowed money in the level of detail disclosed in MAC’s Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as such other information regarding such Indebtedness as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, and (4) a schedule of EBITDA.(4) To the extent not otherwise delivered pursuant to this Section 7.1 , copies of all financial statements and financial information delivered by the Borrower and MAC (or, upon Administrative Agent’s request, any Subsidiaries of such Persons) from time to time to the holders of any Indebtedness for borrowed money of such Persons; and(5) Copies of all proxy statements, financial statements, and reports which the Borrower or MAC send to their respective stockholders or limited partners, and copies of all regular, periodic and special reports, and all registration statements under the Act which the Borrower or MAC file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority which may be substituted therefore, or with any national securities exchange; provided , however , that there shall not be required to be delivered hereunder such copies for any Lender of prospectuses relating to future series of offerings under registration statements filed under Rule 415 under the Act or other items which such Lender has indicated in writing to the Borrower or MAC from time to time need not be delivered to such Lender.(6) Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that to the extent MAC files documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission and such documents contain the same information as required by subsections (1), (2), (3) (only with respect to subclause (3)), (4) and (5) above, the Borrower may deliver copies, which copies may be delivered electronically, of such forms with respect to the relevant time periods in lieu of the deliveries specified in such clauses.7.2. Certificates; Reports; Other Information . The Borrower Parties shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each of the Lenders directly:
(1) From time to time upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, a rent roll, tenant sales report and income statement with respect to any Project;
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(2) As soon as practicable and in any event by January 1st of each calendar year, (i) a report in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent outlining all insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such report by the Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities and the duration of such coverage and (ii) evidence that all premiums with respect to such coverage have been paid when due.(3) Promptly, such additional financial and other information, including, without limitation, information regarding the Borrower Parties, the Macerich Core Entities, any of such entities’ assets and Properties and the Wilmorite Acquisition as Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, such information as is necessary for any Lender to participate out any of its interests in the Obligations.7.3. Maintenance of Existence and Properties . The Borrower and MAC shall, and shall cause each of the Macerich Core Entities to, and the other Borrower Parties shall at all times: (1) maintain its corporate existence or existence as a limited partnership or limited liability company, as applicable; provided that a Macerich Core Entity (other than the Borrower, MAC, the Westcor Principal Entities or prior to the Wilmorite Release Date, the Wilmorite Principal Entity) (A) may change its form of organization from one type of legal entity to another to the extent otherwise permitted in this Agreement; (B) may effect a dissolution if such actions are taken subsequent to a Disposition of substantially all of its assets as otherwise permitted under this Agreement (including Section 8.4 ); and (C) may merge or consolidate with any Person as otherwise not prohibited by this Agreement (including Section 8.3 ); (2) maintain in full force and effect all rights, privileges, licenses, approvals, franchises, Properties and assets material to the conduct of its business; (3) remain qualified to do business and maintain its good standing in each jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will have a Material Adverse Effect; and (4) not permit, commit or suffer any waste or abandonment of any Project that will have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.4. Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions . The Borrower and MAC shall, and shall cause each of the Macerich Core Entities to, and the other Borrower Parties shall keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all material Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, and shall permit representatives of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make copies or abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be desired by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Borrower Parties and the Macerich Core Entities with officers and employees of such Persons, and with their independent certified public accountants ( provided that representatives of such Persons may be present at and participate in any such discussion).
7.5. Notices . The Borrower shall promptly, but in any event within five Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof, give written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each Lender directly of:
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(1) The occurrence of any Potential Default or Event of Default and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking, or is proposing to take in response thereto;(2) The institution of, or written threat of, any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration against or affecting the Borrower Parties or the Macerich Core Entities and not previously disclosed, which action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration (i) exposes, or in the case of multiple actions, suits, proceedings, governmental investigations or arbitrations arising out of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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