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Exhibit
10.1
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CONFORMED COPY
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15 FEBRUARY 2008
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AHR CAPITAL MS LIMITED
MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD
MORGAN STANLEY BANK
MORGAN STANLEY PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT DEED
IN RELATION TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED 20 JULY 2007
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CONTENTS
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Clause
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Page
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Interpretation
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1
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2.
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Amendment And Restatement Of The First Amended Facility
Agreement
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2
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3.
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Consent To Amendments To Documents
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2
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4.
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Representations And Warranties
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2
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5.
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Governing Law
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2
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6.
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Jurisdiction
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2
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7.
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Counterparts
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2
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8.
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Contracts (Rights Of Third Parties) Act 1999
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ANNEX 1
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Second Amended and Restated Facility Agreement
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THIS DEED
is made on 15 February 2008
BETWEEN:
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(1)
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AHR CAPITAL MS
LIMITED (the " Borrower
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(2)
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MORGAN STANLEY
MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD (the " Security Trustee
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(3)
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MORGAN STANLEY
BANK (the " Initial Lender ");
and
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(4)
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MORGAN STANLEY
PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC (the " First New Lender " and
the " Agent
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INTRODUCTION:
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(A)
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The Borrower, the Security Trustee, the Initial Lender and Morgan
Stanley Bank acting as agent for the Initial Lender (the "
Original
Agent " and, together with the Borrower, the Security
Trustee and the Initial Lender, the " Original Parties ")
entered into a multicurrency revolving facility agreement dated 17
February 2006 (the " Original Facility
Agreement ").
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(B)
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The Original Parties amended and restated the Original Facility
Agreement on 20 July 2007 (the " First Amended Facility
Agreement ").
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(C)
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Pursuant to clause 21 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the
Initial Lender, the First New Lender and the Original Agent entered
into a Transfer Certificate dated on or about the date hereof (the
" First Transfer
Certificate ") whereby the rights and obligations of the
Initial Lender under the First Amended Facility Agreement were
transferred to the First New Lender.
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(D)
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Subsequent to the execution of the First Transfer Certificate
pursuant to clause 23.10 of the First Amended Facility Agreement
the Original Agent resigned as agent under the First Amended
Facility Agreement and appointed in its place Morgan Stanley
Principal Funding Inc (in such capacity the " Agent " and, together
with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the First New Lender,
the " Parties
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(E)
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The Parties now wish to amend and restate the First Amended
Facility Agreement in the manner set out herein.
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THE PARTIES
AGREE as follows:
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1.1
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The headings in this Deed do not affect its
interpretation.
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1.2
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The expressions defined in the First Amended Facility Agreement,
each as amended and restated pursuant to this Deed, shall, unless
otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning in this Deed and
the Introduction.
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2.
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AMENDMENT AND
RESTATEMENT OF THE FIRST AMENDED FACILITY
AGREEMENT
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The parties hereto agree that, with effect from the date of this
Deed, the First Amended Facility Agreement shall be amended and
shall be in the form as restated for all purposes as set out in
Annex 1 to this Deed so that the rights and obligations of the
parties thereto shall from that date be governed by and construed
in accordance with the provisions of the First Amended Facility
Agreement (as amended and restated, the " Second Amended Facility
Agreement ").
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3.
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CONSENT TO
AMENDMENTS TO DOCU M ENTS
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This Deed shall constitute the prior written consent from the
Security Trustee to the a men dments to the First
Amended Facility Agreement.
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Each of the parties hereto makes the following representations and
warranties with respect to itself:
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4.1
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Power and
Authority : It has the power to enter into and
perform, and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry
into, performance and delivery of, this Deed and the transactions
contemplated thereby.
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4.2
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Legal
Validity : This Deed constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligations.
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4.3
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Authorisations
: All material authorisations required in connection
with the entry into and validity of and the transactions
contemplated by this Deed have been obtained and effected (as
appropriate) and are in full force and effect.
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This Deed and all matters arising from or connected with it are
governed by English law.
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6.1
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The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
dispute arising from or connected with this Deed (a " Dispute
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6.2
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Each party irrevocably waives any objection which it might at any
time have to the courts of England being nominated as the forum to
hear and decide any proceedings and to settle any Disputes and
agrees not to claim that the courts of England are not a convenient
or appropriate forum.
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This Deed may be executed in separate counterparts and by each
party separately on a separate counterpart, and each such
counterpart, when so executed, shall be an
original. Such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
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CONTRACTS (RIGHTS
OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
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A person who is not a party to this Deed has no rights under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the " Act ") to enforce any
term of this Deed.
IN WITNESS
the parties hereto have executed this Amendment and Restatement
Deed as a deed and intend to deliver and do deliver this Deed on
the day and year first herein before written.
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SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED by
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the duly authorised attorney of
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AHR Capital MS Limited
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in the presence of
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/s/ RICHARD SHEA
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Signature of witness
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/s/ EMILY HADLEY
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Name of witness
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Emily Hadley
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THE INITIAL LENDER
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MORGAN STANLEY BANK
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By:
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/s/ MICHAEL GRIFFIN
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Senior Credit Officer
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THE AGENT AND THE FIRST NEW LENDER
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MORGAN STANLEY PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
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By:
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/s/ CAROL MURRAY
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Vice President
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THE SECURITY TRUSTEE
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MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD.
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By:
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/s/ GEORGE KEYLOUN
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ANNEX 1
(
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT )
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EXECUTION COPY
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$300,000,000
FACILITY AGREEMENT
dated 15 February 2008
for
AHR CAPITAL MS LIMITED
as the Borrower
arranged by
MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD
acting as the Security Trustee
and
MORGAN STANLEY BANK
as the Initial Lender
and
MORGAN STANLEY PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
as the First New Lender and Agent
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY
AGREEMENT
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CONTENTS
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CLAUSE
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Page
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Definitions And Interpretation
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1
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2.
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The Facility
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3.
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Purpose
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4.
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Conditions Of Loans
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5.
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Procedure For Loans
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6.
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Optional Currencies
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28
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7.
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Repayment
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30
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8.
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Repayment, Pre-Payment And Cancellation
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30
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9.
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Interest
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10.
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Changes To The Calculation Of Interest
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34
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11.
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Fees
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12.
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Tax Gross Up And Indemnities
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13.
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Increased Costs
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14.
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Other Indemnities
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43
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15.
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Costs And Expenses
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16.
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Mitigation By The Lenders
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17.
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Representations
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18.
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Information Undertakings
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50
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19.
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General Undertakings
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20.
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Events Of Default
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21.
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Changes To The Lenders
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22.
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Changes To The Obligors
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23.
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Role Of The Agent
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24.
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Conduct Of Business By The Finance Parties
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25.
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Sharing Among The Finance Parties
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26.
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Payment Mechanics
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27.
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Set-Off
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28.
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Notices
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29.
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Calculations And Certificates
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30.
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Partial Invalidity
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31.
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Remedies And Waivers
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32.
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Amendments And Waivers
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33.
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Counterparts
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34.
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Entire Agreement
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35.
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Governing Law
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36.
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Enforcement
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SCHEDULE 1
T HE P
ARTIES
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Part I
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The Obligors
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Part II
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The Lenders
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SCHEDULE 2
C ONDITIONS P
RECEDENT
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Part I
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Conditions Precedent To First Loan Under This
Agreement
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Part II
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Conditions Precedent To All Loans
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Part III
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Additional Requirements
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Part IV
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Conditions Precedent To The Amendment And Restatement
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Part V
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Conditions Precedent To The Second Amendment And
Restatement
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SCHEDULE 3
R
EQUEST
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OR
B
ORROWING
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SCHEDULE 4
M
ANDATORY
C
OST
F
ORMULAE
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SCHEDULE 5
F
ORM
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F T RANSFER C ERTIFI C
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SCHEDULE 6
[R
ESERVED
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SCHEDULE 7
[R
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SCHEDULE 8
LMA F
ORM
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F C ONFIDENTIALITY
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NDERTAKING
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SCHEDULE 9
[R
ESERVED
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SCHEDULE 10
P
RICING
M
ATRIX
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SCHEDULE 11
R
EPRESENTATIONS
A
ND
W
ARRANTIES
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E : E LIGIBLE C OLLATERAL
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SCHEDULE 12
F
ORM
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F C USTODIAL A GREEMENT
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SCHEDULE 13
F
ORM
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F O PINIONS C OUNSEL T O B ORROWER
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SCHEDULE 14
[R
ESERVED
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SCHEDULE 15
[R
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SCHEDULE 16
S
ERVICER
N
OTICE
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THIS SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT is dated 15 February 2008 and
made between:
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(1)
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AHR CAPITAL MS
LIMITED (the " Borrower
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(2)
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MORGAN STANLEY
MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD (the " Security Trustee
");
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(3)
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MORGAN STANLEY
BANK (the " Initial Lender ");
and
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(4)
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MORGAN STANLEY
PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC (the " First New Lender " and the "
Agent
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IT IS
AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In this Agreement:
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" Account
Bank " shall mean LaSalle Bank National
Association.
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" Additional Cost
Rate " has the meaning given to it in Schedule 4 (
Mandatory Cost
formulae ).
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" Advance
Rate " shall mean, for each item of Collateral, the advance
rate set forth in the Request for Borrowing which shall be
consistent with the Pricing Matrix, as set forth in Schedule 10 (
Pricing
Matrix ).
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" Affiliate
" shall mean, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that
person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary
of that Holding Company and, with respect to the Borrower, any
person managed by the Borrower.
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" the Agent's Spot
Rate of Exchange " shall mean the Agent's spot rate of
exchange for the purchase of the relevant currency with the Base
Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00
a.m. London time on a particular day.
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" Applicable Margin " shall mean,
with respect to each item of Collateral the margin applicable to
such item of Collateral as set forth in Schedule 10 (
Pricing
Matrix ) or such other margin as may be mutually agreed to
by the Borrower and the Agent.
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" Appraisal
" shall mean a valuation of any Property prepared by a valuer
reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
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" Asset-Specific
Loan Balance " shall mean the portion of any Loan allocable
to each item of Eligible Collateral (converted into the Base
Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange as at the day
which was one (1) Business Day prior to the relevant Funding Date
of such Loan). Such portion shall initially consist of
the sum of the Loans made on account of such Eligible Collateral,
advance costs and fees to the extent properly incurred by the
Lenders and the Agent and the Security Trustee hereunder and
borrowed by the Borrower hereunder.
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Whenever this Agreement states that principal payments on account
of a Loan are to be allocated or applied to or against the
Asset-Specific Loan Balance of a specific item of Eligible
Collateral, the Asset-Specific Loan Balance of such item of
Eligible Collateral shall be deemed reduced accordingly by the
amount of the principal payments so applied (converted into the
Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange as at the day
which was one (1) Business Day prior to the day on which such
principal payments on account of such Loan are actually so
allocated and applied).
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" Asset
Value "
shall mean, as of any date in respect of any item of Eligible
Collateral, the price (if not expressed in the Base Currency,
converted into the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of
Exchange on the day such calculation is made) at which such item of
Eligible Collateral could readily be sold, after giving effect to
the value of any Interest Rate Protection Agreements with respect
to such item of Eligible Collateral which are to be secured in
favour of the Security Trustee as Collateral, as determined in good
faith discretion by the Agent, which price may be determined to be
zero and in no event shall exceed the then outstanding par value
(where applicable) of the subject Eligible Collateral which
consists of a Collateral Loan. The Agent’s
determination of Asset Value, which may be made at any time and
from time to time, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, upon
the parties to this Agreement; provided that , without
limiting the effect of Clause 8.3 ( Mandatory Pre-Payment or
granting of further security to the Security Trustee ), the
Asset Value shall be deemed to be:
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zero or such greater amount as determined in sole but good faith
discretion by the Agent in respect of each item of Eligible
Collateral in respect of which there is a breach of a
representation or warranty by a Collateral Obligor;
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(2)
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zero or such greater amount as determined in good faith, by, but at
the sole discretion of the Agent in respect of each item of
Eligible Collateral in respect of which there is a delinquency in
the payment of principal and/or interest which continues for a
period in excess of thirty (30) days (after taking into account any
applicable grace periods);
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zero or such greater amount as determined in good faith, by, but at
the sole discretion of, the Agent, in respect of each item of
Collateral which has been released from the possession of the
Custodian under the Custodial Agreement to the Borrower for a
period in excess of fourteen (14) days unless the Agent and
Custodian have approved such release for a longer period of time;
and
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zero or such greater amount as determined in good faith, but at the
sole discretion of, the Agent following the failure of Borrower to
deliver the Collateral File associated with such item of Eligible
Collateral to the Custodian within five (5) Business Days after the
Funding Date associated with the Loan made in respect of such item
of Eligible Collateral.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
definition, whenever an Asset Value determination is required under
this Agreement:
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(a)
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the Borrower shall cooperate with the Agent in its good faith
determination of the Asset Value of each item of Eligible
Collateral (including, without limitation, providing all
information and documentation in the possession of the Borrower
or
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otherwise within the control of the Borrower regarding such item of
Eligible Collateral); and
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(b)
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the Agent shall be entitled to consider any and all factors
relevant to the determination of Asset Value including, without
limitation, general and specific changes in the capital markets and
the real estate markets, and other factors affecting any item of
Eligible Collateral, the Borrower, any Collateral Obligor or the
transactions contemplated hereunder. Each communication
by the Agent to the Borrower of an Asset Value determination
pertaining to one or more items of Eligible Collateral shall be
subject to the disclaimer provisions set forth in Clause 33.3
( Disclaimers
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" Authorisation " shall
mean an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence,
exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
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" Availability
Period " shall mean the period from and including the
Effective Date to and including the Termination Date.
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" Available
Credit " shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such
Lender's Maximum Credit minus:
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(a)
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the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding
Loans; and
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(b)
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in relation to any Loans that are proposed to be made, the Base
Currency Amount of its proportional participation in any Loans that
are due to be made on or before the proposed Funding
Date,
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other than such Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to
be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Funding
Date.
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" B
Notes "
shall mean the original executed subordinated note or other
evidence of a subordinated interest with respect to a Mortgage Loan
or a Mezzanine Loan (to which the applicable representations and
warranties in Clause 17.13 ( Collateral; Collateral
Security ) hereof are correct).
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" Bank
Agreement " shall mean the Collection Account Security and
Control Agreement between inter alios the
Borrower and the Security Trustee dated 17 February
2006.
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" Base
Currency " shall mean dollars.
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" Base Currency
Amount " shall mean, in relation to a Loan, the amount
specified in the Request for Borrowing for that Loan (or, if the
amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that
amount converted into the Base Currency at the Agent's Spot Rate of
Exchange on the date which is one (1) Business Day before the
Funding Date) adjusted to reflect any repayment, pre-payment,
consolidation or division of the Loans.
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" Borrower Bank
Accounts " or " Accounts " means the
Borrower Sterling Account, the Borrower Yen Account and the
Borrower Euro Account or any one or more of them as the context may
require (and any renewal or redesignation of such accounts)
maintained with the Account Bank, the Irish Bank Accounts and any
other bank accounts as the Borrower may
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open and maintain from time to time in accordance with the Bank
Agreement and notified to the Agent and the Lenders.
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" Borrower Euro
Account " means the euro denominated Borrower Bank Account
maintained by the Account Bank with account number 40183181,
account name AHR Capital MS Limited Euro Account (and any
redesignation of such account).
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" Borrower Irish
Tax Requirements" shall mean the following:
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(a)
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the Borrower is and shall continue to be resident in the Republic
of Ireland for the purposes of the Irish Taxes Act;
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(b)
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the Borrower carries on and shall continue to carry on in the
Republic of Ireland the business of holding, managing or both the
holding and managing of the Eligible Collateral or interests in the
Eligible Collateral;
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(c)
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apart from activities ancillary to the business of managing or
holding the Eligible Collateral or interests in the Eligible
Collateral, the Borrower carries on and shall continue to carry on
no other activities;
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(d)
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the market value of the Eligible Collateral or interests in the
Eligible Collateral held or managed by the Borrower was not less
than EUR 10,000,000 on the day on which the Eligible Collateral or
interests in the Eligible Collateral were first held by
it;
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(e)
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all of the transactions entered into or that will be entered into
by the Borrower have been or will be entered into, as the case may
be, on an arm’s length basis, apart from any transaction or
arrangement where Section 110(4) of the Irish Taxes Act applies to
any interest or other distribution payable under the transaction or
arrangement unless the transaction or arrangement concerned is
excluded from that provision by virtue of Section 110(5) of the
Irish Taxes Act;
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(f)
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the Borrower has notified the Irish Revenue Commissioners in the
prescribed form that it is or intends to be a qualifying company
for the purposes of Section 110(1) of the Irish Taxes Act and has
supplied to the Irish Revenue Commissioners such other particulars
relating to it as may be specified in the prescribed
form;
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(g)
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the proceeds of all monies or funding received by the Borrower have
been, or as applicable, shall be used by the Borrower in the course
of its business as a qualifying company within the meaning of
Section 110 of the Irish Taxes Act;
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excluding costs of incorporation of the Borrower, any material
expenses (being expenses in the aggregate exceeding $50,000 per
annum) incurred or to be incurred by the Borrower including
interest payable by the Borrower shall be deductible in computing
its profits for the purposes of the Irish Taxes Act;
and
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(i)
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any transaction entered into by the Borrower is not or will not be
entered into by such Borrower for tax avoidance
reasons.
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" Borrower
Sterling Account " means the sterling denominated Borrower
Bank Account maintained by the Account Bank with account number
40183203, account name AHR Capital MS Limited Sterling Account (and
any redesignation of such account).
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" Borrower Yen
Account " means the Yen denominated Borrower Bank Account
maintained by the Account Bank with account number 40193829,
account name AHR Capital MS Limited Yen Account (and any
redesignation of such account).
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" Borrowing
Base " shall mean the aggregate Collateral Value of the
Collateral utilised pursuant to the Debenture to secure the amounts
from time to time outstanding under the Finance Documents,
including, but not limited to, the Loans.
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" Borrowing Base
Deficiency " shall have the meaning provided in paragraph
(a) of Clause 8.3(a) ( Mandatory Pre-Payment or
granting of further security to the Security Trustee )
hereof.
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" Business
Day " shall mean, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks are open for general business in:
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(a)
|
London, or in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a
currency other than sterling or euro the principal financial centre
of the country of that currency;
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| |
(b)
|
in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro, any TARGET
Day; or
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| |
(c)
|
in relation to any notice to be given to a party pursuant to this
Agreement (including a Request for Borrowing) the city in which
such party's office for service is located.
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| |
" Capital Lease
Obligations " shall mean, for any person, all obligations of
such person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other
agreement conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such
obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP, and,
for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations
shall be the capitalised amount hereof, determined in accordance
with GAAP.
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" CMBS "
shall mean, in the singular or plural as the context requires, debt
securities backed by mortgages or other comparable security over
commercial real estate or by securities, interests or other
obligations backed directly or indirectly by such mortgages or
other comparable security with the assigned Rating by the
corresponding Rating Agency as set forth in Schedule 10 (
Pricing
Matrix ).
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" Collateral " shall
mean, all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in, to and
under each of the following items of Property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, now existing or hereafter created and wherever
located:
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(a)
|
All Eligible Collateral with respect to which a Loan is made
hereunder;
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| |
(b)
|
All Collateral Documents with respect to which a Loan is made
hereunder and as to which the Custodian has been instructed to hold
for the Security Trustee pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement;
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| |
(c)
|
All guarantees and insurance (issued by any Governmental Authority
or otherwise) and any insurance certificate or other document
evidencing such guarantees or insurance relating to any Collateral
and all claims and payments thereunder;
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| |
(d)
|
All Interest Rate Protection Agreements;
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| |
(e)
|
All other insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to the
Collateral or related Property;
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| |
(f)
|
All collateral or security however defined, under any other
agreement between any Obligor and the Lender and/or or any of their
respective Affiliates; and
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(g)
|
Any and all replacements, substitutions, distributions on or
proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
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| |
" Collateral
Documents " shall mean the documents comprising the
Collateral File for each item of Eligible Collateral.
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" Collateral
File " shall mean, as to each item of Collateral, those
documents set forth in a schedule to be delivered by the Borrower
or the Agent to the Custodian and which are delivered to the
Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Custodial
Agreement including, without limitation, all documents required by
the Agent to better enable the Borrower to grant in favour of the
Security Trustee and to perfect a first priority security interest
in such item of Collateral.
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" Collateral
Loan " shall mean, any Eligible Collateral consisting of a
loan or an interest in a loan.
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" Collateral
Obligor " shall mean, any obligor with respect to any
Eligible Collateral, any issuer of any debt security comprising any
portion of the Collateral and the issuer of any Preferred Equity
Interest.
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" Collateral
Schedule " shall mean a list of the Eligible Collateral to
be granted by way of security to the Security Trustee for the
Secured Obligations under the Finance Documents attached to a
Custodial Identification Certificate setting forth, as to each item
of Eligible Collateral, the applicable information for such
Collateral type specified in the Custodial Agreement.
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" Collateral
Schedule and Exception Report " shall mean any collateral
schedule and exception report prepared by the Custodian pursuant to
the Custodial Agreement.
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| |
" Collateral
Value " shall mean on any day, with respect to each item of
Collateral, the product obtained by multiplying the Asset Value of
such item of Collateral (converted into the Base Currency
calculated by the Agent determining the Base Currency equivalent of
such Asset Value by converting such Asset Value into the Base
Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on such day) by
the Advance Rate set forth in the Request for Borrowing associated
therewith.
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| |
" Commitment
Fee " shall have the meaning provided in Clause 11 (
Fees )
hereof.
|
| |
" Corporate
Services Agreement " shall mean the Management Agreement
dated 27 January 2006 between the Borrower and Citco Corporate
Services (Ireland) Limited.
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| |
" Custodian
" shall mean, LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodian under
the Custodial Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns
thereunder.
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| |
" Custodial
Agreement " shall mean the Custodial Agreement, dated as of
17 February 2006, between the Borrower, the Custodian and the
Agent, substantially in the form of Schedule 12 ( Form of Custodial
Agreement ) hereto, as the same shall be modified and
supplemented and in effect from time to time.
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" Custodial
Identification Certificate " shall mean, the certificate
executed by the Borrower in connection with the pledge of Eligible
Collateral to the Security Trustee in the form of Schedule 3 to the
Custodial Agreement.
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" Debenture
" shall mean the Debenture dated 17 February 2006 entered into by,
inter
alios , the Borrower in favour of the Security
Trustee.
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| |
" Default "
shall mean an Event of Default or any event or circumstance which
would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, or
any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of
Default.
|
| |
" Diligence
Materials " shall mean the Preliminary Due Diligence Package
together with the materials requested in the Supplemental Due
Diligence List.
|
| |
" dollars "
or " $ "
shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
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| |
" Due Diligence
Review " shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 33.2 (
Periodic Due
Diligence Review ).
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| |
" Effective
Date " shall mean, February 17, 2006.
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| |
" Eligible
Collateral
" shall mean collectively: Mortgage Loans, Mezzanine Loans, B
Notes, Preferred Equity Interests and CMBS and Other Approved
Collateral to which the applicable section of Schedule 11 (
Representations
and Warranties Re: Eligible Collateral ) hereof is
correct.
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| |
" Eligible
Collateral Asse t" shall mean any particular item of
Eligible Collateral.
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| |
" Encumbered
Property " shall mean the real property (including all
improvements, buildings, fixtures, building equipment and personal
property thereon and all additions, alterations and replacements
made at any time with respect to the foregoing) and all other
collateral securing repayment of the debt comprised in a Mortgage
Loan, or, in the case of any Mezzanine Loan, the Equity Interests
and the real property related thereto.
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| |
" Equity
Interest " shall mean any interest in a person constituting
a share of stock or a partner or membership interest or other right
or interest in a person not characterised as indebtedness under
GAAP (including, without limitation, a Preferred Equity
Interest).
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| |
" Equity
Proceeds " shall mean with respect to the Guarantor, an
amount equal to the net proceeds from the issuance of any
securities of the Guarantor or the net proceeds due to the
Guarantor from contributions to capital or otherwise by another
person.
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| |
"EURIBOR "
means in relation to any Loan in euro:
|
| |
(a)
|
the applicable Screen Rate; or
|
| |
(b)
|
(if no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that
Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four
decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by
the Reference Banks to leading banks in the European interbank
market;
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| |
as of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of
deposits in euro for a period comparable to the Interest Period of
the relevant Loan.
|
| |
" euro " or
" EUR "
shall mean the single currency unit of the Participating Member
States.
|
| |
" EU Insolvency
Regulation " means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of
20 May 2000.
|
| |
" Event of
Default " shall mean any event or circumstance specified as
such in Clause 20 ( Events of Default
).
|
| |
" Examiner
" has the meaning given to it in Section 2 of the Companies
(Amendment) Act, 1990 of the Republic of Ireland and " Examinership " shall be
construed accordingly.
|
| |
" Exit Fee
" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 11.2 (
Exit Fee
).
|
| |
" Exit Fee Related
Collatera l" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause
11.2 ( Exit
Fee ).
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| |
" Facility
" shall mean the revolving loan facility made available under this
Agreement as described in Clause 2 ( The Facility
).
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| |
" Facility
Office " shall mean the office or offices notified by a
Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a
Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five (5) Business
Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which it
will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
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| |
" Finance
Documents " shall mean this Agreement, the Debenture, the
Guarantee, the Custodial Agreement, the Bank Agreement, each
Interest Rate Protection Agreement and any other document
designated as such by the Agent and the Borrower.
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| |
" Finance
Party " shall mean the Agent, the Security Trustee and each
Lender as the case may be and the context requires.
|
| |
" Funding
Costs " shall mean, collectively, the actual costs to a
Lender of breaking an interbank contract for LIBOR, or if
applicable, EURIBOR (or the costs that would have been incurred if
such a Lender had entered into a broken interbank contract prior to
the expiration of the contract period applicable thereto in
connection with (a) a pre-payment (whether voluntary or
involuntary) of all or any portion of an Asset-Specific Loan
Balance or other principal
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| |
repayment required or permitted under the Finance Documents that is
made at any time other than at the expiration of an Interest
Period, (b) any voluntary or involuntary acceleration of the
Termination Date that in effect occurs on any date that is not the
last day of an Interest Period with respect to any Asset-Specific
Loan Balance, and (c) any other set of circumstances not
attributable solely to a Lender's acts, or related to an amendment
of this Agreement by the parties hereto. Subject to the
foregoing, Funding Costs shall not include a diminution in yield
suffered by a Lender upon re-lending or re-investing the principal
of a Loan after any pre-payment of such Loan.
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| |
" Funding
Date " shall mean the date on which a Loan is made
hereunder.
|
| |
" GAAP "
shall mean
|
| |
(a)
|
in respect of the Borrower, generally accepted accounting
principles in effect from time to time in the Republic of Ireland;
and
|
| |
(b)
|
in respect of the Guarantor, generally accepted accounting
principles in effect from time to time in the United States of
America.
|
| |
" Governmental
Authority " shall mean, any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government and any court or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Borrower, the Guarantor or
any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties.
|
| |
" Guarantee
" shall mean the Amended and Restated Parent Guaranty and Indemnity
executed by the Guarantor in favour of the Security Trustee and
Agent dated 15 February 2008.
|
| |
" the
Guarantor " shall mean Anthracite Capital, Inc., a Maryland
corporation.
|
| |
" Holding
Company " means, in relation to a company or corporation,
any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a
Subsidiary.
|
| |
" Indebtedness " shall
mean any indebtedness for or in respect of:
|
| |
(a)
|
moneys borrowed;
|
| |
(b)
|
any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit
facility or dematerialised equivalent;
|
| |
(c)
|
any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the
issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar
instrument;
|
| |
(d)
|
the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire
purchase contract which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated
as a finance or capital lease;
|
| |
(e)
|
receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the
extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);
|
| |
(f)
|
any amount raised under any other transaction (including any
forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of
a borrowing;
|
| |
(g)
|
any derivative transaction entered into in connection with
protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price
(and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction,
only the marked to market value shall be taken into
account);
|
| |
(h)
|
any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee,
indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any
other instrument issued by a bank or financial
institution;
|
| |
(i)
|
any Capital Lease Obligations;
|
| |
(j)
|
any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase
agreement if one of the primary reasons behind the entry into this
agreement is to raise finance;
|
| |
(k)
|
(without double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of
any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (k) above; and
|
| |
(l)
|
any other indebtedness of the Borrower whether financial or
otherwise.
|
| |
" Information
Memorandum " shall mean, the document in the form approved
by the Borrower concerning the Borrower which, at its request and
on its behalf, is to be prepared in relation to this transaction
and distributed prior to the Syndication Date in connection with
syndication.
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| |
" Institutional
Investor " shall mean a bank, insurance company, pension
fund, real estate investment trust, registered investment advisor
or other institutional investor or a corporation whose shares are
publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the American
Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the Irish Stock Exchange
or a similar internationally recognised stock exchange of another
nation or any Affiliate of the foregoing, in each case, having not
less than $500,000,000 in assets and $250,000,000 in equity, and
having a long term unsecured debt rating of "A" by S&P or the
equivalent by Moody’s.
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| |
" Institutional
Owner " shall mean an insurance company, bank, savings and
loan association, REIT, Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit,
grantor trust, trust company, commercial credit corporation,
pension plan, pension fund or pension fund advisory firm, mutual
fund or other investment company, governmental entity or plan,
"qualified institutional buyer", within the meaning of Rule 144A
under the Securities Act (U.S.) of 1993, as amended (other than a
broker/dealer) or an institution substantially similar to any of
the foregoing, or any entity wholly owned by any one or more such
institutions, in each case, having not less than $500,000,000 in
assets and $250,000,000 in equity, and having a long term unsecured
debt rating of "A" by S&P or the equivalent by
Moody’s.
|
| |
" Interest Payment
Date " shall mean the first Business Day of each month and
for the last month of this Agreement, the first Business Day of
such last month and the Termination Date.
|
| |
" Interest
Period " for any Loan shall mean (i) the period commencing
on the Funding Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, and
|
| |
thereafter (ii) the period commencing on each Interest Payment Date
and ending on the date immediately preceding the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date.
|
| |
" Interest Rate
Protection Agreement " shall mean, any, futures contract,
options related contract, interest rate swap, cap or collar
agreement or similar arrangement providing for protection against
fluctuations in interest rates or the exchange of nominal interest
obligations, either generally or under specific
contingencies.
|
| |
" Investment
Management Agreement " shall mean the Investment Management
Agreement dated 27 January 2006 between the Borrower and BlackRock
Financial Management, Inc.
|
| |
" Irish Bank
Accounts " means, collectively, the current account (account
No. 26932332) and the deposit account (account No. 26933802) in the
name of the Borrower with the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland.
|
| |
" Irish Taxes
Act " has the meaning given to it in Clause 12.1 (
Definitions
).
|
| |
" the
Lender " shall mean:
|
| |
(a)
|
Morgan Stanley Bank, a Utah Corporation;
|
| |
(b)
|
Morgan Stanley Principal Funding Inc., a Delaware Corporation;
and
|
| |
(c)
|
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which
has become a Party in accordance with Clause 21 ( Changes to the Lenders
),
|
| |
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
|
| |
" Lenders' Net
Aggregate Exposure " shall mean on any day, with respect to
all Loans, a fraction:
|
| |
(a)
|
the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the aggregate
amounts of the Loans plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any and all
senior Indebtedness and senior Preferred Equity Interest(s) secured
in whole or in part by real property or direct or indirect
beneficial interests therein relating to all Eligible Collateral
securing such Loans; and
|
| |
(b)
|
the denominator of which shall be the fair market value (in the
Base Currency and if not expressed in the Base Currency, converted
into the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on
the day such calculation is made) of the real property or direct or
indirect beneficial interests referred to in (a) above as
determined by the Agent in its sole good faith
discretion.
|
| |
" Lenders' Net
Exposure " shall mean, with respect to each Loan, a
fraction:
|
| |
(a)
|
the numerator of which shall be sum of (i) the Base Currency Amount
of such Loan plus (ii) the amount of any and all Indebtedness and
senior Preferred Equity Interest(s) (in each case converted into
the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on such
day) secured in whole or in part by real property or direct
or
|
| |
|
indirect beneficial interests therein relating to the Eligible
Collateral granted as security to the Security Trustee in
connection with such Loan; and
|
| |
(b)
|
the denominator of which shall be the fair market value (in the
Base Currency and if not expressed in the Base Currency, converted
into the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on
the day such calculation is made) of the real property or direct or
indirect beneficial interests referenced in (a) above as determined
by the Agent in its sole good faith discretion.
|
| |
" LIBOR "
shall mean, in relation to any Loan:
|
| |
(a)
|
the applicable Screen Rate; or
|
| |
(b)
|
(if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period
of that Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to
four decimal places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted
by the Reference Banks to leading banks in the London interbank
market,
|
| |
on or about 11:00 a.m. London time on the Quotation Day for the
offering of deposits in the currency of that Loan and for a period
of thirty (30) days.
|
| |
" LMA "
shall mean the Loan Market Association.
|
| |
" Loan "
shall mean a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the
principal amount outstanding for the time being of that
loan.
|
| |
" Loan-To-Value
Ratio " or " LTV " shall mean, as of
any date in respect to any item of Eligible Collateral, the ratio
that (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balances of all loans
and preferred equity interests secured in whole or in part by real
property or direct or indirect beneficial interests therein
relating to such Eligible Collateral bears to (y) the value,
determined by an Appraisal in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Agent, of the real property (together with all applicable
appurtenant interests and subject to all applicable security
interests, encumbrances and tenancies), or direct or indirect
beneficial interests which form the basis of such Eligible
Collateral.
|
| |
" Majority
Lenders " shall mean:
|
| |
(a)
|
if there are no Loans then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose
Total Maximum Credit aggregate more than 66 2 /
3 % of the
Total Maximum Credit (or, if the Total Maximum Credit have been
reduced to zero, aggregated more than 66 2 /
3 % of the
Total Maximum Credit immediately prior to the reduction);
or
|
| |
(b)
|
at any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the
Loans then outstanding aggregate more than 66 2 /
3 % of all the
Loans then outstanding.
|
| |
" Mandatory
Cost " shall mean the percentage rate per annum calculated
by the Agent in accordance with Schedule 4 ( Mandatory Cost
Formulae ).
|
| |
" Material Adverse
Effect " shall mean a material adverse effect
on:
|
| |
(a)
|
the business, operations, Property, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or the
Guarantor;
|
| |
(b)
|
the ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under any of
the Finance Documents;
|
| |
(c)
|
the validity or enforceability of any of the Finance Documents or
the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the
Finance Documents;
|
| |
(d)
|
the timely payment of principal or of interest on a Loan or other
amounts payable in connection therewith; or
|
| |
(e)
|
the Collateral.
|
| |
" Maximum
Credit " shall mean in relation to any Lender, the amount in
the Base Currency set opposite its name under the heading "
Maximum
Credit " in Part II of Schedule 1 ( The Parties) and the
amount in the Base Currency of any other Maximum Credit transferred
to it under this Agreement as the same may be reduced in accordance
with this Agreement to the extent not cancelled, reduced or
transferred by it under this Agreement.
|
| |
" Mezzanine
Loan " shall mean indebtedness of an owner or owners of any
Equity Interest or any other equity or ownership interests in
property secured only by such Equity Interest or other equity or
ownership interest, each encumbering one or more commercial
(including retail office, industrial, self-storage, hospitality or
other commercial uses) or multi-family residential properties to
which the applicable representations and warranties in Clause 17.13
( Collateral;
Collateral Security ) hereof are correct.
|
| |
" Moody's "
shall mean Moody's Investors Service Inc. or any successor to its
rating business.
|
| |
" Mortgage
" shall mean the mortgage, charge or other instrument securing a
Mortgage Loan, which creates a first ranking security interest on
real property.
|
| |
" Mortgage
Loan "
shall mean a performing mortgage loan encumbering one or more
commercial (including retail, office, industrial, self storage,
hospitality or other commercial uses) or multi-family residential
properties to which the applicable representations and warranties
in Clause 17.13 ( Collateral; Collateral
Security ) hereof are correct.
|
| |
" MS &
Co. " shall mean Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a
registered broker-dealer.
|
| |
" MS
Indebtedness " means any Indebtedness of any Obligor owed to
the First New Lender or any of its respective
Affiliates.
|
| |
" Net Worth
" shall mean the amount which would be included under shareholders
equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the
Guarantor and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP.
|
| |
" Obligors
" shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantor and " Obligor " shall mean
either one of them as the context may require.
|
| |
" Optional
Currency " shall mean sterling, Yen or euros or any other
currency mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the
Agent.
|
| |
" Other Approved
Collateral " shall mean such other proposed Property of the
Borrower as the Agent shall accept as Collateral for a
Loan.
|
| |
" Participating
Member State " shall mean any member state of the European
Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful
currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community
relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
|
| |
" Party "
shall mean a party to this Agreement.
|
| |
" Post Default
Rate of Interest " shall have the meaning ascribed to it in
Clause 9.3 ( Default Interest
).
|
| |
" Preferred
Equity
Interest "
shall mean any interest in a person constituting preference shares
or a preferred partnership or membership interest or other
preferred right or interest in a person that is not characterised
as indebtedness under GAAP.
|
| |
" Preliminary Due
Diligence Package " shall mean, with respect to any item of
Eligible Collateral, the following due diligence information
relating to such item of Eligible Collateral to be provided by the
Borrower to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement:
|
| |
(a)
|
a summary memorandum outlining the proposed transaction, including
potential transaction benefits and all material underwriting risks,
all Underwriting Issues and all other characteristics of the
proposed transaction that a prudent lender would consider
material;
|
| |
(b)
|
a cash flow pro-forma, plus historical
information, if available;
|
| |
(c)
|
a description of the Property comprised in such Eligible Collateral
(whether real property, a loan or other collateral);
|
| |
(d)
|
the indicative relevant Loan-To-Value Ratio;
|
| |
(e)
|
the Borrower’s or the Guarantor's or any Affiliate thereof's
relationship with its Collateral Obligor or any Affiliate of such
Collateral Obligor, if any;
|
| |
(f)
|
a Phase I environmental report (including asbestos and lead paint
report);
|
| |
(g)
|
third party reports, to the extent available and applicable,
including:
|
| |
|
(i)
|
current Appraisal;
|
| |
|
(ii)
|
Phase II environmental report or other follow-up environmental
report if such was recommended in the relevant Phase I
environmental report;
|
| |
|
(iii)
|
seismic reports; and
|
| |
|
(iv)
|
an operations and maintenance plan with respect to asbestos
containing materials;
|
| |
(h)
|
documents comprising such Eligible Collateral, or current drafts
thereof, including, without limitation, the underlying debt and the
related finance documents (including any guarantees), the
Collateral Obligor’s organisational, or constitutional,
documents, warrant agreements, and loan and collateral security
agreements, as applicable;
|
| |
(i)
|
a list that specifically and expressly identifies any Collateral
Documents that relate to such Eligible Collateral but which are not
in the Borrower’s possession; and
|
| |
(j)
|
in the case of Eligible Collateral which is other than an actual
Mortgage Loan, all information and other materials described in
this definition which would otherwise be provided for the
underlying mortgage loan if it were an item of Eligible Collateral,
except that, as to the items set forth in paragraphs (g) and (h),
to the extent the Borrower possesses such information or has access
to such information because it was provided to the related lead
lender and made available to the Borrower.
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" Principal
Receipts " means in relation to any Eligible Collateral
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Borrower, any monies arising
from such Eligible Collateral and received by the Borrower which
are of a principal nature or are on account of principal, or are on
account of a return of capital in relation to a Preferred Equity
Interest.
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" Property
" shall mean, any right or interest in or to property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible.
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" Proposed
Eligible Collateral " means any item of Collateral that the
Borrower proposes should be the subject of a Loan prior to the
approval by the Agent as Eligible Collateral.
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" Qualifying
Lender " has the meaning given to it in Clause 12.1 (
Definitions
).
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" Quotation
Day " means in relation to any period for which an interest
rate is to be determined the day that is one (1) day prior to the
first day of that period.
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" Rating "
shall mean the rating (or its equivalent) assigned by each Rating
Agency for CMBS as set forth in Schedule 10 ( Pricing Matrix
).
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" Rating
Agency " shall mean Moody's and S&P.
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" Reference
Banks " shall mean the principal London offices of HSBC Bank
plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Barclays Bank plc and Lloyds
TSB Bank plc or such other banks as may be appointed by the Agent
in consultation with the Borrower.
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" Relevant
Interbank Market " shall mean in relation to euro, the
European interbank market, in relation to sterling the London
interbank market, in relation to Yen, the London interbank
market and, in relation to any other currency, the
London interbank market.
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" Repeating
Representations " shall mean the representation and
warranties of the Borrower set forth in Clauses 17.1, 17.2, 17.3,
17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7, 17.9, 17.10, 17.11, 17.12, 17.13, 17.15,
17.16, 17.17, 17.18 and 17.19 of this Agreement.
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" Request for
Borrowing " shall mean a notice substantially in the form
set out in Schedule 3 ( Request for Borrowing
).
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" Reservations " shall
mean (i) the effect of bankruptcy, examination, insolvency or
similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditor's
rights, as such laws would apply in the event of any bankruptcy,
examination, receivership, insolvency or similar event applicable
to the relevant Obligor and (ii) general equitable principles
(whether enforceability of such principles is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity).
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" Responsible
Officer " shall mean, as to any person, the chief executive
officer, chairman of the board, president, executive vice
president, and, with respect of financial matters, executive vice
president, vice president or the treasurer of such
person.
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" Revenue
Receipts " means any monies received by the Borrower which
are not Principal Receipts (or the proceeds of the investment of
the Borrower Principal Receipts).
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" S&P "
shall mean Standard and Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor to its rating
business.
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" Screen
Rate " means:
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(a)
|
in relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers' Association Interest
Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period;
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(b)
|
in relation to EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by
the Banking Federation of the European Union for the relevant
period;
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displayed on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the
agreed page is replaced or service ceases to be available, the
Agent may specify another page or service displaying the
appropriate rate after consultation with the Borrower and the
Lenders.
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" Secured
Parties " or " Secured Party " shall
have the meaning provided in the Debenture.
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" the Security
Trustee " has the meaning provided in the heading to this
Agreement.
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" the
Servicer " shall have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (
Servicing
) hereof.
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" Servicer
Notice " shall have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (
Servicing
) hereof.
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" Servicing
Agreement " shall have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (
Servicing
) hereof.
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" Servicing
Records " shall have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (
Servicing
) hereof.
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" sterling
" or " £ " shall mean
the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
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" Subordinated
Loan Agreement " shall mean the agreement made between the
Borrower and the Guarantor evidencing the subordinated debt of the
Borrower to the Guarantor which shall not be dated later than the
date of the initial loan under this Agreement.
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" Subsidiary " shall mean
in the case of a company incorporated in England and Wales a
subsidiary within the meaning of Section 736 of the Companies Act
1985 and in the case of the Borrower only a subsidiary within the
meaning of Section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended) of
the Republic of Ireland:
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(a)
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which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned
company or corporation;
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(b)
|
more than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially
owned, directly or indirectly by the first mentioned company or
corporation; or
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(c)
|
which is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned
company or corporation,
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and for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as
being controlled by another if that other company or corporation is
able to direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its
board of directors or equivalent body.
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" Supplemental Due
Diligence List " shall mean with respect to any item of
Proposed Eligible Collateral, information or deliveries concerning
such Proposed Eligible Collateral that the Agent shall request in
addition to the Preliminary Due Diligence Package.
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" Syndication
Date " shall mean the day which is the day specified by as
the day on which primary syndication of the Facility is
completed.
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" Table Funded
Eligible Collateral " shall mean Eligible Collateral to be
acquired by the Borrower contemporaneously with the making of a
Loan to it, where substantially all of the proceeds of the relevant
Loan will be used to acquire such Eligible Collateral.
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" TARGET "
means Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer payment system.
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" TARGET
Day " means any day on which TARGET is open for the
settlement of payments in euro.
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" Tax "
shall mean any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or
withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest
payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in
paying any of the same).
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" Termination
Date " shall mean 7 February 2009 or such earlier date on
which this Agreement may terminate in accordance with its terms or
by operation of law.
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" Total Maximum
Credit " shall mean the aggregate of the Maximum Credit
being $300,000,000 as at the date of this Agreement.
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" Transfer
Certificate " shall mean a certificate substantially in the
form set out in Schedule 5 ( Form of Transfer
Certificate ) or any other form agreed between the Agent and
the Borrower.
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" Transfer
Date " shall mean in relation to a transfer, the later
of:
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(a)
|
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate;
and
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(b)
|
the date on which the Agent executes the Transfer
Certificate.
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" Trust
Receipt " shall mean the receipt delivered by the Custodian
pursuant to the Custodial Agreement acknowledging receipt of a
Collateral File in connection with a Loan.
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" Underwriting
Issues " shall mean, with respect to any Collateral as to
which the Borrower intends to request a Loan, all information that
has come to the Borrower's attention, based on the making of
reasonable inquiries and the exercise of reasonable care and
diligence under the circumstances, which would be considered a
materially "negative" factor (either separately or in the aggregate
with other information), or a material defect in loan documentation
or closing deliveries (such as any absence of any material
Collateral Documents), to a reasonable institutional lender in
determining whether to originate or acquire the Collateral in
question.
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" Unpaid
Sum " shall mean any sum due and payable but unpaid by an
Obligor under the Finance Documents.
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" VAT "
shall mean value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax
Act 1972 as amended, of the Republic of Ireland and any other tax
of a similar nature.
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" VAT Group
" shall mean a VAT group as defined by Section 8(8) of the Value
Added Tax Act, 1972, as amended of the Republic of
Ireland.
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" Yen " and
" ¥ "
each mean the lawful currency for the time being of
Japan.
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1.2
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Construction
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(a)
|
Unless a contrary indication appears any reference in this
Agreement to:
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(i)
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the " the
Agent ", " the Security Trustee "
any " Finance
Party ", any " the Lender ", any "
Obligor "
or any " Party " shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted
assigns and permitted transferees;
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(ii)
|
" assets "
includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of
every description;
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(iii)
|
a " Finance
Document " or any other agreement or instrument is a
reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument
as amended or novated;
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(iv)
|
" indebtedness " includes
any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the
payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent;
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(v)
|
a " person
" includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government,
state or agency of a state or any association, trust or partnership
(whether or not having separate legal personality) of two or more
of the foregoing;
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(vi)
|
a " regulation " includes
any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or
regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or
organisation;
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(vii)
|
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted; and
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|
(viii)
|
a time of day is a reference to London time.
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(b)
|
Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference
only.
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(c)
|
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other
Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with
any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document
or notice as in this Agreement.
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(d)
|
A Default (other than an Event of Default) and an Event of Default
is " continuing " if it has
not been remedied or waived.
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(e)
|
Unless a contrary intention appears words importing the singular
shall include the plural and vice versa.
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(f)
|
In this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, where an expression
requires any amounts of money to be aggregated or otherwise added
where such amounts are not all denominated in the same currency
then the aggregate of such amounts shall be:
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D + X ( R )
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where "D" is the aggregate of all such amounts denominated in the
Base Currency and "X(R)" is the aggregate of all such amounts
denominated in currency other than the Base Currency converted into
the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the
day such calculation is made.
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1.3
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Third party rights
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A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the
benefit of any term of this Agreement.
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1.4
|
Original Facility Agreement and First Amended Facility
Agreement
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(a)
|
The Borrower, the Security Trustee, the Initial Lender and Morgan
Stanley Bank acting as agent for the Initial Lender (the "
Original
Agent " and, together with the Borrower, the Security
Trustee and the Initial Lender, the " Original Parties ")
entered into a multicurrency revolving facility agreement dated 17
February 2006 (the " Original Facility
Agreement ").
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(b)
|
The Original Parties amended and restated the Original Facility
Agreement on 20 July 2007 (the " First Amended Facility
Agreement ").
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(c)
|
Pursuant to clause 21 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the
Initial Lender, the First New Lender and the Original Agent entered
into a Transfer Certificate dated on or about the date hereof (the
" First Transfer
Certificate ") whereby the rights and
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|
obligations of the Initial Lender under the First Amended Facility
Agreement were transferred to the First New Lender.
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(d)
|
Subsequent to the execution of the First Transfer Certificate
pursuant to clause 23.10 of the First Amended Facility Agreement
the Original Agent resigned as agent under the First Amended
Facility Agreement and appointed in its place Morgan Stanley
Principal Funding Inc (in such capacity the " Agent " and, together
with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the First New Lender,
the " Parties
").
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(e)
|
The Parties now wish to amend and restate the First Amended
Facility Agreement in the manner set out herein (the " Agreement " and the "
Second Amended
Facility Agreement ").
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1.5
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Repeating Representations
|
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The Borrower represents and warrants to each Finance Party in the
terms of each of the Repeating Representations on the date
hereof.
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1.6
|
Conditions Precedent to the Second Amendment and
Restatement
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The Borrower may not deliver a Request for Borrowing after the date
of this Second Amended Facility Agreement unless the Agent has
received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part V
of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent )
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The
Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders, promptly upon
being so satisfied.
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1.7
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Further Commitment Fee
|
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On the date hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the
account of the Lenders) a fee of $1,500,000.
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITY
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2.
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THE FACILITY
|
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2.1
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The Facility
|
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Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available
to the Borrower a multicurrency revolving loan facility in a
maximum aggregate amount from time to time outstanding equal to the
Total Maximum Credit.
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2.2
|
Finance Parties' rights and obligations
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(a)
|
The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents
are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its
obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the
obligations of any other party under the Finance
Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the
obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance
Documents.
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(b)
|
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the
Availability Period the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow
hereunder, provided that ,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall have any obligation
to make a Loan to the Borrower in excess of its Available
Credit.
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(c)
|
The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the
Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt
arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an
Obligor shall be a separate and independent debt.
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(d)
|
A Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance
Documents, separately enforce its rights under the Finance
Documents.
|
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3.
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PURPOSE
|
|
3.1
|
Purpose
|
| |
The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the
Facility towards the acquisition or funding of Eligible Collateral
and the purchase of Interest Rate Protection Agreements relating to
such Eligible Collateral.
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3.2
|
Monitoring
|
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No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of
any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
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SECTION 3
LOANS
|
4.
|
CONDITIONS OF LOANS
|
|
4.1
|
Initial conditions precedent
|
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The Borrower may not deliver its initial Request for Borrowing
unless the Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent )
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The
Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders, promptly upon
being so satisfied.
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4.2
|
Further conditions precedent
|
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The Agent will only be obliged to comply with a Request for
Borrowing if (i) on the Effective Date the representations and
warranties made by each Obligor under each Finance Document are
true in all material respects; and (ii) on any proposed Funding
Date:
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(a)
|
the Borrower has complied with the provisions of Part II and III of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent
);
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(b)
|
the Repeating Representations to be made by the Borrower and any
other representations and warranties made by an Obligor under each
Finance Document (other than this Agreement) are true in all
material respects and in the case of the Repeating Representations,
are deemed to be made by the Borrower by reference to the facts and
circumstances then existing;
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(c)
|
the procedures set out in Clause 5 ( Procedure for Loans )
have been complied with; and
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(d)
|
the Availability Period has not expired.
|
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5.
|
PROCEDURE FOR LOANS
|
|
5.1
|
Preliminary Approval of Eligible Collateral
|
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In respect of any assets which the Borrower proposes to be included
in the Borrowing Base and to be granted as security to the Security
Trustee pursuant to the Debenture the Borrower shall:
|
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(a)
|
submit to the Agent a Preliminary Due Diligence Package for the
Agent’s review and approval;
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(b)
|
not later than five (5) Business Days after the Agent has received
a complete Preliminary Due Diligence Package, the Agent may: (i)
request in the Agent's sole but good faith discretion additional
information that the Agent shall specify on a Supplemental Due
Diligence List; (ii) notify the Borrower of the Asset Value for the
Proposed Eligible Collateral; or (iii) deny, in the Agent's sole
and absolute discretion, the Borrower's request for a Loan
hereunder; and
|
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(c)
|
In the event of a request for supplemental information by the Agent
pursuant to paragraph (b)(i) of Clause 5.1, the Agent shall
thereafter advise the Borrower in
|
| |
|
accordance with paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 5.1 or paragraph
(b)(iii) not later than five (5) Business Days following receipt of
the requested information;
|
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The Agent's failure to respond to the Borrower's request shall be
deemed to be a denial of the Borrower's request for a Loan, unless
otherwise agreed to between the Borrower and the Agent in writing.
Nothing in this Clause 5.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall, or
be deemed to prohibit the Agent from determining in its sole but
good faith discretion the adequacy, completeness and
appropriateness of or from disapproving any and all financial and
other underwriting data required to be supplied by the Borrower
under this Agreement.
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5.2
|
Final Approval of Proposed Eligible Collateral
|
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In the event that the Agent notifies the Borrower of the Asset
Value for the Proposed Eligible Collateral and the Borrower desires
to obtain a Loan secured by the Proposed Eligible Collateral the
Borrower shall:
|
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(a)
|
Notify the Agent of the Advance Rate selected by the Borrower with
respect to such Loan which for greater certainty shall not cause
the Lenders' Net Aggregate Exposure and the Lenders' Net Exposure
for such Loan to exceed 80% and 85%, respectively;
|
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(b)
|
Satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Part I and/or II, as
applicable, of Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent
); and
|
| |
(c)
|
Provide the Agent, for the Agent's review, the following to the
extent not otherwise included in the Preliminary Due Diligence
Package:
|
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|
(i)
|
Environmental and
Engineering . If applicable an environmental
report and an engineering report, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, by an engineer and environmental
consultant reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
|
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|
(ii)
|
Appraisal
. If applicable an Appraisal.
|
| |
|
(iii)
|
Insurance
. With respect to Eligible Collateral that is secured on
real property, certificates or other evidence of insurance
demonstrating insurance coverage in respect of such real property
of types, in amounts, with insurers and otherwise in compliance
with the terms, provisions and conditions set forth in the related
Collateral Documents or the finance documents related to such
Eligible Collateral. Such certificates or other evidence
shall indicate that the lead lender on the whole loan in which the
Borrower is a participant will be named as an additional insured as
its interest may appear and shall contain a loss payee endorsement
in favour of such additional insured with respect to the property
policies required to be maintained under the related Collateral
Documents.
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(iv)
|
Survey
. With respect to the Collateral, and to the extent
obtained by the Borrower from the Collateral Obligor at the
origination of the underlying loan, relating thereto, a current
survey of such real property in a form reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent.
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(v)
|
Security Search
Reports . Satisfactory reports of any registered
security interests, tax security, judgment and litigation searches
and certificate of title
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|
|
reports and updates, as applicable, conducted by a reputable law
firm reasonably acceptable to the Agent with respect to the
Collateral, the Borrower and the related Collateral Obligor; such
searches to be conducted in each location the Agent shall
reasonably designate.
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|
(vi)
|
Security
Instruments . All security instruments and
documents granting, to the extent not already done so by the
Debenture, to the Security Trustee a perfected first ranking
security interest in the Eligible Collateral (and in or over any
Interest Rate Protection Agreements held by the Borrower with
respect thereto) which shall be subject to no additional security
interest except as expressly permitted by the
Agent. Such security instruments and documents shall
contain such representations and warranties concerning the Eligible
Collateral and such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent.
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|
(vii)
|
Opinions of
Counsel . A copy of an opinion to the underlying
lender on the Eligible Collateral and its successors and assigns
from counsel to the Collateral Obligor on the underlying loan
transaction, as applicable, as to the enforceability of the loan
documents governing such transaction and such other matters as the
Agent shall require (including, without limitation, opinions as to
due formation and incorporation, authority, choice of law and
perfection of security interests).
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(viii)
|
Additional Real
Property Matters . To the extent obtained by the
Borrower from the Collateral Obligor relating to any item of
Eligible Collateral at the origination of the underlying loan or
equity interest relating thereto, the Borrower shall have delivered
to the Agent such other real estate related certificates and
documentation as may have been requested by the Agent pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, such as reports or certificates on
title or other information in connection with the relevant real
property.
|
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|
(ix)
|
Eligible
Collateral . In the case of Eligible Collateral
which represents a participation interest in a Mortgage Loan, in
addition to the delivery of the items in paragraphs (vi) and (vii)
of Clause 5.2, the Agent shall have received all documentation
specified in paragraphs (i) and (v) of Clause 5.2 as if the
underlying mortgage loan were the direct Collateral to the extent
the Borrower possesses such documentation or has access to such
documentation because it was provided to the related lead lender
and made available to the Borrower and, in addition, all documents
evidencing the Eligible Collateral, including, but not limited to,
an original participation certificate and the related participation
agreement.
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(x)
|
B Notes,
Mezzanine Notes, and Preferred Equity Interests. In the case
of a B Note, or Mezzanine Loan or Preferred Equity Interest, the
Agent shall have received all documentation specified herein as if
the underlying loan were the direct item of Collateral and, in
addition, all documentation evidencing or otherwise relating to
such B Note, Mezzanine Loan or Preferred Equity Interest, as
applicable.
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|
(xi)
|
CMBS. In
the case of CMBS, the Agent shall have received (a) a copy of the
applicable servicing agreement, trust deed, participation agreement
or similar document governing the issuance and administration of
the CMBS; (b) a copy of any new issue asset summary books; (c) copy
of the applicable prospectus or offering memorandum; (d) to the
extent that the CMBS is certificated, an original of the relevant
certificate duly endorsed in blank to the Security Trustee; (e) to
the extent that the CMBS is not certificated, all documents
requested by the Agent to confirm that the CMBS is being held in an
appropriate security account or such other evidence of confirmation
of the sale to the Agent as the Agent shall require; and (f) a
copy of any other agreement or instrument evidencing or otherwise
governing the CMBS.
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(xii)
|
Other
Documents . The Agent shall have received such
other documents as the Agent or its counsel shall request with
respect to each or any item of Eligible Collateral.
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5.3
|
Collateral Approval or Disapproval
|
|
| |
Following the date upon which the Borrower satisfied the conditions
set out in Clause 5.2, or has delivered such items or documents
fully executed, if applicable, in final form, the Agent shall
either:
|
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(a)
|
if the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral or the
security interest to be granted over such Collateral in favour of
the Security Trustee are not reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Agent, notify the Borrower that the Lender has not
approved the Proposed Eligible Collateral; or
|
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(b)
|
notify the Borrower and the Custodian that the Agent has approved
the Proposed Eligible Collateral as Eligible Collateral and such
notice shall identify the documents to be delivered to the
Custodian in connection with such Eligible Collateral pursuant to
Clause 5.2 ( Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral ) and Part II and Part III of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent )
and the party whom the Agent shall designate to record or register
and/or file, as the case may be, any security interest or any
document or agreement evidencing such security interest necessary
to perfect the Security Trustee's security interest in the Eligible
Collateral.
|
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The terms of delivery and filing and/or recordation or registration
of such security interest shall if the Agent and the Security
Trustee deem it necessary to do so be set forth in a separate
agreement between the Agent, the Security Trustee and their
designee. The Agent’s failure to respond to the
Borrower within two (2) Business Days shall be deemed to be a
denial of the Borrower’s request that the Agent approve the
Proposed Eligible Collateral, unless the Agent and the Borrower
have agreed otherwise in writing.
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5.4
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Procedure for Loan with Respect to Eligible Collateral
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Once the Agent has approved the Eligible Collateral in accordance
with Clause 5.3 ( Collateral Approval or
Disapproval ) above the Borrower may request a Loan
hereunder, on any Business Day during the period from and including
the Effective Date to and including the day falling fifteen (15)
Business Days prior to the Termination Date, by delivering to the
Agent, with a
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copy to the Security Trustee, a
Request for Borrowing, which request must be received by the Agent
prior to 2:00 p.m., London time, one (1) Business Day prior to the
requested Funding Date provided that if the
Borrower requests a Loan to be made in Yen, then the Borrower shall
deliver the Request for Borrowing no later than two (2) Business
Days prior to the requested Funding Date.
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5.5
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Completion of Request for Borrowing
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The Request for Borrowing shall:
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(a)
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attach a schedule identifying the Eligible Collateral that the
Borrower proposes to grant by way of security to the Security
Trustee and to be included in the Borrowing Base;
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(b)
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specify the Funding Date;
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(c)
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specify the Advance Rate selected by the Borrower, which in no
event shall cause: (i) the Lenders' Net Aggregate Exposure to
exceed 80%; and (ii) the Lenders' Net Exposure for such Loan to
exceed 85%;
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(d)
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specify the Applicable Margin;
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(e)
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specify the account into which the aggregate amount of the Loan
will be transferred;
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(f)
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specify the currency and amount of the Loan in order to comply with
Clause 6 ( Optional Currencies );
and
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(g)
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attach a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower certifying as to the truth, accuracy and completeness of
the above, which certificate shall specifically include a statement
that the Borrower is in compliance with any requirements of any
Governmental Authority and is qualified to do business in all
required jurisdictions.
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Contemporaneously with the delivery of Request for Borrowing the
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent, with a copy to the Custodian,
a Custodial Identification Certificate along with the accompanying
Collateral Schedule with respect to all proposed Eligible
Collateral. In the event the Borrower revokes the
Request for Borrowing delivered to the Agent, the Borrower shall be
liable to pay, no later than one (1) Business Day after written
request from the Agent, and hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the
Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against, all losses, costs
and expenses incurred by the Agent or the Lenders in connection
with the revocation of such Request for Borrowing.
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5.6
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Delivery of Collateral Files and Finance Documents.
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In connection with the approval of the Eligible Collateral and the
delivery of a Request for Borrowing the Borrower shall comply with
the following requirements,
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(a)
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The Borrower shall deliver the Collateral Files in the following
manner:
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(i)
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in the case of Eligible Collateral that is not Table Funded
Eligible Collateral, the Borrower shall deliver to the Custodian no
later than 3:00 p.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to
the Funding Date all fully executed original or
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copy documents and instruments required by the Agent to comprise
the Collateral File; and
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(ii)
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in the case of Table Funded Eligible Collateral, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Custodian no later than three (3) Business Days
after the Funding Date all fully executed original or copy
documents and instruments required by the Agent to comprise the
Collateral File.
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(b)
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No later than 5:00 p.m., London time, one (1) Business Day prior to
each Funding Date, the Borrower shall provide the Custodian with a
final Custodial Identification Certificate and related Collateral
Schedule with respect to the Eligible Collateral, indicating any
changes, if any, from the Custodial Identification Certificate and
related Collateral Schedule heretofore delivered to the Agent and
the Custodian pursuant to Clause 5.5 ( Completion of Request for
Borrowing ) above.
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(c)
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If the Borrower shall deliver the Request for a Borrowing pursuant
to Clause 5.4 ( Procedure for Loan with
respect to Eligible Collateral ) and all
conditions precedent set forth in Clauses 5.1 ( Preliminary Approval of
Eligible Collateral ), 5.2 ( Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral ), 5.3 ( Collateral Approval or
Disapproval ), 5.4 ( Procedure for Loan with
respect to Eligible Collateral ) and Parts I and II of
Schedule 2 ( Conditions Precedent )
have been met, and provided no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall advise the
Lender(s) and the Lender(s) shall make a Loan to the Borrower on
the Funding Date, in the amount so requested and approved by the
Agent.
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(d)
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Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set out in this
Clause 5 and to the provisions of Schedule 2 Parts I and II, a Loan
will be made available to the Borrower on the Funding Date by no
later then 3:00 p.m., London time, on such date, and the funds
comprised in such Loan will then be made available to the Borrower
by the Lender transferring, via wire transfer, to the relevant
account identified by the Borrower in the related Request for
Borrowing in the aggregate amount of such Loan in funds immediately
available to the Borrower. The Agent may consider on a
case-by-case basis in its sole and absolute discretion, alternative
funding arrangements requested by the Borrower.
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(e)
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From time to time, the Borrower shall forward to the Custodian
additional original documents or additional documents evidencing
any: (i) assumption, modification, consolidation or extension of a
Collateral Loan Document comprising a portion of the Collateral; or
(ii) any amendment to the operative documents with respect to Other
Approved Collateral, in each case approved by the Agent in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and upon receipt of any
such other documents, the Custodian shall hold such other documents
as the Agent shall request from time to time.
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(f)
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With respect to any documents which have been delivered or are
being delivered to recording or registration offices for recording
or registration and have not been returned to the Borrower in time
to permit their delivery hereunder at the time required, in lieu of
delivering such original documents, the Borrower shall deliver
to
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the Custodian a true copy thereof with a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that such copy is a
true, correct and complete copy of the original, which has been
transmitted for recordation. The Borrower shall deliver
such original documents to the Custodian promptly when they are
received.
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(g)
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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the
Borrower proposes that Other Approved Collateral should serve as
the Collateral for a Loan, then the procedure for the approval of
such Other Approved Collateral, shall follow, mutatis mutandis , the
procedures described in Clauses 5.1 ( Preliminary Approval of
Eligible Collateral ), 5.2 ( Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral ), 5.3 ( Collateral Approval or
Disapproval ), paragraphs (a) - (d), (f) and (g) of this
Clause 5.6 and such other procedures including those set out in
Schedule 2 Part III as the Agent shall in its sole discretion
require.
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5.7
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Lenders' participation
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(a)
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If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each
Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the
Funding Date through its Facility Office.
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(b)
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The amount of each Lender's participation in each Loan will be
equal to the proportion borne by its Available Credit to the Total
Maximum Credit immediately prior to making the Loan.
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(c)
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The Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan
which is to be made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each
Lender of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of each
Loan and the amount of its participation in that Loan, in each case
on or about 11:00 am London time.
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6.
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OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
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6.1
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Selection of currency
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The Borrower shall select the currency and amount of a loan in a
Request for Borrowing.
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6.2
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Currency and amount
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The currency specified in a Request for Borrowing shall be any
Optional Currency but not dollars.
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6.3
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Unavailability of a currency
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If on the Funding Date:
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(a)
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a Lender notifies the Agent that the Optional Currency requested is
not readily available to it in the amount required; or
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(b)
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a Lender notifies the Agent that compliance with its obligation to
participate in a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would
contravene a law or regulation applicable to it,
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the Agent will give notice to the Borrower to that effect on the
Funding Date. In this event, any Lender that gives
notice pursuant to this Clause 6.3 will be required to participate
in the Loan in the Base Currency, Yen, sterling or euros as the
relevant Lender may select in an
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amount equal to that Lender's proportionate amount of the proposed
Loan converted to the selected currency at the Agent's Spot Rate of
Exchange for the purchase of the requested optional currency at or
around 11:00 am (London time) on the relevant Funding
Date. Such Lender's participation will be treated as a
separate Loan denominated in the Base Currency, Yen, sterling or
euros as the Lender may indicate during the relevant Interest
Period.
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6.4
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Participation in a Loan
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Each Lender's participation in a Loan will be determined in
accordance with paragraph (b) of Clause 5.7 ( Lenders' participation
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SECTION 4
REPAYMENT, PRE-PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION,
MANDATORY REPAYMENT OR PLEDGE
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7.
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REPAYMENT
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The Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on the
Termination Date.
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8.
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REPAYMENT, PRE-PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
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8.1
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Illegality
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If, at any time, it is or will become unlawful in any applicable
jurisdiction for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as
contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its
participation in any Loan:
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(a)
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the Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of
that event;
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(b)
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upon the Agent notifying the Borrower, the relevant Loan of that
Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
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(c)
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the Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the
relevant Loan made to the Borrower on the date specified by the
Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than
the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by
law).
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8.2
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Voluntary pre-payment of Loans
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The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than two (2)
Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may
agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but,
if in part, being an amount that reduces the Base Currency Amount
of such Loan by a minimum amount of $100,000), provided that any such
pre-payment shall be accompanied by an amount representing any
accrued but unpaid amounts due under the Finance Documents, and the
Exit Fee, if applicable.
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8.3
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Mandatory Pre-Payment or granting of further security to the
Security Trustee
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(a)
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Pre-Payment or granting of further security on Borrowing Base
Deficiency
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The Agent may determine and re-determine the Borrowing Base on any
Business Day and on as many Business Days as it may
elect. If at any time the Base Currency amount of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans exceeds the
Borrowing Base (a " Borrowing Base
Deficiency "), as determined by the Agent and notified to
the Borrower on any Business Day, the Borrower shall, not later
than one (1) Business Day after receipt of such notice, either
prepay the Loans in part or in whole or grant to the Security
Trustee by way of security for the Secured Obligations such
additional Eligible Collateral (which Eligible Collateral shall be
in all respects acceptable to the Agent in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement) such that after giving effect to such
pre-payment or the granting of such security that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans will not exceed the
Borrowing Base.
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(b)
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Pre-payment on event of default relating to the
Collateral
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If at any time under any Collateral Document evidencing Collateral:
(i) there is an " Event of Default " (as
defined in the applicable documents in the Collateral File), or
event with which the giving of notice or lapse of time or both
would become an " Event of Default " (as
defined in the applicable documents in the Collateral File); or
(ii) any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the
relevant Collateral Obligor becomes false or misleading in any
material respect; or (iii) the relevant Collateral Obligor or
person fails to perform or observe any material covenant or other
obligation, the Agent may, in its sole discretion and without
regard to any determination of the Asset Value of such Collateral,
notify the Borrower of such occurrence and may require that the
Asset-Specific Loan Balance related to the relevant Collateral be
prepaid, in whole or in part, in the determination of the Lender;
provided, however, the Borrower may reallocate the Asset-Specific
Loan Balance relating to the relevant Collateral to other
Collateral securing the Loans (if applicable) to the extent
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, and the Borrower shall
only be required to prepay that portion of such Asset-Specific Loan
Balance to the extent such reallocation would cause a Borrowing
Base Deficiency. Not later than one (1) Business Day
after the receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall prepay such
portion of the Asset-Specific Loan Balance related to such
Collateral as shall have been required by the Agent. The
Agent may, in its sole discretion, determine and re-determine the
amount to be prepaid irrespective of whether or not any statement
of fact contained in any officer’s certificate delivered
pursuant to paragraph (g) of Clause 5.5 ( Completion of Request for
Borrowing ) or any representation or warranty of the
Borrower set forth in Clause 17.16 ( True and Complete
Disclosure ) was true to the Borrower’s actual
knowledge.
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(c)
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Pre-payment, Amortisation
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The Borrower shall utilise all Principal Receipts in pre-paying the
relevant Loan or Loans related to the Eligible Collateral from
which such Principal Receipts have arisen and in any event shall
strictly comply with the provisions of Clause 19.19 (
Remittance of
Pre-payments ).
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(d)
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Re-payment, General
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With respect to any item of Collateral, the Borrower shall pre-pay
to the Agent an amount equal to the amount of casualty or
condemnation proceeds (if any) paid to, or for the benefit of, the
Borrower or any Collateral Obligor in respect of such item of
Collateral that is destroyed to the extent that the Borrower is not
required under the underlying collateral documents with the
Collateral Obligor to reserve, escrow, re-advance or apply such
proceeds for the benefit of such Collateral Obligor or the
underlying collateral. So long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is then continuing, such amounts paid to
the Agent shall be applied in reduction of the Asset-Specific Loan
Balance relating to such item of Collateral. Each
voluntary pre-payment received during the continuation of any
Default or Event of Default hereunder shall be applied in
accordance with provisions contained in Clause 15 of the
Debenture.
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