FIRST POTOMAC REALTY INVESTMENT
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
7600 Wisconsin Avenue, 11 th Floor
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Dated as of: April 4,
2007
KeyBank
National Association,
as Administrative Agent
127 Public Square
Cleveland, OH 44114
Attention: John C. Scott
Re: Amendment
No. 1 to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement
We refer to the
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
April 26, 2006 (as amended and in effect from time to time,
the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among FIRST
POTOMAC REALTY INVESTMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership, and certain of its Wholly-owned Subsidiaries
(collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and the other lending institutions which are
parties thereto (individually, a “ Lender ” and
collectively, the “ Lenders ”), KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for itself and each other
Lender (the “ Agent ”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent and WELLS FARGO NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION and BANK OF MONTREAL, as Co-Documentation Agents, and
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book
Manager. Capitalized terms used in this letter of agreement (this
“ Amendment ”) which are not defined herein, but
which are defined in the Credit Agreement, shall have the same
meanings herein as therein, as the context so requires.
We have requested
the Lenders to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, and
you have advised us that the Lenders are prepared and would be
pleased to make the amendments so requested by us on the condition
that we join in this Amendment.
Accordingly, in
consideration of these premises, the promises, mutual covenants and
agreements contained in this Amendment, and fully intending to be
legally bound by this Amendment, we hereby agree as
follows:
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Effective as of
March , 2007 (the “
Amendment Date ”), and subject to the fulfillment of
the conditions contained in Article II of this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement is amended in each of the following
respects:
(a) The term
“Loan Documents” shall, wherever used in the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, be deemed to also
mean and include this Amendment.
(b) The
definition of “Capitalization Rate” contained in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Capitalization Rate . The Capitalization Rate shall
be 8.00%.”
(c) The
definition of “Value of Unencumbered Properties”
contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
deleting the reference to “December 31, 2006”
contained therein and replacing it with the following:
“December 31, 2007”.
(d) The
definition of “Maturity Date” contained in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Maturity Date . April 26, 2010, or such earlier
date (or later date pursuant to §2.9) on which the Revolving
Credit Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms
hereof. The Maturity Date may be extended to April 26, 2011 in
accordance with the terms of §2.9.”
(e) Section 2.3(c)
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the Table set
forth therein and inserting in its place the following
Table:
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Applicable
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Applicable
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Base Rate
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Total Leverage Ratio
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Libor Margin
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Margin
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greater than
60%
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1.35
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0.25
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less than or
equal to 60% but greater than 55%
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1.20
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0.00
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less than or
equal to 55% but greater than 50%
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1.10
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0.00
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less than or
equal to 50% but greater than 45%
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1.00
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0.00
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less than or
equal to 45% but greater than 40%
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90.0
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0.00
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less than or
equal to 40%
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80.0
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0.00
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(f) Section 2.9
of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting each reference to
“April 26, 2009” contained therein and by
replacing it with the following: “April 26,
2010”.
(g) Section 10.1
of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
“
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio . At any time,
Consolidated Total Indebtedness as at the last day of the
applicable quarter shall not exceed 60% of Consolidated Gross Asset
Value, provided that for a single period of not more than
three consecutive fiscal quarters, such percentage shall be
permitted to exceed 60% (but in no event may it exceed 65%) so long
as such fiscal quarters do not include either of the two fiscal
quarters immediately preceding the Maturity Date. Such single three
consecutive fiscal quarter period shall
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commence with
the first fiscal quarter for which the financial statements
pertaining to such quarter evidence Consolidated Total Indebtedness
in excess of 60% of Consolidated Gross Asset Value for such
quarter, and shall not be available to the Borrower again, whether
or not the Borrower utilized all consecutive fiscal quarters. This
covenant shall be tested quarterly as of the last day of the
applicable quarter.”
(h) The last
sentence of Section 10.7 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
deleting the reference to “December 31, 2006”
contained therein and replacing it with the following:
“December 31, 2007”.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
AMENDMENT
The Lenders’
agreement herein to amend the Credit Agreement as of the Amendment
Date is subject to the fulfillment to the satisfaction of the
Lenders of the following conditions precedent on or prior to such
date:
(a) Each of
the Borrowers (including any Subsidiary becoming a Borrower as of
the date hereof pursuant to a Joinder Agreement) shall have
executed and delivered (or caused to be delivered) to the Agent
(i) a counterpart of this Amendment, which shall be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Lenders;
(b) Each
Subsidiary of FPLP that owns any Real Estate Asset that is being
added to the Unencumbered Pool as of the date hereof and that has
not signed the Credit Agreement or a Joinder Agreement prior to the
date hereof shall have duly executed and delivered the Joinder
Documents to the Agent;
(c) The
Guarantor shall have acknowledged and consented to the provisions
of this Amendment;
(d) The Agent
and the Lenders shall have executed this Amendment;
(e) The
Borrower shall have paid to the Agent, for the benefit of each
Lender consenting hereto, an amendment fee equal to 0.125% of its
Commitment, along with, to the Administrative Agent, all other fees
associated with this Amendment, including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of its counsel in connection with the
preparation hereof, or satisfactory arrangements therefore shall
have been made.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Each of the
Borrowers (including each new Borrower party hereto) and the
Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to you as
follows:
(a)
Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations
and warranties made by the Borrowers and the Guarantor, as
applicable, to the Agent and the Lenders in the Credit Agreement
and other Loan Documents, as applicable, was true, correct and
complete when made and is true, correct and complete on and as of
the Amendment Date with the same full force and effect as if each
of such representations and warranties had been made by the
Borrow
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