Exhibit 10.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This FIRST
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated
as of December 16, 2007 (this “ Amendment
”) is entered into between and among CENTRO NP LLC, a
Maryland limited liability company (the “ Borrower
”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto and BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms
in the Credit Agreement (defined below), as amended hereby
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WHEREAS, the Borrower,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent entered into that certain
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
July 31, 2007 (the “ Credit Agreement ”);
and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
requested that the Administrative Agent and Lenders amend the Credit
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof;
and
WHEREAS, the
Administrative Agent and Lenders have agreed, based on
Borrower’s request, to amend the Credit Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1 .
Amendments to Credit
Agreement .
(a)
The definition of
“Maturity Date” in Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
“ Maturity
Date ”: the earlier of (a) February 15,
2008, or (b) the date on which the Notes shall become due and
payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
(b)
From and after the
effective date of this Amendment, the table set forth within the
definition of Applicable Margin shall be deemed restated as set
forth below; provided , that prior to the occurrence of an
Event of Default, the Borrower shall only be obligated to pay the
Applicable Margin in effect immediately prior to giving effect to
this Amendment (the “ Prior Margin ”), and the
differential between the Applicable Margin per annum as calculated
giving effect to the table set forth below and the Prior Margin
shall accrue and become due and payable on the Maturity
Date.
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Pricing
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LIBOR
Loans/Letter
of Credit
Commission Fee
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Prime
Rate
Loans
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Applicable Facility
Fee Percentage
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All Pricing
Levels
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1.75%
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1.75%
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0.225%
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2
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Additional
Provisions . The Borrower and the Lenders hereby
agree that, notwithstanding anything set forth herein or in the
Credit Agreement to the contrary:
(a)
Additional Events of
Default .
It shall constitute an immediate Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement, irrespective of any otherwise applicable grace period,
if, from and after the date hereof:
(i)
the Borrower shall make
any Restricted Payment (as defined below) except for Restricted
Payments necessary for Super to make regularly scheduled payments
of interest under the Bridge Loan Agreement as and when due and
except for (without duplication) Restricted Payments necessary to
enable Super to comply with any REIT Distribution Requirement (as
defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof); or
(ii)
any voluntary or
involuntary bankruptcy case or proceeding shall be commenced, or
any trustee shall be appointed or receivership, winding up or
similar proceedings
commenced, by or against any of the Centro
Entities (as defined below) and/or any of the Super Entities (as
defined below) or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates until
title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or otherwise, or
any other similar law of any foreign jurisdiction; or
(iii)
an
event of default shall at any time exist (whether or not such event
of default is subsequently waived by the applicable lenders in
respect thereof) (x) in respect of the Bridge Loan Agreement,
but only to the extent that such event of default shall cause the
obligations thereunder to be accelerated, (y) any of the
revolving credit and term loan facilities provided by KeyBank
National Association or its Affiliates to any of the Super Entities
(as defined below), including without limitation Centro GA American
LLC, Galileo Sub LLC, or various subsidiaries of Super and CWAR 14
LLC (collectively, the “ KeyBank Facilities ”),
but only to the extent that such event of default shall cause the
obligations thereunder to be accelerated, or (z) under any
other credit facility provided to the Super Entities (as defined
below) and any of their respective direct and indirect parent
entities and subsidiaries (all such entities, collectively, the
“ Centro Entities ”), that is material to the
financial condition or business affairs of the Centro Entities
taken as a whole, including for avoidance of doubt the Australian
Credit Facility (as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement as
in effect on the date hereof) but excluding the Bridge Loan
Agreement and the KeyBank Facilities; or
(iv)
Super, or any of its
direct or indirect Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Super
Entities ”), other than the Borrower in respect of the
Credit Agreement, shall (x) make any prepayment of principal
(whether mandatory or optional) in respect of its, or their,
respective obligations to its, or their, respective lenders (other
than the KeyBank Facilities, but otherwise including, without
limitation, any payments of principal with respect to the Bridge
Loan Agreement) other than, subject in all cases to
Section 2(a)(i) hereof, all regularly scheduled debt service payments
required to be made on mortgages or other similar financing
agreements for any of the Super Entities and mandatory prepayments by any such Super
Entity in respect of proceeds of collateral from asset
dispositions, casualty or condemnation, provided that such proceeds
are provided to the appropriate administrative agent or lender
under the relevant credit agreement with a lien on such
collateral , or
(y) grant, suffer the imposition of or permit (whether
voluntarily or involuntarily) any liens or security interests upon
any of its respective assets or property of any nature whatsoever
in favor of any person, entity, partnership, corporation or
creditor other than the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, other
than Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Bridge Loan
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof but excluding those described in clause
(g) and (l) thereof); or
(v)
any
of the Super Entities shall borrow additional amounts (or repay and
reborrow) or obtain new letters of credit under any of the KeyBank
Facilities; or
(vi)
the
Borrower or Guarantors shall fail to comply with any obligations
under this Amendment, including without limitation those
obligations set forth in clause (d) below; or
(vii)
(x) any of the
Australian Credit Facility, the Bridge Loan Agreement or the
KeyBank Facilities are terminated or modified in any material
respect or (y) any extension agreement required to be entered
into as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this
Amendment terminates or lapses in accordance with its terms or is
amended or modified in any material respect, or (z) any of the
Centro Entities terminate or modify in any material respect the
transactions contemplated by any such extension agreement or an
event of default occurs under any loan agreement or other material
financing agreement or contract to which any of the Centro Entities
is a party that is material to the financial condition or business
affairs of the Centro Entities taken as a whole (other than the
KeyBank Facilities or the Bridge Loan Agreement); or
(viii)
without the prior written
consent of all of the Lenders, if any Centro Entity or any Super
Entity, respectively, grants, suffers the imposition of or permit
(whether voluntary or involuntary) any liens or security interests
upon any of its respective assets or property of any nature
whatsoever in favor of any person, entity, partnership, corporation
or creditor other than the Lenders, except for Permitted
Encumbrances (as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement
as in effect on the date
hereof , but excluding
subparagraphs (g) and (l) of such
definition).
As used herein, the
term “
Restricted Payment ” shall mean, as to any Person, any
dividend or other distribution by such Person (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any
class of equity securities or beneficial interests of such Person,
or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or
termination of any such shares or beneficial interests or any
option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares or
beneficial interests.
(b)
No Additional
Borrowings . From and after
the date hereof, t he Borrower shall not request and the Lenders
shall have no obligation to make any extensions of credit under the
Credit Agreement, including the making of any Loans or Letters of
Credit (but excluding the one-time extension of any Letters of
Credit previously issued and outstanding, subject to the other
terms and conditions in the Credit Agreement).
(c)
Additional
Obligations . From and after
the date hereof, the Borrower shall, in addition to and not in lieu
of any other obligations under the Credit Agreement:
(i)
deliver to the
Administrative Agent, on or before 5:00 p.m. prevailing
eastern time on December 31, 2007, (x)
the then-most current
quarterly and monthly financial statements for the Centro Entities,
including, without limitation, balance sheet and statements of
income and cash flow, in each case in reasonable detail and
prepared in a manner consistent with historical reporting
practices, (y) a 30-day cash flow report for the Centro
Entities and for Super and its respective Subsidiaries (excluding
Joint Venture Entities, as defined in the Bridge Loan Agreement as
in effect on the date hereof) (the “ Super Entities
”), respectively, and (z) a current organizational chart
for the Centro Entities detailing ownership of assets by legal
entity;
(ii)
cause the Super Entities
and the Guarantors to cooperate fully with the Lenders and their
respective agents and professionals (legal and financial),
including in connection with any financial review or appraisal of
the businesses, assets or financial condition of the Super
Entities, to provide such Lenders and their agents and
professionals with all reasonably requested information, in all
cas
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