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Exhibit
10(q)
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ” )
is made and entered into as of the 28th day of January, 2005, by
and between (i) SAUL HOLDINGS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP , a
Maryland limited partnership (hereinafter called
“Borrower” ); (ii) U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, as administrative
agent and sole lead arranger (“ Agent ”); (iii)
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as syndication
agent (“ Syndication Agent ”), and (iv) U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , COMPASS BANK, SOVEREIGN BANK, FIRST HORIZON
BANK and any other lenders who are now or who may hereafter
become parties to this Agreement (collectively, the “
Lenders ”).
WITNESSETH THAT , in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings, unless the context hereof clearly requires
otherwise:
Accessibility
Regulation : Any federal, state or local law, statute,
code, ordinance, rule, regulation or requirement relating to
accessibility to facilities or properties for disabled, handicapped
and/or physically challenged persons, including, without
limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, as
amended.
Accordion
Amount : Up to $50,000,000.00.
Accordion Expiration
Date : January 27, 2007.
Acquisition
Costs : All costs of acquiring Real Estate Assets,
including purchase price and reasonable and customary closing
costs, as determined by Agent.
Adjusted EBITDA
: An amount equal to ninety seven percent (97%) of
EBITDA.
Advance : Any
portion of the Loan (or a Swing Loan) advanced to or for the
benefit of Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof and as to
which Borrower has elected or is deemed to have elected one (1) of
the available interest rate options and, if applicable, a LIBOR
Rate Period. An Advance may be a LIBOR Rate Advance or a Loan Rate
Advance; provided, however, that if Borrower has made no election
of an interest rate option with respect to any Advance (other than
for a Swing Loan), Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that it
be a Loan Rate Advance. Swing Loans shall be deemed to be Loan Rate
Advances.
Advance Date :
The date on which an Advance of Loan (or Swing Loan) proceeds
requested by Borrower hereunder is funded.
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Agreement :
This Revolving Credit Agreement, including any amendments hereof
and supplements hereto executed by Borrower and Agent on behalf of
Lenders.
Applicable
Margin : With respect to:
(a) Loan Rate Advances
— 0.00%.
(b) LIBOR Rate Advances
— shall be equal to 1.625% unless the Leverage Ratio
requirement set forth below is satisfied in which event the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Advances shall be reduced as
follows:
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Leverage Ratio
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Applicable Margin
for LIBOR Rate
Advances
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1.500 |
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1.400 |
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Approved Asset
: An Unencumbered Asset (including, without limitation, a Proposed
Acquisition that would constitute an Unencumbered Asset upon the
acquisition thereof by Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary) which
has been approved by all Lenders pursuant to Section 2.B.2 .
A schedule identifying the Approved Assets as of the date hereof is
attached hereto as Exhibit E .
Approved
Subsidiary : A Subsidiary that (x) is wholly and directly
owned and controlled by Borrower, Guarantor or a combination
thereof, (y) has delivered a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to
Section 5.09.E hereof that remains in full force and effect,
and (z) holds fee simple title to an Approved Asset.
Assignee Lender
: As defined in Section 8.8.A hereof.
Board : The
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor
thereto.
Borrower : As
defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
Business Day :
Any day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a Legal Holiday on
which Agent is not open for business.
Calculation
Date : The date upon which Borrower submits a Draw Request,
the date upon which Borrower requests that Agent issue a Letter of
Credit, the date upon which Borrower requests that an Approved
Asset be added to or removed from the pool of Unencumbered Assets,
the date upon which a Capital Event occurs, or the date upon which
there exists an Event of Default under the Loan, as
applicable.
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Capital Event :
The occurrence from time to time of an equity or debt offering by
Borrower (which shall specifically exclude stock issued in
connection with a dividend reinvestment plan), a Disqualifying
Environmental Event, or if an Encumbrance, Imposition or Lien
arises against an Approved Asset.
Capitalization
Value : For any period of determination, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) the aggregate Adjusted EBITDA for the previous four
calendar quarters, divided by eight and three-quarters percent
(8.75%) (provided that, with respect to Real Estate Assets which
Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary has owned for more than three
(3) months but less than one (1) year, as of the Calculation Date,
Adjusted EBITDA shall be annualized based upon the period of time
Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary has owned them); (b) 100% of the
value of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents; (c) with respect
to Real Estate Assets Under Development, including those projects
which have been operating for less than one year, the greater of
(x) 100% of the aggregate costs incurred and paid to the
Calculation Date by the Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary or (y)
Adjusted EBITDA (provided that, with respect to Real Estate Assets
which have been in operation for less than one (1) year, as of the
Calculation Date, Adjusted EBITDA shall be annualized based upon
the most recent three-month period) divided by eight and
three-quarters percent (8.75%); (d) 60% of the Acquisition Costs
with respect to Real Estate Assets which, as of the date of
calculation, Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary has owned for less
than three (3) months and (e) contractual purchase price of any
property subject to a purchase obligation, repurchase obligation or
forward commitment, which obligation at such time could be
specifically enforced by the seller, but only to the extent such
obligations are included in the definition of Total Adjusted
Outstanding Indebtedness or Total Adjusted Committed Indebtedness,
as appropriate.
Closing Date :
The date of this Agreement.
Code : The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commitment
Percentage : Each Lender’s share of all right,
title, and interest in the Loan and the Loan Documents, as set
forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto, as amended and modified
by unilateral action of Agent from time to time to reflect the sale
or assignment of a portion or portions of the Loan.
Debt Service :
For any period of determination, the following amount incurred by
Borrower during the previous four (4) fiscal quarters, as
determined by Agent in its sole discretion: (a) Interest Expense
plus (b) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal
payments of indebtedness of the Borrower (excluding optional
prepayments but expressly including scheduled principal payments in
respect of any indebtedness which is not amortized through equal
periodic installments of principal and interest over the term of
such indebtedness, including, without limitation, balloon payments
at maturity that are not refinanced or paid off on or before the
maturity date thereof) required to be made during such time period
by the Borrower plus (c) the aggregate amount of capitalized
interest required in accordance with GAAP to be paid or accrued by
the Borrower during such time period, plus (d) expenses
attributable to preferred stock (including preferred stock
dividends whether the preferred stock is classified upon the
obligor’s balance sheet as equity or liability) or a similar
type of investment.
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Declining Bank
: As defined in Section 3.6(a) hereof.
Default Rate :
As defined in Section 1.12 hereof.
Defaulting
Lender : Any Lender who for any reason shall fail or refuse
to abide by its obligations under the Loan Documents or this
Agreement within the time periods specified for performance of such
obligation or, if no time frame is specified, if such failure or
refusal continues for a period of five (5) Business Days after
notice from Agent.
Disqualifying
Environmental Event : Any release or threatened release of
Hazardous Substances, any violation of Environmental Laws or any
other similar environmental event with respect to a Real Estate
Asset which is not cured within sixty (60) days or that would
cause, in Agent’s determination, such Real Estate Asset to no
longer be financeable on a non-recourse (with customary exceptions)
debt basis under the then generally accepted underwriting standards
of national insurance company or pension fund real estate
institutional lenders. In the event that such release or threatened
release, violation or similar environmental event is susceptible of
cure but is not cured within said sixty (60) days, so long as
Borrower is diligently and continuously pursuing such cure, as
evidenced to Agent’s satisfaction, Agent shall permit
Borrower an additional one hundred twenty (120) days to effectuate
such cure; provided, however that such additional one hundred
twenty (120) days shall not apply where such release or threatened
release, violation or similar environmental event results, in
Agent’s judgment, in a matter which is of an emergency
nature.
Distribution .
With respect to:
(i) the Borrower, any
distribution of cash or other cash equivalent, directly or
indirectly, to the partners of the Borrower; or any other
distribution on or in respect of any partnership interests of the
Borrower excluding distributions reinvested pursuant to
Borrower’s distribution reinvestment program; and
(ii) the Guarantor, the
declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any
shares of any class of capital stock of Guarantor, excluding
dividends payable solely in shares of common stock by Guarantor and
dividends reinvested pursuant to Guarantor’s dividend
reinvestment program; the purchase, redemption, or other retirement
of any shares of any class of capital stock of Guarantor, directly
or indirectly through a subsidiary of Guarantor, or otherwise; the
return of capital by Guarantor to its shareholders as such; or any
other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of
capital stock of Guarantor (except as excluded above).
Draw Request :
A written request by Borrower for an Advance of Loan proceeds under
this Agreement, in the form and with the certifications included
within Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby made a part
hereof.
EBITDA : For
any period of determination, an amount equal to the net income of
Borrower and Guarantor on a consolidated basis and their pro rata
share of earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries, the
unconsolidated subsidiaries of the general partners of
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Borrower, and joint ventures in which
Borrower, Guarantor and/or Borrower’s general partners is a
party, and before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and
gains and losses on property sales, extraordinary items and other
non-recurring gains or losses, all as calculated in accordance with
GAAP, as determined by Agent.
Encumbrance :
As defined in Section 5.6 .
Environmental
Law : Any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or
regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without
limitation, those arising under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (“ RCRA ”), the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as
amended (“ CERCLA ”), the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“ SARA ”), the
Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, or any state or local statute, regulation,
ordinance, order or decree relating to health, safety or the
environment.
Euro Day : A
Business Day which is also a day on which commercial banks are open
for international business (including dealings in dollar deposits)
in London, England.
Event of
Default : Any event set forth in Section 6.1
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Existing
Lenders : As defined in Section 3.6(c) .
Extension
Period : As defined in Section 1.4 .
Extension
Request : As defined in Section 1.4 .
Federal Funds
Rate : As of any date of determination, the rate set forth
in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any
successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board
(including any such successor, “H.15(519)”) for such
date opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective)”.
If for any relevant date such rate is not yet published in
H.15(519), the rate for such date will be the rate set forth in the
daily statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotations for U.S. Government Securities, or any successor
publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(including any such successor, the “Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotation”) for such date under the caption “Federal
Funds Effective Rate”. If on any relevant date the
appropriate rate for such date is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotation, the rate for such
date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on that date by each of three leading brokers
of Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by
Agent.
Fee Letter .
That certain fee letter of even date herewith, between the Borrower
and Agent.
First
Solicitation : As defined in Section 3.6(a)
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Forward Purchase
Contract . A purchase agreement entered into by the
Borrower for the fee or leasehold purchase of a retail, office or
industrial real estate property to be constructed.
Funds from
Operations . Net income, computed in accordance with GAAP,
excluding minority interests, gains, or losses from debt
restructuring and sales of property (inclusive of non-recurring
items such as asset sales or property valuation adjustments), plus
depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for
unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures will be calculated
to reflect Funds From Operations on the same basis.
GAAP :
Generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are
applicable to the circumstances as of any date of determination.
Except as may be expressly provided to the contrary herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, in accordance
with GAAP. To the extent any change in GAAP affects any computation
or determination required to be made pursuant to this Agreement,
such computation or determination shall be made as if such change
in GAAP had not occurred, unless Borrower and Majority Lenders
agree in writing on an adjustment to said computation or
determination to account for such change in GAAP.
Governmental
Requirements : All laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, and
governmental rules, regulations and requirements applicable to
Borrower, Guarantor, Agent, any Lender and/or the Approved
Assets.
Guarantor :
Saul Centers, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
Guaranty : That
certain Guaranty of even date herewith, executed by Guarantor to
Agent on behalf of the Lenders to guaranty the Loan, as the same
may be amended, modified or replaced from time to time.
Hazardous
Substances : Any hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C.
§ 9601(5), any hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C.
§ 9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42
U.S.C. §9601(33) or any toxic substances, oil or hazardous
materials or other chemicals or substances regulated by any
Environmental Laws.
Immediately Available
Funds : Funds with good value on the day and in the city in
which payment is received.
Imposition : As
defined in Section 5.6 .
Interest
Differential : That sum equal to the greater of zero (0) or
the financial loss incurred by the Lenders resulting from
prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Advance, calculated as the difference
between the amount of interest the Lenders would have earned (from
like investments in the Money Markets as of the first day of the
LIBOR Rate
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Advance) had prepayment not occurred and
the interest the Lenders will actually earn (from like investments
in the Money Markets as of the date of prepayment) as a result of
the redeployment of funds from the prepayment.
Interest
Expense : For any period of determination, an amount
determined by Agent in its sole discretion equal to the aggregate
amount of interest required in accordance with GAAP to be paid or
accrued (but excluding interest reserves funded from the proceeds
of any construction loan) by the Borrower during such time period
on: (i) all indebtedness of the Borrower (including the Loan and
including original issue discount and amortization of prepaid
interest, if any) (ii) all amounts available for borrowing, or for
drawing under letters of credit, if any, issued for the account of
the Borrower, but only if such interest was or is required to be
reflected as an item of expense, excluding commitment fees, agency
fees, facility fees, balance deficiency fees and similar fees and
expenses in connection with the borrowing of money and (iii)
preferred stock or a similar type of investment.
Legal Holiday:
New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday,
President’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day,
Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas
Day.
Lenders : Each
Lender that is a party to this Agreement and which hereafter
becomes party to this Credit Agreement, collectively, and each of
their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Letter of
Credit : An irrevocable letter of credit issued by Agent
pursuant to this Agreement for the account of Borrower.
Letter of Credit
Fee : As defined in Section 2.A.7 .
Letter of Credit
Participation : As defined in Section 2.A.9
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Leverage Ratio
: The ratio of Total Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness to
Capitalization Value.
LIBOR : With
respect to each LIBOR Rate Period applicable to any requested LIBOR
Rate Advance, the rate per annum (rounded up to the next whole
multiple of 1/100th of 1%) equal to the rate obtained by dividing
(a) the LIBOR rate quoted by Agent from Telerate Page 3750 or any
successor thereto, at approximately 5:00 o’clock a.m.,
Central time, on the second Euro Day prior to the first day of such
LIBOR Rate Period for delivery in Immediately Available Funds on
the first day of such LIBOR Rate Period for the approximate number
of days as are in such LIBOR Rate Period and in an amount
comparable to the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Advance being
made by the Lenders for which LIBOR is being determined, by (b) a
percentage equal to 100% minus the maximum rate in effect on the
first day of such LIBOR Rate Period at which reserves (including
any marginal, supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to
be maintained by the Lenders under Regulation D against
“Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is defined in
Regulation D). LIBOR shall be adjusted automatically on and as of
the effective date of any change in such reserve
requirements.
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LIBOR Rate : A
rate of interest equal to LIBOR plus the Applicable
Margin.
LIBOR Rate
Advance : Any portion of the Principal Balance which bears
interest at a LIBOR Rate; provided, however, that any LIBOR Rate
Advance must be in the aggregate principal amount of at least
$1,000,000.00.
LIBOR Rate
Notice : A telephonic notice from Borrower to Agent,
received by Agent prior to 10:00 o’clock a.m. (Central time)
on a Euro Day at least three (3) Euro Days prior to the date the
LIBOR Rate is to be applicable with respect to such portion of the
Principal Balance referred to therein, in which Borrower elects to
have said portion of the Principal Balance, or a portion thereof as
specified in said notice, be a LIBOR Rate Advance.
LIBOR Rate
Period : The period commencing on the date any LIBOR Rate
Advance is made and ending one (1) month, two (2) months, three (3)
months or six (6) months thereafter as selected by Borrower in the
applicable LIBOR Rate Notice; provided, however, that (a) if any
LIBOR Rate Period would end on a day that is not a Euro Day, such
LIBOR Rate Period shall extend to the next Euro Day, unless, in the
case of said LIBOR Rate Advance, such Euro Day would fall in the
next calendar month, in which event such LIBOR Rate Period shall
end on the immediately preceding Euro Day, and (b) no LIBOR Rate
Period shall end later than the then applicable Maturity
Date.
Loan : The loan
evidenced by the Note.
Loan
Availability : That portion of the Revolving Commitment
Amount determined by Agent to be available to be advanced as more
particularly described in Section 2.B.3 .
Loan Documents
: The documents described in Section 2.B.1 , which evidence,
secure or otherwise relate to the Loan, including but not limited
to the Note, this Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Letter of Credit
applications, the Letters of Credit, the Closing Certification, the
Sworn Statement, the Guaranty, each Subsidiary Guaranty and
including any amendments thereof and supplements thereto executed
by Agent and Borrower (and/or any other party thereto).
Loan Rate : A
rate of interest equal to the Prime Rate. Changes in the Loan Rate
shall become effective on the same day as the date of any change in
the Prime Rate and shall apply to all advances made hereunder
(other than LIBOR Rate Advances), whether such advances are made
prior to, the same day as, or subsequent to any particular change
in the Loan Rate. In no event shall the Loan Rate ever exceed the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law (if any such maximum rate
is established by applicable law), and such maximum rate shall
change if and when applicable law changes to permit a higher
maximum rate.
Loan Rate
Advance : Any portion of the Principal Balance which bears
interest at the Loan Rate.
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Major Asset :
The Unencumbered Assets known as Beacon, French Market and
Southdale, and such other Approved Assets as Borrower and all
Lenders may agree to designate as a Major Asset from time to
time.
Majority
Lenders : Lenders holding not less than sixty-six and
two-thirds of one percent (66 2 / 3 %) of the then aggregate outstanding unpaid principal
amount of the Loan or, if no such principal amount is then
outstanding, not less than sixty-six and two-thirds of one percent
(66 2 / 3 %) of the Revolving
Commitment.
Maturity Date :
January 27, 2008, unless extended pursuant to the terms of
Section 1.4 .
Maximum Drawing
Amount : The maximum aggregate amount that the
beneficiaries may at any time draw under outstanding Letters of
Credit, as such maximum aggregate amount may be reduced from time
to time pursuant to the terms of the Letters of Credit.
Minimum Equity
Value : For any period of determination, an amount equal to
Capitalization Value less Total Adjusted Outstanding
Indebtedness.
Minimum Lease Up
Requirement : The requirement that any Real Estate Asset
that on any date of determination has been improved with a building
or buildings has been leased to third party tenants and has an
aggregate average occupancy of all building(s) in such Real Estate
Asset of not less than seventy five percent (75%) for the fiscal
quarter most recently ended, other than Lexington and West Park,
and except as otherwise approved by Majority Lenders; provided,
however, in the event that the occupancy rate with respect to any
Approved Asset meeting the Minimum Lease Up Requirement as of the
date hereof falls below seventy-five percent (75%), Borrower shall
have a period of eight (8) months thereafter to re-lease such asset
in order to satisfy the Minimum Lease Up Requirement before such
property shall no longer be deemed an Approved Asset. If, at any
time thereafter, such former Approved Asset again meets the Minimum
Lease-Up Requirement, it shall, as of the date it meets such
requirement, again be deemed an Approved Asset. For purposes of
this definition, a tenant shall be deemed to be in
“occupancy” if such tenant or its subtenant(s) is in
possession of the leased premises and such tenant is paying
stipulated rent, if any; provided, however, when determining
whether the Minimum Lease Up Requirement has been satisfied
pursuant to Section 2.B.2 hereof, a tenant shall be deemed
to be in occupancy if, within six (6) months prior to the date of
determination, such tenant entered into a lease for space in the
Real Estate Asset which such tenant previously did not occupy and
there exists no default under such lease and no material
contingencies to such tenant’s occupancy under the lease
other than completion of tenant improvement work.
Money Markets :
One or more wholesale funding markets available to Agent, including
negotiable certificates of deposit, commercial paper, eurodollar
deposits, bank notes, federal funds and others.
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Net Equity
Proceeds : The proceeds of a sale of an equity interest in
the Borrower or the Guarantor (including those attributable to a
dividend reinvestment program), net of usual and customary closing
costs and expenses.
New Lenders :
As defined in Section 3.6(b) .
New Notes : As
defined in Section 3.6(b) .
Note :
Individually or collectively as the context may require, the
Unsecured Revolving Promissory Note(s) of even date herewith
executed and delivered by Borrower to Lenders to evidence the Loan,
together with (a) any New Notes and/or Supplemental Notes issued
pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof, and (b) any Swing Loan Note
executed and delivered by Borrower to the Swing Lender to evidence
a Swing Loan, in the aggregate maximum principal amount of up to
One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100ths Dollars ($150,000,000.00)
plus the Accordion Amount, if applicable, as any or all of the
foregoing may be amended, modified or replaced from time to
time.
Obligations :
All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to
any of the Lenders, the Swing Lender and the Agent, individually or
collectively, under this Agreement, any of the other Loan
Documents, or in respect to the Loan, the Note or Reimbursement
Obligations incurred or the Letter of Credit applications or the
Letters of Credit, any Swing Loan or other instruments at any time
evidencing any thereof, whether existing on the date of this
Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or indirect,
joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by
contract, operation of law or otherwise.
Outstanding
Percentage : As defined in Section 3.6(c)
hereof.
Permanent Loan
Estimate : For any period of determination, a determination
by Agent of a hypothetical principal amount of indebtedness which
Borrower could incur assuming (i) payments of annual debt service
equal to Unencumbered Adjusted EBITDA measured with respect to the
Approved Assets divided by 1.35, (ii) an interest rate equal to the
greater of (a) two and one-quarter percent (2.25%) in excess of the
then-current annual yield on ten-year United States Treasury
obligations issued most recently prior to such date and (b) seven
and three-quarters percent (7.75%), and (iii) a twenty five (25)
year principal amortization schedule.
Person : Any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership
(general or limited), limited liability partnership, joint venture,
firm, association, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or governmental agency or political subdivision or any other
entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other
capacity.
Prime Rate :
The rate publicly announced by Agent from time to time as its prime
rate, as and when such rate changes; provided, however, that Agent
may lend to its customers at interest rates that are at, above or
below the Prime Rate.
Principal
Balance : One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100ths Dollars
($150,000,000.00) or so much thereof as may have been advanced to
or for the benefit of Borrower (including, without limitation,
under any Swing Loan) and remains unpaid from time to time, as such
amount may be increased pursuant to Section 3.6
hereof.
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Proposed
Acquisition : A Real Estate Asset that would constitute an
Unencumbered Asset at the time of its acquisition.
Real Estate
Assets : The fixed and tangible properties consisting of
land, buildings and/or other improvements owned or ground leased
(subject to the following proviso) by the Borrower or by an
Approved Subsidiary at the relevant time of reference thereto,
provided however that with the exception of the Unencumbered Assets
known as Beacon, Olney and Southdale, a ground leased property
shall not be deemed a Real Estate Asset (and thus shall not be
eligible as an Approved Asset) unless unanimously approved as such
by the Lenders.
Real Estate Assets
Under Development : Any Real Estate Assets for which
the Borrower (or Approved Subsidiary) is actively pursuing
construction and for which construction is proceeding to completion
without undue delay from permit denial, construction delays or
otherwise, all pursuant to such Person’s ordinary course of
business; provided that such Real Estate Asset will no longer be
considered a Real Estate Asset Under Development on the date which
is twelve (12) months after the Borrower (or Approved Subsidiary)
obtains the necessary governmental approvals to permit occupancy of
the building. Notwithstanding the foregoing, tenant improvements to
previously constructed and/or leased Real Estate Assets shall not
be considered Real Estate Assets Under Development.
Refunding Date
: As defined in Section 3.5(c) .
Regulation D;
Regulation U : Regulations D and U, respectively (or any
substitute regulations), of the Board, together with all amendments
from time to time thereto.
Regulatory
Change : Any change, after the date hereof in United States
Federal, state or foreign laws, regulations or treaties or the
adoption or making after such date of any interpretations,
directives or requests applying to Agent and/or the Lenders under
any federal, state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not
having the force of law) by any court or governmental or monetary
authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof.
Reimbursement
Obligations : The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse
the Lenders and the Agent on account of any drawing under any
Letter of Credit as provided in Section 2.A.4 .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless Borrower shall notify Agent
of its intention to repay the Reimbursement Obligations on the date
of the related drawing under any Letter of Credit, as set forth in
Section 2.A.4 , such Reimbursement Obligation shall
simultaneously with such drawing be converted to and become a Loan
Rate Advance.
Requested
Increase : As defined in Section 3.6(a) .
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Revolving
Commitment : The obligation of the Lenders to make Advances
to Borrower and to participate in the issuance, extension and
renewal of Letters of Credit and the obligation of Agent to issue,
extend and renew Letters of Credit, in an aggregate principal
amount at any time not to exceed the Revolving Commitment Amount
upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set
forth in this Agreement.
Revolving Commitment
Amount : One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100ths Dollars
($150,000,000.00), as such amount may be increased in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.6(a) hereof.
Shortfall : As
defined in Section 3.6(a) .
Subsidiary :
For any entity, any corporation, partnership or other entity of
which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership
interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons
performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or
other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency)
which is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by
such entity or one or more subsidiaries of such entity or by such
entity and one or more subsidiaries of such entity.
Subsidiary
Guaranty : As defined in Section 5.09.E .
Supplemental
Notes : As defined in Section 3.6(b) .
Swing Lender :
U.S. Bank National Association, in its capacity as the lender under
the Swing Loan facility described in Section 3.5 , and its
successors in such capacity.
Swing Loan : A
loan made by the Swing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5
.
Swing Loan
Commitment : $20,000,000.
Swing Loan Draw
Request : A written request by Borrower for an Advance of
Swing Loan proceeds under this Agreement, in the form and with the
certifications included within Exhibit A-2 attached hereto
and hereby made a part hereof.
Swing Loan Maturity
Date : As defined in Section 3.5 .
Swing Loan Note
: As defined in Section 3.5 .
Swing Loan Refund
Amount : As defined in Section 3.5 .
Termination
Date : The earlier of (a) the Maturity Date, or (b) the
date on which the Note is declared to be immediately due and
payable pursuant to the terms hereof or of the Note.
Total Adjusted
Committed Indebtedness : As of any date of determination,
the sum as determined by Agent of all committed obligations,
contingent and otherwise of the Borrower and Borrower’s pro
rata share of all committed obligations of
Borrower’s
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unconsolidated subsidiaries, the
unconsolidated subsidiaries of the general partners of Borrower,
and joint ventures in which Borrower and/or Borrower’s
general partners is a party, whether secured or unsecured, that in
accordance with GAAP should be classified upon the obligor’s
balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made
by footnotes thereto, including in any event and whether or not so
classified: (a) the committed amount of all debt and similar
monetary obligations, whether direct or indirect (excluding trade
payables and other operating expenses paid by Borrower within sixty
days); (b) the committed amount of all liabilities secured by any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge, or other
encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject thereto,
whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been
assumed; (c) the maximum liability which Borrower could incur under
all guarantees for borrowed money, endorsements and other
contingent obligations, whether direct or indirect, in respect of
indebtedness or obligations of others, including any obligation to
supply funds (including partnership obligations and capital
requirements) to or in any manner to invest in, directly or
indirectly, the debtor, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the
owner of indebtedness against loss, through an agreement to
purchase goods, supplies, or services for the purpose of enabling
the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by such owner
or otherwise, and the obligations to reimburse the issuer in
respect of any letters of credit; (d) preferred stock outstanding
or a similar type of investment; and (e) all liability under
forward equity arrangements and Forward Purchase Contracts which at
such time could be specifically enforced by the seller thereunder.
For the avoidance of doubt, preferred stock outstanding or a
similar type of investment that in accordance with GAAP is
classified upon the obligor’s balance sheet as equity shall
not be included in the definition of “ Total Adjusted
Committed Indebtedness.”
Total Adjusted
Outstanding Indebtedness : As of any date of determination,
the sum as determined by Agent of all advanced and outstanding
obligations, contingent and otherwise of the Borrower and
Borrower’s pro rata share of all advanced and outstanding
obligations of Borrower’s unconsolidated subsidiaries, the
unconsolidated subsidiaries of the general partners of Borrower,
and joint ventures in which Borrower and/or Borrower’s
general partners is a party, whether secured or unsecured, that in
accordance with GAAP should be classified upon the obligor’s
balance sheet as liabilities, or to which reference should be made
by footnotes thereto, including in any event and whether or not so
classified: (a) all debt and similar monetary obligations, whether
direct or indirect (excluding trade payables and other operating
expenses paid by Borrower within sixty days); (b) all liabilities
secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, charge,
or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject
thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have
been assumed; (c) all guarantees for borrowed money, endorsements
and other contingent obligations, whether direct or indirect, in
respect of advanced and outstanding indebtedness or obligations of
others, including any obligation to supply funds (including
partnership obligations and capital requirements) to or in any
manner to invest in, directly or indirectly, the debtor, to
purchase indebtedness, or to assure the owner of indebtedness
against loss, through an agreement to purchase goods, supplies, or
services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of
the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise, and the
obligations to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letters of
credit; (d) preferred stock outstanding or a similar type of
investment; and (e) all liability under forward equity arrangements
and Forward Purchase Contracts which at such time could be
specifically enforced by the seller thereunder. For
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the avoidance of doubt, preferred stock
outstanding or a similar type of investment that in accordance with
GAAP is classified upon the obligor’s balance sheet as equity
shall not be included in the definition of “ Total
Adjusted Outstanding Indebtedness.”
Total Revolving
Outstandings : As of any date of determination, the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of Advances outstanding on such
date.
Unencumbered Adjusted
EBITDA : Adjusted EBITDA calculated only with respect to
the Approved Assets.
Unencumbered
Asset . Any Real Estate Asset that on any date of
determination: (a) is not subject to any material liens (including
any such lien imposed by the organizational documents of the owner
of such asset), (b) is not the subject of any matter that
materially adversely affects the value of such Real Estate Asset,
(c) is not the subject of a Disqualifying Environmental Event, (d)
has been improved with a building or buildings which (1) have been
issued a certificate of occupancy (where available) or is otherwise
lawfully occupied for its intended use, and (2) are fully
operational, (e) is wholly owned or ground-leased (to the extent
permitted hereunder) by the Borrower or an Approved Subsidiary and
(f) has not been designated by the Borrower in writing to the Agent
as a Real Estate Asset that is not an Unencumbered Asset, which
designation shall not be permitted during the continuance of an
Event of Default and shall be accompanied by a compliance
certificate in the form of Exhibit B-6 attached
hereto.
Uniform Customs
: With respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and
Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International
Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, or any successor version
thereof adopted by the Agent in the ordinary course of its business
as a letter of credit issuer and in effect at the time of issuance
of such Letter of Credit.
Unrestricted Cash and
Cash Equivalents : As of any date of determination, the sum
of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash then held by the
Borrower and (b) the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash
equivalents (valued at fair market value) then held by the
Borrower. As used in this definition, (i)
“unrestricted” means the specified asset is not subject
to any liens in favor of any Person and (ii) “cash
equivalents” include overnight deposits and also means that
such asset has a liquid, par value in cash and is convertible to
cash on demand. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the term Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents shall not
include the commitments of the Lenders to make Advances under this
Agreement or any other commitments from which the access to such
cash or cash equivalents would create indebtedness or tenant
security and other restricted deposits, until forfeited or
otherwise entitled to be retained by the Borrower.
ARTICLE I.
LOAN
1.1 Principal
Advances
Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender severally,
but not jointly, agrees to lend to Borrower, pro rata in accordance
with
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its Commitment Percentage, and Borrower
agrees to borrow from Lenders, on a revolving basis, at any time
and from time to time, in accordance with the terms hereof, from
the Closing Date to the Termination Date, during which period
Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow in accordance with the
terms hereof, for the purpose of acquisitions, pre-development,
development, and renovations/expansions, entitled land (not to
exceed 20% of the Revolving Commitment Amount in the aggregate at
any one time), short-term working capital (including Distributions
not to exceed $10,000,000.00 in the aggregate at any one time),
principal amortization requirements and letters of credit issued
for the account of Borrower (not to exceed $10,000,000.00 in the
aggregate at any one time); provided, however, that (A) at no time
shall any Lender be obligated to lend to Borrower more than its
Commitment Percentage of the total amount of proceeds of the Loan
which Borrower is then qualified to receive hereunder, and (B) the
amount of the Total Revolving Outstandings shall never exceed the
lesser of (x) the Revolving Commitment Amount and (y) the Loan
Availability. In no event shall Borrower use Loan proceeds in
connection with the acquisition of unentitled land ( i.e .,
land with none of the following: (i) existing or approved
infrastructure, (ii) access or entitlement to utilities or (iii)
plan for development), mortgages or public or private securities
(other than the purchase of shares in Saul Centers, Inc. not to
exceed $5,000,000.00 in the aggregate at any one time), without in
each instance obtaining Agent’s prior written
consent.
All Advances by each Lender
shall be evidenced by a Note. Each Note executed by the Borrower
shall be in the aggregate principal amount equal to such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Commitment
Amount. Each Lender shall enter in its ledgers and records the
amount of each such Advance, and of each payment made upon the
Loan, and each Lender is authorized by Borrower to enter on a
schedule attached to the Note a record of such Advances and
payments; provided, however, that the failure by any Lender to make
any such entry or any error by such Lender in making such entry
shall not limit or otherwise affect the Obligations.
Notwithstanding the express principal amount of the Note, Borrower
shall not at any time be obligated to repay more or less than the
total of all Advances made by each Lender pursuant hereto and to
the other Loan Documents, together with interest thereon at the
rates specified below and in the Note, computed on each Advance
from the date it is so made by such Lender, and all other advances
made by such Lender pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents,
with interest thereon as therein provided, less all payments of
principal of and interest on the Note, and of such advances and
interest thereon, made by Borrower. The entire unpaid principal
amount of the Loan shall be due and payable on the Termination
Date.
1.2 Payment of Interest and
Principal . Interest shall accrue on the Principal Balance
from and after the date hereof. All interest payable hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, but shall be
charged for the actual number of days principal is unpaid. Interest
accruing in accordance herewith shall be payable, in arrears, on
the first Business Day of each calendar month, commencing with the
first Business Day of the next calendar month following the
calendar month in which the initial advance is made to Borrower,
and continuing on the first Business Day of each and every calendar
month thereafter until the Principal Balance (as advanced and
readvanced) and all accrued interest thereon are paid in full.
Agent shall provide a monthly notice to Borrower setting forth the
amount of interest due and the due date thereof, which notice shall
be mailed on or prior to the tenth (10th) day preceding the first
day of each month; provided, however,
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that Borrower shall be obligated to pay
interest on the Loan (and any Swing Loan) when due regardless of
the date Borrower receives such notice. All unpaid, accrued
interest shall be paid in full on the Termination Date.
In the event that the
interest and/or charges in the nature of interest, if any, provided
for by this Agreement or by any other Loan Document, shall
contravene a legal or statutory limitation applicable to the Loan
(or any Swing Loan), if any, Borrower shall pay only such amounts
as would legally be permitted; provided, however, that if the
defense of usury and all similar defenses are unavailable to
Borrower, Borrower shall pay all amounts provided for herein. If,
for any reason, amounts in excess of the amounts permitted in the
foregoing sentence shall have been paid, received, collected or
applied hereunder, whether by reason of acceleration or otherwise,
then, and in that event, any such excess amounts shall be applied
to principal, unless principal has been fully paid, in which event
such excess amount shall be refunded to Borrower.
1.3 Prepayment . The
Principal Balance and accrued interest thereon may be prepaid in
full or in part at any time, without premium or penalty (other than
as set forth in Section 1.11 with respect to prepayments of
any LIBOR Rate Advances), after a minimum of one (1) Business Day
prior written notice from Borrower to Agent of the date of
prepayment. Upon any such prepayment in full, Borrower may
terminate this Agreement, without fee or penalty, pursuant to
written notice to Agent. Each prepayment shall be in an amount not
less than the lesser of $100,000.00 or the Principal
Balance.
1.4 Maturity Date;
Extension . If not sooner paid in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Principal Balance, together with all unpaid interest
accrued thereon, shall be due and payable, in full, on the Maturity
Date; provided, however, the Maturity Date may be extended for one
(1) additional period of one (1) year (the “ Extension
Period ) upon the written request (the “Extension
Request” ) of Borrower given not less than thirty (30)
days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
Maturity Date, such extension being subject to satisfaction of all
of the following conditions:
A. Payment on or before the
first day of the Extension Period of the Extension Fee set forth in
the Fee Letter;
B. At the time of the
Extension Request and on the first day of the Extension Period,
there shall exist no uncured Event of Default (as hereinafter
defined) or event which, with the giving of notice or passage of
time, or both, could become an Event of Default;
C. Borrower shall deliver to
Agent all financial information relating to Borrower and Guarantor
required hereunder, and such information shall reflect that no
material adverse change, financial or otherwise, as determined by
Agent, in its sole discretion, shall have occurred with respect to
Borrower or Guarantor;
Notwithstanding
Borrower’s right to extend the Maturity Date of the Loan as
set forth above, Borrower hereby agrees that Agent and the Lenders
shall have no commitment or obligation to extend the Maturity Date
beyond January 27, 2008 unless each of the foregoing conditions
shall have been satisfied.
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1.5 Calculation of
Interest . From and after the date hereof, and until the
date on which the Note is paid in full, Borrower shall pay interest
on the Principal Balance at the Loan Rate, as the same may
fluctuate from time to time; provided, however, subject to the
limitations stated herein, Borrower may elect in accordance with
the procedures set forth herein to have interest accrue and be paid
on all or a portion of the outstanding Principal Balance (other
than with respect to a Swing Loan) at a rate per annum equal to the
LIBOR Rate.
1.6 LIBOR Pricing Options
. Borrower may elect to fix the rate of interest payable upon the
Principal Balance (other than with respect to a Swing Loan) or any
portion thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section. The
provisions of this Section 1.6 shall govern the computation,
accrual and payment of interest with respect to the Principal
Balance or any portion thereof for which Borrower properly makes
such an election. If no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
Borrower may from time to time elect, by a LIBOR Rate Notice, to
pay interest on the LIBOR Rate Advance described in said LIBOR Rate
Notice at a LIBOR Rate during the LIBOR Rate Period specified in
said LIBOR Rate Notice; provided, however, Borrower may not elect
to have more than five (5) LIBOR Rate Advances outstanding at any
one time. Upon request by Borrower, prior to the submission by
Borrower to Agent of any LIBOR Rate Notice, Agent shall by
telephone advise Borrower from time to time of the then applicable
LIBOR Rate with respect to any LIBOR Rate Period promptly after the
same is determined by Agent, which determination shall be final,
conclusive and binding on Borrower. All interest accruing hereunder
at a LIBOR Rate shall accrue and be computed and charged in the
same manner as interest at the Loan Rate. From and after the end of
each LIBOR Rate Period, in the event Borrower does not timely
select another interest rate option at least three (3) Euro Days
before a particular LIBOR Rate Advance expires, Agent may, at any
time thereafter convert such LIBOR Rate Advance to a Loan Rate
Advance, but until such conversion, the funds advanced under the
expired LIBOR Rate Advance shall continue to accrue interest at the
same rate as the interest rate under such expired LIBOR Rate
Advance. Agent’s internal records of applicable interest
rates shall be determinative in the absence of manifest error.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all LIBOR Rate Periods at any one
time outstanding shall end on not more than five (5) different
dates, and the duration of any LIBOR Rate Periods which would
exceed such limitation shall be adjusted to coincide with the
remaining term of such other shorter LIBOR Rate Period(s) as
Borrower shall notify Agent of in writing, or absent such notice,
as Agent may elect. Except as hereinafter expressly provided, no
LIBOR Rate Advance may be repaid or prepaid on any day other than
the last day of the LIBOR Rate Period applicable thereto; provided,
however, that if Agent is required by any applicable law, statute,
rule, regulation or requirement to accept any such prepayment,
Borrower shall also pay to Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
from time to time, on demand, any sums necessary to compensate the
Lenders for all costs, expenses, claims, penalties and liabilities
incurred by the Lenders by virtue of the repayment or prepayment of
funds, or the inability of the Lenders to repay or prepay funds
borrowed by the Lenders in the London interbank market to advance
to Borrower.
1.7 Regulatory
Costs . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if any
Regulatory Change shall change the basis of taxation of payments to
the Lenders of the principal of or
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interest on any LIBOR Rate Advance or
any other fees or amounts payable hereunder (other than taxes
imposed on the overall net income of the Lenders by the
jurisdiction in which the Lenders have their principal offices or
by any political subdivision or taxing authority therein), or shall
subject the Lenders to any new or additional charge, fee,
withholding or tax of any kind with respect to the Loan hereunder
or change the method of taxation of the Loan or impose, modify or
deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
or loan commitments extended by, the Lenders (except any such
reserve requirement which is reflected in LIBOR) or shall impose on
a Lender or the London interbank market any other condition
affecting this Agreement, the Note or the LIBOR Rate Advances made
by the Lenders, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to
increase the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining any LIBOR
Rate Advance or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by a Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or
otherwise) in respect thereof, by an amount deemed by such Lender
to be material, then Borrower shall pay to Agent for the benefit of
such Lender upon demand, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such additional costs or reduction,
including lost income resulting therefrom as reasonably determined
by such Lender. A statement from such Lender setting forth such
amount or amounts as shall be necessary to so compensate such
Lender shall be delivered to Borrower and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon Borrower. Borrower
shall pay Agent on behalf of such Lender the amount shown as due on
any such statement within ten (10) Business Days after its receipt
of the same. Failure on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation for any increased costs, lost income or reduction in
amounts received or receivable shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender’s rights to demand compensation for any increased
costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable. The
protection under this section shall be available to the Lenders
regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or
inapplicability of any law, regulation or directive which shall
give rise to any demand by the Lenders.
1.8 Inability to Determine
LIBOR . In the event that on the date for determining LIBOR
in respect of the LIBOR Rate Period for any LIBOR Rate Advance,
Agent shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error) that, by reason of circumstances
affecting the London interbank market, adequate and fair means do
not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such LIBOR Rate Period, Agent
shall promptly give to Borrower telephonic notice (confirmed as
soon as practicable in writing) of the nature and effect of such
circumstances. After receipt of such notice and during the
existence of such circumstances, Borrower shall have no right to
elect a LIBOR Rate with respect to advances hereunder; provided
that nothing in this Section shall affect the LIBOR Rate then in
effect on any LIBOR Rate Advance outstanding at the time of receipt
by Borrower of such notice until the expiration of the LIBOR Rate
Period in effect with respect to such LIBOR Rate Advance at such
time.
1.9 Illegality .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, if any
Regulatory Change shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or
maintain any LIBOR Rate Advance or to give effect to its
obligations as contemplated hereby, then, by written notice to
Borrower, Agent may:
A. Declare that LIBOR Rate
Advances will not thereafter be made hereunder, in which event
Borrower shall be prohibited from requesting LIBOR Rate Advances,
and the Lenders shall not be required to make LIBOR Rate Advances
to Borrower, hereunder unless such declaration is subsequently
withdrawn; and
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B. Require, but only to the
extent the Regulatory Change affects outstanding LIBOR Rate
Advances, that all outstanding LIBOR Rate Advances made by the
Lenders be added to, and become a part of, the Loan Rate Advance
hereunder, in which event all such LIBOR Rate Advances shall
automatically be added to, and become a part of, the Loan Rate
Advance as of the effective date of such notice as is hereinafter
provided for (notwithstanding any provisions of the Note or this
Agreement to the contrary), and interest shall accrue thereon, from
and after said date, at the Loan Rate or the Default Rate,
whichever is then applicable. For purposes of this Section, a
notice to Borrower by Agent shall be effective on the date of
receipt by Borrower.
1.10 Capital Adequacy .
Borrower shall also pay to the applicable Lenders from time to time
on demand such amounts as such Lender may determine to be necessary
to compensate such Lender for any costs which such Lender
determines are attributable to the extension of credit hereunder in
respect of any amount of capital maintained by such Lender or any
of its affiliates pursuant to any law, guideline or regulation of
any jurisdiction or any interpretation, directive or request
(whether or not having the force of law) of any court or
governmental or monetary authority enacted, whether proposed on the
date of this Agreement or enacted, promulgated or issued after the
date of this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, such
compensation shall include an amount equal to any reduction in
return on assets or return on equity to a level below that which
the Lenders could have achieved absent their extension of credit
hereunder and but for such law, regulation, interpretation,
directive or request.
1.11 Indemnification of Agent and
the Lenders . If a LIBOR Rate Advance is prepaid, whether
by the Borrower as a result of acceleration upon default or
otherwise, the Borrower agrees to pay all of the losses, costs,
expenses and Interest Differential (as determined by the Agent) of
Agent and the Lenders incurred or sustained as a result of such
prepayment. Because of the short-term nature of this facility, the
Borrower agrees that the Interest Differential shall not be
discounted to its present value. Any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate
Advance shall be in an amount equal to the remaining entire
principal balance of such advance. Agent shall provide to Borrower
a statement, signed by an officer of Agent, explaining any such
loss or expense and setting forth, if applicable, the computations
used to determine such loss or expense which shall be conclusive
and binding on Borrower, absent manifest error.
1.12 Default Rate .
If a default shall occur and continue beyond any applicable notice,
cure or grace period under the Note, this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents or the entire Principal Balance, all interest
accrued thereon, and all other amounts payable under the Loan have
not been repaid on or before the Maturity Date, then the entire
Principal Balance shall (without notice to or demand upon Borrower)
become due and payable on said date, together with all unpaid,
accrued interest thereon and all other amounts payable under the
Loan, and with interest computed thereon from and after that date
at a rate which is four percent (4%) per annum in excess of the
Loan Rate or the
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LIBOR Rate, as applicable, or at the
maximum lawful rate of interest which may be charged thereon by
Agent, if any, whichever is less (hereinafter called “
Default Rate ”), until all such amounts are paid in
full.
1.13 Late Payment Charge .
In the event that any required payment of principal and/or interest
hereunder (other than full payment at maturity) is not made within
five (5) days of the due date thereof, Borrower shall pay to Agent
an additional payment of a late payment charge to compensate for
Lenders’ loss of use of funds and for the expenses of
handling the delinquent payment, in an amount equal to five percent
(5.0%) of such delinquent payment. In the event the maturity of the
indebtedness hereunder is accelerated by Agent, this section shall
apply only to payments overdue prior to the time of such
acceleration.
1.14 Effective Rate .
Borrower, Agent and the Lenders agree that no payment of interest
or other consideration made or agreed to be made by Borrower to
Agent and/or the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement, the Note or
any other instrument referring to or securing the Note shall, at
any time, be deemed to have been computed at an interest rate in
excess of the maximum rate of interest permissible by law, if any.
In the event such payments of interest or other consideration
provided for in this Agreement, the Note or any other instrument
referring to or securing the Note shall result in payment of an
effective rate of interest which, for any period of time, is in
excess of the limit of the usury law or any other law applicable to
the Loan evidenced by the Note, all sums in excess of those
lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall,
without further agreement or notice between or by any party or
parties hereto, be applied to the Principal Balance immediately
upon receipt of such monies by Agent with the same force and effect
as though Borrower had specifically designated, and Agent had
agreed to accept, such extra payments as a principal payment,
without premium or penalty. If principal has been fully paid, any
such excess amount shall be refunded to Borrower. This provision
shall control over every other obligation of Borrower, Agent and
the Lenders hereunder and under the Note and any other instrument
which secures the Note.
1.15 Payments . All
payments made under the Note shall be applied to any late payment
charge then due, to accrued interest, to the Principal Balance and,
if Agent and the Lenders have advanced any sums under the terms of
any instrument which secures the Note, to repayment of the funds so
advanced, even though the same have become part of the Principal
Balance, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate, in
such order as Agent, at its option, may elect. All payments made
under the Loan shall be made in Immediately Available Funds,
without counterclaim or set off and free and clear of, and without
any deduction or withholding for, any taxes or other
payments.
1.16 Fees . On the
date hereof and on or before the dates set forth therein, Borrower
shall pay Agent all fees, costs and expenses referenced in the Fee
Letter. The agency fee set forth in the Fee Letter is for the
services to be performed by Agent in acting as Agent and is fully
earned on the date paid. The agency fee paid to the Agent is solely
for its own account and is nonrefundable.
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1.17 Non-Usage
Fees
In addition to any other fees
set forth in this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to Agent on behalf
of Lenders in Immediately Available Funds a non-usage fee equal to
the percentage set forth below per annum multiplied by the
unadvanced portion of the Revolving Commitment Amount (after
deducting the undrawn amount of any Letters of Credit outstanding
hereunder), payable on the first day of each calendar quarter,
calculated in arrears based on the average daily balance of the
unadvanced portion of the Revolving Commitment Amount during the
prior calendar quarter; the first payment of such fee shall be due
and payable on April 1, 2005 and shall be pro rated based upon that
portion of the calendar quarter during which the Revolving
Commitment is outstanding. The non-usage fee shall be shared among
the Lenders in accordance with the daily average Commitment
Percentages of the Lenders during such calendar quarter.
The non-usage fee shall be
equal to 0.15%; provided, however, in the event that Agent
determines in its sole discretion (and to the extent that such
determination is in reliance upon documentation provided by
Borrower, copies shall be provided to each Lender by Agent) that
the average daily balance of the unadvanced portion of the
Revolving Commitment Amount during the prior calendar quarter shall
have been greater than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
Revolving Commitment Amount, then the non-usage fee as to such
quarter shall be equal to 0.20% per annum.
ARTICLE
II.A.
LETTERS OF
CREDIT
2.A Terms of the Letter of Credit
Facility
2.A.1. Letters of
Credit . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement, Agent agrees, in its individual capacity, to issue,
extend and renew Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower from
time to time between the Closing Date and the Termination Date in
such form as may be requested by Borrower and reasonably agreed to
by Agent and in such amounts as the Borrower shall request up to an
aggregate amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the
Revolving Commitment Amount; provided , however ,
that, after giving effect to such issuance, (a) the Maximum Drawing
Amount shall not exceed $10,000,000.00 at any time, (b) the sum of
(i) the Maximum Drawing Amount on all Letters of Credit and (ii)
Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Loan Availability
in effect at any time, and (c) the total number of Letters of
Credit outstanding shall not exceed five (5).
2.A.2. Procedures for
Letters of Credit . Each request for a Letter of Credit
shall be made by the Borrower, in writing, by telex, facsimile
transmission or electronic conveyance received by the Agent by 2:00
p.m. (Central time) on a Business Day which is not less than five
(5) Business Days preceding the requested date of issuance (which
shall also be a Business Day) and shall be accompanied by a
certificate executed by the Borrower in the form of Exhibit
B-7 . Each request for a Letter of Credit shall specify (i) the
date of issuance of the requested Letter of Credit, (ii) the amount
of the requested Letter of Credit, (iii) the name of the account
party on such Letter of Credit, and (iv) the beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit. The Agent may require that such request be made
on such letter of credit application and reimbursement agreement
form as the Agent may from time to time specify, along with
satisfactory evidence of the authority and incumbency of
the
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representative of the Borrower making
such request. Each request for a Letter of Credit shall be deemed a
representation by the Borrower that, on the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit and after giving effect thereto, the
applicable conditions specified in Article III have been and
will be satisfied. Unless the Agent determines that any applicable
condition specified in Article III has not been satisfied,
the Agent will issue the requested Letter of Credit at its
principal office in Minneapolis, Minnesota not later than 3:00 p.m.
on the requested date of issuance.
2.A.3. Terms of Letters
of Credit . Letters of Credit shall be issued in support of
obligations of the Borrower. All Letters of Credit must expire not
later than thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date. Each Letter
of Credit so issued, extended or renewed shall be subject to the
Uniform Customs.
2.A.4. Agreement to
Repay Letter of Credit Drawing . If the Agent has received
documents purporting to draw under a Letter of Credit that the
Agent believes conform to the requirements of the Letter of Credit,
or if the Agent has decided that it will comply with the
Borrower’s written request or authorization to pay a drawing
on any Letter of Credit that the Agent does not believe conforms to
the requirements of the Letter of Credit, it will notify Borrower,
of that fact. Except as contemplated in Section 2.A.10
below, the Borrower shall reimburse the Agent for the account of
the Agent or (as the case may be) the Lenders by 9:30 a.m. (Central
time) on the day on which such drawing is to be paid in Immediately
Available Funds in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
In addition, Borrower agrees to reimburse or pay to Agent for the
account of the Agent or (as the case may be) the Lenders with
respect to each Letter of Credit issued, extended or renewed by
Agent hereunder:
A. Upon reduction (but not
termination) of the Revolving Commitment Amount to an amount less
than the then Maximum Drawing Amount, an amount equal to such
difference, which amount shall be held by the Agent in a
non-interest bearing account as cash collateral for the benefit of
Lenders and the Agent for all Reimbursement Obligations,
and
B. Upon the termination of
the Revolving Commitment, or the acceleration of the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to all Letters of Credit in accordance
with Section 6.2(C) , an amount equal to the then Maximum
Drawing Amount on all Letters of Credit, which amount shall be held
by Agent in a non-interest bearing account as cash collateral for
the benefit of Lenders and Agent for all Reimbursement
Obligations.
2.A.5. Obligations
Absolute . The obligation of the Borrower under Section
2.A.4. to repay the Agent for any amount drawn on any Letter of
Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, shall
continue for so long as any Letter of Credit is outstanding,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, and shall be
paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under
all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation the
following circumstances:
A. Any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
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B. The existence of any
claim, setoff, defense or other right which the Borrower may have
or claim at any time against any beneficiary, transferee or holder
of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such
beneficiary, transferee or holder may be acting), the Agent or any
other Person, whether in connection with a Letter of Credit, this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby, or any unrelated
transaction; or
C. Any statement or any other
document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
whatsoever.
Neither the Agent nor its
officers, directors or employees shall be liable or responsible
for, and the Obligations of the Borrower shall not be impaired
by:
(i) The use which may be made
of any Letter of Credit or any acts or omissions of any
beneficiary, transferee or holder thereof in connection
therewith;
(ii) The validity,
sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsements
thereon, even if such documents or endorsements should, in fact,
prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
fraudulent or forged;
(iii) The acceptance by the
Agent of documents that appear on their face to be in order,
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary; or
(iv) Any other action of the
Agent in making or failing to make payment under any Letter of
Credit if in good faith and in conformity with U.S. or foreign
laws, regulations or customs applicable thereto.
2.A.6. Increased Cost
for Letters of Credit . If any Regulatory Change shall
either (a) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit,
capital adequacy or similar requirement against Letters of Credit
issued by the Agent, or (b) shall impose on the Agent any other
conditions affecting this Agreement or any Letter of Credit; and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the
Agent of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, or reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by the Agent hereunder,
then, upon written demand (which demand shall be given by the Agent
promptly after it determines such increased cost or reduction), the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent the additional amount or amounts as
will compensate the Agent for such actual or imputed increased cost
or reduction. A certificate submitted to the Borrower by the Agent
setting forth the basis for the determination of such additional
amount or amounts necessary to compensate the Agent as aforesaid,
and stating in reasonable detail the basis for the charge and the
method of computation, shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrower absent error.
2.A.7. Letter of Credit
Fees . For each Letter of Credit issued, the Borrower shall
pay to the Agent (a) a fee equal to the higher of (a) $1,000.00, or
(b) 12.5 basis points on each Letter of Credit face amount, payable
upon issuance of each such Letter of Credit, and (b) a fee (a
“Letter of Credit Fee” ) in an amount equal to
the Applicable Margin per
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annum multiplied by the face amount of
each outstanding Letter of Credit, which Letter of Credit Fee (i)
shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each
calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter
(which Letter of Credit Fee shall be pro-rated for any calendar
quarter in which such Letter of Credit is issued, drawn upon or
otherwise reduced or terminated) and (ii) shall be for the account
of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective
Commitment Percentages. In addition to the Letter of Credit Fee,
the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, on demand, all amendment,
drawing and other fees regularly charged by the Agent to its letter
of credit customers and all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Agent in connection with the issuance, amendment, administration or
payment of any Letter of Credit.
2.A.8 Regulations U and
X . No portion of any Letter of Credit is to be obtained
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin
security” or “margin stock” as such terms are
used in Regulations U and X of the Board, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and
224.
2.A.9 Letter of Credit
Participation . Each Lender severally agrees that it shall
be absolutely liable, without regard to the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default or any other condition precedent
whatsoever, to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage, to reimburse Agent on demand pursuant to Section
2.A.10 for the amount of each draft paid by Agent under each
Letter of Credit to the extent that such amount is not reimbursed
by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.A.4 (such agreement
for a Lender being called herein the “ Letter of Credit
Participation ” of such Lender).
2.A.10 Letter of Credit
Payments; Advance of Loan . Notwithstanding anything
contained in Section 2.A.4 above to the contrary, unless
Borrower shall have notified the Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (Central
time) on the Business Day immediately prior to the date of such
drawing that Borrower intends to reimburse Agent for the amount of
such drawing, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Loan
Rate Advance on the date on which such drawing is honored and in an
amount equal to the amount of such drawing. The Borrower may
thereafter convert any such Loan Rate Advance to a LIBOR Rate
Advance in accordance with Section 1.6 . Each Lender shall,
in accordance with Section 1.1 , make available such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Advance to Agent, the
proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Agent to reimburse
Agent and/or Lenders for the amount of such draw. Agent is
irrevocably authorized by the Borrower and each of the Lenders to
honor draws on each Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof in
accordance with the terms of the Letter of Credit. The
responsibility of the Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders shall
be only to determine that the documents (including each draft)
delivered under each Letter of Credit in connection with such
presentment shall be in conformity in all material respects with
such Letter of Credit.
2.A.11 Existing Letter
of Credit . The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that
that certain Letter of Credit No. SLCMMSP03477 in the face amount
of $2,100,000.00, issued by Agent for the benefit of Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Association of America on behalf of Borrower,
shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to this Agreement, in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Article
IIA.
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ARTICLE
II.B
CONDITIONS OF
BORROWING
Lenders shall not be required
to make any Advances hereunder until the pre-closing requirements,
conditions and other requirements set forth below have been
completed and fulfilled to the satisfaction of Agent, with respect
to said Advance, at Borrower’s sole cost and
expense.
2.B.1 Prerequisites to
Effectiveness of Agreement
The obligations of Lenders to
make Advances and the effectiveness of this Agreement are subject
to the following documents, certificates and opinions, each in form
and substance acceptable to Agent and its counsel, having been
delivered to and approved by Agent. It is agreed, however, that
Lenders may, in their discretion, make such Advances prior to
completion and fulfillment of any or all of such pre-closing
requirements, conditions and other requirements, without waiving
its right to require such completion and fulfillment before any
additional Advances are made.
A. This Agreement duly
executed by Borrower, Agent, Swing Lender and Lenders; the Note
duly executed by Borrower; the Fee Letter; and the Guaranty duly
executed by Guarantor;
B. A copy of the Certificate
of Limited Partnership of Borrower and all amendments thereto, and
a Certificate of Good Standing for Borrower, currently certified by
the Secretary of State of its state of organization;
Borrower’s Agreement of Limited Partnership, and any
necessary consents and resolutions authorizing the transactions
described herein, all currently certified by Borrower’s
general partner, and upon which Agent and Lenders may rely until
revoked by written notice to Agent;
C. A copy of the Articles of
Incorporation of Guarantor and all amendments thereto, and a
Certificate of Good Standing for Guarantor, each currently
certified by the Secretary of State of its state of incorporation;
Guarantor’s By-Laws, Resolutions of Guarantor’s Board
of Directors authorizing the transactions described herein, and an
incumbency certificate for Guarantor (including the names, titles
and specimen signatures of officers thereof authorized to execute
Loan Documents), all currently certified by Guarantor’s
corporate secretary or assistant secretary, as appropriate, and
upon which Agent and Lenders may rely until revoked by written
notice to Agent;
D. A Certificate from the
general partner of Borrower and from a duly authorized officer of
Guarantor, setting forth the names, titles, specimen signatures and
telephone numbers of all persons authorized to (i) sign Draw
Requests and/or other documents, instruments, certificates and
agreements to be delivered by Borrower and/or Guarantor to Agent,
and/or (ii) to give instructions to Agent hereunder, each of which
Certificates shall be deemed to be in full force and effect until
forty-eight (48) hours after receipt by Agent of an amendment
thereof duly executed by a duly authorized officer or
Guarantor;
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E. A signed, written opinion
from counsel to Borrower and Guarantor, addressed to Agent and
currently dated, as to the due organization, existence,
qualification and good standing of Borrower and Guarantor; as to
the due authorization, validity, legality, binding nature and
enforceability of the Loan Documents listed in Section
2.B.1.A , without the consent or approval of any other Person;
that, to such counsel’s knowledge, the execution, delivery
and performance by Borrower and Guarantor of the Loan Documents to
which each is a party will not violate any contracts or agreements
of Borrower or Guarantor or any applicable Governmental
Requirements; as to the absence, to such counsel’s knowledge,
of litigation or governmental proceedings which could materially,
adversely affect Borrower or Guarantor; and such other matters as
may be required by Agent on behalf of Lenders;
F. The most current available
annual financial statements for Borrower and Guarantor on a
consolidated basis, as well as financial statements on a
consolidated basis for each of the three (3) full fiscal years
immediately preceding the time period covered by said current
financial statements; and
G. A sworn statement from and
agreement by Borrower and Guarantor listing all guarantees and
contingent liabilities to which Borrower and Guarantor are a party
or for which Borrower or Guarantor may be liable and agreeing to
periodically update said listing, to which sworn statement shall be
attached (or in which sworn statement shall be described) current
financial statements of Borrower and of Guarantor, which shall be,
in such sworn statement, certified and sworn to by Borrower and
Guarantor as being true, correct, complete and not misleading in
any material respect, and Borrower and Guarantor shall also, in
such sworn statement, certify that there has been no material
change in the financial status of Borrower or of Guarantor since
the dates thereof.
H. With respect to each
Unencumbered Asset which is to become an Approved Asset on the
Closing Date, (i) a written description of the Unencumbered Asset,
including the size, legal description and location of the
Unencumbered Asset; (ii) a title report, dated within thirty (30)
days of the date on which such Unencumbered Asset is included as an
Approved Asset, running in favor of the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, together with a copy of each document referred to therein
(collectively “ Title Evidence ”), evidencing
that such Real Estate Asset is an Unencumbered Asset; (iii) a
current, certified rent roll for such Unencumbered Asset; (iv)
operating statements for the prior three (3) years, if available
(but in no event less than the prior twelve (12) months); (v)
market, location and demographic information; (vi) pro forma
operating and capital budgets and (vii) such other information as
may be reasonably requested by Agent.
I. Receipt of a Closing
Certificate and a Compliance Certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B-1 (if Borrower has requested that an
Advance be funded on the Closing Date).
J. The Borrower agrees that
at the request of Agent it will furnish supplements of all
materials described in this Section 2.B.1 to Agent after the
Closing Date, updating such material.
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K. All proceedings in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and all other documents incident thereto
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Agent and to the
Agent’s counsel, and the Agent and such counsel shall have
received all information and such counterpart originals or
certified or other copies of such documents as the Agent may
request.
L. The Borrower shall have
paid to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders or for its own
account, as applicable, all of the fees and expenses that are due
and payable as of the Closing Date in accordance with this
Agreement.
M. The obligation of the
Agent to issue any Letter of Credit shall be subject to the
fulfillment of the following conditions:
(1) Representations and
Warranties . The representations and warranties contained
in Article IV shall be true and correct on and as of the
date upon which Borrower requests that Agent issue the Letter of
Credit and on the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit with
the same force and effect as if made on such date.
(2) No Default
. No default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date upon which Borrower requests that Agent
issue the Letter of Credit and on the date of issuance of
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