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$40,000,000
REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT
by and among
CAPITAL LEASE FUNDING, INC.,
AND
PREFCO II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as Borrower,
and
WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
in its respective capacities
as Initial Lender and as Administrative Agent
Dated as of July 17, 2007
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS 1
Section 1.01 Definitions 1
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions 8
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms 8
Section 1.04 Computation of Time Periods 9
ARTICLE II THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS 9
Section 2.01 Loans 9
Section 2.02 Payments to Collection Account 10
Section 2.03 Prepayments 10
Section 2.04 Default Rate and Payment Dates 10
Section 2.05 Computation of Interest and Fees 11
Section 2.06 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments 11
Section 2.07 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent
12
Section 2.08 Inability to Determine Interest Rate 12
Section 2.09 Illegality 12
Section 2.10 Requirements of Law 13
Section 2.11 Indemnity 13
Section 2.12 Taxes 13
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 14
Section 3.01 Conditions 14
Section 3.02 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 16
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 17
Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties 17
ARTICLE V COVENANTS 19
Section 5.01 Intentionally Omitted 19
Section 5.02 Mortgaged Assets 19
Section 5.03 Financial Covenants 19
Section 5.04 Certificates; Other Information 19
Section 5.05 No Negative Pledge 20
Section 5.06 Intentionally omitted 20
Section 5.07 Intentionally Omitted 20
Section 5.08 Compliance with Laws 20
Section 5.09 Taxes 20
Section 5.10 Books and Records 20
Section 5.11 Preservation of Existence 20
Section 5.12 Maintenance of Collateral 20
Section 5.13 Intentionally Omitted 21
Section 5.14 Further Assurances 21
Section 5.15 Ownership 21
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Section 5.16 Appraisals 21
Section 5.17 Indebtedness 21
Section 5.18 Liens 21
Section 5.19 Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions
21
Section 5.20 Changes in Organizational Documents; Name 21
Section 5.21 Enforceability of Loan Documents 21
Section 5.22 Reporting Requirements 21
Section 5.23 Future Disclosure 22
Section 5.24 Ground Lease 22
ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT 23
Section 6.01 Events of Default 23
Section 6.02 Acceleration; Remedies 24
Section 6.03 Notice of Default 24
Section 6.04 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders 24
Section 6.05 Indemnification 24
Section 6.06 The Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity
24
Section 6.07 Successor Administrative Agent 24
Section 6.08 Other Agents 26
ARTICLE VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 26
Section 7.01 Appointment 26
Section 7.02 Delegation of Duties 26
Section 7.03 Exculpatory Provisions 26
Section 7.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent 26
ARTICLE VIII RECOURSE 27
Section 8.01 Full Recourse Obligations 27
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 27
Section 9.01 Amendments, Waivers and Release of Collateral
27
Section 9.02 Survival of Representations and Warranties 28
Section 9.03 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing
Lenders 28
Section 9.04 Adjustments 30
Section 9.05 Indemnification and Expenses 30
Section 9.06 Notices and Other Communications 30
Section 9.07 Entire Agreement; Severability 31
Section 9.08 GOVERNING LAW 31
Section 9.09 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL 31
Section 9.10 Periodic Due Diligence Review 32
Section 9.11 Intentionally Omitted 32
Section 9.12 Legal Matters 32
Section 9.13 Confidentiality 32
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Section 9.15 Treatment of Certain Information 33
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.01(B) Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 3.01(h) Organizational Chart of the Borrower
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit B Form of Commitment Transfer Supplement
Exhibit C Intentionally Omitted
Exhibit D Form of Mortgage and Security Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Closing Certificate
Exhibit F Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement
Exhibit G Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit H Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit I Intentionally Omitted
Exhibit J Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit K Form of 2.12 Certificate
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REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of July 17, 2007
(this
"Agreement"), between CAPITAL LEASE FUNDING, INC., a Maryland
corporation
("Caplease"), PREFCO II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Connecticut
limited partnership
("Owner" and, together with Caplease, "Borrower") and WACHOVIA
BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as the initial Lender ("Initial
Lender") and as
administrative agent for the financial institutions and banks
("Lenders") party
hereto from time to time (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent" or the
"Agent").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the Initial Lender has
agreed, to
extend certain credit facilities to the Borrower on the terms
and conditions set
forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties
hereto, such parties
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions.
(a) As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings
(all terms defined in this Section 1.01 or in other provisions
of this Agreement
in the singular shall have the same meanings when used in the
plural and vice
versa).
"Adjustment Event": With respect to the Eligible Asset, the
occurrence of
any of the following (each of which shall be deemed to adjust
the Fair Market
Value of the Eligible Asset by such amount as may be determined
by Agent
exercising reasonable discretion): (a) any theft, loss, physical
destruction or
damage, taking, condemnation or similar event; (b) the Fair
Market Value of the
Eligible Asset is not supported or validated pursuant to a
FIRREA standard
appraisal, as determined by the Agent in its sole discretion
exercised in good
faith; (c) any violation or noncompliance, or claim or
allegation of violation
of or noncompliance with, any Environmental Laws, including,
without limitation,
by any Person or Governmental Authority; (d) any default in or
nonperformance of
any material obligations by Borrower as landlord, or by any
tenant leasing a
material portion of the Eligible Asset or the termination of any
such tenant's
lease; or (e) any default in or nonperformance of material
obligations by any
Person arising out of or in connection with any construction,
capital
improvement or similar projects or undertakings, including,
without limitation,
material cost overruns (solely to the extent included by the
Agent and/or the
Initial Lender in evaluating the initial Purchase Price of such
Eligible Asset
and extending credit upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement).
Agent and Lenders shall only be entitled to obtain an appraisal
of the Eligible
Asset for purposes of clause (b) above following the occurrence
of an event
which such Agent or Lenders reasonably believe will have a
material adverse
effect on the Fair Market Value of the Eligible Asset.
"Advance Rate": 70%.
"Affiliate": As to any Person, an "Affiliate" of such Person, as
such term
is defined in the Bankruptcy Code.
"Agreement": This Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and
restated
and supplemented from time to time.
"ALTA": The American Land Title Association.
"Alternate Base Rate": The per annum rate of interest equal to
the greater
of (a) the prime rate or (b) the federal funds rate plus one
half of one percent
(0.5%). Any change in the Alternate Base Rate resulting from a
change in the
prime rate or the federal funds rate shall become effective as
of 12:01 a.m. on
the Business Day on which each such change occurs. The Alternate
Base Rate is a
reference rate used by the Agent in determining interest rates
on certain loans
and is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by
the Agent or
any other Lender on any extension of credit to Borrower.
"Alternate Base Rate Loans": Loans the rate of interest
applicable to
which is based on the Alternate Base Rate.
"Anti-Money Laundering Laws": The meaning specified in Section
4.01(r).
"Applicable Premium": 125 basis points (1.25%).
"Approved Fund": With respect to any Lender that is a fund that
invests in
bank loans, any other fund that invests in bank loans and is
managed by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an affiliate of such
investment advisor.
"Bankruptcy Code": The United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended
from time to time.
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"Borrower": As defined in the Recitals.
"Borrowing Date": In respect of any Loan, the date such Loan is
made.
"Business Day": Any day other than a (i) Saturday or Sunday or
(ii) day on
which banks in the State of North Carolina, the State of New
York, the District
of Columbia, or the state in which any of the Agent or the
Borrower is located
is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
"Caplease": As defined in the Recitals.
"Cash and Cash Equivalents": (i) cash, (ii) direct obligations
of the
United States Government, including without limitation, treasury
bills, notes
and bonds, (iii) interest bearing or discounted obligations of
Federal agencies
and government sponsored entities or pools of such instruments
offered by
approved banks and dealers, including without limitation,
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation participation sale certificates, Government
National
Mortgage Association modified pass through certificates, Federal
National
Mortgage Association bonds and notes, and Federal Farm Credit
System securities,
(iv) time deposits, domestic and Eurodollar certificates of
deposit, bankers'
acceptances, commercial paper rated at least A-1 by S&P and
P-1 by Moody's
and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa1 rating by Moody's, an
AA- rating by
S&P or better rated credit, floating rate notes, other money
market instruments
and letters of credit each issued by approved banks (provided
that the same
shall cease to be a "Cash or Cash Equivalent" if at any time any
such bank shall
cease to be an approved bank), (v) obligations of domestic
corporations,
including, without limitation, commercial paper, bonds,
debentures and loan
participations, each of which is rated at least AA- by S&P
and/or Aa1 by Moody's
and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa1 rating by Moody's
and/or a AA- rating
by S&P or better rated credit, (vi) obligations issued by
states and local
governments or their agencies, rated at least MIG-1 by Moody's
and/or SP-1 by
S&P and/or guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit of
an approved bank
(provided that the same shall cease to be a "Cash or Cash
Equivalent" if at any
time any such bank shall cease to be an approved bank), (vii)
repurchase
agreements with major banks and primary government security
dealers fully
secured by the U.S. government or agency collateral equal to or
exceeding the
principal amount on a daily basis and held in safekeeping, and
(viii) real
estate loan pool participations, guaranteed by a Person with an
AA- rating given
by S&P or Aa1 rating given by Moody's or better rated
credit.
"Change of Control": (a) any Person or two or more Persons
acting in
concert shall have acquired "beneficial ownership," directly or
indirectly, of,
or shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have
entered into a
contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in
its or their
acquisition of, or control over, Voting Interests of the
Borrower (or other
securities convertible into such Voting Interests) representing
more than 50% of
the combined voting power of all Voting Interests of Borrower,
(b) Continuing
Directors shall cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
the members of
the board of directors of the Borrower then in office, (c) the
sale, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of
merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the
Securities Act of 1934) or (d) the adoption by the equity
holders of the
Borrower of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the
Borrower. As used herein, "beneficial ownership" shall have the
meaning provided
in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act
of 1934.
"Closing Certificate": A Closing Certificate, substantially in
the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E, including all attachments and
exhibits thereto,
which shall include a copy of: (a) a recorded copy of all deeds
evidencing title
to and ownership of the Eligible Asset in recordable form; (b)
any HUD-1 (or
equivalent) settlement statements in respect of such Eligible
Asset acquisition;
and (c) such other documentation as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably
request.
"Closing Date": The date of this Agreement.
"Code": The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
"Collateral": A collective reference to the collateral which is
identified
in, and at any time covered by, the Security Documents or such
other collateral
in which a security interest may be granted in favor of the
Agent to secure the
Loans.
"Collection Account": The meaning given to such term in Section
2.02.
"Commitment Fee": The meaning given to such term in Section
2.13.
"Commitment Period": The period of time commencing on the date
hereof and
ending on the Business Day preceding the Termination Date.
"Commitment Transfer Supplement": A Commitment Transfer
Supplement, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B.
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"Compliance Certificate": A Compliance Certificate, in
substantially the
form of Exhibit H, demonstrating compliance by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries
as of the date of delivery thereof with the financial covenants
contained in
Section 5.03 hereof and such other matters as are set forth
therein, in each
case for the periods specified therein.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" At any time, Consolidated
Total Assets
less Consolidated Total Liabilities.
"Consolidated Total Assets": At any time, all amounts which
would be
included as assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower other than
(i) amounts owing to Borrower from Affiliates, or from officers,
employees,
partners, members, directors, shareholders or other Persons
similarly affiliated
with Borrower or its Affiliates, (ii) intangible assets
(including, without
limitation, synthetic or derivative products and/or positions)
other than
intangible assets arising from the allocation of the purchase
price on real
property acquisitions, (iii) prepaid taxes and/or expenses
(which shall not
include, for the avoidance of doubt, purchase price, mortgage
loan and other
deposits and escrows), and (iv) assets which have not yet been
acquired but are
consolidated under FIN 46. For the avoidance of doubt,
"Consolidated Total
Assets" shall not be reduced by "accumulated depreciation and
amortization" on
real estate investments.
"Consolidated Total Liabilities": At any time, without
duplication, all
amounts which would be included as liabilities on a consolidated
balance sheet
of the Borrower, plus all Contingent Liabilities less any
liabilities under
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary are not obligated but are
consolidated
under FIN 46.
"Contingent Liabilities": Without duplication, all items that
would
constitute "Contingent Obligations" as such term is defined
under GAAP or
pursuant to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 15 of
the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Continuing Director": Means (i) an individual who is a member
of the
Borrower's Board of Directors on the date hereof or (ii) any new
director whose
appointment was approved by a majority of the persons who were
already
Continuing Directors at the time of such appointment, election
or approval.
"Costs": Any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs
and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and
disbursements).
"Default": Any of the events specified in Section 7.01, whether
or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, or any other
condition, has been satisfied.
"Default Rate": The meaning given to such term in Section
2.04.
"Deposit Account Control Agreement": The Deposit Account
Control
Agreement, in substantially the form - attached hereto as
Exhibit F.
"Dollars" and "$": Lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Due Diligence Review": The performance by the Agent of any or
all of the
reviews permitted under Section 9.10 with respect to the
Eligible Asset, as
reasonably desired by the Agent from time to time.
"Eligible Asset": The leasehold interest in real estate asset
located at
1301 Atwood Avenue, Johnston, Rhode Island (also referred to
herein as the "FM
Global Building") pursuant to the terms of the Ground Lease,
together with any
other real estate asset that is accepted by the Agent in its
sole and absolute
discretion hereunder.
"Eligible Asset Disposition": A (i) bona fide sale, transfer or
other
disposition of the Eligible Asset to a Person who is not an
Affiliate of
Borrower, or (ii) refinancing or encumbering of the Eligible
Asset.
"Eligible Asset File": All documents, records, files, data,
information
and correspondence in respect of the subject Eligible Asset as
maintained by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
"Environmental Indemnity Agreement": The Environmental
Indemnity
Agreement, executed on the date hereof by the Borrower in favor
of the Agent.
"Environmental Laws": Any and all foreign, Federal, state, local
or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes,
ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or
requirements of law
(including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing
liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or
the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
"Equity Interest": With respect to any Person, any share of
capital stock
of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any
warrant, option
or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of any
share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit
interests in) such
Person, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any
share of capital
stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person
or warrant,
right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of such
shares (or such other interests) and any other ownership or
profit interest in
such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member
or trust
interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or
not such share,
warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or
otherwise existing on
any date of determination.
"ERISA": The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended
from time to time.
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"ERISA Affiliate": Any corporation or trade or business that is
a member
of any group of organizations (i) described in Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code
of which Borrower is a member and (ii) solely for purposes of
potential
liability under Section 302(c)(11) of ERISA and Section
412(c)(11) of the Code
and the lien created under Section 302(f) of ERISA and Section
412(n) of the
Code, described in Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of which
Seller is a
member.
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage": For any day, the percentage
(expressed as
a decimal and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100th of 1%)
which is in effect for such day as prescribed by the Federal
Reserve Board (or
any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including
without limitation any basic, supplemental or emergency
reserves) in respect of
Eurocurrency liabilities, as defined in Regulation D of such
Board as in effect
from time to time, or any similar category of liabilities for a
member bank of
the Federal Reserve System in New York City.
"Event of Default": The meaning specified in Section 7.01.
"Extension of Credit": As to any Lender, the making of a Loan by
such
Lender.
"Fair Market Value": With respect to (a) a security listed on a
national
securities exchange or recognized automated quotation system,
the price of such
security as reported on such exchange by any widely recognized
reporting method
customarily relied upon by financial institutions; (b) with
respect to any other
property, including realty, other than Eligible Asset, the price
which could be
negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction, for cash,
between a
willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under
pressure or
compulsion to complete the transaction and (c) Eligible Asset,
the price which
could be negotiated in an arm's-length free market transaction,
for cash for
such Eligible Asset, between a willing seller and a willing
buyer, neither of
which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction, in each case,
as determined by Agent in its sole discretion exercised in good
faith.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate": The meaning set forth in the
definition of
"Alternate Base Rate".
"Federal Funds Rate": For any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/1000 of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the
rates on overnight Federal Funds transactions with members of
the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on such day; provided that
(a) if such day
is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be such rate on
such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published
on such
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the
average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing and reputation
reasonably selected
by the Agent.
"Fee Letter": That certain Fee Letter, dated as of the date
hereof, among
the Borrower and the Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"GAAP": Generally accepted accounting principles in effect in
the United
States of America applied on a consistent basis, subject,
however, in the case
of determination of compliance with the financial covenants set
out in Section
5.03 to the provisions of Section 1.03.
"Governmental Authority": Any nation or government, any state or
other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising
executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
"Ground Lease": That certain Ground Lease dated as of July 2,
1984 between
Factory Mutual Insurance Company (formerly known as Allendale
Mutual Insurance
Company), as lessor, and PREFCO II Limited Partnership (as
successor to Johnston
Associates), as lessee.
"Guarantee": As to any Person, any obligation of such Person
directly or
indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness of any other Person or
in any manner
providing for the payment of any indebtedness of any other
Person or otherwise
protecting the holder of such indebtedness against loss (whether
by virtue of
partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well another
Person, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, or to agree to
take-or-pay arrangement or
otherwise). The amount of any Guarantee of a Person shall be
deemed to be an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in
respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by
such Person in good faith. The terms "Guarantee" and
"Guaranteed" used as verbs
shall have correlative meanings.
"Indebtedness": Without duplication, all items that would
constitute
"Indebtedness" as such term is defined under GAAP or pursuant to
the reporting
requirements of Sections 13 and 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as
amended, but including in any event (i) any mandatory redeemable
Equity
Interests, any trust preferred Equity Interests (to the extent
owned directly or
beneficially by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and any
Contingent
Liabilities and (ii) without duplication, any and all of the
Borrower's or any
of its Affiliates' obligations under or in connection with
Interest Rate
Protection Agreements.
"Indemnified Party": The meaning set forth in Section 9.05.
"Initial Lender": As defined in the Recitals.
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"Interest Payment Date": The eleventh (11th) day of each
calendar month,
provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Interest
Payment Date shall
occur on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
"Interest Period": With respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan,
initially, the
period commencing on the applicable Borrowing Date and ending as
of the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date; and thereafter, each period
commencing on the
last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable
to such LIBOR
Rate Loan and ending on the earlier to occur of (x) the next
occurring Interest
Payment Date or (y) the Termination Date.
"Interest Rate Protection Agreement": Any futures contract,
options
related contract, short sale of US treasury securities or any
interest rate
swap, cap, floor or collar agreement or any other similar
arrangement providing
for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the
exchange of nominal
interest obligations, either generally or under specific
contingencies and
acceptable to the Agent.
"Lender": The meaning given to such term in the preamble to
this
Agreement.
"Leverage Ratio": The ratio of Consolidated Total Liabilities
to
Consolidated Total Assets.
"LIBOR": For any LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period
therefor, the
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100 of 1%)
appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the
London interbank
offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time)
two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period
for a term
comparable to such Interest Period. If for any reason such rate
is not
available, the term "LIBOR" shall mean, for any LIBOR Rate Loan
for any Interest
Period therefor, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO Page as
the London
interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately
11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period
for a term comparable to such Interest Period; provided,
however, if more than
one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the
applicable rate shall be
the arithmetic mean of all such rates (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%). If, for any reason, neither of such rates
is available,
then "LIBOR" shall mean the rate per annum at which, as
determined by the
Administrative Agent, Dollars in an amount comparable to the
Loans then
requested are being offered to leading banks at approximately
11:00 A.M. London
time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of the
applicable Interest
Period for settlement in immediately available funds by leading
banks in the
London interbank market for a period equal to the Interest
Period selected.
"LIBOR Lending Office": Initially, the office of each Lender
designated in
writing as such Lender's LIBOR Lending Office and thereafter,
such other office
of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to
the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office of such
Lender at which the
LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.
"LIBOR Rate": A rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next
higher 1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the
following formula:
LIBOR
LIBOR
Rate = --------------------------------
1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage
"LIBOR Rate Loan": Loans the rate of interest applicable to
which is based
on the LIBOR Rate.
"Lien": Any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or
similar
encumbrance.
"Loan": The meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
"Loan Documents": This Agreement, each Revolving Note, the
Security
Documents, the Environmental Indemnity Agreement, the Deposit
Account Control
Agreement and all other agreements, documents, certificates and
instruments
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by Borrower
or its
Subsidiaries in connection herewith (other than any agreement,
document,
certificate or instrument related to any Interest Rate
Protection Agreement).
"Material Adverse Effect": A material adverse effect on (a)
the
properties, business, operations, financial condition or
prospects of the
Borrower, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform its
obligations under any
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) the validity
or enforceability
of any of the Loan Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of the
Agent under any
of the Loan Documents, (e) the timely payment of any amounts
payable under the
Loan Documents and (f) the Fair Market Value of the Eligible
Asset.
"Material Contracts": (a) any contract or other agreement,
written or
oral, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving in
the aggregate a
monetary liability of or to any such Person in excess of
$5,000,000 (or, solely
with respect to the Borrower and not in respect of its
Subsidiaries, in an
amount in excess of $2,000,000) and (b) any other contract,
agreement, written
or oral, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries the failure
to comply with
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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"Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgage and Security Agreement": The Mortgage and Security
Agreement,
made by Owner in favor of the Initial Lender, in the form of
Exhibit D attached
hereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or, otherwise
modified and in effect
from time to time.
"Multiemployer Plan": A multiemployer plan defined as such in
Section
3(37) of ERISA to which contributions have been or are required
to be made by
the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and that is covered by Title
IV of ERISA.
"Net Proceeds": With respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt
Issuance by a
Person, the aggregate amount of all cash and the Fair Market
Value of all other
property received by such Person in respect of such Equity
Issuance or Debt
Issuance net of investment banking fees, legal fees,
accountants' fees,
underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees
and expenses
actually incurred by such Person in connection with such Equity
Issuance.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness": With respect to a Person,
Indebtedness for
borrowed money in respect of which recourse for payment (except
for customary
exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental
indemnities, and
other similar exceptions to non-recourse liability) is
contractually limited to
specific assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing
such Indebtedness.
"Notice of Borrowing": A request for a Loan borrowing pursuant
to Section
2.01(b)(i).
"Obligations": Without duplication, (i) all of the obligations
(including
principal, interest, fees, reimbursements, indemnification
obligations and other
amounts) of the Borrower to the Lenders (including the Initial
Lender) and the
Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under this Agreement,
the Notes or any
of the other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any
interest
accruing after the occurrence of a filing of a petition of
bankruptcy under the
Bankruptcy Code with respect to Borrower or its Subsidiaries,
regardless of
whether such interest is an allowed claim under the Bankruptcy
Code), (ii) all
liabilities and obligations, whenever arising, owing from
Borrower or its
Subsidiaries arising under any Interest Rate Protection
Agreement, and (iii) all
liabilities and obligations, whenever arising, owing from
Borrower or its
Subsidiaries to the Lenders (including the Initial Lender), the
Agent or any of
their Affiliates.
"Owner": As defined in the Recitals.
"Participant": The meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
"PBGC": The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding
to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Permitted Exception": Those exceptions to title with respect to
the
Eligible Asset approved by Agent in its sole discretion.
"Person": Any individual, corporation, company, voluntary
association,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust,
unincorporated
association or government (or any agency, instrumentality or
political
subdivision thereof).
"Plan": An employee benefit or other plan established or
maintained by any
Seller or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title N of ERISA,
other than a
Multiemployer Plan,
"Preferred Securities": With respect to any Person, Equity
Interests in
such Person that are entitled to preference or priority over any
other Equity
Interest in such Person or the Indebtedness in respect of any
payments on such
preferred Equity Interests, including but not limited to, the
payment (or
accrual) of dividends or distribution of assets upon
liquidation, or both.
"Property": Any right or interest in or to property of any
kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible
or intangible.
"Purchase Price": The Fair Market Value of aggregate
consideration given,
whether in the form of cash, property or other assets, by
Borrower, to acquire
the Eligible Asset.
"Recovery Event": Receipt by the Borrower of any cash insurance
proceeds
or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical
destruction or
damage, taking or similar event with respect to the Eligible
Asset, other than
obsolete property or assets no longer used or useful in the
business of the
Borrower.
"Regulations T, U and X": Regulations T, U and X of the Board of
Governors
of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as the same
may be modified
and supplemented and in effect from time to time.
"REIT": A "real estate investment trust" within the meaning of
the Code.
"Reportable Event": Any of the events set forth in Section
4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice
period is
waived under Sections .21, -22, .23, .26, .27 or .28 of PBGC
Reg. 3-4043.
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"Repurchase Agreement": The Master Repurchase Agreement, dated
as of
September 22, 2004, as amended, among Initial Lender, as buyer,
Caplease, LP and
certain special purpose entity subsidiaries of Caplease, LP as
Sellers, and
Borrower as guarantor.
"Requirement of Law": As to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation
and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of
such Person, and
any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court
or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or
binding upon such
Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of
its property is
subject.
"Requisite Lenders": As of any date, Lenders holding Revolving
Commitment
Percentages totaling at least 66-2/3%, provided, that any Lender
that is in
default hereunder shall not be included in calculating such
Revolving Commitment
Percentages.
"Responsible Officer": As to any Person, the chief executive
officer, the
president, the chief financial officer, the chief investment
officer or the
general counsel of such Person.
"Revolving Commitment": With respect to each Lender, the
commitment of
such Lender to make Loans in an aggregate principal amount at
any time
outstanding up to such Lender's Revolving Commitment as
specified in Schedule
1.01(B), as such amount may be reduced from time to time in
accordance with the
provisions hereof.
"Revolving Commitment Percentage": For each Lender, the
percentage
identified as its Revolving Commitment Percentage on Schedule
1.01(B), as such
percentage may be modified in connection with any assignment
made in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9.03(c).
"Revolving Commitment Amount": The meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a).
"Revolving Note": That Revolving Note, in substantially the form
attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
"SEC": The Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor
thereto.
"Security Documents": The Mortgage and Security Agreement, the
Deposit
Account Control Agreement, and such other documents executed and
delivered in
connection with the granting, attachment and perfection of the
Administrative
Agent's security interests and liens arising thereunder,
including, without
limitation, UCC financing statements.
"Subsidiary": With respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership,
limited liability company 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,
limited liability
company or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the
time securities
or other ownership interests of any other class or classes of
such corporation,
partnership or other entity shall have or might have voting
power by reason of
the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person or by such
Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Tax Laws": The meaning given to such term in Section 2.12.
"Taxes": The meaning given to such term in Section 2.12.
"Termination Date": The third (3rd) anniversary of the Closing
Date,
subject to earlier termination upon any breach by the Borrower
hereunder.
"Transfer Effective Date": The meaning set forth in each
Commitment
Transfer Supplement.
"Trust Preferred Indebtedness": All Indebtedness issued pursuant
to the
Junior Subordinated Indenture between Caplease, LP and JPMorgan
Chase Bank,
National Association, as trustee, dated December 13, 2005, and
the Parent
Guarantee Agreement between Capital Lease Funding, Inc. and
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association, as guarantee trustee, dated December 13,
2005.
"2.12 Certificate": The meaning set forth in Section 2.12.
"UCC Financing Statement": A financing statement on Form UCC-1
or the
proper national UCC form, naming Initial Lender as "Secured
Party" and Borrower
as "Debtor" and describing the Collateral.
"Uniform Commercial Code" or "UCC": The Uniform Commercial Code
as in
effect on the date hereof in the State of New York; provided
that if by reason
of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection, the effect of
perfection or
nonperfection, or the priority of the security interest in any
Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other
than New York, "Uniform Commercial Code" shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code
as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof
relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or
nonperfection, or priority.
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"Unused Facility Fee": The meaning given to such term is Section
2.13.
"USA PATRIOT Act": The USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L.
107-56,
signed into law October 26, 2001.
"Voting Interests": With respect to any Person, Equity Interests
issued by
such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence
of
contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors
(or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the
right so to vote
has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
"Wachovia Bridge": The Credit Agreement in aggregate principal
amount of
$211,000,000, dated as of April 17, 2007, among Caplease, LP, as
borrower, the
Borrower and certain domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower as
guarantors, the
lenders party thereto, and the Initial Lender as administrative
agent.
"Wachovia Indebtedness": All Indebtedness of Borrower provided
by the
Initial Lender or any of its Affiliates, and shall include,
without limitation,
Indebtedness arising under the Wachovia Bridge, the WBNA
Facility, the WIH
Facility, the Repurchase Agreement and any Wachovia Interest
Rate Protection
Agreements.
"Wachovia Interest Rate Protection Agreements": Any and all of
the
Borrower's or any of its Affiliates' obligations arising under,
or in connection
with, any Interest Rate Protection Agreements to which the
Initial Lender or any
of its Affiliates is a counterparty thereto.
"WIH Facility": The Revolving Loan Agreement in aggregate
principal amount
of $25,000,000, dated as of August 26, 2005, as amended, among
the Borrower and
others and Wachovia Investment Holdings, LLC, in its respective
capacities as
initial Lender and as administrative agent for lenders party
thereto from time
to time and all accompanying documentation associated
therewith.
"WBNA Facility": The Revolving Loan Agreement in aggregate
principal
amount of $75,000,000, dated as of August 26, 2005, as amended,
among the
Borrower and others and Wachovia Bank, National Association, in
its respective
capacities as initial Lender and as administrative agent for
lenders party
thereto from time to time and all accompanying documentation
associated
therewith.
Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in
this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the
Revolving Notes or
other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made
or delivered
pursuant hereto.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of
similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement
as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section,
subsection,
Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise
specified.
(d) The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be
deemed to be
followed by "without limitation" whether or not they are in fact
followed by
such words or words of like import.
(e) The words "writing," "written" and comparable terms shall
refer to
printing, typing, computer disk, e-mail and other means of
reproducing words in
a visible form.
(f) References to any agreement or contract are to such
agreement or
contract as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof. References
to any Person
include the successors and permitted assigns of such Person.
Section 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used
herein
shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder
shall be made, and
all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder
shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most
recent audited
consolidated financial statements of Borrower delivered to the
Lenders.
(b) Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender at
the same time as the delivery of any periodic financial
statements, to the
extent not disclosed in such periodic financial statements, (i)
a description in
reasonable detail of any material change in the application of
accounting
principles employed in the preparation of such financial
statements from those
applied in the most recently preceding periodic financial
statements and (ii) a
reasonable estimate of the effect on the financial statements on
account of such
changes in application.
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Section 1.04 Computation of Time Periods. All time references in
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be to Charlotte,
North Carolina
time unless otherwise indicated. For purposes of computation of
periods of time
hereunder, the word "from" means "from and including" and the
words "to" and
"until" each mean "to but excluding."
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS
Section 2.01 Loans.
(a) Revolving Commitment. During the Commitment Period, subject
to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Initial Lender agrees initially
and, upon an
assignment of any portion of the Revolving Commitment to one or
more Lenders,
all Lenders, including, without limitation, the Initial Lender,
severally, agree
to make revolving credit loans (each a "Loan" and collectively
the "Loans") to
the Borrower from time to time for the purposes hereinafter set
forth; provided,
however, that (i) in the event of an assignment of any portion
of the Revolving
Commitment Amount to one or more Lenders, with regard to each
Lender
individually, the sum of such Lender's share of outstanding
Loans shall not
exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate Revolving
Commitment Amount, and (ii) with regard to the Lenders
collectively, the sum of
the aggregate amount of outstanding Loans shall not exceed the
aggregate
Revolving Commitment Amount then in effect. For purposes hereof,
the aggregate
amount available hereunder shall be FORTY MILLION DOLLARS
($40,000,000) (the
"Revolving Commitment Amount"). Loans shall consist of LIBOR
Rate Loans and may
be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions
hereof. LIBOR Rate
Loans shall be made by each Lender at its LIBOR Lending Office.
The Revolving
Commitment Amount may be increased above $40,000,000 in the
event Borrower
proposes, and Agent accepts, in its sole and absolute
discretion, additional
real estate collateral as security for the Loans. Agent may
condition the
acceptance of any such additional collateral on such terms and
conditions as
Agent, in its sole discretion determines.
(b) Revolving Loan Borrowings.
(i) The Borrower shall request a Loan borrowing by written
notice
(or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing which
confirmation may
be by fax) to the Agent in the form of the Notice of Borrowing
attached as
Exhibit J not later than 11:00 a.m. on or before one (1)
Business Day
prior to the date of the requested borrowing (unless a shorter
notice
period is approved by the Agent). Each such request for
borrowing shall be
irrevocable and shall specify (A) that a Loan is requested, (B)
the date
of the requested borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and
(C) the
aggregate principal amount to be borrowed. The Administrative
Agent shall
give notice to each Lender promptly upon receipt of each Notice
of
Borrowing, the contents thereof and each such Lender's share
thereof.
Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth
in Article
III for the applicable Loan, the Agent will make commercially
reasonable
efforts to initiate the wire of the proceeds of the requested
borrowing to
the Borrower no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date and to the
account
specified by the Borrower in such Notice of Borrowing.
(ii) Intentionally Omitted.
(iii) Minimum Amounts. Each Loan shall be in a minimum
aggregate
amount of $2,000,000 (or the remaining amount of the -
Revolving
Commitment Amount, if less).
(iv) Advances. Each Lender will make its Revolving
Commitment
Percentage of each approved Loan borrowing available to the
Administrative
Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the
Administrative
Agent identified in the signature page to this Agreement, or at
such other
office as the Administrative Agent may designate in writing,
upon
reasonable advance notice by 1:00 P.M. on the date specified in
the
applicable Notice of Borrowing, in Dollars and in funds
immediately
available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then
be made
available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent by
crediting the
account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the
aggregate of
the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the
Lenders and
in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(c) Use and Repayment of Loan Proceeds. The proceeds of all
Loans may be
used for any general corporate purpose, including to fund
investments or to
repay other indebtedness; provided, however, that Loan proceeds
with respect to
an Eligible Asset may not exceed the product of the (x) the
lesser of (i) the
Fair Market Value of such Eligible Asset or (ii) the Purchase
Price of such
Eligible Asset times (y) the Advance Rate for such Eligible
Asset. Lender agrees
that, unless and until an Adjustment Event has occurred,
Borrower shall be
entitled to borrow the Full Revolving Commitment Amount
hereunder. Amounts
repaid hereunder may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(d) Intentionally Omitted.
(e) Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04, Loans
shall be
comprised of LIBOR Rate Loans and each such LIBOR Rate Loan
shall bear interest
at a per annum rate equal to the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable
Premium. Interest on Loans shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment
Date.
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(f) Revolving Notes. The Borrower's obligation to pay each
Lender's Loans
shall be evidenced by a Revolving Note made payable to such
Lender in
substantially the form of Exhibit A, if requested by such
Lender.
Section 2.02 Payments to Collection Account. Upon the delivery
of one (1)
Business Day's written notice from the Administrative Agent,
Borrower shall pay
all amounts received from the Eligible Asset on or after receipt
of the notice
into the collection account established pursuant to the terms of
the Deposit
Account Control Agreement (the "Collection Account"). Any
failure to make such a
mandatory payment into the Collection Account within one (1)
Business Day as set
forth above, shall be an Event of Default pursuant to Section
6.01(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing mandatory payment obligation, all
other payment
obligations arising under the Loan Documents may, at the option
of the Borrower,
also be deposited into the Collection Account.
Section 2.03 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments. Borrower shall have the right to make
optional
prepayments hereunder from time to time upon the delivery of two
(2) Business
Days' irrevocable notice; provided, however, that each optional
prepayment of
Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $2,000,000.
Amounts prepaid
under this Section 2.03(a) shall be applied to the repayment of
amounts
outstanding under this Agreement (pro rata with respect to
advances under this
Agreement); provided, that each Lender shall receive its pro
rata share of any
such prepayment based on its Revolving Commitment Percentage.
All prepayments
under this Section 2.03(a) shall be subject to Section 2.11. All
prepayments
under this facility shall be accompanied by any breakage costs
incurred by
Lenders as result of such prepayment. Interest on the principal
amount prepaid
shall be due and payable on any date that a prepayment is made
hereunder through
the date of prepayment. Amounts prepaid on the Loans may be
reborrowed in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Revolving Commitment Amount. If at any time after the
Closing
Date, the sum of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Loans shall
exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitment Amount then in effect,
the
Borrower immediately shall prepay the Loans in an amount
sufficient to
eliminate such excess.
(ii) Eligible Asset Dispositions. Contemporaneously with any
Eligible Asset Disposition, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans
in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of the net proceeds derived from
such
Eligible Asset Disposition.
(iii) Intentionally Omitted.
(iv) Recovery Event. Promptly upon receipt, the Borrower
shall
prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the net
proceeds
received in connection with a Recovery Event.
(v) Adjustment Event. Immediately upon the occurrence and
continuation of an Adjustment Event, the Borrower shall repay to
Agent an
amount sufficient to reduce borrowings outstanding hereunder to
an amount
equal to the product of the (a) adjusted Fair Market Value for
the
Eligible Asset resulting therefrom and (b) the Advance Rate.
Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be
paid
pursuant to Section 2.03(b) shall be applied pro rata to the
then-outstanding
Loans. All amounts (A) required to be paid pursuant to Section
2.03(b) and (B)
in excess of amounts used to repay Loans as provided in the
immediately
preceding sentence and all other amounts due hereunder or under
the other Loan
Documents, if any, shall be applied to whoever may be lawfully
entitled to
receive such surplus.
All prepayments under Section 2.03(b) shall be subject to
Section 2.11 and
be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid
through the date of
prepayment.
Section 2.04 Default Rate and Payment Dates.
(a) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan
shall not
be paid when due, such overdue amount shall bear interest at a
rate per annum
which is equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable
thereto plus 2.5%
(the "Default Rate"), or (ii) if any interest payable on the
principal amount of
any Loan or any fee or other amount, including the principal
amount of any Loan,
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the
stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear
interest at a rate
per annum which is equal to the Default Rate, in each case from
the date of such
non-payment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as
before
judgment). Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of
any other Event
of Default hereunder, the principal of and, to the fullest
extent permitted by
law, interest on the Loans and any other amounts owing hereunder
or under the
other Loan Documents shall bear interest, payable on demand, at
a per annum rate
which is (A) in the case of principal, the rate that would
otherwise be
applicable thereto plus 2.5% or (B) in the case of interest,
fees or other
amounts, the Default Rate (after as well as before judgment).
The Requisite
Lenders shall have the right to revoke the imposition of any
default interest
imposed under this Section 2.04(a).
(b) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest
Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this
Section 2.04 shall be payable from time to time on demand.
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Section 2.05 Computation of Interest and Fees.
(a) All fees, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder
shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days
elapsed. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the
Lenders of each determination of a LIBOR Rate on the Business
Day of the
determination thereof.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative
Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive
and binding on
the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.
The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower,
deliver to the
Borrower a statement showing the computations used by the
Administrative Agent
in determining any interest rate.
(c) It is the intent of the Lenders and the Borrower to conform
to and
contract in strict compliance with applicable usury law from
time to time in
effect. All agreements between the Lenders and the Borrower are
hereby limited
by the provisions of this paragraph which shall override and
control all such
agreements, whether now existing or hereafter arising and
whether written or
oral. In no way, nor in any event or contingency (including but
not limited to
prepayment or acceleration of the maturity of any Obligation),
shall the
interest taken, reserved, contracted for, charged, or received
under this
Agreement, under the Revolving Notes or otherwise, exceed the
maximum
nonusurious amount permissible under applicable law. If, from
any possible
construction of any of the Loan Documents or any other document,
interest would
otherwise be payable in excess of the maximum nonusurious
amount, any such
construction shall be subject to the provisions of this
paragraph and such
interest shall be automatically reduced to the maximum
nonusurious amount
permitted under applicable law, without the necessity of
execution of any
amendment or new document. If any Lender shall ever receive
anything of value
which is characterized as interest on the Loans under applicable
law and which
would, apart from this provision, be in excess of the maximum
nonusurious
amount, an amount equal to the amount which would have been
excessive interest
shall, without penalty, be applied to the reduction of the
principal amount
owing on the Loans and not to the payment of interest, or
refunded to the
Borrower or the other payor thereof if and to the extent such
amount which would
have been excessive exceeds such unpaid principal amount of the
Loans. The right
to demand payment of the Loans or any other Indebtedness
evidenced by any of the
Loan Documents does not include the right to receive any
interest which has not
otherwise accrued on the date of such demand, and the Lenders do
not intend to
charge or receive any unearned interest in the event of such
demand. All
interest paid or agreed to be paid to the Lenders with respect
to the Loans
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized,
prorated,
allocated, and spread throughout the full stated term (including
any renewal or
extension) of the Loans so that the amount of interest on
account of such
indebtedness does not exceed the maximum nonusurious amount
permitted by
applicable law.
Section 2.06 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.
(a) Allocation of Payments Before Event of Default. Each
borrowing of
Loans shall be made pro rata by the Lenders according to the
respective
Revolving Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. Each payment
under this
Agreement or any Revolving Note shall be applied, first, to any
fees then due
and owing by the Borrower under this Agreement, second, to
interest then due and
owing hereunder and under the Revolving Notes and, third, to
principal then due
and owing hereunder and under the Revolving Notes. Each payment
on account of
any fees shall be made pro rata in accordance with the
respective amounts due
and owing. Each payment (other than prepayments) by the Borrower
on account of
principal of and interest on the Loans shall be applied to such
Loans in
accordance with the terms of Section 2.06(b) hereof. Except to
the extent
provided in Section 2.03, each mandatory prepayment on account
of principal of
the Loans shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.06(b).
All payments
(including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of
principal,
interest and fees shall be made without defense, set-off or
counterclaim (except
as provided in Section 2.12(b)) and shall be made to the
Administrative Agent
for the account of the Lenders at the Administrative Agent's
office specified on
signature page hereto in Dollars and in immediately available
funds not later
than 1:00 P.M. on the date when due. The Administrative Agent
shall distribute
such payments to the Lenders entitled thereto promptly upon
receipt in like
funds as received. If any payment hereunder becomes due and
payable on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding
Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal,
interest thereon shall
be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(b) Allocation of Payments After Exercise of Remedies.
Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, after the
Revolving
Commitments shall have been terminated, and the Loans and all
other amounts
under the Loan Documents shall have become due and payable in
accordance with
the terms of Section 6.02 hereof, all amounts collected or
received by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on account of the Borrower's
obligations
under the Loan Documents or any other amounts outstanding under
any of the Loan
Documents or in respect of the Collateral shall be paid over or
delivered as
follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses
(including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees) of the
Administrative
Agent in connection with enforcing the rights of the Lenders
under the Loan
Documents and any protective advances made by the Administrative
Agent with
respect to the Collateral under or pursuant to the terms of the
Security
Documents;
SECOND, to payment of any fees owed to the Administrative
Agent;
THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses
(including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and
consultants' fees) of
each of the Lenders in connection with enforcing its rights
under the Loan
Documents or otherwise with respect to the obligations of the
Borrower owing to
such Lender;
FOURTH, to the payment of all of the obligations of the Borrower
under the
Loan Documents consisting of accrued interest;
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FIFTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of
the
obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents;
SIXTH, to all other obligations of the Borrower which shall have
become
due and payable under the Loan Documents or otherwise and not
repaid pursuant to
clauses "FIRST" through "FIFTH" above;
SEVENTH, to the payment of any Obligations of the Borrower
then
outstanding in the priorities, if any, set forth in this
Agreement until fully
paid and discharged; and
EIGHTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be
lawfully
entitled to receive such surplus.
In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be
applied in
the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to
application to the next
succeeding category and (ii) each of the Lenders shall receive
an amount equal
to its pro rata share (based on its Revolving Commitment
Percentage) of amounts
available to be applied pursuant to clauses "THIRD," "FOURTH,"
"FIFTH" and
"SIXTH" above.
Section 2.07 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative
Agent.
(a) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by
a Lender prior to the date a Loan is to be made by such Lender
(which notice
shall be effective upon receipt) that such Lender does not
intend to make the
proceeds of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such proceeds
available to the
Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent
may in reliance
upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make
available to the
Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is
not in fact
made available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative
Agent shall be
able to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If
such Lender does
not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the
Administrative Agent's
demand therefor, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify
the Borrower, and
the Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to
the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also be
entitled to recover
from the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on
such
corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding
amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower to the
date such corresponding amount is recovered by the
Administrative Agent at a per
annum rate equal to (i) from the Borrower at the applicable rate
for the
applicable borrowing pursuant to the Notice of Borrowing and
(ii) from a Lender
at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by
the Borrower, prior to the date on which any payment is due from
it hereunder
(which notice shall be effective upon receipt) that the Borrower
does not intend
to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
Borrower has made
such payment when due, and the Administrative Agent may in
reliance upon such
assumption (but shall not be required to) make available to each
Lender on such
payment date an amount equal to the portion of such assumed
payment to which
such Lender is entitled hereunder, and if the Borrower has not
in fact made such
payment to the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall, on
demand, repay to the
Administrative Agent the amount made available to such Lender.
If such amount is
repaid to the Administrative Agent on a date after the date such
amount was made
available to such Lender, such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent on
demand interest on such amount in respect of each day from the
date such amount
was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to
the date such
amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent at a per annum
rate equal to the
Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(c) A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to the
Borrower or
any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this Section
2.07 shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.08 Inability to Determine Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, if (i) the Administrative
Agent shall
reasonably determine on an institutional basis for all LIBOR
based loans
(including the Loans) made by such Requisite Lenders (which
determination shall
be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that, by reason
of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, reasonable and
adequate means do
not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period, or
(ii) the Requisite
Lenders shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be
conclusive and
binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not
adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding all such
LIBOR based loans
(including the Loans), the Administrative Agent shall forthwith
give telephone
notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the
Borrower and the
Lenders at least two Business Days prior to the first day of
such Interest
Period. Unless the Borrower shall have notified the
Administrative Agent upon
receipt of such telephone notice that it wishes to rescind or
modify its request
regarding such Loans, any Loans that were requested to be made
as LIBOR Rate
Loans shall be made as Alternate Base Rate Loans. Until any such
notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Loans shall be
made as or
continued as LIBOR Rate Loans for the Interest Periods so
affected.
Section 2.09 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this
Agreement, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law or in the
interpretation or application thereof by the relevant
Governmental Authority to
any Lender shall make it unlawful for such Lender or its LIBOR
Lending Office to
make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans as contemplated by this
Agreement or to obtain
in the interbank eurodollar market through its LIBOR Lending
Office the funds
with which to make such Loans, (a) such Lender shall promptly
notify the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower thereof, (b) the
commitment of such Lender
hereunder to make LIBOR Rate Loans or continue LIBOR Rate Loans
as such shall
forthwith be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall give
notice that the
condition or situation which gave rise to the suspension shall
no longer exist,
and (c) such Lender's Loans then outstanding as LIBOR Rate
Loans, if any, shall
be converted on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Loans or within
such earlier period as required by law as Alternate Base Rate
Loans. The
Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its
demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for
actual and direct
costs (but not including anticipated profits) reasonably
incurred by such Lender
in order to make or maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder. A
certificate as to
any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section (which
certificate must
be delivered to the Administrative Agent within 10 Business Days
of the change
in law) submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative
Agent, to the
Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Each Lender
agrees to use reasonable efforts (including reasonable efforts
to change its
LIBOR Lending Office) to avoid or to minimize any amounts which
may otherwise be
payable pursuant to this Section; provided, however, that such
efforts shall not
cause the imposition on such Lender of any additional costs or
legal or
regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in its sole discretion
to be material.
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Section 2.10 Requirements of Law.
(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law
or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any
Lender with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any central
bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date
hereof:
(i) shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever
with
respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis
of taxation
of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for
changes in the
rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets
held by,
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of,
advances, loans or
other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds
by, any
office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the
determination
of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost
to
such Lender of making or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans or to
reduce any
amount receivable hereunder or under any Revolving Note, then,
in any such
case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its
demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such
additional
cost or reduced amount receivable which such Lender reasonably
deems to be
material as determined by such Lender with respect to its LIBOR
Rate
Loans. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable
pursuant to this
Section (which certificate must be delivered to the
Administrative Agent
within 10 Business Days of the change in law) submitted by such
Lender,
through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be
conclusive in
the absence of manifest error. Each Lender agrees to use
reasonable
efforts (including reasonable efforts to change its LIBOR
Lending Office)
to avoid or to minimize any amounts which might otherwise be
payable
pursuant to this paragraph of this Section; provided, however,
that such
efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender of any
additional
costs or legal or regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender to be
material.
(b) If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the
adoption of or
any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy
or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such
Lender or any person
controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank
or Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof does or shall have
the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such person's
capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that
which such Lender
or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such
person's policies
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably deemed
by such Lender
to be material, then from time to time, within fifteen (15) days
after demand by
such Lender, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount as
shall be certified by such Lender as being required to
compensate it for such
reduction. Such a certificate as to any additional amounts
payable under this
Section submitted by a Lender (which certificate shall include a
description of
the basis for the computation), through the Administrative
Agent, to the
Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.11 Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify
each
Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any funding loss or
expense which
such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) the
failure by the
Borrower to pay the principal amount of or interest on any Loan
by such Lender
in accordance with the terms hereof, (b) the failure of the
Borrower to accept a
borrowing after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance
with the terms
hereof (unless revoked in accordance with Section 2.01(b)(i))
and/or (c) the
failure of the Borrower to make any prepayment after the
Borrower has given a
notice in accordance with the terms hereof, in each case
including, but not
limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or
fees payable by
such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to
maintain its Loans
hereunder. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable
pursuant to this
Section 2.11 submitted by any Lender, through the Administrative
Agent, to the
Borrower (which certificate must be delivered to the
Administrative Agent within
thirty (30) days following such default, prepayment or
conversion) shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The agreements in
this Section 2.11
shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the
Revolving Notes
and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Section 2.12 Taxes.
(a) All payments made by the Borrower hereunder or under any
Revolving
Note will be, except as provided in Section 2.12(b), made free
and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for, any present or future
taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever
nature now or
hereafter imposed pursuant to any law, rule, regulation or other
promulgation by
any Governmental Authority or by any political subdivision or
taxing authority
thereof (collectively, "Tax Laws") or therein with respect to
such payments (but
excluding any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or
profits of a
Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized or the
jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending
office of such
Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and all
interest,
penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such
non-excluded
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other
charges being
referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are so levied
or imposed, the
Borrower agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such
additional
amounts as may be necessary so that every payment of all amounts
due under this
Agreement or under any Revolving Note, after withholding or
deduction for or on
account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided
for herein or in
such Revolving Note. The Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent as
soon as practicable after the date the payment of any Taxes is
due pursuant to
applicable law certified copies (to the extent reasonably
available and required
by law) of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Borrower.
The Borrower
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, and reimburse
such Lender
upon its written requ
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