FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT
ARBOR REALTY TRUST,
INC. ,
as a Borrower
ARBOR REALTY GPOP,
INC. ,
as a Borrower
ARBOR REALTY LPOP,
INC. ,
as a Borrower
ARBOR REALTY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP ,
as a Borrower
ARBOR REALTY SR, INC.
,
as a Borrower
ARBOR REALTY COLLATERAL
MANAGEMENT, LLC ,
as a Borrower
EACH OTHER BORROWER THAT BECOMES
A PARTY HERETO ,
each as a Borrower
EACH OF THE GUARANTORS THAT
BECOMES A PARTY HERETO ,
each as a Guarantor
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ,
in its capacity as Initial Lender and in its capacity as
Administrative Agent
EACH OF THE OTHER LENDERS THAT
BECOMES A PARTY HERETO ,
each as a Lender
Dated as of July 23,
2009
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Section 1.1 Certain Defined
Terms
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Section 1.3 Computation of Time
Periods
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Section 1.4 Interpretation
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Section 2.2 Mandatory
Prepayments
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Section 2.3 Optional Prepayments
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Section 2.5 Payment of Interest
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Section 2.6 Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments
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Section 2.7 Accounts; Payments
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Section 2.8 Non-Receipt of Funds by the
Administrative Agent
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Section 2.9 Payments by
Borrowers
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Section 2.11 Increased Costs; Capital
Adequacy; Illegality
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Section 2.13 Designation of a Different
Lending Office
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO
TRANSACTIONS
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Section 3.1 Conditions to Restatement
Date
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Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to all
Loans
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 4.1 Representations and
Warranties
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ARTICLE VII JOINT AND SEVERAL
LIABILITY
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Section 7.1 Joint and Several Liability;
Full Recourse Obligations
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ARTICLE VIII SECURITY INTEREST
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Section 8.1 Security Interest
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Section 8.2 Release of Lien on
Collateral
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Section 8.3 Further Assurances
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Section 8.5 Waiver of Certain
Laws
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Section 8.6 Administrative Agent’s
Duty of Care
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ARTICLE IX POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Section 9.1 Administrative Agent’s
Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact
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ARTICLE X EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 10.1 Events of Default
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Section 10.4 Determination of Events of
Default
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ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 11.1 Indemnities by the
Borrowers
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Section 11.2 After–Tax
Basis
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ARTICLE XII THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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Section 12.2 Delegation of
Duties
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Section 12.3 Exculpatory
Provisions
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Section 12.4 Reliance by Administrative
Agent
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Section 12.5 Notice of Default
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Section 12.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative
Agent and Other Lenders
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Section 12.7 Indemnification
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Section 12.8 The Administrative Agent in
Its Individual Capacity
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Section 12.9 Successor Administrative
Agent
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Section 12.10 Other Administrative
Agents
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.1 Amendments, Waivers and
Release of Collateral
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Section 13.2 Notices, Etc.
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Section 13.4 No Waiver; Remedies
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Section 13.5 Binding Effect
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Section 13.6 Term of this
Agreement
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Section 13.7 Governing Law
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Section 13.9 Costs, Expenses and
Taxes
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Section 13.10 Legal Matters
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Section 13.11 Recourse Against Certain
Parties
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Section 13.12 Protection of Right, Title
and Interest in the Collateral; Further Action Evidencing
Loans
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Section 13.13 Confidentiality
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Section 13.14 Execution in Counterparts;
Severability; Integration
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Section 13.15 Borrowers Waiver of
Setoff
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Section 13.16 Assignments and
Participations
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Section 13.17 Heading and
Exhibits
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Section 13.18 Single Agreements
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Section 13.19 Periodic Due Diligence
Review
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Section 13.20 Use of Employee Plan
Assets
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Section 13.21 Adjustments
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Section 13.22 Filings, Recordation,
etc.
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Section 13.23 Resolution of Drafting
Ambiguities
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Section 13.24 Character of Loans for Income
Tax Purposes
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Section 13.25 Amendment and
Restatement
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Section 13.26 Modification of Other Loan
Documents
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Accounts
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Commitments
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Addresses
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List of
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List of
Existing Financing Facilities
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Organizational
Chart of the Borrowers
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Revolving
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Form of Notice
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Form of
Confirmation
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Form of Closing
Certificate of Borrower/Guarantor
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Compliance
Certificate
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Form of
Irrevocable Instruction
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Form of
Irrevocable Instruction
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Form of
Servicer Redirection Notice
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Power of
Attorney
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Form of
Commitment Transfer Supplement
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Form of Joinder
Agreement
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Form of Account
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN AGREEMENT (as amended,
modified, waived, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from
time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of
this 23rd day of July, 2009, by and among:
(1) ARBOR
REALTY TRUST, INC. , a Maryland corporation, as a borrower
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, “
ART ”);
(2) ARBOR
REALTY GPOP, INC. , a Delaware corporation, as a borrower
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, “
GPOP ”);
(3) ARBOR
REALTY LPOP, INC. , a Delaware corporation, as a borrower
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, “
LPOP ”);
(4 ) ARBOR
REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP , a Delaware limited partnership, as
a borrower (together with its successors and permitted assigns,
“ ARLP ”);
(5) ARBOR
REALTY SR, INC. , a Maryland corporation, as a borrower
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, “
ARSR ”);
(6) ARBOR
REALTY COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT, LLC , a Delaware limited
liability company, as a borrower (together with its successors and
permitted assigns, “ ARCM ”);
(7) EACH
OTHER BORROWER THAT BECOMES A PARTY HERETO , each as a
Borrower;
(8) EACH
OF THE GUARANTORS THAT BECOMES A PARTY HERETO , each as a
guarantor (in such capacity, together with its successors and
permitted assigns, each a “ Guarantor
”);
(9)
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking
association (together with its successors and assigns, “
Wachovia ”), in its capacity as initial lender
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“ Initial Lender ”), and in its capacity as
administrative agent (together with its successors and assigns in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”);
and
(10) EACH
OF THE LENDERS THAT BECOMES A PARTY HERETO , each as a lender
(together with their successors and assigns, each a “
Lender ” and collectively with the Initial Lender, the
“ Lenders ”).
WHEREAS ,
the Borrowers, the Lender, the Administrative Agent and the
Guarantors that become a party thereto are parties to that certain
Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of June 11, 2007, as
amended by the First Amendment to the Revolving Loan Agreement,
dated as of November 6, 2007, the Second Amendment to the
Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2008, the Third
Amendment to the Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of
June 26, 2008, the Fourth Amendment to the Revolving Loan
Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2008, the Fifth Amendment to
the Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2008,
the Sixth Amendment to the Revolving Loan Agreement,
dated as of
December 31, 2008, the Seventh Amendment to the Revolving Loan
Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2008 and the Eighth
Amendment to the Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of June 8,
2009 (the “ Original Agreement ”);
WHEREAS ,
the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in several
respects.
NOW,
THEREFORE , based upon the foregoing Recitals, the mutual
premises and agreements contained herein, and other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.1 Certain Defined Terms .
(a) Certain
capitalized terms used throughout this Agreement are defined above
or in this Article I .
(b) As used
in this Agreement and the schedules, exhibits and other attachments
hereto, unless the context requires a different meaning, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ 40
Act ”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
from time to time.
“ 450
Transaction ”: The Preferred Equity Interests of ART
and/or one or more of its Consolidated Subsidiaries in AT 450 I LLC
and AT 450 II LLC.
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Account Beneficiaries ”: The Lenders and the Borrowers
(but, in the case of the Borrowers, solely to the extent any such
Borrower shall have a right to receive amounts from the Collection
Account in accordance with Subsection 2.7(b)
hereof).
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Account Control Agreement ”: An amended and restated
letter agreement, dated as of the Restatement Date, among the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and Wachovia, substantially in
the form of Exhibit XI attached hereto, regarding the
Administrative Agent’s control over the Collection Account
and the CDO Management Fee Account.
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Accrual Period ”: With respect to the first Payment
Date, the period from and including the applicable Borrowing Date
to but excluding such first Payment Date, and, with respect to any
subsequent Payment Date, the period from and including the previous
Payment Date to but excluding such subsequent Payment
Date.
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ACM ”: Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC, a New York
limited liability company.
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Additional Amount ”: Defined in Subsection
2.12(a) of this Agreement.
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Additional Collateral ”: Eligible Assets that are from
time to time pledged to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, as Collateral for the Loans and the other Obligations (in
each case excluding any Retained Interests).
First Amended and Restated
Revolving Loan Agreement
(Wachovia and Arbor)
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“
Additional Term Loan Collateral ” Has the meaning set
forth in the Arbor Credit Agreement.
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Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ”: For any Eurodollar Period,
a rate per annum equal to a fraction, expressed as a percentage and
rounded upwards (if necessary) to the nearest 1/100 of 1%,
(i) the numerator of which is equal to the Eurodollar Rate for
such Eurodollar Period and (ii) the denominator of which is
equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for
such Eurodollar Period.
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Adjusted Tangible Net Worth ”: Tangible Net Worth
plus the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the
Eligible Subordinated Debt plus deferred revenues relating
to the 450 Transaction to the extent classified as a liability
according to GAAP.
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Administrative Agent ”: Defined in the Preamble
to this Agreement.
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Administrative Agent’s Account ”: An account of
the Administrative Agent disclosed to the Borrower from time to
time.
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Advance Rate ”: The applicable advance rate set forth
in Schedule 1-B to the Fee Letter or such other advance
rate set forth in the related Confirmation, provided that any
advance rate set forth in the Confirmation shall control over any
applicable advance rate set forth in the Fee Letter.
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Affected Party ”: The Administrative Agent, each
Lender, each Indemnified Party and the transferees, pledgees,
participants, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing, as
applicable.
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Affiliate ”: With respect to a Person, means any other
Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with such Person, or is a director of such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”
(including the terms “controlling”, “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) when used
with respect to any specified Person means the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to vote 20% or more of the voting
securities of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of
the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
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Aggregate Outstanding Principal ”: As of any day, the
aggregate principal amount then outstanding under the Revolving
Notes.
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Aggregate Unpaids ”: At any time, an amount equal to
the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Principal, the aggregate
unpaid and accrued Interest, Breakage Costs, Due Diligence Costs,
Increased Costs, Other Costs, Taxes, Additional Amounts, Late
Payment Fees, Upfront Fee, Unused Fees, Extension Fees and all
other fees and other amounts owed by the Borrowers or the
Guarantors to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Affected
Parties under this Agreement, the Loan Documents and any other
document or agreement delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and all
interest and/or fees that accrue after the commencement by or
against any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of the
foregoing of any proceeding under any Insolvency Laws naming such
Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such
interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding (whether
due or accrued).
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Agreement ”: Defined in the Preamble
.
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Alpine Asset ”: Defined in the Arbor Credit
Agreement.
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Alpine ESH Release Amount ”: Defined in the Arbor
Credit Agreement.
First Amended and Restated
Revolving Loan Agreement
(Wachovia and Arbor)
3
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Anti-Terrorism Laws ”: Any Applicable Law relating to
money laundering or terrorism, including, but not limited to,
Executive Order 13224, the OFAC Regulations and the USA Patriot
Act.
“
Applicable Law ”: For any Person or Property of such
Person, all existing and future applicable laws, rules, regulations
(including temporary and final income tax regulations), statutes,
treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and
licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority
(including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth in
Lending Act, and Regulation Z and Regulation B of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), applicable
judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any
court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial or
quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent jurisdiction and, as
applicable, all Authority Documents applicable to such
Person.
“
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.
“
Arbor Credit Agreement ”: That certain First Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2009,
among Arbor Realty Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as a borrower, ARSR Tahoe, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, as a borrower, Arbor ESH II LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, as a borrower, ARLP, as a borrower and a
guarantor, ART 450 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a
borrower, ART, as a guarantor, ARSR, as a borrower and a guarantor,
the lenders from time to time party thereto and Wachovia, as
administrative agent, as such agreement is amended, modified,
restated, replaced, waived, substituted, supplemented or extended
from time to time.
“
Arbor Credit Documents ”: Has the meaning given to the
term “Credit Documents” in the Arbor Credit
Agreement.
“
Arbor Credit Facility ”: That certain facility
evidenced by the Arbor Credit Agreement and the other Arbor Credit
Documents, as such agreements are amended, modified, restated,
replaced, waived, substituted, supplemented or extended from time
to time.
“
Arbor Credit Facility Fee Letter ”: Has the meaning
given to the term “Fee Letter” in the Arbor Credit
Agreement, as such agreement is amended, modified, restated,
replaced, waived, substituted, supplemented or extended from time
to time.
“
Arbor Entity ”: Each of the Borrowers and any
Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrowers.
“
ARCM ”: Defined in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“
ARLP ”: Defined in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“
ARSR ”: Defined in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“
ART ”: Defined in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Asset Valuation Period ”: Has the meaning set forth in
the Arbor Credit Facility Fee Letter.
“
Asset Value ”: As of any date of determination for any
Mortgage Asset included or to be included as a part of the
Additional Collateral, the lesser of (a) the product of the
Advance Rate times the Book Value
First Amended and Restated
Revolving Loan Agreement
(Wachovia and Arbor)
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of the such
Mortgage Asset, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
discretion and (b) the product of the Advance Rate
times the Market Value of such Mortgage Asset, as determined
by the Administrative Agent in its discretion; provided ,
however , the Asset Value of any Mortgage Asset shall not at
any time exceed a last Dollar LTV of 85%, as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion; provided ,
further , however , the Asset Value of any Mortgage
Asset may be reduced in the Administrative Agent’s discretion
for any reason by an amount determined by the Administrative Agent
in its discretion (which amount may, in the Administrative
Agent’s discretion, be reduced to zero) with respect to any
Mortgage Asset, including, without limitation, (i) with
respect to which the Administrative Agent does not have a
perfected, first priority security interest in such Mortgage Asset
and the related Collateral at any time and for any reason,
(ii) in respect of which there is a breach of a representation
or warranty set forth in Article III of the Arbor
Credit Agreement (to the extent such representation or warranty
relates to Mortgage Assets or the Administrative Agent’s
rights or remedies with respect thereto),
Schedule 1.1(c) to the Arbor Credit Agreement or the
Mortgage Loan Documents (in each case, assuming each representation
and warranty is made as of the date the Asset Value is determined)
without regard to (A) knowledge or lack of knowledge of a
breach, (B) any qualifications (if any) to such
representations and warranties based on knowledge (regardless of
how such knowledge is qualified or phrased) and
(C) representations or warranties with respect to knowledge or
lack of knowledge thereof, (iii) in respect of which any
statement, affirmation or certification made or information,
document, agreement, report or notice provided by any Borrower or
the Guarantor to the Administrative Agent with respect to the
related Mortgage Asset is untrue in any material respect,
(iv) in respect of which the complete Mortgage Asset File has
not been delivered to the Custodian within the time periods
required by the Custodial Agreement, the Custodial Agreement for
the Arbor Credit Facility, (v) except as approved by the
Administrative Agent in writing, that is not or is no longer in any
respect an Eligible Asset, (vi) with respect to which any Retained
Interest, funding commitment, funding obligation or any other
obligation of any kind shall have been transferred to the
Administrative Agent, (vii) for which a Mortgage Loan Document
or Mortgage Asset File (y) has been released from the
possession of the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement to a
Borrower or its designee and the same has not been returned to the
Custodian for a period in excess of twenty (20) calendar days
or (z) is the subject of Section 4.3 of the
Custodial Agreement, (viii) any portion of which (including
any interest that is senior or pari passu to the Mortgage
Asset) has been downgraded by any Rating Agency, (ix) with
respect to which there has occurred any Insolvency Proceeding with
respect to any Obligor or any co-participant or any Person having
an interest in the Mortgage Asset or any related Underlying
Mortgaged Property which is pari passu with, in right of
payment or priority, the rights of the Administrative Agent in such
Mortgage Asset, (x) in respect of which any Borrower fails to
comply with any covenant, duty, obligation or agreement set forth
in the Arbor Credit Documents as it relates to such Mortgage Asset
or the Administrative Agent’s rights or remedies with respect
thereto, (xi) to the extent described in Subsection
2.5(c) to the Arbor Credit Agreement, (xii) with respect
to which any Preferred Equity Grantor or Equity Asset Grantor (or
the Borrowers on its behalf) fails to satisfy the requirements of
Section 5.25 to the Arbor Credit Agreement,
(xiii) with respect to which any Borrower fails to deliver any
reports, documents or other information regarding any Mortgage
Asset or Underlying Mortgaged Property and such failure affects,
impairs or interferes with the Administrative Agent’s rights
or remedies with respect to or the ability to determine the Asset
Value of any Mortgage Asset and/or (xiv) with respect to any
Mortgage Asset (including the Underlying Mortgaged Property with
respect thereto), the Underlying Mortgaged Property has
deteriorated materially in value or the Underlying Mortgaged
Property and/or any applicable asset or development plan are not
performing as expected (whether related to construction progress,
re-leasing, zoning, reserve balances, servicing and any other
similar situations), including, without limitation, (A) the
lease-up plan or lot or condo sales differ from the original asset
business plan, (B) the debt service reserve runs out with no
replenishment feature or guaranty of interest, (C) any
construction timeline greater than six (6) months is off the
initial schedule, (D) cost overruns are greater than 15% to
20% or (E) required principal pay downs are not
met.
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“
Authority Documents ”: As to any Person, the articles
or certificate of incorporation or formation, by-laws, limited
liability company agreement, general partnership agreement, limited
partnership agreement, trust agreement, joint venture agreement or
other applicable organizational or governing documents and the
applicable resolutions of such Person.
“
Availability ”: At any time, an amount equal to the
positive excess (if any) of (i) the least of (a) the
Maximum Amount, (b) four (4) times the Collateral Cash
Flow for the immediately preceding calendar quarter plus the
Asset Value of all Additional Collateral, (c) four (4)
times the Projected Collateral Cash Flow for the immediately
following calendar quarter plus the Asset Value of all
Additional Collateral, and (d) one (1) times the
Projected Collateral Cash Flow for the next four (4) quarters
plus the Asset Value of all Additional Collateral,
minus (ii) the Aggregate Outstanding Principal for all
Loans on such day; provided , however , for so long
as and to the extent that either (i) the Administrative Agent
does not have a first priority perfected security interest in any
item of Collateral or (ii) any Required Payment is not subject
to an Irrevocable Instruction that is in full force and effect,
then such Collateral or Required Payment shall be disregarded for
the purposes of calculating Availability; provided ,
further , however , on and after the occurrence of
the Facility Maturity Date or an Event of Default, the Availability
shall be zero (0).
“
Availability Correction Deadline ”: Defined in
Subsection 2.2(a)(i) of this Agreement.
“
Bankruptcy Code ”: The United States Bankruptcy Reform
Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq .), as amended
from time to time.
“ Base
Rate ”: On any date, a fluctuating rate per annum equal
to the lower of (a) the Prime Rate or (b) the Federal
Funds Rate plus 0.5%.
“
Benefit Plan ”: Any employee benefit plan as defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of which any Borrower, any
Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate of any Borrower or any Guarantor
is, or at any time during the immediately preceding six
(6) years was, an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“
Benefited Lender ”: Defined in
Section 13.21 of this Agreement.
“ Book
Value ”: With respect to any Mortgage Asset at any time,
an amount equal to the lesser of (a) face or par value and
(b) the price that the applicable Borrower initially paid or
advanced for or in respect of such Mortgage Asset, as such Book
Value may be marked down by the Borrowers from time to time,
including, as applicable, any loss/loss reserve/price adjustments,
less an amount equal to the sum of all principal payments or
paydowns paid and realized losses recognized relating to such
Mortgage Asset.
“
Borrower-Related Obligations ”: Any obligations,
liabilities and/or indebtedness of the Borrowers and/or the
Guarantors under the Loan Documents and under any other arrangement
between any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary
of any Borrower or any Guarantor (including, without limitation,
Arbor Realty Funding LLC) on the one hand and the Administrative
Agent, the Initial Lender, an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent
or the Initial Lender or any commercial paper conduit for which the
Administrative Agent, the Initial Lender or an Affiliate of the
Administrative Agent or Initial Lender acts as a liquidity provider
on the other hand, including, without limitation, such obligations,
liabilities and/or indebtedness under the Wachovia
Indebtedness.
“
Borrowers ”: Individually or collectively, as the
context requires, ART, GPOP, LPOP, ARCM, ARLP, ARSR and each other
Arbor Entity that becomes a borrower hereunder by execution of a
joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Each Borrower is jointly and severally liable
as a Borrower under this Agreement and other Loan
Documents.
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“
Borrowing Date ”: In respect of any Loan, the date on
which such Loan is made under this Agreement.
“
Breakage Costs ”: Defined in Subsection 2.5(b)
of this Agreement.
“
Business Day ”: Any day other than a Saturday or a
Sunday on which (a) banks are not required or authorized to be
closed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York, New York, Charlotte,
North Carolina or any other state in which the Administrative Agent
or a Lender is located, and (b) if the term “Business
Day” is used in connection with the determination of the
Eurodollar Rate, dealings in United States dollar deposits are
carried on in the London interbank market.
“
Capital Lease Obligations ”: For any Person and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, all obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement
conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such obligations
are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease
on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and, for purposes of
this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Cash
Equivalents ”: Any of the following: (i) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than one (1) year from
the date of acquisition, (ii) time deposits or certificates of
deposit of any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof, of recognized standing having
capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $1,000,000,000 and
whose short-term commercial paper rating at the time of acquisition
is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least
P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (any such bank, an
“ Approved Bank ”), with such deposits or
certificates having maturities of not more than one (1) year
from the date of acquisition, (iii) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven (7) days for underlying
securities of the types described in clauses (i) and
(ii) above entered into with any Approved Bank,
(iv) commercial paper or finance company paper issued by any
Person incorporated under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof and rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by
S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s,
and in each case maturing not more than one (1) year after the
date of acquisition, and (v) investments in money market funds
that are registered under the 40 Act, which have net assets of at
least $1,000,000,000 and at least 85% of whose assets consist of
securities and other obligations of the type described in
clauses (i) through (iv) above. All such Cash
Equivalents must be denominated solely for payment in
Dollars.
“ CDO
Collateral Manager Distributions ”: All dividends,
distributions and other amounts payable to ARSR as the holder of
100% of the Equity Interests in ARCM.
“ CDO
Equity Distributions ”: All dividends, distributions and
other amounts payable to ARSR as holder of 100% of the Equity
Interests in each Pledged CDO Subsidiary.
“ CDO
Issuance ”: Any securitization transaction involving the
issuance of collateralized debt obligations.
“ CDO
Issuer ”: The issuer of securities in a CDO
Issuance.
“ CDO
Management Fee Account ”: Defined in Subsection
2.7(a) .
“ CDO
Management Fees ”: Any and all fees and other amounts
paid or to be paid to ARCM as Collateral Manager under each
Collateral Management Agreement.
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“ CDO
Payment Trigger ”: Any calendar quarter in which ART
satisfies the CDO Payment Liquidity Threshold as of the last day of
such quarter; provided , however , if (a) ART does
not satisfy the CDO Payment Liquidity Threshold for a calendar
quarter but would have met the CDO Payment Liquidity Threshold but
for the fact that a Credit Party or an Affiliate of a Credit Party
repurchased debt securities during such calendar quarter and
(b) ART does not satisfy the CDO Payment Liquidity Threshold
for the next calendar quarter but would have met the CDO Payment
Liquidity Threshold but for the fact that a Credit Party or an
Affiliate of a Credit Party repurchased debt securities during the
immediately preceding calendar quarter and the current calendar
quarter, then ART will be deemed to have satisfied the CDO Payment
Liquidity Threshold for such second calendar quarter.
“ CDO
Payment Liquidity Threshold ”: For any calendar quarter,
ART has Liquidity in an amount greater than or equal to TWENTY
SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($27,500,000).
“ CDO
Subsidiary ”: Each of ARMS 2006-1 Equity Holdings LLC,
ARMS 2005-1 Equity Holdings LLC, ARMS 2004-1 Equity Holdings LLC
and, after the Restatement Date, any other Subsidiary of ARSR that
holds Equity Interests in a CDO Issuer in connection with a CDO
Issuance and is otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in
its discretion, provided that each such CDO Subsidiary is or will
be a Subsidiary of ARSR that holds Equity Interests in a CDO Issuer
in connection with a CDO Issuance and has a right to receive
dividends, distributions and payments on or with respect to such
Equity Interests or from any notes, bonds or certificates or other
Property or assets owned or held by such CDO Subsidiary.
“
Change of Control ”: With respect to any Borrower or
Guarantor, a change of control shall be deemed to have occurred
upon the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a 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 such Borrower or such Guarantor (or other securities convertible
into such Voting Interests) representing more than 50% of the
combined voting power of all Voting Interests of any Borrower or
any Guarantor, (b) Continuing Directors shall cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the members of the board of
directors of any Borrower or any Guarantor 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 any Borrower (together with its Subsidiaries), or any Guarantor
(together with its Subsidiaries) taken as a whole to any
“person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) or (d) the adoption by the equity
holders of any Borrower or any Guarantor of a plan or proposal for
the liquidation or dissolution of any Borrower or any Guarantor. As
used herein, “beneficial ownership” shall have the
meaning provided in Rule 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor
any Lender shall be deemed to approve or have approved any
internalization of management as a result of this definition or any
other provision.
“
Closing Certificate ”: A Closing Certificate,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit IV
, including all attachments and exhibits thereto.
“
Closing Date ”: June 11, 2007.
“
Code ”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
“
Collateral ”: Defined in Subsection 8.1(a) of
this Agreement.
“
Collateral Cash Flow ”: The aggregate Income from all
CDO Management Fees and CDO Equity Distributions deposited into the
Collection Account or CDO Management Fee Account, as
applicable.
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“
Collateral Management Agreements ”: Any and all
existing and future agreements entered into by ARCM, in its
capacity as Collateral Manager, for the management of all or any
portion of the collateral in a CDO Issuance involving any Borrower,
Guarantor or any Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower or
Guarantor.
“
Collateral Manager ”: Any Person that manages all or a
portion of the collateral for a CDO Issuance, in its capacity as
collateral manager (or any equivalent term).
“
Collection Account ”: Defined in Subsection
2.7(a) of this Agreement.
“
Commitment Fee ”: Defined in the Fee
Letter.
“
Commitment Period ”: The period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding June 9, 2009. For the avoidance of
doubt, as of the Restatement Date, the Commitment Period has
expired and no further borrowings shall be permitted
hereunder.
“
Commitment Transfer Supplement ”: A Commitment
Transfer Supplement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit IX .
“
Commonly Controlled Entity ”: An entity, whether or
not incorporated, that is under common control with any Borrower or
any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or
is part of a group which includes any Borrower or any Guarantor and
that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“
Compliance Certificate ”: A Compliance Certificate,
substantially in the form of Exhibit V , demonstrating
as of the date thereof compliance by ART with the Financial
Covenants and such other matters as are required to be set forth
therein, in each case for the periods specified therein.
“
Confirmation ”: An executed confirmation with respect
to each pledge of Additional Collateral, substantially in the form
of Exhibit III attached hereto.
“
Consolidated Subsidiaries ”: As of any date and any
Person, any Subsidiaries or other entities that are consolidated
with such Person in accordance with GAAP.
“
Contingent Liabilities ”: Means, with respect to any
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (without duplication):
(i) liabilities and obligations (including any Guarantee
Obligations) of such Person or any Consolidated Subsidiary of such
Person in respect of “off-balance sheet arrangements”
(as defined in the SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules), (ii) any
obligation, including, without limitation, any Guarantee
Obligation, whether or not required to be disclosed in the
footnotes to such Person’s financial statements, guaranteeing
partially or in whole any Non-Recourse Indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation, exclusive of (A) contractual
indemnities (including, without limitation, any indemnity or
price-adjustment provision relating to the purchase or sale of
securities or other assets) and (B) guarantees of non-monetary
obligations (other than guarantees of completion, environmental
indemnities and guarantees of customary carve-out matters made in
connection with Non-Recourse Indebtedness, such as (but not limited
to) fraud, misappropriation, bankruptcy and misapplication) which
have not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person or of any
other Person, and (iii) any forward commitment or obligation
to fund or provide proceeds with respect to any loan or other
financing which is obligatory and non-discretionary on the part of
the lender. The amount of any Contingent Liabilities described in
clause (ii) shall be deemed to be, (a) with respect to
a guarantee of interest or interest and principal, or operating
income guarantee, the sum of all payments required to be made
thereunder (which, in the case of an operating income
guarantee,
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shall be deemed
to be equal to the debt service for the note secured thereby),
through, (x) in the case of an interest or interest and
principal guarantee, the stated date of maturity of the obligation
(and commencing on the date interest could first be payable
thereunder), or (y) in the case of an operating income
guarantee, the date through which such guarantee will remain in
effect, and (b) with respect to all guarantees not covered by
the preceding clause (a) , 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
(assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as
recorded on the balance sheet and on the footnotes to the most
recent financial statements of such Person. As used in this
definition, the term “SEC Off-Balance Sheet Rules”
means the Disclosure in Management’s Discussion and Analysis
About Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Aggregate Contractual
Obligations, Securities Act Release No. 33-8182, 34-47264;
FR-67 International Series Release No. 1266 File No.
S7-42-02, 68 Fed. Reg. 5982 (Feb. 5, 2003) (codified at 17 CFR pts.
228, 229 and 249).
“
Continuing Director ”: Means (i) an individual
who is a member of any Person’s board of directors (or the
equivalent thereof) on the date hereof or (ii) any new
director (or the equivalent thereof) whose appointment was approved
by a majority of the individuals who were already Continuing
Directors at the time of such appointment, election or
approval.
“
Contractual Obligation ”: With respect to any Person,
any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its Property is bound or is
subject.
“
Correction Amount ”: Defined in Subsection
2.2(a)(i) of this Agreement.
“
Credit Party ”: Any of the Borrowers, the Guarantors
or the Pledgor.
“
Credit Risk Security ”: Has the meaning given to such
term in the related CDO Issuance.
“
Custodial Agreement ”: The First Amended and Restated
Custodial Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Date, by and among
the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Custodian, as the
same shall be amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended,
replaced or restated from time to time.
“
Custodial Fee Letter ”: The Custodial Fee Letter
between the Borrowers and the Custodian, as such letter may be
amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended, restated or
replaced from time to time.
“
Custodian ”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
and its successor in interest as the custodian under the Custodial
Agreement, and any successor Custodian under the Custodial
Agreement.
“ Debt
Issuance ”: Means the issuance of any indebtedness for
borrowed money by any Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary of
ART, including, without limitation, (i) Preferred Securities
to the extent such Preferred Securities constitute Indebtedness and
(ii) any such issuance in accordance with Applicable Law
relating to Taxes; provided , however , “Debt
Issuance” shall not include any CDO Issuance, the Arbor
Credit Facility or any indebtedness under any repurchase facility
or any warehouse facility.
“
Default ”: Any event that, with the giving of notice
or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of
Default.
“
Defaulted Mortgage Asset ”: Any Mortgage Asset
(a) that is ninety (90) days or more delinquent,
(b) for which there is a breach of any of the representations
and warranties set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) to the
Arbor Credit Facility (or, if not set forth therein, the related
Confirmation), or (c) for which there is a
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non-monetary
default (beyond any applicable notice and cure period) under the
related Mortgage Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any
Preferred Equity Interest that has not been paid current during
such period.
“
Defaulted Security ”: Has the meaning given to such
term in the related CDO Issuance.
“
Delinquent Mortgage Asset ”: A Mortgage Asset that is
thirty (30) or more days, but less than ninety (90) days,
delinquent under the related Mortgage Loan Documents, including,
without limitation, any Preferred Equity Interest that has not been
paid current during such period.
“
Derivatives Contract ”: Any and all rate swap
transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward
rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond
or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or
forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap
transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency
swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency
options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any
combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter
into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement. Not in limitation
of the foregoing, the term “Derivatives Contract”
includes any and all transactions of any kind, and the related
confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or
governed by, any form of master agreement published by the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any
International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other
master agreement, including any such obligations or liabilities
under any such master agreement.
“
Derivatives Termination Value ”: Means, in respect of
any one or more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account
the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to
such Derivatives Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the
date such Derivatives Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such
termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date
referenced in clause (a) , the amount(s) determined as the
mark-to-market value(s) for such Derivatives Contracts, as
determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such
Derivatives Contracts (which may include the Administrative
Agent).
“
Dollars ” and “ $ ”: Lawful money
of the United States of America.
“ Due
Diligence Costs ”: Defined in Section 13.19
of this Agreement.
“ Due
Diligence Review ”: The performance by the Administrative
Agent or any of the Lenders of any or all of the reviews permitted
under Section 13.19 with respect to any or all of the
Collateral, the Borrowers or the Guarantors, as desired by the
Administrative Agent from time to time.
“
Eligible Asset ”: Any loan that satisfies the
definition of Mortgage Asset (as defined in the Arbor Credit
Facility) (i) that is not a Defaulted Mortgage Asset,
(ii) that is not a Delinquent Mortgage Asset, (iii) with
respect to which the funding obligations thereunder have been
satisfied in full and there is no unfunded commitment outstanding,
(iv) that is owned by ARSR or any other Borrower and
(v) that has been approved in advance by the Administrative
Agent in its discretion for inclusion as Additional
Collateral.
“
Eligible Subordinated Debt ”: Means (a) the debt
securities of ARSR issued under (i) the Junior Subordinated
Indenture, dated as of May 6, 2009, between ARSR, as issuer,
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association
(“ BONY ”), as trustee, pursuant to which ARSR
issued $29,400,000 in original aggregate principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Notes, (ii) the Junior
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Subordinated
Indenture, dated as of May 6, 2009, between ARSR, as issuer,
and BONY, as trustee, pursuant to which ARSR issued $168,000,000 in
original aggregate principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes,
(iii) the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
May 6, 2009, between ARSR, as issuer, ART, as guarantor, and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to which ARSR issued
$21,224,000 in original aggregate principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Notes, (iv) the Junior Subordinated Indenture,
dated as of May 6, 2009, between ARSR, as issuer, ART, as
guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, pursuant to
which ARSR issued $2,632,000 in original aggregate principal amount
of Junior Subordinated Notes, (v) the Junior Subordinated
Indenture, dated as of May 6, 2009, between ARSR, as issuer,
ART, as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee,
pursuant to which ARSR issued $47,180,000 in original aggregate
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Notes, (vi) Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated April 6, 2005 (as amended),
between ARSR, as issuer, ART, as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee, and (vii) Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated
June 2, 2006, between ARSR, as issuer, ART, as guarantor, and
Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the indentures described in
(vi) and (vii), collectively, the “ Original Kodiak
Indentures ”), (b) any future debt securities of
ARSR issued in exchange for the securities held under the Original
Kodiak Indentures that (i) have express subordination
provisions substantially the same as those contained in the
indentures for the transactions listed in clause (a) of this
definition of Eligible Subordinated Debt, (ii) has enforceable
subordination provisions, (iii) has a maturity date no earlier
than the date that is six (6) months following the Facility
Maturity Date, (iv) the Administrative Agent is in receipt of
an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its
discretion addressing the enforceability of the subordination
provisions contained in the documents governing the proposed
Eligible Subordinated Debt, and (c) any future debt securities
of ART and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that (i) has express
subordination provisions substantially the same as those contained
in the indentures for the transactions listed in clause (i) of
this definition of Eligible Subordinated Debt, (ii) has
enforceable subordination provisions, (iii) has a maturity
date no earlier than the date that is six (6) months following
the Facility Maturity Date, (iv) the Administrative Agent is
in receipt of an Opinion of Counsel acceptable to the
Administrative Agent in its discretion addressing the
enforceability of the subordination provisions contained in the
documents governing the proposed Eligible Subordinated Debt and
(v) has been specifically approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion.
“
Encumbrance ”: Any Lien or any rights, options,
warrants, conversion rights or similar agreements or
understandings.
“
Environmental Laws ”: Any and all Applicable Laws and
all other foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes,
ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals,
interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities,
relating to the protection of human health or the environment,
including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing,
permitting, investigation or remediation of hazardous materials.
Environmental Laws include, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(“ CERCLA ”), as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §9601
et seq ., the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C.
§6901 et seq ., the Hazardous Material
Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 1501 et
seq ., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended
by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et
seq ., the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C.
§2601 et seq ., the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §1101 et
seq ., the Clean Air Act of 1966, as amended, 42 U. S. C.
§7401 et seq ., the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. §4321, the River and Harbor Act
of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §401 et seq ., the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. §1531 et
seq ., the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as
amended, 29 U.S.C. §651 et seq ., the Safe
Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §201
et seq ., and the Environmental Protection
Agency’s regulations relating to underground
storage
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C.F.R. Parts 280 and 281, and the rules and regulations under each
of the foregoing, each as amended, modified, waived, supplemented,
extended, restated or replaced from time to time.
“
Equity Interests ”: With respect to any Person, any
share, interest, participation and other equivalent (however
denominated) of capital stock of (or other ownership, equity 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, equity 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.
“
Equity Issuance ”: Any issuance by any Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary of ART to any Person that is not a
Borrower, Guarantor or Consolidated Subsidiary of a Borrower or
Guarantor of (a) shares or interests of its Equity Interests,
(b) any shares or interests of its Equity Interests pursuant
to the exercise of options, warrants or similar rights (other than
shares issued upon the exercise of options or warrants that were
issued to officers, directors or employees of a Borrower),
(c) any shares or interests of its Equity Interests pursuant
to the conversion of any debt securities to equity or (d) (other
than warrants issued by any Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary
of ART for which no cash is paid to the applicable Borrower or
Consolidated Subsidiary or options or warrants issued to officers,
directors or employees of a Borrower) warrants, options or similar
rights that are exercisable or convertible into shares or interests
of its Equity Interests; provided , however ,
“Equity Issuance” shall not include an Equity Issuance
in connection with a CDO Issuance engaged in by a Consolidated
Subsidiary of ARSR or an issuance of shares in ART to ACM as
compensation for acting as servicer.
“
ERISA ”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, as the same are amended
from time to time.
“
ERISA Affiliate ”: (a) Any corporation that is a
member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the
meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) as any Borrower or any
Guarantor, (b) a trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section
414(c) of the Code) with any Borrower or any Guarantor, or
(c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the
meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as any Borrower or any
Guarantor, any corporation described in clause (a) above or
any trade or business described in clause (b)
above.
“ ESH
Allocated Assets ”: The Pledged Mortgage Assets (as
defined in the Arbor Credit Agreement) to which allocated loan
amounts relating to the ESH Pledged Mortgage Assets were allocated
on the Restatement Date.
“
Eurocurrency Liabilities ”: Defined in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time.
“
Eurodollar Disruption Event ”: The occurrence of any
of the following: (a) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Affected Party has determined that it would be contrary to law
or to the directive of any central bank or other Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) to obtain United
States dollars in the London interbank market to fund any Loan,
(b) the inability, for any reason, of the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party to determine the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate, (c) the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Affected Party have determined that the rate at which deposits
of United States dollars are being offered to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any
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Affected Party
in the London interbank market does not accurately reflect the cost
to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party of
making, funding or maintaining any Loan, or (d) the inability
of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party to
obtain United States dollars in the London interbank market to
make, fund or maintain any Loan.
“
Eurodollar Period ”: With respect to any Loan,
(i) initially, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date
with respect to such Loan and ending on the earlier of (x) the
Facility Maturity Date and (y) the first Payment Date
following the Borrowing Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period
commencing on the day following the last day of the preceding
Eurodollar Period applicable to such Loan and ending on the earlier
of (x) the date that is one-month thereafter or (y) the
Facility Maturity Date.
“
Eurodollar Rate ”: With respect to each Eurodollar
Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate appearing at Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as the London interbank
offered rate for deposits in Dollars, at or about 9:00 a.m.,
Charlotte, North Carolina time, three (3) Business Days prior
to the beginning of such Eurodollar Period for a term comparable to
such Eurodollar Period, or, if no such rate appears on Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successors page) at such time and day,
then the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent at its principal office (so long as the Initial Lender is the
Administrative Agent, in Charlotte, North Carolina) as its rate
(each such determination, absent manifest error, to be conclusive
and binding on all parties hereto and their assignees) at which
thirty (30) day deposits in United States Dollars are being,
have been, or would be offered or quoted by the Administrative
Agent to major banks in the applicable interbank market for
Eurodollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m. on such day. The
Administrative Agent’s determination of Eurodollar Rate shall
be conclusive and binding upon the parties absent manifest error on
the part of the Administrative Agent.
“
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ”: For any period means
the percentage, if any, applicable during such period (or, if more
than one such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average
of such percentages for those days in such period during which any
such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued
from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, emergency,
supplemental, marginal or other reserve requirements) with respect
to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities having a term equal to the applicable Eurodollar
Period.
“
Event of Default ”: Defined in
Section 10.1 of this Agreement.
“
Excepted Persons ”: Defined in Subsection
13.13(a) of this Agreement.
“
Exchange Act ”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time.
“
Excluded Accounts ”: All accounts established to hold
Obligor Reserve Payments, all accounts holding funds that are
required to be disbursed to an Obligor under the terms of the
related Mortgage Loan Documents.
“
Existing Borrower ”: Collectively, the Credit Parties
who were Borrowers under the Original Agreement.
“
Existing Financing Facilities ”: The financing
facilities identified on Schedule 4.1(ff) hereto, as
the same may be modified, amended, extended or renewed, together
with any additional facility entered into with the approval of the
Administrative Agent in its discretion. For the avoidance of doubt,
Existing Financing Facilities shall not include any Debt Issuance
or any replacement of an Existing Financing Facility or any
modification to an Existing Financing Facility that is not in
accordance with substantially the same terms (or terms more
favorable to Borrowers) unless approved by the Administrative Agent
in its discretion,
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provided that
the amount of an Existing Financing Facility may be decreased or
increased without the approval of the Administrative Agent so long
as such modification shall not result in a Default or an Event of
Default hereunder.
“
Facility Maturity Date ”: Subject to
Article X , the earliest of (a) June 8, 2012,
(b) the termination of the Arbor Credit Facility, (c) the
date on which this Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the
provisions hereof or by operation of Applicable Law and
(d) one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the
enactment date of a Tax Law Change. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Borrowers may not extend the Facility Maturity Date without the
Lenders’ and the Administrative Agent’s consent in
their discretion.
“ 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, and (b) with respect to
any other assets or Property, including realty, 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.
“
Federal Funds Rate ”: For any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to
the weighted average of the overnight federal funds rates as in
H.15 or any successor or substitute publication selected by the
Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for
the next succeeding Business Day), or, if, for any reason, such
rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the sole
opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which
overnight federal funds are being offered in the national federal
funds market at 9:00 a.m.
“ Fee
Letter ”: The First Amended and Restated Fee Letter,
dated as of the Restatement Date, between the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented,
extended, restated or replaced from time to time.
“
Final Termination ”: With respect to any Loan
Document, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Subsection 13.6(a) .
“
Financial Covenants ”: The covenants set forth in
Subsection 5.1(w) of this Agreement.
“
Financing Spread ”: The applicable spread set forth in
Schedule 1 to the Fee Letter or, with respect to
Additional Collateral only, to the extent the Administrative Agent
requires a different applicable spread than is set forth in the Fee
Letter or if the Fee Letter does not address the applicable spread,
the applicable spread set forth in the related
Confirmation.
“
Foreclosed Loans ”: A loan the security for which has
been foreclosed upon by a Borrower.
“
GAAP ”: Generally accepted accounting principles as in
effect from time to time in the United States, consistently
applied.
“
Governmental Authority ”: Any nation or government,
any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank
(or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any court
or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its Properties, and any accounting board or
authority (whether or not a part of government) that is responsible
for the establishment or interpretation of national or
international accounting principles, in each case whether foreign
or domestic.
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GPOP ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“
Guarantee Obligation ”: Means, as to any Person (the
“ guaranteeing person ”), without duplication,
any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or
(b) another Person (including, without limitation, any bank
under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of the
obligations for which the guaranteeing person has issued a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either
case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
leases, dividends, Contractual Obligation, Derivatives Contract or
other obligations (the “ primary obligations ”)
of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary
obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the
purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to
maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; provided , however , that the term
Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall
be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of the primary obligation
relating to such Guarantee Obligation (or, if less, the maximum
stated liability set forth in the instrument embodying such
Guarantee Obligation); provided , however , that in
the absence of any such stated amount or stated liability, the
amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing
person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect
thereof as reasonably determined by such Person in good
faith.
“
Guarantor ”: Each Arbor Entity that becomes a
Guarantor hereunder.
“
Guaranty ”: Each Guaranty entered into by a Guarantor
for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
other Affected Parties.
“
H.15 ”: Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15(519).
“
Initial Lender ”: Defined in the Preamble to
this Agreement.
“
Income ”: With respect to the Collateral, all
payments, collections, prepayments, recoveries, insurance and
condemnation proceeds (with respect to the Additional Collateral,
other than to the extent that an Obligor is or may be entitled to
the same under the related Mortgage Loan Documents), distributions,
principal, interest, fees, dividends, gains, receipts, allocations,
profits, payments in kind, returns or repayment of contributions,
Proceeds and all other amounts payable to a Borrower on or with
respect to the foregoing, less the Servicing Fee in the case of
Additional Collateral. Income shall not include any Obligor Reserve
Payments.
“
Increased Costs ”: Any amounts required to be paid by
the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
other Affected Parties pursuant to Section 2.11 of this
Agreement.
“
Indebtedness ”: Means, with respect to any Person (in
reference to ART and its Subsidiaries, Person shall mean ART and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis),
at the time of computation thereof, all of the following (without
duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of
money borrowed (including, without limitation, principal, interest,
assumption fees (to the extent they are due during the period in
question), prepayment fees (to the extent they are due during the
period in question), contingent interest (to the extent it is due
during the period in question), and other
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monetary
obligations whether choate or inchoate); (b) all obligations
of such Person, whether or not for money borrowed
(i) represented by notes payable, letters of credit, or drafts
accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit,
(ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money
indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt
instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest
charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full
or partial payment for property or services rendered;
(c) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (d) all
reimbursement obligations of such Person under any letters of
credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented
for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such
Person; (f) all obligations of such Person to purchase,
redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of
any Mandatory Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other
Person (inclusive of forward equity contracts), valued at the
greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus
accrued and unpaid dividends; (g) as applicable, all
obligations of such Person (but not the obligation of others) in
respect of any keep well arrangements, credit enhancements,
contingent or future funding obligations, unfunded interest reserve
amounts, purchase obligations, repurchase obligations, takeout
commitments or forward equity commitments, in each case evidenced
by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent
the obligation can be satisfied by the issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Mandatory Redeemable Stock)); (h) net obligations
under any Derivative Contract not entered into as a hedge against
existing Indebtedness, in an amount equal to the Derivatives
Termination Value thereof; (i) all Indebtedness of other
Persons which such Person has guaranteed or is otherwise recourse
to such Person (except for guaranties of customary exceptions for
fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities and other
similar exceptions to recourse liability (but not exceptions
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
events)); (j) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by
(or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien (other
than certain Permitted Liens) on property or assets owned by such
Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation;
provided , however , if such Person has not assumed
or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, then for the
purposes of this definition the amount of such Indebtedness shall
not exceed the market value of the property subject to such Lien
and (k) Contingent Liabilities.
“
Indemnified Amounts ”: Defined in Subsection
11.1(a) of this Agreement.
“
Indemnified Parties ”: Defined in Subsection
11.1(a) of this Agreement.
“
Insolvency Event ”: With respect to a specified
Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a
court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of such Person
or any substantial part of its Property in an involuntary case
under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its Property, or ordering the winding-up or
liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or
order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of ninety
(90) consecutive days; or (b) the commencement by such
Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now
or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law,
or the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its Property, or the making by such Person of
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure
by such Person generally to pay its debts as such debts become due,
or the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the
foregoing.
“
Insolvency Laws ”: The Bankruptcy Code and all other
applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension
of payments or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
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Insolvency Proceeding ”: Any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority
relating to any Insolvency Event.
“
Instrument ”: Any “instrument” (as defined
in Article 9 of the UCC), other than an instrument that
constitutes part of chattel paper.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ”: That certain Intercreditor
Agreement to be entered into by and among the Administrative Agent
and Wachovia, as administrative agent under the Arbor Credit
Facility, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time
to time.
“
Interest ”: For each Accrual Period and all Loans
outstanding, the sum of the products (for each day during such
Accrual Period) of:
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provided , however , that (i) no provision of
this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection
of any Interest in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable
Law and (ii) the Interest shall not be considered paid by any
distribution if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned for any reason.
“
Interest Expense ”: For ART and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, the total interest expense incurred (in accordance
with GAAP), including capitalized or accruing interest (but
excluding interest funded under a construction loan), by ART and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries, without duplication for the most
recent period.
“
Interest Rate Protection Agreement ”: (i) Any
Derivatives Contract required under the terms of the related
Mortgage Loan Documents 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 Administrative Agent in its discretion and
(ii) any Derivatives Contract put in place by any Borrower or
any Consolidated Subsidiary of a Borrower with respect to any
Collateral or any assets or other Property of such
Person.
“
Investment ”: Means, with respect to any Person, any
acquisition or investment (whether or not of a controlling
interest) by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase
or other acquisition of any Equity Interests in another Person,
(b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital
contribution to, guaranty or credit enhancement of Indebtedness of,
or purchase or other acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such
other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another
Person that constitute the business or a division or operating unit
of another Person. Any binding commitment or option to make an
Investment in any other Person shall constitute an Investment.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining
compliance with any covenant contained in the Loan Documents, the
amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested,
without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the
value of such Investment.
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Irrevocable Instruction ”: (a) An instruction
letter in the form of Exhibit VI , which (i) shall
be executed by (A) (1) ARCM, with respect to the CDO
Management Fees, (2) ARSR, with respect to the CDO Equity
Distributions and the CDO Collateral Manager Distributions and (3)
such other Persons as the Administrative Agent may require in its
discretion with respect to the Collateral, the Required Payments or
any other payments required under the Loan Documents, and
(B) each Person obligated to pay or disburse any payments
described above in clauses (A)(1)-(3) , respectively,
(ii) shall provide that it is irrevocable, and
(iii) shall provide that such Irrevocable Instruction shall
not be modified without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent and (b) any Servicer Redirection Notice
required in connection with the pledge of Additional
Collateral.
“
Junior Interest ”: (a) A senior, pari
passu or junior participation interest in a performing
Commercial Real Estate Loan or (b) a senior, pari passu
or junior note or certificate in an “A/B” or similar
structure in a performing Commercial Real Estate Loan.
“ Late
Payment Fee ”: Defined in Subsection 2.5(a) of
this Agreement.
“ Lead
Based Paint ”: Paint containing more than 0.5% lead by
dry weight.
“
Lender ”: Defined in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Lien ”: Any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, right,
claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind of or on any
Person’s assets or Properties in favor of any other
Person.
“
Liquidity ”: An amount equal to the (a) sum of
(without duplication) (i) the amount of unrestricted cash and
unrestricted Cash Equivalents, plus (ii) the borrowing
availability (if any) under the Arbor Credit Facility, in each case
in clauses (i) and (ii), solely to the extent that such
amounts exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy at such time all of
the Financial Covenants (other than Subsection 5.1(w)(i)
hereunder and all financial covenants (other than any liquidity
covenants) under the Arbor Credit Facility and, in each case, to
the extent ART continues to be in compliance thereof, less ,
(b) amounts necessary to satisfy margin deficits or other
prepayment obligations under the Arbor Credit Facility.
“
Loan ”: Defined in Subsection 2.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Loan
Documents ”: This Agreement, the Revolving Notes, the
Account Control Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Custodial Agreement,
the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Preferred Equity Pledge
Agreement, the Guaranties, the Irrevocable Instructions, any UCC
financing statements (and amendments thereto) filed pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and any
additional document the execution of which is necessary or
incidental to carrying out the terms of the foregoing documents, as
each of the foregoing is amended, modified, restated, replaced,
waived, substituted, supplemented or extended from time to
time.
“
LPOP ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“
Mandatory Redeemable Stock ”: Means, with respect to
any Person and any Subsidiary thereof, any Equity Interests of such
Person which by the terms of such Equity Interests (or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or
otherwise (a) matures or is required to be redeemed, pursuant
to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than an Equity
Interest to the extent redeemable in exchange for common stock or
other equivalent common Equity Interests), (b) is convertible
into or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness or Mandatory
Redeemable Stock, or (c) is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than an Equity Interest
which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock
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or other
equivalent common Equity Interests); in the case of each clause
(a) through (e) , on or prior to the Facility Maturity
Date.
“
Market Value ”: As of any date in respect of any
Mortgage Asset, the price at which such Mortgage Asset could
readily be sold, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
discretion (which price may be determined to be zero).
“
Material Adverse Effect ”: Any material adverse effect
on (a) the Properties, assets, business, operations, financial
condition, credit quality or prospects of any Borrower or any
Guarantor, (b) the ability of any Borrower or any Guarantor 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
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents,
(e) the timely payment of any amounts payable under the Loan
Documents, or (f) any Collateral or the value of any
Collateral.
“
Materials of Environmental Concern ”: Any mold,
petroleum (including, without limitation, crude oil or any fraction
thereof), petroleum products or by-products (including, without
limitation, gasoline), or any hazardous, toxic or harmful
substances, materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, defined
as such in or regulated under any Environmental Law, including,
without limitation, asbestos, asbestos containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation,
radioactive materials, Lead Based Paint, Toxic Mold, flammable
explosives and radon.
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Maximum Amount ”: As of the Restatement Date,
$57,164,228.00; at any time following the Restatement Date, the
Aggregate Outstanding Principal.
“
Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., and any successor thereto.
“
Multiemployer Plan ”: A “multiemployer
plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is
or was at any time during the current year or the immediately
preceding five (5) years contributed to by any Borrower, a
Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate on behalf of its
employees.
“ Net
Income ”: With respect to ART and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for any period, the net income of ART and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Net
Proceeds ”: With respect to any Equity Issuance or Debt
Issuance by a Person, the aggregate amount of all cash, Cash
Equivalents and the Fair Market Value of all other assets or
Property received by or payable to 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 or Debt
Issuance. With respect to any Securitization, Net Proceeds shall
mean the proceeds received by a Person in connection with such
Securitization after the payment of all amounts required to be paid
in order to obtain a release of all Liens related to the assets
contributed in such Securitization and the payment of all
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 each
such Securitization.
“ Net
Total Liabilities ”: Total Liabilities minus the
sum of (a) aggregate principal amount outstanding under the
Eligible Subordinated Debt and (b) deferred revenues relating
to the 450 Transaction to the extent classified as a liability
according to GAAP.
“ New
Stock Class ”: Defined in the Fee Letter.
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Non-Recourse Indebtedness ”: Means, with respect to
any 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 provisions (but not exceptions
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
events)) is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person
encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.
“
Notice of Borrowing ”: A request for a Loan in the
form of Exhibit II , attached hereto.
“
Obligations ”: Without duplication, (i) the
Aggregate Unpaids, and (ii) all Borrower-Related
Obligations.
“
Obligor ”: Individually and collectively, as the
context may require, the obligor or obligors under a Mortgage
Asset, including, but not limited to, any guarantor thereof and any
Person that has not signed the related Mortgage Note, Junior
Interest Note, a Mezzanine Note or any other note, instrument or
certificate, but owns an interest in the related Underlying
Mortgaged Property, which interest has been encumbered to secure
such Mortgage Asset.
“
Obligor Reserve Payments ”: Any payments made by an
Obligor under the applicable Mortgage Loan Documents which,
pursuant to the terms of such Mortgage Loan Documents, are required
to be deposited into escrow or into a reserve to be used for a
specific purpose (e.g., tax and insurance escrows), but not
including such amounts that are entitled or permitted to be
disbursed to the holder of the Mortgage Asset.
“
OFAC ”: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control or any successor
thereto.
“ OFAC
Regulations ”: The regulations promulgated by OFAC, as
amended from time to time.
“
Off-Balance Sheet Obligations ”: With respect to any
Person (in reference to ART and its Subsidiaries, Person shall mean
ART and its Consolidated Subsidiaries ) as of any date of
determination thereof, without duplication and to the extent not
included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of ART
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP:
(a) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or
so-called “synthetic”, tax retention or off-balance
sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any
Insolvency Laws to such Person or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, would be characterized as indebtedness; (b) the
monetary obligations under any sale and leaseback transaction which
does not create a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of
such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; or (c) any
other monetary obligation arising with respect to any other
transaction which (i) is characterized as indebtedness for tax
purposes but not for accounting purposes in accordance with GAAP or
(ii) is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of
borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries (for purposes of this clause (c) , any
transaction structured to provide tax deductibility as interest
expense of any dividend, coupon or other periodic payment will be
deemed to be the functional equivalent of a borrowing).
“
Officer’s Certificate ”: A certificate signed by
a Responsible Officer of a Borrower.
“
Operating Account ”: The account designated by the
Borrowers set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
“
Opinion of Counsel ”: A written opinion of counsel,
which opinion and counsel are acceptable to the Administrative
Agent in its discretion.
“
Original Agreement ”: Defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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“
Original Kodiak Indenture ”: Defined in the definition
of “Eligible Subordinated Debt.”
“
Other Costs ”: Defined in Subsection 13.9(d) of
this Agreement.
“
Payment Date ”: The second to last Business Day of
each calendar month.
“
PBGC ”: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or
any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under
ERISA.
“
Pension Plans ”: Defined in Subsection 4.1(r)
of this Agreement.
“
Permitted Investments ”: Investments of any one or
more of the following types:
(a) marketable
obligations of the United States, the full and timely payment of
which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
of America and that have a maturity of not more than 270 days
from the date of acquisition;
(b) marketable
obligations, the full and timely payment of which are directly and
fully guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States
and that have a maturity of not more than 270 days from the
date of acquisition;
(c) bankers’
acceptances and certificates of deposit and other interest-bearing
obligations (in each case having a maturity of not more than
270 days from the date of acquisition) denominated in dollars
and issued by any bank with capital, surplus and undivided profits
aggregating at least $100,000,000, the short-term obligations of
which are rated of least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by
Moody’s;
(d) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than ten (10) days for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a)
, (b) and (c) above entered into with any bank of the
type described in clause (c) above;
(e) commercial
paper rated at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by
Moody’s;
(f) demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit (having original
maturities of no more than 365 days) of depository
institutions or trust companies incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof (or domestic branches
of any foreign bank) and subject to supervision and examination by
federal or state banking or depository institution authorities;
provided , however , that at the time such
investment, or the commitment to make such investment, is entered
into, the short-term debt rating of such depository institution or
trust company shall be at least A-1 by S&P and P-1 by
Moody’s; and
(g) money
market mutual funds possessing the highest available rating from
S&P and Moody’s.
“
Permitted Liens ”: Any of the following as to which no
enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding
shall have been commenced: (a) Liens for state, municipal or
other local taxes if such taxes shall not at the time be due and
payable, (b) Liens imposed by Applicable Law, such as
materialmen’s, mechanics’, carriers’,
workmen’s and repairmen’s Liens and other similar
Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business securing
obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than thirty
(30) days, (c) Liens granted pursuant to or by the Loan
Documents, and (d) in the case of Additional Collateral only
and not any Borrower’s interest therein, with respect to the
Underlying
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Mortgaged
Property applicable thereto, Liens which are permitted pursuant to
the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Documents.
“
Permitted Credit Facility ”: Any credit facility of
ARSR or its Consolidated Subsidiaries of which the Borrowers have
given the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days
advance notice and that (a) has terms and conditions
substantially the same as those in the Arbor Credit Facility,
(b) has financial covenants no more restrictive than those in
the Arbor Credit Facility, (c) does not permit collateral
other than Whole Loans, Junior Interests, Mezzanine Loans,
Preferred Equity Interests, Condominium Loans, Land Loans and/or
Bridge Loans and/or any equity interests in an entity that acts as
a borrower of such credit facility and (d) is otherwise
acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion.
“
Person ”: An individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), limited liability company, joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, sole
proprietorship, joint venture, government (or any agency or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity.
“
Plan ”: An employee benefit or other plan established
or maintained by any Borrower, any Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate
and covered by Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer
Plan.
“ Plan
Party ”: Defined in Subsection 13.20(a) of this
Agreement.
“
Pledge and Security Agreement ”: That certain First
Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the
Restatement Date, by ARSR, in its capacity as pledgor of Equity
Interests in the Pledged CDO Subsidiaries, for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent, as amended, modified, restated, replaced,
waived, substituted, supplemented or extended from time to
time.
“
Pledge Date ”: Defined in Subsection 2.1(f)(i)
of this Agreement.
“
Pledged CDO Subsidiary ”: (i) Each CDO Subsidiary
existing on the Closing Date and (ii) each additional CDO
Subsidiary created after the Closing Date with respect to which the
Equity Interests are pledged, at the option of ARSR, to the
Administrative Agent as Collateral.
“
Pledged Collateral ”: Defined in the Pledge and
Security Agreement.
“
Pledged Preferred Equity Collateral ”: Defined in the
Preferred Equity Pledge Agreement.
“
Pledgor ” Arbor Realty SR, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, together with its successors and assigns.
“
Post-Default Rate ”: In respect of any day a Loan is
outstanding or any other amount under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document is not paid when due to the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders or the Affected Parties at the stated repayment date or
otherwise when due (a “ Post-Default Day ”), a
rate per annum determined on a 360 day per year basis during
the period from and including the due date to but excluding the
date on which such amount is paid in full equal to the applicable
Rate plus 500 basis points.
“
Pre-Approved Lender ”: A bank, financial institution,
insurance company, Approved Fund, any Person similar to any of the
foregoing or any special purpose vehicle.
“
Preferred Equity Pledge Agreement ”: The First Amended
and Restated Preferred Equity Interests Pledge and Security
Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Date, by the Borrowers, in
their capacity as pledgors, for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, as amended, modified, restated, replaced, waived,
substituted, supplemented or extended from time to time.
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“
Preferred Securities ”: Means, with respect to any
Person, Equity Interests in such Person that are entitled to
preference or priority over any other Equity Interests in such
Person in respect of the payment (or accrual) of dividends or
distribution of assets upon liquidation, or both.
“
Prime Rate ”: The rate announced by Wachovia from time
to time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change
as and when such designated rate changes. The Prime Rate is not
intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by Wachovia in
connection with extensions of credit to debtors.
“
Prohibited Person ”: Means (i) a Person that is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, Executive Order No. 13224, (ii) a Person owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, Executive Order No. 13224, (iii) a Person with whom
any Borrower or any Guarantor is prohibited from dealing or
otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law,
(iv) a Person who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or
supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order
No. 13224, (v) an agency of the government of, an
organization directly or indirectly controlled by, or a Person
resident in, a country that is subject to a sanctions program
identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html, or
as otherwise published from time to time, as such program may be
applicable to such agency, organization or Person, (vi) a
Person that is named as a “specially designated national or
blocked person” on the most current list maintained or
published by OFAC and available at
http://www.treas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sdn.index.html or at any
replacement website or in any other official publication of such
list, and (vii) a Person who is affiliated with a Person
described in clauses (i)-(vi) above.
“
Projected Collateral Cash Flow ”: For any calendar
quarter, future projections of Collateral Cash Flow for the
immediately following calendar quarter or for the immediately
following four (4) calendar quarters, as applicable,
determined in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate signed by
a Responsible Officer of a Borrower after due inquiry, which
Officer’s Certificate shall provide future projections of
Collateral Cash Flow, together with the relevant facts supporting
such projections, which Projected Collateral Cash Flow may be
adjusted by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
“
Property ”: Any right or interest in or to property of
any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether
tangible or intangible.
“
QRS ”: Means a qualified REIT subsidiary within the
meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code.
“
Rate ”: For any Accrual Period and for all Loans
outstanding and for each day during such Accrual Period, the rate
per annum equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the
applicable Financing Spread; provided , however , the
Rate for any Accrual Period shall be the Base Rate ( plus
the applicable Financing Spread) if a Eurodollar Disruption Event
has occurred and is continuing.
“
Rating Agency ”: Each of S&P, Moody’s and
any other statistical rating agency that has been requested to
issue a rating in connection with the matter at issue.
“ Real
Property Assets ”: Means, as of any time, the real
Property assets (including interests in preferred equity and
participating mortgages in which the lender’s interest
therein is characterized as equity according to GAAP) owned
directly or indirectly by ART or a Consolidated Subsidiary of ART
at such time.
“
Register ”: Defined in Subsection 13.16(f)
.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ”: Defined in the Arbor
Credit Agreement.
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“
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 amended from time to
time.
“
REIT ”: A “real estate investment trust”
within the meaning of the Code.
“
Related Party Loan ”: Any loan, Indebtedness or
preferred equity investment identified or presented as a related
party loan in ART’s consolidated financial statements or in
the notes to the consolidated financial statements, in accordance
with GAAP; provided , however , Related Party Loan
shall not include any loan or preferred equity investment
(i) which is held as collateral in a CDO Issuance involving
ART or any Consolidated Subsidiary of ART or (ii) to which the
Administrative Agent in its discretion has consented in writing to
its exclusion from the definition of Related Party Loan.
“
Release ”: Any generation, treatment, use, storage,
transportation, manufacture, refinement, handling, production,
removal, remediation, disposal, presence or migration of Materials
of Environmental Concern on, about, under or within all or any
portion of any Property or Underlying Mortgaged
Property.
“
Remedial Work ”: Any investigation, inspection, site
monitoring, containment, clean-up, removal, response, corrective
action, mitigation, restoration or other remedial work of any kind
or nature because of, or in connection with, the current or future
presence, suspected presence, Release or threatened Release in or
about the air, soil, ground water, surface water or soil vapor at,
on, about, under or within all or any portion of any Property or
Underlying Mortgaged Property of any Materials of Environmental
Concern, including any action to comply with any applicable
Environmental Laws or directives of any Governmental Authority with
regard to any Environmental Laws.
“ REO
Property ”: Real property acquired by any Person by
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of such foreclosure.
“
Reportable Event ”: Any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA or a successor provision thereof, other
than those events as to which the notice requirement has been
waived by regulation.
“
Requested Borrowing Date ”: The date specified in
Subsection 2.1(b)(i) of this Agreement.
“
Required Payments ”: All payments required under
Section 2.2 of this Agreement or subject to or required
to be subject to an Irrevocable Instruction, which amounts shall be
free of any deductions for or on account of any set-off,
counterclaim or defense and shall be deposited into the Collection
Account for application in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“
Requisite Lenders ”: As of any date, Lenders holding
Revolving Commitment Percentages totaling at least 66-2/3%;
provided , however , that any Lender that is in
default hereunder shall not be included in calculating such
Revolving Commitment Percentages.
“
Responsible Officer ”: With respect to any Person, any
duly authorized Senior Vice President (or equivalent or higher
office) of such Person with direct responsibility for the
administration of the Loan Documents and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other duly authorized Senior Vice President
(or equivalent or higher office) to whom such matter is referred
because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“
Restatement Date ”: The date of this
Agreement.
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“
Restricted Payment ”: Means (a) any dividend or
other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity
Interests of ART or any Consolidated Subsidiary now or hereafter
outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in Equity Interests
of identical class to the holders of that class; (b) any
redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of any Equity Interests of ART or any Consolidated
Subsidiary now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) any payment
made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding
warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests
of ART or any Consolidated Subsidiary now or hereafter
outstanding.
“
Retained Interest ”: (a) With respect to any
Mortgage Asset with an unfunded commitment on the part of a
Borrower, all of the obligations, if any, to provide additional
funding or contributions with respect to such Mortgage Asset, and,
(b) with respect to any Mortgage Asset that is pledged by a
Borrower to the Administrative Agent, (i) all of the
obligations, if any, of the agent(s) under the documentation
evidencing such Mortgage Asset and (ii) the applicable portion
of the interests, rights and obligations under the documentation
evidencing such Mortgage Asset that relate to such portion(s) of
the Indebtedness that is owned by another lender or is being
retained by a Borrower pursuant to clause (a) of this
definition.
“
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 2 of this
Agreement, as such amount may be reduced or increased from time to
time in accordance with the provisions hereof. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Revolving Commitment shall terminate upon the expiration
of the Commitment Period or upon the request of the
Borrower.
“
Revolving Commitment Percentage ”: For each Lender,
the percentage identified as its Revolving Commitment Percentage on
Schedule 2 of this Agreement, as such percentage may be
modified in connection with any assignment made in accordance with
the provisions of Section 13.16 of this
Agreement.
“
Revolving Notes ”: The Amended and Restated Revolving
Notes, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I ,
issued in favor of the Lenders under this Agreement, as the same
may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended, restated
or replaced from time to time.
“
S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s, a division of
The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor
thereto.
“
Securitization ”: Defined in Subsection
2.2(a)(iv) of this Agreement.
“
Servicer Redirection Notice ”: An executed Servicer
Redirection Notice with respect to each pledge of Additional
Collateral, substantially in the form of Exhibit VII
attached hereto.
“
Solvent ”: As to any Person at any time, having a
state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) the fair value of the Property of such Person is greater
than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including
disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is
established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of
Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) the present
fair salable value of the Property of such Person in an orderly
liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able
to realize upon its Property and pay its debts and other
liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated
liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business;
(d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that
it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s
ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and
(e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction,
and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for
which such Person’s Property would constitute unreasonably
small capital.
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“
Stock Exchange ”: Defined in Subsection 4.1(nn)
of this Agreement.
“
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.
“
Tangible Net Worth ”: Net worth as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Tax
Law Change ”: A change in the Applicable Law relating to
Taxes that would cause a transfer of the entire membership
interests in a CDO Subsidiary to a REIT, a QRS or a disregarded
entity (for federal income tax purposes) that is wholly owned by a
REIT to result in a loss of the QRS status of the CDO Issuer owned
by that CDO Subsidiary.
“
Taxes ”: Any present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, assessments or fees of any nature (including
interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that are imposed by any
Governmental Authority.
“ Test
Period ”: The immediately preceding calendar
quarter.
“
Total Assets ”: Total assets of ART and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Total ESH Release Amount ”: Defined in the Arbor
Credit Agreement.
“
Total Liabilities ”: Means all Indebtedness of any
Person (without duplication) and all of such Person’s
Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis.
“
Toxic Mold ”: Any mold or fungus at any Property which
is a type that (i) might pose a significant risk to human
health or the environment or (ii) that would negatively impact
any Property.
“
Transfer Effective Date ”: The meaning set forth in
each Commitment Transfer Supplement.
“
Transferee ”: Defined in Subsection 13.16(b) of
this Agreement.
“
Trust Preferred Debt ”: Means (a) the existing
indebtedness of ART and its Consolidated Subsidiaries under any
securities and guarantees issued by them in any debt securities
transaction related to any of the indentures identified in clause
(a) of the definition of “Eligible Subordinated
Debt” and (b) any future indebtedness of ART and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in connection with any debt securities
transaction for which the related indenture (i) has
subordination provisions substantially the same as those in the
indentures identified in clause (a) of the definition of
“Eligible Subordinated Debt” and (ii) has
enforceable subordination provisions, and (c) has a maturity
date no earlier than the date that is six (6) months following the
Facility Maturity Date.
“
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 Applicable Law, the perfection,
priority or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority
or lack of priority of the
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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 or
effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority or lack of
priority.
“
United States ”: The United States of
America.
“
Unused Fee ”: The “Unused Fee” defined in
and payable under the Fee Letter.
“
Upfront Fee ”: The “Upfront Fee” defined
in and payable under the Fee Letter.
“ USA
Patriot Act ”: The “United and Strengthening
America by providing Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001” (Public Law 107-56), as amended from
time to time.
“
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 ”: Defined in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“
Wachovia Indebtedness ”: All indebtedness, obligations
or liabilities of any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Consolidated
Subsidiary of any Borrower or any Guarantor to Wachovia or any of
its Affiliates, and shall include, without limitation,
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities arising under the Arbor
Credit Facility and any Wachovia Interest Rate Protection
Agreements.
“
Wachovia Interest Rate Protection Agreements ”: Any
and all of a Borrower’s, a Guarantor’s or any of their
Consolidated Subsidiary’s obligations, liabilities and
indebtedness 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.
“
Warrant Agreements ”: Defined in the Arbor Credit
Agreement.
“
WFS ”: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (formerly known as
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC), a Delaware limited liability
company.
Section 1.2 Other Terms .
(a) All
accounting terms used but not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9
of the UCC in the State of New York, and used but not specifically
defined herein, are used herein as defined in such
Article 9.
(b) Capitalized
terms used with respect to the Additional Collateral but not
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings given to such
terms in the Arbor Credit Documents, mutatis mutandis
.
Section 1.3 Computation of Time Periods
.
Unless otherwise
stated in this Agreement, in the computation of a period of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including” and the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding.”
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Section 1.4 Interpretation.
In each Loan
Document, unless a contrary intention appears:
(i) the singular
number includes the plural number and vice versa
;
(ii) reference to
any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but,
if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by
the Loan Documents;
(iii) reference to
any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to
day or days without further qualification means calendar
days;
(v) reference to
any time means Charlotte, North Carolina time;
(vi) the term
“including” means “including without
limitation;”
(vii) the term
“through” means “to and
including;”
(viii) unless the
context clearly requires or the language provides otherwise,
reference to a section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph,
clause, exhibit, schedule, annex, appendix, attachment, rider or
other attachment means a section, subsection, paragraph,
subparagraph, clause, exhibit, schedule, annex, appendix,
attachment, rider or other attachment of or to this
Agreement;
(ix) to the extent
this Agreement uses or requires different limitations, tests or
measurements to regulate the same or similar matters, all such
limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each
be performed in accordance with their terms;
(x) unless the
context clearly requires or the language provides otherwise, the
words “herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder” or similar words refer to this Agreement as
a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement;
(xi) reference to
any agreement (including any Loan Document), document or instrument
means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified,
restated, replaced, waived, substituted, supplemented or extended
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if
applicable, the terms of the other Loan Documents, and reference to
any promissory note, certificate, instrument or trust receipt
includes any promissory note, certificate, instrument or trust
receipt that is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or
replacement therefor;
(xii) reference to
any Applicable Law, including any reference to any specific
provision of Applicable Law, means such Applicable Law as amended,
modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and
in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder and reference to any Section or other
provision of any Applicable Law means that provision of such
Applicable Law from time to time in effect and constituting the
substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement or
reenactment of such Section or other provision;
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(xiii) unless
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, reference to any
notice, request, approval, consent or determination provided for,
permitted or required under the terms of this Agreement with
respect to a Borrower, a Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or a
Lender means, in order for such notice, request, approval, consent
or determination to be effective hereunder, such notice, request,
approval or consent must be in writing; and
(xiv) reference
herein or in any Loan Documents to the Administrative Agent’s
or any Lender’s discretion shall mean, unless otherwise
stated herein or therein, the Administrative Agent’s or
Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, and the exercise of
such discretion shall be final and conclusive. In addition,
whenever the Administrative Agent or a Lender has a decision or
right of determination or request, exercises any right given to it
to agree, disagree, accept, consent, grant waivers, take action or
no action or to approve or disapprove, or any arrangement or term
is to be satisfactory or acceptable (or any similar language or
terms) to the Administrative Agent or a Lender, the decision of the
Administrative Agent or a Lender with respect thereto shall be in
the sole and absolute discretion of the Administrative Agent or the
Lender, and such decision shall be final and conclusive, except as
may be otherwise specifically provided herein.
(a)
Revolving Commitment . During the Commitment Period, and
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, 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 loans (each a “ Loan ” and
collectively the “ Loans ”) to the Borrowers
from time to time for the purposes hereinafter set forth;
provided , however , (i) no Loans shall be made
(A) when a Default or any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (B) if, before or after giving effect to the
requested Loan, the Availability is or would be negative, and
(C) after the Commitment Period, and (ii) in the event of
an assignment of any portion of the Maximum Amount to one or more
Lenders, with regard to each Lender individually, the sum of such
Lender’s share of the outstanding Loans shall not exceed such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Maximum
Amount.
(b)
Revolving Loan Borrowings .
(i) Notice of
Borrowing . ARSR, on behalf of the Borrowers, shall request a
Loan by giving written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing which confirmation may be by fax) to the
Administrative Agent in the form of a duly completed and executed
Notice of Borrowing, together with a duly completed and executed
Compliance Certificate, not later than 11:00 a.m. on or before
two (2) Business Days prior to the date of the requested
borrowing (unless a shorter notice period is approved by the
Administrative Agent) (the “ Requested Borrowing Date
”). Each Notice of 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), (C) the
aggregate principal amount to be borrowed, (D) the purpose for
the Loan, which purpose must be approved by the Administrative
Agent in its discretion, (E) the proposed source of repayment
of the Loan, (F) the Borrower’s calculation of the
Availability and the Borrower’s compliance therewith after
giving effect to the requested borrowing, and (G) such other
information as the Administrative Agent may require in its
discretion. The Administrative Agent
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shall give
notice to each Lender promptly upon receipt of each Notice of
Borrowing and Compliance Certificate, the contents thereof and each
such Lender’s share thereof.
(ii) Loan
Approval . The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers
on or prior to the Requested Borrowing Date whether the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders has (A) rejected
the proposed Loan based on the Administrative Agent’s review
of the Notice of Borrowing and/or the Compliance Certificate,
(B) has agreed to the proposed Loan or (C) has agreed to
make the requested Loan subject to certain terms, conditions or
modifications. The Administrative Agent’s failure to timely
respond to a Notice of Borrowing shall be deemed to be a rejection
of the proposed Loan. If the Administrative Agent rejects the
proposed Loan as provided in clause (A) above or the
Borrowers reject the terms, conditions or modifications required by
the Administrative Agent under clause (C) above, the Lenders
shall not be obligated to make the proposed Loan requested in the
Notice of Borrowing, and the submitted Notice of Borrowing shall
thereafter become void automatically without further action by any
party.
(iii) Minimum
Amounts . Subject to the other provisions of this
Article II , each Loan shall be in a minimum aggregate
amount of $1,000,000.
(iv)
Advances . Provided that each condition precedent set forth
in Articles II and III of this Agreement and all
other terms and conditions are satisfied, as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion, each Lender will make its
Revolving Commitment Percentage of each approved Loan available to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrowers at the
office of the Administrative Agent identified on
Schedule 3 , or at such other office as the
Administrative Agent may designate in writing, upon reasonable
advance notice by 1:00 p.m. on the Requested Borrowing 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 Borrowers by the
Administrative Agent by crediting the Operating Account with the
amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders
and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. The
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint or
joint and several. The failure of any Lender to fulfill its
obligations hereunder shall not result in any other Lender becoming
obligated to advance more than its Revolving Commitment Percentage
of any Loan, nor shall such failure release or diminish the
obligations of any other Lender to fund its Revolving Commitment
Percentage provided for in this Agreement.
(v)
Borrower’s Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of all Loans
shall be used solely for the purpose requested and approved by the
Administrative Agent. Neither the Lenders nor the Administrative
Agent shall have any liability, obligation or responsibility
whatsoever with respect to a Borrower’s use of the proceeds
of the Loans, and neither the Lenders nor the Administrative Agent
shall be obligated to determine whether or not a Borrower’s
use of the proceeds of the Loans are for purposes permitted under a
Borrower’s Authority Documents, Applicable Law, under any
other applicable document or agreement or otherwise. Nothing,
including, without limitation, any borrowing or any acceptance of
any other document or instrument, shall be construed as a
representation or warranty, express or implied, to any party by the
Lenders or the Administrative Agent as to whether any investment by
a Borrower qualifies under this Agreement or is otherwise permitted
by the terms of the Borrower’s Authority Documents,
Applicable Law, under any other applicable document or agreement or
otherwise.
(c)
Revolving Loans . Loans may be repaid subject to and in
accordance with the terms, provisions and conditions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any
contained in the Loan Documents to the contrary, Loans may not be
repaid and reborrowed.
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(d)
Revolving Notes . The Borrowers’ obligation to pay
each Lender’s Loans shall be evidenced by a Revolving Note
made payable to each such Lender, if requested by such
Lender.
(e)
Repayment of Loans . Borrowers covenant and agree to repay
the Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Revolving Notes. Subject to earlier repayment
under Article X and Subsection 2.1(g) , the
Aggregate Outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and
all other Aggregate Unpaids shall be paid in full on or before the
Facility Maturity Date.
(f)
Additional Collateral .
(i) In order to
increase the Availability under this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent may, subject to the terms of this Subsection 2.1(f) ,
approve certain Eligible Assets to be included in the Additional
Collateral included in the Collateral hereunder (the date of any
such approval and pledge hereunder, the “ Pledge Date
”). The addition of any Additional Collateral to the
Collateral pool shall be permitted in the Administrative
Agent’s discretion, in accordance with the terms of this
Subsection 2.1(f) .
(ii) Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein and without duplication, all of
the terms, provisions, requirements, deliveries, representations,
warranties, covenants, duties, liabilities, defaults, rights,
remedies and agreements that are contained in or required by the
Arbor Credit Documents and apply in any way to the Mortgage Assets
and related Purchased Items under the Arbor Credit Facility (as
opposed to the Arbor Credit Facility generally) shall, unless
waived in writing by the Administrative Agent pursuant to a written
request of the Borrowers, be equally applicable to the Mortgage
Assets and the related Collateral under this Agreement, with all of
the necessary changes having been or deemed to have been made to
such terms, provisions, requirements, deliveries, representations,
warranties, covenants, duties, liabilities, defaults, rights,
remedies and agreements as necessary. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, (A) the terms Deficit, Notice of
Borrowing, Table Funded Mortgaged Asset and Table Funded Trust
Receipt contained in the Arbor Credit Facility, (B) the
provisions of Sections 2.5 and 2.9 of the Arbor
Credit Agreement and Schedule 1-A to the Arbor Credit
Facility Fee Letter shall be inapplicable to this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms Asset
Value, Confirmation, Custodian, Custodial Agreement, Custodial Fee
Letter, Junior Interest and Servicer Redirection Notice shall have
the meaning set forth in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
and not as defined in the Arbor Credit Facility. With respect to
the Additional Collateral, the applicable Advance Rates, the
Maximum LTV (or Maximum LTC), Minimum DSCR and financing spreads
shall be contained in the related Confirmation. To the extent there
is any question or dispute as to the applicability, interpretation,
implication, impact, effect or scope of any term, provision,
requirement, delivery, representation, warranty, covenant, duty,
liability, default, right, remedy or agreement from the Arbor
Credit Facility, the Administrative Agent shall resolve all such
questions and disputes in its reasonable and good faith discretion.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
terms of the financing of any Additional Collateral may be set
forth in the related Confirmation and such terms shall be
controlling over any contrary terms in this Agreement, the Fee
Letter or any other Loan Document.
(iii) To the
extent the Borrowers desire to include any Mortgage Asset as a part
of the Additional Collateral under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, the Borrowers shall make a written request to the
Administrative Agent and, in connection therewith, provide the
Administrative Agent with the Underwriting Package and Seller-Asset
Schedule for such Mortgage Asset and such other information as the
Administrative Agent may require in its
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discretion.
Provided a Mortgage Asset is an Eligible Asset and the
Administrative Agent in its discretion approves of the inclusion of
such Mortgage Asset as a part of the Additional Collateral, the
Administrative Agent shall provide written notice thereof to the
Borrowers and the Borrowers shall, with respect to the Mortgage
Assets and related Collateral under this Agreement, (A) take
all actions and provide all deliveries to the same extent as
required for the transfer and pledge of Mortgage Assets under the
Arbor Credit Facility, (B) take all actions and provide all
deliveries required for the grant to the Administrative Agent of a
first priority perfected security interest in the Mortgage Assets
and the related Collateral, (C) take all such other actions as
the Administrative Agent may require in its discretion, and
(D) take all actions required with respect to such Additional
Collateral as set forth in Subsection 2.1(f)(ii) . The
Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent in
its discretion may reject any Mortgage Asset for inclusion as a
part of the Additional Collateral for any reason or no reason
whatsoever. The Administrative Agent’s failure to respond to
a request to include a Mortgage Asset as a part of the Additional
Collateral shall be deemed to be a denial of such a request and the
rejection of such Mortgage Asset. Upon the issuance of a Trust
Receipt by the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement with respect
to a Mortgage Asset that is an Eligible Asset and approved by the
Administrative Agent in its discretion, a Mortgage Asset shall be
deemed to be included as a part of the Additional Collateral under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. With respect to any
proposed Additional Collateral that is a Preferred Equity Interest,
the Administrative Agent may, as a condition to the pledge of such
Additional Collateral, require that such Additional Collateral be
held and pledged by a special purpose entity acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and that such entity become a Borrower under
the Loan Documents.
(g) Tax
Law Change . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, if there is a Tax
Law Change, the Commitment Period shall automatically terminate, no
further Loans shall be made, the Facility Maturity Date will be
deemed to occur one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from
the enactment date of such Tax Law Change and the Borrowers shall
pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders all
Aggregate Unpaids and all other amounts owed hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents within one hundred twenty (120) calendar
days of the enactment date of such Tax Law Change; provided
, however , the foregoing shall not affect or impair the
Administrative Agent’s rights to accelerate the Obligations
and to exercise its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents
(other than with respect to a foreclosure on the impacted Pledged
Collateral) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.
(h)
Expiration of Commitment Period . Notwithstanding anything
contained in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the Commitment
Period has expired on or prior to the Restatement Date. As such, no
additional Loans may be made to the Borrowers after the Restatement
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan made on or prior to
the Restatement Date shall be a “Loan”
hereunder.
Section 2.2 Mandatory Prepayments .
(a) The
Borrowers shall pay the following amounts upon the occurrence of
any of the following events:
(i)
Availability . The Administrative Agent may calculate
Availability on any day during an Asset Valuation Period. If the
Availability, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its
discretion, is negative on any day during an Asset Valuation Period
the Borrowers shall, immediately upon notice from the
Administrative Agent and, in any event, within two
(2) Business Days (the “ Availability Correction
Deadline ”), prepay the Loans in cash in an amount
determined by the Administrative Agent so that, after giving effect
to such payment, the Availability will not be negative (each such
amount, a “ Correction Amount ”);
provided , however ,
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to the extent
the Administrative Agent has calculated the Availability based on
either clause (i)(b) , (i)(c) or (i)(d) of the
definition of Availability and provided no Event of Default has
occurred and the Facility Maturity Date has not occurred, the
Borrowers may, subject to the Administrative Agent’s right of
approval pursuant to Subsection 2.1(f) , pledge Additional
Collateral to the Administrative Agent on or before the
Availability Correction Deadline, provided that such Additional
Collateral is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its
discretion, and the Asset Value of such Additional Collateral is
equal to or greater than the Correction Amount.
(ii) Debt
Issuances . The terms and provisions governing mandatory
prepayments in connection with Debt Issuances are set forth in the
Fee Letter and are hereby incorporated by reference.
(iii) Equity
Issuances . The terms and provisions governing mandatory
prepayments in connection with Equity Issuances are set forth in
the Fee Letter and are hereby incorporated by reference.
(iv)
Securitizations . The terms and provisions governing
mandatory prepayments in connection with the closing of any
securitization of any assets (“ Securitization
”) are set forth in the Fee Letter and are hereby
incorporated by reference.
(v) Tax Law
Change . In the event of a Tax Law Change, the Borrowers shall
pay all Aggregate Unpaids and all other amounts owed hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents within one hundred twenty
(120) calendar days of the enactment date of the Tax Law
Change.
(vi)
Principal Payments . For each calendar quarter in which the
CDO Payment Trigger is satisfied (or deemed to be satisfied), the
Borrowers shall repay the outstanding principal balance of the
Loans in an aggregate amount equal to ONE MILLION DOLLARS
($1,000,000) for each CDO Issuance that makes CDO Equity
Distributions in such calendar quarter, which amounts will be
applied to the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans; provided
that the principal payment required pursuant to this clause
(vi) shall be reduced by any amounts previously received
pursuant to clauses (vii) and (viii). Each such repayment, to
the extent required, shall be made on the first Business Day of the
month following the end of the applicable calendar
quarter.
(vii)
Additional Term Loan Collateral . The terms and provisions
governing mandatory prepayments in connection with repayments,
prepayments and/or reductions of the Loans with respect to
Additional Term Loan Collateral are set forth in the Fee Letter and
are hereby incorporated by reference.
(viii) Prime
Distribution Prepayment . To the extent there are annual
dividends or distributions in excess of $10,000,000 from the Prime
Pledged Mortgage Asset, the Borrowers shall prepay the Loans in an
aggregate principal amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of
all such excess dividends or distributions. Such amounts shall be
applied in such manner as the Administrative Agent may determine in
its discretion.
(b)
Application of Mandatory Prepayments . All amounts required
to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be
deposited into the Collection Account and shall be accompanied by
Breakage Costs (if any). All such amounts shall be applied in
accordance with the payment priorities set forth in Subsection
2.7(b) (i) on the Business Day received if received prior
to 3:00 pm or (ii) on the next Business Day if received after
3:00 pm.
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Section 2.3 Optional Prepayments .
(b) The
Borrowers shall have the right to make optional prepayments
hereunder from time to time upon the delivery of one
(1) Business Day prior written notice, which notice shall be
irrevocable; provided , however , each optional
prepayment of Loans (other than an optional prepayment resulting
from the prepayment of any Eligible Asset included in Additional
Collateral by the Obligor under the related Mortgage Loan
Documents) shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 and
in integral multiples of $500,000. Amounts prepaid under this
Subsection 2.3(b) shall be accompanied by Breakage Costs (if
any). All such prepayment amounts shall be deposited into the
Collection Account and shall be applied in accordance with the
payment priorities set forth in Subsection 2.7(b)
(i) on the Business Day received if received prior to 3:00 pm
or (ii) on the next Business Day if received after 3:00 pm.
For the avoidance of doubt, all prepayments are subject to
Section 8.2 .
Section 2.5 Payment of Interest .
(a) The
Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the Lenders the accrued Interest on each Loan on each Payment Date.
The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrowers notice of
the amount of Interest due (along with the calculation of the
Unused Fee, if any, and other amounts owed and to be paid on the
Payment Date) on or prior to the second (2nd) Business Day
preceding each Payment Date; provided , however , the
Administrative Agent’s failure to give notice to the
Borrowers of any amount due shall not waive such amount or relieve
the Borrowers of their obligation to pay such amount but such
failure shall extend the due date of such amount until the Business
Day after such notice is received by the Borrowers. If the
Borrowers fail to pay the Interest and the other amounts due by
3:00 p.m. on the Payment Date, the Borrowers shall be obligated to
pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders (in
addition to, and together with, the Interest and the other amounts
due) interest on the unpaid amounts at a rate per annum equal to
the Post-Default Rate (the “ Late Payment Fee ”)
until the unpaid amounts are received in full by the Administrative
Agent. If the Interest includes any estimated Interest, the
Administrative Agent shall recalculate such Interest after the
Payment Date and, if necessary, make adjustments to the Interest
amount due on the following Payment Date.
(b) If the
Borrowers pay or prepay any principal on any day that is not either
the last day of the Eurodollar Period or the maturity date for such
Loan, the Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the other Affected Parties and hold the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the other Affected Parties harmless from any
losses, costs and/or expenses that the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the other Affected Parties may sustain or incur arising
from the reemployment of funds obtained by the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the other Affected Parties hereunder or from
fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were
obtained (“ Breakage Costs ”), in each case for
the remainder of the Eurodollar Period. The Administrative Agent
shall deliver to the Borrowers a statement setting forth the amount
and basis of determination of any Breakage Costs in such detail as
determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders
and the other Affected Parties to be adequate, it being agreed that
such statement and the method of its calculation shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Borrowers, absent manifest error.
This Subsection 2.5(b) shall survive termination of this
Agreement and the payment in full of the Obligations.
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Section 2.6 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
.
Each borrowing of
Loans shall be made pro rata by the Lenders according to the
respective Revolving Commitment Percentages of the Lenders. Each
payment to the Lenders under this Agreement or any Revolving Note
shall be applied pro rata among the Lenders entitled thereto
(based on the respective Revolving Commitment
Percentages).
Section 2.7 Accounts; Payments .
(a) On or
before the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall establish and maintain
with Wachovia an account (as more specifically identified on
Schedule 1 hereto, the “ Collection
Account ”) into which all Income, CDO Equity
Distributions and other amounts required to be paid pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deposited and ARCM shall establish and
maintain with Wachovia an account into which all CDO Management
Fees shall be deposited (as more specifically identified on
Schedule 1 hereto, the “ CDO Management Fee
Account ”). The Collection Account and the CDO Management
Fee Account shall be established at Wachovia’s Charlotte,
North Carolina location. The Collection Account shall be in the
name of one (1) or more Borrowers and the CDO Management Fee
Account shall be established in the name of ARCM. The Collection
Account shall be for the benefit of each beneficiary of the
security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent and for the
benefit of each Borrower (but only to the extent any such Borrower
is entitled to any cash flow in accordance with Subsection
2.7(b) hereof). The Administrative Agent shall invest any cash
deposited in the Collection Account in such Permitted Investments
as a Borrower shall direct the Administrative Agent in writing. The
CDO Management Fee Account shall be for the benefit of each
beneficiary of the security interest in favor of the Administrative
Agent and for the benefit of ARCM (but only to the extent ARCM is
entitled to any cash flow in accordance with Subsection
2.7(b) hereof).
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive on behalf of the
Lenders and the other Affected Parties an amount equal to all
Income paid or distributed on or in respect of the Collateral, the
Required Payments and all other payments and amounts required or
permitted hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, which
amounts shall be deposited by the Borrowers and all other
applicable Persons into the Collection Account or the CDO
Management Fee Account, as applicable. On or before each Payment
Date and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may
determine in its discretion, the Administrative Agent shall
transfer all amounts on deposit in the CDO Management Fee Account
to the Collection Account. On each Payment Date, any amounts on
deposit in the Collection Account shall be withdrawn by the
Administrative Agent and shall be applied 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 Loan Documents;
SECOND, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of any expenses, costs,
advances and other obligations then due and owing by the Borrowers
to the Lenders under the Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), other than
amounts described in any subsequent clause of this
Section 2.7 ;
THIRD, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of any fees then due and
owing by the Borrowers to the Lenders under the Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, the Unused Fee and any Extension
Fee);
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FOURTH, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of Late Payment Fees
outstanding and any other Interest at the Post-Default
Rate;
FIFTH, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of accrued and unpaid
Interest then due;
SIXTH, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of the Aggregate Outstanding
Principal of the Loans to the extent of any mandatory prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement;
SEVENTH, pro
rata to the Lenders to the payment of the Aggregate Outstanding
Principal of the Loans to the extent of any voluntary prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Agreement;
EIGHTH, on and
after the Facility Maturity Date, pro rata to the Lenders to
the payment of the Aggregate Outstanding Principal of the
Loans;
NINTH, pro
rata to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the other
Affected Parties and the Indemnified Parties, to the payment of
Breakage Costs, Indemnified Amounts, Increased Costs, Additional
Amounts, Due Diligence Costs and all other Aggregate Unpaids and
other amounts then due and owing to the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, the other Affected Parties and the Indemnified Parties
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
TENTH, to the
extent any mandatory or voluntary prepayments were made under
Sections 2.2 or 2.3 of this Agreement, to the
extent of funds available therefor, and to the extent the parties
under the Arbor Credit Facility subsequently agree that any excess
proceeds under this clause TENTH shall be applied under either or
both such facilities, to Wachovia for application to such
facilities in accordance with the terms of such facilities;
and
ELEVENTH, to the
extent of funds available therefor, to the Operating Account, for
such purposes as the Borrowers shall determine in their sole
discretion;
provided , however , if a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or a Tax Law Change has
occurred, such amounts shall not be transferred to the Operating
Account but shall remain in the Collection Account and, (i) in
the case of a Tax Law Change and no Default or Event of Default has
occurred, the Administrative Agent shall apply such amounts in
reduction of all Aggregate Unpaids or, upon request of the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent may in its discretion determine
whether and in what amounts it will release such funds, or
(ii) in the case of a Default or Event of Default, the
Administrative Agent shall apply such amounts in reduction of all
Obligations.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event any Obligor
Reserve Payments are deposited into the Collection Account, such
Obligor Reserve Payments shall, upon written request of a Borrower,
be promptly transferred from the Collection Account to the
Operating Account for such Borrower to transfer into the
appropriate escrow or reserve accounts.
Section 2.8 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, make available to (but shall not be required to)
make available to) the Borrowers a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the
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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 Borrowers, and
the Borrowers shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall also be
entitled to recover from the Lender or the Borrowers, 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 Borrowers to the date such
corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent at a
per annum rate equal to, (i) if payable by the Borrowers, the
Rate, and (ii) if payable by a Lender, the Federal Funds
Rate.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the
Borrowers, prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder
(which notice shall be effective upon receipt) that the Borrowers
do not intend to make such payment, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Borrowers have 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 Borrowers
have 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 Rate.
(c) A
certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to the Borrowers
or any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this
Section 2.8 shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.
Section 2.9 Payments by Borrowers .
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, all amounts to be paid or
deposited by the Borrowers hereunder shall be paid or deposited in
accordance with the terms hereof no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day
when due in lawful money of the United States, in immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent’s Account and, if
not received before such time, shall be deemed to be received on
the next Business Day. The Borrowers shall, to the extent permitted
by Applicable Law, pay to the Administrative Agent interest on any
amounts not paid when due hereunder or under the Loan Documents at
the Post-Default Rate, payable on demand; provided ,
however , that such interest rate shall not at any time
exceed the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law. Such interest
shall be for the account of, and distributed to, the Lenders. All
computations of Interest and all computation of other interest and
fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year consisting of
360 days for the actual number of days (including the first
but excluding the last day) elapsed. The Borrowers acknowledge that
they have no rights of withdrawal from the Collection Account, the
CDO Management Fee Account or from the Administrative Agent’s
Account; provided , however , the Borrowers may have
a right to distributions from the Collection Account in accordance
with Subsection 2.7(b) .
(b) Whenever
any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than
a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of the payment of the Interest, other
interest or any fee payable hereunder, as the case may
be.
(c) If
(i) any Loan requested by the Borrowers and approved in
writing by the Administrative Agent is not, for any reason, made or
effectuated, as the case may be, on the date specified therefor,
(ii) the Borrowers fail to pay the principal amount of or any
Interest on any Loan in accordance with the
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terms hereof or
(iii) the Borrowers fail to make any prepayment after
receiving or giving notice thereof, the Borrowers shall indemnify
the Administrative Agent against any reasonable loss, cost or
expense incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
anticipated profits, net of anticipated profits, if any, in the
reemployment of any funds in the manner determined by the
Administrative Agent or Lenders in their discretion), any
reasonable cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders to fund or maintain such Loan
and any Interest, other interest or fees payable by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to lenders of funds obtained by
it in order to maintain any Loan hereunder. A certificate as to any
such amounts payable under this Subsection 2.9(c) submitted
by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers shall be conclusive
absent manifest errors.
(d) Except as
set forth to the contrary in the Loan Documents, all sums payable
by the Borrowers and the Guarantors hereunder or under the Loan
Documents shall be paid without notice, demand, counterclaim,
setoff, deduction or defense (as to any Person or any reason
whatsoever) and without abatement, suspension, deferment,
diminution or reduction (as to any Person or any reason
whatsoever), and the obligations and liabilities of each Borrower
and each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be released,
discharged or otherwise affected (except as expressly provided
herein) by reason of: (a) any damage to or destruction of or
any taking of any asset, any Property, any Collateral or any
portion of the foregoing; (b) any restriction or prevention of
or interference with any use of any asset, any Property, any
Collateral or any portion of the foregoing; (c) any title
defect or encumbrance or any eviction from any Property, by title
paramount or otherwise; (d) any Insolvency Proceeding relating
to any Borrower, any Guarantor, any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the
foregoing or any obligor, account debtor or indemnitor under the
Collateral, or any action taken with respect to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document by any trustee or receiver of any Borrower,
any Guarantor, any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the foregoing or any
obligor, account debtor or indemnitor under the Collateral, or by
any court, in any such proceeding; (e) any claim that any
Borrower or any Guarantor has or might have against the
Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Affected Party and/or any
Indemnified Party; (f) any default or failure on the part of
the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Affected Party and/or any
Indemnified Party to perform or comply with any of the terms
hereof, the Loan Documents or of any other agreement with any
Borrower, any Guarantor, any Consolidated Subsidiary of the
foregoing and/or any other Person; (g) the invalidity or
unenforceability of any Collateral or Loan; (h) anything
related to or arising out of any Borrower-Related Obligation; or
(i) any other occurrence whatsoever, whether similar or
dissimilar to the foregoing, whether or not any Borrower, any
Guarantor or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the foregoing shall
have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing.
(e) This
Section 2.9 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment in full of the Obligations.
(a) On or
prior to the Restatement Date, the Borrowers shall pay to the
Administrative Agent the fees then due and payable, as agreed to by
the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in the Fee
Letter.
(b) To the
extent not separately paid by the Borrowers under the Fee Letter or
this Agreement, and without waiving the Borrowers’
obligations to pay such amounts, the unpaid Interest, the
Commitment Fee and all other fees shall be paid to the
Administrative Agent from the Collection Account to the extent
funds are available on each Payment Date pursuant to
Section 2.7 .
(c) The
Borrowers shall pay to Moore & Van Allen PLLC, as counsel to
the Administrative Agent, on the Restatement Date, its reasonable
estimated fees and out-of-pocket expenses in immediately
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available funds
and shall pay all additional reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of Moore & Van Allen PLLC within ten (10) days
after receiving an invoice for such amounts.
Section 2.11 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy;
Illegality .
(a) If either
(i) the introduction of or any change (including, without
limitation, any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve
requirements) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation,
or (ii) the compliance by the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any Affected Party with any guideline or request from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having
the force of law) shall (A) subject the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any Affected Party to any Tax (except for Taxes on,
or Taxes one or more of the alternative bases for which are, the
overall net income of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
Affected Party, and except for franchise taxes imposed in lieu
thereof), duty or other charge with respect to any ownership
interest in the Collateral, or any right to enter into Loans
hereunder, or on any payment made hereunder, (B) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve requirement (including,
without limitation, any reserve requirement imposed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding any reserve
requirement, if any, included in the determination of Interest),
special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by, the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party or
(C) impose any other condition affecting the ownership
interest in the Collateral conveyed to the Administrative Agent
hereunder or the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s
or Affected Party’s rights hereunder, the result of which is
to increase the cost to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any
Affected Party or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected
Party under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, then within
ten (10) days after demand by the Administrative Agent (which
demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis
for such demand), the Borrowers shall pay directly to the
Administrative Agent such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected
Party for such additional or increased cost incurred or such
reduction suffered.
(b) If either
(i) the introduction of or any change in or in the
interpretation of any law, guideline, rule, regulation, directive
or request or (ii) compliance by the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Affected Party with any law, guideline, rule,
regulation, directive or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority or agency (whether or not having the force
of law), including, without limitation, compliance by the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy, has or would have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder or arising in connection
herewith to a level below that which the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Affected Party could have achieved but for such
introduction, change or compliance (taking into consideration the
policies of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected
Party with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party to be
material, then from time to time, within ten (10) days after
demand by the Administrative Agent (which demand shall be
accompanied by a statement setting forth the basis for such
demand), the Borrowers shall pay directly to the Administrative
Agent such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the
Administrative Agent, any Lender and any Affected Party for such
reduction. For the avoidance of doubt, any interpretation of
Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51 by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board shall constitute an adaptation, change,
request or directive subject to this Subsection 2.11(b)
.
(c) If as a
result of any event or circumstance similar to those described in
clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.11 ,
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party is
required to compensate a bank or other financial institution
providing liquidity support, credit enhancement or other similar
support to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected
Party in connection with this Agreement, the
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other Loan
Documents or the funding or maintenance of any Loan hereunder, then
within ten (10) days after demand by the Administrative Agent, the
Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent such additional
amount or amounts as may be necessary to reimburse the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party for any
amounts payable or paid by it.
(d) In
determining any amount provided for in this
Section 2.11 , the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods. The Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party
making a claim under this Section 2.11 shall submit to
the Borrowers a written description as to such additional or
increased cost or reduction and the calculation thereof, which
written description shall be conclusive absent demonstrable
error.
(e) If any
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent that a Eurodollar
Disruption Event as described in clause (a) of the
definition of “Eurodollar Disruption Event” has
occurred, the Administrative Agent shall in turn so notify the
Borrowers, whereupon all Loans in respect of which the Interest
accrues at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall immediately be
converted into Loans in respect of which the Interest accrues at
the Base Rate.
(f) If, as a
result of any event or circumstance described in clause (a)
, (b) or (c) of this Section 2.11 , the
Borrowers are required to make payments to the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any Affected Party, the Borrowers shall have
the right to elect, by written notice to the Administrative Agent,
to convert the Rate at which the Interest accrues to the Base
Rate.
(g) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers
and the Guarantors hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the
Borrowers and the Guarantors contained in this
Section 2.11 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment in full of the Obligations.
(a) All
payments made by the Borrowers and the Guarantors under this
Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents will be made free and
clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of
any Taxes. If any Taxes are required to be withheld from any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any
other Affected Party then the amount payable to such Person will be
increased (such increase, the “ Additional Amount
”) such that every net payment made under this Agreement
and/or the other Loan Documents after withholding for or on account
of any Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes on such
increase) is not less than the amount that would have been paid had
no such deduction or withholding been deducted or withheld. The
foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts, however, will not
apply with respect to net income or franchise taxes imposed on the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other Affected Party, with
respect to payments required to be made by the Borrowers and the
Guarantors under this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents, by
a taxing jurisdiction in which the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any other Affected Party is organized, conducts business or is
paying taxes (as the case may be).
(b) The
Borrowers and the Guarantors will indemnify the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or any other Affected Party for the full amount
of Taxes payable by such Person in respect of Additional Amounts
and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses)
arising therefrom or with respect thereto. All payments in respect
of this indemnification shall be made within ten (10) days
from the date a written invoice therefor is delivered to the
Borrowers or the Guarantors.
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(c) Within
thirty (30) days after the date of any payment by the
Borrowers or the Guarantor of any Taxes, the Borrowers and the
Guarantors will furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address
set forth under its name on Schedule 3 , appropriate
evidence of
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