Amended and Restated Agreement This Agreement amends, restates, supercedes and replaces in its entirety the Existing Loan Agreement. As a condition to the effectiveness hereof, the Existing Borrower, on behalf of its relevant fund series, shall have paid to the Bank the aggregate principal amount of all loans, and all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, outstanding under the Existing Loan Agreement through the date hereof. If the foregoing satisfactorily sets forth the terms and conditions of the Committed Line, please execute and return to the undersigned each of the Loan Documents and such other documents and agreements as the Bank may request. We are pleased to provide the Committed Line hereunder and look forward to the ongoing development of our relationship. Sincerely, STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Bank By: Name: Title: Acknowledged and Accepted: EACH OF THE BORROWERS LISTED ON APPENDIX I HERETO , for itself or on behalf of each of its respective portfolio series listed on Appendix I hereto severally and not jointly By: Name: Title: Acknowledged: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Custodian By: Name: Title: APPENDIX I FUNDS AND BORROWING PERCENTAGES Name Borrowing Percentage Baron Investment Funds Trust, on behalf of each of: Baron Asset Fund 5.00 % Baron Growth Fund 5.00 % Baron Small Cap Fund 5.00 % Baron Opportunity Fund 5.00 % Baron Fifth Avenue Growth Fund 5.00 % Baron Discovery Fund 5.00 % Baron Durable Advantage Fund 5.00 % Baron Select Funds, on behalf of each of: Baron Focused Growth Fund 5.00 % Baron International Growth Fund 5.00 % Baron Real Estate Fund 5.00 % Baron Emerging Markets Fund 5.00 % Baron Global Advantage Fund 5.00 % Baron Real Estate Income Fund 5.00 % Baron Health Care Fund 5.00 % Baron WealthBuilder Fund 5.00 % Baron FinTech Fund 5.00 % Baron New Asia Fund 5.00 % Baron Technology Fund 5.00 % EXHIBIT A PROMISSORY NOTE $200,000,000.00 [Date] For value received, each of the undersigned hereby severally (and not jointly) promises to pay to STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY (the “Bank”), or order, at the office of the Bank at Oxx XxxxxxxXxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 0000000000 in immediately available United States dollars, the principal amount of TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000.00), or such lesser original principal amount as shall be outstanding hereunder and not have been prepaid as provided herein, together with interest thereon as provided below. Each Loan shall be payable upon the earliest to occur of (a) 60 calendar days following the date on which such Loan is made, (b) the Expiration Date, or (c) the date on which such Loan otherwise becomes due and payable under the terms of the Loan Agreement referred to below, whether following the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise. Interest on the unpaid principal amount outstanding hereunder shall be payable at the rates and at the times as set forth in the Loan Agreement and shall be computed as set forth in the Loan Agreement. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed, including holidays or other days on which the Bank is not open for the conduct of banking business. All Loans hereunder and all payments on account of principal and interest hereof shall be recorded by the Bank. The entries on the records of the Bank (including any appearing on this Note), absent manifest error, shall govern and control as to amounts outstanding hereunder, provided that the failure by the Bank to make any such entry shall not affect the obligation of the undersigned to make payments of principal and interest on all Loans as provided herein and in the Loan Agreement. Following the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default with respect to any Fund, unpaid principal on any Loan to such Fund, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, unpaid interest on any Loan to such Fund, shall thereafter bear interest, compounded monthly and be payable on demand, until paid in full (after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) above the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan under the Loan Agreement. This Note is issued pursuant to, and entitled to the benefits of, and is subject to, the provisions of a certain letter agreement dated January 28, 2015 by and among the undersigned and the Bank (herein, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented, modified or extended, referred to as the “Loan Agreement”), but neither this reference to the Loan Agreement nor any provision thereof shall affect or impair the absolute and unconditional obligation of the undersigned makers of this Note to pay the principal of and interest on this Note as herein provided. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall be used as defined in the Loan Agreement. Any of the undersigned may at its option prepay all or any part of the principal of this Note subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Amounts prepaid may be reborrowed subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement. Each of the undersigned makers and every endorser and guarantor hereof hereby waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement hereof and consents that this Note may be extended from time to time and that no such extension or other indulgence, and no substitution, release or surrender of collateral and no discharge or release of any other party primarily or secondarily liable hereon, shall discharge or otherwise affect the liability of any of the undersigned or any such endorser or guarantor. No delay or omission on the part of the Bank in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other right hereunder, and a waiver of any such right on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right on any future occasion. This instrument shall have the effect of an instrument executed under seal and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The State of New York (without giving effect to any conflicts of laws provisions contained therein).
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (a) This Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Existing Credit Agreement is merged and incorporated into this Agreement and (b) this Agreement shall supersede and control any inconsistent provision in the Existing Credit Agreement. All references in the Loan Documents (including the Existing Loan Documents) to the Existing Credit Agreement are hereby modified and shall now be deemed to refer to this Agreement. All references in the Loan Documents (including the Existing Loan Documents) to the Obligations, the Notes, the Loan Documents and other terms defined herein are hereby modified and shall now be deemed to refer to such terms and items as defined or described in this Agreement. The Guaranty shall guarantee the Notes and the Guaranteed Obligations as defined and described in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing and in confirmation of the Liens intended to be granted pursuant to the Loan Documents (including any Existing Loan Documents), each Loan Party grants, conveys, and assigns to the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Lenders, a lien against and security interest in all collateral (if any) described in such Loan Documents as security for the Guaranteed Obligations. Except as modified hereby or by any other Loan Document (whether dated as of or prior to the Agreement Date) which expressly modifies any of the Existing Loan Documents, all of the terms and provisions of the Existing Loan Documents (including schedules and exhibits thereto), and the indebtedness, duties and obligations thereunder, are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall remain in full force and effect. This Agreement shall not, however, constitute a novation of the Loan Parties’ indebtedness, duties and obligations under or with respect to the Existing Loan Documents, the Existing Loans thereunder or the Existing Letters of Credit issued thereunder.
Amendment to Lease If Tenant timely exercises Tenant’s right to lease the Availability Premises or any portion thereof as set forth herein, then, within fifteen (15) days thereafter, Landlord and Tenant shall execute an amendment adding such Availability Premises to this Lease upon the same terms and conditions as the Initial Premises, except as otherwise set forth in this Section 1.4 or the Availability Notice, and provided that the terms of the Tenant Work Letter shall not apply with respect to the Availability Premises (except as otherwise provided in Section 1.4.5, above); provided, however, an otherwise valid exercise of Tenant’s right of availability shall be of full force and effect irrespective of whether such amendment is ever signed by Landlord and Tenant. Except to the extent inconsistent with the determination of Availability Premises Rent, all provisions of the Lease which vary based upon the rentable and usable square footage of the Premises shall be adjusted to reflect the addition of such Availability Premises to the Premises; provided, however, the L-C Amount shall be increased pursuant to the terms of Section 21.7 of this Lease, below. The rentable square footage of such Availability Premises shall be determined in accordance with the terms of Section 1.2 of this Lease. To the extent Tenant exercises its right of first offer with respect to any portion of the Availability Premises during the first (1st) year after the Lease Commencement Date, Tenant shall commence payment of Availability Premises Rent and Excess as to such space to Landlord upon that date (the “Availability Premises Rent Commencement Date”) which is two hundred ten (210) days after the later of the delivery date set forth in the Availability Notice and the date Landlord delivers the Availability Premises in the Delivery Condition (the “Availability Premises Lease Commencement Date”). To the extent Tenant exercises its right of availability with respect to any portion of the Availability Premises anytime after the first (1st) anniversary of the Lease Commencement Date, the Availability Premises Rent Commencement Date shall occur one hundred eighty (180) days after the Availability Premises Lease Commencement Date. In all cases, the lease term of the Availability Premises (or any portion thereof) shall expire on the Lease Expiration Date, subject to extension of this Lease; provided, however, in the event the remaining Lease Term is less than thirty-six (36) months from the applicable Availability Premises Rent Commencement Date, then the Lease Term shall be extended for a period of time sufficient for Tenant’s lease of the Premises to be coterminous with Tenant’s lease of the Availability Premises (which shall be thirty-six (36) months from the applicable Availability Premises Rent Commencement Date), and the base rental rate for the Premises during this extended period shall be adjusted to Market Rent for the Premises determined in accordance with Section 2.2.4 and the Base Year shall be the year in which the Lease would have otherwise expired (if on or before July 31) or the following year (if after July 31). This extension shall have no impact on Tenant’s extension rights hereunder, which may be exercised at the end of the extended Lease Term. This Lease shall commence as to the Availability Premises (and references to Premises shall include the applicable Availability Premises) on the Availability Premises Lease Commencement Date.
