Certain Affiliate Transactions EXHIBITS: A-1 Funding Notice A-2 Conversion/Continuation Notice B-1 Tranche A Term Loan Note B-2 Tranche B Term Loan Note C Compliance Certificate D Opinions of Counsel E Assignment Agreement F Certificate Re Non-bank Status G Effective Date Certificate H Counterpart Agreement I Master Pledge and Security Agreement J Mortgage K Landlord Agreement L Borrowing Base Certificate M Form of Confirmation of Grant N Form of Release O Form of EBITDA Certificate AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2001, is entered into by and among EQUINIX OPERATING CO., INC., a Delaware corporation, as the Borrower ("OpCo"), EQUINIX, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a Guarantor ("Company"), and CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ("GSCP"), as Joint Lead Arranger, Joint Book Runner and Syndication Agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent"), XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC., as Joint Lead Arranger (in such capacity, together with GSCP, the "Joint Lead Arrangers"), and Joint Book Runner (in such capacity, together with GSCP, the "Joint Book Runners"), CITICORP USA, INC., as Administrative Agent (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") and CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION, as Collateral Agent (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, "Collateral Agent").
Affiliate Transfers (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 12.2(b) hereof, and subject in each case to the prior written approval of each Member (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), any Member may Transfer all or any portion of its Interest in the Company at any time to an Affiliate of such Member, provided that such Affiliate shall remain an Affiliate of such Member at all times that such Affiliate holds such Interest. If such Affiliate shall thereafter cease being an Affiliate of such Member while such Affiliate holds such Interest, such cessation shall be a non-permitted Transfer and shall be deemed void ab initio, whereupon the Member having made the Transfer shall, at its own and sole expense, cause such putative transferee to disgorge all economic benefits and otherwise indemnify the Company and the other Member(s) against loss or damage under any Collateral Agreement.
Limitation on Affiliate Transactions (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, make, amend or conduct any transaction (including making a payment to, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service), contract, agreement or understanding with or for the benefit of any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless:
Exempt Transfers Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the following transfers of Vested Shares will be exempt from the Right of First Refusal: (a) the transfer of any or all of the Vested Shares during Purchaser’s lifetime by gift or on Purchaser’s death by will or intestacy to Purchaser’s “Immediate Family” (as defined below) or to a trust for the benefit of Purchaser or Purchaser’s Immediate Family, provided that each transferee or other recipient agrees in a writing satisfactory to the Company that the provisions of this Section will continue to apply to the transferred Vested Shares in the hands of such transferee or other recipient; (b) except as provided in Section 5.7 clause (b) below, any transfer or conversion of Vested Shares made pursuant to a statutory merger or statutory consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation or corporations; or (c) any transfer of Vested Shares pursuant to the winding up and dissolution of the Company. As used herein, the term “Immediate Family” will mean Purchaser’s spouse or Spousal Equivalent, the lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or sister, of Purchaser or Purchaser’s spouse or Spousal Equivalent, or the spouse or Spousal Equivalent, of any lineal descendant or antecedent, brother or sister of Purchaser, or Purchaser’s spouse or Spousal Equivalent, whether or not any of the above are adopted. As used herein, a person is deemed to be a “Spousal Equivalent” if the relevant person and the related party are registered as “domestic partners” under the laws of the State of New York or any other law having similar effect or provided the following circumstances are true: (a) irrespective of whether or not the relevant person and the Spousal Equivalent are the same sex, they are the sole spousal equivalent of the other for the last twelve (12) months, (b) they intend to remain so indefinitely, (c) neither are married to anyone else, (d) both are at least eighteen (18) years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract, (e) they are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that which would prohibit legal marriage in the state in which they legally reside, (f) they are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, and (g) they reside together in the same residence for the last twelve (12) months and intend to do so indefinitely.
Permitted Transfers The provisions of Section 8.1 shall not apply to (a) a transfer or an assignment of this Lease in connection with the sale of substantially all the original Tenant’s assets if: (I) such sale of assets occurs on an arms’-length basis, to an unrelated third party, and is for a bona fide business purpose and not primarily to transfer Tenant’s interest in this Lease; and (II) upon the consummation of the transfer or assignment, the transferee or assignee is, in the sole, but reasonable determination of Landlord (and its lender, if applicable), capable of satisfying all of Tenant’s obligations hereunder; (b) an assignment of this Lease to a successor to Tenant by merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar corporate restructuring or to an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, Tenant; or (c) a subletting of the Premises or any part thereof. In the case of an assignment or sublease that is expressly permitted pursuant to (a) or (c) of this Section 8.3, Tenant shall nevertheless be required to provide Landlord with notice of such assignment or sublease and a true and complete copy of the fully-executed documentation pursuant to which the assignment or sublease, as applicable, has been effectuated within ten (10) business days after the effective date of such assignment or sublease. Any permitted transferee under (a) of this Section 8.3 shall execute and deliver to Landlord any and all documentation reasonably required by Landlord in order to evidence assignee’s assumption of all obligations of Tenant hereunder and to evidence the assignee’s compliance (or ability to comply) with (a)(II) above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 8.3, in no event may Tenant assign, mortgage, transfer, pledge or sublease this Lease to any entity whatsoever if, at the time of such assignment, mortgage, transfer, pledge or sublease, a Default has occurred and remains continuing under this Lease.
Affiliate Transactions Borrower shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with an Affiliate of Borrower or any of the partners, members or shareholders, as applicable, of Borrower except in the ordinary course of business and on terms which are no less favorable to Borrower or such Affiliate than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party.
Permitted Transactions The Customer agrees that it will cause transactions to be made pursuant to this Agreement only upon Instructions in accordance Section 14 and only for the purposes listed below.
Certificate Transfer Restrictions The Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of (i) an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in the entity (each, a "Benefit Plan"). By accepting and holding a Certificate, the Holder thereof shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.
Exempt Transactions The following transactions shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section 4:
Exempt Transaction Subject to the accuracy of the Warrantholder's representations in Section 10 hereof, the issuance of the Preferred Stock upon exercise of this Warrant will constitute a transaction exempt from (i) the registration requirements of Section 5 of the 1933 Act, in reliance upon Section 4(2) thereof, and (ii) the qualification requirements of the applicable state securities laws.
