Funds from Operations The ratio of Funds from Operations to Total Debt for such Relevant Entity in any fiscal year is greater than the ratio specified in the Election Sheet; or
Net Operating Income For any Real Estate and for a given period, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the rents, common area reimbursements, and service and other income for such Real Estate for such period received in the ordinary course of business from tenants or licensees in occupancy paying rent (excluding pre-paid rents and revenues and security deposits except to the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ or licensees’ obligations for rent and any non-recurring fees, charges or amounts including, without limitation, set-up fees and termination fees) minus (b) all expenses paid or accrued and related to the ownership, operation or maintenance of such Real Estate for such period, including, but not limited to, taxes, assessments and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses, marketing expenses, and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection with such Real Estate, but specifically excluding general overhead expenses of REIT and its Subsidiaries, any property management fees and non recurring charges), minus (c) the greater of (i) actual property management expenses of such Real Estate, or (ii) an amount equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross revenues from such Real Estate excluding straight line leveling adjustments required under GAAP and amortization of intangibles pursuant to FAS 141R, minus (d) all rents, common area reimbursements and other income for such Real Estate received from tenants or licensees in default of payment or other material obligations under their lease, or with respect to leases as to which the tenant or licensee or any guarantor thereunder is subject to any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief proceeding.
Exclusions from Operating Expenses Notwithstanding any term or condition set forth in this Exhibit or the provisions of the Master Lease or Sublease to the contrary, Operating Expenses shall not include any of the following:
(a) Any ground lease rental.
(b) Costs incurred by Landlord with respect to goods and services (including utilities sold and supplied to tenants and occupants of the Building) to the extent that Landlord is entitled to direct reimbursement for such costs other than through the operating expense pass-through provisions of such tenants’ leases or which Landlord provides selectively to one or more, but not all, tenants without reimbursement.
(c) Costs incurred by Landlord for the repair of damage to the Building and/or the Land to the extent that Landlord is reimbursed by insurance or condemnation proceeds or by tenants, warrantors or other third parties.
(d) Costs, including permit, license and inspection costs, incurred with respect to the installation of tenant improvements made for any tenants in the Building or incurred in renovating or otherwise improving, decorating, painting or redecorating vacant space for tenants or other occupants of the Building.
(e) Salaries and bonuses of officers, executives and employees of Landlord not employed exclusively at the Building or who are above the level of Building Manager.
(f) Depreciation and amortization of any type except on materials, tools and supplies purchased by Landlord to enable Landlord to supply services Landlord might otherwise contract for with a third party, all as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, consistently applied, and when depreciation or amortization is permitted or required, the item shall be amortized over its useful life.
(g) Attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with negotiations or disputes with present or prospective tenants or other occupants of the Building (including costs incurred due to violations by tenants of the terms and conditions of their leases).
(h) Costs of a capital nature, including, without limitation, capital improvements, capital replacements, capital repairs, capital equipment and capital tools, and any improvements or alterations incurred to comply with any applicable Legal Requirements as set forth in Article 5 of the Master Lease all as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, consistently applied.
(i) Brokerage commissions, finders’ fees, attorneys’ fees and other costs incurred by Landlord in leasing or attempting to lease space in the Building.
(j) Expenses in connection with services or other benefits, which are not offered to Tenant, or for which Tenant is charged for directly but which are provided to another tenant or occupant of the Building.
(k) Costs incurred by Landlord due to the violation by Landlord of the terms and conditions of any lease of space in the Building.
(l) Any cost representing an amount paid to any person, firm, corporation or other entity related to or affiliated with Landlord, which amount is in excess of the amount which would have reasonably been paid in the absence of such relationship for comparable work or services involving the Building or comparable buildings in the general vicinity of the Building.
(m) Interest, points, and fees on debt or amortization on any mortgage or mortgages encumbering the Building and/or the Land.
(n) Landlord’s general corporate overhead.
(o) Subject to the provision set forth in subparagraph (h) above, rental payments incurred in leasing air conditioning systems, elevators or other equipment ordinarily considered to be of a capital nature, except equipment not affixed to the Building which is used in providing janitorial, parking lot maintenance, window washing or similar services.
(p) Advertising and promotional expenditures and, except for the Building directory and interior signs identifying retail use tenants and signage for various equipment room and common areas, costs of signs in or on the Building and/or the Land identifying the owner or any tenant of the Building.
(q) Costs of overtime or other extraordinary expense to Landlord in performing work which Landlord is obligated to perform under any leases which reasonably could have been avoided through the exercise of ordinary diligence.
(r) Taxes and assessments attributable to the tenant improvements of tenants or occupants of the Building which are assessed at a valuation higher than the valuation at which Building standard tenant improvements are assessed to the extent that such taxes or assessments for excess valuation are directly billed to and collected from such tenant or occupants.
(s) Penalties and interest incurred as a result of Landlord’s negligence or inability or unwillingness to make tax payments when due including tax penalties and interest, so long as such penalties or interest do not result from Tenant’s breach of this Sublease or Tenant’s failure to make timely payment of any sum due under this Sublease.
(t) Any charge or expense to the extent that it is materially in excess of that charged by landlords for similar buildings in the general vicinity of the Premises.
(u) Costs due to violation of law.
(v) The amount of any deductible with respect to Sublandlord’s insurance, the costs of self insurance or any risk which Landlord has elected to self insure against and premiums for any insurance not carried as of the commencement of the Master Lease or Sublease, but subsequently obtained by Master Landlord or Sublandlord.
(w) Any increase of, or reassessment in, real estate taxes and assessments resulting from a sale, transfer or other change in ownership of the Building and/or the Land during the lease term or from any major alterations, improvements, modifications or renovations to the Building and/or the Land or from the addition of additional land area to the project or from Landlord’s failure to secure a property tax reduction to the extent such a reduction was obtained for purposes of establishing the base year or expense stop tax component.
(x) Income, profit, franchise, rent, sales, gift, estate, succession, inheritance, foreign ownership, foreign control, transfer, capital levy, and/or personal property taxes payable by Landlord.
(y) Costs of correcting defects in construction or equipment or in replacing defective equipment.
(z) Any and all costs of Landlord in complying with its obligations under Article 5(b) (entitled “Compliance with Law”) of this Lease.
(aa) Any and all costs of Landlord in complying with its obligations under Article 26 (entitled “Environmental Matters”) of this Sublease including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of clean up, remediation, environmental surveys/assessments, compliance with Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined), consulting fees, treatment and monitoring charges, transportation expenses and disposal fees, etc.
(bb) Any and all costs of Landlord for repairs resulting from damage, destruction or condemnation covered by other provisions of this Sublease.
(cc) Any and all costs incurred by Landlord in connection with the transfer or disposition of Landlord’s interest in the Property.
(dd) Any and all costs incurred by Landlord in the operation of any specialty operations or facilities at the Building such as any health or exercise club, broadcast facility, rooftop antenna facility, helicopter pad, concierge or any luncheon or other restaurant, club, concession or facility.
(ee) If Tenant’s responsibility for Operating Expenses is based upon a “base year” or “expense stop”, any new item or category of expense not included in the base year or expense stop shall not be included in Operating Expenses.
(ff) Parking area maintenance, operating costs and real estate taxes for any such parking areas to the extent such costs are offset by parking area revenues.
(gg) Initial cost and replacement costs of any permanent landscaping, water features, fountains, artwork, sculptures and other decorative treatments. (hh) Contributions to Operating Expense Reserves.
(ii) Any other cost or expense which, under generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, would not be considered to be an operating expense of the Building or any comparable building.
Variances From Operating Budget Furnish Agent, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 9.7 and each monthly report, a written report summarizing all material variances from budgets submitted by Borrowers pursuant to Section 9.12 and a discussion and analysis by management with respect to such variances.
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Subject to Section 2.14(g), if there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year beginning with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2018, the Borrowers shall, within ten Business Days of the date on which the Borrowers are required to deliver the financial statements of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b), prepay the Loans and/or certain other Obligations as set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to (i) 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus (ii) voluntary prepayments of the Loans, First Lien Loans or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made during such Fiscal Year (excluding repayments of revolving First Lien Loans or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) except to the extent the applicable revolving credit commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) paid from Internally Generated Cash (provided that such reduction as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 10.6(k) shall be limited to the actual amount of cash used to prepay principal of Term Loans, First Lien Loans or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (as opposed to the face amount thereof)); provided, if, as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Year, the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (determined for such Fiscal Year by reference to the Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(c) calculating the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) shall be (A) less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 but greater than 4.00:1.00, the Borrowers shall only be required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required hereby in an amount equal to (1) 25% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus (2) voluntary repayments of the Loans, First Lien Loans or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made during such Fiscal Year (excluding repayments of revolving First Lien or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) except to the extent the applicable revolving credit commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) paid from Internally Generated Cash (provided that such reduction as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 10.6(k) shall be limited to the actual amount of cash used to prepay principal of Term Loans, First Lien Loans or Refinanced Debt (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) (as opposed to the face amount thereof)) and (B) less than or equal to 4.00:1.00, the Borrowers shall not be required to make the prepayments and/or reductions otherwise required by this Section 2.14(e).
Consolidated Net Income The consolidated net income of the Borrowers after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Distributions of Available Cash From Operating Surplus Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3 or Section 6.5 shall be distributed as follows, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 5.6(b) in respect of additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant thereto (including pursuant to Article V with respect to the Preferred Units):
(a) First, 100% to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;
(b) Second, 100% to the General Partner and the Unitholders, Pro Rata, until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the First Target Distribution over the Minimum Quarterly Distribution for such Quarter;
(c) Third, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 13% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (c), until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Second Target Distribution over the First Target Distribution for such Quarter;
(d) Fourth, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 23% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (d), until there has been distributed in respect of each Unit then Outstanding an amount equal to the excess of the Third Target Distribution over the Second Target Distribution for such Quarter; and
(e) Thereafter, (i) to the General Partner in accordance with its Percentage Interest; (ii) 48% to the holders of the Incentive Distribution Rights, Pro Rata; and (iii) to all Unitholders, Pro Rata, a percentage equal to 100% less the sum of the percentages applicable to subclauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (e); provided, however, if the Minimum Quarterly Distribution, the First Target Distribution, the Second Target Distribution and the Third Target Distribution have been reduced to zero pursuant to the second sentence of Section 6.6(a), the distribution of Available Cash that is deemed to be Operating Surplus with respect to any Quarter will be made solely in accordance with Section 6.4(e).
Minimum Consolidated EBITDA The Borrower will not permit Modified Consolidated EBITDA, for any Test Period ending at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth opposite such fiscal quarter: Fiscal Quarter Amount September 30, 1997 $36,000,000 December 31, 1997 $36,000,000 March 31, 1998 $36,000,000 June 30, 1998 $37,000,000 September 30, 1998 $37,000,000 December 31, 1998 $38,000,000 March 31, 1999 $38,000,000 June 30, 1999 $39,000,000 September 30, 1999 $40,000,000 December 31, 1999 $41,000,000 March 31, 2000 $41,000,000 June 30, 2000 $42,000,000 September 30, 2000 $43,000,000 December 31, 2000 $44,000,000 March 31, 2001 $44,000,000 June 30, 2001 $45,000,000 September 30, 2001 $46,000,000 December 31, 2001 $47,000,000 March 31, 2002 $47,000,000
Consolidated EBITDA With respect to any period, an amount equal to the EBITDA of REIT and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a Consolidated basis.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures (i) Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or commit to make Consolidated Capital Expenditures in any Fiscal Year, beginning with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2003, except Consolidated Capital Expenditures which do not aggregate in excess of the corresponding amount set forth below opposite such Fiscal Year: Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2003 $ 5,000,000 Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2004 $ 5,000,000 Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2005 and each Fiscal Year thereafter $ 7,000,000 provided that (a) if the aggregate amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures actually made in any such Fiscal Year shall be less than the limit with respect thereto set forth above (before giving effect to any increase therein pursuant to this proviso) (the “Base Amount”), then the amount of such shortfall (up to an amount equal to 50% of the Base Amount for such Fiscal Year, without giving effect to this proviso) may be added to the amount of such Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted for the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year and any such amount carried forward to a succeeding Fiscal Year shall be deemed to be used prior to Company and its Subsidiaries using the amount of capital expenditures permitted by this section in such succeeding Fiscal Year, without giving effect to such carryforward and (b) for any Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) following any acquisition of a business (whether through the purchase of assets or of shares of capital stock) permitted under subsection 6.7, the Base Amount for such Fiscal Year (or portion) shall be increased, for each such acquisition, by an amount equal to the product of (A) the lesser of (x) $5,000,000 and (y) 4% of revenues of the business acquired in such acquisition for the period of four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended on or prior to the date of such business acquisition multiplied by (B) (x) in the case of any partial Fiscal Year, a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in such Fiscal Year after the date of such business acquisition and the denominator of which is 365 (or 366 in a leap year), and (y) in the case of any full Fiscal Year, 1.
(ii) The parties acknowledge and agree that the permitted Consolidated Capital Expenditure level set forth in clause (i) above shall be exclusive of the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures actually made with the proceeds of a cash capital contribution to Company (including the proceeds of issuance of equity securities) made by Parent from the issuance by Parent of its equity Securities after the Closing Date and specifically identified in a certificate delivered by an Authorized Officer of Company to Administrative Agent on or about the time such capital contribution is made; provided that, to the extent any such cash capital contributions constitute Net Securities Proceeds after the Closing Date, only that portion of such Net Securities Proceeds which is not required to be applied as a prepayment pursuant to Section 2.4B(ii)(c) (or pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement) may be used for Consolidated Capital Expenditures pursuant to this clause (ii).
