SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4
by and between
HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
and
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
as of August 26, 1998
SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF JULY 9, 1997
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HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
$160,000,000 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002
This SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 4 (this "Supplemental Indenture") made
and entered into as of August 26, 1998 between HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland
real estate investment trust (the "Company"), and STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust company, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have executed and delivered an
Indenture dated as of July 9, 1997 (the "Indenture"), relating to the Company's
issuance, from time to time, of various series of debt securities; and
WHEREAS, the Company has determined to issue debt securities known as
its $160,000,000 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that certain terms and conditions for
each series of debt securities issued by the Company thereunder may be set forth
in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 The following definitions supplement, and, to the extent
inconsistent with, replace the definitions in Section 101 of the Indenture:
"Acquired Debt" means Debt of a Person (i) existing at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition
of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection
with, or in contemplation of, such Person's becoming a Subsidiary or such
acquisition. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date of the
related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person
becomes a Subsidiary.
"Annual Debt Service" as of any date means the maximum amount which is
expensed in any 12-month period for interest on Debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day
on which banking institutions in The City of New York or in the city in which
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee is located, are required or authorized
to close.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock
(including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership
interests (however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt
securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or
options to purchase any thereof.
"Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service" for any period means
Earnings from Operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries plus amounts which
have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following
(without duplication): (i) interest on Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
(ii) provision for taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries based on income,
(iii) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs, (iv)
provisions for gains and losses on properties and property depreciation and
amortization, (v) the effect of any noncash charge resulting from a change in
accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period
and (vi) amortization of deferred charges.
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"Debt" of the Company or any Subsidiary means, without duplication, any
indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in
respect of (i) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or
similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any
Encumbrance existing on property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, (iii)
the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any
letters of credit actually issued (other than letters of credit issued to
provide credit enhancement or support with respect to other indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary otherwise reflected as Debt hereunder) or amounts
representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense or trade payable, or all conditional sale obligations or obligations
under any title retention agreement, (iv) the principal amount of all
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to redemption,
repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock, or (v) any lease of
property by the Company or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the
Company's consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with
GAAP, to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through
(iii) above, that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as
a liability on the Company's consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP,
and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the
Company or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of
business), Debt of another Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) (it
being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Company or any
Subsidiary whenever the Company or such Subsidiary shall create, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).
"Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital
Stock of such Person which by the terms of such Capital Stock (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 (i) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise
(other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for common
stock or shares), (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Debt or Disqualified Stock, or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable
solely in exchange for common stock or shares), in each case on or prior to the
Stated Maturity of the Notes.
"Earnings from Operations" for any period means net earnings excluding
gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items and property
valuation losses, as reflected in the financial statements of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
"Encumbrance" means any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security
interest of any kind.
"Interest Payment Date" means any date on which interest is due and
payable on the Notes in accordance with the terms thereof.
"Issuance Date" means the closing date for the sale and original
issuance of the Notes.
"Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional redemption
or accelerated payment of any Note, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each
dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would
have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semiannual basis,
such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third
Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or
declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such
principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
being redeemed
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or paid. For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, references
in the Indenture to the payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Notes shall be deemed to include the payment of the Make-Whole
Amount, if any, due upon redemption with respect to the Notes.
"Notes" means the Company's $160,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
6-7/8% Senior Notes, due 2002, issued under this Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
"Record Date" means the fifteenth calendar day, whether or not a
Business Day, next preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date.
"Reinvestment Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the sum of 0.25%
(twenty-five one hundredths of one percent) plus the yield on treasury
securities at constant maturity under the heading "Week Ending" published in the
Statistical Release under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the
maturity (rounded to the nearest month) corresponding to the remaining life to
maturity, as of the payment date of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no
maturity exactly corresponds to such maturity, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall
be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis,
rounding in each of such relevant periods to the nearest month. For purposes of
calculating the Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published
prior to the date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Secured Debt" means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge
or security interest of any kind.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated "H.
15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Federal
Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States
government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such statistical
release is not published at the time of any determination under this
Supplemental Indenture, then any publicly available source of similar market
data which shall be designated by the Company.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity of which a majority
of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding
equity interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or
one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company. For the purposes of this
definition, "voting equity securities" means equity securities having voting
power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Total Assets" as of any date means the sum of (i) the Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets and (ii) all other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts receivable and
intangibles).
"Total Unencumbered Assets" means the sum of (i) those Undepreciated
Real Estate Assets not subject to an Encumbrance for borrowed money and (ii) all
other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not subject to an Encumbrance
for borrowed money determined in accordance with GAAP (but excluding accounts
receivable and intangibles).
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"Undepreciated Real Estate Assets" as of any date means the cost
(original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Unsecured Debt" means Debt which is not secured by any of the
properties of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
ARTICLE 2
TERMS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture, the Notes shall
have the following terms and conditions:
(a) Title; Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount; Form of Notes. The
Notes shall be known as the Company's $160,000,000 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002.
The Notes will be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $160,000,000. The
Notes (together with the Trustee's certificate of authentication) shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in
and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture.
The Notes will be issued in the form of single fully registered global
security without coupons (the "Global Note") which will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and registered in the name of
DTC's nominee, Cede & Co. Except under the circumstance described below, the
Notes will not be issuable in a definitive form. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for the individual notes represented thereby, the
Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC
or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any nominee
of DTC to a successor depository or any nominee of such successor.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of such Global
Note, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner
or holder of the Notes represented by such Global Note for all purposes under
this Supplemental Indenture. Except as described below, owners of beneficial
interest in Notes evidenced by the Global Note will not be entitled to have any
of the individual Notes represented by such Global Note registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such
Notes in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders
thereof under the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture.
If DTC is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as
depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90
days, the Company will issue individual Notes in exchange for the Global Note
representing such Notes and the Trustee, upon receipt of an authentication order
pursuant to [Section] 303 of the Indenture, shall authenticate and deliver such
Notes. In addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion,
subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, determine not to have
any of such Notes represented by one or more Global Notes and in such event will
issue individual Notes in exchange for the Global Note or Notes representing
such debt Securities. Individual Notes so issued will be issued in such names as
DTC should instruct and in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons.
(b) Principal Repayment; Currency. The Stated Maturity of the Notes is
August 26, 2002, provided, however, the Notes may be earlier redeemed at the
option of the Company as provided in paragraph (c) below. The principal of each
Note payable on its maturity date shall be paid against presentation and
surrender thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, located
initially at Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx,
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public or
private debts. The Company will not pay Additional Amounts (as defined in the
Indenture) on the Notes.
(c) Redemption at the Option of the Company; Acceleration. The Notes
will be subject to redemption at any time at the option of the Company, in whole
or in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at its address appearing in the Security Register, at a
price equal to the sum of (i) the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed,
plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the applicable redemption date
and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount. Upon the acceleration of the Notes in accordance
with Section 502 of the Indenture, the principal amount of the Notes, plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the Make-Whole Amount shall become due
and payable immediately.
(d) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by
any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Company shall be directed
to it at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, President; notices to the Trustee shall be directed to it at Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department, Re: HRPT Properties Trust 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002.
(e) Global Note Legend. The Global Note shall bear the following legend
on the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
ARTICLE 3
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 3.1 In addition to the covenants of the Company set forth in
Article Ten of the Indenture, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes:
(a) Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.
(i) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, incur any Debt if, immediately after giving effect to the
incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds
thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP is greater than 60% of the sum ("Adjusted Total
Assets") of (without duplication) (i) the Total Assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar quarter covered in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, or the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), with
the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such
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additional Debt and (ii) the purchase price of any real estate assets
or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities
offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not
used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to
reduce Debt), by the Company or any Subsidiary since the end of such
calendar quarter, including those proceeds obtained in connection with
the incurrence of such additional Debt.
(ii) In addition to the foregoing limitations on the
incurrence of Debt, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt if, immediately after giving
effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the
application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of
all outstanding Secured Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis is greater than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets.
(iii) In addition to the foregoing limitations on the
Incurrence of Debt, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Consolidated Income
Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service for the four
consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on
which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than
1.5x, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption
that (i) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Company and its
Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period and the
application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other
Debt, had occurred at the beginning of such period; (ii) the repayment
or retirement of any other Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries
since the first date of such four-quarter period had been repaid or
retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such
computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility
shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt
during such period); (iii) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt
incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such
four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the
first day of such period with appropriate adjustments with respect to
such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and (iv)
in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Company or its
Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets since the first day of
such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or
asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related
repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with
the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or
disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.
(b) Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets. The Company and its
Subsidiaries will maintain Total Unencumbered Assets of not less than 200% of
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Unsecured Debt of the Company
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
(c) Applicability of Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Provisions. The Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance provisions in
Article Fourteen of the Indenture will apply to the Notes.
ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT
For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, in addition
to the Events of Default set forth in Section 501 of the Indenture, it shall
also constitute an "Event of Default" if an event of default under any bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness of the Company (including an
event of default with respect to any other series of securities), or under any
mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Company under which there may be
issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness of the
Company (or by any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Company has guaranteed
or for which the
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Company is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such
indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall
result in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000 becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have
become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or
such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of ten days
after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, a written notice
specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to
be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder.
ARTICLE 5
EFFECTIVENESS
This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective for all purposes as of
the date and time this Supplemental Indenture has been executed and delivered by
the Company and the Trustee in accordance with Article Nine of the Indenture. As
supplemented hereby, the Indenture is hereby confirmed as being in full force
and effect.
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 In the event any provision of this Supplemental Indenture
shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision
hereof or any provision of the Indenture.
Section 6.2 To the extent that any terms of the Notes are inconsistent
with the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Notes shall govern and
supersede such inconsistent terms.
Section 6.3 This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Section 6.4 This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this
Supplemental Indenture to be executed as an instrument under seal in their
respective corporate names as of the date first above written.
HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
President
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
(Face of Note)
6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002
No. $__________
HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
promises to pay to _______________________________________ or registered
assigns, the principal sum of _____________________________________ Dollars on
August 26, 2002.
Interest Payment Dates: February 26 and August 26.
Record Dates: February 11 and August 11.
CUSIP No.: 00000XXX0
HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
[SEAL]
Dated:
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By: ________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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(Back of Note)
HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST
6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2002
Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture (as defined below) unless otherwise indicated.
1. Interest. HRPT Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment
trust (the "Company"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this
Note at the rate and in the manner specified below.
The Company shall pay in cash interest on the principal amount of this
Note at the rate per annum of 6-7/8%. The Company will pay interest
semi-annually in arrears on February 26 and August 26 of each year, commencing
on February 26, 1999 or if any such day is not a Business Day (as defined in the
Indenture), on the next succeeding Business Day (each an "Interest Payment
Date"), to Holders of record on the immediately preceding February 11 and August
11.
Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months. Interest shall accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of the
original issuance of the Notes.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes
(except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes
at the close of business on the record date next preceding the Interest Payment
Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before
such Interest Payment Date. The Company will pay principal and interest in money
of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. The Company, however, may pay principal, premium, if
any, and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check
to a Holder's registered address.
3. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as
of July 9, 1997, as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture dated as of August
26, 1998 (the "Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee. The terms of
the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.
Code[Sections]77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture. The Notes
are subject to all such terms, and Holders of the Notes are referred to the
Indenture and such act for a statement of such terms. The terms of the Indenture
shall govern any inconsistencies between the Indenture and the Notes. The Notes
are unsecured general obligations of the Company limited to $160,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount.
4. Optional Redemption. The Notes will be subject to redemption at any
time at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than 30
nor more than 60 days' notice, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest
to but excluding the applicable redemption date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount.
As used herein the term "Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with
any optional redemption or accelerated payment of any Note, the excess, if any,
of (i) the aggregate present value as of the date of such redemption or
accelerated payment of each dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the
amount of interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption or
accelerated payment) that would have been payable in respect of such dollar if
such redemption or accelerated payment had not been made, determined by
discounting, on a semiannual basis, such principal and interest at the
Reinvestment Rate (as defined herein) (determined on the third Business Day
preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or declaration
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of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such principal and
interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated payment had
not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being
redeemed or paid.
As used herein the term "Reinvestment Rate" means a rate per annum
equal to the sum of 0.25% (twenty-five one hundredths of one percent) plus the
yield on treasury securities at constant maturity under the heading "Week
Ending" published in the Statistical Release (as defined herein) under the
caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest
month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date
of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to
such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such
relevant periods to the nearest month. For purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the
date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.
As used herein the term "Statistical Release" means the statistical
release designated "H. 15(519)" or any successor publication which is published
weekly by the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively
traded United States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or,
if such statistical release is not published at the time of any determination
under the Supplemental Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index
which shall be designated by the Company.
5. Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make
sinking fund or redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
6. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of
Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes may be redeemed in part
but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder
are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue
on Notes or portions of them called for redemption.
7. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The
transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in
the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other
things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay
any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar
need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note
selected for redemption. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of
any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption
of Notes, or during the period between a record date and the corresponding
Interest Payment Date.
8. Defaults and Remedies. In case an Event of Default (as defined in
the Indenture) with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing,
the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become,
due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the provisions
provided in the Indenture.
9. Actions of Holders. The Indenture contains provisions permitting the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Notes, on behalf of the holders of all such Notes at a meeting duly
called and held as provided in the Indenture, to make, give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided in the Indenture to be made, given or taken by the holders of the
Notes, including without limitation, waiving (a) compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture, and (b) certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any
meeting of the holders of the Notes in
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accordance with the provisions of the Indenture shall be conclusive and binding
upon such holders and upon all future holders of this Note and other Notes
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in
lieu hereof
10. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee, and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note
is registered on the Security Register as its absolute owner for all purposes.
11. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
12. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE AND THE
NOTES.
13. No Personal Liability. THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF
TRUST OF THE COMPANY, DATED JULY 1, 1994, A COPY OF WHICH, TOGETHER WITH ALL
AMENDMENTS THERETO (THE "DECLARATION"), IS DULY FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, PROVIDES THAT
THE NAME "HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST" REFERS TO THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE DECLARATION
COLLECTIVELY AS TRUSTEES, BUT NOT INDIVIDUALLY OR PERSONALLY, AND THAT NO
TRUSTEE, OFFICER, SHAREHOLDER, EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE HELD TO
ANY PERSONAL LIABILITY, JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY, FOR ANY OBLIGATION OF, OR CLAIM
AGAINST, THE COMPANY. ALL PERSONS DEALING WITH THE COMPANY, IN ANY WAY, SHALL
LOOK ONLY TO THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY SUM OR THE
PERFORMANCE OF ANY OBLIGATION.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without
charge a copy of the Indenture. Request may be made to:
HRPT Properties Trust
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: President
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and
transfer this Note to
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute
another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
