EXHIBIT 4(ii)(h)
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 4, 1997
among
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
as Borrower,
UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P.
and Certain Other Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower,
as Guarantors,
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
AND
NATIONSBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
and
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
as Co-Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS ..........................................................................................1
1.1 Definitions.........................................................................................1
1.2 Computation of Time Periods........................................................................19
1.3 Accounting Terms...................................................................................19
SECTION 2 CREDIT FACILITIES ....................................................................................19
2.1 Revolving Loans....................................................................................19
SECTION 3 OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO CREDIT FACILITIES........................................................21
3.1 Default Rate.......................................................................................21
3.2 Extension and Conversion...........................................................................21
3.3 Prepayments........................................................................................22
3.4 Termination and Reduction of Commitments...........................................................22
3.5 Fees...............................................................................................22
3.6 Capital Adequacy...................................................................................23
3.7 Inability To Determine Interest Rate...............................................................23
3.8 Illegality.........................................................................................23
3.9 Requirements of Law................................................................................24
3.10 Taxes.............................................................................................25
3.11 Indemnity.........................................................................................27
3.12 Pro Rata Treatment................................................................................27
3.13 Sharing of Payments...............................................................................28
3.14 Payments, Computations, Etc.......................................................................29
3.15 Evidence of Debt..................................................................................30
SECTION 4 GUARANTY .............................................................................................31
4.1 The Guarantee......................................................................................31
4.2 Obligations Unconditional..........................................................................31
4.3 Reinstatement......................................................................................32
4.4 Certain Additional Waivers.........................................................................32
4.5 Remedies...........................................................................................33
4.6 Rights of Contribution.............................................................................33
4.7 Continuing Guarantee...............................................................................33
SECTION 5 CONDITIONS ...........................................................................................34
5.1 Conditions to Closing..............................................................................34
5.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit.............................................................35
SECTION 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES........................................................................36
6.1 Financial Condition................................................................................36
6.2 No Material Adverse Changes........................................................................36
6.3 Organization; Existence; Compliance with Law.......................................................36
6.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations......................................................37
6.5 No Legal Bar.......................................................................................37
6.6 No Material Litigation.............................................................................37
6.7 No Default.........................................................................................38
6.8 Ownership of Property; Liens.......................................................................38
6.9 Taxes..............................................................................................38
6.10 ERISA.............................................................................................38
6.11 Governmental Regulations, Etc.....................................................................39
6.12 Subsidiaries......................................................................................40
6.13 Purpose of Extensions of Credit...................................................................40
6.14 Environmental Matters.............................................................................40
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SECTION 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.................................................................................41
7.1 Financial Statements...............................................................................41
7.2 Certificates; Other Information....................................................................42
7.3 Notices............................................................................................43
7.4 Payment of Obligations.............................................................................44
7.5 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence...................................................44
7.6 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.................................................................45
7.7 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.............................................45
7.8 Environmental Laws.................................................................................45
7.9 Financial Covenants................................................................................46
7.10 Agency Fees.......................................................................................46
7.11 Additional Guaranties and Stock Pledges...........................................................47
7.12 Ownership of Subsidiaries.........................................................................47
7.13 Use of Proceeds...................................................................................47
SECTION 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS ...................................................................................47
8.1 Limitations on Debt................................................................................47
8.2 Restriction on Liens...............................................................................48
8.3 Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets........................................................48
8.4 Loans and Investments..............................................................................50
8.5 Transactions with Affiliates.......................................................................50
8.6 Transactions with Other Persons regarding this Agreement...........................................50
8.7 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.................................................50
SECTION 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.....................................................................................51
9.1 Events of Default..................................................................................51
9.2 Acceleration; Remedies.............................................................................53
SECTION 10 AGENCY PROVISIONS................................................................................... 54
10.1 Appointment.......................................................................................54
10.2 Delegation of Duties..............................................................................54
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions............................................................................54
10.4 Reliance on Communications........................................................................55
10.5 Notice of Default.................................................................................55
10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders............................................56
10.7 Indemnification...................................................................................56
10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity...................................................57
10.9 Successor Administrative Agent....................................................................57
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SECTION 11 MISCELLANEOUS .......................................................................................57
11.1 Notices...........................................................................................57
11.2 Right of Set-Off..................................................................................59
11.3 Benefit of Agreement..............................................................................59
11.4 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative....................................................................61
11.5 Payment of Expenses, etc..........................................................................62
11.6 Amendments, Waivers and Consents..................................................................62
11.7 Counterparts......................................................................................63
11.8 Headings..........................................................................................63
11.9 Survival..........................................................................................64
11.10 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.................................................64
11.11 Severability.....................................................................................64
11.12 Entirety.........................................................................................65
11.13 Binding Effect; Termination......................................................................65
11.14 Source of Funds..................................................................................65
11.15 Conflict.........................................................................................66
SCHEDULES
Schedule 2.1(a)............ Schedule of Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 2.1(b)(i)......... Form of Notice of Borrowing
Schedule 2.1(e)............ Form of Revolving Note
Schedule 3.2............... Form of Notice of Extension/Conversion
Schedule 5.1(e)(v)......... Officer's Certificate
Schedule 6.3............... Qualifications Concerning Organization, Existence and Compliance with Law
Schedule 6.12.............. Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.2(b)............ Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate
Schedule 7.11.............. Form of Joinder Agreement
Schedule 8.7............... REMICs and Other Special Subsidiaries
Schedule 11.1.............. Schedule of Lender's Addresses
Schedule 11.3(b)........... Form of Assignment and Acceptance
364-DAY
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 4, 1997 (the "Credit
Agreement"), is by and among UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia
corporation (the "Borrower"), UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P., a Virginia limited
partnership and the other subsidiaries and affiliates identified on the
signature pages hereto and such other subsidiaries and affiliates as may from
time to time become Guarantors hereunder in accordance with the provisions
hereof (the "Guarantors"), the lenders named herein and such other lenders as
may become a party hereto (the "Lenders"), NATIONSBANK, N.A., as Administrative
Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") and FIRST UNION NATIONAL
BANK, as Co-Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a $50
million credit facility for the purposes hereinafter set forth;
WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to use the credit facility in part to
make loans and transfers to certain of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates,
including the Guarantors;
WHEREAS, the Guarantors acknowledge that establishment of the credit
facility inures to the mutual benefit of the Borrower and the Guarantors;
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested credit facility
available to the Borrower on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
As used in this Credit Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings specified below unless the context otherwise requires:
"Additional Credit Party" means each Person that becomes a
Guarantor after the Closing Date by execution of a Joinder Agreement.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the heading hereof, together with any successors or assigns.
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"Administrative Agent's Fee Letter" means that certain letter
agreement, dated as of April 1, 1997, between the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower, as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from
time to time.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person (i) directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such Person or (ii) directly or
indirectly owning or holding five percent (5%) or more of the equity
interest in such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control"
when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative
to the foregoing.
"Agency Services Address" means NationsBank, N.A.,
NC1-001-15-04, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attn: Agency Services, or such other address as may be identified by
written notice from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.
"Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount" means the aggregate
amount of Revolving Commitments in effect from time to time, being
initially FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($50,000,000).
"Applicable Percentage" means for any day, the rate per annum
set forth below opposite the applicable rating for the Borrower's
senior unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long term debt then in effect,
it being understood that the Applicable Percentage for (i) Base Rate
Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column "Base Rate
Margin", (ii) Eurodollar Loans shall be the percentage set forth under
the column "Eurodollar Margin", and (iii) the Facility Fee shall be the
percentage set forth under the column "Facility Fee":
Pricing S&P Moody's Base Rate
Level Rating Rating Eurodollar Margin Margin Facility Fee
I A- or above A3 or above 0.4000% 0% 0.1000%
II BBB+ Baa1 0.4750% 0% 0.1250%
III BBB Baa2 0.5500% 0% 0.1500%
IV BBB- Baa3 0.6125% 0% 0.1875%
V below BBB- below Baa3 0.8750% 0% 0.3750%
or unrated or unrated
The numerical classification set forth under the column "Pricing Level"
shall be established based on the better of ratings by S&P and Moody's
for the Borrower's senior unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long term
debt. The Applicable Percentage shall be determined and adjusted on the
date five (5) Business Days after each change in debt rating.
Adjustments in the Applicable Percentage shall be effective as to all
Loans, existing and prospective, from the date of adjustment. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of changes in
the Applicable Percentage. Adjustments in the Applicable Percentage
shall be effective as to existing Extensions of Credit as well as new
Extensions of Credit made thereafter.
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"Attributable Debt" means, in connection with any
Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurring subsequent to the Closing Date,
the lesser of (i) the present value, discounted according to GAAP at
the debt rate implicit in the related lease, of the obligation of the
lessee for rental payments over the remaining term of such
lease(including any period for which such lease has been extended or
may, at the option of the lessor be extended) and (ii) the fair market
value of the assets subject to such Sale-Leaseback Transaction.
"Attributed Principal Amount" means, on any day, with respect
to any Securitization Transaction entered into by any member of the
Consolidated Group, the aggregate amount (with respect to any such
transaction, the "Invested Amount") paid to, or borrowed by, such
Person as of such date under such Securitization Transaction, minus the
aggregate amount received by the applicable Receivables Financier and
applied to the reduction of the Invested Amount under such
Securitization Transaction.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the
United States Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced from
time to time.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person, the
occurrence of any of the following with respect to such Person: (i) a
court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises shall
enter a decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its Property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs; or (ii) there
shall be commenced against such Person an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) of such Person or for any substantial part of its
Property or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such
involuntary case or other case, proceeding or other action shall remain
undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of ninety (90)
consecutive days; or (iii) such Person shall commence a voluntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in
an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or for any
substantial part of its Property or make any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (iv) such Person shall be unable to, or shall
admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they
become due.
"Base Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
equal to the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such
day plus 1/2 of 1% or (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day. If for
any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is
unable after due inquiry to ascertain the Federal Funds Rate for any
reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent
to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof,
the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (a) of the
first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving rise
to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective
on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Rate, respectively.
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"Base Rate Loan" means any Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate.
"Borrower" means the Person identified as such in the heading
hereof, together with any permitted successors and assigns.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina or New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to close, except that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, such day shall also be
a day on which dealings between banks are carried on in U.S. dollar
deposits in London, England.
"Cash Equivalents" means (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof)
having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of
acquisition, (b) U.S. dollar denominated time deposits and certificates
of deposit of (i) any Lender, or (ii) any domestic commercial bank of
recognized standing (y) having capital and surplus in excess of
$500,000,000 and (z) whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P
is at least A-2 (and not lower than A-3) or the equivalent thereof or
from Xxxxx'x is at least P-2 (and not lower than P-3) or the equivalent
thereof (any such bank being an "Approved Bank"), in each case with
maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c)
commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any
Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate
notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated at
least A-2 (and not lower than A-3) or the equivalent thereof by S&P or
at least P-2 (and not lower than P-3) or the equivalent by Moody's and
maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase
agreements entered into by a Person with a bank or trust company
(including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having
capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations
issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States of America in which
such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest
(subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase
thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the
repurchase obligations, (e) obligations of any State of the United
States or any political subdivision thereof, the interest with respect
to which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 103 of
the Code, having a long term rating of at least AA- or Aa-3 by S&P or
Moody's, respectively, and maturing within three years from the date of
acquisition thereof, (f) Investments in municipal auction preferred
stock (i) rated A- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A3
(or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody's and (ii) with
dividends that reset at least once every 365 days and (g) Investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market
investment programs registered under the Investment Borrower Act of
1940, as amended, which are administered by reputable financial
institutions having capital of at least $100,000,000 and the portfolios
of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the
foregoing subdivisions (a) through (f).
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"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the
following events: (i) any 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, control over,
voting stock of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such
voting stock) representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of
all voting stock of the Borrower, or (ii) during any period of up to 24
consecutive months, commencing after the Closing Date, individuals who
at the beginning of such 24 month period were directors of the Borrower
(together with any new director whose election by the Borrower's Board
of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Borrower's
shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election
was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the directors of the Borrower then in office. As used
herein, "beneficial ownership" shall have the meaning provided in Rule
13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
"Closing Date" means the date hereof.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and
regulations issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to
time. References to sections of the Code shall be construed also to
refer to any successor sections.
"Commitment" means the Revolving Commitment.
"Commitment Percentage" means the Revolving Commitment
Percentage.
"Commitment Period" means the period from and including the
Closing Date to but not including the earlier of (i) the Termination
Date, or (ii) the date on which the Commitments terminate in accordance
with the provisions of this Credit Agreement.
"Consolidated Adjusted Capitalization" means at any date the
sum of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt plus (ii) Consolidated Adjusted
Tangible Net Worth.
"Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth" means at any date
(i) the sum of (A) the consolidated shareholders'
equity of the Consolidated Group plus (B) accumulated depreciation of
real estate owned to the extent reflected in the then book value of the
Consolidated Assets minus, without duplication,
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(ii) the sum of (A) the Intangible Assets of the
Consolidated Group plus (B) all Restricted Investments (valued at the
then book value thereof) of the Consolidated Group plus (C) Minority
Interests.
"Consolidated Assets" means the assets of the members of the
Consolidated Group determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
basis.
"Consolidated Attributable Debt" means at any date the
Attributable Debt of the Consolidated Group, determined on a
consolidated basis.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means for any period for the
Consolidated Group, the sum of Consolidated Net Income plus
Consolidated Interest Expense plus all provisions for any Federal,
state or other income taxes plus depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash charges, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, but excluding in
any event gains and losses on Investments and extraordinary gains and
losses, and taxes on such excluded gains and tax deductions or credits
on account of such excluded losses. Except as expressly provided
otherwise, the applicable period shall be for the four consecutive
quarters ending as of the date of determination.
"Consolidated Funded Debt" means total Funded Debt of the
Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.
"Consolidated Group" means the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means for any period for the
Consolidated Group, all interest expense, including the amortization of
debt discount and premium, the interest component under capital leases
and the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions,
in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis. The applicable period shall be for the
four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of the date of
determination.
"Consolidated Mortgage Debt" means at any date the Mortgage
Debt of the Consolidated Group, determined on a consolidated basis.
"Consolidated Net Income" means for any period, the net income
of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis. The applicable
period shall be for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending as of
the date of determination.
"Consolidated Net Operating Income from Unencumbered Realty"
means for any period, earnings before deduction of interest, income
taxes, depreciation and amortization and before deduction of general
and administrative expenses and overhead, relating to Consolidated
Unencumbered Realty of the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis
determined in accordance with GAAP on a consistent basis. The
applicable period shall be for the four consecutive fiscal quarters
ending as of the date of determination.
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"Consolidated Net Worth" means total stockholders' equity for
the Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.
"Consolidated Priority Claims" means at any date the sum
(without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Mortgage Debt plus (ii)
Consolidated Attributable Debt plus (iii) Consolidated Subsidiary Debt
plus (iv) all preferred stock of Subsidiaries not owned by the Borrower
and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, valued at the
higher of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference thereof.
"Consolidated Senior Fixed Charges" means, as of the last day
of each fiscal quarter for the Consolidated Group, the sum of the cash
portion of Consolidated Interest Expense paid on or in respect of
Consolidated Senior Funded Debt in the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters ending on such day plus scheduled maturities of
Consolidated Senior Funded Debt (excluding the amount by which a final
installment exceeds the next preceding principal installment thereon)
in the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day.
"Consolidated Senior Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, for
any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Senior
Fixed Charges.
"Consolidated Senior Funded Debt" means Consolidated Funded
Debt (determined without including Subordinated Funded Debt).
"Consolidated Subsidiary Debt" means at any date all Debt of
Subsidiaries (exclusive of Debt owed to the Borrower), determined on a
consolidated basis.
"Consolidated Total Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, for
any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Total
Fixed Charges.
"Consolidated Total Fixed Charges" means, as of the last day
of each fiscal quarter for the Consolidated Group, the sum of the cash
portion of Consolidated Interest Expense paid in the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such day plus scheduled
maturities of Consolidated Funded Debt (excluding the amount by which a
final installment exceeds the next preceding principal installment
thereon) in the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
such day.
"Consolidated Total Realty" means, for the Consolidated Group
on a consolidated basis, the undepreciated cost of all Realty, whether
improved or not.
"Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio" means, for
any period, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Net Operating Income from
Consolidated Unencumbered Realty to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense
relating to Consolidated Unsecured Debt.
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"Consolidated Unencumbered Realty" means, for the Consolidated
Group on a consolidated basis, all Realty which is not encumbered by
Lien securing Funded Debt.
"Consolidated Unimproved Realty" means, for the Consolidated
Group on a consolidated basis, the undepreciated cost of all raw
unimproved land held for current or future development. For purposes
hereof, property under development where construction and development
is in progress shall not be considered to be unimproved to the extent
that completed buildings are available for rent and are at least 75%
leased. In such case, the undepreciated cost of the completed
building(s) together with a proportionate cost of the related land and
land improvements shall be considered as improved for purposes hereof.
"Consolidated Unsecured Debt" means, for the Consolidated
Group on a consolidated basis, all unsecured Consolidated Funded Debt.
"Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any material
agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or
by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Credit Documents" means a collective reference to this Credit
Agreement, the Notes, each Joinder Agreement, the Administrative
Agent's Fee Letter, and all other related agreements and documents
issued or delivered hereunder or thereunder or pursuant hereto or
thereto.
"Credit Party" means any of the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"Debt" of any Person means at any date, without duplication,
(i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay
the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all
obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases, (v) all
obligations of such Person to purchase securities or other property
which arise out of or in connection with the sale of the same or
substantially similar securities or property, (vi) all obligations of
such Person to reimburse any bank or other person in respect of amounts
payable under a letter of credit or similar instrument (being the
amount available to be drawn thereunder, whether or not then drawn),
(vii) all obligations of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
Person, whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person,
(viii) all obligations of others Guaranteed by such Person, (ix) all
obligations which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as liabilities
on a balance sheet of such Person, (x) the Attributed Principal Amount
under any Securitization Transaction and (xi) all obligations of such
Person owing under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease,
off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product
to which such Person is a party, where such transaction is considered
borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes, but is classified as an
operating lease in accordance with GAAP. Debt of any Person shall
include Debt of any partnership or joint venture in such Person is a
general partner or joint venturer to the extent of recourse to such
Person for payment thereof.
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"Default" means any event, act or condition which with notice
or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" means, at any time, any Lender that, at
such time, (i) has failed to make an Extension of Credit required
pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement, (ii) has failed to pay
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender an amount owed by such Lender
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other of the
Credit Documents, or (iii) has been deemed insolvent or has become
subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or to a receiver,
trustee or similar proceeding.
"Dollars" and "$" means dollars in lawful currency of the
United States of America.
"Domestic Credit Party" means any Credit Party which is
incorporated or organized under the laws of any State of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
"Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is
incorporated or organized under the laws of any State of the United
States or the District of Columbia.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all lawful and applicable
Federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations,
ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions,
grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental
restrictions relating to the environment or to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals,
or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the
environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport,
or handling of pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial,
toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.
"Equity Transaction" means, with respect to any member of the
Consolidated Group, any issuance of shares of its capital stock or
other equity interest, other than an issuance (i) to a member of the
Consolidated Group or (ii) in connection with exercise by a present or
former employee, officer or director under a stock incentive plan,
stock option plan or other equity-based compensation plan or
arrangement.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by
the rules and regulations thereunder, all as the same may be in effect
from time to time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed
also to refer to any successor sections.
"ERISA Affiliate" means an entity which is under common
control with any Credit Party within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14)
of ERISA, or is a member of a group which includes the Borrower and
which is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of
the Code.
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"ERISA Event" means (i) with respect to any Plan, the
occurrence of a Reportable Event or the substantial cessation of
operations (within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA); (ii) the
withdrawal by the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year in which it
was a substantial employer (as such term is defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the termination of a Multiple Employer Plan;
(iii) the distribution of a notice of intent to terminate or the actual
termination of a Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) or 4041A of ERISA;
(iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate or the actual
termination of a Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA; (v) any
event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute
grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (vi) the complete or
partial withdrawal of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the conditions for
imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA exist with respect
to any Plan; or (vii) the adoption of an amendment to any Plan
requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section
307 of ERISA.
"Eurodollar Loan" means any Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for the Interest Period for each
Eurodollar Loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including
conversions, extensions and renewals), a per annum interest rate
determined pursuant to the following formula:
Eurodollar Rate = Interbank Offered Rate
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1 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means for any day, that
percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to
time under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor), as such regulation may be amended
from time to time or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental,
emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to
Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or
against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by
reference to which the interest rate of Eurodollar Loans is
determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities
subject to such reserve requirement at that time. Eurodollar Loans
shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such
shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of
credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from
time to time to a Lender. The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
"Event of Default" means such term as defined in Section 9.1.
"Extension of Credit" means, as to any Lender, the making of,
or participation in, a Loan by such Lender.
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"Facility Fee" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 3.5(a).
"Fees" means all fees payable pursuant to Section 3.5.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate of interest
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple
of 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding
such day, provided that (A) if such day is not a Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions
on the next preceding Business Day and (B) if no such rate is so
published on such next preceding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Administrative
Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
"Foreign Credit Party" means a Credit Party which is not a
Domestic Credit Party.
"Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary which is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
"Funded Debt" means at any date, with respect to any Person,
without duplication, all Debt of such Person.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States applied on a consistent basis and subject to the terms of
Section 1.3 hereof.
"Governmental Authority" means any Federal, state, local or
foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or
regulatory body.
"Guarantee" by any Person, means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt
or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or
other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose
of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other
obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against
loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb
has a corresponding meaning.
"Guaranteed Obligations" means, as to each Guarantor, without
duplication, all obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under this Credit Agreement,
the Notes or the Credit Documents relating to the Obligations hereunder
(including interest accruing after a Bankruptcy Event, regardless of
whether such interest is allowed as a claim under the Bankruptcy Code).
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"Guarantor" means each of those Persons identified as a
"Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto, and each other Person which
may hereafter become a Guarantor by execution of a Joinder Agreement,
together with their successors and permitted assigns.
"Intangible Assets" of any Person means at any date the amount
of (i) all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from write-ups of
assets of a going concern business made within twelve months after the
acquisition of such business) in the book value of any asset owned by
such Person and (ii) all unamortized debt discount and expense,
unamortized deferred charges, capitalized start-up costs, goodwill,
patents, licenses, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, organization or
developmental expenses, covenants not to compete and other intangible
items.
"Interbank Offered Rate" means, for the Interest Period for
each Eurodollar Loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including
conversions, extensions and renewals), a per annum interest rate
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100
of 1%) equal to the rate of interest, determined by the Administrative
Agent on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in dollars for a
period of time corresponding to such Interest Period (and commencing on
the first day of such Interest Period), appearing on Telerate Page 3750
(or, if, for any reason, Telerate Page 3750 is not available, the
Reuters Screen LIBO Page) as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time)
two (2) Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period. As
used herein, "Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as page
3750 by Dow Xxxxx Telerate, Inc. (or such other page as may replace
such page on that service for the purpose of displaying the British
Bankers Association London interbank offered rates) and "Reuters Screen
LIBO Page" means the display designated as page "LIBO" on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the LIBO
page on that service for the purpose of displaying London interbank
offered rates of major banks).
"Interest Payment Date" means (i) as to any Base Rate Loan,
the last day of each March, June, September and December and the
Termination Date and (ii) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of
each Interest Period for such Loan, the date of repayment of principal
of such Loan and the Termination Date, and in addition where the
applicable Interest Period is more than three months, then also the
date three months from the beginning of the Interest Period, and each
three months thereafter. If an Interest Payment Date falls on a date
which is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be deemed
to be the next succeeding Business Day.
"Interest Period" means as to any Eurodollar Loan, a period of
one, two, three or six month's duration, as the Borrower may elect,
commencing in each case, on the date of the borrowing (including
conversions, extensions and renewals); provided, however, (A) if any
Interest Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
(except where the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, then such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day), (B) no Interest Period shall extend
beyond the Termination Date, and (C) where an Interest Period begins on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month in which the Interest Period is to end, such Interest
Period shall end on the last day of such calendar month.
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"Invested Amount" shall have the meaning given such term in
the definition of Attributed Principal Amount.
"Investment", in any Person, means any loan or advance to such
Person, any purchase or other acquisition of any capital stock,
warrants, rights, options, obligations or other securities of, or
equity interest in, such Person, any capital contribution to such
Person or any other investment in such Person, including, without
limitation, any Guaranty Obligation incurred for the benefit of such
Person.
"Joinder Agreement" means a Joinder Agreement substantially in
the form of Schedule 7.11 hereto, executed and delivered by an
Additional Credit Party in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.11.
"Lenders" means each of the Persons identified as a "Lender"
on the signature pages hereto, and their successors and assigns.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
otherwise), preference, priority or charge of any kind (including any
agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, any financing or similar statement or notice
filed under the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in effect in the
relevant jurisdiction or other similar recording or notice statute, and
any lease in the nature thereof).
"Loan" or "Loans" means the Revolving Loans.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on
(i) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business,
assets, liabilities or prospects of the Consolidated Group taken as a
whole, (ii) the ability of the Credit Parties taken as a whole to
perform any material obligation under the Credit Documents to which
they are parties or (iii) the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the
Borrower under the Credit Documents.
"Materials of Environmental Concern" means any gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum
products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes,
defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Laws,
including, without limitation, polychlorinated biphenyls and
urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"Minority Interests" means any shares of stock of any class of
a Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares as required by
law) that are not owned by the Borrower and/or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries. Minority Interests constituting preferred stock shall be
valued at the voluntary or involuntary liquidation value of such
preferred stock, whichever is greater, and by valuing common stock at
the book value of the capitalized surplus applicable thereto adjusted,
if necessary, to reflect any changes from the book value of such common
stock required by the foregoing method of valuing Minority Interests in
preferred stock.
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"Xxxxx'x" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any
successor or assignee of the business of such Borrower in the business
of rating securities.
"Mortgage Debt" of any Person means at any date the aggregate
principal amount of all Debt of such Person secured by a Lien on any
real property owned or leased by it.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan which is a multiemployer
plan as defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Multiple Employer Plan" means a Plan which the Borrower, any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one
employer other than the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate are contributing sponsors.
"NationsBank" means NationsBank, N.A. and its successors.
"Non-Excluded Taxes" means such term as is defined in Section
3.10.
"Note" or "Notes" means any Revolving Note.
"Notice of Borrowing" means a written notice of borrowing in
substantially the form of Schedule 2.1(b)(i), as required by Section
2.1(b)(i).
"Notice of Extension/Conversion" means the written notice of
extension or conversion in substantially the form of Schedule 3.2, as
required by Section 3.2.
"Operating Partnership" means United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
together with any permitted successors and assigns.
"Participation Interest" means the purchase by a Lender of a
participation in Loans as provided in Section 3.13.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA and any
successor thereof.
"Permitted Investments" means Investments which are either (i)
cash and Cash Equivalents; (ii) Investments consisting of stock,
obligations, securities or other property received in settlement of
accounts receivable (created in the ordinary course of business) from
bankrupt obligors; (iii) acquisitions permitted by Section 8.3; (iv)
Investments by a member of the Consolidated Group or an Affiliate of a
member of the Consolidated Group in connection with a Permitted
Securitization Transaction; (v) Investments by a member of the
Consolidated Group in and to a Credit Party; and (vi) additional
Investments of a type not contemplated by the foregoing clauses in
aggregate amount outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (A)
$25,000,000 or (B) one percent (1%) of Consolidated Adjusted
Capitalization.
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"Person" means any individual, partnership, joint venture,
firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or
other enterprise (whether or not incorporated) or any Governmental
Authority.
"Plan" means any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA) which is covered by ERISA and with respect to which the
Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" within the meaning of Section 3(5)
of ERISA.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by NationsBank as its prime rate in effect
at its principal office in Charlotte, North Carolina, with each change
in the Prime Rate being effective on the date such change is publicly
announced as effective (it being understood and agreed that the Prime
Rate is a reference rate used by NationsBank in determining interest
rates on certain loans and is not intended to be the lowest rate of
interest charged on any extension of credit by NationsBank to any
debtor).
"Pro Forma Basis" means, with respect to any transaction, that
such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day
of the four fiscal-quarter period ending as of the most recent fiscal
quarter end preceding the date of such transaction with respect to
which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have received the
officer's certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.2(b). As used herein, "transaction" means and includes (i) any
corporate merger or consolidation as referred to in Section 8.3(a), and
(ii) any acquisition of capital stock or securities or any purchase,
lease or other acquisition of property as referred to in Section
8.3(c).
"Property" means any interest in any kind of property or
asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
"Realty" means all real property and interests therein,
together with all improvements thereon.
"Receivables" means any right of payment from or on behalf of
any obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument, general intangible or otherwise, arising from the sale or
financing by a member of the Consolidated Group or merchandise or
services, and monies due thereunder, security in the merchandise and
services financed thereby, records related thereto, and the right to
payment of any interest or finance charges and other obligations with
respect thereto, proceeds from claims on insurance policies related
thereto, any other proceeds related thereto, and any other related
rights.
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"Receivables Financier" means, in connection with a
Securitization Transaction, the Person which provides financing for
such transaction whether by purchase, loan or otherwise in respect of
Receivables.
"Register" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
11.3(c).
"Regulation G, T, U, or X" means Regulation G, T, U or X,
respectively, of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion
thereof.
"Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping
or disposing into the environment (including the abandonment or
discarding of barrels, containers and other closed receptacles
containing any Materials of Environmental Concern).
"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the
notice requirement has been waived by regulation.
"Required Lenders" means Lenders having, at the time of
determination thereof, more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Commitments, or if the Commitments have been terminated, Lenders
having, at the time of determination thereof, more than fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding
(taking into account in each case Participation Interests or obligation
to participate therein); provided that the Commitments of, and
outstanding principal amount of Loans (taking into account
Participation Interests therein) owing to, a Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes hereof in making a determination of Required
Lenders.
"Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, the certificate
of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or
any of its material property is subject.
"Responsible Officer" means the Chief Financial Officer, the
Controller or the Treasurer.
"Restricted Investments" means Investments, including loans
and advances, other than Permitted Investments.
"Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding of up to such Lender's
Revolving Commitment as specified in Schedule 2.1(a), as such amount
may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
"Revolving Commitment Percentage" means, for each Lender, a
fraction (expressed as a decimal) the numerator of which is the
Revolving Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of
which is the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount at such time. The
initial Revolving Commitment Percentages are set out on Schedule
2.1(a).
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"Revolving Committed Amount" means, collectively, the
aggregate amount of all of the Revolving Commitments as referenced in
Section 2.1(a) and, individually, the amount of each Lender's Revolving
Commitment as specified in Schedule 2.1(a).
"Revolving Loans" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.1(a).
"Revolving Note" or "Revolving Notes" means the promissory
notes of the Borrower in favor of each of the Lenders evidencing the
Revolving Loans in substantially the form attached as Schedule 2.1(e),
individually or collectively, as appropriate, as such promissory notes
may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced
from time to time.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of
McGraw Hill, Inc., or any successor or assignee of the business of such
division in the business of rating securities.
"Sale-Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any
Person (other than the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or the
Operating Partnership) providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (as tenant) of real or personal property which has been or
is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Subsidiary to such
Person or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced
by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations
of the Borrower or such Subsidiary.
"Securitization Subsidiary" shall have the meaning provided in
the definition of "Securitization Transaction".
"Securitization Transaction" means any financing transaction
or series of financing transactions that have been or may be entered
into by a member of the Consolidated Group pursuant to which such
member of the Consolidated Group may sell, convey or otherwise transfer
to (i) a Subsidiary or affiliate (a "Securitization Subsidiary"), or
(ii) any other Person, or may grant a security interest in, any
Receivables or interests therein secured by merchandise or services
financed thereby (whether such Receivables are then existing or arising
in the future) of such member of the Consolidated Group, and any assets
related thereto, including without limitation, all security interests
in merchandise or services financed thereby, the proceeds of such
Receivables, and other assets which are customarily sold or in respect
of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with
securitization transactions involving such assets.
"Single Employer Plan" means any Plan which is covered by
Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple
Employer Plan.
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"Solvent" or "Solvency" means, with respect to any Person as
of a particular date, that on such date (i) such Person is able to
realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities,
contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the
normal course of business, (ii) 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 in their
ordinary course, (iii) 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 after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in
the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (iv) the
fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total
amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent
liabilities, of such Person and (v) the present fair saleable value of
the assets 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. In computing the amount of contingent
liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be
computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
"Subordinated Debt" means any Debt which by its terms is
specifically subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of
the obligations of the Credit Parties under this Credit Agreement and
the other Credit Documents on terms and conditions satisfactory to the
Required Lenders.
"Subordinated Funded Debt" means at any date all unsecured
Funded Debt (i) no part of the principal of which is required to be
paid (whether by way of mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption or
otherwise) prior to the payment in full of the Loans hereunder and (ii)
the payment of the principal of and interest on which, and any other
obligations to the holder of such Debt, is subordinated to the prior
payment in full of the Loans hereunder (including interest accruing
after the date of commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, or similar law in which such Person is a debtor).
"Subsidiary" means as to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which
securities or other ownership interest having an ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons
performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly
owned by such Person. Unless otherwise provided, references to a
"Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
of the Borrower.
"Termination Date" means the date 364 days following the
Closing Date, or if extended with the written consent of each of the
Lenders, such later date not more than 364 days following the then
applicable Termination Date.
"Three Year Credit Agreement" means that Three Year Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, as amended and modified, among
the Borrower, the Guarantors and Lenders identified therein and
NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
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"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means as to any Person, any
Subsidiary all of the voting stock or other similar voting interests
are owned directly or indirectly by such Person. Unless otherwise
provided, references to "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
1.2 Computation of Time Periods.
For purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the
word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each mean
"to but excluding."
1.3 Accounting Terms.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting
terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and
certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the
Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis. Financial statements, certificates and reports delivered
hereunder shall be accompanied by a description of any changes in application of
accounting principles and an estimation of the effects thereof. All calculations
made for the purposes of determining compliance with this Credit Agreement shall
(except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made by application of GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with the most recent annual or quarterly financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof (or, prior to the delivery
of the first financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, consistent
with the annual audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1(i)
hereof); provided, however, if (a) the Borrower shall object to determining such
compliance on such basis at the time of delivery of such financial statements
due to any change in GAAP or the rules promulgated with respect thereto or (b)
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so object in writing
within 30 days after delivery of such financial statements, then such
calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with the most recent financial
statements delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders as to which no such
objection shall have been made.
SECTION 2
CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1 Revolving Loans.
(a) Revolving Commitment. During the Commitment Period, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving
credit loans (the "Revolving Loans") to the Borrower from time to time in the
amount of such Lender's Revolving Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Loans
for the purposes hereinafter set forth; provided that (i) with regard to the
Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding at any
time shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, and (ii) with
regard to each Lender individually, such Lender's Revolving Commitment
Percentage of Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed such Lender's
Revolving Committed Amount. Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request, and may
be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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(b) Revolving Loan Borrowings.
(i) Notice of Borrowing. The Borrower shall request a
Revolving Loan borrowing by written notice (or telephone notice
promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent not later
than 11:00 A.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the Business Day
prior to the date of the requested borrowing in the case of Base Rate
Loans, and on the third Business Day prior to the date of the requested
borrowing in the case of Eurodollar Loans. Each such request for
borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) that a Revolving
Loan is requested, (B) the date of the requested borrowing (which shall
be a Business Day), (C) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed,
and (D) whether the borrowing shall be comprised of Base Rate Loans,
Eurodollar Loans or a combination thereof, and if Eurodollar Loans are
requested, the Interest Period(s) therefor. If the Borrower shall fail
to specify in any such Notice of Borrowing (I) an applicable Interest
Period in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, then such notice shall be
deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one month, or (II) the
type of Revolving Loan requested, then such notice shall be deemed to
be a request for a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of one
month. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Lender
promptly upon receipt of each Notice of Borrowing pursuant to this
Section 2.1(b)(i), the contents thereof and each such Lender's share of
any borrowing to be made pursuant thereto.
(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Revolving Loan shall be in a
minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, or $1,000,000 (or the remaining Revolving Committed
Amount, if less), in the case of Base Rate Loans, and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(iii) Advances. Each Lender will make its Revolving Commitment
Percentage of each Revolving Loan borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower as specified in
Section 3.14(a), or in such other manner as the Administrative Agent
may specify in writing, by 2:30 P.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time)
on the 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 Borrower by the
Administrative Agent by crediting the account of the Borrower on the
books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available
to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent.
(c) Repayment. The principal amount of all Revolving Loans shall be due
and payable in full on the Termination Date.
(d) Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1,
(i) Base Rate Loans. During such periods as Revolving Loans
shall be comprised in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans, such Base
Rate Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Percentage;
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(ii) Eurodollar Loans. During such periods as Revolving Loans
shall be comprised in whole or in part of Eurodollar Loans, such
Eurodollar Loans shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the
Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Percentage.
Interest on Revolving Loans shall be payable in arrears on each applicable
Interest Payment Date (or at such other times as may be specified herein).
(e) Revolving Notes. The Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by a duly
executed Revolving Note in favor of each Lender.
(f) Maximum Number of Eurodollar Loans. The Borrower will be limited to
a maximum number of ten (10) Eurodollar Loans outstanding at any time. For
purposes hereof, Eurodollar Loans with separate or different Interest Periods
will be considered as separate Eurodollar Loans even if their Interest Periods
expire on the same date.
SECTION 3
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO CREDIT FACILITIES
3.1 Default Rate.
Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event
of Default, the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on
the Loans and any other amounts owing hereunder or under the other Credit
Documents shall bear interest, payable on demand, at a per annum rate 2% greater
than the rate which would otherwise be applicable (or if no rate is applicable,
whether in respect of interest, fees or other amounts, then 2% greater than the
Base Rate).
3.2 Extension and Conversion.
Subject to the terms of Section 5.2, the Borrower shall have
the option, on any Business Day, to extend existing Loans into a subsequent
permissible Interest Period or to convert Loans into Loans of another interest
rate type; provided, however, that (i) except as provided in Section 3.8,
Eurodollar Loans may be converted into Base Rate Loans only on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) Eurodollar Loans may be extended,
and Base Rate Loans may be converted into Eurodollar Loans, only if no Default
or Event of Default is in existence on the date of extension or conversion,
(iii) Loans extended as, or converted into, Eurodollar Loans shall be subject to
the terms of the definition of "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1 and
shall be in such minimum amounts as provided in Section 2.1(b)(ii) , and (iv)
any request for extension or conversion of a Eurodollar Loan which shall fail to
specify an Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest
Period of one month. Each such extension or conversion shall be effected by the
Borrower by giving a Notice of Extension/Conversion (or telephone notice
promptly confirmed in writing) to the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the Business Day of, in the case of the
conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into a Base Rate Loan, and on the third Business
Day prior to, in the case of the extension of a Eurodollar Loan as, or
conversion of a Base Rate Loan into, a Eurodollar Loan, the date of the proposed
extension or conversion, specifying the date of the proposed extension or
conversion, the Loans to be so extended or converted, the types of Loans into
which such Loans are to be converted and, if appropriate, the applicable
Interest Periods with respect thereto. Each request for extension or conversion
shall be irrevocable and shall constitute a representation and warranty by the
Borrower of the matters specified in subsections (a) through (e) of Section 5.2.
In the event the Borrower fails to request extension or conversion of any
Eurodollar Loan in accordance with this Section, or any such conversion or
extension is not permitted or required by this Section, then such Eurodollar
Loan shall be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall give each
Lender notice as promptly as practicable of any such proposed extension or
conversion affecting any Loan.
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3.3 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments. Revolving Loans may be repaid in
whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) Eurodollar Loans
may be prepaid only upon three (3) Business Days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and must be accompanied by payment of any amounts owing
under Section 3.11, and (ii) partial prepayments shall be minimum principal
amounts of $5,000,000, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and $1,000,000, in the
case of Base Rate Loans, and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time, the aggregate
principal amount of Loans shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount,
the Borrower shall immediately make payment on the Loans in an amount sufficient
to eliminate the excess.
(c) Application. Unless otherwise specified by the Borrower,
prepayments made hereunder shall be applied first to Revolving Loans which are
Base Rate Loans, then to Revolving Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in direct
order of Interest Period maturities. Amounts prepaid hereunder may be reborrowed
in accordance with the provisions hereof.
3.4 Termination and Reduction of Commitments
(a) Voluntary Reductions. The Revolving Commitments may be
terminated or permanently reduced in whole or in part by the Borrower upon three
(3) Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, provided
that (i) after giving effect to any voluntary reduction the aggregate amount of
Loans shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Committed Amount, as reduced, and
(ii) partial reductions shall be minimum principal amount of $5,000,000, and in
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Mandatory Reduction. The Commitments hereunder shall
terminate on the Termination Date.
3.5 Fees.
(a) Facility Fee. In consideration of the Commitments
hereunder, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders a facility fee (the "Facility Fee") equal to the
Applicable Percentage per annum on the average daily Revolving Committed Amount
for the applicable period. The Facility Fee shall be payable quarterly in
arrears on the 15th day following the last day of each calendar quarter for the
immediately preceding quarter (or portion thereof) beginning with the first such
date to occur after the Closing Date.
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(b) Administrative Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for its own account, an annual administrative fee and such
other fees, if any, referred to in the Administrative Agent's Fee Letter.
3.6 Capital Adequacy.
If any Lender has determined, after the date hereof, that the
adoption or the becoming effective of, or any change in, or any change by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof in the interpretation or administration
of, any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or
compliance by such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central
bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on such Lender's capital or assets as a consequence of its commitments or
obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender could have
achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, change or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender's policies with respect to capital adequacy), then,
upon notice from such Lender to the Borrower, the Borrower shall be obligated to
pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender for such reduction. Each determination by any such Lender of amounts
owing under this Section shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive and binding
on the parties hereto.
3.7 Inability To Determine Interest Rate.
If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative
Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant
market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give
telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as
practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (a) any Eurodollar Loans
requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as
Base Rate Loans and (b) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first
day of such Interest Period to or continued as Eurodollar Loans shall be
converted to or continued as Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made
or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Base Rate
Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
3.8 Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof
occurring after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make
or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Credit Agreement, (a) such
Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such
circumstances no longer exist), (b) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to
make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert a Base Rate
Loan to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and, until such time as it
shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar
Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make a Base Rate Loan
when a Eurodollar Loan is requested and (c) such Lender's Loans then outstanding
as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans
on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to
such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law. If any such
conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the
then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to
such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, such amounts, if any, as may be
reasonably required pursuant to Section 3.11.
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3.9 Requirements of Law.
If, after the date hereof, the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof applicable to
any Lender, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority, in each case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the
date on which such Lender becomes a Lender):
(a) shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with respect to any Eurodollar Loans made by it or its
obligation to make Eurodollar Loans, or change the basis of taxation of
payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for (i) Non-Excluded
Taxes covered by Section 3.10 (including Non-Excluded Taxes imposed
solely by reason of any failure of such Lender to comply with its
obligations under Section 3.10(b)) and (ii) changes in taxes measured
by or imposed upon the overall net income, or franchise tax (imposed in
lieu of such net income tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending
office, branch, or any affiliate thereof));
(b) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the
account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not
otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate
hereunder; or
(c) shall impose on such Lender any other
condition (excluding any tax of any kind whatsoever);
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making,
converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or to reduce any
amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon
notice to the Borrower from such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in
accordance herewith, the Borrower shall be obligated to promptly pay such
Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable, provided that, in
any such case, the Borrower may elect to convert the Eurodollar Loans made by
such Lender hereunder to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at
least one Business Day's notice of such election, in which case the Borrower
shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, such
amounts, if any, as may be reasonably required pursuant to Section 3.11. If any
Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
subsection, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, through the
Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in this
paragraph (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of
such event, (y) as to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such
event and (z) as to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a
reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof. Such a certificate
as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by
such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be
conclusive and binding on the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.
This covenant shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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3.10 Taxes.
(a) Except as provided below in this subsection, all payments made by
the Borrower under this Credit Agreement and any Notes shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present
or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any court, or governmental body, agency or other
official, excluding taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income of
any Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof,
and all franchise taxes, branch taxes, taxes on doing business or taxes on the
overall capital or net worth of any Lender or its applicable lending office, or
any branch or affiliate thereof, in each case imposed in lieu of net income
taxes, imposed: (i) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender,
applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in
which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such
jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) by reason
of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such tax and such Lender,
applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising
solely from such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations,
or received payment under or enforced, this Credit Agreement or any Notes. If
any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions
or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") are required to be withheld from any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any
Notes, (A) the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such
other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Credit Agreement and any Notes, provided, however, that the Borrower shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold any Non-Excluded Taxes and shall not be required
to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender that is not organized under
the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof if such Lender fails
to comply with the requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection whenever any
Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the Borrower, and (B) as promptly as possible
thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own
account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy
of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment
thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes,
interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this subsection shall
survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the payment of the Loans
and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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(b) Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the United
States of America or a state thereof shall:
(X)(i) on or before the date of any payment by the Borrower
under this Credit Agreement or Notes to such Lender, deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent (A) two (2) duly completed copies
of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, or
successor applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that it is
entitled to receive payments under this Credit Agreement and any Notes
without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes and (B) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 or W-9, or successor
applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to
an exemption from United States backup withholding tax;
(ii) deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two
(2) further copies of any such form or certification on or before the
date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete
and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower; and
(iii) obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete
such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent; or
(Y) in the case of any such Lender that is not a "bank" within
the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (i)
represent to the Borrower (for the benefit of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) that it is not a bank within the meaning of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) agree to
furnish to the Borrower on or before the date of any payment by the
Borrower, with a copy to the Administrative Agent two (2) accurate and
complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8,
or successor applicable form certifying to such Lender's legal
entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S.
withholding tax under the provisions of Section 881(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to payments to be made under this Credit
Agreement and any Notes (and to deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent two (2) further copies of such form on or before
the date it expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any
event requiring a change in the most recently provided form and, if
necessary, obtain any extensions of time reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such
forms), and (iii) agree, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon
reasonable request by the Borrower, to provide to the Borrower (for the
benefit of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) such other forms
as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal
entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from withholding with
respect to payments under this Credit Agreement and any Notes;
unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred
after the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder which renders all such
forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender from duly completing and
delivering any such form with respect to it and such Lender so advises the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Each Person that shall become a Lender or
a participant of a Lender pursuant to subsection 11.3 shall, upon the
effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all of the forms,
certifications and statements required pursuant to this subsection, provided
that in the case of a participant of a Lender the obligations of such
participant of a Lender pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be determined as
if the participant of a Lender were a Lender except that such participant of a
Lender shall furnish all such required forms, certifications and statements to
the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased.
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3.11 Indemnity.
The Borrower promises to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender
harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur (other
than through such Lender's gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a
consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion
into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice
requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement,
(b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan after
the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of
this Credit Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a
day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. With
respect to Eurodollar Loans, such indemnification may include an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on
the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the
period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or
continue to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a
failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have
commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of
interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable
Percentage included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as
reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on
such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with
leading banks in the interbank Eurodollar market. The covenants of the Borrower
set forth in this Section 3.11 shall survive the termination of this Credit
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
3.12 Pro Rata Treatment.
Except to the extent otherwise provided herein:
(a) Loans. Each Loan, each payment or prepayment of principal of any
Loan, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of Facility Fees, each
reduction of the Revolving Committed Amount and each conversion or extension of
any Loan, shall be allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the
respective principal amounts of their outstanding Loans and Participation
Interests.
(b) Advances. No Lender shall be responsible for the failure or delay
by any other Lender in its obligation to make its ratable share of a borrowing
hereunder (and further, no Lender shall be required to fulfill any obligation of
a Defaulting Lender); provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to
fulfill its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified
in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the
amount that would constitute its ratable share of such borrowing available to
the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender
is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within the time period specified therefor
hereunder, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such
amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate for a
period of two (2) Business Days, and thereafter at the Base Rate, for the period
until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. If such Lender does not pay such amounts to the Administrative Agent
forthwith upon demand, the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower and
request the Borrower to immediately pay such amount to the Administrative Agent
with interest at the Base Rate. A certificate of the Administrative Agent
submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
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3.13 Sharing of Payments.
The Lenders agree among themselves that, in the event that any Lender
shall obtain payment in respect of any Loan or any other obligation owing to
such Lender under this Credit Agreement through the exercise of a right of
setoff, banker's lien or counterclaim, or pursuant to a secured claim under
Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or other security or interest
arising from, or in lieu of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by
any other means, in excess of its pro rata share of such payment as provided for
in this Credit Agreement, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other
Lenders a participation in such Loans and other obligations in such amounts, and
make such other adjustments from time to time, as shall be equitable to the end
that all Lenders share such payment in accordance with their respective ratable
shares as provided for in this Credit Agreement. The Lenders further agree among
themselves that if payment to a Lender obtained by such Lender through the
exercise of a right of setoff, banker's lien, counterclaim or other event as
aforesaid shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored, each Lender which
shall have shared the benefit of such payment shall, by repurchase of a
participation theretofore sold, return its share of that benefit (together with
its share of any accrued interest payable with respect thereto) to each Lender
whose payment shall have been rescinded or otherwise restored. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a participation may, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, exercise all rights of payment, including setoff,
banker's lien or counterclaim, with respect to such participation as fully as if
such Lender were a holder of such Loan or other obligation in the amount of such
participation. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit Agreement,
if any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall fail to remit to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender an amount payable by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent or such other Lender pursuant
to this Credit Agreement on the date when such amount is due, such payments
shall be made together with interest thereon for each date from the date such
amount is due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent or
such other Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. If under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Lender receives
a secured claim in lieu of a setoff to which this Section 3.13 applies, such
Lender shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such
secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of the Lenders under this
Section 3.13 to share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.
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3.14 Payments, Computations, Etc.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments
hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent in dollars in immediately
available funds, without offset, deduction, counterclaim or withholding of any
kind, at the Administrative Agent's office specified in Section 11.1 not later
than 2:00 P.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the date when due. Payments
received after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next
succeeding Business Day. The Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment which is not made by such
time to any ordinary deposit account of the Borrower maintained with the
Administrative Agent (with notice to the Borrower). The Borrower shall, at the
time it makes any payment under this Credit Agreement, specify to the
Administrative Agent the Loans, Fees, interest or other amounts payable by the
Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied (and in the event that
it fails so to specify, or if such application would be inconsistent with the
terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the
Lenders in such manner as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
appropriate in respect of obligations owing by the Borrower hereunder, subject
to the terms of Section 3.12(a)). The Administrative Agent will distribute such
payments to such Lenders, if any such payment is received prior to 12:00 Noon
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on a Business Day in like funds as received
prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent
will distribute such payment to such Lenders on the next succeeding Business
Day. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is
not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (subject to accrual of interest and Fees for the period
of such extension), except that in the case of Eurodollar Loans, if the
extension would cause the payment to be made in the next following calendar
month, then such payment shall instead be made on the next preceding Business
Day. Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all computations of interest
and fees shall be made on the basis of actual number of days elapsed over a year
of 360 days, except with respect to computation of interest on Base Rate Loans
which (unless the Base Rate is determined by reference to the Federal Funds
Rate) shall be calculated based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as appropriate.
Interest shall accrue from and include the date of borrowing, but exclude the
date of payment.
(b) Allocation of Payments After Event of Default. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Credit Agreement to the contrary, after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected or
received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender on account of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any other amounts outstanding under any of the Credit Documents
shall be paid over or delivered 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 Credit Documents;
SECOND, to payment of any fees owed to the Administrative
Agent;
THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees)
of each of the Lenders in connection with enforcing its rights under
the Credit Documents or otherwise with respect to the Loans owing to
such Lender;
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FOURTH, to the payment of all accrued interest and fees on or
in respect of the Loans;
FIFTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of
the Guaranteed Obligations;
SIXTH, to all other Loans and other obligations which shall
have become due and payable under the Credit Documents or otherwise and
not repaid pursuant to clauses "FIRST" through "FIFTH" above; and
SEVENTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may
be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in the
numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next
succeeding category; and (ii) each of the Lenders shall receive an amount equal
to its pro rata share (based on the proportion that the then outstanding Loans
held by such Lender bears to the aggregate then outstanding Loans) of amounts
available to be applied pursuant to clauses "THIRD", "FOURTH", "FIFTH" and
"SIXTH" above.
3.15 Evidence of Debt.
(a) Each Lender shall maintain an account or accounts evidencing each
Loan made by such Lender to the Borrower from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to
time under this Credit Agreement. Each Lender will make reasonable efforts to
maintain the accuracy of its account or accounts and to promptly update its
account or accounts from time to time, as necessary.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
Section 11.3(c) hereof, and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and
subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount, type and Interest
Period of each such Loan hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable to each Lender hereunder and (iii)
the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from or for
the account of the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof. The Administrative
Agent will make reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy of the subaccounts
referred to in the preceding sentence and to promptly update such subaccounts
from time to time, as necessary.
(c) The entries made in the accounts, Register and subaccounts
maintained pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 3.15 (and, if consistent
with the entries of the Administrative Agent, subsection (a)) shall be prima
facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower
therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain any such account, such Register or such
subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect
the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made by such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof.
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SECTION 4
GUARANTY
4.1 The Guarantee.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each
Lender and to the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided the prompt
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.
The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations
are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise),
the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any
demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such
extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in
any other of the Credit Documents, to the extent the obligations of a Guarantor
shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including,
without limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to
fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under
applicable law (whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the
Bankruptcy Code).
4.2 Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.1 hereof are joint
and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents, or any
other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release
or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this Section 4.2 that the obligations of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation,
indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other
Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations for amounts paid under this Guaranty
until such time as the Lenders have been irrevocably paid in full, all
Commitments under the Credit Agreement have been terminated and no Person or
Governmental Authority shall have any right to request any return or
reimbursement of funds from the Lenders in connection with monies received under
the Credit Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is
agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one
or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described
above:
(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any
Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of
the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or
compliance shall be waived;
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(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any
of the Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred
to in the Credit Documents shall be done or omitted;
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified,
supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the
Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in
the Credit Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released
or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(iv) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(v) any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be determined to
be void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of
any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims
of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any
Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices
whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender
exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of
the Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the
Credit Documents, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or
security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.
4.3 Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 4 shall be
automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by
or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded
or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or
reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify
the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred
by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against
any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent
transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
4.4 Certain Additional Waivers.
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of
recourse to security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except through the exercise
of the rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.2.
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4.5 Remedies.
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as
between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, on the other hand, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be
forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.2 hereof (and shall be deemed
to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in
said Section 9.2) for purposes of Section 4.1 hereof notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the
Guaranteed Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against
any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Guaranteed
Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the
Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of said
Section 4.1.
4.6 Rights of Contribution.
The Guarantors hereby agree, as among themselves, that if any Guarantor
shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below), each other
Guarantor shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the
succeeding provisions of this Section 4.6), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor
an amount equal to such Guarantor's Pro Rata Share (as defined below and
determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, assets,
liabilities and debts of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of such Excess Payment
(as defined below). The payment obligation of any Guarantor to any Excess
Funding Guarantor under this Section 4.6 shall be subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such
Guarantor under the other provisions of this Section 4, and such Excess Funding
Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess
until payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations. For purposes
hereof, (i) "Excess Funding Guarantor" shall mean, in respect of any obligations
arising under the other provisions of this Section 4 (hereafter, the "Guarantied
Obligations"), a Guarantor that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata
Share of the Guarantied Obligations; (ii) "Excess Payment" shall mean, in
respect of any Guarantied Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding
Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guarantied Obligations; and
(iii) "Pro Rata Share", for the purposes of this Section 4.6, shall mean, for
any Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the amount by which
the aggregate present fair saleable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including
contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding
the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder) to (b) the amount by which the
aggregate present fair saleable value of all assets and other properties of the
Borrower and all of the Guarantors exceeds the amount of all of the debts and
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated
liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors
hereunder) of the Borrower and all of the Guarantors, all as of the Closing Date
(if any Guarantor becomes a party hereto subsequent to the Closing Date, then
for the purposes of this Section 4.6 such subsequent Guarantor shall be deemed
to have been a Guarantor as of the Closing Date and the information pertaining
to, and only pertaining to, such Guarantor as of the date such Guarantor became
a Guarantor shall be deemed true as of the Closing Date).
4.7 Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Section 4 is a continuing guarantee, and shall
apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
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SECTION 5
CONDITIONS
5.1 Conditions to Closing.
This Credit Agreement shall become effective, and the initial
Extensions of Credit may be made, upon the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Execution of Credit Agreement and Credit Documents.
Receipt of (i) multiple counterparts of this Credit Agreement, and (ii) a
Revolving Note for each Lender.
(b) Financial Information. Receipt of financial information
regarding the Borrower and its subsidiaries, as may be requested by, and in each
case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
(c) Absence of Legal Proceedings. The absence of any action ,
suit, investigation or proceeding pending in any court or before any arbitrator
or governmental instrumentality which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Legal Opinions. Receipt of multiple counterparts of
opinions of counsel for the Credit Parties relating to the Credit Documents and
the transactions contemplated herein, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.
(e) Corporate Documents. Receipt of the following (or their
equivalent) for each of the Credit Parties:
(i) Articles of Incorporation. Copies of the articles
of incorporation or charter documents certified to be true and complete
as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental authority of the
state of its incorporation or organization.
(ii) Resolutions. Copies of resolutions of the Board
of Directors or other governing body approving and adopting the
respective Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated therein and
authorizing execution and delivery thereof, certified by a secretary or
assistant secretary as of the Closing Date to be true and correct and
in force and effect as of such date.
(iii) Bylaws. Copies of the bylaws certified by a
secretary or assistant secretary as of the Closing Date to be true and
correct and in force and effect as of such date.
(iv) Good Standing. Copies of (A) certificates of
good standing, existence or its equivalent issued as of a recent date
by the appropriate governmental authorities of the respective states of
incorporation or organization and of each other state in which the
failure to qualify and be in good standing would have a Material
Adverse Effect and (B) where available, certificates indicating payment
of all corporate franchise taxes issued as of a recent date by the
appropriate governmental taxing authorities of such states.
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(v) Officer's Certificate. An officer's certificate
for each of the Credit Parties dated as of the Closing Date
substantially in the form of Schedule 5.1(i)(v) with appropriate
insertions and attachments.
(f) Fees. Receipt of all fees, if any, owing pursuant to the
Administrative Agent's Fee Letter and Section 3.5.
(g) Subsection 5.2 Conditions. The conditions specified in
Section 5.2 shall be satisfied.
(h) Additional Matters. All other documents and legal matters
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement shall
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and the Required
Lenders.
5.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit.
The obligation of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit hereunder
(including the initial Extension of Credit to be made hereunder) is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the date of making
such Extension of Credit:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties made by the Credit Parties herein or in any other Credit Documents or
which are contained in any certificate furnished at any time under or in
connection herewith shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date of such Extension of Credit as if made on and as of such date
(except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).
(b) No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving
effect to the Extension of Credit to be made on such date unless such Default or
Event of Default shall have been waived in accordance with this Credit
Agreement.
(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No circumstances, events or
conditions shall have occurred since the date of the audited financial
statements referenced in Section 6.1 which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Additional Conditions to Revolving Loans. If a Revolving
Loan is made pursuant to Section 2.1, all conditions set forth therein shall
have been satisfied.
Each request for Extension of Credit (including extensions and
conversions) and each acceptance by the Borrower of an Extension of Credit
(including extensions and conversions) shall be deemed to constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such Extension of
Credit that the applicable conditions in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of
this subsection have been satisfied.
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SECTION 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders to enter into this Credit Agreement and to make
Extensions of Credit herein provided for, each of the members of the
Consolidated Group parties hereto (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
for each of the other members of the Consolidated Group; and in the case of each
of the other Credit Parties, for itself) hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and to each Lender that:
6.1 Financial Condition.
As to the Borrower, each of the financial statements described below
(copies of which have heretofore been provided to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to the Lenders), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, are complete and
correct in all material respects and present fairly the financial condition and
results from operations of the entities and for the periods specified, subject
in the case of interim Borrower-prepared statements to normal year-end
adjustments:
(i) an audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated subsidiaries dated as of December 31, 1996, together
with related statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders'
equity certified by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors; and
(ii) a Borrower-prepared consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries dated as of March 31, 1997,
together with related consolidated statements of operations and cash
flows.
6.2 No Material Adverse Changes.
Since the date of the audited financial statements referenced in
Section 6.1(i), there has been no circumstance, development or event relating to
or affecting the members of the Consolidated Group which has had or would be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.3 Organization; Existence; Compliance with Law.
Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.3, each of the members of the
Consolidated Group (a) is duly organized, validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, except
in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing
would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the
corporate or other necessary power and authority, and the legal right to own and
operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct
the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a
foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where
its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure
to be so qualified and in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law,
except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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The Borrower is a "real estate investment trust" within the meaning
provided under the Code.
6.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.
Each of the Credit Parties has the corporate or other necessary power
and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Credit
Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of the Credit
Documents to which it is a party. No consent or authorization of, filing with,
notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is required in connection with acceptance of extensions of credit
or the making of the guaranties hereunder or with the execution, delivery or
performance of any Credit Documents by the Credit Parties (other than those
which have been obtained, such filings as are required by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and to fulfill other reporting requirements with
Governmental Authorities) or with the validity or enforceability of any Credit
Document against the Credit parties. Each Credit Document to which it is a party
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party
enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
6.5 No Legal Bar.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents, the
borrowings hereunder and the use of the Extensions of Credit will not violate
any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any member of the
Consolidated Group (except those as to which waivers or consents have been
obtained), and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation other than the Liens arising under
or contemplated in connection with the Credit Documents. No member of the
Consolidated Group is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations in any respect which would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.6 No Material Litigation.
No claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Credit Parties, threatened by or against, any members of the Consolidated Group
or against any of their respective properties or revenues which (a) relate to
the Credit Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
or (b) if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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6.7 No Default.
No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.8 Ownership of Property; Liens.
Each of members of the Consolidated Group has good title in fee simple
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good
title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property, and
none of such property is subject to any Lien, except for liens permitted under
Section 8.2.
6.9 Taxes.
Each of the members of the Consolidated Group has filed or caused to be
filed all United States federal income tax returns and all other material tax
returns which, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, are required to be
filed and has paid or received extensions regarding (a) all taxes shown to be
due and payable on said returns or (b) all taxes shown to be due and payable on
any assessments of which it has received notice made against it or any of its
property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its
property by any Governmental Authority (other than any (i) taxes, fees or other
charges with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) taxes, fees or other charges the amount
or validity of which are currently being contested and with respect to which
reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of such
Person), and no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the best knowledge of the
Credit Parties, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or
other charge.
6.10 ERISA.
Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) During the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred, and, to
the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no event or condition has occurred or
exists as a result of which any ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to
occur, with respect to any Plan; (ii) no "accumulated funding deficiency," as
such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code,
whether or not waived, has occurred with respect to any Plan; (iii) each Plan
has been maintained, operated, and funded in compliance with its own terms and
in material compliance with the provisions of ERISA, the Code, and any other
applicable federal or state laws; and (iv) no lien in favor of the PBGC or a
Plan has arisen or is reasonably likely to arise on account of any Plan.
(b) The actuarial present value of all "benefit liabilities" (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA), whether or not vested, under each
Single Employer Plan, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on
which this representation is made or deemed made (determined, in each case, in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 87, utilizing the
actuarial assumptions used in such Plan's most recent actuarial valuation
report), did not exceed as of such valuation date the fair market value of the
assets of such Plan.
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(c) No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, could be reasonably
expected to incur, any withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer
Plan or Multiple Employer Plan. No member of the Consolidated Group nor any
ERISA Affiliate would become subject to any withdrawal liability under ERISA if
any member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate were to withdraw
completely from all Multiemployer Plans and Multiple Employer Plans as of the
valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made. No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliate
has received any notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization
(within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), is insolvent (within the meaning
of Section 4245 of ERISA), or has been terminated (within the meaning of Title
IV of ERISA), and no Multiemployer Plan is, to the best knowledge of the Credit
Parties, reasonably expected to be in reorganization, insolvent, or terminated.
(d) No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or breach of fiduciary responsibility has
occurred with respect to a Plan which has subjected or may subject any member of
the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate to any liability under Sections
406, 409, 502(i), or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or under any
agreement or other instrument pursuant to which any member of the Consolidated
Group or any ERISA Affiliate has agreed or is required to indemnify any person
against any such liability.
(e) No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliates has
any material liability with respect to "expected post-retirement benefit
obligations" within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement 106. Each Plan which is a welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA) to which Sections 601-609 of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code apply
has been administered in compliance in all material respects of such sections.
6.11 Governmental Regulations, Etc.
(a) No part of the proceeds of Extensions of Credit hereunder will be
used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
"margin stock" within the meaning of Regulation G or Regulation U, or for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying or trading in any securities. If requested by
any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form U-1 referred to in said Regulation
U. No indebtedness being reduced or retired out of the proceeds of Extensions of
Credit hereunder was or will be incurred for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U or any "margin
security" within the meaning of Regulation T. "Margin stock" within the meanings
of Regulation U does not constitute more than 25% of the value of the
consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. None of the
transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement (including, without
limitation, the direct or indirect use of the proceeds of the Loans) will
violate or result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or regulations issued pursuant
thereto, or Regulation G, T, U or X.
(b) None of the members of the Consolidated Group is subject to
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal
Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, each as amended. In addition,
none of the members of the Consolidated Group is (i) an "investment company"
registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and is not controlled by such a company, or (ii) a "holding
company", or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of
a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary" of a "holding company", within the
meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
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(c) Each of the members of the Consolidated Group has obtained all
material licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations
necessary to the ownership of its respective Property and to the conduct of its
business.
(d) None of the members of the Consolidated Group is in violation of
any applicable statute, regulation or ordinance of the United States of America,
or of any state, city, town, municipality, county or any other jurisdiction, or
of any agency thereof (including without limitation, environmental laws and
regulations), which violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(e) Each of the members of the Consolidated Group is current with all
material reports and documents, if any, required to be filed with any state or
federal securities commission or similar agency and is in full compliance in all
material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of such commissions.
6.12 Subsidiaries.
Set forth on Schedule 6.12 are all the Subsidiaries of the Borrower at
the Closing Date, the jurisdiction of their incorporation and the direct or
indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein.
6.13 Purpose of Extensions of Credit.
The Extensions of Credit will be used to refinance existing Funded
Debt, and to finance working capital and other corporate purposes.
6.14 Environmental Matters.
Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) Each of the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by
the members of the Consolidated Group (the "Properties") and all operations at
the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and
there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or
the businesses operated by the members of the Consolidated Group (the
"Businesses"), and there are no conditions relating to the Businesses or
Properties that could give rise to material liability under any applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) To the respective Credit Party's knowledge, none of the Properties
contains any Materials of Environmental Concern at, on or under the Properties
in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted a violation of, or
could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.
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(c) None of the members of the Consolidated Group has received any
written notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability
regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with
regard to any of the Properties or the Businesses.
(d) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or
disposed of from the Properties, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of
at, on or under any of the Properties or any other location, in each case by or
on behalf any members of the Consolidated Group during their ownership of the
Properties in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to
give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.
(e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is
pending or, to the best knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which any member of the Consolidated Group is or will be
named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent
orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or
judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to
any member of the Consolidated Group, the Properties or the Businesses.
(f) There has been no release or, threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties or arising from or related to
the operations (including, without limitation, disposal) of any member of the
Consolidated Group in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection
with the Businesses, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could
give rise to liability under Environmental Laws.
SECTION 7
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Credit Parties (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
each of the other members of the Consolidated Group, and in the case of each of
the other Credit Parties, for itself) covenants and agrees that on the Closing
Date, and so long as this Credit Agreement is in effect and until the
Commitments have been terminated, no Loans remain outstanding and all amounts
owing hereunder or in connection herewith have been paid in full:
7.1 Financial Statements.
The Borrower shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders:
(a) Audited Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in
any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as of
the end of the fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the year, audited
by Ernst & Young LLP, or other firm of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported
without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or
qualification indicating that the scope of the audit was inadequate to
permit such independent certified public accountants to certify such
financial statements without such qualification.
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(b) Borrower-Prepared Financial Statements. As soon as
available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters, a Borrower-prepared consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as of the end of the quarter
and related Borrower-prepared consolidated statements of operations and
cash flows for such quarterly period and for the fiscal year to date,
in each case setting forth in comparative form the consolidated figures
for the corresponding period or periods of the preceding fiscal year or
the portion of the fiscal year ending with such period, as applicable,
in each case subject to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments.
All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material
respects (subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal recurring
year-end audit adjustments) and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and, in
the case of the annual and quarterly financial statements provided in accordance
with subsections (a) and (b) above, in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein and further accompanied by a
description of, and an estimation of the effect on the financial statements on
account of, a change in the application of accounting principles as provided in
Section 1.3.
7.2 Certificates; Other Information.
The Borrower shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders:
(a) Accountant's Certificate and Reports. Concurrently with
the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsection
7.1(a) above, a certificate of the independent certified public
accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in
making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of
any Default or Event of Default, except as specified in such
certificate.
(b) Officer's Certificate. Concurrently with the delivery of
the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b)
above, a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best
of such Responsible Officer's knowledge and belief, (i) the financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition of the parties covered by such financial statements, (ii)
during such period the members of the Consolidated Group have observed
or performed in all material respects the covenants and other
agreements hereunder and under the other Credit Documents relating to
them, and satisfied in all material respects the conditions, contained
in this Credit Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by
them, and (iii) such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of
any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such
certificate. Such certificate shall include the calculations required
to indicate compliance with Section 7.9. A form of Officer's
Certificate is attached as Schedule 7.2(b).
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(c) Accountants' Reports. Promptly upon receipt, a copy of any
final (as distinguished from a preliminary or discussion draft)
"management letter" or other similar report submitted by independent
accountants or financial consultants to the members of the Consolidated
Group in connection with any annual, interim or special audit.
(d) Public Information. Within thirty days after the same are
sent, copies of all reports (other than those otherwise provided
pursuant to subsection 7.1) and other financial information which any
member of the Consolidated Group sends to its public stockholders, and
within thirty days after the same are filed, copies of all financial
statements and non-confidential reports which any member of the
Consolidated Group may make to, or file with, the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental
Authority.
(e) Other Information. Promptly, such additional financial and
other information as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any
Lender, may from time to time reasonably request.
7.3 Notices.
Each of the Credit Parties shall give notice to the Administrative
Agent (which shall promptly transmit such notice to each Lender) of:
(a) Defaults. Immediately (and in any event within two (2)
Business Days) after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party knows
or has reason to know thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event
of Default.
(b) Contractual Obligations. Promptly, the occurrence of any
default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any
member of the Consolidated Group which would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Legal Proceedings. Promptly, any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding (including without limitation, any
environmental proceeding) known to any member of the Consolidated
Group, or any material development in respect thereof, affecting any
member of the Consolidated Group which, if adversely determined, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) ERISA. Promptly, after any Responsible Officer of the
Borrower knows or has reason to know of (i) any event or condition,
including, but not limited to, any Reportable Event, that constitutes,
or might reasonably lead to, an ERISA Event; (ii) with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan, the receipt of notice as prescribed in ERISA or
otherwise of any withdrawal liability assessed against any of their
ERISA Affiliates, or of a determination that any Multiemployer Plan is
in reorganization or insolvent (both within the meaning of Title IV of
ERISA); (iii) the failure to make full payment on or before the due
date (including extensions) thereof of all amounts which the members of
the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate are required to
contribute to each Plan pursuant to its terms and as required to meet
the minimum funding standard set forth in ERISA and the Code with
respect; or (iv) any change in the funding status of any Plan that
reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
together with a description of any such event or condition or a copy of
any such notice and a statement by the chief financial officer of the
Borrower briefly setting forth the details regarding such event,
condition, or notice, and the action, if any, which has been or is
being taken or is proposed to be taken by the Credit Parties with
respect thereto. Promptly upon request, the members of the Consolidated
Group shall furnish the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with such
additional information concerning any Plan as may be reasonably
requested, including, but not limited to, copies of each annual
report/return (Form 5500 series), as well as all schedules and
attachments thereto required to be filed with the Department of Labor
and/or the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to ERISA and the Code,
respectively, for each "plan year" (within the meaning of Section 3(39)
of ERISA).
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(e) Other. Promptly, any other development or event which a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower determines could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Credit Parties propose
to take with respect thereto.
7.4 Payment of Obligations.
Each member of the Consolidated Group shall pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
be, in accordance with prudent business practice (subject, where applicable, to
specified grace periods) all material obligations of each member of the
Consolidated Group of whatever nature and any additional costs that are imposed
as a result of any failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such
obligations, other than (i) obligations with respect to which the failure to
pay, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)
obligations, the amount or validity of which are being contested and with
respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the
books of the appropriate members of the Consolidated Group.
7.5 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
Each member of the Consolidated Group shall continue to engage in
business of the same general type as now conducted by it on the date hereof and
similar or related businesses, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all
rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business; comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law applicable to it except to the extent that failure to comply
therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
Each member of the Consolidated Group shall keep all material property
useful and necessary in its business in reasonably good working order and
condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted); maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies casualty, liability and such other insurance
(which may include plans of self-insurance) with such coverage and deductibles,
and in such amounts as may be consistent with prudent business practice and in
any event consistent with normal industry practice (except to any greater extent
as may be required by the terms of any of the other Credit Documents); and
furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written request, full information as
to the insurance carried.
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7.7 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
Each member of the Consolidated Group shall keep proper books of
records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with
GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions
in relation to its businesses and activities; and permit, during regular
business hours and upon reasonable notice by the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and
make abstracts (including photocopies) from any of its books and records (other
than materials protected by the attorney-client privilege and materials which
the Credit Parties may not disclose without violation of a confidentiality
obligation binding upon them) at any reasonable time, and to discuss the
business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the
members of the Consolidated Group with officers and employees of the members of
the Consolidated Group and with their independent certified public accountants.
The cost of the inspection referred to in the preceding sentence shall be for
the account of the Lenders unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, in which case the cost of such inspection shall be for the account
of the Credit Parties.
7.8 Environmental Laws.
Each member of the Consolidated Group shall:
(a) Comply in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws and obtain and comply in all material respects with
and maintain any and all licenses, approvals, notifications,
registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws
except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling
and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with
all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities
regarding Environmental Laws except to the extent that the same are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the
failure to do or the pendency of such proceedings would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, and their respective employees, agents, officers
and directors, from and against any and all claims, demands, penalties,
fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of
whatever kind or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise,
arising out of, or in any way relating to the violation of,
noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable
to the operations of the members of the Consolidated Group or the
Properties, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental
Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorney's and consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees,
response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, except to the
extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. The
agreements in this paragraph shall survive repayment of the Loans and
all other amounts payable hereunder, and termination of the
Commitments.
7.9 Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. Consolidated Adjusted
Tangible Net Worth will not at any time be less than the sum of (i) $950,000,000
plus (ii) 100% of the net proceeds (after customary underwriting discounts and
commissions and reasonable offering expenses) from Equity Transactions occurring
after March 31, 1997.
(b) Consolidated Funded Debt Ratio. Consolidated Funded Debt shall not
at any time exceed 60% of Consolidated Adjusted Capitalization.
(c) Consolidated Priority Claims. Consolidated Priority Claims will not
at any time exceed 35% of Consolidated Adjusted Capitalization.
(d) Consolidated Senior Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the last day
of each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Senior Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
shall be not less than 1.75:1.0.
(e) Consolidated Total Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. As of the end of
each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Total Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be
not less than 1.4:1.0.
(f) Consolidated Unencumbered Realty to Consolidated Unsecured Debt
Ratio. The ratio of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty to Consolidated Unsecured
Debt shall not at any time be less than 1.8:1.0.
(g) Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the end of
each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio shall
be not less than 1.8:1.0.
7.10 Agency Fees.
The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the annual agency
fee and comply with the other agreements provided for in the Administrative
Agent's Fee Letter.
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7.11 Additional Guaranties and Stock Pledges.
(a) Domestic Subsidiaries. Where the assets of Domestic Subsidiaries
which are not Guarantors hereunder (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries") shall, at
any time exceed (i) five percent (5%) of Consolidated Assets in any instance, or
(ii) fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Assets collectively as a group (the
"Threshold Requirement"), then the Borrower shall promptly notify the
Administrative Agent thereof, and cause one or more Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
to become a Guarantor hereunder by way of execution of a Joinder Agreement such
that immediately after the joinder of such Subsidiaries as Guarantors hereunder,
the remaining Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries shall not exceed the Threshold
Requirement. Delivery of any such Joinder Agreement shall be accompanied by
supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, corporation formation and
organizational documentation and opinions of counsel as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request.
(b) Foreign Subsidiaries. At any time any Person becomes a Foreign
Subsidiary, the Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof
and cause delivery of supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates,
corporation formation and organizational documentation and opinions of counsel
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
7.12 Ownership of Subsidiaries.
Except to the extent otherwise permitted in Section 8.4(b) and Section
8.7 and to the extent as would not cause a Change of Control and except as set
forth on Schedule 6.12, the Borrower shall, directly or indirectly, own at all
times 100% of the voting stock of each of its Subsidiaries.
7.13 Use of Proceeds.
Extensions of Credit will be used solely for the purposes provided in
Section 6.13.
SECTION 8
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Credit Parties (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
each of the other members of the Consolidated Group, and in the case of each of
the other Credit Parties, for itself) covenants and agrees that on the Closing
Date, and so long as this Credit Agreement is in effect and until the
Commitments have been terminated, no Loans remain outstanding and all amounts
owing hereunder or in connection herewith, have been paid in full, no member of
the Consolidated Group shall:
8.1 Limitations on Debt.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except:
(a) Debt the existence or incurrence of which would not
violate the financial covenants of Section 7.9.
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8.2 Restriction on Liens.
Create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any Property or
asset of any kind, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now owned or
hereafter acquired by it or assign or subordinate any present or future right to
receive assets except:
(a) Liens securing Funded Debt the existence or incurrence of
which would not violate the financial covenants of Section 7.9;
(b) Liens securing taxes, assessments or governmental charges
or levies or the claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen, landlords and other like persons; provided that (A) with
respect to Liens securing state and local taxes, such taxes are not yet
payable, (B) with respect to Liens securing claims or demands of
materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and the like,
such liens are (1) unfiled and no other action has been taken to
enforce the same and (2) the cumulative effect of all such Liens will
not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) with respect to taxes,
assessments or governmental charges or levies or claims or demand
secured by such Liens, payment is not at the time required;
(c) Liens not securing Debt which are incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workmen's compensation,
unemployment insurance, unemployment insurance, social security and
other like laws;
(d) any Lien arising pursuant to any order of attachment,
distraint or similar legal process arising in connection with court
proceedings so long as the execution or other enforcement thereof is
effectively stayed and the claims secured thereto are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(e) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations,
covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or
other minor encumbrances or irregularities of title which do not
materially impair the use of any property in the operation or business
of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or the value of such property for
the purpose of such business; and
(f) Liens on property or assets of such Subsidiary to secure
obligations of such Subsidiary solely to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.
8.3 Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.
(a) Enter into a transaction of merger or consolidation,
except
(i) a member of the Consolidated Group may be a party
to a transaction of merger or consolidation with another member of the
Consolidated Group, provided that (A) if the Borrower is a party
thereto, it is the surviving corporation, or (B) if a Guarantor is a
party thereto, it shall be the surviving corporation or the surviving
corporation shall be a Domestic Subsidiary and shall become a Guarantor
hereunder as an Additional Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.11
concurrently therewith, and (C) no Default or Event of Default shall
exist either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect
thereto; and
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(ii) a member of the Consolidated Group (other than
the Borrower) may be a party to a transaction of merger or
consolidation with any other Person, provided that (A) the provisions
of Section 7.11 regarding joinder of certain Subsidiaries as Additional
Credit Parties hereunder shall be complied with, (B) no Default or
Event of Default shall exist either immediately prior to or immediately
after giving effect thereto, and (C) the provisions of subsection (c)
of this Section shall be complied with.
(b) other than as between Credit Parties, sell, lease,
transfer or otherwise dispose of assets, property and/or operations which in the
aggregate in any fiscal year shall constitute more than fifteen percent (15%) of
Consolidated Total Realty at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year or
contributed more than fifteen percent (15%) Consolidated EBITDA for the
immediately preceding fiscal year, without the prior written consent of the
Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) Acquire all or any portion of the capital stock or
other ownership interest in any Person which is not a Subsidiary or all or any
substantial portion of the assets, property and/or operations of a Person which
is not a Subsidiary, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless
(i) in the case of an acquisition of capital stock or
other ownership interest where after giving effect thereto, such Person
will not be a Subsidiary, then such acquisition will not cause a
violation of Section 8.4;
(ii) in the case of an acquisition of capital stock
or other ownership interest where after giving effect thereto, such
Person will be a Subsidiary, or in the case of an acquisition of
assets, property and/or operations then
(A) the aggregate cost of all such
acquisitions shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five
percent (25%) of Consolidated Assets at the end of the
immediately preceding fiscal year;
(B) the Board of Directors (or functional
equivalent) of the Person which is the subject of the
acquisition shall have approved the acquisition; and
(C) no Default or Event of Default would
exist after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis.
(d) In the case of the Borrower, liquidate, wind-up or
dissolve, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (or suffer to permit any such
liquidation or dissolution).
(e) Alter the character of their business in any material
respect from that conducted as of the Closing Date and similar or related
businesses.
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(e) The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not
apply to leases of property and assets by members of the Consolidated Group to
individual tenants in the ordinary course of business.
8.4 Loans and Investments.
(a) Make loans, advances or Investments (including, for
purposes hereof, Guaranty Obligations) to or in respect of any other Person,
except for (i) Permitted Investments and (ii) other Investments which in the
aggregate do not at any time exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Assets.
(b) Invest in or acquire unimproved real property such that
following the investment, Consolidated Unimproved Realty and purchase money
mortgages are at any time greater than ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated
Total Realty.
8.5 Transactions with Affiliates.
Enter into any transaction, directly or indirectly, including without
limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the rendering of any
service to, any Affiliate or shareholder of the Borrower, except in the ordinary
course of business pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of
the Borrower or such Subsidiary and upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a
comparable arms-length transaction with a person not an Affiliate or
shareholder; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to
extensions of credit by the Borrower to its officers and directors pursuant to
the Borrower's Stock Purchase and Loan Plan in an aggregate amount not to exceed
at any time 5% of Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.
8.6 Transactions with Other Persons regarding this Agreement.
Enter into any agreement with any Person whereby any of them would
agree to any restriction on the Borrower's right with the Lenders' consent to
amend or waive any of the provisions of this Credit Agreement.
8.7 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.
Other than as presently exist in respect of REMICs and other special
Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.7, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective, directly or indirectly, any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any
other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation
in its profits owned by any member of the Consolidated Group, (ii) make loans or
advances to any member of the Consolidated Group, or (iii) transfer any of its
properties or assets to any member of the Consolidated Group, except for
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) applicable law
or (B) this Credit Agreement unless, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma
Basis, the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to all such
REMICs and other special Subsidiaries shall be less than 25% of Consolidated
EBITDA.
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SECTION 9
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
9.1 Events of Default.
An Event of Default shall exist upon the occurrence of any of the
following specified events (each an "Event of Default"):
(a) Payment. Any Credit Party shall
(i) default in the payment when due of any principal of
any of the Loans, or
(ii) default, and such defaults shall continue for five (5) or
more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans
or of any Fees or other amounts owing hereunder, under any of the other
Credit Documents or in connection herewith or therewith; or
(b) Representations. Any representation, warranty or statement made or
deemed to be made herein, in any of the other Credit Documents, or in any
statement or certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto shall prove untrue in any material respect on the date as of which it
was deemed to have been made; or
(c) Covenants.
(i) Default in the due performance or observance of any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 7.3(a), 7.9, 7.11, 7.13 or
8.1 through 8.7 (except in the case of negative covenants contained in
Sections 8.1 through 8.7, those Defaults which may occur or arise other
than on account of or by affirmative or intentional act of the Borrower
or event or condition which the Borrower shall with knowledge permit to
exist, all of which shall be subject to the provisions of clause (ii)
hereof), inclusive, or
(ii) Default in the due performance or observance by it of any
term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in subsections
(a), (b) or (c)(i) of this Section 9.1) contained in this Credit
Agreement and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at
least 30 days after the earlier of a Responsible Officer of a Credit
Party becoming aware of such default or notice thereof by the
Administrative Agent or such longer period not to exceed an additional
30 days provided that the Borrower is diligently pursuing remedy of such
default; or
(d) Other Credit Documents. (i) Any Credit Party shall default in the
due performance or observance of any material term, covenant or agreement in any
of the other Credit Documents (subject to applicable grace or cure periods, if
any), or (ii) any Credit Document shall fail to be in full force and effect or
to give the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders any material part of the
rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby; or
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(e) Guaranties. The guaranty given by any Guarantor hereunder or any
material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any
Guarantor hereunder or any Person acting by or on behalf of such Guarantor shall
deny or disaffirm such Guarantor's obligations under such guaranty, or any
Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term,
covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any
guaranty; or
(f) Bankruptcy, etc. Any Bankruptcy Event shall occur with respect to
any member of the Consolidated Group; or
(g) Defaults under Other Agreements.
(i) Any member of the Consolidated Group shall default in the
performance or observance (beyond the applicable grace period with
respect thereto, if any) of any material obligation or condition of any
contract or lease material to the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole;
or
(ii) With respect to any Debt (other than Debt outstanding
under this Credit Agreement) in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate
for the Consolidated Group taken as a whole, (A) (1) any member of the
Consolidated Group shall default in any payment (beyond the applicable
grace period with respect thereto, if any) with respect to any such
Debt, or (2) the occurrence and continuance of a default in the
observance or performance relating to such Debt or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any
other event or condition shall occur or condition exist, the effect of
which default or other event or condition is to cause, or permit, the
holder or holders of such Debt (or trustee or agent on behalf of such
holders) to cause (determined without regard to whether any notice or
lapse of time is required), any such Debt to become due prior to its
stated maturity; or (B) any such Debt shall be declared due and payable,
or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(iii) The occurrence of an Event of Default under the Three
Year Credit Agreement; or
(h) Judgments. Any member of the Consolidated Group shall fail within
30 days of the date due and payable to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any
judgment, settlement or order for the payment of money which judgment,
settlement or order, when aggregated with all other such judgments, settlements
or orders due and unpaid at such time, exceeds $5,000,000, and which is not
stayed on appeal (or for which no motion for stay is pending) or is not
otherwise being executed; or
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(i) ERISA. Any of the following events or conditions, if such event or
condition could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect shall
occur: (1) any "accumulated funding deficiency," as such term is defined in
Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, shall
exist with respect to any Plan, or any lien shall arise on the assets of a
member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate in favor of the PBGC or
a Plan; (2) an ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Single Employer Plan,
which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, likely to
result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; (3) an
ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan, which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent,
likely to result in (i) the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of
ERISA, or (ii) a member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate
incurring any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, reorganization of
(within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), or insolvency of (within the
meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) such Plan; or (4) any prohibited transaction
(within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or
breach of fiduciary responsibility shall occur which may subject a member of the
Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate to any liability under Sections 406,
409, 502(i), or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or under any
agreement or other instrument pursuant to which a member of the Consolidated
Group or any ERISA Affiliate has agreed or is required to indemnify any person
against any such liability; or
(j) Ownership. There shall occur a Change of Control.
9.2 Acceleration; Remedies.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and at any time thereafter,
the Administrative Agent shall, upon the request and direction of the Required
Lenders, by written notice to the Credit Parties take any of the following
actions:
(i) Termination of Commitments. Declare the Commitments terminated
whereupon the Commitments shall be immediately terminated.
(ii) Acceleration. Declare the unpaid principal of and any accrued
interest in respect of all Loans and any and all other indebtedness or
obligations of any and every kind owing by the Credit Parties to the
Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders hereunder to be due
whereupon the same shall be immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby waived by each of the Credit Parties.
(iii) Enforcement of Rights. Enforce any and all rights and interests
created and existing under the Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section
9.1(f) shall occur, then the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all
Loans, all accrued interest in respect thereof, all accrued and unpaid Fees and
other indebtedness or obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and/or any
of the Lenders hereunder automatically shall immediately become due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or the giving of any notice or other action
by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, all of which are hereby waived by
the Credit Parties.
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SECTION 10
AGENCY PROVISIONS
10.1 Appointment.
Each Lender hereby designates and appoints NationsBank, N.A. as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") of such
Lender to act as specified herein and the other Credit Documents, and each such
Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent
for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and
perform such duties as are expressly delegated by the terms hereof and of the
other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Each Lenders further directs and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to execute releases (or similar agreements) to give effect
to the provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere herein and in the other
Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and therein, or any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or shall otherwise exist
against the Administrative Agent. The provisions of this Section are solely for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and none of the Credit
Parties shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of the provisions
hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Credit Agreement and
the other Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as
Administrative Agent of the Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed
to have assumed any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with or for
any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates.
10.2 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties hereunder or
under the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such
duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall not be (i) liable for any action
lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in
connection herewith or in connection with any of the other Credit Documents
(except for its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or
(ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals,
statements, representations or warranties made by any of the Credit Parties
contained herein or in any of the other Credit Documents or in any certificate,
report, document, financial statement or other written or oral statement
referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or
in connection herewith or in connection with the other Credit Documents, or
enforceability or sufficiency therefor of any of the other Credit Documents, or
for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for
the effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or
sufficiency of this Credit Agreement, or any of the other Credit Documents or
for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or
therein or made by the Borrower or any Credit Party in any written or oral
statement or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports,
certificates or any other documents in connection herewith or therewith
furnished or made by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders or by or on behalf
of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or be required
to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or
as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or of the existence or possible
existence of any Default or Event of Default or to inspect the properties, books
or records of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates.
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10.4 Reliance on Communications.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person
or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to any of the Credit Parties, independent accountants and
other experts selected by the Administrative Agent with reasonable care). The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lenders as the owners of their
respective interests hereunder for all purposes unless a written notice of
assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 11.3(b) hereof. The
Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to take any action under this Credit Agreement or under any of the
other Credit Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence
of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified
to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense
which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any of the other Credit
Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or to the extent
specifically provided in Section 11.6, all the Lenders) and such request and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the
Lenders (including their successors and assigns).
10.5 Notice of Default.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or
notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the
Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Credit Party
referring to the Credit Document, describing such Default or Event of Default
and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." In the event that the
Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give
prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably
directed by the Required Lenders.
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10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender expressly acknowledges that each of the Administrative
Agent and its officers, directors, employees, Administrative Agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has not made any representations or warranties
to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or any affiliate thereof
hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Credit Party or
any of their respective Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each
Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, assets, operations, property,
financial and other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower,
the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates and made its own
decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Credit Agreement. Each
Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Credit Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, assets, operations, property, financial and
other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other
Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and
other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, operations, assets, property, financial or other
conditions, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other Credit
Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession
of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees,
Administrative Agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
10.7 Indemnification.
The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity
as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective
Commitments (or if the Commitments have expired or been terminated, in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of outstanding Loans and
Participation Interests of the Lenders), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time
(including without limitation at any time following the final payment of all of
the obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Credit Documents)
be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such in any way relating to or arising out of this Credit Agreement
or the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any
action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with
any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of
any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent. If any
indemnity furnished to the Administrative Agent for any purpose shall, in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, the
Administrative Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not
commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is
furnished. The agreements in this Section shall survive the repayment of the
Loans and other obligations under the Credit Documents and the termination of
the Commitments hereunder.
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10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.
The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept
deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as though the Administrative
Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to the Loans
made by and all obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Credit Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not the Administrative Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include
the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.
10.9 Successor Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may, at any time, resign upon 20 days' written
notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, and may be removed, upon show of cause,
by the Required Lenders upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative
Agent. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the
right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and
shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the notice of
resignation or notice of removal, as appropriate, then the retiring
Administrative Agent shall select a successor Administrative Agent provided such
successor is a Lender hereunder or a commercial bank organized under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital
and surplus of at least $400,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor Administrative
Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as
Administrative Agent, as appropriate, under this Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents and the provisions of this Section 10.9 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Notices.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other
communications shall have been duly given and shall be effective (i) when
delivered, (ii) when transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) to the
number set out below, (iii) the day following the day on which the same has been
delivered prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service, or (iv)
the third Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified
or registered mail, postage prepaid, in each case to the respective parties at
the address, in the case of the Borrower, Guarantors and the Administrative
Agent, set forth below, and, in the case of the Lenders, set forth on Schedule
11.1, or at such other address as such party may specify by written notice to
the other parties hereto:
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if to the Borrower or the Guarantors:
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: General Counsel
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
if to the Administrative Agent:
NationsBank, N.A.
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Center, 00xx Xxxxx
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Agency Services
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
NationsBank, N.A.
Mid-Atlantic Corporate Finance
0000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Senior Bank Debt
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
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11.2 Right of Set-Off.
In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law
or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and
from time to time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind (all of which rights being hereby expressly waived), to set-off and to
appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special) and any other
indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender (including, without
limitation branches, agencies or Affiliates of such Lender wherever located) to
or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against obligations and
liabilities of such Person to such Lender hereunder, under the Notes, the other
Credit Documents or otherwise, irrespective of whether such Lender shall have
made any demand hereunder and although such obligations, liabilities or claims,
or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured, and any such set-off shall be
deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
even though such charge is made or entered on the books of such Lender
subsequent thereto. Any Person purchasing a participation in the Loans and
Commitments hereunder pursuant to Section 3.13 or Section 11.3(d) may exercise
all rights of set-off with respect to its participation interest as fully as if
such Person were a Lender hereunder. It is specifically acknowledged and agreed
that no right of set-off shall be exercised against accounts identified as
holding tenant deposit accounts.
11.3 Benefit of Agreement.
(a) Generally. This Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors
and assigns of the parties hereto; provided that none of the Credit
Parties may assign or transfer any of its interests without prior
written consent of the Lenders; provided further that the rights of
each Lender to transfer, assign or grant participations in its rights
and/or obligations hereunder shall be limited as set forth in this
Section 11.3, provided however that nothing herein shall prevent or
prohibit any Lender from (i) pledging its Loans hereunder to a Federal
Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lender from such
Federal Reserve Bank, or (ii) granting assignments or selling
participations in such Lender's Loans and/or Commitments hereunder to
its parent Borrower and/or to any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such
Lender.
(b) Assignments. Each Lender may assign all or a portion of
its rights and obligations hereunder, pursuant to an assignment
agreement substantially in the form of Schedule 11.3(b), to (i) any
Lender or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Lender, or (ii) any other
commercial bank, financial institution or "accredited investor" (as
defined in Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission)
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Borrower; provided that (i) any such assignment (other than any
assignment to an existing Lender) shall be in a minimum aggregate
amount of $5,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the
Commitment being assigned by such Lender) of the Commitments and in
integral multiples of $1,000,000 above such amount and (ii) each such
assignment shall be of a constant, not varying, percentage of all such
Lender's rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement. Any
assignment hereunder shall be effective upon delivery to the
Administrative Agent of written notice of the assignment together with
a transfer fee of $3,500 payable to the Administrative Agent for its
own account from and after the later of (i) the effective date
specified in the applicable assignment agreement and (ii) the date of
recording of such assignment in the Register pursuant to the terms of
subsection (c) below. The assigning Lender will give prompt notice to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of any such assignment. Upon
the effectiveness of any such assignment (and after notice to, and (to
the extent required pursuant to the terms hereof), with the consent of,
the Borrower as provided herein), the assignee shall become a "Lender"
for all purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents and, to the extent of such assignment, the assigning Lender
shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder to the extent of the
Loans and Commitment components being assigned. Along such lines the
Borrower agrees that upon notice of any such assignment and surrender
of the appropriate Note or Notes, it will promptly provide to the
assigning Lender and to the assignee separate promissory notes in the
amount of their respective interests substantially in the form of the
original Note (but with notation thereon that it is given in
substitution for and replacement of the original Note or any
replacement notes thereof). By executing and delivering an assignment
agreement in accordance with this Section 11.3(b), the assigning Lender
thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to
and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i)
such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the interest being assigned thereby free and clear of any
adverse claim; (ii) except as set forth in clause (i) above, such
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assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with this Credit Agreement,
any of the other Credit Documents or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto, or the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this
Credit Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto or the
financial condition of any Credit Party or any of their respective
Affiliates or the performance or observance by any Credit Party of any
of its obligations under this Credit Agreement, any of the other Credit
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto
or thereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is
legally authorized to enter into such assignment agreement; (iv) such
assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Credit Agreement,
the other Credit Documents and such other documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into such assignment agreement; (v) such assignee will
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such
assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; (vi) such assignee
appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Credit Agreement or
any other Credit Document as are delegated to the Administrative Agent
by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which
by the terms of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents
are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Maintenance of Register. The Administrative Agent shall
maintain at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina a copy of
each Lender assignment agreement delivered to it in accordance with the
terms of subsection (b) above and a register for the recordation of the
identity of the principal amount, type and Interest Period of each Loan
outstanding hereunder, the names, addresses and the Commitments of the
Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
"Register"). The Administrative Agent will make reasonable efforts to
maintain the accuracy of the Register and to promptly update the
Register from time to time, as necessary. The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error and the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose
name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and each
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable
prior notice.
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(d) Participations. Each Lender may sell, transfer, grant or
assign participations in all or any part of such Lender's interests and
obligations hereunder; provided that (i) such selling Lender shall
remain a "Lender" for all purposes under this Credit Agreement (such
selling Lender's obligations under the Credit Documents remaining
unchanged) and the participant shall not constitute a Lender hereunder,
(ii) no such participant shall have, or be granted, rights to approve
any amendment or waiver relating to this Credit Agreement or the other
Credit Documents except to the extent any such amendment or waiver
would (A) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on or Fees in
respect of any Loans in which the participant is participating, (B)
postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal (including
extension of the Termination Date or the date of any mandatory
prepayment), interest or Fees in which the participant is
participating, or (C) except as expressly provided in the Credit
Documents, release any Guarantor from its guaranty obligations
hereunder, and (iii) sub-participations by the participant (except to
an affiliate, parent Borrower or affiliate of a parent Borrower of the
participant) shall be prohibited. In the case of any such
participation, the participant shall not have any rights under this
Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents (the participant's
rights against the selling Lender in respect of such participation to
be those set forth in the participation agreement with such Lender
creating such participation) and all amounts payable by the Borrower
hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such
participation, provided, however, that such participant shall be
entitled to receive additional amounts under Sections 3.6, 3.9, 3.10
and 3.11 on the same basis as if it were a Lender.
11.4 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
No failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other
Credit Document and no course of dealing between the Administrative Agent or any
Lender and any of the Credit Parties shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder
or under any other Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or
thereunder. The rights and remedies provided herein are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Administrative Agent or any Lender
would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case
shall entitle the Borrower or any other Credit Party to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the
rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to any other or further action
in any circumstances without notice or demand.
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11.5 Payment of Expenses, etc.
The Borrower agrees to: (i) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (A) of the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution and delivery and administration of this Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to
therein (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
Xxxxx & Xxx Xxxxx, PLLC, special counsel to the Administrative Agent) and any
amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto and thereto including, but not
limited to, any such amendments, waivers or consents resulting from or related
to any work-out, renegotiation or restructure relating to the performance by the
Credit Parties under this Credit Agreement and (B) of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders in connection with enforcement of the Credit Documents and the
documents and instruments referred to therein (including, without limitation, in
connection with any such enforcement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders); (ii) pay and hold
each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all present and future
stamp and other similar taxes with respect to the foregoing matters and save
each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all liabilities with
respect to or resulting from any delay or omission (other than to the extent
attributable to such Lender) to pay such taxes; and (iii) indemnify each Lender,
its officers, directors, employees, representatives and Administrative Agents
from and hold each of them harmless against any and all losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses incurred by any of them as a result of, or arising
out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of (A) any investigation,
litigation or other proceeding (whether or not any Lender is a party thereto)
related to the entering into and/or performance of any Credit Document or the
use of proceeds of any Loans (including other extensions of credit) hereunder or
the consummation of any other transactions contemplated in any Credit Document,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other
proceeding or (B) the presence or Release of any Materials of Environmental
Concern at, under or from any Property owned, operated or leased by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, or the failure by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to comply with any Environmental Law (but excluding, in the case of
either of clause (A) or (B) above, any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages
or expenses to the extent incurred by reason of gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Person to be indemnified).
11.6 Amendments, Waivers and Consents.
Neither this Credit Agreement nor any other Credit Document nor any of
the terms hereof or thereof may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or
terminated unless such amendment, change, waiver, discharge or termination is in
writing entered into by, or approved in writing by, the Required Lenders and the
Borrower, provided, however, that:
(a) without the consent of each Lender affected thereby, no such
amendment may:
(i) extend the final maturity of any Loan, or extend or
waive any principal amortization payment of any Loan, or any
portion thereof,
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(ii) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest (other than as a result of waiving the applicability
of any post-default increase in interest rates) thereon or
Fees hereunder,
(iii) reduce or waive the principal amount of any Loan,
(iv) increase the Commitment of a Lender over the
amount thereof in effect (it being understood and agreed
that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default (other than
an Event of Default of the type described in Section 9.1(f)
hereof) or mandatory reduction in the Commitments shall not
constitute a change in the terms of any Commitment of any
Lender),
(v) except as the result of or in connection with a
dissolution, merger or disposition of a Subsidiary permitted
under Section 8.3, release the Borrower or substantially all
of the other Credit Parties from its or their obligations
under the Credit Documents,
(vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of this
Section 11.6 or Section 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12,
3.13, 3.14, 9.1(a), 11.2, 11.3, 11.5 or 11.9,
(vii) reduce any percentage specified in, or otherwise
modify, the definition of Required Lenders, or
(viii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the
Borrower (or another Credit Party) of any of its rights and
obligations under (or in respect of) the Credit Documents
except as permitted thereby; and
(b) without the consent of the Administrative Agent, no
provision of Section 10 may be amended.
Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders
is required in certain circumstances as set forth above, (x) each
Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy
reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender
acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy
Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and
(y) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit Party to use
cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding.
11.7 Counterparts.
This Credit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of
which shall constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in
making proof of this Credit Agreement to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart.
11.8 Headings.
The headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided for
convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of
any provision of this Credit Agreement.
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11.9 Survival.
All indemnities set forth herein, including, without limitation, in
Section 3.9, 3.11, 10.7 or 11.5 shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans, the repayment of the Loans and other
obligations under the Credit Documents and the termination of the Commitments
hereunder, and all representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties
herein shall survive delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans
hereunder.
11.10 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.
(a) THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS
AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Credit Agreement
or any other Credit Document may be brought in the courts of the Commonwealth of
Virginia in the City of Richmond, or of the United States for the Eastern
District of Virginia, and, by execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement,
each of the Credit Parties hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect
of its property, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of
such courts. Each of the Credit Parties further irrevocably consents to the
service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or
proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, to it at the address set out for notices pursuant to Section
11.1, such service to become effective three (3) days after such mailing.
Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or
to otherwise proceed against any Credit Party in any other jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the Credit Parties hereby irrevocably waives any objection
which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the
aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document brought in the courts referred to
in subsection (a) hereof and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
(c) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE LENDERS, THE BORROWER AND THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
11.11 Severability.
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If any provision of any of the Credit Documents is determined to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and
the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
construed without giving effect to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions.
11.12 Entirety.
This Credit Agreement together with the other Credit Documents
represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, including any
commitment letters or correspondence relating to the Credit Documents or the
transactions contemplated herein and therein.
11.13 Binding Effect; Termination.
(a) This Credit Agreement shall become effective at such time on or
after the Closing Date when it shall have been executed by the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have
received copies hereof (telefaxed or otherwise) which, when taken together, bear
the signatures of each Lender, and thereafter this Credit Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and
assigns.
(b) The term of this Credit Agreement shall be until no Loans, or any
other amounts payable hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents shall
remain outstanding and until all of the Commitments hereunder shall have expired
or been terminated.
11.14 Source of Funds.
Each of the Lenders hereby represents and warrants to the Borrower that
at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to the
source of funds to be used by such Lender in connection with the financing
hereunder:
(a) no part of such funds constitutes assets allocated to any
separate account maintained by such Lender in which any employee
benefit plan (or its related trust) has any interest;
(b) to the extent that any part of such funds constitutes
assets allocated to any separate account maintained by such Lender,
such Lender has disclosed to the Borrower the name of each employee
benefit plan whose assets in such account exceed 10% of the total
assets of such account as of the date of such purchase (and, for
purposes of this subsection (b), all employee benefit plans maintained
by the same employer or employee organization are deemed to be a single
plan);
(c) to the extent that any part of such funds constitutes
assets of an insurance Borrower's general account, such insurance
Borrower has complied with all of the requirements of the regulations
issued under Section 401(c)(1)(A) of ERISA; or
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(d) such funds constitute assets of one or more specific
benefit plans which such Lender has identified in writing to the
Borrower.
As used in this Section 11.15, the terms "employee benefit plan" and "separate
account" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3
of ERISA.
11.15 Conflict.
To the extent that there is a conflict or inconsistency between any
provision hereof, on the one hand, and any provision of any Credit Document, on
the other hand, this Credit Agreement shall control.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart
of this Credit Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
BORROWER: UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
a Virginia corporation
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
GUARANTORS: UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P.,
a Virginia limited partnership
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
UDRT OF NORTH CAROLINA, L.L.C.,
a North Carolina limited liability company
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
UDRT OF ALABAMA, INC.,
an Alabama corporation
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
UDR SOUTH CAROLINA TRUST,
a Maryland real estate investment trust
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
UDR WESTERN RESIDENTIAL, INC.,
a Virginia corporation
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
SOUTH WEST REIT HOLDING, INC.,
a Texas corporation
By:_________________________
Name:
Title:
LENDERS: NATIONSBANK, N.A.,
individually in its capacity as a
Lender and in its capacity as Administrative Agent
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
GUARANTY FEDERAL BANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
CRESTAR BANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
SIGNET BANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
COMERICA BANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
DG BANK DEUTSCHE GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
BANK HAPOALIM B.M.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE SUMITOMO BANK, LTD.
By:____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule 2.1(a)
Schedule of Lenders and Commitments
Revolving Commitment
Lender Revolving Commitment Percentage
NationsBank, N.A. $ 10,000,000.00 20.000000%
First Union National Bank $ 9,500,000.00 19.000000%
Guaranty Federal $ 9,000,000.00 18.000000%
Crestar Bank $ 4,250,000.00 8.500000%
Signet Bank $ 4,250,000.00 8.500000%
Comerica Bank $ 4,000,000.00 8.000000%
DG Bank $ 4,000,000.00 8.000000%
Bank Hapoalim $ 3,000,000.00 6.000000%
Sumitomo Bank $ 2,000,000.00 4.000000%
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$ 50,000,000.00 100.000000%
Schedule 2.1(b)(i)
FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
NationsBank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Independence Center, 00xx Xxxxx
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Agency Services
Re: 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as
amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") among United
Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., the Guarantors and Lenders
identified therein and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation,
being the Borrower under the above-referenced Credit Agreement hereby gives
notice pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement of a request for a
Revolving as follows
________ Revolving Loan
(A) Date of Borrowing
(which is a Business Day) _______________________
(B) Principal Amount of
Borrowing _______________________
(C) Interest rate basis _______________________
(D) Interest Period and the
last day thereof _______________________
In accordance with the requirements of Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned Borrower hereby certifies that:
(a) The representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of this request, and will be true and
correct after giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit
(except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).
(b) No Default or Event of Default exists, or will exist after
giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit.
(c) As to any Credit Party, no involuntary action has been
commenced under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
in effect, or any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) as to any Credit Party or as to any substantial
part of the property of any Credit Party or for the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and remains undismissed, undischarged or
unbonded.
(d) No circumstances, events or conditions have occurred since
the date of the audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1
of the Credit Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) All conditions set forth in Section 2.1 as to the making
of Revolving Loans have been satisfied.
Very truly yours,
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule 2.1(e)
FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE
August 4, 1997
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Borrower, hereby promises to pay to
the order of ________________________, and its successors and assigns, on or
before the Termination Date to the office of the Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds as provided in the Credit Agreement, the principal
amount of such Lender's Revolving Committed Amount or, if less, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender to the
undersigned Borrower, together with interest thereon at the rates and as
provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Revolving Notes referred to in the 364-Day
Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as amended and modified, the
"Credit Agreement") among United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, United Dominion Realty, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership, the
Guarantors and Lenders identified therein and NationsBank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The holder may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect borrowings
evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments thereon; provided that
any failure to endorse such information shall not affect the obligation of the
undersigned Borrower to pay amounts evidenced hereby.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all amounts evidenced by
this Note may, or shall, become immediately due and payable as provided in the
Credit Agreement without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all
of which are waived by the undersigned Borrower. In the event payment of amounts
evidenced by this Note is not made at any stated or accelerated maturity, the
undersigned Borrower agrees to pay, in addition to principal and interest, all
costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees.
This Note and the Loans and amounts evidenced hereby may be transferred
only as provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Borrower has caused this Note to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
a Virginia corporation
By_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule 3.2
Form of Notice of Extension/Conversion
NationsBank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent for the Lenders
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Independence Center, 00xx Xxxxx
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Agency Services
Re: 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as
amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") among United
Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., the Guarantors and Lenders
identified therein and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative
Agent. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC. (the "Borrower"),
refers to the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as amended,
modified, extended or restated from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among
the Borrower, the Lenders and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower hereby
gives notice pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement that it requests an
extension or conversion of a Revolving Loan outstanding under the Credit
Agreement, and in connection therewith sets forth below the terms on which such
extension or conversion is requested to be made:
(A) Date of Extension or Conversion
(which is the last day of the
the applicable Interest Period) _______________________
(B) Principal Amount of
Extension or Conversion _______________________
(C) Interest rate basis _______________________
(D) Interest Period and the
last day thereof _______________________
In accordance with the requirements of Section 5.2 of the Credit
Agreement, the undersigned Borrower hereby certifies that:
(a) The representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all
material respects as of the date of this request, and will be true and
correct after giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit
(except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).
(b) No Default or Event of Default exists, or will exist after
giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit.
(c) As to any Credit Party, no involuntary action has been
commenced under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
in effect, or any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator
(or similar official) as to any Credit Party or as to any substantial
part of the property of any Credit Party or for the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and remains undismissed, undischarged or
unbonded.
(d) No circumstances, events or conditions have occurred since
the date of the audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1
of the Credit Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
Very truly yours,
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule 5.1(e)(v)
Officer's Certificate
Pursuant to Section 5.1(i)(v) of the 364-Day Credit Agreement (the
"Credit Agreement"), dated as of August 4, 1997, among UNITED DOMINION REALTY
TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders identified
therein and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, the undersigned
____________________ Secretary of _________________________ (the "Corporation")
hereby certifies as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Annex I is a true and complete copy of
resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on
__________________, 1996. The attached resolutions have not been rescinded or
modified and remain in full force and effect. The attached resolutions are the
only corporate proceedings of the Corporation now in force relating to or
affecting the matters referenced to therein.
2. Attached hereto as Annex II is a true and complete copy of the
By-laws of the Corporation as in effect on the date hereof.
3. Attached hereto as Annex III is a true and complete copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments thereto as in
effect on the date hereof.
4. The following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of
the Corporation, holding the offices indicated, and the signature appearing
opposite his name below is his true and genuine signature, and such officer is
duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Corporation the Credit
Agreement, the Notes to be issued pursuant thereto and the other Credit
Documents and to act as a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Corporation under
the Credit Agreement:
Name Office Signature
_______________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his/her name and
affixed the corporate seal of the Corporation.
________________________________,
Secretary
(CORPORATE SEAL)
Date: __________________, 1996
I, ___________________, ___________________ of
________________________, hereby certify that ______________________, whose
genuine signature appears above, is, and has been at all times since
________________________, a duly elected, qualified and acting _________________
of ________________________.
___________________________________ of
___________________________________
_________________________, 1996
Schedule 6.3
Qualifications Concerning Organization, Existence and Compliance with Law
Schedule 6.12
Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.2(b)
Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate
This Certificate is delivered in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.2(b) of that 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as
amended, modified and supplemented, the "Credit Agreement") among UNITED
DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders
identified therein, and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms used
but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings provided in the
Credit Agreement.
The undersigned, being a Responsible Officer of UNITED DOMINION REALTY
TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, hereby certifies, in my official capacity
and not in my individual capacity, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:
(a) the financial statements of the Borrower of this
Certificate fairly present the financial condition of the parties
covered by such financial statements in all material respects;
(b) during the period the Credit Parties have observed or
performed all of their covenants and other agreements in all
material respects, and satisfied in all material respects every
material condition, contained in this Credit Agreement to be
observed, performed or satisfied by them; and
(c) the undersigned has no actual knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default.
Detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants set
out in Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement are attached to this Certificate.
This the ___________ day of ___________________, 199___.
UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
Attachment to Officer's Certificate
Computation of Financial Covenants
Schedule 7.11
Form of Joinder Agreement
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of _____________,
19__, is by and between _____________________, a ___________________ (the
"Applicant Guarantor"), and NATIONSBANK, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative
Agent under that certain 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 1997 (as
amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among UNITED DOMINION
REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders
identified therein and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. All of the
defined terms in the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.
The Applicant Guarantor has indicated its desire to become a Guarantor
or is required by the terms of Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement to become, a
Guarantor under the Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, the Applicant Guarantor hereby agrees as follows with the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:
1. The Applicant Guarantor hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms
that, by its execution of this Agreement, the Applicant Guarantor will be deemed
to be a party to the Credit Agreement and a "Guarantor" for all purposes of the
Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall have all of the
obligations of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents. The Applicant Guarantor agrees to be bound by,
all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Credit Documents,
including without limitation (i) all of the affirmative and negative covenants
set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) all of the
undertakings and waivers set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the
Applicant Guarantor hereby (A) jointly and severally together with the other
Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Lender as provided in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.
and (B) agrees that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations are not paid or
performed in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or
otherwise), the Applicant Guarantor will, jointly and severally together with
the other Guarantors, promptly pay and perform the same, without any demand or
notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in
full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by
acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) in accordance
with the terms of such extension or renewal.
2. The Applicant Guarantor acknowledges and confirms that it has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits thereto.
The information on the Schedules to the Credit Agreement is amended to provide
the information shown on the attached Schedule A.
3. The Applicant Guarantor hereby waives acceptance by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the Applicant Guarantor
under Section 4 of the Credit Agreement upon the execution of this Joinder
Agreement by the Applicant Guarantor.
4. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall
constitute one contract.
5. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Applicant Guarantor has caused this Joinder
Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officers, and the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its
authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
APPLICANT GUARANTOR
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
Attn: ___________________
Telephone:
Telecopy:
Acknowledged and accepted:
NATIONSBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:_______________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule A
to
Joinder Agreement
Address for
Applicant Guarantor Notices
Schedule 8.6
Existing Investments
Schedule 8.7
REMICs and Other Special Subsidiaries
Schedule 11.1
Schedule of Lenders' Addresses
NationsBank, N.A. NationsBank, N.A.
Mid-Atlantic Corporate Finance
0000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Signet Bank Signet Bank
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Crestar Bank Crestar Bank
000 X. Xxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
First Union National Bank First Union National Bank
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX-0
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. Sumitomo Bank, Ltd.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Honami Matsugasaki
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
DG Bank DG Bank
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. X'Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Bank Hapoalim B.M. Bank Hapoalim B.M.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Guaranty Federal Bank Guaranty Federal Bank
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Comerica Bank Comerica Bank
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Schedule 11.3(b)
Form of Assignment and Acceptance
THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE dated as of _________________________,
1996 is entered into between THE LENDER IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES AS THE
"ASSIGNOR" (the "Assignor") and THE PARTIES IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES AS
"ASSIGNEES" ("Assignee").
Reference is made to that 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of August
4, 1997 (as amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") among UNITED DOMINION
REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors and
Lenders identified therein and NationsBank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns, without recourse, to the
Assignees, and the Assignees hereby purchase and assume, without recourse, from
the Assignor, effective as of the Effective Date shown below, those rights and
interests of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement identified below (the
"Assigned Interests"), including the Loans and Commitments relating thereto,
together with unpaid interest and fees relating thereto accruing from the
Effective Date. The Assignor represents and warrants that it owns the interests
assigned hereby free and clear of liens, encumbrances or other claims. Each of
the Assignees represents that it is an Eligible Assignee within the meaning of
the term in the Credit Agreement. The Assignor and each of the Assignees hereby
makes and agrees to be bound by all the representations, warranties and
agreements set forth in Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement, a copy of which
has been received by each such party. From and after the Effective Date (i) each
Assignee, if it is not already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, shall be a
party to and be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) each Assignor shall, to
the extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance,
relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit
Agreement (other than the rights of indemnification referenced in Section 11.9
of the Credit Agreement).
2. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
3. Terms of Assignment
(a) Date of Assignment: ___________________, 199__
(b) Legal Name of Assignor: SEE SIGNATURE PAGE
(c) Legal Name of Assignee: SEE SIGNATURE PAGE
(d) Effective Date of Assignment: ___________________, 199__
See Schedule I attached for a description of the Loans and Commitments (and the
percentage interests therein and relating thereto) which are the subject of this
Assignment and Acceptance.
4. The fee payable to the Paying Agent in connection with this
Assignment is enclosed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the execution of
this instrument by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.
ASSIGNOR: ASSIGNEE:
By____________________________ By____________________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
NATIONSBANK, N.A. United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
as Administrative Agent
By____________________________ By____________________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
SCHEDULE I
TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
REVOLVING LOANS PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT
Revolving Revolving Revolving
Committed Commitment Loans
Amount Percentage Outstanding
ASSIGNOR
ASSIGNEES
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$ $
REVOLVING LOANS INTERESTS SUBJECT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT
Revolving Revolving Revolving
Committed Commitment Loans
Amount Percentage Outstanding
ASSIGNOR
------------------ -------------------- -----------------
$ $
SCHEDULE I
TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
REVOLVING LOANS AFTER ASSIGNMENT
Revolving Revolving Revolving
Committed Commitment Loans
Amount Percentage Outstanding
ASSIGNOR
ASSIGNEES
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$ $
